Fang Yuan was speechless and slightly lowered his hat.
Usually, when the protagonist makes this gesture, victory is not far away.
However, whether Fang Yuan is the protagonist or not...
His own words don't count.
"Begin!"
Two breaths later, the Referee issued an instruction, and the entire Oriental Pearl Arena fell silent.
The audience stopped discussing and focused their attention on the battlefield.
Fang Yuan's Eevee and Xu Jing's Abra appeared on either side of the battlefield at the same time.
The first to attack... was Abra.
As soon as Xu Jing's command was given, one could clearly feel Abra's temperament change. Although it still seemed to be squinting, Abra's Psyshock sharpness could not be concealed.
Psyshock!
"Psyshock is just a weak wave of Psyshock, while Psyshock is a more powerful wave of Psyshock. Using such a move to lock onto Eevee from the start, it seems that Xu Jing wants to quickly determine the outcome."
In the guest seats, many guests watched intently.
Buzz! Blue Psyshock fluctuations filled Abra's body, and then, in the next second, a powerful Psyshock ball directly broke through the air.
"Psyshock?"
"Can your Abra lock onto Eevee?"
"Want to have a competition to see?"
Fang Yuan asked in succession.
Xu Jing frowned, but saw Eevee already running at full speed, its body filled with white light, which was the manifestation of using Quick Attack to move.
Faced with Psyshock, Eevee would not sit still and wait for death.
As long as it ran fast enough, Abra would not be able to lock onto Eevee.
It was all a tactical arrangement!
In mid-air, the powerful blue Psyshock ball, under Abra's control, closely followed Eevee.
However, Eevee's footwork was very flirtatious, and its excellent coordination was once again displayed. It sped along with many twists and turns, forcing Abra to expend more energy.
Dodge... dodge... dodge again! Eevee narrowly avoided Abra's attacks each time, causing the audience and guests to become nervous as well.
While dodging... Eevee's route had always been very clear, which was to head straight for Abra's location.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—
The sound of wind whistled around Eevee. Its speed did not decrease at all, until it came to Abra's side, its movements once again becoming unpredictable, intending to find an opportunity to attack.
Swish! But before Eevee could launch an attack, Abra was directly frightened into running away, using Teleport to the other side of the battlefield, the two Pokémon once again opening a great distance.
In the brief confrontation, neither side injured the other, but the consumption on both sides was enormous.
"This Little Phoenix King Cup can be considered quite remarkable. The stalemate between these two Pokémon is so good that even larger-scale events would find no fault with it," the representative from the Modu Trainer Association said with a smile.
"Indeed, what's even more valuable is that, facing the exceptionally strong Abra, this Eevee shows almost no weaknesses and performs exceptionally well. If this continues, it might really pull off an upset," another guest predicted.
"It's still hard to see the trend right now. Trainer Fang Yuan's strategy is undoubtedly to engage in a war of attrition, but facing a war of attrition, my junior sister might have hidden cards," Lu Hai said with a smile, looking at Xu Jing.
Her Abra still had one move it hadn't shown.
This move might be the key for her to change the course of the battle.
At the same time.
"See, I told you Abra couldn't lock onto Eevee," Fang Yuan said with a smile.
But who knew.
Xu Jing just glanced at Fang Yuan, not annoyed, and issued another command.
"Abra, Meditate." She took a deep breath, telling Abra to give up attacking.
The Meditate move can calm the mind, but the most important thing right now is that it can restore Abra's Psyshock.
Whether it's a Psyshock or a Psyshock-type Pokémon, Meditating is the most effective way for them to restore their Psyshock.
Meditate?
Fang Yuan frowned.
This was unexpected.
He absolutely couldn't let Abra successfully Meditate, or Eevee would be in danger.
"Stop it." Fang Yuan said quickly.
The next moment, Eevee accelerated again with Quick Attack, preparing to interrupt Abra's Meditate.
As it sped along, Eevee arrived near Abra, the distance between them getting closer and closer, but Xu Jing suddenly switched commands again.
"Now, use Psyshock!"
Luring Eevee to approach on its own, then launching an attack, this was Xu Jing's tactic.
Releasing Psyshock directly to lock onto Eevee at close range would not only have a higher hit rate, but it would also be difficult for Eevee to react quickly and dodge in such a short time.
From the beginning, Xu Jing was setting a trap for Fang Yuan and Eevee, a trap they had no choice but to jump into.
However, although he hadn't anticipated that Abra would Meditate, Fang Yuan was prepared for this kind of close-quarters battle.
From the moment Fang Yuan had investigated the duration of Abra's Psyshock, Fang Yuan had calculated the safe distance between Eevee and Abra, and had guessed that Xu Jing would prepare a close-range attack tactic.
Unfortunately, there was almost no way to break it, only to reduce some damage.
But right now, since he could stop Abra's Meditate and continue to increase its consumption, it wouldn't be a loss!
The next moment.
Eevee instantly burst out with even faster speed, and four afterimages appeared around it.
However, this level of Double Team didn't seem to confuse Abra, a Psyshock-type Pokémon.
Abra directly read the Psyshock Wave of each body, judging Eevee's accurate location, but this judgment had already given Eevee time to react.
*Sand Attack!*
Eevee threw sand towards the oncoming Psyshock, and the next moment, the powerful Psyshock ball directly covered the sand, like a large hand squeezing the sand. Immediately afterward, the backflowing sand surged rapidly, directly sending Eevee rolling away, causing it to tumble several times on the ground before regaining its footing.
Being affected by its own Sand Attack was better than being hit by Psyshock.
At this time, the distance between the two sides widened a bit.
Because the distance was not far, Abra continued to pursue the victory.
However, with just this little bit of distance, Abra's Psyshock could no longer pose a threat to Eevee.
At this distance, Eevee was confident that it could react and dodge.
The reason it rolled several times before getting up was to widen the distance to a suitable range, and this distance was carefully measured by Fang Yuan many times.
The two sides continued to wear each other down.
Facing Eevee, who once again attacked after closing the distance, Abra was once again forced to use Teleport to escape.
"Good!"
Seeing the two Rookie Trainers display such a match, a Professional Trainer guest exclaimed.
From the beginning until now, both players had been carefully facing their opponent, neither daring to be careless, being extremely meticulous and serious, not at all like inexperienced rookies. This made the Professional Trainers somewhat emotional, the two in the finals were simply born Trainers.
"Actually, continuing like this is not very advantageous for Xu Jing."
"Psyshock-type moves rely on catching the opponent off guard. Continuous control has lost the element of surprise, posing little threat to Eevee, and also hindering itself."
"With Eevee's reaction speed, it can completely dodge while closing the distance, launching a sneak attack."
"So now, for Xu Jing, repeating the previous tactic is the best choice."
"Secretly gather Psyshock, but on the surface, use Meditate to lure Eevee into taking the bait, catching it off guard!"
"Although it was crudely broken by Eevee once before, if it's done again, Eevee might make a mistake."
As everyone discussed, Xu Jing's Abra indeed began to Meditate again, and Eevee charged forward once more.
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