Chapter 559: Unparalleled Ability
Specter's Sludge Bomb barrage covered almost the entire field.
Not only did it carpet-bomb the area, but it also interrupted many Pokémon's buff chants!
This greatly relieved the pressure on Arthur.
But Arthur knew the principle that showing off shouldn't last more than three seconds. As soon as the bombardment ended, he took out his Poké Ball and recalled Specter, who was now on cooldown.
Below, several Chandelure had floated into the air, clearly intending to sneak over and spew Clear Smog!
Unfortunately, by the time they got close and exhaled the smog, all that was left was a streak of red light flashing away!
The Poké Ball's recall beam retrieved Specter just in time, giving the opponents no chance to clear his buffs!
This is exactly why the strategic value and priority of buff moves are much higher in real combat than in stadium battles—
In the arena, space is limited and recall isn't allowed, so even if buffs are stacked, they are easily cleared, often bringing only a temporary advantage.
But in real combat, combined with Poké Ball control, if handled properly, the accumulated buffs are extremely difficult for the enemy to deal with!
Seeing Arthur recall that terrifying Gengar, Dayna's heart skipped a beat.
She vaguely recognized it as the nearly invincible ace ghost of the former leader?!
In an instant, the fear and trembling from her memory flooded back, and she cursed herself for being careless.
She had already gathered intelligence that the leader's Gengar was in this boy's hands and had been taken to participate in professional competitions, yet she still forgot to guard against it the moment they engaged.
Of course, this was also because the frontal pressure Arthur applied was too great!
If it weren't for Old Flame's high-speed rampage and Arthur's solo dual-sword charge closing in on Dayna within seconds, they certainly wouldn't have forgotten Specter's existence.
Ultimately, it was because they didn't take Arthur seriously at the beginning of the battle, focusing only on scheming against the true mastermind they had imagined.
Who would have thought they wouldn't even pass the first hurdle...
The plan was great, thinking ten steps ahead while taking the first step, but they got flipped over the moment they lifted their foot...
Then Arthur not only recalled Specter but also Old Flame, who had completed his vehicle-flipping mission.
Two ace Pokémon returned to his hands simultaneously.
At this moment, his individual combat power reached a peak again!
His gaze locked onto Dayna ahead once more!
A momentary advantage didn't make Arthur lose his head.
He knew he still had to end this quickly!
The enemy had more people and more Pokémon, after all.
Although Specter's Sludge Bomb had forcefully interrupted many chants and sent them back to heal, the enemy could still rely on their numbers to rotate some Pokémon to the back for buffs.
Time was not on Arthur's side.
But fortunately, this large-scale bombardment caught the enemy off guard, and a large number of Pokémon were healing for a short time.
"Forrest, block those two cadres for me!"
Arthur called for his driver's help.
He wanted to seize this opportunity to continue assaulting Dayna's defense line!
Forrest in the rear could only sigh silently.
Arthur seemed unstoppable and stole the limelight, but Forrest had done a lot of silent support work behind the scenes!
He had cleaned up most of the Ground-type Pokémon that launched the first surprise attack, including the digging Sandslash and Excadrill, and the Palossand and Golurk casting Gravity.
Later, when Specter chanted Nasty Plot, Forrest protected him the whole time.
Now Arthur called for his help again, asking him to block Linda and another newly appointed Stitched Shadow Army cadre.
From this perspective, Forrest was indeed more reliable than the previous driver.
Arthur gave him a silent thumbs-up in his heart.
Forrest x Skarner: Bastard! This isn't a driver's duty at all! Do you have some misunderstanding about the profession of a driver?
"Salamence, pounce and use Bite!"
Despite the internal complaints, Forrest followed up with commands very quickly.
Real combat was also his old profession. As a former military instructor, he didn't want to be underestimated by Arthur.
"ROAR!"
Salamence roared and pounced forward. Its powerful strength directly knocked down the new cadre's Typhlosion, completely ignoring the flames rising from its back. With a roar, it bit down, its astonishing bite force nearly snapping the Typhlosion in two!
At this moment, Salamence's body also flowed with terrifying energy fluctuations, muscles bulging, possessing strength capable of moving mountains and seas!
Because its ability, Moxie, was a peerless skill in group battles!
This ability allowed it to directly gain a strength boost through kills, victories, or strong emotions of victory. In the arena, the return on this ability was only average, but in real combat, it was simply a mowing tool!
All the weaker Pokémon around had now become tools for Salamence's boost!
During this process, the surrounding enemies had even disregarded losses and forcefully rushed up to spray it with Clear Smog twice, but they still couldn't stop this Salamence from accumulating ability boosts again and slaughtering everyone!
Its captain-level base strength already gave it the combat power to dominate the battlefield. Coupled with Forrest intentionally treating it as the absolute core of the lineup, his other two aces, Lucario and Absol, fed it kills the whole time.
This made this goofy Salamence thoroughly enjoy the killing spree today!
Even after being reset twice by Clear Smog, it had now stacked its strength boost to about five stages using its ability.
Equivalent to two and a half Swords Dances!
This far exceeded the boost limit that ordinary Pokémon could bear!
Although Forrest had just lamented that Arthur's Pokémon were wasted in stadium battles, looking back now: wasn't he the same?
As a military real-combat specialist, the boost limit his ace Salamence could bear was enough to make these ordinary Stitched Shadow Army soldiers despair!
A Salamence with five stages of strength boost could heavily injure that cadre's weakened Typhlosion with just a minor move like Bite!
And Forrest deliberately chose Bite instead of the more powerful Crunch because the minor move had a faster cooldown!
Soon after, his command came again: "Absol, Knock Off to remove Typhlosion's item! Salamence, Dragon Claw to finish it!"
The Dark-type move Knock Off, which forcibly removes an item from an enemy Pokémon upon hit, was also a real-combat weapon, specifically targeting those item-reliant scoundrels!
Absol provided cover, then Salamence swiped with its claw!
The new cadre was forced to hastily recall his Typhlosion!
Salamence roared again!
Another hearty victory!
Its ability had even stacked to the limit, unable to increase further.
The exit of Typhlosion caused the Empoleon beside it to be scared witless and retreat at light speed.
Thus, the little dragonfly was completely liberated!
Forrest's advancing support allowed Arthur to recall another of his ace Pokémon!
Now, apart from Greninja, who was still chasing Linda's Raichu and Electivire to settle old scores and clear his inner demons, all of Arthur's other Pokémon had returned to his side.
The minions were still taking potions after the bombing;
The cadres were blocked halfway by Forrest.
At this moment, no enemy around could distract him!
At least in this brief interval.
His duel with Dayna was undisturbed!
So, with his lineup complete again, Arthur gripped his sword hilt—
And charged once more!
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