Boom!
An Aura Sphere struck Flygon, blasting up a plume of black smoke.
Flygon had no time to react to the pain, because the remaining Aura Sphere was already hurtling toward it.
To avoid being hit, it could only flee again. As it dodged left and right and finally rushed blindly out of the sandstorm, the storm abruptly stopped, no longer controlled by its power.
Drayden's strategy had been broken.
The core of the sandstorm strategy was to launch unpredictable attacks in extremely poor visibility and keep the target trapped in the storm as long as possible, dealing continuous damage.
But with the power of aura, Flygon's position was completely exposed, no different from normal.
In that case, there was no need to maintain the sandstorm any longer.
Without the strategy, all that remained was the most primitive-and most intense-head-on clash.
In terms of strength, Lucario still couldn't compare with Dragonite. There remained a slight gap between them, which meant that against Drayden's Flygon, it couldn't fight as comfortably as Dragonite had, defeating two opponents of this caliber in succession.
But that was only in relative terms.
Even the weakest of Xia You's Pokémon-how weak could they really be?
It still couldn't beat Dragonite, but that didn't mean it couldn't beat Flygon. It would simply have to expend more stamina and take a few more injuries.
With Aura Sphere, Lucario could attack at any range. When Flygon approached, it fought back with close-range Fighting-type moves; when Flygon flew away, it sent Aura Spheres after it.
That made it difficult for Flygon to contend with Lucario.
Although it attempted to counterattack under Drayden's direction, Lucario could sense Xia You's thoughts through aura, and those counterattacks could only be described as having very little effect.
When faced with another Aura Sphere, Flygon