Magical Leaf could track its target, making it almost impossible to dodge. The best way to deal with it was to shoot it down.
Bubble Beam was extremely fast. As a move that struck first, it easily shot down the incoming Magical Leaf. At the same time, Gardevoir's next attack was already on its way.
"Gardevoir, Confusion!" Using Magical Leaf as cover, Jane had Gardevoir try to catch Primarina with Confusion.
Unfortunately, she had underestimated Primarina's strength. As a late-stage Elite Class Pokémon, Primarina could break free without much trouble even if Gardevoir caught it. Besides, catching it in the first place was no easy task.
"Primarina, Water Balloon!" Xiao Ran called.
Facing Gardevoir's attempt to catch it with Confusion, Primarina neither dodged nor retreated. It simply blew a water balloon in front of itself. The balloon refracted the light, concealing Primarina from Gardevoir's sight, and Confusion caught only the balloon.
"The moonlight's lovely tonight. Popplio, Moonblast!" Xiao Ran glanced at the bright moonlight overhead, then called to Primarina.
Moonblast was a powerful Fairy-type move, its strength surpassing even Dazzling Gleam.
An illusory full moon rose, and Primarina seemed to bathe in its light. A mass of pink light gathered at the tip of its red nose, forming a fist-sized ball of energy. Everyone could sense the destructive power within that pink sphere.
"Gardevoir, use Moonblast too!" Alarmed by the powerful aura coming from the other side, Jane ordered Gardevoir to use the same move.
Gardevoir could learn Moonblast simply by evolving, and Xiao Ran's Pokémon had initially learned it the same way. But whether in charging speed or power, how could Jane's Gardevoir possibly match Xiao Ran, who had awakened the Power of the Moon?
Gardevoir had only just begun gathering energy for Moonblast when Primarina finished preparing its