The five-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard had only just managed to dispel the recoil force from its previous attack through its powerful Soul Power and instinct. It was preparing to pounce once more toward its targets rolling on the ground.
It possessed perfect night vision, and its sense of smell was unmatched among Soul Beasts of the same level.
However, the moment this sky-obscuring sandstorm descended without warning and swallowed it whole, it was completely stunned!
Its vision was filled with nothing but violent yellow-brown chaos, it could see absolutely nothing!
Its once-prized eyesight had become utterly useless!
Its ears were overwhelmed by the howling of wind and sand. The sounds of its prey and the forest had all vanished!
Its hearing had been stripped away!
What terrified it most was that its extraordinarily sensitive sense of smell had also completely failed!
The scent of the prey it had locked onto earlier, the smell of vegetation in the forest, even its own scent, all of it had been entirely scattered and covered by the all-pervasive sandstorm carrying that strange annihilating force!
It felt as though it had been thrown into a completely unfamiliar and hostile world of chaos!
"Rrgh… wuu?"
The Shadow Leopard let out an uncertain growl tinged with fear.
It anxiously paced in circles, its sharp claws digging restlessly into the ground as it tried to determine its bearings, but all it could sense from every direction was the cutting force of the sandstorm and the oppressive pressure of violent energy.
It had become a trapped beast utterly lost within this sandstorm prison!
At the edge of the sandstorm's center, Lin Xia pulled the still-shaken Zhu Zhuqing to her feet and sheltered her inside a recessed area beneath the roots of a massive ancient tree where the wind and sand were relatively weaker.
Within his dark golden pupils, there was no relief from surviving the ambush, only icy fury ignited by the sneak attack!
"Stay here! Don't move!"
Even amidst the howling winds, his voice entered Zhu Zhuqing's ears clearly, carrying unquestionable authority.
Immediately afterward, his gaze became like the most precise radar, instantly piercing through the interference of the swirling sand curtain and locking onto the Shadow Leopard stumbling aimlessly through the storm.
Within the sandstorm, this was his domain.
The wind and sand were his eyes and ears!
"You dared ambush me? Then pay the price!"
Violent killing intent surged within Lin Xia's heart.
Without the slightest hesitation, Soul Power within his body erupted like boiling magma and surged into both of his arms!
Fire Punch!
Left fist!
Scorching crimson flames ignited out of nowhere, instantly enveloping his entire fist and half his forearm!
These were no ordinary flames, they carried an explosive and destructive aura. The surrounding air warped under the terrifying heat, and sand grains flying toward him melted into tiny glass-like droplets the moment they approached!
The surrounding sandstorm glowed crimson beneath the light of the flames.
Thunder Punch!
Right fist!
Blinding blue-white lightning crackled violently, producing scalp-numbing sizzling explosions!
Countless tiny arcs of electricity danced, coiled, and gathered around his fist like writhing serpents!
The high-frequency vibrations generated by the powerful electric current even caused the nearby sandstorm currents to distort slightly!
The destructive force of thunder was poised to erupt at any moment!
The attributes of the two fists were completely different, their energies equally violent, yet under the precise control of Lin Xia's powerful spiritual force, they remained perfectly stable upon his fists.
Lin Xia stomped heavily against the ground.
Cracks spread beneath the immense force as his body shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, tearing through the wind and sand while carrying unstoppable killing intent straight toward the Shadow Leopard that had only just regained its footing!
"YOOOJIII—!!!"
At nearly the same moment Lin Xia launched his attack, Larvitar's furious roar rang out once more!
Its tiny body erupted with a terrifying speed completely disproportionate to its size, transforming into a streak of dark red light that attacked from another angle while locking onto the Shadow Leopard as well!
Its master being attacked was the greatest humiliation and reverse scale imaginable to it!
The same techniques erupted from Larvitar's body!
Fire Punch!
Left claw!
Its dark red magma-like armor seemed to become the perfect vessel for flames as deep crimson fire surged forth. The temperature was so high that even the surrounding sand grains showed signs of melting.
Within those flames lingered a trace of dragon might and scorching heat!
Thunder Punch!
Right claw!
Blue-violet lightning arcs crackled violently, carrying even more overbearing penetration than Lin Xia's Thunder Punch thanks to the power of the Dragon-type energy within it!
As the arcs leapt about, explosive crackling sounds filled the air with astonishing power!
One man and one Pokémon moved with complete mutual understanding!
Lin Xia launched a frontal assault while Larvitar coordinated from the flank. Two fists and two claws attacked simultaneously, sealing off every possible path of escape for the Shadow Leopard!
The five-thousand-year-old Shadow Leopard was ultimately a battle-hardened hunter!
Although deprived of all five senses, its beastly instinct toward deadly danger caused every hair on its body to stand upright instantly!
An icy chill shot from the base of its spine straight to the top of its skull!
"ROAR—!"
At the brink of life and death, it unleashed every ounce of its potential!
Its powerful muscles tightened instantly as Soul Power flooded desperately into all four limbs!
It did not attempt to "see" or "sense" the source of the attacks.
Instead, relying entirely upon battle instincts tempered through countless life-and-death struggles and the slightest fluctuations in the air currents, its body suddenly twisted sideways in an extreme and bizarre motion that completely defied common sense!
Rippp—!
Lin Xia's left fist, engulfed in blazing flames and carrying the momentum to burn everything to ashes, barely grazed the Shadow Leopard's sleek black fur as it blasted past!
The terrifying heat instantly scorched a large patch of fur along its flank, leaving behind charred black marks while searing pain spread through its flesh!
However, it still failed to avoid the attack completely!
BOOM—CRACK!!!
Lin Xia's right fist, filled with the destructive power of thunder, slammed down like the hammer of heavenly punishment directly onto the Shadow Leopard's exposed right hind hip joint after its desperate twist!
Violent lightning energy exploded instantly!
Blinding electric light erupted outward like countless red-hot steel needles stabbing savagely into its muscles, bones, and nerves!
The intense paralysis and tearing pain caused the beast to release an incomparably miserable scream. Its entire hind leg instantly lost all sensation, and its movements became completely distorted!
Misfortune never came alone!
At the exact moment its body staggered and froze due to the paralysis and agonizing pain caused by the Thunder Punch.
BOOM—!
Larvitar's left claw, wrapped in deep crimson flames, struck like a red-hot branding iron carrying scorching winds, smashing solidly into the Shadow Leopard's relatively vulnerable left waist and rib area exposed while dodging Lin Xia's Fire Punch!
The extreme heat instantly burned through its tough fur!
Its flesh emitted sizzling scorching sounds as the smell of burnt meat spread through the air!
Meanwhile, the Shadow Leopard's right foreclaw, which it had desperately raised to block, was struck head-on by Larvitar's right claw wrapped in domineering violet lightning!
BOOM—!
The sharp sound of bones cracking rang out alongside the explosive roar of thunder!
The violent lightning power not only tore apart flesh and skin, but also smashed through its bones with unstoppable force, instantly twisting the entire foreclaw out of shape!
However.
This still was not the end!
This was the truly terrifying aspect of Lin Xia and Larvitar's combined assault!
The moment Lin Xia's Thunder Punch and Larvitar's Fire Punch struck different parts of the Shadow Leopard's body at nearly the exact same time.
The two different energies collided and merged violently within its body at point-blank range!
RUMBLEEEEE—!!!!
An enormous elemental explosion erupted simultaneously inside and outside the Shadow Leopard's body, far surpassing the simple addition of two individual Soul Skills!
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