Hydro Pump hit the turtle shell hard, making a muffled "bang" sound, and the huge impact brought Squirtle into the energy wall at the edge of the ring.
"Jenny!" A muffled groan came from the turtle shell. After hitting the energy wall, Squirtle was ejected and fell back to the ground.
It slowly stretched its limbs, with a somewhat embarrassed look on its round face, but its back armor was still intact. The Withdraw skill perfectly removed most of the impact of Hydro Pump.
Sugimoto Hideo stared at the opponent closely, but he didn't believe that the opponent had this ability. "Mudkip, take advantage of Pursuit, rush over and use Rock Tomb!"
"Crack!" Mudkip responded and rushed forward, gathering dozens of rocks around him and smashing them towards Squirtle.
Liuli frowned slightly, but her voice remained steady. "Squirtle, Aqua Jet, then use Rapid Spin to rush forward!"
"Jenny--" The water flow instantly covered Squirtle's whole body, and at the same time, its head, limbs and tail also Withdraw. The turtle shell carried the water flow Rapid Spin like a top.
As soon as those smashed rocks came into contact with the water flow on the turtle shell, they were bounced away by the rotating water flow.
Squirtle rushed straight towards Mudkip with the momentum of rotation, and the water flow around it was driven into a white halo, turning into a water jet on the charging route.
"Mudkip, get out of the way!" Yingnan shouted immediately when he saw the opponent's skill change.
Mudkip's pupils suddenly shrank, and his body instinctively jumped to the right.
The water jet almost brushed Mudkip's shoulder, leaving a clear white mark on its scales. The splashing water droplets hit its face, bringing a biting chill.
"Squirtle, Spin Crash!" Liuli's command suddenly rose, with a hint of sharpness that was not easy to Frisk.
Rapid Spin's Squirtle suddenly adjusted its center of gravity, and the rotating turtle shell hit the ground hard.
With a muffled sound of "bang", it suddenly lifted into the air with the force of rebounding from the ground, and its rotating trajectory drew a semicircle in the air, flying towards the Mudkip that had just been saved like a blue flying disk.
Mudkip had just stabilized his body from the leap, and when he raised his head, he saw the blue swirling shadow chasing after him.
"Mudkip, Rock Smash attack!" Yingnan knew he couldn't avoid it and shouted loudly.
"Crack!" Mudkip's fists quickly condensed the scarlet Fighting type energy, and punched out with all their strength against the spinning blue figure.
The hardness of Rock Smash's skill collided with Squirtle Spin Crash's spinning force. Mudkip felt a pain coming from his hand, as if the blow had hit a high-speed grinding wheel.
Rock Smash's energy was dissipated layer by layer by the rotational force, while it itself was like a fallen leaf blown up by a strong wind, its body flying backwards uncontrollably.
Mudkip's body fell heavily on the ring. It struggled to prop up its body. As soon as its right palm touched the ground, it felt heartbreaking pain.
"Mudkip!"
Yingnan looked at Mudkip's right hand nervously, and found that the scales on the back of the hand were completely broken, and dark red blood streaks continued to seep out from the damaged area.
"Squirtle, Spin Crash continues Pursuit!" Liuli's instructions were as calm as a pool of deep water. She did not change her skills, but let Squirtle use the inertia of rotation to win over Pursuit.
The blue swirling shadow of Squirtle quickly adjusts its trajectory in the air, and the rotating turtle shell brings up a halo of water, which becomes more dazzling under the light.
Squirtle in Rapid Spin drew an arc in the air, like a boomerang, and rushed towards Mudkip who had not yet completely stood up.
"Mudkip, use Hydro Pump to stop it!" Yingnan roared with a hint of urgency.
Mudkip endured the pain in his right palm, his cheeks suddenly bulged, he opened his mouth Spit Up and a thick white Hydro Pump rushed towards Squirtle with a whistling sound that ripped through the air.
Liuli's eyes suddenly sharpened, and at the moment Mudkip condensed into Hydro Pump, her voice was as crisp as ice beads falling on a jade plate. "Squirtle, Hydro Pump!"
The six holes in Rapid Spin's Squirtle's back spurted turbulent water at the same time. The rotational inertia caused the water flow to turn into spiral whips, which collided head-on with Mudkip's Hydro Pump.
The moment it hit Mudkip Hydro Pump, the water whip kept tearing at Mudkip's Hydro Pump, but in the blink of an eye, the thick white Hydro Pump was twisted into water mist.
After dispersing the opponent's attack, Squirtle's spiral water whip remained unabated and struck Mudkip with a sharp spinning sound.
"Mudkip, get out of the way!" Yingnan shouted as he looked at the spiral water whip approaching Mudkip.
Mudkip had just recovered from the force of releasing Hydro Pump, and his body had no time to make dodge movements.
"Pa"
The crisp sound of the blow echoed in the arena, and Mudkip's body was whipped backwards and flew five meters away. The scales on his chest were blown to pieces, and fine drops of blood oozed out.
"Click--"
It struggled to raise its head and wanted to stand up again, but its body could no longer support it. Its head tilted and it completely lost consciousness.
"Mudkip!" Looking at Mudkip who fainted, Yingnan shouted anxiously.
After the referee stepped forward to check, he raised his flag. "Mudkip has lost the ability to fight! Squirtle wins! I declare that Trainer Ruri advances!"
Yingnan quickly rushed to the ring, took the unconscious Mudkip back to Poké Ball, and ran towards the audience.
In the audience, Xinhai sighed helplessly, "As expected, we still lost, but everyone in the Ruri Family is indeed Coordinator, otherwise this Squirtle would not be able to control Rapid Spin himself so accurately."
Xinhai took out Pokédex and sent a message to Yingnan. After comforting him for a few words, he sent Yingnan his approximate location and asked him to come back to him after he had treated Mudkip.
Xinhai thought for a while and sent a few messages to Shali, and then continued to watch the game.
After the message was sent, the fourth battle just started on the field. One Slowpoke was using Teleport Pursuit to control Ralts. The positions of the two Pokémon were constantly changing, and each Psychic-type was hitting the ring with their skills.
Ralts's eyes were bright when he saw it, his little paws were tapping gently on Xinhai's shoulders, and he even let out a small cheer of "Lalu Lalu" from his mouth, just like a professional little audience.
"Are you so fascinated?" Xinhai smiled and touched its little head, "You will also learn these skills they use in the future. Then Torchic, you can fight side by side together!"
Ralts immediately turned his head, his red eyes shining with anticipation. "Lalu~ (Okay, okay!)"
The cheers on the field suddenly reached a climax. Xinhai looked up and saw Suzuki Ai burst out with his own Psychic type, and Ralts instantly began to counterattack.
Slowpoke could only keep dodging, but in the process of dodging, he was hit by Ralts's Magical Leaf skill. Ralts took this opportunity to catch Slowpoke and defeated it.
"Psychic type is great if you know how to fight two against one." Xinhai looked at Suzuki Ai on the court and shook his head.
Ralts suddenly pointed to the aisle of the auditorium and said to Xinhai, "Lalu Lalu! (Xinhai look quickly, it's Yingnan!)"
Xinhai looked along its line of sight, and sure enough he saw Yingnan, who was now walking towards him.
Xinhai waved to Yingnan. After Yingnan saw it, he walked to Xinhai and said, "Why don't you find a place to sit down?"
"The back row is full, and we can see it more clearly if we stand." Xinhai moved to the side so that Yingnan could see the ring more conveniently, "How is Mudkip?"
Yingnan lowered his head and glanced at Poké Ball at his waist, shook his head and said, "Nurse Joy said it's nothing serious. It's just that the continuous battles have made Mudkip a little tired. Just rest for three days."
Xinhai patted his arm and said, "It's okay. When the challenge is over, we will go to dinner together and I will treat you."
Yingnan's eyes lit up, and most of the gloom at the corner of his mouth disappeared. "Okay, it just so happens that the top eight have a bonus of 50,000 League Coin. I will give you a good beating this time."
"Don't worry, that's enough." Xinhai smiled and punched him, then looked at the host in the audience.
The host stood in the center of the ring, and his loud voice spread throughout the arena through the radio. "Dear viewers! After a whole day of fierce competition, the top four of the challenge have been born!"
The audience fell silent instantly, and all eyes were focused on him.