Chapter 55

"Murkrow, use double team!"

Arthur said as he watched the battle that seemed to be in its final phase.

It was an intense fight between the two dual types and no one was willing to take a step back. After getting slammed to the ground once, Golbat was in a rage of fury and his attack power had increased.

He was constantly using agility and his speed was hard for even Murkrow to follow now.

On the other hand, Murkrow still hadn't taken much damage and was in a great state, but it was harder for him to keep an eye on Golbat.

One of the poison stings had even brushed his wings, but thankfully, he didn't get poisoned and was still in a proper state. Sadly, the battle would just get harder for him If it got prolonged.

Boom!

The blades of air fired by Golbat destroyed all the illusions that Murkrow had created and struck the walls of the caves, making some Zubats fly away from that spot and creating a mark.

"Use double team again and surround Golbat! Keep making illusions! Don't let him use his speed to his advantage!"

Arthur shouted again, his eyes glancing between Murkrow and Golbat.

In the air, Murkrow cried out and his body flashed. Then, in a matter of seconds, tens of illusions that looked exactly like Murkrow surrounded Golbat.

"Golbat!"

Golbat used air slash several times and tried to destroy all the illusions again, but this time, Murkrow didn't stop and kept making illusions.

Both the Pokemon were giving it their all and they were looking exhausted, but Golbat knew that he would be the one to lose if things didn't end here.

After all, he was already surrounded by the illusions and he didn't know how much more air slashes he could use.

That's why, he focused all his energy into agility and prepared for one final attack.

His body pumped with adrenaline as he started covering his body with a white light. He shot up to stand above the illusions and down on them.

"Golbat!"

Then, with a cry, he shot out a poisonous liquid from his mouth.

It was venoshock.

Normally, the power of venoshock wasn't this high, but Golbat had used all the poison in his body for this one single attack. That's why, the colour of the poison was eerie and it had the ability to melt down the surface.

The poison drenched all the illusions and even though they tried to run away, it was no use.

Several Zubats also came in contact with the deadly poison raining down from the sky and despite being poison typed themselves, they didn't want to come in contact with such a strong poison.

Some of them even fled the cave in fear.

Even Arthur was barely able to stop the poison from splashing into him. Taking a step back to escape from the poison, he raised his head up to look at Golbat.

'He's sure not giving up... Well, there's no way to win from here. Maybe, I will get a good poison type today.'

He thought as he moved his gaze to look at Murkrow who had escaped the rain of poison that Golbat had created.

Now, the battle was truly gonna end up with one move.

Golbat didn't have any poison left in his body and his only advantage at this point was his speed that had been enhanced to the brim by continuously using agility.

On the other hand, Murkrow was in better shape, but all his illusions had finished. He can only go for an attacking move now.

"Murkrow, punishment."

Arthur commanded the dark bird as he saw Golbat preparing for a close range air slash.

In the next few seconds, Golbat's wings glowed light blue and he flapped his wings to rush towards Murkrow in a frontal face off.

Murkrow also gathered dark energy into his wings and his wings glowed purple while giving off a gloomy feeling.

"Golbat!"

"Murkrow!"

Both the Pokemon cried out and rushed at each other at full pace.

Golbat was obviously faster and he closed the distance in a matter of seconds. As he got close to Murkrow, he released the blades of air that he had hidden in his wings.

Swishhhhh!

It was a close quarter attack and Golbat didn't think Murkrow would survive that.

But something strange happened at that moment.

Murkrow faced the blades of air coming at him head on; they got destroyed as they collided with his wings. It caused a small explosion in the air.

Golbat was shocked to see that.

He had seen Murkrow using punishment before and Golbat was sure that it wasn't this powerful. The one thing he didn't know was he was the one who's responsible for the increase of power of punishment.

'Golbat obviously doesn't know that the attack power of punishment increases every time the opponent increases his stats.'

Arthur thought, happy that his plan had worked.

Golbat had just focused on increasing his speed, never noticing that he was playing into Arthur's palms. There was no way he would have won from the time he had first used agility.

Boom!

On the battlefield, Murkrow easily dealt with the blades of air and moved towards Golbat. After closing the distance to a bare minimum, he slammed his wings directly into Golbat's face.

With a painful cry, Golbat slammed into the ground.

Dust rose as Golbat's bruised and injured body came into view. Zubats cried out in anger and moved towards their boss. Some looked like they were gonna kill Arthur.

At that moment, something strange happened.

'What is happening suddenly...'

Dark smoke suddenly started filling the interior of the cave. Arthur thought that it was one of the Zubats at first, but it was not possible for Zubats to learn smokescreen.

'Was there another Pokemon here or...'

As Arthur was trying to take in the sudden change of situation, an ominous feeling surged through his heart and he prepared for an incoming attack.

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