Water burst and condensed into a massive shuriken.
Colorful light transformed sharp claws into gleaming blades.
Greninja and Garchomp completed their MEGA evolutions simultaneously.
Zeraora looked up at Zapdos, its fighting spirit rising along with its levitating body. It had just been captured and had no bond with John yet, but that didn’t prevent it from challenging the strong!
Especially for a battle against such a formidable opponent—it didn’t mind obeying the commands of a trainer who had already defeated it.
Zapdos hovering in the sky saw that these two human thieves dared to send Pokemon to resist. Its eyes flashed with lightning as it flew into a rage!
With a piercing cry, the thunderclouds above immediately erupted into chaos, and countless golden bolts of thunder crashed down from the heavens.
"Greninja, Role Play!" John commanded.
Greninja immediately pulled out a black top hat and placed it on its head.
Zapdos had two possible abilities: the normal ability "Pressure" and the hidden ability "Static". The former made Pokemon consume more energy when using moves, while the latter paralyzed attackers who made physical contact. Neither ability could ignore Electric-type moves.
Therefore, Greninja’s Role Play wasn’t targeting Zapdos, but Zeraora.
Role Play could target any Pokemon within a certain range of Greninja, not just opponents.
Thunder baptized the earth, striking all three Pokemon directly. John had already been teleported to safety by Mega Gardevoir in advance.
When the thunder gradually subsided and the smoke cleared in a gust of wind, the figures of three Pokemon were revealed.
"Gar-chomp!" Mega Garchomp bared its fangs, its blade-arms gradually turning black and green.
Greninja crossed its arms indifferently, expression stern and unmoved.
Zeraora licked its lips, savoring the taste of the lightning it had just absorbed into its body.
Electric moves were ineffective against all three of them, the only damage they’d suffered was from the physical impact of the thunder strikes. Nothing worth mentioning!
"Greninja, Ultimate Water Shuriken!"
"Garchomp, Dragon Claw!"
"Zeraora, go for it!" John issued three commands in rapid succession.
All three Pokemon moved at once.
Greninja reached up and enlarged its shuriken, coating it with a layer of gold as a spiraling aura sphere condensed within it.
Zeraora shot into the sky like a white spark heading straight for Zapdos, ice crystals forming around its right fist. Ice Punch, this was a move John had specifically taught Zeraora using a TM, expecting a battle with Zapdos.
The ice spark arrived in an instant.
Zapdos was startled by the speed of the large white cat before it and immediately flapped its wings to dodge at incredible velocity.
Both Pokemon were extremely fast. To John’s eyes, the sky now showed a white spark chasing a golden spark in flashing combat.
But Zapdos soon discovered that even at maximum speed, the distance between itself and Zeraora was rapidly shrinking.
The chill hit its face.
Zeraora had already closed in on Zapdos with its freezing fist, aiming to punch the legendary bird in the head!
Zapdos mid-air: Teleport!
The extraordinary thing about this Zapdos was that it had also mastered spatial manipulation seemingly almost possesing the Psychic-Type.
Zapdos’s massive body teleported a hundred meters away, and Zeraora’s Ice Punch struck empty air.
It wasn’t the sound of fists hitting air, but the heavy clash of blades striking steel.
The sound came from behind Zapdos.
Two large blades wreathed in dark green energy slashed into Zapdos’s back with devastating force, immediately inflicting severe wounds and sending it crashing downward.
The perpetrator was John’s Mega Garchomp, descending with scarlet dragon eyes and a face full of malice.
This attack had been building for some time, and had also used tactical coordination.
Mega Gardevoir had sent Mega Garchomp to Zapdos’s teleport destination through Teleport to launch a sneak attack.
It was good that Zapdos had mastered spatial power, but this wasn’t just its "advantage", it was also its weakness.
The landing point of Teleport could be detected through spatial manipulation. Whether it could be found depended on the strength of spatial control between the teleporter and the searcher.
Zapdos competing with Mega Gardevoir in spatial manipulation?
It wasn’t that John looked down on Zapdos, but Mega Gardevoir was equipped with the Lustrous Orb from Palkia, the God of Space himself!
Comparing spatial power with Mega Gardevoir? It didn’t have the credentials!
So John had been waiting for Zapdos to use Teleport so he could have Mega Gardevoir teleport Mega Garchomp along the spatial disturbance for a sneak attack.
As for whether Zapdos could react to dodge this ambush, Mega Gardevoir was proficient in Future Sight. All calculations were perfect, and Mega Garchomp appeared at the most critical moment.
If anyone had been watching Zapdos’s landing point, they would have seen that Mega Garchomp appeared first, slashing with its blade-arms through empty air, and then Zapdos teleported directly into the attack.
Zapdos fell from the sky with severe back injuries.
But John’s assault wasn’t over yet.
An Ultimate Water Shuriken flew up from the ground at cannonball speed, no, cruise missile speed. The aura sphere at the core of the Ultimate Water Shuriken made it a "tracking projectile"!
Zapdos hastily activated Agility to dodge, electric current in its body nearly condensing into essence due to its rage.
With its enhanced speed, fully evading the Ultimate Water Shuriken shouldn’t have been a problem.
But Mega Gardevoir could teleport not only Pokemon, but also attacks!
The Ultimate Water Shuriken, which Zapdos had clearly dodged, suddenly teleported directly in front of the legendary bird.
Zapdos couldn’t stop its forward momentum and instinctively chose Teleport.
But when it emerged a hundred meters away, the Ultimate Water Shuriken followed like a shadow, sticking to its back.