The Overwhelming Black Wave! Hydreigon's Signature Secret Technique!

"What's with this Aegislash? Even with a burn halving its physical attack, it can still hit this hard?!"

Heiduo looked sorrowfully at the badly wounded Swampert inside its Poké Ball, especially the two savage gashes on its body.

Swampert had been with him for so long, yet this was the first time it had suffered such severe injuries.

It made him feel awful.

Still, if Swampert had not wanted to prove that it could defeat its opponent fair and square, things would not have become so complicated, nor would it have been hurt this badly.

Well...

Forget it. Winning was what mattered.

Even if Swampert itself no longer had any chance of taking the field.

Heiduo had Swampert use [Rest] and recover in peace, then turned his gaze toward the distance.

That Aegislash was truly terrifyingly strong!

Was its [Shadow Claw] really only level six?

Or was an Aegislash stronger after throwing away its shield than before?

If that attack had not had its physical attack halved, even two more arms would not have been enough for Swampert to withstand it.

Something was definitely off!

Heiduo glanced at Longxing, who flickered in and out of sight through the slowly dissipating steam in the distance. He refused to believe there was no trick behind Aegislash possessing such absurd close-combat strength.

Across from him.

Longxing gripped Aegislash's Poké Ball, thinking that Aegislash still had not completely mastered the technique she had taught it.

Otherwise, even with a burn halving its physical attack, Swampert would not have been able to endure it.

Just as Heiduo suspected, Aegislash's full-power burst after discarding its shield was not as simple as it appeared.

It actually incorporated some of the principles of Extreme Fighting, a combat art Longxing had learned outside.

It was like how Green combined