Lance's pupils contracted. He realized Liu Qing was learning from him, trying to make him fall into his own trap after adding a few embellishments. He also understood why Thunder had missed. When Salamence hovered in the air, its belly was parallel to the ground, whereas Dragonite's was perpendicular. Thus, even though both used Twister to block an attack, Dragon Pulse had hit while Thunder had missed.
Once again, Dragonite crossed its arms in front of itself before Lance could give a command, intending to gather power and reflect Dragon Pulse back. Yet the instant its arms touched the attack, it felt a clear difference from the previous one. With a deafening boom, Dragon Pulse exploded. The supereffective damage and point-blank blast made even the mighty Dragonite grunt in pain, hurling it backward uncontrollably. By the time it struggled to steady itself, a shadow fell across its vision. Salamence was already right before it, and Liu Qing's command came at that very moment.
"Salamence, Twister!" At Liu Qing's timely command, Salamence straightened its body and beat its wings, instantly forming a rapidly spinning tornado in front of itself that engulfed Dragonite. Fierce winds swirled around Dragonite, dealing continuous, supereffective damage as it gritted its teeth and endured the attack.
"Hidden Power!" Liu Qing did not believe Twister could keep Dragonite trapped, so he gave it no time to breathe before ordering another attack.
Salamence let out a low growl, its body glowing icy blue as dozens of light orbs formed and revolved around it. Under its control, they shot straight toward Twister. Once Hidden Power merged with the tornado, it could use the spinning force to inflict even greater damage on Dragonite. Watching all this, a sharp gleam flashed through Lance's eyes.
Liu Qing wanted to deny Dragonite any chance