Seeing Axel's reaction, Crispin's pupils shrank sharply.
He had also realized Axel's intent, but he was completely helpless.
His Blaziken basically didn't have any skills that could counter Dragonair.
Along with Dragonair's dance, a vast and desolate aura spread, as if the ancient dragon race was performing some kind of ritual.
At the same time, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and pouring rain condensed above, crashing down on the arena like a torrent.
Crispin and Blaziken were drenched like drowned rats.
Crispin could no longer bear this kind of blow, and a wave of helplessness swept over him.
He was indeed strong, his strength was no worse than Shasha's before she met Axel.
But in the end, he was just a student. A student who rarely stepped out of his ivory tower.
Facing such an unbeatable opponent, it was all too easy to lose his fighting spirit.
Axel lifted his eyes lightly, but didn't speak.
He and Crispin were meeting for the first time, he had no right to "teach" the other.
More importantly, if the opponent couldn't even withstand this kind of blow, then it only proved he really needed to experience it once.
Dragonair's Dragon Dance grew more and more majestic, and the downpour from the sky became heavier and heavier.
"Crispin, hang in there!"
"Boss, you're the best! Being able to fight Axel to this point is already amazing!"
From the direction of the Fire-type members of the League Club came sudden shouts of encouragement.
Crispin was startled awake by his companions' voices, and suddenly raised his head.
"That's right, I have to keep going!"
"So what if I can't win? It's not like I've never lost before!"
His eyes once again filled with fighting spirit, staring at Axel with burning determination.
"Thank you, Axel!"
"If it weren't for your Dragonair making me lose all fighting spirit today, maybe in the future I'd run into real danger because of it."
"Blaziken, let's try that move!"
Sensing his trainer's renewed determination, Blaziken nodded at once.
In the next moment, it struck a very graceful pose, and also began to dance on the ground.
Axel: "..."
'Awkward dancing + heavy rain, are you two serious?'
If these two were placed in his old world before fusion, someone would definitely run out and say, "Stop, don't fight anymore already!"
But that said, the choice Crispin and Blaziken made now was indeed the best possible one.
The Feather Dance move they used could greatly lower the opponent's attack, an excellent counter to Dragon Dance.
The glowing aura around Dragonair that symbolized attack power rising faintly began to fade.
If the opponent successfully pulled it off, Dragonair's Dragon Dance would've been wasted.
"Dragonair, don't waste time, Extreme Speed!"
"roar!", Dragonair let out a soft, childish roar, and its figure instantly appeared beside Blaziken.
The impact immediately broke off Blaziken's dance, nullifying the effects of both Dragon Dance and Feather Dance.
The battle returned once more to the initial blade-to-blade clash.
Just when everyone thought Axel would continue letting Dragonair suppress Blaziken, an incomprehensible command slipped from his lips.
"Dragonair, use Thunder Wave!"
Seeing Dragonair and Axel's movements, even Crispin himself was dumbfounded.
'Wait, you're not finishing off my Blaziken here?'
'Sure, a paralyzed Pokémon has a hard time using moves.'
'But what if I luckily got a Feather Dance off, wouldn't that mess you up?'
Axel grinned, as if he had seen straight through Crispin's thoughts, "Dragonair, after using Mist, go for Dragon Dance again!"
Crispin: "???"
'Are you kidding me...'
He thought Axel had changed tactics, but turns out the guy was still running a poison-style setup.
'So vicious!'
Under Mist's effect, Dragonair's stats couldn't be lowered.
And with Blaziken already paralyzed in advance, it couldn't even muster a decent attack.
Dragonair quickly stacked three layers of Dragon Dance.
Now its figure was ghostly and eerie, just gliding through the sky brought a terrifying pressure down on Crispin and Blaziken.
"You're not finishing this yet?", Crispin finally couldn't hold back.
With the power Dragonair had just shown, it could now easily sweep a whole team.
There was no need to just keep scaring people, right?
Axel nodded slightly and raised the Rotom in his hand.
"Sorry, King Crispin, please wait a little. I need to send these photos to Professor Oak."
"This Dragonair was taken from his backyard, and he's still monitoring its growth data and battle data."
"Why don't you help me out, let Blaziken use Protect once, so Professor Oak can directly see Dragonair's current growth?"
Crispin: "..."
'What the hell?'
'So you're letting your Pokémon beat mine up, and I still have to make my Pokémon cooperate with the beating?'
"Referee, I conce—"
"After this match I'll send in my Gholdengo!"
Bai Leia glanced at Crispin, "Classmate, you were going to concede what?"
Crispin: "..."
He wanted to say, "Who wants your dirty money," then turn around and walk off coolly.
But...
Thinking about Axel's Gholdengo, and that gigantic golden coin it had summoned, Crispin gritted his teeth and nodded.
"I think I can still fight!"
———
One minute later, three photos appeared on Axel's Rotom.
The first was Dragonair sending Blaziken flying with Dragon Rush.
The second and third were Dragonair blasting Crispin's other two Pokémon away with Dragon Pulse and Dragon Breath.
Professor Oak quickly called. Axel answered, and a huge Dragonite's shining eyes filled the screen.
["Wooo!"]
'Daughter, daughter, Daddy misses you!'
"Wooo~"
The pink Dragonair happily snatched Rotom, rubbing affectionately against the screen.
Dragonite instantly melted, shoving Professor Oak out of the way.
Right after came Oak's cries for help, ["Ahhh, Dragonite, you're crushing me!"]
["Muk, don't help me, can someone else—ahh..."]
["My god, Tauros, you're stepping on my head!"]
After some struggle, Professor Oak finally reappeared on screen, panting.
["These photos are very useful, they've refreshed Dragonair's power ceiling at this level."]
["As a reward, I'll transfer 200,000 to you shortly."]
["Also, don't forget to take some data of Gardevoir for me!"]
Axel blinked and quickly hung up the call.
'Take Gardevoir's data now?'
He was honestly afraid Oak's heart couldn't take it, might even keel over.
Beside Axel, Crispin's body stiffened, and the two gold coins in his hand clattered to the ground.
At first, he was quite happy. Just having his Pokémon take a beating in exchange for so much money meant he could improve their meals, strengthen them.
But now... the one doing the beating actually earned even more than him.
'How is that reasonable?'
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