Trainers These Days Have Terrible Standards!

"X-Scissor!"

Goromaru's voice rang out just as green light flashed from Armaldo's two claws, poised to stab the falling Swampert.

What a combo!

A displacement move, a launch, then an ultimate—there hadn't been a single pause in the whole sequence.

Had it been any other Pokémon, it might very well have lost right there.

Taken down by Armaldo's sharp combo.

What a pity.

"Aqua Jet."

Just as Swampert was about to fall onto Armaldo's claws, a small opening suddenly split open at the back of the orange-yellow air sac on its right arm, and a rushing jet of water burst out!

Boom!!!

A great volume of blue water from nowhere wrapped around Swampert's body in the blink of an eye, carrying it away from above Armaldo!

All of this had taken less than two seconds.

Goromaru's and Heiduo's commands had been issued almost simultaneously.

Bang!

Swampert landed behind Armaldo, its expression still calm, as though nothing had happened.

Only the slight abrasions on its abdomen proved that Swampert had indeed been launched into the air by countless stone spikes just moments ago!

"Not fast enough. Do I really have to wait until Mega Evolution before I can compress air into those sacs?"

Heiduo frowned with slight dissatisfaction.

In truth, the orange air sacs on Swampert's body were meant to store air, allowing it to survive for long periods in enclosed swamps. However, they could only hold a very limited amount and could not support Swampert flying all over the place.

So Heiduo had found a way to turn them into water outlets. Swampert no longer needed to squat in mud for ten days or half a month, so the air sacs on its body had been completely unused.

However, the water in Swampert's body was limited after all. If it