Wasn't it supposed to be safe?!
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This batch had tricked me!
Although Heiduo really wanted to hold Salted Fish accountable, it was clearly not the time.
Garchomp, its claws bound by pitch-black tentacles, let out a low roar. The muscles all over its body suddenly bulged, and with a fierce exertion of its shoulders and elbows, it instantly snapped the black tentacles apart before leaping back to Heiduo's side.
The top priority was ensuring Heiduo's safety, not worrying about any Orb.
Heiduo frowned as he watched the shattered black tentacles turn to ash and disperse.
The reason the opponent could still touch Garchomp despite the [Protect] barrier was that there had actually been four tentacles. The first two had been blocked by Protect, while the latter two exploited the timing gap. They waited until the Protect barrier vanished before restraining Garchomp.
But it had all happened so quickly that Heiduo had nearly failed to react in time.
How exactly did the [Protect] barrier work?
It was actually quite simple. It operated based on contact time. First, activating the barrier itself had a time limit. Second, for a certain period after it received its first attack, it could continue blocking attacks for an extremely brief instant.
Those latter two tentacles had waited until that instant had passed before restraining Garchomp.
The sequence of breaking the barrier and binding him had been incredibly fast. If one had not paid close attention, one might not even notice that tiny detail!
The "person" attacking them possessed extremely sharp combat instincts!
Tentacles and ash... what kind of Pokémon was that?
Tentacruel?
No, no, Tentacruel could not possibly be underground. Tangela?
But