Geeta's two Pokémon attacked together.
"Gli!"
"Furo~"
Blue light flashed in Espathra's eyes, and a pink-purple hexagonal glow flickered before it; Glimmora spun down toward the ground, and flames seemed to burst from the earth's core!
Rumble!!
The ground shook wildly, setting both trainers' vision trembling.
Arven swallowed hard.
If Protect worked as flawlessly as it did in the games,
Geeta would pay for her misjudgment and lose a crucial chance to attack.
But unfortunately, when the gap between Pokémon was too great, a seemingly impregnable Protect was little sturdier than a brick wall under a barrage of cannon fire.
Crack—
With a sharp snap, invisible psychic power struck like thousands of needles, like glittering stars, cracking the blue shield first.
Then the surging flames of the earth roared in. Unable to withstand the impact, the shield shattered, and the Rock-type Garganacl felt the earth's wrath!
"Goh!!"
Its voice was deep and full of pain.
Although Light Screen appeared at once, the attacks were fierce enough to leave cracks all over Garganacl's body.
Worse still, Protect had failed to block Lumina Crash's secondary effect, and its Special Defense had fallen sharply.
When it rained, it poured!
Garganacl looked ready to collapse.
Then, suddenly,
a glowing orb appeared above its head, showering it with faint light that rapidly restored its strength.
Soft-Boiled!
Not far away, Blissey wore a stern expression as it fought to keep Garganacl standing.
Heal Pulse would undoubtedly have worked better, but it risked colliding with Espathra's Lumina Crash, weakening both psychic forces as they clashed.
Baimu was hardly arrogant enough to pit a Normal-type Blissey against a Psychic-type Espathra in a contest of psychic power.
For one thing, Blissey had not reached level ninety. For another, Espathra belonged to the Top Champion!
"Garganacl—"
Arven clenched his teeth.