With Lucario's Bone Club pointed at it, Bisharp was in no hurry.
It slowly rose to its feet. Though it was breathing a little heavily, it still looked imposing.
Bisharp stared coldly at Lucario. Suddenly, it raised a hand and flung out a brown ball of light.
Then it raised the blades on its arms and rapidly spun its body.
Lu Ze glanced at Bisharp in surprise. This Bisharp was pretty clever. It first used Focus Blast to draw Lucario's attention, then took the chance to boost itself with Swords Dance.
Lu Ze turned to Lucario again, wanting to see how it would respond.
Lucario lightly flicked the Focus Blast aside with the Bone Club in its hand. The attack retained its force and blasted a hole straight through the nearby mountainside.
Then Lucario made no move at all, simply watching Bisharp finish its boost.
The instant the boost ended, the blades on Bisharp's forearms lit up. Dark energy enveloped its entire body as it charged at Lucario with the tips of its arm blades leading the way.
Lucario chose to take the attack head-on.
Bisharp's Throat Chop successfully struck Lucario, but just as Lucario was sent flying—
A burst of energy appeared before Lucario's chest and struck Bisharp directly. Both sides were sent flying backward at the same time.
"Hm? No stat boost?"
Lu Ze looked at the flying Lucario in confusion. The Justified Ability raised its Attack stat by one stage whenever it was hit by a Dark-type move.
Yet Lu Ze had not seen the white flash that indicated a stat increase on Lucario.
Lu Ze shook his head with a wry smile. The battle had been so exciting that he had actually forgotten to check the two Pokémon's stats.
Pokémon: Lucario
``` Gender: Male