Faced with Xia You's two choices, Abra made its choice with an attack.
Its blue-glowing eyes suddenly shone brighter, and a wave of psychic power shot straight toward Xia You.
It was neither a probe nor a threat, but a genuine attack. From the look of it, this Abra really wanted to drive them away.
But it had chosen the wrong opponent.
Gardevoir did not even move from its spot. It merely raised a hand slightly, and a transparent barrier spread out in front of Xia You, blocking all of that energy.
Abra's psychic power struck the barrier and scattered into tiny flecks of light, failing to cause so much as a ripple.
Seeing this, Abra lowered its head and looked at its palms, seemingly puzzled.
Puzzled as to why it had failed to break through the barrier of the Pokémon before it.
But Gardevoir paid no attention to that. Since its opponent had already attacked, it launched a counterattack after receiving Xia You's command in its mind.
Just one move.
A Psychic several times more concentrated than Abra's attack surged from Gardevoir's palm and struck Abra dead on.
Abra was blasted away in an instant, tumbling several times across the slippery grass before hitting a low stone tablet and finally coming to a stop.
Its body trembled slightly. It struggled to stand, but could not get up no matter how hard it tried.
The gap in strength between the two was plain to see.
After knocking Abra down, Gardevoir did not continue attacking. It simply withdrew its hand and looked calmly at Xia You, seemingly waiting for further orders.
Xia You stood where he was, watching Abra.
After being knocked down, perhaps realizing the absolute difference in power between itself and Gardevoir, it stopped struggling so much. Instead, it