Chapter 637: No Mercy
If Arthur relied on the superior strength of his Pokémon to dominate his opponents in previous battles...
Then in this round, he also completely outclassed his opponent in terms of trainer command and tactics!
The entire sequence of operations completely checkmated Arnold.
Step one: Have Lina inflict a burn.
Because the burn status only weakens the Pokémon's physical strength, not its energy intensity.
As an intelligence-type Pokémon, Slowking didn't rely on physical combat for damage, and with Trick Room restricting the field, Arthur calculated that Arnold would get greedy and wouldn't want to use a move to cure the status immediately.
So Specter closed in, using the burn to unleash a high-burst Hex!
At this point, Slowking couldn't withstand the damage and finally thought about curing the burn.
But then he fell into Arthur's second trap: Encore!
Slowking was then forced to stubbornly repeat the useless Safeguard.
But it didn't end there!
Arthur had a third step: Psych Up!
Through Psych Up, Specter copied the buffs on the enemy to himself, imitating all the opponent's boosts!
Arnold had just managed to find an opportunity for Slowking to chant a Calm Mind, but now it was easily stolen by Specter.
The buffs obtained from Psych Up lasted a very short time, and the opponent had to have buffs first for them to be copied.
However, everything has a price and a reward; correspondingly, the chant required for this move was much shorter than traditional buff moves.
Slowking had no time to interrupt, and in the blink of an eye, the opposing Gengar had the same Calm Mind buff as him.
With this whole set of operations, Arthur predicted every step of Arnold's response: calculating that he would be greedy, calculating that he wouldn't cure, calculating that he couldn't handle it and would have to cure, calculating that he would take the opportunity to buff.
Complete control, total domination!
"Arthur is really ruthless..."
In the Kubfu rest area, everyone watching the live broadcast couldn't help but sigh.
"He's really venting his frustration."
"Indeed, I've rarely seen him calculate against an opponent to this extent before."
"After this match, Starlight and Frost might face the Primordial Sea Team next, right? Tsk tsk, looking at Arthur's anger now, the Hoenn team is going to suffer next."
If the Primordial Sea Team wins their next match against the Blood Moon Team from Regal, then Starlight and Frost would face Primordial Sea.
Everyone seemed to foresee the scene of Arthur, in his rage, defeating another Hoenn team.
As for this match?
Can Arnold turn it around? No way...
"Specter, Shadow Ball!"
After stealing the buffs, Arthur immediately ordered Specter to attack freely!
Even though the projectile Shadow Ball would be filtered and weakened by Light Screen, Specter's output intensity after the buff was off the charts!
"Shadow Ball again!"
"Another Shadow Ball!"
After three consecutive Shadow Balls, the Light Screen was smashed to pieces!
This Light Screen really tried its best. If not for the filtering of Light Screen plus the energy resistance boost from Calm Mind, Slowking could have died twice by now.
But during this time, Slowking was helplessly repeating Safeguard...
Light Screen: I really tried my best. Can't carry this team. Risking my life to carry, but my teammate is useless...
"Slowking, Heal Pulse!"
Finally surviving until the effect of Encore ended, Arnold hurriedly had Slowking heal to survive.
But he was once again countered by Arthur.
"Specter, Taunt!"
Specter crooked his finger, revealing a贱兮兮smile.
Slowking's eyes turned red instantly. I don't need this heal!
"It's over..."
Arnold completely collapsed.
The commentator finally made a fair assessment.
"In the second half of this round, the Magma captain's choices were mostly forced by the situation, so being read was normal. We can only say that the Starlight and Frost player's overall layout was superior."
But no matter how much they tried to save face, the facts were hard to hide.
In this round, Arthur read Arnold like a book from start to finish.
Every step was calculated perfectly, suppressing him so he couldn't turn the tables.
With the final Shadow Ball finishing it off, the referee raised the flag, and Slowking fell.
The strongest ace Arnold had high hopes for fell casually on the field, consuming almost nothing of the opponent before leaving.
Specter was in perfect condition, eager to find another opponent to fight for three hundred rounds!
A duel of aces, one side completely defeated, the other almost unharmed. This result would be called the prelude to a collapse in any match!
Except in this one.
Because this was no longer the prelude; it was almost the finale...
It was already 4-0!
Arnold's face was ashen, full of despair, wishing he could flip the table on the spot.
What's the point of playing?!
At this time, no one doubted the final result of the match.
The topic of discussion among Kubfu players had changed to:
"Do you think Arthur will give up a point this time to save face?"
"Probably... yes? I remember he used to do that in the league."
A shutout in the Captain's Match didn't add extra points. Moreover, the Captain's Match was the last segment, and the result was often determined halfway through.
In the past, after securing victory, Arthur rarely drove his opponents to extinction.
His behavior in this regard was extremely inconsistent with his age, showing none of the arrogance of youth.
In the league finals, he surrendered directly to Forrest after confirming the championship, not caring about his personal loss at all, showing great indifference.
Everyone in Kubfu knew this.
But Luna rarely expressed a different opinion this time.
"No, I think you guys don't know him well enough. Arthur... he has a temper sometimes too. In my opinion, he won't leave a single point for the opponent in this round."
Forrest also rarely supported her.
"I agree. If the Magma guy hadn't said that at the start, it might have been fine. But he said it, and thought he could win just by copying Steven's tactics. I reckon Arthur won't tolerate him."
Having traveled together in the desert, Forrest knew too well: Arthur was humble, but not weak at all!
This was a guy who didn't even blink when cutting people down with a sword!
Surrounded by a trap, his first thought wasn't to break out and escape, but to dual-wield giant swords and lead the charge, killing all those terrorists!
Such a young man might not be arrogant, but he definitely had a temper!
Arnold's arrogant mention of Steven at the start was simply courting death.
Sure enough, in the next two rounds, Arthur continued to fight extremely steadily, not intending to give any chances!
Giving way is a favor, but not giving way is a duty.
This time, Arthur didn't intend to give way.
So, Arnold, don't even think about getting a single point!
When the referee raised the flag for the last time, the match ended.
6-0!
Arthur shut out his opponent with unparalleled dominance!
No mercy!
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