Big Ball Rasengan? No, It's My Spirit Bomb!

Blastoise's fan-shaped water blades failed.

Lucario could fly.

The two pieces of bad news in a row made Yuko bite down hard on her lower lip, her face full of unwillingness. She finally understood why Heiduo had let her use those moves so freely. It turned out he had such confidence in his Pokémon!

"Damn it! It's not time to give up yet! The strategy just failed, that's all!" she muttered, then called to the somewhat lost Blastoise, "Don't panic! We'll keep going! Try something else! Hydro Pump!"

Hearing this, Blastoise nodded forcefully. It spread its right foot, crouched to steady its stance, raised its metal cannons toward Lucario in the sky, and visible vortices of air gathered at the muzzles!

Standing behind Blastoise, Heiduo thought for a moment and said, "That's enough. Hit it from range. Stop relying on your master's style all the time. It can't play special offense."

Receiving the order, Lucario nimbly drifted backward through the air, easily dodging Blastoise's two booming water pillars, which were like tank shells. It placed both hands by its right waist and formed a dark-blue ball of energy in the stance of a Turtle Ki Blast!

Aura Sphere!

The greatest difference between this move and Aura Sphere was that Aura Sphere could become dark yellow if charged for long enough, while Aura Sphere was always dark blue!

And Aura Sphere could be formed with one hand!

The dark-blue energy sphere shot forward so quickly that it twisted into an oval halfway through its flight!

Bang!

It struck Blastoise squarely beneath the jaw!

"Blastoise!"

Blastoise cried out in pain. Its physical defense had risen somewhat, but its special defense had not. One Power-Up Punch and one Aura Sphere had dealt extremely considerable damage!

But it was not without a means of