Chapter 321: The Unrivaled Blademaster
"Broonz!"
Bronzong cried out in pain, its right eye squeezing shut, but its psychic energy remained firmly locked onto its opponent.
This Leavanny didn't look particularly strong, but its control over its energy was extremely high. It had compressed its energy before attacking, resulting in immense power. Even with Bronzong's body fortified by Aegis Ore, it still couldn't take the hit without flinching.
"So this is a Roba Tribe warrior? Truly remarkable."
Basalt's eyes narrowed, a spark of excitement within them.
Although Amuyar was also a warrior, he had acquired his Hippopotas too recently and hadn't received the tribe's full cultivation. He was missing many of their secret techniques.
But Bator was different. He had clearly been guided by a master. This Leavanny was proof of that.
Basalt now understood the strange dance from before. It must have been the move "Entrainment."
Entrainment, a Normal-type move. The user performs a mysterious dance, causing the opponent to mimic its movements and, in doing so, changing the opponent's Ability to match its own.
This Leavanny's ability must have been "Overcoat." After using Entrainment, Bronzong's "Levitate" ability was erased, which is why it fell from the sky.
"Without its Levitate ability, your Bronzong is just a sitting duck."
Bator crossed his arms, looking at the fallen Bronzong, which was now unable to move. A cold smile appeared on his face. "Leavanny, Shadow Claw!"
Whoosh!
Leavanny pushed off the ground, its body instantly becoming a beige blur as it weaved left and right, rushing towards Bronzong, its leaf blades glowing with a black light.
The Ghost-type Shadow Claw... a move that was super effective against Bronzong.
And now, without Levitate, Bronzong was a limbless, immobile bell. How could it dodge?
"It looks like the Roba Tribe's 'Qianlima' has won this second round!"
On the high platform, the elders stroked their beards and laughed.
"A sitting duck? I don't think so."
Basalt's eyes narrowed. He watched the rapidly approaching Leavanny. Just as it leaped into the air, its dark claws raised to strike, he sent the telepathic command: "Now... Reverse Gravity!"
"Broonz!"
Bronzong's eyes lit up. Its psychic power erupted, instantly creating a magnetic field that enveloped Leavanny.
Leavanny's leap had been aimed straight at Bronzong, a perfect setup for its Shadow Claw.
But under the effect of Reverse Gravity, its weight was suddenly and drastically reduced.
In an instant, its straight trajectory became an upward-arcing parabola. Leavanny slashed down fiercely with its Shadow Claw, but it sailed right over Bronzong's head, missing completely.
"What?"
Bator's eyes went wide with shock. "Did Leavanny overshoot? That's impossible! Under my strict training, Leavanny's control over its strength is meticulous. It would never make a mistake like that."
After becoming a warrior, Bator had been trained by all the elders of the tribe, and even the Chieftain himself. He had been through hundreds of battles and had seen it all.
But this... this was something he had never anticipated.
It wasn't just him. Even the elders and Khara-Khan on the high platform were completely baffled.
Watching Leavanny fly past, Basalt issued his next telepathic command: "Rock Tomb!"
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Several massive boulders materialized from thin air and hurtled towards the airborne Leavanny.
But Leavanny was no slouch. It swung its two leaf blades, and in an instant, a flurry of slashes diced all the boulders into four neat, smooth-edged pieces, sending stone fragments scattering.
Grass-type move, Leaf Blade!
At that moment, Leavanny, like an unrivaled blademaster, stood proudly in the air. Even Basalt was momentarily stunned by the sight.
"Silver Wind!" Bator commanded again.
Leavanny's leafy wings and blade-arms began to flap rapidly, and a storm of Bug-type energy instantly formed and swept forward.
"Don't let it! Revert the gravity!"
Psychic energy surged, and Bronzong instantly reversed the magnetic field's construction. The direction of gravity flipped again.
And so, Leavanny suddenly felt a massive force pressing down on it, pulling it from the sky. Caught off guard, not only did its Silver Wind go wide, but even with its light body and agility, it still crashed hard into the ground.
Compared to Reverse Gravity, Bronzong's normal Gravity was amplified to a much higher degree. Since Leavanny was already in mid-air, the effect was devastating.
"Was that Gravity just now? For a body as light as Leavanny's to fall that fast... how many times was it amplified? Eight? Ten?" an elder on the platform cried out.
But the most shocked of all was Adil. As a top student from Capital University, his knowledge was vast. Connecting this to Leavanny's earlier uncontrolled ascent, he naturally thought of a certain Provincial Gym Leader's technique.
"Did Basalt even learn the secret of Reverse Gravity?"
Adil was filled with envy and a trace of bitterness. To be able to train under a Master-level trainer... that was something he could only dream of.
He had no idea that Basalt had no Master. His teacher was an anime.
On the battlefield, taking advantage of the instant Leavanny was knocked off-balance upon landing, Bronzong began to roll its massive body and charged forward.
Gyro Ball!
"Not good!"
Bator's expression finally changed.
Bronzong's timing was perfect. And with the super-amplified gravity still pressing down, Leavanny's movements were severely restricted.
Dodging was now impossible.
BOOM!
A violent collision rang out. The center of the field exploded in a cloud of dust, forming a small crater.
The crowd shielded their eyes from the dust. When they looked back at the field, a white light was enveloping Leavanny's body, firmly blocking Bronzong's attack.
"Protect?"
Basalt's eyes narrowed, and he sighed inwardly. "An opponent of this caliber really isn't that easy to beat."
The light from Protect didn't last long. As it faded, Leavanny's blade-arms flashed out again, moving at an incredible speed.
The spectators couldn't even see its arms move, only a blur as the two blades gracefully slid past Bronzong's body like a gentle breeze.
But as the Bug-type energy exploded, two more faint marks were left on Bronzong's "face," and it cried out in pain.
Leavanny, having passed Bronzong, struck a cool pose, its blades extended, as if it were an actor waiting for the audience's applause.
"Such a fast blade," Basalt said with admiration.
He might be a show-off, but this Leavanny was incredibly difficult to deal with. Its movement was fast, its blade was faster, and it was both quick and powerful. A slow Pokémon would be at a huge disadvantage.
"But... it's all over."
A cold smile appeared on Basalt's face.
At the same time, a faint, imperceptible light flashed over both Bronzong and Leavanny.
"Bronzong, Psychic!"
Basalt waved his hand, his aura surging.
"Leavanny, dodge, then use Shadow Claw!"
Bator's face was confident. Although its speed was reduced by gravity, Leavanny was an extremely light Pokémon. The gravity wasn't unbearable for it.
At Bator's command, Leavanny began to run.
But the moment it took its first step, it knew something was wrong.
Its normally agile body now felt like it was rooted to the spot. It was incredibly difficult to move.
Bronzong, on the other hand, turned with surprising agility, aimed its "eyes" at Leavanny, and a powerful, multicolored beam of psychic energy shot out.
"What's happening?"
Leavanny's eyes widened. It could only watch helplessly as the beam of energy engulfed it.
BOOM!
The explosion roared again, sending sand and dust everywhere.
When the dust settled, a large, five-meter-diameter crater was left in the center of the field, the ground spider-webbed with cracks.
As for Leavanny, all of its flair was gone. It lay unconscious in the crater, its eyes spinning.
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