"Water Absorb? I figured that out ages ago!" The corners of Liu Qing's mouth lifted slightly as he calmly called, "Thunderbolt!"
At his command, Gyarados stopped feeding power into Aqua Tail. Electricity flashed across its body, and golden currents instantly coursed through the water still clinging to its tail, engulfing the Tentacool caught within its coils. The powerful current crackled, and Tentacool's face immediately contorted in pain.
"So Aqua Tail was meant to guarantee that Thunderbolt would hit, without letting all this rain disperse the current!" In the stands, Elesa suddenly understood, her eyes shining as she looked at Liu Qing.
"Tentacool, use Double Team!" Xun Chaoze had to admit that seeing Gyarados attack Tentacool with Aqua Tail had made him relax a little. Now jolted back to alertness, he quickly issued a command to salvage the situation.
At his command, Tentacool opened the eyes it had squeezed shut in pain amid the current. Its entire body gradually tensed, then, with an explosive bang, the electricity scattered. Panting heavily, Tentacool immediately floated free of Gyarados's tightly coiled tail.
"Oh?!" Liu Qing's gaze flickered. It had looked as though Gyarados's Thunderbolt had suddenly cut out, but that was not what had happened. In that instant, Tentacool had continuously created doubles that immediately dissipated, exhausting Gyarados's attack in a split second and allowing it to escape.
"Gyarados, Ice Fang!" The coiled Gyarados kept its lower body still while its upper body shot forward like a spring, a streak of purplish-red lightning. Bitterly cold air gathered in its mouth, forming two lightning-shaped ice fangs as it lunged to bite the Tentacool floating in midair.
"So fast!" Gyarados's rapidly advancing figure reflected in Xun Chaoze's eyes as he hurriedly commanded, "Double Team!"
At his command, white light flashed over Tentacool's somewhat charred body. Dozens