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"Blaine! Mega Garchomp's Attack is much stronger than Mega Camerupt's. You can't completely neutralize Mega Garchomp's Earthquake right now!"
Eddie couldn't help but laugh when he saw Blaine use Earthquake again to counter Earthquake, thinking that Blaine was getting old and senile.
And the reality was just as Eddie expected—the difference in Attack power between Mega Garchomp and Mega Camerupt was quite significant. At this moment, Mega Garchomp's Earthquake directly broke through Mega Camerupt's.
Although its power had been weakened somewhat, it still maintained tremendous force.
The energy surge caused by Earthquake directly attacked Mega Camerupt. The latter's Speed made it impossible to dodge such an attack.
If Mega Camerupt was hit, it wouldn't be knocked out instantly, but it would definitely take heavy damage.
After all, it was also weak to Ground-type moves, while Mega Garchomp was a Ground/Dragon-type Pokémon. Not only did it have powerful Attack, but it also received STAB on Ground-type moves.
"Hmph! It's not that simple! Did you really think I don't have any defensive measures!?"
"Mega Camerupt, use Substitute!"
As Blaine finished speaking, Mega Camerupt mobilized its energy and directly created a Substitute that looked exactly like itself.
Then the energy surge formed by Earthquake seemed to be fooled by the Substitute, and the attack was redirected entirely toward it.
"BOOM!"
The Substitute naturally couldn't withstand Mega Garchomp's Earthquake attack and was instantly destroyed, dissipating into the air.
"But its mission has been accomplished! Now, Mega Camerupt, use Flame Burst!"
The moment Mega Garchomp's attack ended, Blaine immediately commanded Mega Camerupt to counterattack.
Flame Burst: Fire-type move with a base power of 80 that uses flames to attack all Pokémon around the user.
This move was not only powerful but also had a massive attack range.
What's more, the one using this move was Mega Camerupt, so its power was even greater and its range extended across the entire battlefield.
"Mega Garchomp, fly up and try to avoid the attack!"
Eddie acted decisively upon seeing this, knowing that he couldn't completely avoid this move. But if Garchomp flew up, perhaps the damage would be reduced significantly. Additionally, Mega Garchomp resisted Fire-type moves, so this way, it would only suffer minor injuries.
"However, this move not only has a large range, but it also obscures vision. Now neither Mega Garchomp nor I can see where Mega Camerupt is."
Flame Burst—well, as the name suggested, when Mega Camerupt sprayed flames like smoke to attack Mega Garchomp, those fiery smoke clouds would also block vision.
"Wait! Maybe Blaine is using this move not to attack, but to block my vision. Just to be safe, I should be more careful."
Eddie felt that Blaine had started learning some of his tricks, and that he must have other intentions in using Flame Burst this time. He needed to take precautions.
"Mega Garchomp, use Double Team!"
"You realized it a bit too late! Mega Camerupt has already used Focus Energy! Now use Hyper Beam to knock down Mega Garchomp!"
Eddie had just given the order when Blaine's voice came from the other side of the smoke screen.
Focus Energy: Take a deep breath and concentrate—attacks become much more likely to land critical hits.
In other words, the Pokémon that used this move would gain a buff that increased its critical hit rate, and critical hit damage would be doubled!
"What?! Mega Garchomp, use Protect!"
"Eddie, you're a step too slow this time. Fire, Mega Camerupt, and knock down Mega Garchomp!"
Eddie hurriedly commanded Mega Garchomp to use Protect to defend against the next attack, but by then Mega Camerupt's attack had already arrived. A devastating beam of light struck Mega Garchomp directly as it flew through the air.
"ROAAAR!"
Mega Garchomp took the full force of this attack and roared in pain and fury.
However, roaring was useless, because after being hit, it could no longer control its body. Just as Blaine said, it was knocked down by Mega Camerupt.
"What a mistake. I got hit like that because of my carelessness."
Eddie couldn't help but regret that he'd fallen for such a simple scheme.
Mega Garchomp wasn't Mega Tyranitar. The latter had extremely high Defense and good Special Defense, so it could withstand four Hyper Beams.
But Mega Garchomp's Special Defense wasn't high. Although it wasn't weak, it was only at an average level. If hit by Hyper Beam, it might only be able to withstand three shots total.
And now, because Mega Camerupt had used Focus Energy beforehand, this Hyper Beam must have landed a critical hit, which meant that Mega Garchomp had been seriously injured by this single blow. Only about one-third of its HP remained.
Meanwhile, Mega Camerupt had just used Substitute, which cost a quarter of its HP. The HP gap between the two sides had already widened dramatically.
"Hahahaha! Finally! For once in this battle, I actually have the upper hand!"
The smoke finally cleared, and Blaine spoke to Eddie happily.
He was an old man who had been suppressed by Eddie throughout the entire battle until now. Even when he occasionally had the advantage, it was an illusion created by Eddie, and he was quickly counterattacked and overwhelmed.
But this time, seeing Eddie's serious expression, Blaine knew he truly had the upper hand. Otherwise, Eddie would look regretful instead.
Seeing Blaine's oblivious expression, Eddie couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy for this old man whom he'd dragged out and beaten up early in the morning. He felt as if he was bullying him.
But regardless, he should kindly give the old man a warning now.
"Blaine, don't celebrate too soon. Mega Garchomp was badly injured, but it can still fight. And it seems to be even angrier than me right now. You'd better be careful."
"ROAR, ROAR, ROAAAR!"
As if to prove Eddie's words, Mega Garchomp roared murderously.
It was indeed angrier than Eddie. After all, it was a fierce Dragon-type Pokémon. Usually, it was the one violently beating up other Pokémon. Now that it had been beaten, how could it not be furious?