Pokémon from Galar

He couldn't withstand the power of this attack, and there wasn't time to use teleportation.

"Chiru—(Get out of my way!)"

The pressure from the water blade caused Sis to react faster than she could think. She instinctively enveloped her entire body with her mental energy, then suddenly pulled herself to the side.

The overly rough way it was used made Sijiang feel a tearing sensation for a moment.

“Chiru…”

boom--!!

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Sis's last-minute action worked, successfully avoiding the attack range of the shell blade. She was only affected by the airflow generated by the high-speed attack, and it didn't even make her lose her balance.

The Berserker Turtle's shell blade slammed violently into the ground, more like a heavy hammer than a sharp blade. Fortunately, the materials on this ground seemed to be somewhat special.

Although the ground was shattered, it didn't become dusty like it would in the grass track arena.

Seeing Sis's perilous dodge, Mary dared not relax. She had been outmaneuvered by her opponent. It seemed that the other side had never intended to enter the water from the beginning, and that initial command was a deliberate bait to lure her into attacking.

Could this Berserker Turtle not be the rare Freestyle Turtle that Lulina caught recently, which has been widely circulated online?

The initial orders had given Mary a preliminary assessment, but now... things have become uncertain again.

"Silkie, stay alert, then use Magic Leaf to harass!"

It wasn't that Mary didn't want to pursue the Devouring Turtle before it could retract its neck, but rather that Si-chan's dodge had also injured her.

Mary didn't miss Sis's suppressed voice just now. In that state, Sis might not have been able to seize the opportunity. Rather, if Sis had been in the right state, she would have seized the opportunity on her own without Mary's prompting.

Marie herself was also a bit troubled. She had studied the information about Drednaw, but it was just information and hadn't formed a concrete impression on the Pokémon.

If it's an experienced Pokémon like Palmon, it's fine, but for Pokémon like Sisi or Chirp, who haven't been around for very long... it's really tough on them.

Having almost suffered a great loss, Sijiang naturally became more vigilant this time. She separated a portion of her mental energy and attached it to her body. Although she wasn't very skilled at it yet, it was still useful in situations like when she couldn't teleport in time.

Large swaths of emerald green leaves appeared around Sisi-chan, emanating a grass-like aura, and then swarmed toward the Berserker Turtle in batches.

With its own superpower-controlled magic leaf, it arced through the air, bypassing the shell of the Berserker Turtle, and swarmed towards its soft parts. If this attack wasn't defended against, it would definitely cause considerable damage.

If the characteristic is not hard shell armor.

Seeing the trajectory of the magical leaf, Lurina inwardly admired Kirlia's control over it.

"Ignore it, let the water burst! Directly disperse her attack!"

"Roar--!!"

The Berserker Turtle likes this command; it prefers a more direct attack to passive defense!

It raised its head and roared excitedly. Suddenly, the water beside it surged, and wave after wave converged on the Berserker Turtle, engulfing its entire body.

"Illusionary beam, then teleport!"

Neither Mary nor Sis intended to experience the power of such a massive, devastating surge of water. Magic Leaf abandoned its delicate control.

Instead, it reversed its momentum and plunged into the raging torrent at top speed towards the faceless, monstrous turtle, spinning in the opposite direction. This was enough to slow down the current slightly.

Boom! Boom!

The magic leaf's obstruction was largely ineffective, only slightly slowing down the Berserker Turtle's movements before being completely washed away.

"Roar--!!"

Roaring, the Berserker Turtle leaped into the air, using the water currents to envelop itself, and charged menacingly towards Silk Sauce.

"Qiru—"

This time, however, Sis-chan wouldn't make the same mistake again. Determined to redeem herself, she used her imagination to strike first, hitting the Berserker Turtle directly through the water.

"Roar--!"

The howls of the Berserker Turtle echoed from within, indicating that the attack had been effective; whether it had caused confusion remained to be seen.

And at almost the absolute limit, Sis-chan calmly teleported, appearing behind the Berserker Turtle, calculating the approximate landing point. Without waiting for Mary's command, she once again condensed her mental energy into a physical form.

Lacking sufficient preparation time, he relied on his most familiar psychic powers, condensing them and waiting for the moment the Berserker Turtle landed and the water flow dissipated.

An invisible force of thought suddenly descended!

Boom—Boom—!

Two almost simultaneous impacts echoed through the arena, causing large cracks to appear on the ground. As the Berserker Turtle, whose attack had missed, crashed into the ground, Sis's psychic power condensed into a hammer, inflicting secondary damage on the Berserker Turtle.

Because Silky's actions were not in accordance with Mary's orders, Lurina's reaction was not relayed to the Devouring Turtle in time.

"Although I thought you were very capable before, I didn't expect that I still underestimated you."

"..."

Lulina's voice clearly crossed the battlefield and reached Mari's ears. Faced with Lulina's sentiments, Mari remained silent and pondered the upcoming battle.

In top-level battles, Pokémon's offense and defense are so fast that trainers can often only give simple and key hints, and rely more on the Pokémon's judgment to handle the situation on the spot.

But this kind of thing usually happens in higher-level matches... Lulina didn't expect to see this kind of thing here.

In fact, this Berserker Turtle hadn't had time to complete its training in this area, and its on-the-spot reaction ability might not be as good as the opposing Kirlia. However, Marie's command was clearly not as good as Lurina's, so the advantages and disadvantages were about even.

Although Lulina wasn't sure if what had just happened was a coincidence or something else, she had personally witnessed the relationship between Marie and her Pokémon, and it was definitely not a case of them disobeying orders.

Let's just treat this as the most difficult situation and deal with it accordingly.

P.S.: I think the Torterra's neck can extend? I remember seeing a screenshot from the anime before, and in the Pokédex illustration, there were wrinkles on its neck.

It should be able to extend and retract freely, right? That neck...

Chapter 88 The Berserker Turtle and Lulina's Perseverance

Shaking its head, the Berserker Turtle shook off the water, stood up from the pit, turned around, and stared at Silky Sauce not far away again.

"Roar... (You dodged very quickly, little thing.)"

A deep roar came from the Berserker Turtle's throat, as if threatening the small-sized Silkie.

"Chiru—(It's alright, a surprise attack won't work twice.)"

Sis spoke calmly, but remained vigilant. Her opponent's speed was incredibly fast, completely compensating for her lack of speed, and with that turtle shell...

It's only because Sis-chan majored in psychic and fairy types that they were able to defeat her; otherwise, if someone like Chiu-chan were to come up, they probably wouldn't know where to begin.

"Rock Blockade!"

"Roar--!!"

Lulina didn't waste much time. Seeing that the Berserker Turtle had stood up again and was not showing any signs of being in a state of chaos, she immediately gave the next order.

"Teleport to close the distance, then use hypnosis!"

"Qiru!"

"Roar--!!"

The monstrous tortoise roared and raised its forelimbs, then stomped heavily on the ground. The cracked ground was destroyed once again, and a large number of stone forests suddenly erupted around Sijiang, attempting to engulf her.

Boom boom boom—!

call out--!

And Sis, who was already on guard, managed to dodge ahead of the massive energy burst, closing the distance between herself and the Berserker Turtle once again.

It was a gamble, a trial gamble. If hypnosis worked, the outcome of the first battle would be practically certain. That's why Mary wanted to take the risk and get Silk closer to her in order to ensure the success of the hypnosis.

"Chiru—(Try to get a good night's sleep~)"

Almost the instant her figure appeared, Sis-chan's mental energy, operating in a special way, enveloped the Berserker Turtle in front of her.

"Roar……"

The violent behavior suddenly calmed down, and the previously aggressive Devouring Turtle seemed to have become somewhat docile.

It seems the hypnosis is working...

"Wake up! Bite down!"

Lurina's voice seemed to carry a hint of anxiety, yet it was very faint; Mary didn't have time to judge whether it was genuine or not.

Before Lulina could finish speaking, the previously quiet Berserker Turtle suddenly sprang into action!

"Roar--!!"

It turned its head and opened its thick mouth towards Sis-chan's location. Suddenly, its neck shot out, and dark energy condensed in mid-air, revealing huge and ferocious energy teeth.

She took a vicious bite at the seemingly clueless Sijiang!

Click—!

This reaction caught Marie off guard, or rather, her judgment was not timely enough, and she was unable to issue the appropriate instructions in time. However, Sue-chan is not a Pokémon that doesn't know what to do without a trainer's command.

Although Dratini's actions were indeed unexpected, when practicing hypnosis in the past, at this distance, among Pokémon of similar skill, even if it couldn't completely put the opponent to sleep, it could almost affect their reaction speed and judgment in at least the next encounter.

However, Sis-chan was already on guard against the Berserker Turtle's spring-like neck.

The mental energy that had been covering her body once again yielded results. Her telekinetic power pulled Sis-chan's body to the side, causing her small, slender frame to roll away rather inelegantly.

A gust of wind from above lifted a few strands of hair. Sijiang suddenly turned around and looked up to see the long neck that hadn't yet retracted.

"Psychic Counterattack!"

It wasn't until this point that Mary finally caught up with the action on the field. Not daring to delay any longer, Mary immediately understood Sissy's intention the moment she saw her move.

This means they want to retaliate.

Worried that Su-chan might choose a move she wasn't familiar with and miss the opportunity, she loudly shouted out the name of Su-chan's most proficient move.

"Chiru~"

The voice from Mary gave Sis a strange sense of confidence. Her judgment was exactly the same as Mary's. In this situation, Sis didn't really have much time to think and just subconsciously used her best moves.

Therefore, the mental energy covering the body was suddenly withdrawn, and in the shortest amount of time, the strongest mental energy that could be mobilized was used, and the most basic superpower usage methods were activated at full power.

Having relinquished control of her body, Sis-chan focused all her psychic power on the still-unrecovered Vicious Turtle's soft neck, launching a vicious attack.

puff--

"Roar--!!!"

The agonizing cry of the Berserker Turtle echoed throughout the arena. Struck in its supple neck, the attack caused it to lose its balance, nearly suffocating it. The attack blinded it, rendering it completely oblivious to the situation.

All I wanted to do was pull my neck back in as quickly as possible.