Chapter 74: The Disguise Ability! Multiscale!
"ROOOAR!!!—"
Faced with the Arbok charging it, Gyarados roared in fury. Water instantly solidified on its tail, forming an Aqua Tail that it whipped at the Arbok.
"KRA-BOOM!!!!—"
The Aqua Tail and the Breaking Swipe collided.
Gyarados was truly enraged now. And while Arbok's potential was higher, it hadn't finished growing. Their base Physical Attack stats were identical, but with the massive level gap, Arbok was sent flying by the Aqua Tail.
"THUD!!—"
Arbok's body slammed onto the ground.
"Yoi!!—"
Larvitar, at Kenji's feet, let out a worried cry as it watched its boss go flying.
Watching the black figure crash, Kenji's expression didn't change at all.
Just as he expected, the Arbok that had been sent flying climbed back up, completely unharmed, with no trace of pain on its face.
Clack, clack, clack...
The next moment, Arbok's scales began to clatter and fall away. They shed all at once, like a complete outer skin made of scales.
The Disguise ability had triggered! Arbok had completely nullified all damage from Gyarados's Aqua Tail.
Gyarados, on the other hand, had taken the hit from Breaking Swipe, and its Attack stat was lowered by one stage.
The next moment, Arbok's body shot upright.
"CHAAA!!!—"
With a piercing hiss, a shadowy, black draconic aura condensed around Arbok, enveloping it completely.
It was... Dragon Rush!!!
A 100-base-power ultimate Dragon-type move!!!
"CHAAA!!!—"
The black dragon-shadow's eyes flared with scarlet light. At the same time, a terrifying killing intent locked onto Gyarados as it shot forward.
"ROOOAR!!!!—"
Gyarados roared, its own body becoming wreathed in a layer of water as it charged to meet Arbok head-on.
"Whoa..."
"BOOM!!!—"
One blue and one black, one large and one small—the two figures collided directly.
A powerful shockwave from the collision blasted outward. Kenji raised his arms to block his face, his clothes whipping wildly in the wind.
"Chaa..."
Unsurprisingly, Arbok was sent flying backward once again.
But Gyarados was also pushed back a few steps.
Multiscale triggered. At full health, the damage Arbok took was halved. Added to that, its Dragon-typing already gave it a 2x resistance to Water-type moves.
This Waterfall only managed to knock Arbok back; it didn't inflict any serious damage.
"Stop! Stop!"
Seeing Gyarados ready to strike again, Kenji quickly raised his hand to stop it.
This was just a spar. If Arbok was knocked out, it would ruin their afternoon training.
After all of Kenji's training, Gyarados was no longer as difficult to control as it had been initially. Even now, while enraged, it still chose to obey its trainer's command and stood down.
Arbok's eyes were also filled with excitement. It looked at Kenji, clearly fishing for praise.
Kenji smiled and didn't hold back his praise. "You did great, Arbok."
"Chaa!—"
Arbok narrowed its eyes, clearly enjoying the compliment.
Kenji didn't neglect Gyarados, either. He spent a moment calming it down, soothing its violent temper before recalling it to its Pokéball.
He took Arbok and Larvitar to one training room, instructing Arbok to teach Larvitar Dragon Dance for a while. He then released Gyarados and Beedrill into two other training rooms.
Kenji was completely confident in Beedrill's and Gyarados's self-discipline. Especially Gyarados—today's fight with Arbok seemed to have lit a fire under it, giving it a powerful sense of crisis.
This sense of crisis made Gyarados even more desperate to grow stronger, and it increased the intensity of its training.
As for Arbok and Larvitar... Larvitar was a good kid. A bit timid, but obedient. Unfortunately, its "big brother" Arbok loved to slack off.
Kenji naturally couldn't trust these two to train alone, so he stayed to supervise.
When evening came, he returned to the Battle Tower to earn more Gold.
However, Kenji didn't want to overwork Beedrill, so he stopped after just eight battles.
Tonight, [Spoils of War] was exceptionally generous, dropping two whole pieces of equipment for Kenji...
The next day, Kenji sat in the waiting area for the tournament to begin, with Goro beside him.
Even though Goro had been eliminated, it didn't stop him from coming to the waiting area to watch the matches with Kenji.
After yesterday's battles, only 61 contestants remained.
Today, the top 31 would be decided.
Any trainer who had made it this far—placing in the top 61 out of over two hundred top-tier trainers—was truly the best of the best. At this point, pretty much everyone had an Elite-level Pokémon.
The match-ups were posted on the electronic screen.
Kenji scanned the screen for his name and found it a moment later in the ninth match slot.
But when he saw the name of his opponent, he couldn't help but freeze.
Yuki?
What a coincidence. He and Yuki really were fated, it seemed. To run into her in the round of 61.
Compared to Kenji's calm, Goro was way more agitated. He grabbed Kenji's arm and started shaking it wildly. "Holy shit, Kenji! You have to get revenge for me!"
Clearly, Goro was still holding a major grudge about Yuki completely steamrolling him.
But after just two shakes, Goro let go and sighed. "Ah, forget it. That Yuki is too strong. It'll be tough for you to win, too."
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