Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

"Marilure, as the water jets out, her belly swells..."

"Iron Hoof Ray!" "Luca!"

Just as Kenta's Marill was enveloped in water, Lucario suddenly unleashed an extremely dazzling beam of light!

Iron Hoof Beam, the strongest special attack of the Steel type, requires the user to expend half of their maximum HP, making it an absolutely desperate attack!

hum! !

A dazzling beam of light streaked across the sky like a shooting star, instantly engulfing Mariluri's body.

By the time everyone came to their senses, Mariluri had already fallen off the field, lying pathetically among the rubble of the collapsed wall...

Kill instantly with one hit!

"Mariluli is unable to fight, the match is now at halftime!"

Upon hearing the referee's announcement, Kenta was completely speechless.

He stared blankly at his opponent, Lucario, who was holding the bone club in one hand, breathing slightly, but his eyes were still sharp!

An invisible energy surged around it, transforming into an astonishing aura that relentlessly pressed down on Kenta, even threatening to destroy his fighting spirit!

At this moment, the jackal was like a fierce general standing tall with his spear, displaying his martial prowess on the battlefield!

During the ten-minute halftime break, Kenta's mind was filled with Lucario's invincible figure, and he had no idea how to defeat such an unbeatable opponent.

And then it reappeared after the second half started…

"Go... Giant Vine!" Kenta pursed his lips and sent out his fourth one.

"Interesting." The giant vines with intertwined tentacles did pique Ash's interest.

Although Tangoes can evolve once they learn Ancient Power, Giant Tangoes are extremely rare in Kanto and Johto.

Moreover, its positioning is quite unique; it's rare for a pure grass-type to have such high physical defense.

"Lucario, close range!" The battle resumed, and Ash unexpectedly did not let Jackal strike back. Instead, he displayed extremely high agility and quickly closed in on the giant vine.

"Giant Vine, awaken your power!" Kenta commanded, and the Giant Vine condensed a series of blazing orbs of light, which were fired at the oncoming Lucario.

The awakened power of fire is clearly one of the reasons for its appearance.

"Aura Sphere!" Lucario charged forward without slowing down, casually unleashing Aura Sphere energy to block the attack.

"Next up, use Earthquake!" "Use Absorption Punch!"

Bang!

The giant vine slammed its two arm-like tentacles into the ground, causing a violent tremor in the arena. However, Lucario seemed completely unaffected and punched it directly in the ground.

Thanks to the special effect of the Absorption Fist, the jackal's stamina also recovered to some extent.

"Throw out Bone Strike in one go, then continue to absorb punches!" But that wasn't all. Lucario threw the bone club he had conjured at the giant vine with all his might, and as the vine dodged, he threw another punch, hitting it squarely once again!

"Giant vines, use Earthquake again! Damn it... Use Billions Absorption! Find a way to escape from it... Giant vines?!"

After getting close, Kenta was hit with a series of rapid punches. Seeing the giant vine constantly taking blows, Kenta was clearly losing his composure.

He thought that the Earthquake move would stop Lucario's offensive, but the effect was very limited; he wanted to use Giga Drain to counter the attack, but the frequency of Giant Vine's attacks was far less than that of Lucario!

Finally, when he wanted his partner to retreat, he discovered that the opponent had already blocked the giant vine's retreat!

The giant vine, leaping backward with all its might, collided with the energy bone rod stuck behind it. As its movement was hindered, it was hit by another heavy punch from Lucario!

Bang!

The energy bone rod shattered, and the giant vine's body flew backwards a great distance!

"Giant Vine, use that... Use the full power of Billion Absorption!" Kenta shouted through gritted teeth. The Giant Vine also managed to stand up again and unleashed a powerful energy absorption attack while charging up!

It swept across the field like a whirlwind, interspersed with specks of fluorescent light, seemingly hinting at something extraordinary...

"Aeropile, power boost!"

"What?!" Kenta was completely dumbfounded. He actually saw Lucario condense a super wave missile with a diameter of one meter, which not only completely blocked the giant vine from absorbing energy, but also seemed to have swallowed all the power!

At this moment, the jackal held up the huge and bizarre energy ball with one hand, while the other hand once again condensed azure waveguide energy!

"Wave missile!"

boom!

The shot hit squarely; before Kenta could even retrieve the ball, the giant vine collapsed to the ground, its eyes spinning in circles…

Chapter 592 Advancing to the Semifinals!

"Come back, giant vine."

Seeing his fallen companion, Kenta sighed and reluctantly retracted the giant vine.

"Mr. Ash, your Pokémon are really strong. They can even ignore type advantages."

"It's not that I'm ignoring it, the double super effect is still there." Ash only said half of what he meant before stopping.

However, Kenta also understood that the two Pokémon were too far apart in strength, so even if the effect was outstanding, the damage caused would be quite limited.

"Your final attack was pretty good," Ash suddenly praised. "Did you mix some hypnotic powder into the Giant Vine Absorbs?"

"Well... okay, I guess I was found out again." Kenta was speechless. Was he really helpless in front of Satoshi?

In his final move, Giga Drain, he did indeed add hypnotic powder, hoping that Ash would detonate the energy or use the strong wind created by the attack to blow the powder over, thus secretly applying a status effect to Lucario.

But Ash saw through the trick again, and instead of falling for it, Ash gathered a large Aura Sphere and swallowed the energy released by the giant vine!

"Your giant vine is well-cultivated. That level of special move doesn't require such a long charging time, so it must have been mixed with something else."

Kenta:…

No...would a normal person consider this aspect during a battle?

This guy over there is definitely a prodigy...

As Kenta watched Lucario hurl the ball of light, infused with waveguide, energy-absorbing, and hypnotic powder, into the air, a subtle anxiety welled up within him.

Failure is not terrible; what is terrible is when your opponent tells you exactly why you lost, yet you still can't find any chance of winning!

"My next one... is Beedrill!" For his second to last one, Kenta once again brought out the Beedrill that had battled Ash before.

"Move at high speed!"

"Bone Strike in One Breath!"

Kenta started by boosting Beedrill's speed, and since Lucario had recovered a lot of stamina from battling Vinegar, Ash didn't let it attack first. Instead, he summoned Bone Club to prepare for battle.

"Hoo... Go! Beedrill, charge straight in!!" Kenta took a few deep breaths, seemingly having made up his mind, and commanded Beedrill to launch a desperate charge!

"Absorb Punch!" Ash seemed to have accepted this head-on challenge. Lucario suddenly swung its fist, colliding fiercely with the spinning needle that was thrusting towards it!

boom!

The forces that met on a narrow path exploded at extremely close range, and the resulting shockwave even made Lucario's mane sway uncontrollably.

But its body didn't sway at all. On the contrary, Beedrill, whose stamina and defense were very poor, was on the verge of exhaustion after this collision!

Incredibly, it survived, even plunging one of its stingers into the ground to resist the impact of the explosion, refusing to fly away from Lucario no matter what!

"Hold on! Hold on with all your might! Beedrill, go all out..."

"Wave missile!"

Boom!

Before Kenta could even utter the final word "crash," Lucario unleashed its Aura, blasting Beedrill away from its side.

After the dust settled, Kenta lost his fifth Pokémon.

"Giant Beedrill..."

Kenta stared in disbelief at the scene before him. He had truly given it his all, even resorting to tactics like the reckless charge with a qishou, yet it had all been in vain…

"Tactics, like type advantages, are just one of the conditions in a battle... they don't represent a Pokémon's true strength!"

In the face of absolute strength, all fancy tricks are futile.

Lucario's strength is overwhelming compared to Beedrill. Even if Beedrill used Agility once, it still couldn't attack faster than Lucario.

Even if Beedrill's recklessness were to hit a jackal, it would still have no effect.

Tactics used in games can certainly work in real battles, but those that are too outrageous will definitely not work.

For example, the idea that a level 1 Rattata can use Focus Sash, Reckless, and Quick Attack to instantly kill a legendary Pokémon is pure nonsense.

In the real Pokémon world, when the difference in strength between two sides is too great, some of the 'settings' based on it will become invalid... such as certain type immunity, and the effects of certain special moves or status conditions.

When a regular Pokémon is poisoned, its HP will gradually decrease proportionally. But have you ever seen a legendary Pokémon die from being slowly suffocated by poison?

You agree, right, a fathead fish that was caught by a cunning girl?

"It's the last one... I can only rely on you now!" Kenta gripped his last Poké Ball tightly. "Typhon, I'm counting on you!"

"Let's end this battle," Ash said softly, while Lucario secretly began to beckon with its palm.

A certain force that was silent in the sky has begun to stir...

"We won't give up like this! Typhoon and I will fight to the very last moment, no matter what!" Kenta roared, pouring all his faith into his voice. "Typhoon, use Flame Wheel!!"