So...
Had they unified their front and turned all their attention toward her?
They knew she was an Elite Four-level Trainer, so they were planning to join forces first and eliminate the strongest one?
Himeko swept her gaze over the crowd.
Looking at the encirclement that was slowly closing in, her expression remained calm, without the slightest trace of panic.
In that extremely short span of time,
her Eye of Appraisal
had already checked the data on every Pokémon present.
Just as expected,
not a single one of them could truly threaten her.
Most of them were only at the Gym-level.
The strongest among them was merely at the mid-stage Quasi-Elite Four-level.
A lineup like that
posed no threat whatsoever.
"This works too."
"Lopunny, get in close and take them out!"
"Gardevoir, stay in the rear and provide ranged support and cover! Don't let a single one escape!"
The instant she finished assigning the battle plan to her two Pokémon,
the Pokémon of the other contestants also surged forward all at once.
"Venusaur! Razor Leaf!"
"Arbok! Wrap!"
"Ninetales! Flamethrower!"
"Tentacruel! Water Pulse!"
"Jynx! Psychic!"
"..."
Beams of multicolored energy shot out.
In an instant, the entire arena was engulfed by terrifying energy.
Explosions rang out without end, and the swirling dust obscured the audience's view.
Under that kind of saturated bombardment,
the Trainers present all felt that even an Elite Four-level Trainer would have a hard time dealing with it!
As long as they kept up this level of intense pressure,
they would definitely be able to get rid of this greatest threat!
What they never expected, however, was this:
No matter how much they calculated,
they had still completely misjudged the gap between themselves and an Elite Four-level Pokémon.
What was more,
Gardevoir and Lopunny
had both trained under beings like WarGreymon and Mew, both Second-tier Legendaries.
Their strength
far surpassed that of ordinary Pokémon at the same level!
Lopunny's speed had reached an extreme.
To the naked eye, she was little more than a blurred afterimage.
Moving at high speed the entire time,
she dodged countless attacks flying at her.
Even when there were some she could not avoid,
she would use Protect at once and easily endure them.
In a single instant,
she had charged straight into the encirclement.
What followed next
was a seamless, uninterrupted display of Mega Punch and Mega Kick.
Any Pokémon struck by her even once
was instantly blasted out of the battle zone and lost the ability to fight.
A moment later,
Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, and Drain Punch flowed one into another without the slightest gap.
Combined with her agile movements and overwhelming speed,
the dozens of Pokémon that had surrounded them were reduced by a large number in an instant.
Seeing this,
the Trainers who had joined forces finally felt a deep sense of suffocation and helplessness.
Run!!!
They had to open up the distance!
This Lopunny's close-range combat techniques were far too terrifying!
How could such a slender body possess such absurd explosive power?
It was downright ridiculous!
They could not let her get close again!
They had to attack from range!
Without the slightest hesitation,
the Trainers present began directing their Pokémon to pull back and widen the distance.
However,
they seemed to have forgotten that Himeko did not only have Lopunny.
She also had an even more terrifying Gardevoir,
quietly watching everything from the rear.
Gardevoir slowly raised her hand.
A mass of Psychic-type energy rapidly writhed and took shape in her palm.
A moment later,
a sharp pink psycho blade appeared in her hand.
With a slight lift of her fingertip—
Whoosh!!!
The sound of air being torn apart rang out.
The dagger cut through space and arrived in an instant,
accurately striking a Parasect that was trying to flee.
Parasect flipped onto the ground, all eight legs twitching nonstop.
A moment later, its eyes turned into spirals, and it lost the ability to battle!
Parasect's miserable state
also forced everyone to pay attention to Gardevoir again.
When they looked up,
they saw that countless dense daggers had already appeared in front of her.
In the next second,
the overwhelming rain of psychic daggers came crashing down.
Under that wave of attacks, the remaining Pokémon did not even have a chance to struggle. One after another, they were riddled like pincushions and lost the ability to fight!
After that storm of blades had passed,
there was no longer a single contestant still standing on Himeko's battlefield.
Naturally, she claimed victory as well,
becoming one of the million contestants who advanced into the next round!
(End of Chapter)
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