Chapter 431

Wallace, who considered himself an objective observer, felt that the situation looked extremely favorable for Steven.

Diancie's performance in battle was nowhere near as dazzling as her appearance.

After several exchanges, the Sandstorm had shown little effect. Not only had the two Diamond Storms dealt mediocre damage, but Metagross had even used extreme speed and footwork to stylishly evade most of the second one.

Xia Chen had also abandoned Earth Power, the one move that could barely deal any damage.

With all these factors combined, Wallace simply could not imagine how Metagross could lose this match.

Yet Xia Chen was already struggling not to laugh.

Both Diamond Storms had successfully triggered their additional effect of sharply raising physical defense.

The odds were not particularly low, but for Metagross to run into this twice, its luck had to be somewhat poor.

Then again, perhaps Diancie, still in her "newbie protection period," was simply lucky.

More importantly, concealed by the Sandstorm, Diancie's physical defense boosts had yet to be noticed by Steven.

That was why Xia Chen had not directly used a move like Iron Defense to boost her defenses, instead gambling on Diamond Storm.

First, he could secretly strengthen her while deceiving the opponent. Second, he could chip away at Metagross's health.

Although Metagross had stylishly avoided most of the second Diamond Storm.

That was not important.

Diancie's physical defense was already high to begin with. With two massive boosts on top of that, calling her impregnable now would not have been an exaggeration.

Boom—

With a thunderous roar, Metagross plummeted downward, and Thunder Punch struck Diancie without suspense.

The princess's acting grew ever more convincing. Although her physical defense had risen again, making that Thunder Punch little more than a scratch, she cooperatively collapsed to the ground like a frail,