Mu Li could tell the strength of the two Pokémon at a glance—they were both High-Tier Gym-level.
“Their strength is quite good,” Mu Li said, a little surprised. Zhang Linlin should be around the same age, and Zhao Heng should only be one or two years older than him. He hadn’t expected that two people not specializing in Pokémon battles would both have High-Tier Gym-level strength. This was a level many students who graduated from battle specializations found difficult to achieve.
Zhang Linlin was understandable, as she specialized in researching Pokémon battle tactics, so her strength naturally wouldn’t be poor. But he hadn’t expected Zhao Heng, who was in the military, to also possess such strength.
“Fire-type against Grass-type, looks like there’s a good show to watch,” Mu Li finally perked up a little.
As the match whistle blew, a green aura lit up from Serperior, and as the green aura spread, the original rocky terrain was immediately covered by wildly growing Grassy Terrain.
Infernape’s figure also darted out quickly, heading straight for the nearby Serperior. Its speed grew faster and faster, and Infernape’s body gradually formed a fireball, actually splitting through the spreading Grass-type energy and rapidly rolling towards Serperior.
Seeing the fireball getting closer and closer, Serperior couldn’t maintain the energy for the Grassy Terrain move. Its figure flickered, quickly dodging away.
But that fireball seemed to have eyes; no matter how Serperior dodged, the fireball always rolled in Serperior’s direction.
Serperior showed no panic. Its figure flickered again, and when it reappeared, there were five Serperior scattered across the field.
It must be said that both Pokémon were extremely fast. Some less attentive spectators couldn’t even keep up with the battle rhythm.
For these spectators who had watched Charmeleon and Pikachu fight each other for years, this Gym-level battle was utterly spectacular.
People usually watched battles on TV or online, but Pokémon battles were something that could only truly convey that hair-raising tension when watched live.
Seeing Serperior split into five and flee in all directions, the spectators were so tense they forgot to breathe.
Li Yu was even more so.
Mu Li sighed exasperatedly, “So spineless.”
On the battlefield, seeing the five Serperior darting separately through the grass, Infernape couldn’t pinpoint a direction and could only randomly pick a lucky Serperior to detonate its fireball.
The fireball’s power was immense, blasting a small pit in the ground, but it ultimately chose the wrong Serperior. That Serperior’s clone disappeared in the explosion, while the real Serperior had, at some unknown point, arrived beside Infernape.
A flash of white light, and Serperior’s tail struck Infernape’s body fiercely. Infernape had just emerged from its Flame Wheel state and clearly hadn’t reacted yet. By the time he saw Serperior’s tail, it was too late to dodge.
In a moment of crisis, Infernape clasped his fists together in front of his chest, his arms crossed, blocking Serperior’s Dragon Tail attack.
The serpent’s tail struck Infernape’s arms like an iron rod. Infernape winced in pain, a look of suffering on his face, but he held on, blocking the blow with both hands.
Serperior used the recoil from Dragon Tail to create distance from Infernape. At the same time, a whirlwind stirred on the field, and leaves swirled up like a Twister, rapidly assailing Infernape.
Leaf Storm left shallow scratches on Infernape, and Infernape clearly felt the power of Leaf Storm, immediately preparing to escape.
But at this moment, a green light suddenly emanated from Infernape, and several vines rapidly grew, interrupting Infernape’s attempt to escape and binding him in place.
“Oh no! Quickly use fire to burn the vines!” Zhao Heng exclaimed from the side.
Infernape’s body then burst into roaring flames again, and the vines turned to ash in less than a second.
“A good choice, but unfortunately, too late,” Zhang Linlin said with a smile.
In that one second, Leaf Storm had already closed in, completely engulfing Infernape in the storm.
“Wow!”
“That’s amazing!”
“That combo is so smooth!”
“This is turning the tables! Infernape is in danger!”
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The audience below instantly erupted.
It must be said that Serperior’s combo just now had completely captivated the audience, showing them what a Gym-level battle truly was.
A moment of carelessness could lead to complete failure.
Seeing the immense impact of the leaves directly sweep Infernape into the air, Infernape, without a foothold, could only watch helplessly as he was continuously attacked by the sharp leaves.
But even so, Infernape still didn’t give up. He tensed all his muscles, and white light emanated from his body, attempting to sustain himself with the Protect move.
Seeing this, Zhao Heng’s face, instead, showed a smile.
Li Yu was about to cheer for Zhang Linlin when he saw Zhao Heng’s expression.
“Is Brother Heng a pervert? He can still smile?” Li Yu’s face was full of confusion.
Mu Li rolled his eyes exasperatedly, “Look closely. Right now, it looks like Infernape is trapped by Leaf Storm, but isn’t Serperior as well?”
Leaf Storm is very powerful, but it also consumes a lot of energy from the Pokémon using it.
Maintaining the Leaf Storm state was not easy for Serperior either. In a short while, Serperior was already drenched in sweat.
Infernape was waiting for this opportunity; once Serperior exhausted its stamina, he would be able to break free from Leaf Storm and turn the tide.
Now, it was a test of stamina and willpower.
For a soldier, they would not lose to others in these two aspects.
Li Yu’s face suddenly changed, “Oh no, Serperior is almost done for.”
Mu Li smiled, “Now you know why he’s smiling, right?”
Li Yu’s face couldn’t help but show a hint of anxiety: “No, this Brother Heng is too shameless. He looks so honest with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, but why is he so full of Miracle Eye?”
Mu Li helplessly grumbled, “Why didn’t you say your girlfriend was full of Miracle Eye just now? She completely outsmarted him.”
Li Yu righteously declared, “Linlin is resourceful, while Zhao Heng is clearly rotten to the core. Besides my Linlin, none of these strategists have clean hearts.”
Seeing Serperior drenched in sweat and starting to pant heavily, with the power of Leaf Storm also seemingly weakening, Li Yu’s face once again showed an anxious expression.
“What should we do? Linlin is going to lose!” Li Yu said anxiously.
He looked as if he wished he could jump up and bite Infernape himself, becoming the final straw to break Infernape’s resistance.
“It’s useless,” Mu Li suddenly said.
“What’s useless?” Li Yu heard Mu Li’s voice and asked, somewhat confused.
“I mean Infernape’s resistance is useless. He can’t win,” Mu Li said.
“Why is it useless?” Wang Kai also heard Mu Li’s voice and asked, “Serperior is clearly about to collapse. Leaf Storm is simply too draining on stamina.”
Mu Li shook his head and said, “Did you forget? The move Serperior used at the very beginning of the match.”
“Wait! Are you talking about Grassy Terrain?” Li Yu’s eyes widened instantly, looking at Serperior’s position in disbelief.
At this moment, Serperior was standing exactly on the patch of grass that had been cultivated at the very beginning.
As if to respond to Li Yu’s words, faint green lights began to shimmer on the grass. These green lights gradually floated up, converging towards Serperior.
After the green light entered its body, Serperior, who was on the verge of collapsing, instantly regained its vitality.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Heng could only sigh and raise his hand to concede.
“Holy cow, he really conceded!” Li Yu’s eyes widened, still seemingly unable to believe it.
When Zhang Linlin returned to the booth, Li Yu couldn’t help but ask, “Linlin, did you plan this strategy from the beginning? It’s simply amazing.”
“Rather than saying I planned this strategy from the beginning, it’s more accurate to say that because I used Grassy Terrain at the start and lost the initiative to attack, I then decided to use a high-consumption tactic like Leaf Storm to decide the outcome,” Mu Li analyzed.
Zhang Linlin’s beautiful eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, “That’s right! It seems you are truly a hidden master!”
Li Yu also chimed in, “We thought you were going to lose just now. Only A Li saw the purpose of you using Grassy Terrain.”
“Oh?” Zhang Linlin was clearly intrigued by Mu Li. “But this is on a battle arena. If it were in the wild, I probably wouldn’t have any room to retaliate.”
Mu Li couldn’t help but smile, “That’s true. Infernape had already looked in your direction countless times as soon as he appeared.”
Everyone knows that the Pokémon Trainer is the weakest link in a Pokémon team.
Zhang Linlin also gave a wry smile, “Don’t even mention it. Just that aura felt like a knife held to my throat, making it hard for me to even give commands smoothly.”
This was the terrifying aspect of trainers who truly came from the military; what they trained was not simply to enhance a Pokémon’s strength, but to genuinely kill.
Yes, to kill.
Judging from Zhao Heng’s aura, although he had a strong military bearing, he hadn’t actually killed anyone. Otherwise, the aura of a killer would be enough to make ordinary people tremble with fear.
Friends who frequently kill know that, putting everything else aside, the eyes of those who have killed are different from ordinary people, just like a butcher’s eyes always seem to hold a fierce aura.
However, after hearing Li Yu’s description, Zhang Linlin seemed even more interested in Mu Li.
Clearly, the previous match had gone too smoothly. Although both were High-Tier Gym-level, Zhao Heng’s performance on the battlefield was much worse than Zhang Linlin’s.
She had won the battle with almost no effort, and now she still felt a bit unsatisfied.
Zhang Linlin looked at Mu Li, a little eager to try, “A Li, how about we have a match too?”
“Huh? Are you sure?” Mu Li hadn’t expected the battle to suddenly turn to him.
Because he had left in a hurry this time, he only had Ninetales, Togekiss, Gengar, plus the invisible Mewtwo and three clingy Rowlet.
Except for Togekiss, who had just evolved not long ago and was at the initial Champion-level strength, all the other Pokémon were God-level.