With Greninja's strength, experience, and slight type advantage, handling a Pokémon belonging to a Trainer like this was naturally a breeze.
As the two Pokémon clashed, Greninja first dodged Krookodile's gaping jaws, then struck it with a point-blank Water Pulse, making it stagger. As Krookodile counterattacked, Greninja unleashed a Hydro Pump that hit it and drove it back more than ten meters. Before it could get up, several Water Shuriken rapidly formed in Greninja's hands, and it hurled them forward, striking Krookodile precisely and knocking it to the ground.
The entire combination flowed seamlessly, without a single wasted movement.
As for Krookodile, its eyes were already spinning. It had clearly lost the ability to keep fighting.
None of the Trainers watching had expected Krookodile to lose just moments after the clash began, with the entire battle lasting barely a dozen seconds.
They stood stunned for a while before coming to their senses.
"He beat As that quickly?"
"Exactly! As's Krookodile is pretty strong. How did it go down so easily?"
The onlookers buzzed with discussion. None of them had expected the battle to end so quickly, and they were all astonished by Xia You and his Greninja. Their discussion naturally drew even more attention.
The Trainer battling Xia You, whose name was As, could hardly believe his eyes when his Krookodile fell so easily.
What had he just seen?
Krookodile had lost, just like that?
Since when had his Pokémon been so fragile?
Frowning, he carefully studied Greninja on the field. He had to admit that, after this battle, he could indeed sense something different emanating from this Pokémon. Yes... the air of a powerhouse.
But that did not make him back down. He took out a Poké Ball, recalled Krookodile, then sent out his second Pokémon.
With a flash