In the wild, Kingdra usually lived in deep seas where almost no creatures dwelled, making their nests in underwater caves. They possessed the ability to unleash terrifying Whirlpools and could be called the dragon kings of the sea.
Even Dragon-type overlords like Dragonite were nothing for Kingdra to fear in the ocean. They could harness the power of the sea to battle them, and even among Dragon-type Pokémon, Kingdra belonged to the stronger ranks.
Not to mention that this one had been raised by Bai Du.
Kingdra possessed three Abilities. Its Hidden Ability, Damp, was basically useless and need not be mentioned, but its other two Abilities were formidable.
A Kingdra with the Sniper Ability was born with keen senses capable of spotting an enemy's vital points. As long as it struck a weak point, it could unleash terrifying power, possessing dreadful single-target burst damage just like a sniper described by its Ability name.
Bai Du's Kingdra, however, had the Swift Swim Ability. Its effect was simple: its speed merely doubled in the rain.
And the result of doubled speed was...
Within the curtain of rain, Kingdra floated into the air through its powerful control over Water-type Energy. Lucario saw only a blur before Kingdra left behind a blue afterimage and appeared before it almost instantly.
Water-type Energy surged within its seahorse-like tubular snout. A blinding blue flash erupted, and a rapid, compressed Hydro Pump was about to blast toward Lucario's vulnerable waist.
Lucario instinctively used Teleport and appeared directly behind Kingdra. The narrow Hydro Pump shot out and struck the battlefield, boring a deep hole roughly two fingers wide in the blink of an eye!
Lucario was deeply shaken. If Aura's detection ability had not warned it, that single blow alone would have severely injured it.
"Did it avoid