Although Xia Huanao said this verbally, looking at Xia Huanao standing with his hands behind his back, exhibiting a demeanor of a master, it seemed he didn't quite care about this ultimate move forcing him to reveal his trump cards.
The battle commenced. Xia Huanao and Guagua immediately drew their swords and attacked. A Flying Water Shuriken flew towards Tauros head-on. As for Miltank, Xia Huanao decided to deal with it later, as he still didn't believe Miltank possessed much offensive capability. Mu Zhishui also had Magearna use Mirror Shot to suppress Miltank, giving Guagua time.
The Dunhe team decided to use Tauros's strength to forcefully endure Guagua's attacks. Then, Miltank would charge through Magearna's Mirror Shot blockade and deliver a decisive blow to Guagua from behind.
Tauros stamped its hooves and charged ferociously towards Guagua. Guagua extended its water sword forward, aiming directly for Tauros's eyes. Beside them, Miltank crouched and rolled forward. Despite the suppression from Mirror Shot, Miltank seemed to ignore Magearna's pressure and had already rolled behind Guagua.
"Guagua, jump up, let go of the sword!"
Guagua stomped its feet heavily, leaping into the air. With a flick of its right hand, the transformed Flying Water Shuriken flew straight towards Tauros's head. Tauros completely ignored the shuriken and charged towards Magearna, who was in the rear.
Magearna's two short legs also tried to dodge, but Tauros's four legs were faster. Since it couldn't dodge, Mu Zhishui decisively switched from defense to offense: "Magearna, use Focus Blast!"
Xia Huanao turned his head to look at Mu Zhishui. When did he learn Focus Blast? It didn't seem to be part of his moveset before. Had he learned it recently? However, Focus Blast was indeed very useful. Although its accuracy was only seventy according to data, its power was one hundred and twenty, and it was a special attack. If Magearna hit Tauros with this move, even with any supposed Dunhe secret techniques, this attack would be quite painful.
Tauros quickly swerved to avoid the incoming Focus Blast. Magearna, after launching the Focus Blast, immediately repositioned. It wasn't feasible to directly confront the fast Tauros in a head-on collision.
Xia Huanao also commanded Guagua to approach Magearna. At this moment, Miltank sat on the ground and began to use Milk Drink. This move was the same as Blissey's Soft-Boiled; it could restore HP. But it seemed unnecessary. Why heal at the start of the battle?
Xia Huanao and Mu Zhishui quickly reacted. Tauros was going to use Earthquake!
"Guagua, throw Magearna up! Use Tai Chi!"
Xia Huanao always managed to come up with peculiar strategies at strange moments. Guagua was already close to level forty, and its weight was forty kilograms. Throwing Magearna, who weighed just over eighty kilograms, using Tai Chi was not difficult. The only issue was how long Magearna could stay airborne.
Seeing Magearna taking flight, Xia Huanao issued a second command: "Guagua, use Double Team!"
Many facts have proven that if you can't achieve something in one attempt, you can try multiple times. For example, this time, Xia Huanao wanted Magearna to dodge the Ground-type Earthquake, requiring him to exploit a glitch. Whether it was the Levitate ability or the Flying type, as long as he could trigger one, it would be fine. As for whether Flying could dodge Earthquake, Xia Huanao didn't recall.
However, the outcome proved that even though Magearna was thrown by Xia Huanao's Guagua, it successfully triggered a Levitate ability. The Earthquake waves spread across the ground and swept past, causing no damage to Magearna whatsoever.
Xia Huanao smiled, "So this is considered a success. Using Double Team Tai Chi to hit while airborne, any Ground-type would have to steer clear of this."
Undeniably, Xia Huanao's move was indeed very destructive against Ground-types. If Xia Huanao were willing to give his Guagua an Air Balloon, it would add another layer of destructive power on top of the existing damage.
Of course, the drawback of this move was that Xia Huanao's Guagua's "four ounces" in the saying "four ounces deflects a thousand pounds" was too small. Even at level one hundred, it couldn't throw some excessively heavy Pokémon, such as Cosmoem, which was all nines. Another drawback was the immense stamina consumption. Xia Huanao's Guagua would need to rest for a while to recover its combat effectiveness.
However, this strong impact was also something the Dunhe contingent had not anticipated. Xia Huanao and Guagua had also secured precious recovery time.
Xia Huanao glanced at Guagua's health bar; it was not bad, still not in the yellow range when converted. Magearna's condition was undoubtedly better. Xia Huanao and Mu Zhishui exchanged a look, and both commanded their Pokémon to charge towards Miltank.
Although their initial target was Tauros, sometimes, you have to pick the softer target.
Miltank, seeing Guagua and Diancie charging fiercely, also wanted to resist. However, Miltank's Special Defense was a bit too low. At least in front of Guagua and Magearna, who had their Special Attacks maxed out, it was truly insufficient.
Guagua's swift strikes could take off a considerable amount of HP. If Magearna's Focus Blast hit, it could be game over. Meanwhile, Tauros charged towards Magearna again with all its might.
Although Xia Huanao commanded Guagua to dodge quickly, Magearna was not so lucky. It was directly rammed by Tauros's horn. As Tauros ran forward, Magearna unleashed a Focus Blast directly at Tauros's head. Tauros, after taking the Focus Blast, lunged forward, and its hooves stomped out an Earthquake at close range.
The Earthquake and Focus Blast hit each other. Although Focus Blast had a type advantage, Tauros successfully locked its HP. Magearna, after taking the Earthquake, was in a poor state but not knocked out.
However, neither side intended to continue fighting. Both sides' remaining HP were at critical levels; it would be no surprise if either was taken out with a single hit. In this situation, Xia Huanao would have traded with the opponent. With only Miltank left and not being a poison stall type that could easily surprise opponents, he wouldn't lose.
But Mu Zhishui's and Xia Huanao's battling styles were different, so he actively created distance. Amir Khan also had Tauros dodge Guagua and go to Miltank to rest.
However, Miltank was already struggling to fend for itself. After Tauros rammed Magearna away, Guagua faced a defenseless Miltank, and it was easy prey. Xia Huanao even added a Flying Water Shuriken: Flash to accelerate the attrition. From Xia Huanao's perspective, Miltank had only a little over ten HP left. Even if it used Milk Drink to recover, it would only take one more Shuriken to finish it off.
The tide of battle had begun to turn in Xia Huanao's favor. But Xia Huanao looked at Amir Khan, "The match has reached this point. If you win, you can directly qualify. Aren't you going to use your trump cards?"
Xia Huanao's words were very true. Dunhe's first match had already defeated Millen, and they had another match against an already eliminated team, which was a sure win. This would give them a record of two wins. This current match was tied, and winning would mean three wins, a guaranteed qualification.
Amir Khan bit his lip, then looked at his captain, "Captain, can I use that?"
The Dunhe team's captain replied, "That's your thing. Use it if you want."
Amir Khan nodded. "But I want to know, where did you know I had another trump card?"
Xia Huanao rubbed his nose. "How should I put it? Remember that day, I went to your Dunhe camp to gather information? When I was leaving, I shook everyone's hands, right? I observed it then. There were other marks under your sleeve. Although I don't know what you were hiding, I was very curious to guess."
Amir Khan took a deep breath and rolled up his right sleeve. "Since that's the case, let me show you the power of Tauros and me."
Everyone saw that Amir Khan was wearing a bracelet on his wrist. A gem on the bracelet emitted a light, and an energy fluctuation could be vaguely seen flowing between Amir Khan and Tauros. Xia Huanao saw this scene and smiled slightly. "As expected of the land of cows, this thing should have been given by Tapu Bulu, I really didn't expect it."
Saying that, Amir Khan's dramatic pose suddenly stopped, and he shouted, "Come, the Z-Power of Tauros and me!"
At this moment, Xia Huanao moved his hand from behind his back to the front. "My guess was right, your trump card is this. Then let's clash, Guagua!"
"Ultimate Invincible Ram!"
"Super Water Spout!"
Xia Huanao raised his right hand high, and a bracelet on it sparkled. The blue crystal on the bracelet pulsed with intense energy. A giant Flying Water Shuriken condensed on Guagua's right hand, then evolved into a huge vortex, spinning rapidly in front of Guagua and surging towards Tauros. Tauros stamped its hooves and continued to charge forward. Despite the great vortex of Xia Huanao in front of it, it showed no intention of stopping. The two collided with intense momentum.
The expanding energy shockwave from the explosion swept across the entire stadium. At the same time, Millen and Lixing were also competing in the arena, while Yassen had a bye and was watching the match from the stands. However, at this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Xia Huanao and Amir Khan's arena. After all, the momentum of the two moves when they were used was already terrifying, and it became even greater when they collided.
The members of Millen and Lixing on the side were already stunned by this scene. The audience in the stadium also did not expect such a powerful collision to occur on the field.
Only Xia Huanao and Amir Khan were still intently watching the collision point between Tauros and Guagua.