As Beedrill vanished, it stirred up a great wind. Eichi focused his gaze, yet he still could not fully make out Mega Beedrill's form.
All he could see were black-and-yellow afterimages, like ordinary lightning—no, even lightning was slower than it.
"Bang!!"
The Knight Needle in Mega Beedrill's hand instantly pierced through one of Golisopod's clones.
"Bang bang bang!!"
A string of piercing sounds followed. In the blink of an eye, every one of Golisopod's clones vanished.
Golisopod was shocked. That speed far exceeded its expectations.
Then it saw an afterimage charging toward it. It only had time to raise its arms in front of itself.
Mega Beedrill swung its Twin Needles, accelerating as it slammed them into Golisopod.
"Bang!!"
Golisopod felt an Infiltrator force travel through its arms and instantly spread throughout its entire body.
Then Golisopod's whole body was sent flying. It crashed into the ground and rolled once.
Golisopod quickly climbed to its feet. So strong. That was its first thought.
Both its speed and attack had risen. During their previous sparring matches, its speed had never reached this level.
Golisopod planted both feet on the ground and focused completely on finding Mega Beedrill's location.
Within its perception, Beedrill's position constantly shifted.
It could only keep strengthening its senses, doing its utmost to lock onto Beedrill's location while searching for its movement patterns.
Every Pokémon had its own movement patterns. As long as one found those patterns, one could predict the next attack in advance based on its movements.
Then one could swiftly launch a counterattack or cut off the attack entirely.
During its previous battles with Beedrill, it had found its movement patterns. Unfortunately, Beedrill was extremely fast, and its patterns changed quickly as well.
Sometimes, Golisopod could even use those patterns to set traps and lure