Chapter 291: Domineering Declaration After Entering the Top Eight
"Hera!"
The pain in its arm caused Heracross to let out a piercing scream.
Even though the Fighting-type attached to this insect's body made it resistant to Dark-type moves, Umbreon's fangs entwined with Dark-type energy bit through the skin.
However, the pain caused by the Umbreon's fangs wrapped in Dark energy biting through the skin and exoskeleton and piercing into the arm inevitably traumatized Heracross.
In addition...
"Whew!"
A ball of flame bloomed on Heracross' body.
Heracross quickly fell into a burning state, and its strength was further weakened.
"As expected."
Noticing Heracross' abnormality, Instructor Ai over there showed a confident smile.
Guts trait, holding Flame Orb, this is Heracross' usual routine.
When Flame Orb comes into play, it grants Heracross a negative status of Burn, which triggers the Guts trait that boosts attack power by 50% after falling into an abnormal status, and immunizes you from the side effect of halving your attack after burn... The price is that burns still deduct blood every round, so if you use this formula, you have to fight quickly.
However, it was clear that Sayo's Heracross didn't have the strength to take down Instructor Ai's Umbreon in a short period of time.
"Heracross, Brick Break!"
Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Sayo hurriedly gave the order to attack.
Although Heracross was attacked by Umbreon, as an object attacker, Umbreon's proximity gave Heracross a chance to attack.
"Hera!"
At that, Heracross immediately raised its other thick arm, claws together, blossoming a brilliant white light.
"Boo!"
Umbreon, who was biting the large beetle's arm, glanced at Heracross, and then let go of his mouth without a second thought.
The Umbreon turned around, and twisted in mid-air for a week, and its two powerful hind legs stomped on Heracross's chest.
It used the force to bounce out, and the confused Heracross couldn't help but take a few steps back, and the Brick Break, which received an attack power boost, accidentally struck its own body.
"Hera..."
After standing on the same spot and stabilizing its pace with great difficulty, Heracross shook his head.
It felt dizzy and uncomfortable.
This greatly interfered with its combat abilities...
After all, it's a pure attacker Pokémon.
If it was a Special Attacker, it would still be able to fight normally, even with the chaos and the wide-range AOE long-distance attacks.
The combat power of an attacker is mostly based on its subtle techniques and offensive moves.
This time, Umbreon puts Heracross in such a mess that it can't even stand up, let alone hit its opponent...
What's the point of fighting in such a mess?
"Umbreon, Dark Pulse."
Umbreon landed on the ground in style, and after a clean turn, Instructor Ai's command came from behind him.
Umbreon immediately grew its mouth without hesitation, and an extremely destructive burst of energy came out and poured onto Heracross's chest in one gulp.
"Hera!"
The blue beetle wailed, directly lying on the ground.
However, after eating several attacks in a row, its eyes, which were covered in a layer of mist, finally regained their clarity.
"Hoo..."
Behind Heracross, Sayo was relieved to see that her Pokémon's movements had once again regained their usual competence and steadiness as it stood up.
Close Combat is risky...
"Heracross doesn't lack the means to attack from a distance either."
Sayo said, and then, shouting out the command to attack, he said, "Heracross, use Pin Missile!"
"Hera!"
Heracross stomped the ground like a sumo wrestler.
Then, it raised its hand, and the large horn on its forehead lit up, rapidly launching a very fine and numerous needles.
These needles were like arrows or missiles, and they were fired precisely at Umbreon in front of him.
"Umbreon, Dark Pulse!"
"Boo!"
Umbreon glared, and Dark Pulse roared out, crushing Heracross' Pin Missile.
At this time, Aisha read out a command that made Sayo's eyes widen.
"Skill Swap."
"What?"
Sayo was shocked.
"Heracross-"
She yelled out Heracross' name.
However, she didn't know what to do.
This...
Sayo couldn't think of a way to counter Aisha's maneuver.
So...
"Boo!"
Umbreon roared from its spot, and a wonderful wave of Psychic power enveloped both its and Heracross' bodies.
Umbreon was fine, but Heracross's condition was visibly weakened.
At the same time, the flames of the burns appeared on its body once again, taking away some of its strength.
"Heh..."
Seeing that Skill Swap had succeeded, the corner of Instructor Ai's mouth rose, revealing a heartless smile.
"This!"
In the audience, Brock's eyes widened.
"Unsurprisingly, Miss Sayo's Heracross is a Guts trait that carries Flame Orb, which triggers its own burn status to increase its attack power, and then Instructor Ai had Umbreon trade Skill Swap for Heracross' Guts trait, so Heracross' attack power, which was originally boosted by the Guts trait, Heracross, who had been enjoying the Guts trait's attack power bonus, not only lost the bonus effect, but its own attack power was halved due to the burn effect, and on top of that, he also suffered damage from the burn effect... Tch, you're at a huge disadvantage, it's too bad."
"Now, even if the Fighting and Bug attribute are restraining the Dark attribute, Heracross won't be able to do much damage."
Silver analyzed the situation calmly.
"That's... won't Instructor Ai be able to let Umbreon strengthen at ease?"
"Yes." Brock nodded.
"After all, it's Instructor Ai's common Umbreon strategy to use its superior defense to keep the opponent at bay, and then take the opportunity to strengthen itself."
"Hiss~"
Next to him, Gold couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air after listening to their analysis.
"Instructor Ai this is also too dirty, heart is really black!"
Silver looked at Gold with contempt.
"Idiots will always feel that way."
"Hey, who are you calling an idiot?"
"I'm calling whoever answers."
Silver spread his hands, ignored Gold's angry shout, and looked at Instructor Ai on the field with a smile on his face.
The confidence wrapped around that young man's body had somehow infected him.
"Playing steadily, step by step, until you control the entire field... Powerful at times, but also very effective at times, Instructor Ai's fighting style is truly amazing."
"Indeed."
Brock followed Silver's lead and praised Instructor Ai.
Green, on the other hand, was holding her face, staring at the situation on the field in silence, not saying a word.
Her eyes were complicated, and she didn't know what she was thinking about.
"Now, the best thing Miss Sayo can do is to replace Heracross with a new Pokémon that can beat Umbreon."
"Instructor Ai won't give her that chance."
Silver concluded.
As expected, just as Sayo pulled out her Pokeball and was about to rotate off Heracross, Instructor Ai's order came.
"Umbreon, Mean Look."
"Oh no!"
Sayo's hand shook.
Before she could raise her Poké ball, she heard Umbreon's roar.
"Boo!"
Umbreon's eyes widened, and its aura spread out, blocking Heracross' retreat.
"Ok."
Aisha smiled crookedly.
"Then, let's start strengthening it."
"Boo!"
Along with the trainer, Umbreon gave a wild smile towards Heracross.
In this scene, the trainer and Pokémon were so similar...
"Amazing!"
The commentator of the Indigo Plateau Tournament was also a senior commentator who had seen countless battles in his life, so he quickly understood Aisha's maneuvers and the predicament Sayo and Heracross were in.
In order to arouse the audience's interest and enthusiasm, he also explained the situation, and finally delivered his usual appetizing lines, saying: "Aisha commanded Umbreon to block Heracross's back path, and now Sayo can't replace Heracross, so after losing the attack power increase effect given by the Guts trait, the attack is reduced by half! Will Heracross be able to defeat Umbreon on his own?"
The audience cheered.
After watching Instructor Ai's crushing and killing game, it was a pleasure to watch the battle of wits and bravery.
Especially when Instructor Ai's calculations are so valuable.
As for Instructor Ai's fans, they were in tears as they said, "It's back, it's all back".
The familiar Mean Look.
Instructor Ai is still the same dirty Instructor Ai.
So, the move that follows the Mean Look is really the same move...
"Umbreon, Curse!"
Instructor Ai laughed and shouted out the command for reinforcement.
Umbreon smiled as it powered up its energy and began to strengthen.
"Boo!"
After a Curse, Umbreon's Attack and Defense increased by one level, and its Speed decreased by one level.
Well, Instructor Ai can unilaterally declare that this battle is over.
"Heracross, Megahorn!"
Seeing that Umbreon had completed a reinforcement and was about to push his team with a fully-armored configuration, Sayo got anxious and directly commanded Heracross to start a strong attack.
"Hera!"
Heracross also realized something was wrong, it ran out in one step, its wings vibrated and exploded with great speed, the big horn on its head tore through the air and ruthlessly stabbed at Umbreon.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound, Umbreon took this blow from Heracross without even trying to avoid it.
The thick dark blue horn, which seemed to be like a halberd, smashed into Umbreon's chest and pushed it back a few meters.
However, Heracross felt that its horn hit a thick steel plate and could not advance an inch.
"Boo..."
Heracross looked up into the grinning face of the Umbreon.
Its amber eyes seemed to be filled with mocking words.
Did you not eat, little brother?
What's with the strength?
"Hera!"
Heracross felt a sudden rush of anger.
"Damn it, Taunt!"
Sayo's eyes widened.
In the audience, Brock nodded his head and said, "As expected of Instructor Ai, it's well thought out and foolproof!"
"Indeed..."
This time, Gold couldn't help but echo Brock's words.
As a master of the Undifferentiated Wild Battle, Gold knew a lot about "hidden attacks".
He could see that when Heracross and Umbreon locked eyes, Umbreon used Taunt.
"Taunt blocked Heracross's change moves, preventing Miss Sayo from commanding Heracross to follow Umbreon's enhancement... It's too much of a mistake, Instructor Ai."
Gold smacked his lips.
From this, it seems that Instructor Ai's ability in non-discriminately wild battle is not bad at all.
So... Should I challenge him?
"Well..."
After thinking for a moment, Gold revealed a relieved smile.
What's there to be afraid of?
It's not like Red hasn't challenged him before, so how could he be afraid of Instructor Ai?
Just do it!
Gold had no fear!
"Hey!"
Gold smiled happily at the thought that he might be able to defeat Instructor Ai in a non-discriminatory battle.
It's no big deal if he loses, he'll just get beaten up.
I've been beaten up a lot in my life...
I'm not afraid!
The battle continued on the field.
Following Sayo's command, it rained down attacks on Umbreon.
"Hera, hera, hera!"
Brick Break, Close Combat, Arm Thrust.
Pin Missile, Megahorn, Pounce.
Heracross poured out its full power like a battle weapon.
However... Heracross's attack, which was halved by burns, was so weak that its punches fell on Umbreon's body and did little damage.
Umbreon, on the other hand, was leisurely reinforcing its attack and defense.
Especially with the stacking of Curse, Umbreon's Physical Defense was getting higher and higher, and the damage that Heracross could deal was getting lower and lower until even the damage dealt by Close Combat and Super Horns was reduced to scrapes.
"Hera, hera, hera..."
Exhausted and panting, Heracross stopped its attacks and looked at Umbreon with a weary look on its face.
Umbreon, who had endured so many attacks, looked calm and relaxed, not injured at all.
Because... In addition to Curse, Umbreon was using another move.
"Moonlight."
At the back, Instructor Ai was almost done counting, and gave another command that gave people goosebumps.
Upon hearing this, Umbreon raised its head gracefully, and the yellow circle on its body blossomed with a soft light.
At that moment, bright moonlight descending from the sky, a silvery-white coat of light was draped over Umbreon's body.
"Boo!"
Umbreon's expression softened, and the scratches on its body quickly recovered.
A few seconds later, Umbreon was back to full health, and was a new man.
Sayo: "..."
Heracross: "..."
As he watched Umbreon's appearance, Aisha thought about something else.
At first, after he rescued the Clefable Clan in Mt. Moon Square, Clefairy and the Clefables gave the shiny Metang moon's blessing.
After researching, Instructor Ai figured out that the moon's blessing should have increased the strength of shiny Metang's Confusion.
At the same time, the Clefable Matriarch gave some benefits to Umbreon, who was still an Eevee.
When it was Eevee, these benefits were not realized.
However, since Umbreon's evolution, the energy of the giant Moon Stone has nourished its body, creating a strengthening effect.
The fact that Umbreon's paper strength is too high is part of it, as is the increased effect of Moonlight.
The recovery speed and effect of Moonlight used by our Umbreon exceeded the usual level.
Hmm...
"Good thing."
Aisha gave a cheerful and healthy smile.
Moonlight returned blood faster and more often, which suited Umbreon's fighting style.
All the more reason to bring a smile to your opponent's face...
"Curse."
"Boo!"
Finally, with Aisha's command and Umbreon's shout, the sixth Curse was stacked.
By this time, Umbreon had already completed the reinforcement of level 6 Physical Attack and level 6 Physical Defense.
Although its speed had dropped by six levels, its offense and defense like that of a mobile tank allowed it to completely ignore this problem.
"Hera..."
At the same time, Heracross was once again affected by the burns and finally collapsed.
Its body was covered in burns, and it lost its ability to fight.
Referee: "..."
Commentator: "..."
Audience: "..."
At this moment, looking at the fallen Heracross and Sayo who didn't say a word, there was only one thought in everyone's mind.
It's so terrible.
"One thing's for sure, I'm glad I'm here."
In the stands, beside the five dogs, stood Hiromoto, who had lost to Instructor Ai in the previous game.
At this moment, he looked at Sayo on the distant field with a compassionate face, shook his head helplessly, and said: "I should be grateful to Instructor Ai, grateful to Instructor Ai for defeating me with Larvitar, instead of slowly torturing me to death with Umbreon like this."
"..."
At those words, the five dogs fell silent without exception.
Instructor Ai was really too dirty...
Compared to violent crushing, it was a bit humiliating to be hit by him in a series of 1v3, but it would be over after the fight.
But once he used his dirty moves, things were very different.
It's the same as 1v3, but the torture level has increased several times.
After this match, the shadow of Instructor Ai would remain in Sayo's mind for quite some time...
"Heracross is unable to fight, Sayo please send a new Pokémon."
The referee's voice woke up the dazed Sayo with a sharp whistle.
"Oh... oh!"
Sayo withdrew Heracross, her complicated eyes lingering on the now tanky Umbreon for a moment before finally accepting her fate of being pushed by Instructor Ai in a string of three.
"Do your best, Magmortar!"
Sayo threw a new Poké ball.
"Quack!"
A duck call reached everyone's ears, and then a fat Magmortar landed with a thud.
Umbreon had already strengthened its Level 6 Physical Defense, so Sayo couldn't send out another Physical Attacker to fight.
If the special attackers could use their firepower to bombard the area from a distance, they might have a chance to win.
"Magmortar, Fire Blast!"
At Sayo's command, the beat-up Magmortar raised its two yellow claws like cannon tubes, and hot fire blazed out.
"Boom!"
A huge ball of flame shot out, and it turned into a star shape in the air.
"Umbreon, Crunch."
"Boo!"
With Instructor Ai's bland command, Umbreon ran violently towards Magmortar.
Although its speed had been reduced by six levels, that didn't stop it from advancing.
The slow pace gave it a sense of pressure.
The spectators cheered as they watched Umbreon eat Magmortar's Fire Blast and then, bathed in hot flames, step out from between the blasts and approach Magmortar step by step with a graceful stride.
"Boo!"
Hearing the cheers, Umbreon couldn't help but raise its head.
It had a proud smile on its face, very handsome.
"Umbreon, so cool!"
"What a handsome guy, I'm going to become your fan!"
"Go, defeat the enemy!"
The cheers were endless, and although it didn't affect Sayo, who grew up performing on stage, the fact that Magmortar couldn't hurt Umbreon much, no matter how much it attacked, irritated her.
"Tsk."
Sayo watched as Umbreon paced in front of Magmortar, and then, with a shot of jet flame, directly Crunch bit Magmortar down, and her heart was filled with despair.
"Gah..."
Magmortar's fat body collapsed without moving.
It was a second kill.
"Boo!"
Standing beside Magmortar, Umbreon raised its head proudly.
Look, what's wrong with low output?
I can still kill you when I'm stronger!
"Magmortar is unable to fight. Sayo, please release your next Pokémon."
Following the referee's words, Sayo retrieved Magmortar.
Then, she took out Espeon's Poké ball.
She only had one Espeon left, and it wasn't in a good condition since it had taken a Pursuit from Umbreon.
"Oops."
Sighing, Sayo pondered for a while between surrendering and dying.
Until she met the eyes of Espeon inside the Poké ball.
The elegant Espeon gave Sayo an affirmative look as she endured her pain.
"Good..."
Seeing Espeon's smile, Sayo, who was filled with stress, was instantly relieved.
She smiled with a huff and looked towards Aisha in front of her.
"Instructor Ai, please teach me more!"
Throwing the Poké ball violently, the scarred Espeon appeared on the field once again.
The classic Espeon vs. Umbreon scene was repeated.
Umbreon then crunches Espeon with a Crunch.
Sayo: "..."
"Espeon is unable to fight, so the winner of this match is Aisha!"
The referee announced the result of the match after a sharp whistle.
The commentator was high, saying: "Another 1v3 zero-loss battle, this game, Mr. Aisha presented us with textbook reinforced flow tactics, his Umbreon from the beginning to the end of the steady and stable, without fear and without danger to obtain a very beautiful results!"
"At the same time, Mr. Aisha is also the first player to advance to the top eight of this year's Indigo Plateau Tournament, let's congratulate him!"
The audience was filled with cheers.
Instructor Ai's fans were especially loud.
"So strong, Instructor Ai, I love you!"
"And Umbreon is so handsome, so handsome!"
"Wuhu, I told you Instructor Ai will win, no one can stop Instructor Ai!"
"Instructor Ai is so bad, so dirty, I love it!"
Well, there seemed to be something strange mixed in with the cheering.
"Boo-ee!"
On the field, receiving cheers and applause from all directions, Umbreon raised its head with a proud expression of satisfaction.
This cute look of its caused everyone to laugh once again.
"So cute, so handsome, so cute, just a little dirty, Umbreon is really great!"
"Before Umbreon evolved, he was the signature mascot of Instructor Ai's live room... Eevee anchors and male friends are talking to you?"
"So envious of Instructor Ai has Umbreon as a Pokémon, so envious of Umbreon has Instructor Ai as a master, bad, for a moment I do not know who to envy."
The number of water friends saying strange things was increasing.
Instructor Ai shook his head, looked at Umbreon and showed a smile.
"Hard work."
"Boo-ee!"
As Instructor Ai stretched out his arms, Umbreon quickly ran towards him and leapt into his embrace.
"Boo!"
Rubbing against Aisha's chest, Umbreon smiled happily.
Hey, now that I've helped Instructor Ai win a 1v3, Rotom won't be able to brag about it anymore.
Meanwhile... and Umbreon can show off its record to its buddies!
"Boo-ee!"
A satisfied Umbreon couldn't stop laughing.
Instructor Ai smiled, rubbed its back, and took its back into the Poké dball.
"Hmmm..."
Afterwards, he waved to Brock, Gold, Green and Silver in the audience, and gave a smile to the five dogs and Hiromoto in the stands, before turning around and walking into the contestants' tunnel.
As soon as he left the aisle, reporters who had gathered in the arena swarmed around him.
"Mr. Aisha, as the first contestant to enter the top eight of this year's Indigo Plateau Tournament, do you have anything to say to the audience?"
"Mr. Aisha, you've been shutting out your opponents all the way to today, do you want to continue your shutout legend in the next three six-on-six all-out matches?"
"Instructor Ai, do you have anything to say about dirtying your opponent to death?"
"Mr. Aisha, is your goal to win the Indigo Plateau Tournament?"
Countless microphones were handed over to Instructor Ai, and along with them, reporters were chattering and asking questions.
I must say, these reporters really have a good sense of heat.
I'm afraid they've been waiting in the hall for Aisha to show up.
Moreover, the number of reporters gathered here is probably all the reporters who came to Indigo Plateau.
In other words, Aisha stole the media's attention from all the contestants by herself!
"Hehe~"
Facing the microphone and camera, Aisha laughed lightly.
Nowadays, he is no longer the newcomer who felt uncomfortable with other people's gazes.
As a big anchor, even in the face of serious big media cameras, he can still maintain a calm and self-controlled appearance.
"My goal is definitely the championship."
Aisha answered the reporters' questions one by one.
"I don't have anything to say, instead of talking about it now, I'll talk about it on the day I win the championship, the championship trophy is the best response to the fans who have been supporting me, as for the next six-on-six battle, if I meet a trainer with enough strength that I recognize, you'll see me throw the second Poké ball on the field."
Very arrogant words came out of his mouth.
Even the reporters, who were determined to get a kick out of Aisha, were stunned by this kind of statement.
However, looking at this overly good-looking young man's face, combined with his record from his first five matches, the rumors of Aisha that were spreading all over the internet, and his status as a master tactician and top cultivator, no one dared to question his words for a moment.
After all, this was the trainer who had defeated Blue!
He had every right to say those words.
It wasn't arrogance, it was the truth.
"Well, I've got things to do, so if you'll excuse me."
Smiling, Aisha left the crowd.
There are still reporters who want to ask him a question, however, they can not get close to Aisha a minute and a millimeter, once close to the invisible force will be blocked, can not be inch, can only look at the back of Aisha gradually away, until disappeared in their line of sight.
The reporters couldn't help but show a chagrined expression.
Suddenly, a reporter exclaimed, saying: "He didn't have Ralts with him, this psychic power is not a Pokémon's psychic power!"
The reporters exploded again at these words.
Those present knew very well what it meant that Aisha had used his psychic power without relying on Pokémon.
It meant that Aisha was a psychic master with a high level of psychic power attainment!
A genius tactician, a top breeder and a psychic, this was certainly a huge topic of conversation!
"Worthy of being Instructor Ai..."
Among the reporters, one of Aisha's fans unconsciously exclaimed.
Several people around him also echoed.
They could already imagine that tonight's front page headlines would be the result of Aisha's domination of the charts!
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