svetikya Chapter 306: A trick, followed by a 2-round instant kill!
Chapter 306: A trick, followed by a 2-round instant kill!
"Oh, you're so petty again!"
Just a moment ago, Donggua's words of gratitude had changed Xiaoguang's attitude towards him, but the next second, Donggua's sudden attack dissipated all the goodwill he had just built up.
Of course, Donggua had already secured the right to trade Pokémon with Xiaozhi, so he would naturally give Xiaozhi the first move.
But if the opponent is Darkrai, the situation is completely different. As the Gym Leader of the Canal Street Gym, Donggua has already fought Darkrai several times here.
However, each time it was just a formality, because the residents' reaction was so strong that as the Gym Leader, he naturally had to fight Darkrai and drive it away.
In their few encounters, Donggua suffered heavy defeats, never managing to last three minutes against Darkrai, as he was unable to counter Darkrai's hypnosis.
Moreover, the trouble Darkrai caused only lasted a day or two each time. Even if he couldn't solve it, Cresselia would. Donggua's pride as the Gym Leader was completely gone in front of Darkrai.
This time, facing Darkrai again, and with a trainer directing him, Donggua's level of seriousness was completely different from usual.
This time, he truly wanted to win.
……
Magneton's body spun, and golden electricity flashed from its body, striking Darkrai directly opposite it.
"Get out of there, black hole!"
"DAR!"
When faced with Magneton's fierce attack, Ash didn't adopt any new battle strategy. He simply continued to use Darkrai's more familiar fighting style to counterattack.
Darkrai dodged Magneton's attack with a swift movement. The next second, before Magneton could even retract its Thunderbolt, Darkrai was already in front of it, reaching out its hand towards its face, and a sphere imbued with the power of a black hole swallowed it whole.
When Magneton was spat out, its body had already crashed heavily to the ground and it began to sleep soundly, its expression filled with painful struggle.
"Magneto!?"
"trick!"
“Dar!”
Compared to fighting Darkrai on its own, Ash did not choose to attack Magneton directly when it was asleep and try to kill it instantly. Instead, he chose to use Nasty Plot to increase Darkrai's power.
"Hey! You're already strong enough, why are you taking advantage of me?! Are you even a man?! If you're a man, fight fair and square!"
"A wave of evil!"
boom!
Ash ignored Donggua's provocation, after all, he just wanted to test how strong Darkrai's strength was when facing ordinary enemies.
A head-on collision?
The result will be the same anyway.
A huge crater appeared beneath Magneton, and it had its eyes closed, rendering it unable to fight.
Hmm, it doesn't seem to have the sturdiness characteristic.
"Wow, that's strong... How can anyone possibly win? Ash said last night that he used his Primeape to fight Darkrai until the Primeape was exhausted, is that true...?"
Even though Dawn trusts Ash completely, when she saw Darkrai's breathtakingly powerful strength, she still subconsciously asked him a question with a skeptical tone.
This was the first time she had ever seen such a disparity in strength.
Oh no.
Xiao Guang had seen it once before, but the protagonist that time was the current champion of the Sinnoh region, Cynthia's ace - Garchomp.
"Come back, Magneton, thank you for your hard work."
When Donggua saw Magneton get instantly killed, his reaction wasn't too intense, but he still showed a hint of resentment.
Darkrai's casual strike possesses such power; it truly lives up to its legendary status as a Pokémon.
Previously, Darkrai's techniques that defeated him were mostly Dream Eater, so their power was not apparent. This was the first time Donggua truly felt Darkrai's strength in this battle.
"Next up! Here comes Steelix!"
Donggua immediately sent out a second Pokémon to join the battle.
"A wave of evil!"
"?! Dragon's Breath!"
The moment Steelix appeared, Ash gave the order to attack.
The swift attack caught Touga completely off guard. He only managed to react and counterattack the instant Darkrai unleashed its Dark Pulse.
"Roar--"
With just a slight movement of its massive body, Steelix seemed to send all the rocks on the field flying.
However, given the sheer size of the Steel Serpent, its dragon breath attack isn't as powerful.
Especially when the dragon breath and the evil wave collided, the dragon breath was completely overwhelmed by the evil wave. It didn't even last three seconds before the steel snake's body began to shake violently and it let out a huge roar.
"Roar--"
The more imposing Steelix's entrance was, the more tragically it fell.
The heavy body collapsed with a crash, and the entire scene shook.
"Another...instant kill?"
"This... doesn't feel like a Pokémon battle anymore, does it?"
Xiao Guang and Xiao Gang exchanged a glance, both able to read the helplessness and speechlessness in each other's eyes.
This gym challenge seems to have become meaningless at this point; it's just a one-sided massacre by Darkrai.
Even Ash was somewhat surprised.
I never imagined that Darkrai's attack power would reach this level after just one enhancement of the Trickster skill...
Only then did Ash begin to think. If Darkrai had also used tricks last night and entered berserk mode again, even with the support of its Aura, Primeape probably wouldn't have lasted long.
If, on this basis, there is no waveguide to help Primeape predict the landing point of Darkrai's attack in advance.
It seems that Primeape's fate will be the same as Steelix's and Magneton's, ending up being instantly defeated.
"call......"
Even Donggua, who has always been relatively calm, couldn't help but sigh after seeing his Steelix easily defeated.
How exactly should we bridge this gap in strength?
Even Donggua himself can't quite say what it is.
While he wasn't the absolute best in Pokémon battles, there was a reason he became a Gym Leader. This was the first time he had been so badly beaten in a Gym battle, without even a chance to fight back.
"It's all up to you now."
The dignity of a gym leader can only be entrusted to his last Pokémon.
.......
P.S.: Happy Lunar New Year's Eve to everyone!
(I wrote almost all of today's chapters while chatting at the dinner table, so the second chapter will be released a little later QAQ)