Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

Although the speed of the Attribute Void is not fast, Marillil is not an agile Pokémon in contrast. In fact, its speed is even slower than that of the Attribute Void!

"You can hit!"

Qiao Ran secretly said "good" in his heart, however - this water-type gym leader did not seem to intend to let him get his wish.

"Mariluli, the water breaks!"

Suddenly, a surging stream of water wrapped around Marilulli's body, and then, the originally round and lumpy body that was difficult to move was sprayed directly into the air with the movement of the water.

The attack with the attribute of void undoubtedly missed. When it hit the place where Marillil was before, Marillil had already disappeared.

"what?!"

Qiao Ran was dumbfounded.

This little thing... is so fast?

No...that's not right. He wanted to use the speed brought by the Water Stream Break skill to make up for his own speed shortcomings!

In the Pokémon games, Water Explosion is not a preemptive skill, nor does it have any ability to increase speed. However, in reality, the surging water that wraps around the body produces a special effect that affects one's own movement.

Moreover, Marilulli's small figure is particularly suitable in this kind of water flow.

These things have never existed in the game, but can be done in reality!

"How's that? As the gym owner, of course I have some little skills of my own, haha."

Jiang Yuanhao tricked Qiao Ran and smiled. He gathered his strength and threw a punch forward.

"Mariluli, the tiles falling from the sky!!"

"Mary!!!"

The blue Pokémon, wrapped in water and suspended in the air, roared and raised its short little hand. This palm seemed to have no power at all, but it was like thousands of mountains falling from the sky, enough to make people breathless.

"Is this...Mariluli?"

Lillie's face turned pale, and her worldview was refreshed once again.

When did fairy-type Pokémon become like this?

"...It should... be related to the trainer, right?" Mei on the side was also a little unsure. What kind of trainer could cultivate such a Marill?

Is this really Marillion, not some supernatural being pretending to be Marillion?

No...that's not right. Even if it's super strength, it's not this terrifying.

On the battlefield, Qiao Ran also felt this powerful force, and Attribute Kong on the ground was facing this huge sense of oppression.

Oh no.

The gym owner on the opposite side seemed to have noticed his intention to keep distance and use long-range attacks, so he took the initiative to attack. Moreover, once Marillli started close combat, she would definitely use fighting skills.

"..."

Unlike Mimikyu, Sora doesn't have fancy features like "Painted Skin," nor can she use special combat methods during battles. Her combat tends to be more straightforward, which is the strategy that suits her best.

But in this situation, fighting hard will definitely not work.

Do you want to take it back and exchange it for Pokémon?

"..."

The moment Qiao Ran was thinking, he had already received the idea from Attribute Kong.

"Ho ho ho ho!!"

The giant beast with claws and fish tail raised its head, its eyes glowing red under its helmet, and roared loudly at the falling Marilulli.

She still has to fight.

She also wants to bring victory to her master like other Pokémon.

Under Qiao Ran's surprised gaze, an invisible barrier actually condensed in front of Xingkong.

Then—Mariluli’s tile-splitting blows didn’t completely break the barrier, but only destroyed most of it.

"Did you hold it?"

Jiang Yuanhao let out a light exclamation. The opponent's resistance did not surprise him. However, what he did not expect was that there were also a lot of question marks in Qiao Ran's heart.

"Hold on?"

No, when did Attribute Kong learn this skill?

"Roar, roar, roar (I learned this from other Pokémon when I was in the frontier)"

Qiao Ran: “…”

So...his Pokémon can also learn skills on their own without him knowing?

"What else did you learn?"

"Ho ho ho ho ho."

Qiao Ran thought of the recent rapid progress of Vulpix and Mimikyu. Could it be that they were also developing rapidly without his knowledge?

Is there some special training going on in Tuodi?

"Even if the previous skill is maintained, what about the next skill?"

On the other side, Jiang Yuanhao had no intention of letting Qiao Ran go.

"Mariluli, keep on breaking the water!"

"Mary!!"

Under Jiang Yuanhao's command, Marillil, who had failed in her first attack, once again surrounded herself with a fierce stream of water. Like an angry fighter, she shuttled through the venue at an extremely fast speed and approached the side of Attribute Kong.

"Tsk!"

Looking at the scary little thing, Qiao Ran couldn't help but secretly sigh. He still understood the principle of whether to protect or not. Although the previous tile-splitting attribute was blocked by Kong using the guard skill, once this skill was used continuously, it would most likely become ineffective.

In other words, for Marillil's next attack, Attribute Kong can no longer rely on that "Guard" skill!

How to do?

"Mariluli! Brute force!"

“Ali Ali!!”

Marilulli tensed up her entire body, and her fighting-type brute force skill suddenly activated, and her entire body rushed towards the location where Attribute Kong was with tremendous force.

Attribute Kong could only raise his head and use his signature triangle attack. The energy of the three attributes gathered into a beam of light, trying to attack Marillil's body.

However, Marillil, who was wrapped in the water flow, was extremely agile, and the attack with the empty attribute only hit the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

It has no effect! All skills are avoided!

"Oops!"

Lillie and Mei, who were watching the battle, gritted their teeth and watched the scene nervously.

Could it be that Qiao Ran is going to lose?

At this time, Marill had appeared beside Attribute Sora with a devilish smile on her face.

Brute force burst out from its body, and its long rabbit-like ears straightened in an instant.

At this moment, it threw a punch with all its strength.

"Mary~"

"Boom!!!"

A fierce noise came from the venue, and broken stones flew everywhere. Even Qiao Ran, who was standing at the other end of the arena, felt the extremely strong wind pressure.

It's hard to imagine that this is just a fighting-attribute skill of Pokémon.

While waiting for the smoke to clear, it seemed that Xingxiangkong's figure had disappeared from the venue. What Marilulli was holding in her short hands was actually a small dinosaur-shaped doll.

Little... doll?

No, that's not right!

"Oops!"

Jiang Yuanhao broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't help but yell.

"Mariluli, behind me!!"

Marilulli turned her head in surprise, only to find a giant beast nearly two meters tall standing behind her with its head held high.

The shadow cast enveloped its entire body.

Chapter 305 [Standard User]

substitute.

A skill that consumes physical strength to create a clone instead of taking damage.

Its representative feature is the doll that is full of irony.

The moment he saw that thing, Jiang Yuanhao knew that Marilulli had been fooled.

Even those rays of light that had not hit the target before were only there to confuse the audience.

"...!"

"boom!!!"

After Marilulli's attack, the venue shook violently again.

However, unlike the previous scene where they had reached the end of their rope, this time it was the tall Attribute Kong who crashed into Marillil's body.

Risk your life and clash!

"Mariluli!"

Jiang Yuanhao watched helplessly as his Pokémon was knocked away, and all this happened in just a second.

"Mariluli loses her ability to fight, Qiao Ran wins!"

Looking at Marilulli who was already flying out of the field, the referee announced the final result. After performing a series of actions, Attribute Kong also became limp and fell to the ground after the referee's announcement.

In the previous battle, she had already consumed a lot of her mental energy, and the "hold" skill in reality could not achieve complete and effective blocking. For example, when the level and ability gap between the two sides was huge, even if the hold skill was used, the barrier created might be directly shattered.

This was the case with the empty attribute before. The barrier she was defending was already in danger, and Marill's attack still caused her damage.

When facing Marill's brute force attack, Attribute Sora used the "Stand" skill of conjuring up a doll to resist the damage, but this skill also required him to pay a quarter of his own health.

Coupled with the final self-sacrificing charge, Xingshekong no longer had the ability to continue fighting.

"...I didn't expect you to learn so many skills by yourself, and so..."

Qiao Ran walked onto the field, gently stroked her body, and used Changpan's power to help her recover a little.

Hold on, substitute.

Although this skill type seems a bit strange, it is not something that Qiao Ran, a trainer, should be concerned about.

"As a trainer, I didn't even know you had mastered a new skill. You only discovered it during the battle."

Looking at Xingxukong lying on the ground, Qiao Ran suddenly felt a little guilty.

He was indeed too concerned about those stronger Pokémon.

As an excellent trainer, he has gradually become a strength-oriented person after experiencing so many things, but... this is also the deepest confusion in Qiao Ran's heart.

If he wasn't strong enough, could they still go on?

"Roar."

"You said you would become stronger too?" Qiao Ran smiled even as he heard Xingkong's whispered call. "Indeed, you are already strong enough."

Qiao Ran took out the Poké Ball and prepared to take back Attribute Kong and let her return to the frontier to rest for a while, but at this moment, a dazzling white light suddenly emanated from Attribute Kong's body.

"this is……?"

The onlookers all showed surprised expressions, and Qiao Ran was so scared that his heart stopped beating for a few seconds.

Could this be...

No...no, you have to take it back quickly!

Qiao Ran subconsciously thought that this was a sign of humanization, but after observing it for a while and finding that Xing Xingkong's appearance had not changed much, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

So... isn't it humanoid?