Chapter 274: Sharp Cutting, VS Lip (4)
The Super Ostrich's extremely fast attack did not scare Infernape, but instead ignited Infernape's anger. With the blessing of anger, Infernape's skills and movement speed were greatly improved.
Just as Infernape quickly appeared in front of the opponent, he raised his "knife" and swung the "tile-splitting" hand knife towards the body of Super Ostrich.
Infernape's attack clearly landed on the Super-Eye in front of him, but the powerful blow seemed to have hit the air, and the feeling of missing the target really made Infernape very puzzled.
It was not until the figure of the Super-Powered Ostrich disappeared in front of them that everyone realized that the previous figure was the afterimage of the Super-Powered Ostrich moving at high speed, and the real Super-Powered Ostrich once again relied on its high speed to escape from the attack of Infernape.
"Hot?"
Just after the Super Ostrich disappeared, Infernape looked around vigilantly for the opponent's whereabouts, and Xiaozhi also reminded Infernape.
"Be careful, Infernape! The Super-Energizer could attack from any direction..."
Before Xiaozhi finished his reminder, Lip's voice was heard giving orders.
"Super Powerful Ostrich, use "Shadow Ball"..."
Infernape looked around immediately, but still couldn't find the figure of the Super Ostrich. Until the sunlight from the sky shone through the mottled shadows behind the iron tower, a black shadow flashed by, attracting the attention of Infernape and Xiaozhi.
"Infernape, in the air..."
“Hot!”
Infernape looked up into the sky and found that the figure of the hovering Super-Powered Grim Reaper was passing over his head. Infernape on the ground was also covered by its projection. At this time, a group of black shadows gathered in front of Super-Powered Grim Reaper, ready to go.
"Watch out, Infernape!"
At Xiaozhi's reminder, Infernape also noticed the danger from above, and the "Shadow Ball" attack came as expected, thrown down at high speed. Infernape had no time to react, so he could only raise his arms and use his strong body to block again...
The "Shadow Ball" attacked Infernape's arms, and a cloud of smoke instantly exploded, covering the battlefield.
Lip thought she had succeeded again. The figure of the super-powered ostrich in the air had not yet fallen, but she saw a black shadow rising up at a high speed in the smoke, and soon broke through the smoke.
Only then did people see clearly that it was Infernape, who had been attacked by the Shadow Ball earlier, now rushing out of the smoke safely...
"This..., what's going on?"
While Lip was puzzled, she looked at the black iron rings adorning Infernape's arms, only to see that they were slightly damaged and had traces of tiny cracks. Only then did Lip react.
"That black iron ring! I see. It turned out that Infernape used it to block the Shadow Ball attack from Super-Eye!"
Just as Lip figured out the whole story, Infernape soared into the sky and showed his "Fist of Rage", which transformed his anger into powerful attack. The suspended Psychic Ostrich had no time to dodge and was hit right in the body by Infernape's raised hook.
The attacked Super Ostrich flew backwards and headed higher into the sky, almost hitting the iron bar at the bottom of the tower. After a somersault, it staggered to the ground. Although it had suffered considerable damage from Infernape before, fortunately, the Super Ostrich could use a backflip to relieve the force, so it did not suffer serious damage.
After landing, the Super Ostrich looked up and found that Infernape, who had already landed steadily on the ground, was now staring at him hungrily.
Came Xiaozhi's voice giving orders.
"Infernape, quickly grab the opponent and use "Earth Throw"!"
Infernape immediately headed towards the embarrassed Super Ostrich, and just when he was about to catch Super Ostrich with his outstretched hands, he heard Lip's order.
"Super Powerful Ostrich, use "Glow Strike" now!"
At a very close distance, the Super Ostrich spread its wings, emitting a diamond-shaped purple-red light, which exploded into a strange light that could even affect the mind, and exploded in front of the Infernape.
Just like the previous Coldback Dragon, a strong light exploded in front of Infernape. The dazzling light also dazzled Infernape's eyes, causing it to become temporarily blind.
"Hot! Hot..."
Infernape was seen rubbing its red eyes in panic, and Xiaozhi, who was standing next to it, quickly reminded Infernape.
"Infernape, don't panic! You're only temporarily blinded, and you'll recover soon. Don't be nervous..."
At this time, Infernape still couldn't calm down from his panic, so Lip took the opportunity to speak.
"Good opportunity, Super-powerful Ostrich! Use "Lightning Flash"!"
The Super Ostrich flashed and pounced on Infernape at lightning speed. With the "acceleration" feature of the Super Ostrich, it had reached its maximum speed. Infernape had no way to avoid it and was hit in the chest by its "Lightning Flash" attack, which knocked Infernape's body flying.
“Hot…”
The Infernape fell to the ground after being hit hard, and Xiaoqing and the others in the audience looked surprised.
"No way! Did Infernape lose?"
Infernape was lying on the ground, motionless. It was unclear what expression it had. Just as Ash was calling out to Infernape anxiously.
"Infernape, how are you? Cheer up!"
In the audience, besides Xiaoqing who was anxious and Paipa who was worried, Huangbo was also frowning and said in his heart.
"Xiaozhi, quickly think of a countermeasure! Although Lip is very strong and the speed of the super-powered ostrich is also very fast, they are not difficult to deal with... Quickly think of a way to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses!"
The wounded Infernape, at Xiaozhi's call, slowly raised its back, turned over and sat up, ignoring the scars on its body and still rubbing its eyes with its hands.
When Infernape opened his eyes, he vaguely saw a gorgeous figure that turned into a tornado and rushed towards him.
Infernape looked closely and realized that it was the figure of the Super Ostrich who attacked again, and heard Lip's voice giving orders.
"Super Powerful Ostrich, give Infernape the final blow! Use "Drill"..."
Although Infernape's vision had recovered somewhat, it was still in a blurry state, and his first reaction was to avoid the attack of danger. Just as Infernape stood up, he staggered. It was obvious that it was not easy for Infernape to avoid the attack of the extremely fast Super Power Ostrich in his current state.
At this time, Xiaozhi seemed to have thought of something and said to Infernape.
"Infernape, no need to dodge, just take the attack from your opponent!"
"Hot?"
Not only Infernape raised the question, but Xiaoqing in the audience also exclaimed.
"This... How is this possible? It's true that it's difficult for Infernape to dodge the attack of Super-Energy Ostrich! But when his vision is impaired, he wants to receive the opponent's attack, this..."
Papa, who was standing nearby, interrupted Xiaoqing.
"Wait, Xiaoqing! We have to believe in Xiaozhi, they will definitely defeat their opponents!"
Infernape stood there in a daze, trying hard to open his blurry eyes. Xiaozhi comforted him.
"Don't panic, Infernape! Please trust me... I will help you take on the attack from the Super-Powerful Ostrich!"
After Xiaozhi's persuasion, Infernape gradually calmed down. With blurry eyes, he looked at the Psychic Ostrich that was coming towards him like an arrow after accumulating power, and listened carefully to Xiaozhi's instructions that he had given at the right time.
"Pika pika!"
"Now, Infernape!"
At the reminder of Ash and Pikachu, Infernape cooperated tacitly, spread out his palms in front of him, clenched them hard, and caught the rotating beak of the Super Ostrich exactly.
"what!"
Amid Lip's exclamation, Infernape grabbed the spinning "Drill Peck" of Megatron and attacked. The huge impact force pushed the bodies of both Pokémon backwards.
Infernape used its feet to dig deep into the battlefield, causing the impact to leave two deep scratches on the ground. Until the attack of the Super Ostrich stopped, Infernape also stopped moving backwards.
The Super Ostrich stopped spinning, surprised that Infernape could face and catch his powerful attack. He looked up at Infernape's face, and found that Infernape blinked its angry eyes, which were staring at him fiercely. At this time, Infernape's vision had returned to normal.
Xiaozhi said happily.
"Great, Infernape! Has your vision returned?"
“Hot!”
After Infernape gave an affirmative answer, Xiaozhi continued.
"Well done, Infernape. You've now caught the elusive Super-Eye! Infernape, use Earth Drop!"
After receiving the command, Infernape took a step to the side with one leg, then twisted his waist and hips, swung Super Power Ostrich's body to the side, and started a huge centrifugal force rotation. With the single leg that had been taken out before as the center, Infernape grabbed Super Power Ostrich and rotated rapidly together.
The two Pokémon were spinning faster and faster. Looking from the air, their outlines looked as round as the "Earth". Just when the speed reached the critical value, Infernape threw its arms high with all its strength and threw the body of Infernape high into the air.
The super-powered ostrich, which was thrown dizzy and flew into the air, was affected by the gravity of the real earth and fell heavily to the ground, causing clouds of dust.
When the smoke cleared, revealing the body of the super-powerful ostrich, everyone looked at its face and found that its eyes had become like "mosquito coils" and it had lost its ability to fight.
The referee then announced.
"The Super-Powerful Ostrich has lost its ability to fight. Both trainers have two Pokémon left to fight. The battle continues!"
"Great, Infernape! We did it. We finally defeated the super-fast Super-Powerful Ostrich!"
“Hot, hot!”
Looking at Satoshi and Infernape who were excitedly fighting on the battlefield, Huangbo nodded and muttered softly.
"That's right, Xiaozhi, you and Infernape have both done it! Although the speed of the Super Ostrich is fast, its other ability values are insufficient. Your Infernape is not as fast as the opponent, but its strong physique and one-stroke attack power are a sharp blade that can break through the opponent!"
After Lip took back the super-powered ostrich that had lost its ability to fight, she thanked it.
"Thank you for your hard work, Super Yan Ostrich! You have made a great contribution by defeating two opponents. The rest will be left to the other companions!"
Xiaoqing in the audience was happy for Xiaozhi and the others, but then she looked worried.
"Although Infernape defeated Super Ostrich, its physical strength is not optimistic at this time. How should it deal with the energetic opponents who will appear later?"
After putting away the Super Ostrich's Poké Ball, Lip took out another Poké Ball and said.
"Well done, Xiaozhi! Your Infernape is very strong, but how will you deal with the next equally powerful opponent?"
After saying that, Lip threw the Poké Ball high, and a flash of red light appeared. A Pokémon with a thin torso, thick and round hips, and strong legs appeared. There were sharp red protrusions on the chest and back, and its arms were shaped like crutches, with retractable blades at the elbows. Its head was shaped like a gladiator's helmet, with a white face and a light blue crown, reminiscent of the appearance of the samurai-looking Aledo.
After Aledo appeared, a momentum rushed towards him like a sharp blade, making the opposing Infernape dare not underestimate him, and a tense atmosphere quietly emerged on the battlefield.
Looking at Infernape who was in a bad condition, Xiaozhi asked Infernape worriedly.
"Infernape, you're running out of energy. I'll replace you so you can have a good rest, okay?"
"Hot! Hot!"
When facing the powerful new opponent Aledo, the competitive Infernape's fighting spirit was ignited again. He rejected Ash's kindness, and Ash had no choice but to insist on his decision to continue the fight.
Just after Aledo appeared, Lip's voice of giving orders was heard a short while later.
"Aledo, use Cross Scissors!"
In an instant, Aledo crossed his arms in front of himself and rushed out to attack Infernape.
Although Aledo's speed is also very agile, it is not on the same level as the previous Psychic Ostrich's speed. Infernape quickly caught up with its movement and blocked it again with the black iron ring on its wrist.
The Infernape who was knocked flying steadied himself and did not suffer any damage. Just when everyone thought so, Infernape was the first to discover that the black iron ring on his wrist that he used for blocking made a strange sound, and then tiny cracks appeared all over the iron ring.
Xiaozhi said in surprise.
"Wait! What kind of attack is this? It can actually crack the black iron ring on Infernape's wrist..."
Lip on the other side replied.
"Haha, Xiaozhi! If you underestimate my Aledo, you'd be foolish. Let me tell you a secret. My Aledo's characteristic is "Sharp", which is a characteristic that increases the power of moves that cut the opponent."
"The Cross Scissors that Aledo used just now is a cutting move with the bonus of the Sharpness attribute. As for how many cutting moves it has, you can feel it in the subsequent battles!"