And now Annihilape's fists have swung out over ten times!
On the field, Alakazam burst out with invisible spiritual power towards the sky, while Annihilape's Rage Fists rained down like raindrops from above. The two forces collided in mid-air, causing violent explosions and roaring sounds!
"Boom boom boom!!"
"Rumble rumble rumble!!"
The collision of the two forces in the sky unleashed intense shockwaves, causing the surrounding spectators to instinctively raise their hands in front to shield themselves.
The clash of forces on the field has reached its end, and the shadow of the black fist directly dissipates the invisible spiritual energy, then hits Alakazam on the ground directly!
"Boom!!" A huge sound exploded once more in the field. Gary's eyes showed a trace of dazedness. Although the field was now shrouded in smoke, everyone actually already knew the result of this match.
Annihilape gracefully descended from the air, and the mist on the field dissipated, revealing the battered Alakazam.
Alakazam at this time was extremely miserable, not only lost its ability to fight, but parts of its body became flattened, if it wasn't a Pokemon but a human, it would probably be unable to survive.
But for Pokemon, this is also a very serious injury, and such a situation is unavoidable.
Rage Fist, when unleashed in Annihilape's anger, could not possibly show mercy, so even knowing that Alakazam would lose its fighting ability if hit once, Annihilape still burst out with full power, even surpassing its full strength.
"Alakazam is unable to fight, Anni... Annihilape wins!" The referee waved the flag, declaring Annihilape's victory. Due to not yet getting used to the name Annihilape, the referee almost called the name wrong at first.
Gary hurriedly recalled Alakazam, and in the Pokeball, the Pokemon's condition would be maintained. Whether it was losing the ability to fight or being seriously injured, the Pokeball could prevent its situation from worsening.
Otherwise, Gary would now not continue the ensuing battle, but instead rush to the Pokemon Center to treat the critically injured Alakazam first.
"You worked hard Alakazam, you've done very well... don't worry, I won't let your efforts go to waste!" Gary said firmly to the Pokeball containing Alakazam in his hand, then put the Pokeball away and brought out the next Pokemon.
"It's your turn to take the stage, this time we'll win with speed!" As Gary threw the Pokeball, a majestic red dog appeared on the field.
Arcanine!
This was also one of Gary's trademarks. In previous battles, Gary's Arcanine had exhibited extremely strong speed, rescuing Gary from peril on many occasions.
Besides Blastoise, Arcanine was the greatest contributor to Gary reaching this point.
"Arcanine huh... be careful Annihilape, this Arcanine is very fast." Ash saw Arcanine and the seriousness on his face deepened.
Annihilape's physical strength was already severely lacking. If hit by the opponent even once, it would basically be declared unable to fight.
So now Annihilape is licking blood on the tip of the knife, encountering a fast Pokemon like Arcanine is actually very difficult to deal with, but Ash still wants to try and see where Annihilape's limits are.
"Not switching huh? Definitely your style Ash, but you're underestimating my Arcanine a bit too much. Quick and decisive Arcanine, don't let the opponent drain too much of your physical strength, go with all your might from the start and use Extreme Speed!"
Regarding Ash not recalling Annihilape, Gary felt both surprised and unsurprised, because this was Ash. Sometimes he was very rational, but more often he was emotional.
Even if he knew it was disadvantageous, out of consideration for the Pokemon's feelings, he would continue to choose to battle that way.
So Ash would choose to let Annihilape continue to fight.
But this is also Ash's flaw, seizing this opportunity to take out Annihilape without injury, then the balance remains unchanged!
"Extreme Speed? Extreme Speed against Annihilape shouldn't work, shouldn't Gary have seen through it?" On the spectators stand, Brock heard Gary let Arcanine use Extreme Speed and couldn't help but feel confused.
Annihilape's Ghost Type Gary should have already detected, after all, Ash spoke at length about Annihilape's attribute right after its evolution, any trainer with a bit of battle intelligence should have discerned Annihilape's type.
But why did Gary let Arcanine use Extreme Speed?
"Just watch, this is a unique skill Gary created for his own Pokemon, which hasn't been used in previous battles." Professor Oak said chucklingly, appearing quite confident in Gary's unique skill.
"Unique skill?" The group glanced at the field with puzzled looks.
On the field, Arcanine used Extreme Speed and disappeared from the spot, Arcanine's shadows appeared all over the field, making it impossible to discern where Arcanine had moved.
Ash's eyes kept shifting, it was as if Arcanine's figure couldn't escape his sight.
He didn't know what kind of trick Gary wanted to play, but he knew Gary definitely wouldn't just let Arcanine use Extreme Speed, he's not that foolish, there might be some scheming in this.
"Now, use Flare Blitz!" Gary suddenly spoke after a few seconds, and in the blink of an eye, Arcanine appeared in front of Annihilape, its body already blazing with fierce flames!
Extreme Speed combined with Flare Blitz? Fusion Move!!
This is just like when Ash let Pidgeot use Aerial Ace combined with Brave Bird, an extremely difficult combined move.
Extreme Speed is a move that bursts out speed surpassing one's limits, if a Pokemon's speed is one hundred, then Quick Attack can temporarily elevate the speed to two hundred, Extreme Speed can reach four hundred, or even faster!
This is a move that extravagantly squeezes all its power supply into speed, under such a move, using other skills is almost impossible.
Don't even mention Extreme Speed, even stacking other moves with Quick Attack is difficult, this isn't about drawing circles with one hand and squares with the other, it's essentially like making your body run towards the left while simultaneously having to run to the right.
That's right, simply put, it's an impossible task, but Arcanine accomplished it, or rather, Gary achieved it.
This is also why Professor Oak smiled wordlessly, how could he not be proud when his grandson could complete such a precise Fusion Move?
Just relying on this one Fusion Move, Gary's Arcanine could even contend against Gym Level Pokemon, though this Combined Move is impressive, its downside is that it can't be continuously or frequently used, otherwise, before the opponent strikes, one's own body couldn't bear it.
But now it didn't matter, because as long as this move hit Annihilape, it could directly take away Annihilape, even if Annihilape narrowly dodged or blocked it with Protect, Gary had already devised the follow-up strategy.
'Come on Ash, let me see how you'll respond, dodge it? Or Protect...'
Under intense gazes from countless eyes, Ash's choice was... neither dodging nor avoiding, letting Annihilape face it head-on!
"Use Detect!" As Ash's voice sounded, a white glow appeared around Annihilape, and it crossed its arms defensively in front.
"Boom!!" Flare Blitz directly crashed into Annihilape, exploding with incomparable flames, elevating from the fierce flames of the sky to the heavens, breaking through the clouds, the massive force entirely impacted Annihilape.
The terrifying power constantly eroded Annihilape's very limited physical strength, but at the last sliver, it couldn't be completely worn down!