Chapter 241: The Authority in Close-Quarters Combat
Initially, when Nidoking saw Greninja charge, it let out an angry roar, attempting to intimidate its opponent with its huge size, robust body, and ferocious horns.
The result was that it had no effect whatsoever…
Upon meeting, Greninja threw out four shuriken, two aimed at the heart and two at the eyes.
Nidoking subconsciously raised its hands to protect its eyes, and Greninja seized the opportunity to cut into its guard. The water kunai in its hands stabbed once at the heart and once across the throat.
Every move aimed straight for a vital point!
Subsequently, Nidoking reacted, dropping its hands and thrusting its head forward, trying to counterattack with the sharp horn on its head.
But it was dodged by Greninja with a light, airy sidestep. Then, Greninja grabbed the opponent's horn with one hand, used its strength to press the opponent's head down, and at the same time, sharply raised its long leg.
A fierce knee strike collided with Nidoking's chin, instantly turning the opponent's domineering roar into a small whimper.
Then, the water kunai in its other hand followed up, piercing through the opponent's chin and stabbing up into Nidoking's mouth from below, completely silencing the last trace of the opponent's whimper.
It responded to Nidoking's initial roar with the most violent action—
You like to roar? Not allowed! Keep it in!
This set of coherent, vicious, and vital-point-targeting close-quarters combat techniques was filled with Arthur's shadow.
As the saying goes, what kind of master you have determines what kind of Pokémon you raise. In the field of close-quarters combat, Nidoking was practically a little baby in front of Greninja at this moment.
"Retreat, fall back, Nidoking! Hurry up and come support me!"
The trainer commanding Nidoking was the younger brother of the opposing sibling pair. The poor guy had been beaten to the point of calling for his sister's support less than ten seconds into the match.
However, Elijah had already received Arthur's instructions before the battle began. He had headed straight for Weezing from the very start and was still intercepting it well.
Seeing that the opponent's teammate couldn't come over for the time being, Greninja continued its pursuit, savagely beating Nidoking!
A few seconds later, the opponent finally got through his cooldown period, and the player immediately commanded, "Use Bulldoze!"
However, Arthur spoke synchronously, "Jump up!"
In the process of its pursuit, Greninja suddenly accelerated. After a two-step run-up, it took a large stride, jumped off one of Nidoking's knees, and then used its hands to push off the opponent's head and launch itself into the air!
This was practically treating the opponent as a pommel horse.
And the clumsy Nidoking was completely powerless to fight back.
Nidoking stomped one foot down hard, and a yellowish-brown shockwave traveled swiftly along the ground, spreading out in a ring.
Unfortunately, at this time, its target was pressing down on its head with both hands, gracefully performing a split in the air.
"Bulldoze" had been predicted, and Greninja once again easily dodged it with its movement skills.
In close combat, the opponent was inferior. In player command, the opponent was also inferior!
Arthur hadn't even used a skill, relying purely on prediction to counter the opponent's move once again.
Subsequently, Greninja's body landed, its hands still holding Nidoking's head.
"Use Water Pulse!"
Greninja pressed its hands on both sides of Nidoking's temples and fully activated the vibration of the water wave!
The effect was extremely outstanding, equivalent to at least a multi-hit super-critical strike if converted to data!
When it let go, Nidoking was swaying, white foam almost bubbling from its mouth.
And at this time, less than half a minute had passed since the start of the match!
From the moment of contact, Nidoking had been beaten so badly it couldn't fight back at all. In a short period of time, it was already covered in cuts and bruises.
Perhaps the only consolation was: at this time, a strange purple hue suddenly floated across Greninja's face.
It was poisoned.
It wasn't because of a skill, but because of the opponent's ability.
This Nidoking's ability was different from Asher's. Its ability was Poison Point, the effect of which was that its skin and spikes were coated with poison. As long as there was contact, there was a chance of poisoning the opponent.
The opponent had indeed been quite thorough in preparing their poison strategy.
Unfortunately, Greninja didn't pay it any mind at all. Its pursuit didn't stop. It flipped the kunai in its hand and continued to slaughter Nidoking, who was wailing nonstop.
The Ghost Dragon Team had ultimately underestimated Arthur too much.
The Demon King Team's victory before was not achieved simply by stacking status effects.
They had analyzed Arthur as a person as thoroughly as digging up his family tree. The more they analyzed, the more respect they had for Arthur and his Greninja!
From the initial version of planning to use a Venusaur to spread powder, to later repeatedly rejecting it, they finally decided that they had to use a Whimsicott with the Prankster ability to carry out the plan!
Because the Demon King Team's professional analysts had unanimously determined that a force-evolved Pokémon whose strength was below the professional level, if it didn't have a self-preservation means like Cute Charm, would have at most fifteen seconds of struggle time after Greninja got close!
Only a Whimsicott with the Prankster ability could complete the triple-powder combo in such a short time and then directly exit the field with "Memento," giving no opportunities whatsoever!
The execution of their tactic was cold and resolute!
The Ghost Dragon Team only saw that Demon King had succeeded with ease, using only a dozen or so seconds, but they completely failed to see the risks and the game of wits within it.
They took it for granted that as long as they arranged a series of poisoning methods, they could counter Arthur, completely ignoring Greninja's ability to end a match quickly!
Their Nidoking this match was of course stronger than Demon King's Whimsicott. This Nidoking was not force-evolved, just not a main Pokémon, but its strength had also reached the professional level.
But back then, even Luna's main-player-level Empoleon couldn't completely overwhelm Greninja in the domain of close combat!
Arthur was unbalanced, true. He was stuck in the inertial thinking of a real-combat military pragmatist, true. He had shortcomings, true.
But correspondingly, the authority he and his Pokémon represented in the one field they specialized in was also beyond question!
He indeed had trouble dealing with pink demons like Blissey and Clefable with their full suite of recovery moves and occasional charming. And the raw power of the Pokémon of the two girls from the Blaze Team was also close to the main player level.
However, the Nidoking from the Ghost Dragon Team before him now had none of that.
It was just an ordinary, average Pokémon whose strength had just reached the professional baseline, with no particular specialty in the field of close combat.
At this moment, it felt as if it was bearing a heavy burden that its strength was not meant for.
What the hell did I do to deserve fighting this kind of monster?!
At this moment, Asher, sitting in the audience, looked at the Nidoking on the field being savagely beaten without a chance to fight back, and saw the complete reflection of himself during the tryouts.
At this time, he wished he could light a cigarette.
Finally, someone understands my pain.
After a few more seconds of slashing, the water kunai in Greninja's hands were literally hacked to pieces without having experienced a single weapon clash.
Behind this pair of scrapped water kunai were Nidoking's blood and tears.
Its entire body was almost dyed red.
"Swish!"
Greninja once again used "Water Shuriken."
This time, it didn't even throw the shuriken. All six kunai were held in its hands, kept in reserve.
Seeing this, Nidoking let out a "wah" and started crying on the spot, crying like a 300-plus-pound child…
"Hold on, Nidoking!" its owner was still cheering for it.
Just hold on a little longer, the opponent is already poisoned!
Just hold on for another minute or two, and the opponent will collapse from the poison—
This thought hadn't even finished forming in the opposing player's mind when the next moment he saw Greninja deliver a spinning roundhouse kick that sent Nidoking flying to the ground. The next moment, just as Greninja was about to pursue and deliver the finishing blow, its kunai just raised, Nidoking had already fainted.
Greninja tilted its head suspiciously.
It suspected the opponent was faking it, but it had no proof.
Fortunately, the referee had already raised his flag at this time, so Greninja decided to let it go for now.
And at this point, only half a minute had passed since it had made close contact with Nidoking.
For the poison to accumulate to the point where it could knock out Greninja, at least another two minutes were needed!
In the distance, the Weezing floating in mid-air was trembling…
(End of Chapter)
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