Exploud appeared again, and Teacher Zhou nodded. "You still get the first move."
The lineup of seven Pokémon remained unchanged, except that Kakuna had evolved into Beedrill.
"Attack according to yesterday's plan!" Cheng Tian gave the order. "Frogadier, Water Pulse!"
"Sylveon, Swift!" "Pachirisu, Discharge!" "S-Solar Beam!"
Several Pokémon unleashed ranged moves, focusing their fire on Exploud. "We're going in too!" Bai Yun ordered. "Chimchar, Low Sweep!"
Just then, Zhao Shimo suddenly ordered, "Beedrill, Double Team, then stack Agility!" Neither closing in to attack nor kiting from a distance, Beedrill simply kept boosting its speed.
"Oh? Focusing your fire?" Teacher Zhou ordered, "Thunder Punch!" Exploud was just about to blast the charging Chimchar away with Thunder Punch when Song Rongxue followed up immediately. "Pancham, Quash!"
Quash took effect, forcing Exploud to use its move last. Pancham and Chimchar charged up close, launching Arm Thrust and Low Sweep straight away.
Meanwhile, the ranged moves arrived one after another. Exploud was forced to take two waves of concentrated attacks. It had just opened its mouth to unleash Supersonic when Pachirisu darted over with Quick Attack and drew the move away with Follow Me.
Budew had almost finished charging Solar Beam. Teacher Zhou frowned. "Interrupt it with Rain Dance!"
"Pancham, interrupt its Rain Dance with Taunt!"
"Pan-pan!" Pancham jumped over and raised a middle finger on each hand, pulling a face as well. At the same time, it pressed its thumb and little finger together and held them before its eyes. The mockery was cranked to the limit!
Exploud flew into a rage on the spot.
Who are you calling small???!!!
"Roar!" With an enraged bellow, Exploud swung a Thunder Punch at Pancham without a care for anything else. Pancham, however, immediately put up Protect and blocked the Thunder Punch. Seeing this, Chimchar launched