Three Heroes vs. Lucario

Su Hao's sharp senses clearly picked up the wolfish gazes of the three opponents fixed on him. He quietly said to Jin Lin and Bai Linglong beside him,

"Stick to the plan. At the start, they'll focus all their attention on Lucario for at least a short while. Use that chance to power up or set up barriers."

Jin Lin and Bai Linglong both nodded slightly.

They would seize the hard-won opening created by Su Hao and Lucario.

"German Alliance versus Divine Land Alliance, International Youth Championship semifinals, begin!"

At the referee's command, the battle officially began.

Just as Su Hao had expected, all three members of the German Alliance chose to target Lucario.

"Shedinja, Tailwind!"

"Talonflame, use Flare Blitz on Lucario!"

"Coalossal, Sunny Day!"

Right from the start, the German Alliance trio unleashed a complementary combination of support and offense.

A breeze immediately wrapped around Talonflame's flame-scattering wings. After Coalossal fired a sphere of Fire Energy into the sky, the arena was instantly flooded with blazing sunlight.

With its teammates' support, scorching flames erupted around Talonflame's body in an instant. It transformed into a blazing meteor and pounced viciously toward Lucario.

At the same time, the sparks scattered from Talonflame's wings fell onto Coalossal's back. A massive plume of steam shot into the sky, directly boosting Coalossal's speed to the limit!

Shedinja rode the wind in as well, forming a pincer attack with Talonflame as it launched a clear-cut assault on Lucario.

Compared to the German Alliance team's textbook coordination, the Divine Land Alliance team was rather disappointing.

Lucario broke away from the group and lowered its body as it charged straight at Talonflame and the others. Hydreigon, meanwhile, simply began performing Dragon Dance, a move most Dragon-type Pokémon and even non-Dragon-type Pokémon could learn, seemingly with no intention