Chapter 633: Strength Makes Up for Luck
The fact that Fake Out missed caught Arnold completely off guard!
"What?!"
Having played professionally for so many years, this was the first time he had seen an opening Fake Out lose a speed contest!
Or rather, in all his years of professional play, he had never seen anyone even think about contesting speed with Fake Out.
How suicidal must you be?!
Isn't this a mistake only beginners make?
But what was even more ridiculous was—the opponent actually won!
The little dragonfly's First Impression crossed the half-court at an astonishing speed, slamming headfirst into Mr. Rime, leaving the two palms extended in the void far behind.
Bang!
Smack!
Two sounds rang out almost simultaneously.
The first was the little dragonfly knocking Mr. Rime away, and the second was the Fake Out palms clapping together, hitting nothing but air.
By the time the audience in the stands exclaimed "Holy crap" in various languages, the little dragonfly had already flapped her wings and chased after Mr. Rime, starting a combo!
Fake Out has very low damage, mostly serving as a control move to stun the opponent upon first encounter.
But First Impression is different!
This is one of the top high-damage Bug-type moves!
Its power is second only to ultimate moves.
Winning the speed contest with this explosive performance, the little dragonfly established her advantage right from the start!
Knocked away, Mr. Rime curled up in pain, his head buzzing from the blow.
Who am I? Where am I? What just happened?
The philosophical questions popped up in Mr. Rime's mind subconsciously.
Normally, I should summon palms to stun the opponent, then adjust my position calmly and start my rhythm, right?
What is this situation? Can someone explain it to me?
Unfortunately, even his master's head was buzzing right now, unable to explain anything.
In that moment of daze, the little dragonfly whipped her tail and sent Mr. Rime into the air, quickly starting an aerial combo inherited from the same school as Lina!
She used this aerial combat method even more skillfully than Lina. In terms of seniority, she was Lina's senior sister.
Mr. Rime was beaten senseless, unable to counterattack until the cooldown ended.
"Spew Icy Wind!"
The opponent using Ice-type moves was expected.
Mr. Rime was tumbling in the air, unable to aim properly. Ice Beam would be inaccurate, so he was forced to use the large-area AOE move: Icy Wind.
This choice was correct.
Naturally, it was also easy to predict!
"Back off! Create some distance, use Sand Tomb on the opponent's landing spot!"
A patch of ground below quickly turned into a sinking sand pit under the effect of the little dragonfly's move.
Falling under the cover of wind and snow, Mr. Rime landed right in the sand trap.
Simple landing prediction, so easy for the little dragonfly!
"Release moisture and freezing air, freeze the ground quickly! Hurry!"
Arnold ordered anxiously.
Even without using moves, Ice-type Pokémon possess the basic ability to release freezing air, just as Water-type Pokémon can naturally spew water and Fire-type Pokémon can naturally breathe fire.
Arnold urgently needed Mr. Rime to freeze the ground and escape.
Mr. Rime, true to his name, excelled at walking on ice.
He looked like a life-sized gentleman doll, wearing a bowler hat, holding an ice cane, and wearing tap shoes.
Most Mr. Rime had the innate ability to release freezing air through their tap shoes, allowing them to freeze the ground or water surface and skate across it.
Similar to Little Lapras surfing on land.
Only by skating could they maintain agile movement and kite the opponent. Otherwise, relying on running with two legs, Mr. Rime's chubby beer belly wouldn't allow him to run fast.
The failure of the opening speed contest had brought a huge sense of crisis to Arnold!
He finally realized that the opponent's Flygon was not simple, at least putting immense pressure on Mr. Rime in terms of speed!
He couldn't be trapped by the sand tomb!
He had to start skating quickly!
But that required Arthur and the little dragonfly to give him a chance.
"Little Dragonfly, Earthquake!"
Clearly, Arthur had no intention of giving his opponent that chance!
Just as Mr. Rime was about to use the freezing air to break free from the Sand Tomb, the little dragonfly landed and slammed her palm down!
The earth shook!
"Mr. Rime, Protect!"
Arnold's Protect was much better timed than in the first round. Mr. Rime opened the energy shield just as the shockwave hit.
The powerful ultimate move quickly canceled out the energy shield. In less than a second, the shield shattered, allowing Mr. Rime to avoid standing still inside the shield.
"Skate back quickly!"
Arnold's command was fast, but the little dragonfly was faster!
"Chase him, knock him up again!"
The little dragonfly closed in and used Dragon Tail again, executing a move resembling an upward slash.
Mr. Rime was launched into the air for the second time!
Then came a series of continuous strikes, beating him until he tumbled in the air, dizzy and disoriented.
"Don't get greedy for damage, keep changing the knock-down angle!"
The little dragonfly and Arthur had excellent tacit understanding. The little dragonfly understood this command immediately.
The key to the aerial combo wasn't to kill by force, but to maintain suppression, keeping Mr. Rime tumbling in the air, up and down, shaking constantly.
This way he couldn't aim, making it impossible to use Ice Beam to counterattack!
Learning from the loss to Steven the day before yesterday, this time Arthur wouldn't let the little dragonfly tank an Ice Beam no matter what...
He admitted his bad luck, so he simply wouldn't gamble on that probability.
If luck isn't enough, make up for it with strength!
Arnold gritted his teeth again.
His choices were few.
Continue using Icy Wind? But Arthur had just proven with action that he could definitely react to such a rigid response!
Arthur's command had been error-free so far in this match. Gambling on the opponent making a mistake? Even Arnold felt it was unreliable.
"Use Psychic, use the recoil to dodge!"
In a crisis, Arnold proved he wasn't mediocre and had some quick wits.
Mr. Rime fired Psychic as an air cannon, using the recoil for displacement, successfully dodging a pounce from the little dragonfly in mid-air!
"Adjust your center of gravity in the air, use Rapid Spin to counterattack!"
Seeing the little dragonfly charging again relentlessly, Arnold quickly followed up with commands.
Psychic was a minor move with a fast cooldown. Mr. Rime quickly used a new move, spinning himself into a small top in the air.
But Arthur's reaction wasn't slow either.
This match was the little dragonfly's revenge battle, and Arnold was destined not to wait for Arthur's mistake!
"Steel Wing, smack him down!"
Trying to deflect the little dragonfly's claw swipe with Rapid Spin?
Arthur responded toughly: In your dreams!
Hardening her wings into Steel Wings, the little dragonfly ignored the opponent's spinning top rotation and smacked down hard with her sturdy wings!
Mr. Rime continued to get beaten...
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