An elf, a genius scientist who traveled from the world of One Piece.

Chapter 60 The Reflections of a Heavenly King-Level Expert, The Terrifying Trio

"Our original plan was to find out about your brother Aldus from you, Mr. Eltes, but your brother and father's whereabouts are too elusive, so we have to focus our attention on you."

Su Sheng smiled.

"To avenge a comrade?"

Ertes' expression did not change much.

Honestly, his older brother has offended too many people; even he, as the younger brother, can't count them all.

It even felt a little numb.

"Half of it is, and the other half is... I personally have some interest in your family."

The thirst for knowledge in Su Sheng's eyes beneath the mask was even greater.

He has deduced that it will be about five or six years before Ash becomes a rookie trainer and begins his adventure.

Su Sheng was genuinely curious as to how a powerful conglomerate, almost comparable to the Yu Long family of Yanmo City, could have vanished in such a short time.

interesting.

"Do I look like the kind of person who would betray their family?"

Ertes countered with a question.

"That means there's nothing to discuss."

Su Sheng had anticipated things would escalate to this point as soon as the alarm went off and Ertes appeared.

Ertes expressionlessly retrieved the poisoned Crawling Crawling and tossed a High Ball in his backhand.

The moment the ball's cover popped open, a flash of white light appeared.

A pair of enormous blood-red wings opened in the night sky.

Hoenn pseudo-legendary Salamence!

"roar--"

With a roar, the Celestial King-level Salamence created a gust of wind that made Su Sheng's trench coat flutter loudly.

This also caused the three Pokémon to narrow their eyes slightly, revealing a hint of apprehension in their gazes.

"They've sent out their ace, huh...?"

Pear Blossom raised her hand to protect her face from the wind pressure caused by the sonic waves of the Flying Dragon.

"Dragon Pulse!"

Ertes decisively gave the order to Salamence.

"The wall of light".

Su Sheng gave the order to Ibrahimovic almost at the same instant.

The Salamence opened its mouth and unleashed a fierce shockwave of dragon fire.

A large, semi-transparent, square wall suddenly rose up in front of Umbreon.

Boom—

The dragon's wave crashed heavily against the wall of light, and after it disappeared into the light wall, the diameter of the entire shockwave was noticeably reduced by a size.

However, it was still quite powerful, striking Umbreon hard and causing it to explode on its surface.

The shockwave from the explosion lifted Umbreon into the air.

As expected of an Elite Four level trainer's ace, that Salamence is probably already halfway to Champion level.

"I can roughly imagine what my brother did, but I'm sorry, that doesn't mean I would betray them."

Eltes pressed his advantage, unleashing "Dragon Claw!"

The Light Screen reduced the power of the Dragon Pulse from before, and with Joker's Umbreon, its defensive capabilities were second to none among all the Pokémon he had ever seen.

Since that's the case, let's use physical attacks!

Salamence raised its right arm high, and its three sharp claws ignited with blue flames and transformed into blades.

It was as if a giant trident had fallen heavily.

However, just before it was about to hit, Umbreon's body in mid-air seemed to be grabbed by an invisible giant hand.

It swerved irregularly to the side, avoiding Salamence's attack.

"Um!?"

Eltes was startled, but he realized what was happening in the next instant.

A layer of light purple arc light enveloped Umbreon.

That's... telekinesis!

At this moment, Ertes noticed a luminous bird perched on a tree shoulder behind Su Sheng.

So that's how it is. Did you use your psychic powers to help Umbreon avoid the attack?

But Psychic-type moves should be ineffective against Dark-type moves.

But then, Ertes noticed that the pupils of the natural sparrow's eyes were faintly glowing with a golden light.

That is... the Eye of Miracles!

A support move that allows psychic attacks to be effective against Dark-type Pokémon!

"Evil Pulse!"

In a split second, Su Sheng and Li Hua gave the order at the same time.

One after the other, Umbreon and Houndoom opened their mouths at the same time.

A dark energy wave blasted towards the Salamence's neck and back.

"Water flow tail!"

However, Salamence was, after all, the ace of Elite Four-level trainer Ertes.

There are too many elves with a higher level than Su Sheng and his companions.

Even after being hit by two evil energies, it wasn't enough to put him in a passive position, let alone render him unable to fight.

Sure enough, they heard their master's command.

The Salamence, struck by two waves of evil energy from the front and back, suddenly opened its eyes, its tail whipping up a spiral of water.

Like a heavy axe sweeping out.

At the moment of impact, the water tail shattered Houndoom's Dark Pulse, which was already positioned behind it.

The next second, with almost no resistance, it lashed hard across Rika's neck with its black slash.

thump—

With a loud thud, Houndoom was sent flying into a pile of rubble on the right side of the wall.

"Houndoom!"

Pear Blossom exclaimed and rushed over to check on her partner's injuries.

Even if it's not a move of the same type, the type is still weak against it, and with the huge difference in level, Houndoom is probably no longer able to fight.

However, Salamence's attack was not over yet.

Although the Water Tail that hit Houndoom was slightly weakened, it still retained considerable destructive power, continuing to smash towards Umbreon like a sweeping leg.

A semi-transparent protective shield shimmering with iridescent light suddenly expanded, covering half of the Asagi Gym.

Instantly, the attack speed of the Salamence decreased, appearing to onlookers as if it had been sped up by 0.5x.

"curse."

At Su Sheng's command, Yueyibu tensed all the muscles in her body.

Her body was small yet had hard muscles, as hard as steel.

when!

And when you hit it with Salamence's water tail, it does indeed produce a crisp sound, like hitting metal.

"A magic space?"

Eltes turned his gaze back to the tree standing at the back of the group, and the Slowpoke next to it.

Just a moment ago, Trick Room swapped the speeds of Salamence and Umbreon!

I see. Let Joker and Pear Blossom be the main attackers, and let that chubby kid stand at the back of the team to provide support.

Is this their tactic against me?

"That's not all."

Pear Blossom's ghostly voice suddenly rang out behind Ertes.

Eltes frowned and looked at Rika, who was standing guard beside the incapacitated Houndoom.

What does she mean?

call!

Before Eltes could even guess why Pear Blossom had said that.

A flame suddenly shot up from Salamence's tail.

Although it was only a few scattered attacks, it still made Salamence frown uncomfortably.

That's... phosphorescent fire that can weaken the target's physical attack power!?

"Did Houndoom still have the energy to do this when it was just blasted away?"

After a brief moment of thought, Ertes quickly guessed that this was the work of Houndoom!

The moment Houndoom was knocked away by Aqua Tail, it unleashed Phosphor Flare!

Could that low-level Houndoom really do something like that?

"Our Pokémon are all very good at enduring pain."

Pear Blossom sneered:

"From the very beginning, I didn't think Houndoom's attacks would do much damage to your Salamence. From the start of the battle, Houndoom's job was to apply Phosphor Flare to your Salamence, but Phosphor Flare isn't fast and its accuracy isn't very high. Using it directly doesn't give me much confidence in hitting your Salamence, but..."

At this point, Pear Blossom's lips curved into an even wider smile. "The moment Houndoom was hit, Salamence must have lowered its guard to some extent, right? After all, in its eyes, Houndoom was no longer a threat at that moment."

Ertes's expression grew increasingly grave.

I initially thought Joker's strategy was to have the chubby kid as a support, while he and Rika would deal damage.

However, I was wrong; both the chubby boy and Pear Blossom were just supporting characters.

Moreover, they cooperated seamlessly with each other.

What a terrifying trio...

(End of this chapter)