LRAB Chapter 826 The Ground-Crawling Wings and the Trembling Salamander
Chapter 826 The Ground-Crawling Wings and the Trembling Salamander
"Hmph, don't joke around! Chief Giovanni's greatness is far beyond what your so-called 'master' can compare to," Apollo shouted sharply. "Iron Neck, take it down, use air cut!"
Iron Neck soared high into the air. Although its entire body was covered in a thick layer of unknown metal, its speed was extraordinary. Its wings flapped rapidly, sending sharp air blades flying towards Sachi's crawling wings.
Although he didn't know the opponent's weakness, Apollo, as a seasoned Team Rocket executive, judged from the appearance of the Ground Wing that it was a Bug-type Pokémon and decisively used a Flying-type move to attack it.
In fact, his judgment was indeed incredibly accurate. Groundwing is a Bug/Fighting type Pokémon with a four times weakness to Flying type. As long as Air Slash hits, Groundwing will be instantly KO'd by Iron Neck.
“You simply cannot comprehend how terrifying my master is,” Sachi looked at Apollo with pity. “Even Lord Sakaki's oppressive aura pales in comparison to that of my master…”
As she tossed out a crystal bead, the body of the Earth-Crawling Wing rapidly changed. Its originally ordinary body was covered with a layer of dazzling golden mineral, and a lightning bolt symbol appeared on its head.
"Is it an electric-attribute crystallization..." Yang Ming thought to himself.
The crawling wing easily intercepted the air cut, and at the same time, golden light burst from its head, and a large number of golden crystals wrapped in electricity shot towards the iron neck.
"Tai Jing erupts!"
A sharp electric current roared in, and Iron Neck, unable to dodge in time, was instantly sent flying.
"Tsk, they actually use crystallization to change weaknesses and resistances, huh?" Apollo's face was grim; he had indeed been tricked by Sachi.
"Ironneck, use Roost to heal your injuries. Houndoom and Toxapex, use Dark Pulse and Dragon Pulse respectively to attack the opponent!"
Two energy waves, one black and one purple, shot out from the mouths of Mega Houndoom and Poisonous Algae Dragon respectively, both hurtling towards the crawling wings.
“Crawler Wings, use Protect,” Sachs commanded coldly. “For the sake of our past as colleagues, Apollo, I’ll show you something good today.”
"The vibrato salamander uses an electric field."
An energy barrier quickly formed in front of the ground-crawling salamander, blocking both the Dragon Pulse and the Dark Pulse. Meanwhile, Sachi's trembling salamander slammed its fist on the ground, creating an electric field in the area beneath its feet.
Next, Sachi will have to switch from defense to offense.
"Vibrato Salamander, use Crack!"
Suddenly, a guitar made of electricity appeared out of thin air beneath Toxtricity's claws. As Toxtricity continued to strum the guitar, powerful sound waves, carrying electricity, attacked all the Pokémon present.
The Vibrating Salamander possesses a punk rock characteristic, which grants its sonic attacks a 1.3x power boost.
But that's not all. Since Sound Break is an Electric-type move, it receives a 1.3x power boost from Electric Field. Combined with the 1.5x STAB from Toxtricity, Sound Break's power reaches a terrifying 2.535x!
The terrifying sound waves, carrying electric current, swept across the entire area, forcing Yang Ming and Apollo's Pokémon to retreat in defeat. Some unfortunate trainers and their Pokémon were killed instantly by the residual power of the sound waves.
"See? These Pokémon are just things my master casually bestowed upon me. As long as my master is happy, he can easily get his hands on any Pokémon, whether it's rare Pokémon from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, or Padia, or legendary Pokémon like Galarian Moltres, or even Paradoxical or Ultra Beasts!"
"Such connections and influence are beyond the reach of even the Rockets' Giovanni Sakaki, let alone the league president Damaranchi!"
Apollo's face darkened. Although he wanted to refute Sachi, it was indeed as the other party said, that even someone as strong as Sakaki could not do such a thing.
Yang Ming's thoughts went a step further than Apollo's: He had previously suspected that Sachi's crawling wings, like his Roaring Moon, were obtained in the Battle of the Paulownia Forest, but judging from the other party's current tone, it seems that the truth is not like that.
Could this winged creature also be something casually bestowed upon Sachi by his "master," that shadowy figure?
Thinking of this, Yang Ming's expression became increasingly uncertain. This was something that could not be accomplished by wealth, influence, or even strength. Whether it was Giovanni, Damaranchi, or any of the great leaders of the past and present, none of them could have managed to collect so many rare Pokémon from so many different regions.
Unless... the other party can travel through time and space, and do things that ordinary people cannot?!
He was actually making an enemy of this kind of guy?! The thought sent chills down Yang Ming's spine.
"Although this idea is absurd and there is no concrete evidence, it can explain many illogical things..." Yang Ming thought to himself, "But no matter what, that shadowy figure is not an opponent that I can deal with now. Let Sakaki and the Alliance have a headache."
Thinking of this, he secretly took out a Poké Ball, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Sachi.
"Trembling Salamence, use Crack again! Let's wipe out all these troublesome guys!" Sachi's face showed a hint of madness. Anyway, she was now at odds with Team Rocket. If she didn't kill Yang Ming and Apollo, she would definitely not survive.
Just as the Trembling Salamander raised its guitar again, preparing to use its deflection technique, a huge figure appeared in front of it—Yang Ming's trump card, Roaring Moon!
With a powerful elbow strike from Roaring Moon, Trembling Salamander's throat was damaged, rendering it unable to make a sound for a short period, and its attempt to use the "Cracking Voice" technique failed.
"Well done, Roaring Moon."
By observing Sachi's battle with Apollo, Yang Ming had discerned her fighting style. Whether it was Max Lightning used by the previous Max Palico, the Electric-type Ground Wing of the Crystalline, or the Electric Field of the Trigger Salamence, it was clear that Sachi was actually skilled in Electric-type attacks. Her tactics, though seemingly unrelated, were actually all designed to enhance her Electric-type attacks.
The one that receives the greatest increase in electric field is naturally the vibrato salamander.
Therefore, Yang Ming decided to strike first, having Roaring Moon use "Abyssal Thrust" to attack the throat of the Trembling Salamander, preventing it from using sound-based skills.
"Don't be too happy yet, Gem Starfish, Ice Beam!" Sachi shouted.
A beam of cold light shot out from the core of the gem starfish's chest, heading straight for Roaring Moon, but was easily blocked by Yang Ming's Venomous Jellyfish.
"Gengar, use Shadow Ball."
In an instant, several Shadow Balls were launched by Gengar, hurtling towards Starmie from all directions.