The battle had been evenly matched just moments ago. How had it suddenly become so one-sided?
Cobalion was stunned by the turn of events.
Then Cobalion spoke directly to Chaofan:
"Kid, I admit you're strong. But if you think I'll go down that easily, you've got another thing coming!"
With that, Cobalion slowly rose to his feet.
He looked at Chaofan with even greater resolve.
Chaofan could not help feeling a trace of admiration at the sight of him.
From their brief clash, Chaofan could tell that Cobalion had a strong sense of justice.
Even when Cobalion had begun to lose ground in the fight,
he had passed up plenty of chances to strike Chaofan from behind.
Instead, Cobalion had continued to fight him openly and fairly.
At that thought, Chaofan grew serious too.
The same was true on Chaoyue's side.
As their battle went on, Chaoyue also began to admire his opponent.
Virizion had never tried to catch Chaoyue off guard. He had faced Chaoyue head-on the entire time.
And his position was hardly favorable!
Yet Virizion held fast to his convictions.
Watching the two Pokémon, Xu Mu could not help nodding.
Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion truly deserved their legendary name: the Swords of Justice.
Everything they did radiated a sense of justice.
Seeing this, Xu Mu called to Chaofan and Chaoyue:
"Chaofan, Chaoyue, just stay true to yourselves!"
Xu Mu's words caught them both off guard.
When had Xu Mu ever said anything like that? He had always swept enemies aside without mercy.
He had never shown them any consideration. Yet now he had said this.
That only shocked Chaofan and Chaoyue more.
As Xu Mu's Pokémon, they knew better than anyone what kind of person he was. Yet he had spoken up for these three Pokémon.
How