John and Mustard stood in the sky watching the battle between Rapid Strike Urshifu and Zeraora. It was like watching a slideshow. Countless
John and Mustard stood in the sky watching the battle between Rapid Strike Urshifu and Zeraora.
It was like watching a slideshow.
Countless bullets flew and phantoms flickered.
It seemed like it would never end.
"Your Zeraora is really good with mind reading," Mustard said as he watched the flashing Zeraora.
The corners of John's mouth went up slightly, but he shook his head.
"Not even close."
This wasn't him being humble, Zeraora's mind reading level really wasn't that high.
Actually, among all John's Pokemon, none of them could dodge a Level 98 Urshifu's Bullet Punch attacks this often just by using mind reading alone.
Zeraora was just using a trick.
Like mixing mind reading with its heart network.
Mind reading was using your own mental power outward, and Zeraora's heart network was John's take on Enel's use of the thunder fruit from One Piece, turning radio waves into part of its sensing.
Before, when Zeraora hadn't learned mind reading, it relied totally on radio waves to get a mind-reading-like effect. Now Zeraora had officially developed mind reading, and as its strength grew, its control over radio waves got better too, becoming more and more skilled, even reaching the top!
Now when mind reading and the heart network worked together, what Mustard was seeing appeared.
Zeraora looked like it was super good at mind reading!
"This isn't the limit yet," John hoped that Zeraora's vision would go even further and reach the final Level 100.
At that point, it could even counter-attack while dodging Rapid Strike Urshifu's Bullet Punch combos.
On the battlefield, Urshifu's wild attack didn't stop for a moment, and neither did Zeraora's dodging.
"Focus Energy!" Mustard chose to change his plan.
The wildly attacking Urshifu suddenly pulled back its fists and put its hands on its waist. Its face was calm and showed no emotion. If it weren't for the dust and sand flying in the sky, you couldn't tell it had been attacking at all.
"HAH!" A loud roar sounded.
The dust and sand flying around stopped, and in the blink of an eye, what looked like armor made of air appeared around Urshifu, sticking to its body. The sharp edge that had been hidden was pulled out at this moment.
Urshifu's fighting power and scary presence began to shoot up.
"Focus Energy increases the chance of hitting weak spots. Isn't this a move that only Single Strike Urshifu are good at?" John was shocked. He hadn't seen the Single Strike Urshifu that went for one-hit kills use it, but now he was seeing a Rapid Strike Urshifu using this move.
"Agility!" John didn't just watch, he immediately gave orders.
No matter how you boost your fighting power, I'll give you "speed that can't be broken in martial arts!"
"Close Combat!"
Urshifu attacked again.
This time, it wasn't crushing with speed, but with pure force.
Taking one step forward, Zeraora felt a huge mountain pressing down on it, and scary pressure was rushing toward it like a giant wave with a huge mouth roaring to swallow it.
John also instantly noticed the changes in the mental energy around them.
He couldn't help but admire how skilled Mustard and Urshifu were.
Besides technique, there was another kind of power that got stronger with age for Urshifu, and that was mental power.
The mental power sharpened in countless battles was probably being used by Urshifu through Focus Energy, and it exploded along with its body movements.
Aren't you fast?
Aren't you sensing my fist movements with your mind reading?
Now I'm crushing and bombing your mind with stronger spirit, and I'm crushing you with mountain-like pressure that makes you unable to even move your body. How can you show your mind reading and speed?
"Ora!" Zeraora roared sharply. It felt like this right now, but its body was like it was stuck in thick mud and hard to move.
Urshifu had already gotten in front of Zeraora, reached out to punch, and its slow-looking punch was like unstoppable force.
Facing Urshifu's punch, Zeraora didn't even know how it should survive the next punch, let alone dodge it.
"Compared to this old guy who won championships for 18 years straight, my background is still too weak," John sighed in his heart, but he wasn't giving up. He'd only been training Pokemon for a few years, how many years had Mustard been at it?
He didn't need to reach Mustard's age. In just one year, his Pokemon knowledge would beat Mustard's.
John quietly raised his hand, and the aura power all over his body immediately surged out!
The light blue aura power almost became solid, wrapping around Zeraora's body and fighting off all of Urshifu's pressure.
Zeraora's body suddenly got its freedom back, and the mental power coming from mind reading had been blown away, so it only used the radio wave sensing of its "heart network."
Zeraora turned into a phantom again and dodged under Urshifu's fist.
When Mustard saw this scene, he chuckled, his hands immediately came together in front of his chest, and his white eyebrows immediately flew without any wind!
As a champion, how could he not know about aura?
Just like Urshifu's pressure and spirit, his aura power had been sharpened over thousands of battles and decades, and was even stronger than John's aura power!
But Urshifu didn't get any help after getting Mustard's aura power.
The double crushing of aura power and pressure was stopped by John's aura power.
What was going on?
Mustard couldn't help but frown.
After carefully feeling John's aura power, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
If his own aura power was like dozens of sharp knives, then John's aura power was like a thick wall that couldn't be broken through at all.
"Why is this kid's aura power so strong?"
Helpless, Mustard could only sigh.
John is bullying me for being old and weak!
Can't you let your master win?
John didn't know about his master's thoughts, but the situation in front of him was exactly what he expected.
The three orbs in his body were like three big batteries, releasing endless power, making sure John could use aura power without holding back. Even John didn't know if what he was releasing could really be called aura power.
Looking at Master Mustard who was barely to keeping up" John's eyes flickered and he couldn't help but grin.
"Master, the future belongs to young people, you should just give up."