Chapter 654: You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
"Arcanine, Extreme Speed!"
"Little Dragonfly, First Impression!"
At the start of the battle, both sides simultaneously initiated a contest of speed!
Extreme Speed clashed with First Impression!
These two priority moves, second only to Fake Out in textbook speed, collided head-on.
The twenty-meter distance between the two Pokémon was erased in the blink of an eye!
Like two streams of light merging, some audience members hadn't even reacted to what happened before the first round of confrontation on the field was over.
With a loud bang, both Pokémon were dizzy from the impact.
But this was no time to retreat!
"Little Dragonfly, pin him down!"
"Arcanine, keep moving!"
The reason for the speed contest was that both sides wanted to seize the initiative!
Ground-type counters Fire-type, but the problem is: most Ground-type moves spread along the ground and can be dodged by flying or jumping.
And Arcanine's jumping ability is undoubtedly excellent; these doggos are top-tier athletes.
Of course, they are also top-tier home wreckers. Without a certain level of financial strength, you really can't afford to raise this Pokémon.
So the point of contention in this round was clear—
Arthur wanted to pin Arcanine down, preferably break his legs, press him to the ground, and give him a good Earthquake or two, making him tender on the outside and cooked on the inside, so he wouldn't think about wrecking the house for three days.
Future Yuzuru intended to give Arcanine the freedom of the wind, not wanting him to be pinned down.
So at the start, both sides coincidentally chose high-speed priority moves.
Arthur wanted to seize the initiative and suppress the opponent as much as possible, while Future Yuzuru couldn't lose this initiative to keep room for kiting.
However, it seemed Arthur's suppression plan wasn't very successful, as Arcanine escaped.
The commentator was just about to say Arthur's calculation failed and praise Future Yuzuru's quick response, but before the words left his mouth, Arthur ordered again—
"Little Dragonfly, use Boomburst!"
Sound-based moves aren't afraid of you running.
At the same time, he threw the difficult choice back to Future Yuzuru.
You ran beautifully at the start, but then what?
Keep running?
I have a sound-based ultimate move, do you?
Arcanine's only sound-based move was Hyper Voice, which had decent power among regular moves, but trying to compete in volume with Boomburst, the ceiling of direct damage sound moves, was asking too much.
It really couldn't be done!
Besides that, Arcanine had few ranged attack methods, and Fire-type ranged moves were very ineffective against the Dragon-type Flygon.
Arthur threw the problem back in Future Yuzuru's face with this move—
You can run for a moment, can you run for the whole round?
"Arthur's reaction is fast. Failing to suppress at the start, he quickly started a sound wave attack."
In the Kubfu player rest area, everyone was emotionally stable.
"Don't worry, Arthur hasn't fallen to the point where you need to worry about him."
On the field, Future Yuzuru had to admit this move put her in a tough spot.
"Arcanine, turn around and use Play Rough! Finish quickly, avoid entanglement!"
She was forced to turn back and fight.
Otherwise, dragging the match into a pure ranged duel wouldn't bother Flygon, but she would mind very much!
However, sometimes just because she gave an order didn't mean the Pokémon could do it.
Competition is a game for two!
"Little Dragonfly, tank it, use this chance to entangle him, don't let him go!"
Want to finish the skill quickly and run away immediately?
We are all ace Pokémon standing at the peak of the competitive stage; you think I'm too easy to deal with!
The little dragonfly expressed: You look pretty, but don't think too beautifully!
This time, the little dragonfly accepted the Fairy-type Play Rough completely, not dodging or evading, just to firmly entangle Arcanine during the scuffle.
For several seconds, the two Pokémon rolled on the ground entangled, biting each other with claws and teeth without any image.
This fight was devoid of aesthetic beauty and technique.
Although ugly, it was effective!
Seven or eight seconds passed, and Arcanine still hadn't broken free from the little dragonfly's entanglement.
Now! Cooldown is over—
"Little Dragonfly, use Earthquake!"
"Jump up quickly, Arcanine!"
Future Yuzuru ordered anxiously.
But how could the little dragonfly let him go?
All the setup was for this moment!
The moment the big dog jumped, she wrapped her tail around his hind leg and pulled him down!
Then, with her back to Arcanine, she slammed her palm onto the ground!
BOOM!
Real dragons never look back at explosions~
Arcanine's whole body trembled instantly like a wave, the expression on his face frozen in place, motionless for a long time.
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This Earthquake hit fully and thoroughly, shaking him to the core.
Future Yuzuru gritted her teeth.
This situation couldn't be held after all.
In an ace duel, Arthur wouldn't give the opponent a chance when he had the type advantage!
This was the best response to the opponent's series of targeting at the start!
The live commentators were wiping sweat secretly.
Luckily, the situation on the field changed fast enough, so the words praising Future Yuzuru's beautiful response hadn't been spoken yet; otherwise, their faces would be slapped loudly.
At this moment, they realized: although the quality of this duel was much higher than the previous two rounds where Arthur crushed the two Hoenn captains, and the opponent's response was much more beautiful, Arthur was still Arthur!
Your daddy is still your daddy!
"Arcanine, use Play Rough again!"
At this moment, Future Yuzuru had no choice but to try to grab some more damage before the situation completely slid into the abyss.
The Fairy-type Play Rough was already the most efficient damage move Arcanine had against Flygon.
Fire-type Arcanine really had no Ice-type attack moves to learn.
And without the double effectiveness of Ice-type moves, Arcanine was far from being able to knock down the little dragonfly first.
Then Arthur played steadily.
Finding chances for Earthquake at close range, using Boomburst to force a decisive battle when the distance opened.
Not rushed, not impatient, not greedy.
The tactical command highlighted a majestic and upright royal road!
Finally, he won the first round steadily.
Not long after, the referee raised the flag—
"Arcanine is unable to battle!"
In the ace duel, he took the first point.
However, before the end, Future Yuzuru managed to heavily wear down the little dragonfly's condition as wished, planting some foreshadowing for the subsequent counterattack, making this lost round somewhat valuable.
In the subsequent second round, Arthur sent out a Pokémon first.
After thinking, he sent out Specter.
Lina was currently sealed, the sunny weather hadn't ended so it wasn't suitable for Greninja, making Specter the last gatekeeper of this family.
However, Future Yuzuru's choice surprised him a bit—
Future Yuzuru chose her other ace Pokémon: Blissey!
Normal-type Blissey.
Immune to Ghost-type Gengar, and vice versa.
This choice was slightly puzzling.
But one thing was certain: the opponent definitely had another scheme!
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