Facing the incoming Inferno Overdrive, Diancie wasted no time. Diancie immediately withdrew the Guard Split effect on Salamence, then conjured a beam of light in front and easily blocked the powerful Fire-type move.
With both defensive stats at 150, Diancie was enough to make most Pokémon despair.
"Power Gem!" Without giving Magmar a chance to attack again, Diancie raised a hand and fired a Power Gem. The target, however, was not Magmar, but Espeon, who was preparing Psychic nearby.
"Vee~~~" Panicking, Espeon abandoned the psychic lock and leaped aside, but some small fragments of rock still struck home.
"Hey, don't steal my kill! That Baby Eevee is mine! Salamence, let's go!" Veranica protested.
Having recovered, Salamence surged into action again, soaring straight into the air before diving toward Espeon with Dragon Rush.
"Espeon!" Janice paled in shock, but Salamence was far too fast. In the blink of an eye, Salamence was already right in front of the target.
Boom! A thunderous crash rang out, and the Battlefield shook as though an earthquake had struck. Clouds of dust billowed up, obscuring everything.
"Wait, that's... Espeon and Diancie?" At the edge of the dust cloud, two small figures flickered in and out of view. They were still just recognizable as Diancie and Espeon.
But hadn't Espeon just been hit by Salamence's Dragon Rush? And Diancie's position was wrong, too. Wasn't that where Magmar had been?
"It was Ally Switch. From the look of it, Espeon switched places with Diancie, then Diancie switched places with Magmar. So the one Dragon Rush actually hit was Magmar?" Cheng Xuewen quickly analyzed the situation.
"Even those tricks can collide? They tried to trick him, and he turned it back on them?" His girlfriend stood beside him, momentarily stunned.
"Well, apparently so. Unless he just has the