Fortunately, Spiky Shield was primarily a defensive move, so its recoil damage was not particularly high, barely shaving off nearly a sixth of Poliwrath's HP.
Shortly after Poliwrath took the recoil damage, Chesnaught's burn took effect, lowering its HP slightly.
"Well done, Chesnaught! Use Energy Ball!"
With Chesnaught's Physical Attack halved by its burn, the experienced Liao Wu ordered it to attack with a Special Attack move instead.
At its Trainer's command, Chesnaught began releasing Grass-type energy, gathering the dense energy into an emerald-green orb.
The condensed orb was Energy Ball. Since it was a Special Attack move, the Energy Ball Chesnaught unleashed would not be affected by its burn.
"Poliwrath, use Protect!"
Zhang Cheng also understood moves very well. As soon as Chesnaught used Energy Ball, he knew the attack would hit them hard and that they had to prepare their defense in advance.
"Yopo~ Yopo~"
Poliwrath reacted swiftly as well. Sensing the power of Chesnaught's attack, it quickly controlled its energy to create a Protect barrier.
Although the barrier rippled under Energy Ball's impact, it did not shatter. Poliwrath successfully blocked the powerful attack.
"Poliwrath, use Submission now!"
After blocking Chesnaught's attack, Zhang Cheng wasted no time launching a counterattack, ordering Poliwrath to use a powerful Fighting-type move.
"Yopo!"
At the command to attack, Poliwrath gathered a large amount of energy, moved up beside Chesnaught, and grabbed it, unleashing Submission.
"Chesnaught, use Solar Beam!"
Liao Wu had always fought aggressively. Facing Poliwrath's relentless attacks, he ordered Chesnaught to use its devastating Grass-type move, Solar Beam.
Solar Beam could deliver tremendous power, but it also had a drawback.
To unleash Solar Beam successfully, the user first had to gather a large amount of sunlight and Grass-type energy.
After receiving the command, Chesnaught quickly devoted all its attention to absorbing