Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 490 Invincible Pokémon, an Infinite Desperate Stand!

A pink-haired woman with a magnetic voice, reminiscent of a classic "business voice," appeared at the competition venue.

As soon as she appeared, she was greeted with cheers from many people around her!

"Rip, the gym leader of the Psychic Gym?"

With pink hair, a soft shawl, a light purple dress, and high heels, her face was heavily made up.

She is a master of using psychic abilities and ranks among the top gym leaders. She not only owns her own cosmetics brand but is also an excellent model.
She enjoys high popularity in the Padia region and is known as the "Super Magic Makeup Artist." Her brand advertisements can also be seen in the center of Nimbus City.

"Known as the second strongest Gym Leader after Gurusha. He is seventh in terms of the order of Gym Challenges."

"She's here for a bullfighting competition? As a model and makeup artist, shouldn't she be very busy? Oh, I see."

When Guangtai saw Huangbo cheering for Lip, she instantly understood everything.

Huang Bo and Lip are childhood friends who have known each other since they were young and have a very good relationship. However, Huang Bo is a passionate sports student, while Lip is obviously more business-minded. Therefore, they often compete against each other and make bets, and whoever loses has to listen to the other.

Because of her stubbornness, Huang Bo always uses fighting techniques to challenge others, which results in her losing every battle. Despite being a professional fighter, she suffers an unexpectedly high number of defeats.

"When facing Psychic-type opponents, you have to use Bug-type attacks. If you had even one Heracross or Razer Locust in your team, you wouldn't have ended up with a total wipeout."

To say that Huangbo and Lip were constantly going easy on each other because of some "delicate relationship" that went beyond friendship is not really true.

Judging from the dialogue, Ms. Huangbo, the female sports student, really wants to win.

Lip: "Obi has been mentioning you a lot lately, saying that she won't lose in the competition, which motivates her a lot. I'm also very curious about you."

"After all, after you were invited, Chief Ye Ci had already informed all the gym leaders about the appointment of the new Elite Four member. I don't know what others say, but personally, I am quite curious about you."

"So, in order to see what you are really like, and also to take care of Huang Bo, I took the time to participate in this competition."

"Please give me your guidance!"

"Let's see what it's like" is just an excuse; the real reason is that he wants to see our strength.
Or perhaps, he's simply worried about Huang Bo and plans to compete with his friend so they can both reach the top, or maybe he'll beat Huang Bo in the competition and then make that poor PE student do some stretching exercises.

"Please give me more advice."

Guangtai shook his head and ordered the soldiers to go into battle!

At the same time, we see that the Pokémon Lip sent out is Girafarig.

So that's how it is. It's another Pokémon whose evolution hasn't been discovered yet.

If it evolves, that Kirin will become Lip's trump card, "Kirin"!

Guangtai: "First came motorcycles, then elephants, and now giraffes are here!"

Lip smiled and said, "You're taking this quite seriously. Don't worry about it. Competitions are meant to be fun, so just have fun."

Lip continued to smile:

"Black eyes."

Qilin Qi's eyes emitted a black light, preventing the arrayed soldiers from escaping!

"Sorry, I don't really like Pokémon that move too fast, and most of the contestants will have moves that boost speed and dodge, so it would be quite interesting to use black eyes to stop them from escaping."

Lip gave a subtle smile: "So, how are you going to make your move? Just attack like this?"

Guangtai looked at the arrayed soldiers who were blocked by the black gaze and could not move quickly, and thought to himself.

The inescapable effect of the black gaze affects more than just "replacement".

Some Pokémon that specialize in this move will create many eye patterns around themselves while staring at their opponent, making the opponent feel fear and unable to act.

The soldiers in formation were somewhat tense at this moment, and the black gaze that the Qilin Qi had just used was quite similar to this situation!
"Is this how you usually deal with Huang Bo?"

Guangtai asked casually.

Poor Miss Huangbo was completely manipulated by Lip.

Lip smiled without saying a word, while Huang Bo beside her looked puzzled, as if she had remembered some scene, but then again, she didn't, which made her seem even more dazed.

"It's really inappropriate to ask athletes to think about things."

"Lightmoon, be careful, Lip's dark gaze is very powerful! She's definitely going to use her mind hammer!" Huang Bo called out again, and although Lip's expression was still smiling, she seemed somewhat displeased.

Doesn't it sound strange that a childhood sweetheart would warn a man she's just met about her moves?

They even revealed all their moves!

Lightmoss's expression was quite subtle, but she quickly dispelled those strange feelings and replaced them with a serious one. This startled Lip, who was slightly intimidated by his imposing presence.

"This aura alone makes me nervous. He really is a trainer of the Elite Four level. Is the rumored strength true?"

"Let me see," Lip whispered, thinking that if she could defeat Lightmoss, she could show off a little in front of her childhood friend and brag to her friends. Wouldn't that feel pretty good?

However, the moss spoke seriously:
Do you know the effect of dark gaze?

"You're joking. It's precisely because I know its effects that I had Giratina use it, isn't it? It prevents Pokémon from switching, from escaping, and even from moving." Lip felt something was off, and seeing the smile on Moss's lips, that strange feeling gradually turned into unease!
Why are you laughing?
There's no way to escape, so what's so funny?

Lip: "Come on, gravity."

This intense unease must be soothed with powerful moves!
Then, an overwhelming force of gravity suddenly swept across the entire area!

A strong gravity is generated on the field, and Pokémon with the Levitate and Flying-type abilities will be hit by Ground-type moves. Moves that allow them to fly will also be unusable!

At the same time, the hit rate of the moves will be increased!
"I, I, I!" The soldiers huddled together, ready for battle, feeling their bodies grow much heavier!

Lip was preparing to use a cowardly fighting style combining gravity and mind control, but then she heard Lightmoss's voice:

"The Formation Soldiers have a unique move called 'Fighting with Their Backs to the River.' It's usually a desperate, all-or-nothing technique. In other words, it's a one-time use ultimate move." "Miss Huangbo seems to have Formation Soldiers too, right?" Guangtai pointed her thumb at Huangbo in the distance, Lip's unease growing stronger: "I know, so what?"

What was supposed to be a fun competition turned into something terrifying.
Lip suddenly felt an unknown pressure. This feeling of being in control was quite unpleasant because it used to be hers, but now it belonged to someone else!

It's like having a secret that you don't know!
“You guessed right! It is the secret.” Lightmoy read Lip’s mind: “You are a fake superhuman, while I am a real superhuman. You can’t hide your thoughts from me.”

Of course, this is just a bluff. Lightmoss doesn't actually have mind-reading abilities, but she can tell what the Seventh Master is thinking just by looking at his expression.

So, now was the time to really surprise her!

"Listen carefully, the reason I became one of the Four Heavenly Kings is not only because of my fighting ability, but also because I have some special knowledge."

"Arrange your troops in battle formation, with your backs to the river! Use [Fight to the Death]!"

Guangtai commanded the soldiers in formation to use their moves. The soldiers shouted and yelled wildly for a while, and began to enhance their abilities with a do-or-die spirit!

A desperate battle! Increase all your abilities by one level, but you cannot replace or escape!

"So what if we used a desperate last stand?" Lip still couldn't understand.

Fighting type is weak against Psychic type. Although psychic offensive moves are not allowed, moves like Psychic Hammer are not affected!
Guangtai's smile grew even wider.

"Let me teach you what an infinite death gamble really is!"

"Arrange your troops in battle formation, with your backs to the river! Continue using [Fight to the Death]!"

what?
If you continue using a desperate move, it should fail!
Lip paused for a moment.

Huang Bo does have arrayed soldiers, but her arrayed soldiers are very weak. Compared with the arrayed soldiers in front of her, they seem to lack some of the frenzied momentum.

But what's with this "do-or-die" situation?! It succeeded!

Lip's expression changed visibly; she had never seen anything like it before!

"After a desperate battle, can we continue to fight with our backs to the wall?!"

Oh no! Something terrible has happened!
This was the first thought that popped into Lip's mind!
“That’s right!” Guangtai glanced at the equally dumbfounded Miss Huangbo and explained to the two of them in a concise manner:
"Normally, the unique tactic of fighting with one's back to the river can only be used once."

"It gives the troops in formation an inescapable status effect, hence the name 'Desperate Skill'."

"In this situation, even if you use [Taijing Ghost] in an attempt to avoid the side effects of the move by using the Ghost-type's [Always Escape] ability, you still cannot use Last Stand."

"However, there is one exception: when the troops in formation are already trapped and unable to escape!"

"This desperate move can ignore all limitations and be used continuously!"

"After all, when we can no longer leave, with our country and families behind us."

"This determination to fight to the death will rise without limit! At this moment, every battle is a battle where we must die and win!"

Guangtai snapped his fingers, and the abilities of the arrayed soldiers continued to improve!
We figured we couldn't escape!
We figured this was the last battle!

We figured this move could still be used!

The desperate battle was used six times!

If we can't defeat the Greenskins in one fell swoop, they will become bigger, stronger, and more cunning in the battle.

Constant warfare will generate even larger Waaaaaghs, which in turn will produce even more powerful war leaders. If the Greenskins ultimately win, this war leader will be ridiculously strong!

This event is also recorded in Warhammer 40!
"Men in formation, for Rome! Change formation!"

Attack, special attack, defense, special defense, speed - all abilities +6!

This enhancement of ability can only be ignored by a few special characteristics and when a vital point is hit!

However--!
Lightmoss: "The ability of the Strider is [Battle Armor]! They cannot be hit in critical hits during battle! In other words, the Striders are now invincible Pokémon!"

A bullfighting competition? You've got motorcycles, elephants, giraffes—you guys are even here! Is this a place for you to come?!

"It's not over yet, use [Gather Energy]!"

Concentrate your mind, gather your breath and strength, and the probability of hitting the vital point will increase by two levels!

And on this ground, there is also gravity!

"Under gravity, the hit rate will increase significantly! So, for whom is gravity activated?"

Use the enemy's territory to fight.

Isn't this also a kind of minotaur?

"Charging stance, an invincible formation!"

Guangtai pointed at the panicked Qilin!

When you get into waaagh mode, you get all sorts of amazing boosts!
The soldiers in formation were also incredibly powerful and invincible!

We believe we are very loyal!
When the world is in crisis, and we have nowhere to retreat, only by engaging in waaagh can we turn the tide of the battle!

Now we are the biggest, strongest, most powerful, and most ferocious Pokémon army!

The time has come to transform into [Oista]!

"Ita ita, waaagh!"

"Roman legions, crush it! Use the most powerful insect-type move on that Qilin, [Super Horn Strike]!"

(End of this chapter)