Neither Pokémon chose to Mega Evolve, but neither held back in battle.
Blaze Kick and Meteor Mash collided head-on.
Arm and shin locked together as both glared furiously at each other, unwilling to show weakness.
After a brief stalemate, the two Pokémon simultaneously took a step back.
But soon, they charged at each other again.
The two Pokémon were roughly equal in strength.
However, comparatively speaking, Lucario was at a type disadvantage.
But Lucario showed no fear.
The ones he fought every day were Crawdaunt, Sirfetch'd, and several Elite Four level Lucario.
A mere Senior level... though he himself was also Senior level.
Even so, he remained confident as he faced the Blaziken across from him.
"Blaziken, use Blaze Kick again!"
The blue-haired young man issued another command to Blaziken, but Lucario simply closed his eyes at that moment.
A flicker of surprise crossed Blaziken's eyes, but he still kicked forward without hesitation.
Bang!
"How is that possible?!"
Watching Blaziken fly backward, the blue-haired young man looked utterly incredulous.
"Counter!"
The blue-haired young man reacted quickly and immediately understood what Lucario had just done.
"Not bad, not bad."
"Really not bad."
"It's all thanks to our fine teaching."
After seeing Lucario gain the upper hand, the three Lucario behind him nodded in satisfaction.
Lu Ba's and Lu Xingguo's Lucario looked especially pleased.
See that? This was the fighter I trained.
After using Counter to knock Blaziken back, Lucario did not hesitate and charged at Blaziken again.
Blaziken sprang back onto his feet and took up a stance, ready to receive Lucario's attack.
But what he had not expected was that, as Lucario sprinted forward, his eyes were suddenly enveloped in a layer of purple energy.
The next moment, Blaziken was lifted into the air by Psychic.
Boom!
After violently slamming