Pokémon: Master System.

Blastoise adjusted the angle of its two cannons, and four loud "bang" sounds rang out in succession as four water cannon shots were fired in quick succession.

The first water cannon shot directly predicted Gallade's path, interrupting its high-speed movement. The second, third, and fourth water cannon shots followed immediately, locking down Gallade's movement routes in all directions.

"Ultimate Water Cannon!" After blocking Gallade's movement route, Anthony gave the order immediately!

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the final, powerful water cannon shot struck Gallade like a torrent, instantly injuring it severely.

Xia Yu sighed inwardly. Gallade's failure at the crucial moment had put him in a rather passive position, but it was pointless to blame Gallade now that things had come to this.

Making mistakes isn't scary; what's scary is that foolish people immediately make excuses and shirk responsibility after making a mistake. Truly smart people first try to solve the problem! At this point, saying more is useless. Why the mistake was made is no longer important; what matters is what to do!

"Gallade, share the pain!"

Although the two sides are far apart, at this point, we have no choice but to take a gamble!

At the same time, the injured Roserade launched an attack. It raised the flower in its left hand and, disregarding all martial ethics, directly ambushed Blastoise, with Grass-type energy surging.

"Flying Leaf Storm!"

Faced with Roserade's full-force Leaf Storm, Anthony didn't dare let Blastoise take the hit head-on, and immediately had Incineroar stand in front of Blastoise!

"Go, Blazing Roaring Tiger, use Guard."

"Roar!"

Incineroar protected Blastoise from Leaf Storm and shared the pain!

Everyone is focused on preserving skills. Indeed, when there are no restrictions on skill slots, preserving skills is the essential skill to learn.

"Incineroar, Flare Charge, take down Roserade!"

"Roar!"

Incineroar, its body enveloped in flames like a burning fireball, charged toward Roserade. Roserade, whose right hand was already frozen, had no way to resist and was instantly knocked away, suffering serious injuries.

With their severely injured Gallade and Roserade facing a near-Champion-level Blastoise and an Elite Four-level Incineroar, Xia Yu's chances of winning are slim.

Chapter 151 Insidious Tactics

Xia Yu looked at Gallade and Roserade with a resolute gaze, showing no fear whatsoever. Although his side was completely at a disadvantage in the current situation, there was still a sliver of a chance to win, the only prerequisite being that Gallade and Roserade obeyed his commands.

"Gallade and Roserade, if you want to live, obey my orders."

"Gallade, use Heal Pulse on Roserade!"

"Rosredo, use Self-Suggestion on Blastoise!"

When Xia Yu's voice rang out, a hint of doubt flashed in the eyes of Gallade and Roserade, clearly showing their distrust of Xia Yu. However, both of them were seriously injured and could not possibly defeat Blastoise and Incineroar on their own. They had no choice but to trust Xia Yu.

Gallade chose to trust Xia Yu for the time being and used Healing Pulse on Roserade. If Xia Yu gave any strange orders, it would definitely not obey. Psychic energy surged into Roserade's body, healing its injuries. Roserade then used the Self-Suggestion skill on Blastoise, closing its eyes and letting Normal energy flow around it, applying self-suggestion to itself.

"Still trying to struggle?" Anthony sneered. "Blastoise, Hydro Pump! Incineroar, DD Gold Hook Arm!"

Blastoise aimed its cannon at Gallade and fired two powerful water cannon shots in quick succession, while Incineroar unleashed its signature high-powered move, Hookshot, charging towards Gallade.

"Now's the time, Gallade, use Destiny Bond!"

When Gallade heard Xia Yu's command, a look of surprise appeared on its face, but in an instant, the look in its eyes became firm. At this moment, Destiny Bond was definitely the best method. If it did not use this move, it would definitely not be able to stop Hydro Pump and DD-Warp.

Gallade unleashed a burst of dense Ghost-type energy, which flew out like tentacles from its body and flew towards Incineroar, connecting with Incineroar. Instantly, a Ghost-type energy chain formed between the two, linking their life forces!

"Stop! Incineroar, Blastoise!" Seeing Gallade successfully use Destiny Bond, Anthony immediately told the two Pokémon to stop.

However, while Incineroar can stop attacking, Blastoise's water cannons can't stop firing!

Facing the incoming water cannon attack, Gallade neither dodged nor evaded, its eyes filled with a determination to perish together. It directly took the water cannon head-on with its bare body. With a loud bang, Gallade, which was already seriously injured, could not withstand the water cannon and was instantly knocked away, crashing into the wall and losing consciousness!

At the same time, the Destiny Bond move activated, and the eerie Ghost-type energy instantly engulfed Incineroar. Incineroar felt a sudden darkness before its eyes, and its life force was rapidly draining away. At this moment, it seemed to feel the pain and injury that Gallade was suffering, and it instantly lost consciousness, its body leaning backward and falling to the ground, unconscious!

The Fate Link skill is one of the most overpowered skills. Its effect is that if you are knocked down after using it, the target hit by the Fate Link skill will also be knocked down. However, the Fate Link skill has several limitations: firstly, it is limited by the skill's hit rate; secondly, it only works perfectly against opponents of similar or weaker strength, and its effect is limited against stronger opponents; and thirdly, it cannot be used consecutively for a short period after its initial use!

It was precisely because Xia Yu saw the Destiny Bond moves in Gallade's move pool that he had the confidence to defeat Anthony. Now, with both sides trading one for one, he had barely managed to win a round. However, the opponent's remaining opponent was a Blastoise with near-Champion strength, while Xia Yu's side had a Rosreid with Champion-level strength, whom he was meeting for the first time. There was a difference in strength, and Xia Yu's only advantage was his type.

At the same time, Roseredo, having just used Self-Suggestion, suddenly opened her eyes, her entire body surging with energy, exuding an astonishing aura. Through the Self-Suggestion skill, Roseredo's power amplification reached the same level as Blastoise.

Blastoise used Shell Smash at the start of the battle, lowering its Defense and Special Defense while significantly increasing its Attack and Speed. Roserade, after being intimidated by Incineroar to lower its Attack and then using Leaf Storm to significantly lower its Special Attack, was at a significant disadvantage in terms of abilities.

However, after using self-suggestion, Roserade's reduced Attack and Special Attack stats not only returned to normal but also increased significantly. At the same time, its Speed ​​stat also increased significantly, while its Defense and Special Defense stats decreased, bringing it to the same level as Blastoise.

The self-suggestion skill alone brought the gap between the two sides back. It has to be said that change-type skills can really have a miraculous effect at times. For example, in the past life, apart from occasionally seeing "weakness insurance + self-suggestion" in doubles, Xia Yu rarely saw this skill.

"Good! Very good!" Anthony looked at Xia Yu, laughing in anger. He now saw clearly that Xia Yu was a thoroughly despicable villain, the treacherous Sixth Brother.

Not only did they initially hide in a nearby room, ready to ambush him at any moment, but now they even had Gallade use Destiny Bond, a classic sixth-tier move, to force a one-for-one trade and take down his Incineroar! He never expected that Xia Yu, so young and still a student, could be so despicable and have such a dirty heart.

Scientific geniuses, my foot! All intellectuals have filthy hearts!

“I advise you to give up and come back with me.” Anthony looked at Xia Yu with murderous intent in his eyes: “Otherwise, I don’t mind taking a corpse back with me.”

"You can try." Xia Yu wasn't afraid at all. Anyone can brag. He, Xia Yu, made his fortune by bragging and showing off, tricking and fooling ten kids. This kind of tactic was nothing to Xia Yu. Anyone can verbally attack others. Don't they know that Xia Yu is a big troll? "What are you barking about? All you can do is bark, huh?"

Anthony was furious at Xia Yu's words and could only say in his not-so-standard Mandarin, "Since you're determined to die, then I'll grant your wish!"

Anthony was so angry his face was trembling.

"Getting anxious, getting anxious, no one's getting anxious, right? No one's going to break down, right?" Xia Yu's sarcastic words made Anthony's blood boil, and his face turned red.

"Blastoise! ​​Ice Beam! Aim at Xia Yu!"

It was clear that Anthony was truly angry. He no longer cared that Dawn Society needed Xia Yu, a living scientific genius. He now had only one thought in his mind: to kill Xia Yu!

Xia Yu was startled, inwardly cursing him as a cheat. "Damn it, Anthony, are you serious?" Had his taunt just been too effective? He should have toned it down a bit.

"Rosredo, Energy Ball!"

The frozen beam collided with the energy sphere, causing an explosion.

"boom!"

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Miyano Ranjin ran in from outside with several of Anthony's Pokémon, saying to Anthony, "Lord Anthony, hurry! Su Mu is here!"

Anthony was filled with hatred and looked at Xia Yu, wishing he could tear him to pieces. However, he knew he had to leave now. He glanced at his Pokémon, all of which were injured, but Xu Xiu was nowhere to be seen. Only a Zoroark had appeared.

"Where is Xu Xiu?" Looking at Soroark, Anthony had already guessed that Xu Xiu might have left long ago, and his face darkened even more.

“He’s not here. The one who was with us just now was Zoroark,” Miyano Ranjin replied softly, her eyes flickering.

"I know, I'm asking why the others aren't here!" Anthony suppressed his anger, climbed onto Gyarados's back: "Never mind, we'll talk about it when we get back, let's retreat first."

Chapter 152 The aftermath of the war

Anthony and Miyano Ranjin escaped the Dragon Realm. Before leaving, Anthony looked at Xia Yu with eyes that seemed to want to tear him to pieces.

Although he reaped considerable rewards, taking away a pseudo-legendary Pokémon egg and several other Dragon-type Pokémon eggs, he could have taken three pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs if Xia Yu hadn't stopped him.

When Su Mu entered the forbidden area, his brows were furrowed. The incubation room was a mess, with traces of battle everywhere.

The three incubators that should have contained pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs were now empty. The loss of three pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs was a heavy blow to the Pokémon Association. Of course, the worst off were those who had been queuing up to receive pseudo-legendary Pokémon this year.

After finally securing a spot in the queue, the egg for the pseudo-legendary Pokémon was snatched away. Su Mu sighed inwardly; the only good news was that Xia Yu was alright.

"Xia Yu, I'm so glad you're alright. I could have come earlier, but I found another attacker in your dorm, which delayed me a bit. He took some of your things from your dorm, so you'd better check later to see if anything is missing."

"Okay." Xia Yu was startled. Was he being watched? Someone actually came to his dormitory and rummaged through his things. Fortunately, Xia Yu had a habit of not leaving anything unattended in his dormitory. He kept his important items in his system space, so he should be fine.

Xia Yu nodded, then he thought of the precious dragon he had tamed and quickly said, "King Su, I have something I want to report to you."

“Hmm. Go ahead.” Su Mu nodded. “I was just about to ask you, what happened in the forbidden area that allowed you to hold off Anthony for so long?”

Xia Yu organized his thoughts and slowly began to recount what had just happened: "While I was training in the forbidden area, I heard a series of explosions, which made me realize that someone was trying to attack the secret realm. Because my strength was limited, I first wanted to find a place to hide and observe the situation. At the same time, to prevent heavy losses to the forbidden area, I hid the pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs. I originally wanted to hide three pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs, but I was afraid that Anthony would find out something was wrong, so I only hid two pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs."

"Ok?"

Su Mu looked at Xia Yu in surprise, only to see Xia Yu take out another pseudo-legendary Pokémon egg from its hiding place.

"This is one. The other Pokémon egg hatched during the battle just now. The situation was urgent, so I caught the Bagon and put it in a Poké Ball," Xia Yu explained. After speaking, Xia Yu released the Bagon from the Poké Ball and took out a Dragon-type Energy Cube and Moo Moo Milk to feed it.

"Good, very good!" Su Mu looked at the Pokémon Dragon and the Pokémon Egg that Xia Yu handed over, feeling happy and smiling. Xia Yu was quick-witted; he could think so thoroughly in that situation, which was quite impressive.

In this case, if the loss is only the egg of a pseudo-legendary Pokémon, then it is still acceptable and can be considered a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

But then Su Mu remembered that this was the second pseudo-legendary Pokémon egg that Dawn Society had recently stolen. The previous Gible egg had not yet been found, so this lost Jolteon egg would definitely not be found either.

Su Mu couldn't help but sigh. The Dawn Society's growing arrogance and the Pokémon Association's inaction filled Su Mu with a deep sense of unease.

As a young generation of trainers, Su Mu could sense the corruption and chaos within the Pokémon Association, especially the powerful Elite Four-level trainers who were dispatched to other regions. They wielded immense power and possessed terrifying strength, making them practically local tyrants.

Su Mu suspects that many people within the Pokémon Association have deep connections with the Dawn Society. This explains the Pokémon Association's ambiguous attitude towards the Dawn Society; although they repeatedly claim they want to eliminate it, their efforts are minimal. There is definitely a traitor within the Pokémon Association, and it's even possible that the Dawn Society was supported and established by certain individuals within the association.

"Go on, what happened next?" Su Mu suddenly snapped out of his reverie. He was just a newly appointed Elite Four member, ranking last among the twenty-eight Elite Four members nationwide. Even though he was determined to reform the Pokémon Association, he couldn't rush things; he needed to unravel the mystery slowly and carefully. "And how did you end up fighting with Anthony?"

Xia Yu paused slightly, organizing his thoughts. In front of Su Mu, he naturally couldn't say that he was afraid of death and didn't want to fight Anthony at all, and that he was only forced to fight because Anthony discovered him.

He'd have to be an idiot to say that honestly! Xia Yu changed his story to beautify himself: "Because I only have one Gallade with the strength of an Elite Four member, I can only hide temporarily with two pseudo-legendary Pokémon eggs to observe the situation."

"Then I found Roserade and Blastoise fighting. My original plan was to find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, severely injure Anthony, and defend the forbidden area. But at this time, Bellatrix hatched, exposing my position. I had no choice but to take Gallade and fight them head-on."

This is where the power of language truly shines. Although Xia Yu was indeed initially afraid of death and intended to live a life of ignominy, he subtly changed his tune, saying that he was planning to launch a sneak attack when the opportunity arose.

Although both men acted in the same way—seeking a place to hide—their actions were entirely different. One was a cowardly man who feared death, while the other was a courageous and resourceful hero.

Moreover, Xia Yu did indeed fight Anthony later. Regardless of whether he did so willingly or not, it was a fact that happened, and no one can deny that he fought Anthony and stopped him. No one can find fault with that.