"Volcarona, come back and rest!" Liu Qing recalled the panting Volcarona, then tossed out another Poké Ball. "Roserade, you're up!"
"Pelipper, strike first with Quick Attack!" Winona immediately commanded. Pelipper blurred into motion, trailing a streak of white light as it slammed into Roserade. Winona followed with another order. "Pelipper, use Steel Wing!"
"Roserade, Extrasensory!" Caught off guard by Quick Attack, Roserade had taken a hit, but the damage was minor. As Pelipper attacked again, Roserade immediately extended an arm, releasing a colorful spiral of light from its tip.
"Pelipper, fifteen degrees to the left! Dodge!" Winona shouted. Pelipper immediately flapped its wings and deftly swerved, skimming past Extrasensory before landing a blow on Roserade. It climbed rapidly, then swooped back down to charge at Roserade again.
She really lives up to her name as the bird user who soars through the skies! Liu Qing silently praised her, then gave another command. "Roserade, Extrasensory!"
"You can try as many times as you like—it won't work! Pelipper, thirty degrees to the right! Dodge!" Winona commanded confidently. This time, however, just as Pelipper dodged, a second Extrasensory enveloped it completely.
"Winona, my Roserade has more than one hand. You're too confident!" Liu Qing said with a smile. "And any position you can think of dodging to is one I can calculate too."
"In that case, Pelipper, use Hydro Pump!" Winona knew she had indeed been careless. She had never expected Liu Qing's powers of observation and judgment to be so sharp.
"You still think you can fight back after being caught by Extrasensory?" Liu Qing ordered with a cold smile, "Roserade, Sludge Bomb!"
Boom! Pelipper had only just opened its mouth when a lump of sludge shot straight inside. An expression of excruciating pain immediately crossed its face, and an eerie purple