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Foul Play: A Dark-type move with a base power of 95. When using this move, the target's Attack stat is used instead of the user's Attack stat to calculate damage.
In other words, when Mega Houndoom used this move, its attack power temporarily became the same as Mega Tyranitar's, and then it would strike.
Everyone knew how incredibly strong Mega Tyranitar's Attack stat was. At this moment, Mega Houndoom's attack power matched Mega Tyranitar's, and then it attacked directly.
While Stone Edge was still in progress, Mega Houndoom was already covered in wounds, but it followed Blaine's orders and charged toward Mega Tyranitar, striking hard at the Rock/Dark-type as it was executing Stone Edge.
"ROAAAR!"
After being hit, Mega Tyranitar let out a rare cry of pain.
As the saying goes, 'using your own spear to pierce your own shield.'
At this moment, Mega Houndoom was using Mega Tyranitar's own Attack power against it—undoubtedly the right choice.
Not only that, but Blaine's mutual knockout strategy exceeded Eddie's expectations, leaving him unable to react immediately.
It wasn't until he saw Mega Houndoom had already struck Mega Tyranitar that he understood Blaine's determination.
"But the battle isn't over yet! Trying to take us down with you is too optimistic! Mega Tyranitar, use Hyper Beam to blast it away!"
"ROAAR!"
At this point, both Mega Tyranitar and Mega Houndoom were covered in wounds, especially the latter. In order to reach Mega Tyranitar, it had just forced its way through a literal 'stone hell.' After attacking Mega Tyranitar, it had nearly exhausted all its remaining strength.
Therefore, facing Mega Tyranitar's counterattack at point-blank range, it truly had no way to dodge now.
Mega Tyranitar wasn't doing well either.
Its own Attack power was so high that being hit by an attack based on that same power had dealt serious damage.
However, its condition was still better than Mega Houndoom's.
Moreover, Eddie had it use Hyper Beam—which it could fire while stationary—rather than Giga Impact, which would have required charging forward.
Mega Tyranitar opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth. Terrible energy gathered within its maw, and a dazzling beam of light erupted from between its jaws.
This devastating light cannon was extremely fast and powerful. No one could ignore a move like Hyper Beam—especially one used by a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
Mega Houndoom, which was so close, couldn't possibly avoid such an attack. It didn't have the strength to dodge, even if Blaine called for it to retreat or continue attacking Mega Tyranitar.
As a result, Mega Houndoom didn't even have time to cry out this time. The moment the beam struck it, it lost consciousness and was blasted back more than ten meters. It crashed to the ground, completely knocked out.
Mega Houndoom had now reverted to its normal Houndoom form, and the same was true for Mega Tyranitar. However, compared to Houndoom, which had already fallen, Tyranitar was covered in wounds and looked barely standing, but it hadn't collapsed.
The victor had been decided.
"Well, never mind. Although I didn't succeed in taking you both down, at least I've made sure your Tyranitar can't fight again."
"You did well. Come back and rest, Houndoom."
Blaine looked at Tyranitar, still standing despite everything, and couldn't help but sigh before recalling Houndoom.
Actually, he felt the result was acceptable—Tyranitar no longer had the strength to continue fighting.
"Blaine, why did you make that choice? You should have had many other options before this."
Eddie also recalled Tyranitar, then asked Blaine his question.
In that situation just now, Blaine obviously had many ways to deal with Tyranitar's attack, but he'd directly chosen this most extreme method.
"Hmph. I had plenty of ways to dodge, but I didn't think any of them could defeat Tyranitar."
"On the contrary, I figured you'd already predicted my various possible responses. As long as you predicted my moves, I was certain Tyranitar would regain its energy."
Blaine gave a slight, rare sneer, indicating he'd seen through Eddie's plan.
"Tch! You noticed all that, so you used this method to disrupt my follow-up plans."
"I have to admit, you made the right call. In that situation just now, if Tyranitar hadn't held on just a bit longer, Tyranitar might have fallen while Houndoom would have been injured but still standing."
Eddie shrugged. That had indeed been a thrilling moment. Tyranitar had almost lost.
It wasn't that he couldn't accept losing, but if Tyranitar had lost that battle just now, Blaine would have recalled Houndoom for the next match. Then he would have missed out on valuable experience!
Losing the battle was fine—it wasn't a life-or-death situation—but missing out on experience was the real problem.
Fortunately, Tyranitar held on and emerged victorious.
"I gained experience, but none of my Pokémon have leveled up yet. I guess they'll level up after I defeat Blaine's fifth Pokémon."
"Leveling up is really getting difficult during this period. After the battle with Team Rocket is over, I need to go to Victory Road or Mt. Silver for serious training."
After thinking it over, Eddie felt those two locations were the closest and most suitable places for grinding levels.
But first, he had to finish dealing with Team Rocket—which meant defeating Blaine first.
"Eddie, I'm realizing that battling you with flashy tactics isn't the right approach."
Blaine took out his fifth Poké Ball, but he didn't throw it out immediately. Instead, he spoke to Eddie.
"Whether it's Arcanine or Ninetales, Infernape or Houndoom—these Pokémon all have tricky attacks, extreme speed, or overwhelming offensive power. I would never normally use them against regular trainers."
"But that approach doesn't seem to work against you, so I'm going to try a different method."
After saying that, Blaine threw out his fifth Poké Ball, which opened in midair.
A living 'volcano' appeared on the battlefield.
Seeing this, Eddie's expression became serious.
He finally understood what Blaine had just meant.