That was precisely why Rest counted as a move. Otherwise, they could simply take a nap—why even bother battling?
But when Xiao Ran raised his head again, he noticed that Lucario, lying on the ground in the distance, was also glowing with the same white light as Delphox.
"What? It's still not down? Gardevoir! Confusion!" Xiao Ran shouted. At that very moment, a scorching beam shot toward Gardevoir from afar.
"Dodge first!" Gardevoir had to abandon the Confusion it had yet to unleash and use Teleport instead, evading the lethal Solar Beam.
Looking up, he saw Bellossom standing at the edge of the field, covered in burns. It had fired that thick Solar Beam. Under Sunny Day, the beam had gathered at incredible speed before blasting toward Gardevoir.
"I got careless!" Xiao Ran murmured.
He had thought Sylveon's Dazzling Gleam would badly wound both Pokémon, allowing him to quickly switch in Gardevoir to finish them off. He would take Lucario out first, then protect Delphox while it used Rest to recover its stamina and mental energy as the opponent switched Pokémon.
What he had not expected was that Lucario would survive with Endure, then fall to the ground and pretend it could no longer fight while secretly using Rest.
Meanwhile, Bellossom, still in good shape with Quiver Dance active, had ignored its own injuries and desperately unleashed Solar Beam to ensure Lucario could recover.
"Tsk, they do have a few tricks!" Veranica said, but Xiao Ran had no time to pay attention to her now.
A Pokémon that used Rest on its own mainly wanted to recover stamina, so it would not sleep for very long. He had to finish Lucario off as quickly as possible. Otherwise, they would end up back at square one, and he would have recalled