"Hmph! An electric mouse! Go, Electabuzz! Show it what you're made of!" Ning Xiao said disdainfully as he summoned his Electabuzz.
The battle began before the Referee could even say anything.
"Pikachu, Double Team, then follow up with Quick Attack!" Lu Yangqiu shouted.
Several Pikachu instantly appeared on the field, then streaks of white light charged toward Electabuzz.
"Don't worry! Use Swift and find the real one!" Ning Xiao was completely unfazed and had Electabuzz use a fast attack of its own.
Electabuzz spat out a barrage of white stars, scattering Pikachu's doubles one after another.
"Hey, who do you think will win?" Jiang Cheng asked Xiao Ran from the spectator seats, speaking past Bai Tingjiao between them.
"Probably Lu Yangqiu?" Xiao Ran answered after some thought.
"No way! Ning Xiao's going to lose? He's really good among Electric-type Pokémon Trainers!" Lan Yanxi immediately objected.
"Exactly! Electabuzz might not be as agile as Pikachu, but its physical abilities, move power, and everything else are much stronger!" Shen Yue chimed in.
"Not necessarily. Lu Yangqiu might be a bit unreliable, but his Pikachu really is pretty strong! Besides, he's an Awakened!" Bai Tingjiao made sure to stand up for her classmate too.
"All right, my saying Lu Yangqiu can win doesn't have much to do with strength!" Sensing that they would start arguing if this continued, Xiao Ran promptly cut them off.
"Electabuzz does have better physical abilities than Pikachu, but in a battle between two Electric-type Pokémon, Pikachu has a Hidden Ability called Lightning Rod!"
"Lightning Rod?"
Xiao Ran's words caught everyone off guard. They weren't very familiar with Abilities, but the name Lightning Rod alone made it clear that it had to be a powerful counter to Electric-type Pokémon.
"That's right. A Pokémon with the Lightning Rod Ability can