Chapter 1253: Ore Makes a Name for Himself (Part 3)

Ying Ma looked over at that group of Trainers from Silicon City opposite them and noticed they were not only unworried, but chatting and laughing with relaxed faces.

They look pretty confident in that Sunflora, huh?

Ying Ma propped his chin with one hand. Pokémon like Sunflora were quite rare in Pyrite Town, because they were neither fierce nor cute.

They don’t sell for much in the Underground City, so Pokémon Hunters can’t be bothered to catch them.

If he hadn’t crammed the relevant info this past week, he might not even have been able to remember what kind of Pokémon this was right away.

He watched Ursaring howl and pounce toward Sunflora, thinking that if it went down in one hit, that bunch over there would definitely be embarrassed, right?

Too bad.

A one?hit KO was, in the end, just Ying Ma’s fantasy.

Ursaring’s Slash, enough to shatter boulders, only made Sunflora lean back, and it might have even done that on purpose; its sunflower face tilted toward the sky and fired a golden pillar of light.

Then an illusory Sun appeared above the field, releasing its radiance.

The Weather Skill Sunny Day!

Sunflora’s intentions were laid bare; Ying Yuan didn’t want to let it have its way, so he ordered Ursaring to use Yawn.

But just as it exhaled the smoke, Sunflora’s Solar Beam finished charging—those golden petals each paled, and in an instant its whole face turned white as well.

A huge golden Energy Ball formed on its forehead, then, after violently trembling, turned into a bucket?thick beam that blasted into Ursaring’s chest!

Vmm—

The terrifying Energy Shock sent Ursaring flying across the field on the spot.

“Not a bad punch.” Baimu raised an eyebrow, looked at Ayana and Ying Ma beside him, and asked, “Tell me what information you’ve gathered from Sunflora so far.”

Ayana spoke up: “Sunflora’s Trait is Power of the Sun. If it were Chlorophyll, Hall Master Zhengyi would never have it use Ingrain and then Sunny Day; the power of that Solar Beam just now also proves it.”

“Good. What else?”

“Sunflora’s Defense Power is excellent! It’s definitely been specially cultivated! Ursaring’s Slash didn’t manage to deal much effective damage!” Ying Ma quickly added, afraid Ayana would beat him to it.

Baimu nodded. “Good answers. So who do you think has the better chance of winning right now?”

“Of course my bro! Even though Ursaring got hit by Solar Beam, there’s no way it goes down that easily. Sunflora was hit by Yawn just now!” Ying Ma was full of confidence in Ying Yuan.

And then, in the next second—

“Geh?ma—!!”

Visible white sound waves burst out from Sunflora, the distorted noise like a broken microphone making many people cover their ears.

Baimu shouted to the two of them, “Now what!”

“Sunflora used Uproar! It won’t fall asleep now!” Ayana yelled back.

Ursaring, which had gotten back on its feet in the arena, also covered its ears, but as the target of the attack, simply covering its ears did nothing.

Ying Yuan chose to fight noise with noise, ordering Ursaring to use Uproar as well.

“Guma!!”

The doubled terrifying cacophony made the spectators feel like they were at an Exploud concert with the volume maxed out, each of them wearing the mask of agony on their faces.

“Now you see how important it is to patch blind spots? Without suitable Techniques, Boss Ying Yuan can only force the match into a stalemate!” Baimu shouted to everyone.

Exactly.

The reason Ursaring wasn’t using Flame Fist was that it simply didn’t know it, which was why, after probing a bit, Zhengyi felt safe boldly putting up Sunny Day.

Trainers at Pyrite Arena lack the sense to cover blind spots; they never proactively learn new Techniques, just use whatever their Pokémon already know, so when they run into certain extreme situations, there’s nothing they can do.