Seeing the brown humanoid Pokémon in front of him, Axel couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Both hands and feet of this Pokémon had a spring-like component at the joints, and its legs were especially flexible.
Some trainers who specialize in Hitmonlee can even train their Hitmonlee to be like Luffy from One Piece.
In the Pokémon Red and Green arc, there was once someone who used this Pokémon to battle Champion Red without falling behind.
"A pretty good Pokémon," Axel praised it once, then let Pheromosa take the initiative to launch a fierce attack.
Starting with a Stomp move, but at the critical moment Hitmonlee suddenly grew taller, making Pheromosa's attack hit empty air.
"Well done, Hitmonlee, use Fake Out!"
"HIT!", Hitmonlee responded, its palm instantly glowing with a rich white light.
The springs on its arm extended, and with an incredible speed, it struck Pheromosa's cheek.
"Yoo?"
Pheromosa tilted its head, and a trace of anger flashed in its noble purple eyes.
'This filthy Pokémon actually dared to touch me with its hand?'
'Unforgivable!'
Without waiting for Axel to issue a command, Pheromosa moved on its own.
Sweeping horizontally with one leg, it once again used the move Low Sweep.
But at the moment of impact, Hitmonlee's legs extended like springs along with Pheromosa's kick, its body swaying but stabilizing.
["Change the strategy,"] Seeing that Hitmonlee had a partial resistance to physical damage, Axel's thought appeared in Pheromosa's mind.
The next moment, Pheromosa's eyes suddenly turned icy blue.
A cold aura appeared centered on Pheromosa and instantly swept across the entire field.
A howling gale arose, and the entire steel arena was instantly filled with ice crystals.
Hitmonlee couldn't help but shiver, feeling as if its whole body was frozen stiff.
A circle of light appeared under its feet, and its speed dropped by one stage.
Before Hitmonlee could react, Pheromosa's body had already dragged an afterimage and appeared above Hitmonlee.
At some unknown point, a crimson energy ball had appeared in its hand.
That energy ball emitted a strong aura of destruction, clearly a fully powered Focus Blast.
BOOM!
Focus Blast hit Hitmonlee's head, and Hitmonlee's body immediately bounced up and down.
After being enhanced by the Ultra Beast's boost, Pheromosa's current special attack was already infinitely close to 250 points.
Coupled with the power of the move Focus Blast, it far exceeded the range Hitmonlee could withstand.
Very quickly, a large hole appeared in the steel arena, and the Focus Blast released by Pheromosa continued to press Hitmonlee's body downward.
"That's enough, let him out," Axel could see that Ricky's Hitmonlee hadn't learned any moves that could counter Focus Blast, so he simply stopped.
Hearing his master's words, Pheromosa gave Ricky a disdainful look.
With a light snap of its fingers, the aftershock of the Focus Blast disappeared.
Ricky clenched his fists tightly, his heart filled with a sense of powerlessness.
Since he started down the path of being a trainer, this was the first time he had encountered a situation where he was completely unable to resist.
'Could it be that strong offense is really this vulnerable?'
Ricky began to reflect.
If his Pokémon also had moves like Toxic, Will-O-Wisp, debuffs, Endure, Substitute, would he have had a chance to fight back?
The more he thought about it, the more Ricky felt that such a version of himself would have the power to fight.
"You... I want to ask, is there any other combo that my Pokémon lineup can use?", Hearing Ricky's words, Axel instinctively said the word "kite."
But he quickly realized and looked at Ricky warily, "What do you want to do?"
"No... nothing,".In fact, Ricky really wanted to say that he wanted to join one of Axel's fan groups.
But now there were too many spectators, and as always shy, he couldn't say this sentence.
Looks like he could only try to sneak in after the battle ended.
At this time, the referee's voice sounded from the side, "Student Ricky, please release your next Pokémon."
"Oh, okay!"
Ricky looked at Axel a bit embarrassed, "My next Pokémon might not be very decent."
"But I only came up with this tactic after watching your previous battles."
"If there's any offense, please don't be angry."
'Learning tactics from me?'
Axel couldn't help but become a bit interested.
He just didn't know if the other party would pull out a Garganacl or a Smoliv, or perhaps a Trevenant?
In any case, it couldn't be a Nihilego.
"Come out, Tauros!"
A flash of white light, and a black bull-type Pokémon appeared on the battlefield.
Unlike ordinary Tauros, this Tauros's hair was shinier, and there were some flame-like red hairs mixed into the black mane around its neck.
The moment he saw this Pokémon, Axel immediately opened the system panel.
[Tauros (Blaze Breed): Wild Bull Pokémon, a variant of Tauros appearing in the Paldea region, capable of emitting high temperatures of a thousand degrees.]
That wasn't the key point.
The key point was this Pokémon's ability.
[Cud Chew: After eating a Berry, it can regurgitate it from the stomach and eat it again.]
The moment he saw this ability, Axel couldn't help but want to laugh.
'Is it because Pheromosa kept using Fighting-type moves, so it made Ricky overlook the fact that Pheromosa is also a Bug-type?'
'Pheromosa, someone came to deliver food...'
Sensing Axel's mood, Pheromosa also let out a pleasant hum, and the frustration from being hit by Fake Out instantly disappeared.
A bug shadow appeared behind Tauros, and before Ricky and Tauros could react, the bug shadow had already bitten down hard.
Crunch~
A crisp sound rang out, and the berry Tauros was holding instantly disappeared.
Instead, two upward white flashes crossed Pheromosa's body.
Ricky: "???"
"Referee, I want to forfeit!"
———
Another match was scheduled for the afternoon, so after finishing the battle Axel left the arena directly.
Pheromosa had performed very well today, so Axel planned to take her for a stroll.
And also see if there were any better Pokémon training supplies in Petalglen City.
———
Soon, Gyarados hovered above a friendly shop in Petalglen City.
Axel recalled Gyarados, holding Pheromosa's and Gardevoir's hands as they slowly floated down from the sky.
Halfway down, Axel suddenly saw a familiar red sports car.
"Gardevoir, look at that car, haven't we seen it before?"
Gardevoir blinked and looked where Axel was pointing.
["That sucker... Gary..."]
Hearing Gardevoir's words, Axel's eyes couldn't help but light up.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Gary for two months.
"Let's go, see if we can bump into him."
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