I caught a Pokémon

As for why they didn't use a group attack like Xia You did before, to overwhelm the master with sheer numbers, it can only be said that every trainer has a different way of catching Pokémon.

Perhaps Caitlia prefers to conquer this Pokémon through strength rather than trying to catch it by trickery.

While Cresselia can still maintain its advantage in the face of constantly changing opponents, it is no longer as dominant as it was at the beginning.

As its stamina was rapidly depleted, it gradually grew tired, and the minor injuries it had suffered in the previous two battles, once accumulated, also placed a certain burden on it.

In short, once these two Pokémon started fighting, all three people present realized that this was the most evenly matched battle they had ever fought!

This also caught Cattleya's eye.

After three lineup changes, she finally got her chance!

Invigorated, she intensified her offensive.

At that very moment, she finally unleashed the full power of the Four Heavenly Kings!

Under Gadria's all-out attack, Cresselia finally began to falter. Even though it also damaged the Symbol Bird, Gadria, contrary to her previous frequent changes of Pokémon, used the Symbol Bird to fight Cresselia to the death!

Xia You and Xiao Yao both saw her determination.

They also understood that before this, Cattleya's strategy was mostly about attrition and probing, and it was only now that they had discovered the weakness that they began to truly exert their strength.

The battle suddenly became even more exciting.

The two Pokémon flew in the air, circling Full Moon Island, and fought a fierce battle.

The powerful energy collision even caused the surrounding seawater to shake violently.

The more Cresselia fought, the more exhausted she became.

Similarly, the bird's condition also deteriorated rapidly, and it soon became breathless amidst the continuous high-intensity battles.

Seeing that it was unable to fight, Gadria did not hesitate to take out a Poké Ball, recall the Symbol Bird, and then send out Gothic.

After a short rest, Miss Gothic had regained some of her strength. In addition, she had just fought Cresselia and had an understanding of the latter's strength and power, so she was naturally more skilled in the fight.

Compared to it, Cresselia's condition is much worse than before.

This also reveals Gadria's strategy, and it must be said that Xia You can learn from it.

He used to rely on brute force and stubbornness, but now he realizes that little tricks like those of Cattleya can be quite effective.

Unfortunately, it's a bit too late now; he's already missed that period when his strength was insufficient.

Now, with Deoxys and Rayquaza on his side, and the three legendary birds and three legendary beasts assisting him, plus a main Pokémon, he is simply invincible.

Besides Arceus, what other opponent is there that warrants him using a series of attacks?

On the battlefield, the battle between Gothic Lady and Cresselia has begun.

It is clear that, compared to the previous one-sided disadvantage, Gothic is now fighting Cresselia on equal terms, and even once gained the upper hand!

This is truly a case of fortunes turning around.

In a split second, seizing an opening Cresselia made, Miss Gothic actually managed to make it stagger!

Gadriya seized the fleeting opportunity, took out a blank High Ball from her backpack, and threw it at Cresselia.

A flash of red light enveloped Cresselia and carried her into the ball.

However, just 0.01 seconds later, it broke free and returned to the sky.

Cattleya didn't care about this.

She was just trying it out; even she herself didn't expect that Cresselia, in its current state, could be captured with a Poké Ball.

Xia You, on the other hand, glanced inside the backpack as Jia Deliya opened it.

The shrunken Advanced Ball filled most of the backpack.

It seems that besides the bento boxes from before, the rest of the backpack is almost entirely filled with these high-end balls.

A high-quality ball isn't cheap...

To put it in perspective, in this world's currency, a regular Poké Ball costs 200 yuan, a Great Ball costs 600 yuan, and an Ultra Ball costs 1200 yuan.

At a glance, there are at least fifty or sixty high-level balls in Cadlia's backpack. And that's all. How much did all of that cost?

Moreover, seeing that Gadriya didn't take these high-grade balls seriously at all, treating them as casually as if they were grains of rice, without even blinking, it was clear that she didn't care at all.

She's a super rich and beautiful girl!

No wonder she comes from a prestigious family…

Unlike me, who lives off the prize money from the conference, Cattleya is truly, truly incredibly rich!

Not to mention that the castle in the Battle Frontier is hers, she owns countless other properties in the Sinnoh and Unova regions. In later accounts, she even rented out a villa on the coast of the Unova region to Cynthia at a low price.

If someone manages to marry her in the future, wow, that would be like sitting back and reaping the benefits, completely changing their destiny.

Caldelia was unaware that Xia You had already labeled her a 'rich woman'.

Although she noticed Xia You's 'meaningful' gaze and felt a little strange, she still focused all her attention on the battle.

After a brief moment of 'subjugation', Cresselia realized that the situation was unfavorable to her, and at that moment, she unleashed her full potential.

This time, even Miss Gothia couldn't resist and followed in the footsteps of the symbol bird.

Cattleya recalled Miss Gothia again, and then sent out her Metagross.

Metagross, which had also rested for a while and recovered somewhat, managed to withstand Cresselia's super-powered attack by relying on its Steel type, thus depleting the latter's potential!

I must say, this response was truly brilliant.

The tactical arrangements and response methods that Gadriya displayed at this moment were something Xia You had never seen in any other trainer before, and it made him truly realize the difference between the Elite Four and ordinary trainers and gym leaders.

Not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of combat awareness, there is a clear difference.

As expected, no one who gets this far is an ordinary person...

With a sense of reflection, he turned his attention back to the battlefield.

Under Metagross's defense, Cresselia's burst phase was completely exhausted, and its stamina was depleted again. Seeing this, Gadria threw another Ultra Ball, but as expected, Cresselia broke free in an instant.

From that moment on, Cattleya began throwing high balls more frequently.

Even Haruka could see it clearly: given Cresselia's deteriorating condition, Cattleya could capture this dream goddess at any time.

The reason why Cattleya is using Ultra Balls more frequently now is because she's trying to increase the capture probability.

What if we just happen to succeed in capturing it one time?

Anyway, she has a good number of high-level balls, so she has a lot of room to experiment.

However, being a legendary Pokémon, Cresselia displayed its final pride at this moment.

The more extreme the predicament, the more it can ignite people's fighting spirit, and the same applies to Pokémon.

The remaining energy burst forth at this moment.

This was unlike anything before; it was Cresselia's most powerful energy burst since the start of the battle, so powerful that Metagross had to retreat.

Not only that, this energy rapidly spread outwards, and in the blink of an eye, it struck the location where Xia You and the others were.

In an instant, the surrounding stone slabs and rocks shattered and shot out in all directions at an extremely fast speed with the shockwave.

"careful!"

Out of instinct and long-standing habit, Xia You subconsciously took a step forward, standing in front of them to protect Xiao Yao and Jia Deliya behind her.

Xiaoyao didn't think anything of it, after all, she was already used to it.

But all Gadria felt was a flash of a figure, and a broad back appeared in front of her. While she was taken aback, her hand, which she was about to raise to use her superpower for protection, froze in mid-air.

What a strange feeling…

From childhood to adulthood, the people around her both knew and feared her powerful abilities and her occasional violent outbursts, which made them hesitant to approach her.

Similarly, it is precisely because she possesses strong superpowers that she can calmly deal with all dangers.

But now, someone is actually standing in front of him!

Gadriya looked up and saw the gentle breeze that had just arrived before the blast wave ruffled the man's hair. Although she couldn't see his face, she felt a strange sense of peace.

For some reason, her heart suddenly began to pound violently.

But she snapped back to reality after only a moment of distraction.

With an ordinary human body, how could Xia You possibly withstand the impact that was about to come?

If he doesn't intervene, he definitely won't be able to withstand the upcoming explosion!

Thinking of this, Gadriya took a step to the side, intending to go to Xia You's side, but just as she made a move, a dark purple shadow appeared before her, floating in front of Xia You.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed that incredible Gengar!

It leaned slightly to one side, a relaxed and confident wicked smile on its face, and comfortably extended its short, chubby right hand with its fingers spread out, as if it were slamming the air against a wall.

The next second, the seemingly invincible shockwave arrived.

boom!!

The deafening explosions filled her ears, and the massive gusts of wind tossed her thick hair, causing her to instinctively close her eyes. However, the energy following the strong winds was steadily blocked by Gengar.

It was as if I had bumped into a barrier made of ghostly energy.

No matter how terrifying or unstoppable the impact of the explosion was, it was still easily deflected.

At that moment, Xia You turned around and looked at her.

"Are you OK?"

Perhaps because the explosion had just blown away all the dark clouds in the sky, the bright moon was now shining its light directly over the platform and onto Xia You.

Upon hearing the man's gentle voice, Cattleya subconsciously looked up and saw Xia You's equally bright eyes.

At that moment, he was all she could see.

Their eyes met, and Xia You's figure grew larger and clearer in her eyes, until his sunny smile pierced her heart.

In an instant, for some reason, Gadriya felt her face turn red, her heart pounding like a drum, and her heart racing wildly.

Startled awake, she almost averted her gaze.

If Xia You won Na Zi's favor through a spiritual connection, won Li Jia's heart through daily interactions, and won the favor of Maya and Xiao Yu through her strength, then...

So, in just a few hours of spending time together, he almost without any conscious effort, and Gagardria slowly began to fall for him.

On this night, Xia You was like a ray of white moonlight, shining into Jia Deliya's heart and leaving a deep impression.

Even before they met, a series of positive feelings grew between them. Coupled with prior knowledge of his appearance and deeds, this led to Cattleya's heart fluttering at that moment.

To describe it as falling in love with Xia You wouldn't be quite right, but at least he had a great deal of affection for her.

Most importantly, Xia You herself was completely unaware of it.

As the saying goes, the most deadly provocations are often the most subtle and unexpected!

Because of the moonlight, Xia You didn't notice these things when she was in front of Gadriya. It was only when she saw Gadriya look away that she belatedly realized that the woman in front of her didn't seem to need her protection.

Just like Sabrina, Gadriya is known as a girl with superpowers!

With such power, why would she need ordinary people to protect her?

My actions just now were almost entirely instinctive, and now that I think about it, they were quite inappropriate.

After all, during his travels, he was always surrounded by companions or his women. Protecting them had become an instinctive action. Basically, when he saw danger, his body would act before his mind even had a chance to process it.

But what's done is done, and there's no point in saying anything now.

Although there are many psychological activities, it is actually just a matter of what happened over time.

"Thank you."

Cattleya thanked him softly, then walked around Xia You and stood in front of him, turning her gaze back to Cresselia in the sky.

After all, everyone knows that there are more important things to deal with right now.

After releasing that energy, Cresselia was clearly at its limit.

But Metagross wasn't much better off.

The legendary Pokémon was still too strong. Even with its type advantage, Metagross was almost rendered unable to fight under the same energy bombardment.

Cadria threw out another high-level ball.

Cresselia was caught in the goal again.