Chapter 375: I May Not Be Human, But You're a Real Dog
One Hyper Voice after another, all critical hits. Kingdra really was on the verge of collapsing.
Now, whenever it closed its eyes, it could hear that milky "Awoo!"
It was starting to give the dragon auditory hallucinations.
But the good news was that after using Rain Dance to recharge the dark cloud, the rain was now falling harder, gradually overpowering the snow.
Then, Leo commanded his Kingdra: "Use Sharpen!"
Another single-use buff.
Uncle, this time, I'm really angry!
He was about to launch his counterattack!
But then he saw the Sylveon in front of him—it had de-evolved!
Yes, that's right. Without any warning, it had de-evolved again.
And this time, after de-evolving, Little Eevee didn't immediately re-evolve. It just tilted its head, looking at the Kingdra with its big, adorable, innocent eyes.
It was as if to say: What move are you going to use? You choose first, then I'll transform.
This completely stumped Leo…
After the Sharpen buff was applied, he silently looked at the Little Eevee, which was now on his side of the field, closer to him. For a rare moment, he couldn't immediately give the next command.
Normally, for a mature professional player, estimating their Pokémon's cooldown and commanding it to use the next move the moment it's ready is the most basic, entry-level operation. It's fundamental to professional play.
If this were any other situation, for a trainer to delay giving a command for a second or two after their Pokémon had just been buffed, like Leo was doing now, it would be considered a serious player error.
But now, everyone completely understood him.
Many spectators in the stadium couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Pfft, what the hell, is Arthur's Eevee a dog?"
Putting themselves in Leo's shoes, the spectators imagined looking at a Little Eevee that was already prepared, reverted to its initial form, and ready to evolve in any direction at any moment, just tilting its head and waiting for you to make a move. You'd be numb too.
I may not be human, but you're a real dog!
After waiting for two seconds, Little Eevee even impatiently flicked its wet tail.
This made Leo want to flip a table!
But a two-second hesitation was the limit. There was no time for any more delay in a professional match.
"Use Iron Head!"
In the end, Leo still commanded it to use the Steel-type Iron Head.
Although he had very little intel, Leo was a veteran captain, after all. He had a vague feeling that this Eevee of Arthur's likely didn't have that many evolutionary forms.
For the past minute or so, Arthur hadn't had Eevee evolve again!
This was a good opportunity to test his theory!
If his Eevee could really evolve into all eight forms at will, then facing an Iron Head, it should choose to become a Vaporeon or a Jolteon.
"Evolve!" Arthur commanded!
Kingdra charged forward at high speed!
Under the rain, a Swift Swim Kingdra is truly fast. It crossed a distance of dozens of meters in the blink of an eye!
Little Eevee was sent flying by the headbutt while it was still enveloped in a white light.
As it flew through the air, its form was revealed!
For a rare moment, Leo felt a surge of excitement.
Sure enough, he had guessed correctly!
This time, the form Eevee had evolved into was still Leafeon!
His opponent's forms were not that many. He didn't have the Water or Electric forms, which are resistant to Steel!
Both Ice and Fairy are weak to Steel, so his opponent had to choose the Grass type this time.
But Arthur also had a counter.
"Use Leech Seed!"
Leafeon scattered countless seeds while it was still in the air!
Kingdra tried its best to dodge, but because Iron Head is a close-range move, it had to get up close to use it. Now, it was too close to Leafeon. No matter how slick its movements, it couldn't dodge all the tiny seeds.
Quite a few seeds still clung to Kingdra's body. Bathed in the rain, they quickly began to sprout and grow!
These seeds would continuously absorb Kingdra's life energy, converting it into pollen-like energy crystals and sending them back to Leafeon.
With this continuous source of recovery, Arthur confidently gave his next command.
"Re-evolve, Glaceon! Use Hail in a bit!"
After this one Iron Head, he realized that Leo had seen through the limits of Little Eevee's forms. So he decided to stop pretending, to show his hand. He even announced the specific type of his next evolution in his command.
Little Eevee had just been resting for a while in its Sylveon form. It could still handle two more consecutive evolutions.
Glaceon would be weak to the Steel-type Iron Head, but it didn't matter. Little Eevee was already ahead in terms of condition, and now it had Leech Seed for continuous healing. It could take the hit.
And more importantly, he was about to start fighting for the weather again.
Could Leo afford to sit back and do nothing now?
He had just tanked a Hyper Voice to get off one Rain Dance.
And now, Glaceon was starting to use Hail again.
What was he going to do?
Leo grit his teeth so hard they were about to break.
He roughly estimated that it would take at least three more Iron Heads to reliably take out the Leafeon.
His Kingdra didn't have the Steel type. It had only mastered Iron Head; it was far from an expert.
And his opponent had Leech Seed for recovery.
But if he let the Glaceon use Hail just once, his Kingdra's Swift Swim ability would be mostly nullified, and the Glaceon's Snow Cloak ability would come online. After that, it was very likely that his Kingdra would never be able to hit the Glaceon again!
The optical camouflage effect from Snow Cloak is incredibly troublesome in a real battle. Unless you have a guaranteed-hit move like Smart Strike, which is guided by a fated line, or a large-area AOE damage, it's really hard to deal with an invisible target in the arena.
Although all of this had not yet happened, it was inevitably foreseeable.
Leo was no fool. After Arthur had used Leech Seed, he had basically already seen through his opponent's tactical intentions.
But… just seeing through it is useless!
The only way to break this situation now was to use an ultimate move to quickly take out the Glaceon, so that Leech Seed wouldn't have time to heal. But the ultimate moves his Kingdra had mastered were only Water and Dragon.
You didn't need to think to know that the moment he commanded it to use an ultimate, Arthur would have his Eevee change its form again.
Leafeon resists Water, and Sylveon resists Dragon.
It was an unsolvable checkmate!
This Eevee of Arthur's had his Kingdra completely figured out!
How can such a disgusting Pokémon like Eevee exist in this world?!
"Sharpen, then use Hydro Pump!"
Even knowing that he was jumping off a cliff, at this moment, Leo had no choice but to jump.
"Re-evolve!"
But this time, Leo, by a stroke of luck, had actually added a significant burden to Little Eevee.
Seeing Little Eevee go through several more consecutive evolutions, Arthur knew he couldn't drag this out any longer.
He maintained the Leafeon form for a while, used Fake Tears again to force his opponent to use Clear Smog to clear the debuff.
Then, Arthur gave his final command to re-evolve.
"Evolve into Sylveon again, then use Misty Terrain!"
He used his final, held-back move slot, which made Leo's expression change dramatically.
"Oh no!"
The field was still half-rain, half-snow. Glaceon's second Hail had not had a chance to be used.
Making Little Eevee transform into a Glaceon again would be too much of a burden. So Arthur had directly abandoned that path and had instead shifted his focus from the sky to the ground!
The weather in the sky was a draw. So it was time to take the terrain on the ground
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