20demayo Chapter 376 So you're called Rat-Headed Earth Dragon?
Chapter 376 So you're called Rat-Headed Earth Dragon?
Chapter 376 So you're called Rat-Headed Earth Dragon?
"The final kick of the Triple Spin attack has brought down the Rogue Crocodile!"
Inside the studio, Feng Lu loudly announced the battle situation on the field.
"The referee has quickly stepped forward to confirm... Without a doubt, Rogue Crocodile is completely incapacitated. Xia Chi's Magical Masked Cat has achieved the incredible feat of 'one against three'!"
Looking at the battlefield, which had quieted down for the time being, Feng Lu took a breath and then sighed slightly, "I have to say, the Magic Masked Meow and Star Crystallization are a perfect match. The first move of each type can enjoy double the attribute bonus, plus the attribute advantage... Krookodile's loss is not unjustified."
Perhaps feeling that it wasn't good for only Fenglu to provide commentary throughout, Cynthia, who was standing next to her, took over the conversation.
"Elite Four's overall tactical structure and on-the-spot decisions in this battle also demonstrated the level of a top trainer. Whether it was the Murkrow retaining the [Prankster] ability to play a key support role, or the Krookodile holding Crystal Dark in an attempt to make a decisive move, from a strategic perspective, there were almost no obvious flaws. It's just a pity that it still fell short by a hair's breadth."
Gadria nodded in agreement, saying, "It's been a long time since I've seen anyone push Xia Chi's Magical Masked Cat to that point. Yueju's performance was outstanding."
Taking advantage of the break between the two champions' speeches, Feng Lu quickly grabbed her water glass and gulped down a few mouthfuls to moisten her dry throat before starting the conversation again.
"However, with the battle basically halfway through, do the two champions still think they can rely on a war of attrition to wear down Magic Masked Cat?"
In other words, it boils down to whether Xia Chi can still achieve a six-kill streak.
It's just a different way of saying it, one that shows higher emotional intelligence, for blueberries.
The question caused Cynthia and Gadriya to fall into a brief silence.
After a moment, Cynthia spoke first: "I remember a few months ago when Xia Chi and Mikoli were fighting, Magic Masked Cat lost the match after being exhausted from fighting Lucky Kappa. Let's see if King Yue Tachibana can do that."
Upon hearing this, Gadriya glanced almost imperceptibly at Cynthia and added in a flat tone, her expression unreadable: "Miss Zhulan seems to know everything about Xia Chi's public matches..."
Cynthia's beautiful face remained unchanged, as if she were simply stating a fact, and she calmly replied, "I just happened to have watched the recording of that match, and it left a deep impression on me."
Upon hearing this, Cattleya simply nodded calmly and said nothing more: "I see."
The seemingly meaningful conversation between the two champions instantly made the atmosphere in the commentary booth somewhat subtle and complicated.
Seeing the atmosphere starting to get a little awkward, Fenglu quickly interjected, "Lingju has already recalled Krookodile, let's see if his next Pokémon is... Excadrill!"
She deliberately raised her voice, saying, "Since Tyranitar didn't use Mega Evolution in its first appearance, Excadrill might be the Mega Evolver for Blueberry. Let's see how it performs!"
Fenglu's judgment on this point was quite accurate.
With the appearance of Excadrill, this Pokémon is bound to take on the responsibility of being the main damage dealer.
The nicknames "The Real Earth Dragon," "Rat-Headed Earth Dragon," and "Core of the Sandstorm Team" didn't come out of thin air.
And the course of events has completely confirmed her prediction.
As soon as Excadrill appeared, Blueberry raised her wrist without hesitation, revealing the Keystone wristband that was now gleaming with a resolute light.
"Dragon-headed Groundhog, respond to my bond!"
"Super Evolution!"
The moment he finished speaking, the keystone on his wristband and the superstone embedded in the dragon-headed ground squirrel collar seemed to resonate on a soul level, simultaneously bursting out with incomparably dazzling brilliance.
Two beams of light, containing boundless energy, shot into the sky, converged and merged in mid-air, and finally emitted a seven-colored evolutionary glow symbolizing a leap in the level of life.
The dragon-headed ground squirrel's body was instantly swallowed up by this vast ocean of energy, and its aura rapidly transformed and sublimated.
Amidst the dazzling light, its outline distorted rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The most striking change occurred on its most representative part: the already gleaming top drill and the double-claw drill bit instantly grew to enormous size, transforming into a terrifying weapon that flashed with a cold, deadly light.
Just by standing there quietly, it exudes an invincible sense of oppression!
Super Dragon Head Mole has arrived on the battlefield!
Xia Chi, on the other side of the field, raised an eyebrow slightly.
He hadn't expected that the Mega Hand of the Blueberry would be Excadrill.
This Pokémon's Mega Evolution is truly remarkable.
In the game, the 100 points of base stat boost from Mega Evolution are mostly allocated to the three crucial abilities: Attack, Defense, and Speed.
The completely unnecessary special attack only increased by a mere fifteen points.
While it may not be as devastatingly powerful as Mega Beedrill's Special Attack reduction, its effective base stats are still among the best of most Mega Evolved Pokémon.
Clearly, by sending out such a powerful offensive Pokémon, Yueju is already showing a willingness to go all out.
This decision was absolutely correct.
Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.
Why not fight Magic Masked Meow while she's exhausted after her intense battle with Rogue Crocodile? Are we going to drag it out until she recovers her strength through life-gathering?
Xia Chi's mind raced, and he instantly discerned his opponent's intentions.
He knew he couldn't let his opponent easily establish their momentum and rhythm, which had been boosted by super evolution.
Just as the seven-colored light of super evolution had not completely dissipated, his command was given: "Thousand Transformations!"
With its dual attributes of steel and ground, Super Dragon Excadrill possesses an exceptionally high resistance panel, comparable to Iron Wall.
There are only a handful of weaknesses, but more than a dozen attributes that can be resisted.
But for the Magic Masked Cat, whose skill pool is bottomless and whose attributes can change at will, this has never been an insurmountable obstacle.
Before the inevitable close-quarters combat breaks out, use ranged attacks to suppress the enemy with firepower, which will allow you to get some free damage.
More importantly, it buys crucial time for Meowha, who has just finished a fierce battle with the rogue crocodile and whose breathing has not yet fully calmed down, to recover.
The magical masked cat understood immediately, and with a cross of its paws in front of its chest, a surge of emerald green energy, full of vitality yet concealing deadly intent, instantly erupted.
Countless energy petals shimmering with cold light appeared out of thin air, and almost instantly transformed into a destructive green leaf storm that stretched from the sky to the earth.
It then swept towards the Super Dragon Head Excadrill with a whooshing sound that tore through the air!
Without hesitation, Cranberry commanded, "Dragon-headed gopher, dig a hole!"
For the dragon-headed gopher, digging and burrowing underground is as natural as breathing; it's an instinct ingrained in their genes.
As soon as the command was given, the Super Dragon Gopher slammed its claws together, producing a low, metallic scraping sound.
With a chilling, low rumble, the already fragile ground was instantly torn apart.
The heavy body of the Super Dragonhead Grub disappeared completely into the ground like a fish swimming into water.
The devastating green leaf storm created by [Thousand Changes] erupted violently almost as soon as it disappeared, crushing the rubble in that area into dust, which flew everywhere, but ultimately failed to touch the opponent's main body in the slightest.
Xia Chi frowned slightly.
While the [Dig] move can avoid direct attacks on the field, it is not invincible.
For moves like Earthquake that can directly attack underground units, Pokémon in Dig state not only cannot dodge them, but will also suffer double damage.
This is something that the experienced blueberry grower couldn't possibly be unaware of.
It's no secret that Xia Chi's magical masked cat is proficient in and skilled at using the [Earthquake] move.
Given this, why would Blueberry dare to take such a risky move when the cards are out in the air?
Is it planning to rely on the increased durability after Mega Evolution to withstand a double-strength [Earthquake] attack, and at any cost forcefully close the distance with Magic Masked Meow?
Thoughts raced through Xia Chi's mind like lightning, rapidly analyzing countless tactical possibilities and the opponent's intentions.
But on the battlefield, opportunities are fleeting.
In any case, there is no reason to give up such an obvious opportunity to attack when the opponent has such an obvious weakness.
"Meow, earthquake!"
As soon as the command was given, Magic Masked Cat lightly touched the ground with its toes, lowered its body slightly, and a surge of immense energy, symbolizing the weight of the earth, instantly erupted around it.
Immediately, it surged violently down her slender yet powerful legs, pouring into the ravaged earth beneath her feet.
She did not pursue widespread destruction, but instead incorporated the essence of the "One-Strike Style" technique she had learned during her training on the Isle of Armor—
The vast and powerful energy of the terrestrial system is compressed and condensed to the extreme, and then concentrated into a single point for explosive release.
The goal is not to broaden the scope, but to maximize the penetration power at a single point.
The next moment, something unexpected happened.
Although from the surface, it was only the ground within a few meters around the Magical Masked Cat that was shaking violently.
But the shockwave that truly contained destructive power had already penetrated underground and spread wildly throughout the underground space of the entire battlefield with unprecedented speed and intensity!
Even the incredibly sturdy main structure of the Flying Cloud Arena trembled slightly, a sound that could be clearly felt.
A murmur of surprise and excitement erupted from the audience.
If bystanders could feel such a noticeable tremor, one can only imagine how dire the situation must have been for the super dragon head gopher, who was underground and directly subjected to this concentrated, double-damage impact.
"Crack!"
A furious roar, filled with intense pain, came from the depths of the earth.
However, just when almost all the viewers thought that the Super Dragon Head Mole would suffer a serious blow, or even be forced out of the ground, they were surprised to find that the Super Dragon Head Mole was about to be forced out of the ground.
boom-
A deafening roar, far louder than any sound before, suddenly erupted from the ground directly beneath Magical Masked Cat.
The ground beneath her feet suddenly cracked and bulged upwards.
A colossal steel drill bit, spinning wildly at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, burst forth from the ground, carrying with it countless fragments of rock and dust!
Xia Chi's eyes narrowed. The speed of the dragon-headed ground squirrel... was actually this fast!
He immediately understood the blueberry's intention.
Mega Excadrill's underground movement speed, enhanced by Mega Evolution, reaches an unbelievable level, far surpassing its straight-line charging speed above ground.
The blueberry is willing to take the double damage of an [Earthquake] to maximize the use of [Digging].
The move brings about this extreme ability to advance.
He forced his way into close combat, completely disrupting the Magic Masked Cat's attack rhythm and dragging her into the close-quarters melee he was most skilled at.
"Swallow Returns!"
Xia Chi tried to use the [Changeable] ability to switch attributes to avoid the Dragon Head Mole's attack, but he still underestimated its speed.
On the surface of the magical masked cat, pure white flying energy had just begun to emerge and circulate when the terrifying giant diamond containing terrifying kinetic energy hit!
"Meow—ha!"
The Magic Masked Cat let out a muffled groan, its slender body completely unable to resist the immense force, and was sent flying backward.
She twisted her body in mid-air and launched the [Swallow Return] attack at the super dragon head gopher that had just emerged from the ground.
However, Mega Excadrill has a natural resistance to Flying-type moves, so this [U-turn] obviously failed to cause significant damage.
But the cranberry's offensive has begun again: "Dragon Head Groundhog, Iron Head!"
The top of the giant drill bit of the Super Dragon Head Mole, which had just stopped spinning, was instantly covered with a layer of shimmering, cold, silvery-white metallic luster.
With its powerful hind legs slamming into the ground like springs, the Super Dragon Head Grub's body transformed into a silver-gray lightning bolt that tore through the air, accompanied by spiderweb-like cracks spreading outwards.
A second wave of attacks was launched towards the figure of the Magic Masked Cat, who had not yet fully landed and had almost nowhere to put his weight on!
The chilling aura of steel, mixed with a sharp whistling sound, rushed straight towards us!
Just as the [Iron Head], gleaming with a metallic glint, was about to crash into the Magic Masked Cat with overwhelming force, Xia Chi's voice suddenly rang out.
"Parasitic seeds!"
The moment the command was given, the Magic Masked Cat, who was still struggling to adjust its body in mid-air, suddenly twisted its waist and abruptly stopped and changed direction in mid-air.
At the same time, a bright green energy seed instantly condensed in front of him.
The moment the seed hit the ground, the Super Dragon Head Mole's ferocious [Iron Head] charge trampled right over it.
Countless dark green vines containing strange life energy grew wildly from the bursting seed, wrapping around the body of the Super Dragon Head Gopher like maggots, firmly adhering to its surface.
The next instant, the emerald green light spots representing life energy began to be forcibly extracted from the body of the Super Dragon Head Mole and transported back along the vines to the body of the Magic Masked Cat.
But this did not stop the Super Dragon Head Mole's charge.
Carrying immense forward momentum, its incredibly hard drill slammed into the Magic Masked Cat, which had just landed.
boom-
A sickeningly heavy thud rang out!
The Magic Masked Cat was knocked back again, and the sharp pain in her body made her frown.
Even with some of the energy instantly fed back by the parasitic seed as a buffer, this [Iron Head] attack, boosted by its own type, still caused considerable damage that could not be ignored.
But at the same time, on the contestant's stage, Yueju frowned.
Parasitic seeds?
As far as I can remember, Xia Chi's Magical Masked Cat has almost never used this kind of draining move.
Could it be... some new tactic?
Suspicious, the blueberry gave the order: "Spin at high speed!"
It spins at high speed and is a normal physical attack. Although the damage is not high, it can remove status effects such as "binding" from the user, including Leech Seed.
"roar!"
The Super Dragon Head Mole let out a low growl, enduring the discomfort of its power being drained.
Immediately, his entire body began to spin in place like a top, trying to use the power generated by the rapid rotation to completely shake off the parasitic vines that were attached to his body!
However, at the very moment it started spinning at high speed...
A glint of light flashed in Xia Chi's eyes, and the subsequent instructions flowed smoothly from there.
"Meow, tie a knot in the grass!"
This is his real purpose in throwing out the [Parasitic Seed] smokescreen.
It's not about the continuous response, but about luring the opponent to use the "High Speed Spin" move, thus creating the best opportunity to bind them with [Grass Knot]!
Magic Masked Cat understood immediately. With a light tap of its toes on the ground, a strange vine, seemingly slender yet exceptionally resilient, silently shot out from the crack in the rock beneath Super Dragon Head Mole's feet.
Unlike the previous parasitic vines, this vine is more resilient, and the grass-based energy flowing on it is more concentrated.
The Super Dragon Head Mole is spinning so fast that it has no time to pay attention to anything else.
Whoosh! The strange vine seemed to have a life of its own, precisely wrapping around the waist and abdomen of the Super Dragon Head Gopher as it spun at high speed!
Furthermore, because it was spinning wildly, the vine was not shaken off; instead, it was entangled more and more tightly by the force of the rotation.
In the blink of an eye, the slender vine, aided by the Super Dragon Head Gopher's own rotational force, bound itself tightly from top to bottom.
"Goohoo?"
The Super Dragon Head Mole let out a roar of shock and anger, its terrifying spinning momentum abruptly interrupted by the sudden restraint.
The immense inertia caused it to lose its balance and trip over the vines that had entangled it.
It struggled fiercely, but the vines formed by the knotted grass were exceptionally tough, and it was difficult to break free in a short time!
The lingonberry's face darkened, and she gritted her teeth.
This guy tricked me again!
And how could Xia Chi let go of this excellent opportunity that he had created himself?
"Magical Masked Cat - V-Flame!"
The command to end the game resounded throughout the entire arena!
"Meow—ha!"
The Magic Masked Meow let out a long cry that seemed to ignite the air, and the emerald green grass-type energy around it instantly subsided and transformed.
Instead, there was an intensely hot, dazzling flame that seemed capable of burning everything.
A fiery energy, interwoven with crimson and gold, surged from her body like a volcanic eruption, rapidly compressing in front of her.
In an instant, an enormous V-shaped torrent of energy, carrying a terrifying power that could scorch the heavens and boil the seas, slammed into the super dragon-headed groundhog that was tightly bound to the ground by [grass knots]!
Blueberry hissed, "Dragonhead Gopher, hold the line!"
However, it was all too late.
The super dragon-headed gopher, tightly bound by vines, had an extremely difficult time even lifting its paws, let alone gathering and maintaining the energy barrier in such a short time.
It could only watch helplessly as the destructive V-shaped flame grew larger and larger in its pupils.
The body of the Mega Dragonhead Excadrill was completely engulfed by the exploding flames, and the grass-type vines on its body further fueled the fire.
The fiery geese raged for several seconds before slowly dissipating.
In the center of the arena, the Super Dragon Gopher lay motionless on the ground, its body charred black.
The super-evolutionary light surrounding it quickly dissipated like a candle flickering in the wind, reverting to its normal form.
Dragonhead mole, unable to fight!
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