Milotic panted a few times, her entire body enveloped in a milky glow. Under the effects of Recover, her charred skin healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"So amazing!"
"So amazing!"
"Sho amazing!"
The three little ones exclaimed in amazement together. After realizing that she had mispronounced her words, Manaphy even gave an embarrassed little smile.
"Cha!"
Infernape gritted his teeth and charged again, lightning flashing over his fist as he swung at Milotic from a tricky angle.
Milotic immediately blocked with Protect, then whipped up a huge wave with her tail. The roaring water crashed down over Infernape.
At the same time, Milotic pressed her advantage, blasting another Water Pulse into Infernape's chest.
When the waves receded, Infernape lay sprawled on the ground, having already dropped out of his Bond Phenomenon form.
The spray had soaked Ye Qing's shoes too. He shared Infernape's pain at that moment; the side effects of the Bond Phenomenon hurt so much that he clutched his chest and nearly sank to the ground. He thought it really had been a long time since he had experienced this feeling.
In the past, against opponents at the same level, Infernape could basically sweep through them after undergoing the Bond Phenomenon. Now, however, he had fallen to Mega Milotic.
Thinking back to when none of them could Mega Evolve yet, the situation seemed to have been much the same.
Back then, Infernape's priority moves still worked on Milotic, so despite his type disadvantage, he had not been nearly this helpless.
In truth, Infernape had performed so poorly this time because Milotic's Ability had caught him off guard. That lack of information had cost him two opportunities to attack.
Otherwise, although there was no guarantee Infernape could have won, he would not have lost so