Whitley's tactic was simple: she exploited Weavile's arrogance or some other weakness. In any case, Weavile can only be described as careless now.
He wasn't like Whitley and Rope's previous opponents. He truly had enough experience to back up his strength. One could say that this experience had become an integral part of his combat ability.
Unlike the others, who were powerful but lacked the depth of experience to be easily exploited by Rope and his team, leading to a swift defeat.
But this one is different. Every demigod has risen to their position through hard-earned experience.
Experience is their greatest asset.
But the issue remains. Almost every powerful being has it to some extent.
Arrogance…
Why shouldn't Weavile be arrogant toward these two young ones and the little girl before him?
Even if one is the offspring of a deity and the other two have been blessed by a deity, so what? Their rebellion is directed at those arrogant deities.
Indeed, arrogant people often don't realize it themselves and may even perceive others as arrogant.
But every arrogant person will inevitably pay a heavy price without realizing it.
Just like Weavile now.
He now faces two choices. One is to activate a shield in front of him and take full damage from the clearly off-kilter Leaf Storm coming from behind. And there's no doubt about it—this Serperior must have the "Contrary" ability. Weavile isn't sure how many times she's used Leaf Storm before.
It's just terrifying.
But if he chooses the second option, which is to block the Leaf Storm from behind, then what about the Aeroblast in front of him?
Should he just take it head-on?
This is Lugia's signature move! No one is that reckless!
It's a dilemma. Honestly, Weavile is at a loss as to which option to choose.
He had been too careless. He had originally thought that the little Serperior wouldn't cause him too much trouble, but in reality, it was clearly high in attack but low in defense.
If he touched her, she would definitely die. But if this move hit him, he wouldn't fare well either. And as a demigod, he really didn't want to kill that little girl himself.
That would be too humiliating.
However, he didn't have much time to think. In the blink of an eye, the two skills were already closing in on him.
Then a green shield formed behind him.
If the shield was to form a spherical shield to protect the whole body, it would only be counterproductive because if it was scattered, he wouldn't be able to withstand even a single blow.
A massive explosion erupted behind him. The flame-filled Leaf Storm exploded the moment it touched the shield, unleashing a tremendous shockwave and blast.
The scorching flames also seeped inward along the shield.
Weavile felt the intense heat on his back, but it was still within tolerable limits.
But the situation in front was far from pleasant. Despite blocking with both claws, the intense explosion and the wind blades erupting from it still made Weavile feel the full force of the attack.
True to its reputation as a legendary Pokémon's signature move, it was truly... powerful.
Taking advantage of the moment, the young Lugia swiftly flapped its wings and flew to a distance, watching the dust stirred up by the explosion. The dust formed a cloud, blocking the view. The erupting energy also rendered the energy detection ineffective.
After all, searching for white hair in the snow is a completely different challenge from searching for chalk marks on a blackboard.
Serperior's situation was even worse.
After releasing that move, her entire snake body fell into a state of exhaustion.
It wasn't surprising, after all, this move had truly been executed with all her strength. Otherwise, with Serperior's current abilities, it would still be far from capable of making a demigod feel threatened.
Whitley stroked her body and said, "You've worked hard."
With that, she used a Poké Ball to recall Serperior. For the next week, Serperior would no longer be able to serve as an effective combatant.
To land such a blow, how could there be no cost?
Whitley was actually a bit regretful. If Leaf Storm had hit Weavile, this mission might have been completed. After all, this move had utilized the divine power granted by Rope. It could even be said to have squeezed every last drop of that divine power.
Among the Pokémon other than Rope's, Serperior was the only one capable of utilizing Rope's divine power to clash with other Pokémon.
As Rope's strength grew, the divine power within Serperior also increased. However, she had always been unable to effectively utilize that power.
Because this power is simply too advanced. If the Weavile before them can pick up divine power and use it immediately, then Serperior is in a state where she can only use gold as a hammer.
However, although it is regrettable, the battle must continue. Whitley is not a fool. A powerful but not full-power Aeroblast is insufficient to truly defeat a demigod.
Or rather, could the young Lugia truly defeat a demigod?
Neither of them knew.
The dust quickly dissipated. Weavile's battered body was once again revealed.
A patch of fur on its back was charred black. Clearly, Leaf Storm had still caused some trouble. After all, there was fire-type power mixed in.
As expected, Weavile lowered the arm it had been using to block its face, and the arm that had taken the most damage was clearly the one it lowered. The expression on its face could no longer be described as merely ugly.
It could only be said that it now looked somewhat savage…
Weavile shook its stiff claws, flicking away the blood on them.
It tilted its stiff neck.
"Now, the second round..."
Whitley instinctively felt a headache coming on. But there was no choice; she had to hold off this Weavile and wait for help from the others. Relying on Rope...
She could only hope that Rope would make it through the night safely...
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"Have you given up on saving that world?"
Ms. Psychic looked at Aki in front of her with confusion and asked in puzzlement.
"We didn't deceive you. The method we gave you is truly capable of reshaping the world."
But Aki across from her just shook her head.
"Saving a world shouldn't come at the cost of destroying another world. Otherwise, what's the difference between my actions and yours, or rather, the person behind you..."
Ms. Psychic looked at Aki in silence for a long time: "The destruction of the world has nothing to do with me."
"But you've already surrendered to her, haven't you?"
Aki's expression remained calm.
"I don't have any other intentions, I just want to clean up the mess."
"You… have brought disgrace our world."