Lucario fought with everything he had. He could swear from the bottom of his heart that, in all his life, he had never fought this desperately. Not once!
But no matter how hard he fought, his opponents were no pushovers.
Even if he took them down one blow at a time, he still had nearly a hundred to go!
That would give the other side enough time to attack him fifty times over!
As Lucario pressed deeper into their ranks, his injuries steadily mounted.
He had been strengthened earlier, but he wasn't made of iron. His stamina was finally giving out.
"What do we do, Cynthia?"
Liu Shuo watched anxiously as Lucario fought a hundred opponents alone and began to lose the initiative.
Cynthia had long since grown used to Liu Shuo addressing her that way.
At his question, she answered without hesitation. "Watch!"
Liu Shuo and Little Baldy were both baffled!
What did she mean? Wasn't Cynthia usually more concerned than anyone about her Pokémon's safety?
She always tried to win without taking damage. Why had she changed her tune today?
Had Lucario upset her last night and earned himself a lesson today?
"Just watch. Let Lucario fight to his heart's content!"
Cynthia had clearly misunderstood. She thought something had gotten into Lucario and he'd decided to have a grand battle to satisfy his urge to fight.
In truth, Lucario hadn't thought anything of the sort.
He was just miserable...
With Xu Mu threatening him, how could he dare hold back?
Boom!
A long-prepared Hyper Beam slammed into Lucario's back, sending pain through him.
Struck from behind, he gritted his teeth and got up. With a sweep of his hand, he unleashed Earthquake and knocked down the Pokémon that had ambushed him.
Then he ignored the attacks coming from