Pokémon: Master System.

Dolphin Warrior's entire body gathered ice energy, and his fists, which were like iron balls, were covered in ice energy. Dolphin Warrior bent his body slightly and made a charging start motion.

As he exerted force, Dolphin Man's muscles tensed, displaying the beauty of power, followed by a surge of water energy beneath his feet.

"boom!"

Water jets from Dolphin Man's feet create a boost, and combined with Dolphin Man's own power, it launches like a cannonball.

The blue figure flashed by, weaving through the rain, and almost instantly closed in on the Lizard King.

"So fast!"

"Is this the Dolphin Man after his transformation?"

"This is too strong! Are all the contestants in this year's College Cup this good?"

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Amid the gasps of the audience, Dolphin Man slightly bent over, using his lower body as a fulcrum, and spun around, swinging his enormous fist. A cold light flashed, and a chilling aura wafted through the air, as if snowflakes were being stirred up with each wave of his hand.

The full-force strike even produced a faint sound of wind breaking through the air.

The transformed Dolphin Man possesses both strength and speed, and is even stronger in both.

"boom!"

The audience only heard a series of collisions, the fluorescent green leaf blades and white ice energy surging and frost churning.

The emerald green leaf blades barely managed to block Dolphin Man's powerful fist. Dolphin Man's punch had made the Lizard King feel as if he had been hit by a train.

"A series of Freeze Punches!"

Upon hearing the command, Dolphin Man instantly unleashed its power, throwing punches continuously at an incredibly fast speed, so fast that its movements were invisible to Xia Yu, appearing as nothing more than afterimages.

The fists rained down like a storm, completely engulfing the Lizard King.

At this moment, the Lizard King reacted extremely quickly, its emerald green grass-type energy erupting from its wrists as it continuously swung its leaf blades.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Each collision between the Leaf Blade and the Freeze Punch generates a large amount of frost.

This was a pure clash of power and speed. Dolphin Man showed all the audience what the beauty of power and the aesthetics of violence are, bringing them a visual feast.

Every punch lands squarely, and they charge forward relentlessly.

The Dolphin Warrior in front of him reminded Xia Yu of Ip Man, the master of Wing Chun, as well as Ora Ora and Star Platinum.

Dolphin Man demonstrates what it means to be the strongest in terms of power. After his All-Power Transformation, Dolphin Man has reached the pinnacle of physical attack. Among non-legendary Pokémon, non-Ultra-Beast, and non-Mega Evolution Pokémon, Dolphin Man's physical attack ranks second, second only to Warhammer Dragon.

Its Attack stat is comparable to Slaking and Regigigas, and even higher than Rayquaza and Groudon. Of course, base stats don't tell the whole story, they're just a reference.

In reality, if Groudon were to unleash a single Precipice Sword, how many Pokémon could possibly withstand it?

The strength displayed by Dolphin Man shocked everyone. In China, very few people have ever chosen to train Dolphin Man, and those who can train him to this level are even more rare.

While other Dolphin Warriors also experience a surge in power after their all-powerful transformation, none reach the exaggerated level of Chen Yuze's Dolphin Warrior.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Mega Lizard King was blasted back by Dolphin Man's punch, and its arms were covered with a layer of frost.

Mega Lizard King stretched his arms, shaking off the frost covering his hands, and looked at Dolphin Man with a fighting spirit.

"Lizard King, create some distance!"

Although Mega Sceptile is no match for Dolphin in terms of strength, it far surpasses Dolphin in speed and special attack.

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Chapter 295 Strong Showdown

Mega Sceptile is actually much better in special attack than in physical attack.

Xia Yu mostly had Mega Sceptile use physical attacks, mainly because of Sceptile's extremely unreasonable move pool.

Mega Sceptile has an extremely limited move set in terms of special attacks. Aside from Grass-type STAB moves, it only has a few useful moves such as Fighting-type Focus Blast, Normal-type Whirlwind and Hyper Beam, and Dragon-type Dragon Pulse. Its coverage is simply too small.

Conversely, the Lizard King has a number of very useful physical attack skills.

For example, Dark-type Dark Slash, Grass-type Leaf Blade, Bug-type Cross Scissors, Dragon-type Dragon Claw, Fighting-type Brick Break, Ground-type Earthquake, Steel-type Iron Tail, Rock-type Rock Slide, etc.

This is one of the reasons why Sceptile has never been a popular Pokémon; another reason is its lackluster performance.

If you gave the Sceptile King traits like Contrarian, Grassy Grounds, Thick Fat, Chlorophyll, and the ability to transform itself, it would take off like a rocket.

Now that they are completely behind in physical attack and have no other choice but to let Mega Sceptile use special attack moves, Xia Yu had no option but to let Mega Sceptile use special attack moves.

In the pouring rain, the Mega Sceptile ran swiftly across the arena, its massive body incredibly agile, its feet splashing water everywhere as it trod on the uneven ground.

A rich, emerald-green grass-type energy burst forth from the tip of the Lizard King's tail, shooting out a sharp spike formed from the concentrated grass-type energy.

Ultimate Absorption!

Dolphin Man stood on the field, his eyes fixed on the Lizard King as it moved through the rain, trying to pinpoint its location.

"Freeze Punch, Dolphin Man!"

Facing the flying grass-type energy spikes, Dolphin Warrior swung his fist, a cold light flashing as ice-type energy surged.

With a single punch, he shattered the grass-type energy spikes.

"You want to defeat Dolphin Man with speed?" Chen Yuze looked at the Lizard King standing in the distance and smiled. "When you decide to avoid the fight, you have already lost. You no longer have the courage to forge ahead."

"Trying to train both physical attackers and special attackers like you is like trying to do both and ending up with nothing. You'll only end up being mediocre."

"Ineffective in special attacks and lacking in physical attacks."

"Even Mega Evolution cannot mask the Lizard King's mediocre nature."

"All of his great physical advantages have been wasted."

"Battle is about using your strongest spear to crush your enemy. When Pokémon and humans work together, apart from a rare genius, no one can master everything."

"This kind of Lizard King can't beat my Dolphin Warrior!"

"Dolphin Man, use Jet Punch! Don't give the Lizard King a chance to create distance!"

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Chen Yuze's barrage of attacks made Xia Yu's expression turn serious. Indeed, as he said, apart from a very few geniuses, no one can excel in every single thing, and Pokémon is no exception.

In lower-level matches, a well-rounded Sceptile might have an advantage due to its talent, but in top-level battles like this, when facing Pokémon with equally high potential, the drawbacks of a well-rounded build become apparent.

Xia Yu shook his head, trying to stay focused on the game and not be influenced by Chen Yuze's words.

All roads lead to Rome, and every champion-level Pokémon is unique. Dolphin Man's training methods may not be suitable for his Sceptile.

"Stop lecturing me, wait until you beat me, Lizard King, Ultimate Drain."

Jet Punch is a signature move of the Dolphin family. Although its power is not high, it and Water Jet are both preemptive moves with extremely high speed.

Furthermore, as a signature move, Jet Punch is 1.5 times more powerful than Water Jet, and with STAB and rain bonuses, its power is quite astonishing.

Upon hearing Chen Yuze's command, Dolphin Warrior began to gather water-based energy, with the rain falling from the sky becoming the best energy source.

The rain amplified water-based moves, allowing Dolphin to gather energy almost instantly. His right hand was enveloped in rich water energy, and he unleashed a jet punch.

Faced with the rapidly approaching Dolphin Man, the Lizard King paused, unleashing a surge of Grass-type energy. In just an instant, the Ultimate Drain skill was successfully released, flying towards the Dolphin Man.

"Ignore him, keep attacking! Freeze Punch!"

Facing the Lizard King's attack, Dolphin Man neither dodged nor evaded, directly enduring the damage from the Ultimate Absorption and charging towards the Lizard King.

Meanwhile, Dolphin Man's left fist was still covered in ice energy, which was the Ice Fist skill.

It is clear that Dolphin Man is using two different skills with his hands at this moment. His right hand is using his signature Jet Punch, while his left hand is using Freeze Punch.

Use the speed boost from the Jet Punch to close the distance, then use the Freeze Punch, which is four times stronger than the Lizard King's, to severely damage it.

This is Chen Yuze's tactic. It looks simple, but it demands a high level of proficiency in controlling energy and skills from the Pokémon. Without training, it's very difficult for ordinary Pokémon to execute.

Seeing Dolphin Man's ambidextrous stance, Xia Yu wasn't surprised, because he had seen others use similar moves before.

But this also gave Xia Yu a hint: Sceptile might be able to do the same thing, using Dragon Claw in its left hand and Leaf Blade in its right, a dual STAB attack that would be much stronger than a single Leaf Blade.

Just then, Dolphin Man moved. Its body shot out like an arrow, and the jet of water behind it provided enough momentum for Dolphin Man to crash into the Lizard King.

Xia Yu wasn't worried at all about Dolphin Man's Jet Punch attack, because Mega Sceptile, a Grass/Dragon type, is four times resistant to Water. The only thing he needed to worry about was Ice Punch, which is four times super effective against Sceptile.

"Lizard King! Use Leaf Storm!"

Seeing Dolphin Warrior's ferocious attack, Xia Yu had no choice but to let Lizard King use its most powerful STAB move, Leaf Storm.

Upon hearing Xia Yu's command, the Lizard King's body burst forth with emerald green light, dazzlingly bright in the rain, transforming into countless sharp, blade-like leaves that danced in the storm.

A vibrant green storm formed in the arena, engulfing Dolphin Man.

Dolphin Man now only has two options: either withstand the Leaf Storm and launch an attack on the Lizard King, which would result in serious injury, but would likely allow him to severely injure or even defeat the Lizard King with a single punch.

Second, use defensive skills and give up attacking.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Yuze chose to have Dolphin Warrior use his defensive skill, because only in this way could they preserve any hope of victory.

"Dolphin Man, hold on!"

"Come back, Sceptile." After seeing Chen Yuze use Protect, Xia Yu decisively chose to switch Pokémon.