Chapter 73: Ashborn: I Have Held Back

As the face of the Fighting type, Lucario's appearance naturally attracted a crowd of cheers, and the Aura Pokémon stood quietly on the field, its ears perked up, and its eyes bright.

"Sure enough, Lucario was sent out first," Stephanie said to herself. If she were Ashborn, she would have sent out Lucario first too.

"Go, Hitmonlee!" Stephanie sent out her Pokémon.

Hitmonlee is the name used in the Xortros Country. In other countries, it is also called Rapidator and Tyrogue. The three names refer to the same Pokémon.

After Hitmonlee came out, it first kicked its spring-like long legs.

"Hitmonlee, Blaze Kick!"

"Bullet Punch!"

Under the commands of their respective trainers, the two Pokémon quickly approached each other. Hitmonlee suddenly stopped seven or eight meters away from Lucario, and its spring-like left leg quickly executed Blaze Kick.

Among the Guinness World Records, Hitmonlee's legs can extend up to 50 meters, and most Hitmonlee's legs can be extended to more than 10 meters.

It can only be said that all Pokémon who can enter the Guinness Book of World Records have high-end talents in some aspects, and of course, humans are the same.

Lucario hadn't gotten close yet, but the opponent's Blaze Kick had already arrived. Without any hesitation, Bullet Punch hit Blaze Kick.

The two moves collided, and Lucario's Bullet Punch instantly defeated the flames on the Blaze Kick, revealing Hitmonlee's 46-yard foot, and the remaining power of the Bullet Punch naturally went directly into its foot.

Hitmonlee let out a pained cry. Lucario's Bullet Punch was truly powerful.

"Grab its legs!"

Just as Hitmonlee was about to withdraw its leg, Lucario grabbed it with both hands, causing its movement to stagnate.

"Hitmonlee, throw it out!" Stephanie waved her fist.

The strongest part of Hitmonlee is its legs. When it swings its legs with all its strength, its body can directly spiral into the sky with this force.

It's not a joke, it's a fact, just a little hilarious.

It's a pity that Stephanie underestimated Lucario's power.

Metagross received about 70% of Ashborn's invested resources, and the remaining 30% was divided equally among the other three Pokémon.

Although it seems that each Pokémon only has 10% of the resources, the total amount of resources can't be underestimated. Even 10% of the resources are more than most people's six Pokémon combined.

Despite Hitmonlee using all its strength, it couldn't throw Lucario up with its legs. Instead, it felt pain in the legs that Lucario was holding.

"In this case, Hitmonlee, kick with flying knees," Stephanie said.

Hearing this, Hitmonlee shrank its right foot, which was being held by Lucario, leaning against the contraction force, bending its right knee, and a wave of air formed on its right knee.

"High Jump Kick, this is very powerful. Even if Lucario is hit, it is estimated that it will suffer," Terry whispered softly.

"Protect," Ashborn said.

Lucario released Hitmonlee's foot, and a green protective film wrapped it. The next second, Hitmonlee's High Jump Kick arrived as promised.

The power of the High Jump Kick was great, but it still failed to break through the protection. With the end of the High Jump Kick, the protection disappeared, and Ashborn said,

"Close Combat!"

In the face of Hitmonlee, who was close at hand, Lucario's Close Combat exerted great power, and because the High Jump Kick did not hit the opponent, the side effects of the move made Hitmonlee temporarily unable to move his right leg.

"Force Palm"

When he knocked Hitmonlee into the air, Lucario stomped his foot and immediately chased after him, pressing his palm on Hitmonlee's chest. The force of Force Palm made Hitmonlee slam into the wall of the venue.

"Hitmonlee loses his ability to fight, Lucario wins"

Stephanie took a deep breath, took Hitmonlee back, and sent out her second Pokémon.

"Quick Fist"

Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are considered to be the more famous Fighting Pokémon, and they evolved from the same Pokémon.

Many Fighting trainers will take one or two of these Pokémon.

"Quick, Mach Punch"

"Lucario Bullet Punch"

Both sides are known for their speed, but the difference in strength made Lucario's punch faster. Before Mach Punch hit him in the face, his Bullet Punch slammed into Hitmonchan's face.

The ability of this Hitmonchan was still the Iron Fist Ability. When using fist-type moves, the power is increased by 20%, but if it can't hit the opponent, this ability is useless at all.

"Steel Beam"

"Quick protect" Stephanie shouted immediately.

Basically, every Pokémon will learn protect, this move can block the opponent's move, provided that the opponent's move power does not exceed the upper limit of protect.

This is considered one of Pokémon's life-saving moves, but the success rate of consecutive uses will drop, and the second use will only have half the chance.

So if you are not a lucky scoundrel, you can only use protect once in a basic round, and the second time has nothing to do with you.

Under Hitmonchan's horrified gaze, Steel Beam broke through the protect and hit Hitmonchan unabated.

Hitmonchan's body bounced on the ground a few times before stopping.

"Hitmonchan loses his fighting ability, Lucario wins"

The referee looked at the motionless Hitmonchan and said.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Ashborn is really merciless at all, really a ruthless man, I'm afraid he would be single for the rest of my life" Terry looked at him and shook his head.

Anyway, Stephanie is also a teammate. Can you put a little act and play for a longer time, so that Stephanie will not be so embarrassed.

In fact, Ashborn has been merciful, otherwise he would not have used Lucario, but would have used Metagross for a horizontal push.

And even if he used Lucario, the power of his moves was deliberately controlled, otherwise the two Pokémon that Stephanie lost would be even more injured.

"Machamp"

After adjusting her mental state, Stephanie sent out her own Trump Card.

Although she knew that she was not Ashborn's opponent, she was crushed by the opponent's Pokémon until now, and even her own Pokémon did not cause enough damage to the opponent, which made her very depressed.

"Machamp's goal today is firm"

Stephanie pointed at Lucario, and then shouted loudly: "Injure it"

Machamp looked back.

Ashborn was also stunned. Could it be that he forced Stephanie too hard, so that her mind was a little unclear, and she started talking nonsense.

"Hahaha, I said the most unwilling thing out loud"

"My little sister is really pitiful. When she meets a man like Ashborn who doesn't know how to pity fragrance and cherish jade, unlike our Oliver, who loves women"

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