Thud...
After tracing an arc through the air, Primeape crashed to the ground and rolled backward several times across the battlefield. Then its limbs went limp, and it fell unconscious, completely unable to battle.
From the start until now, the first battle had lasted only a few minutes before Dragonair claimed an easy victory.
Chuck's disciples watched, dumbfounded. This was completely different from what they had expected!
They had never imagined that a Pokémon belonging to their master Chuck, a Fighting-type expert, would be defeated so easily!
After all, neither of these two Pokémon had a type advantage over the other...
Some even rubbed their eyes, seemingly trying to confirm whether the Primeape lying on the ground was really the fierce Pokémon that usually thrashed the other challengers!
All that could be said was that Primeape was quite capable, but it was merely one of Chuck's reasonably strong Pokémon. Since Chuck had not recognized Xia You, he had treated him as nothing more than an ordinary challenger.
Ultimately, it came down to underestimating his opponent.
"You've certainly got some skill to beat my Primeape so easily. Looks like I'll have to show a little of what I can really do!"
Chuck gave Xia You a rather surprised look, took out the Poké Ball he had only recently tucked away, and recalled the unconscious Primeape.
He admitted that he had indeed underestimated the opponent before him. He had thought Xia You was just an ordinary challenger, never expecting him to be so strong!
This Primeape was often the first Pokémon he sent into battle, after all. Yet despite serving as his lead for so long, it had rarely ever lost this quickly!
It seemed he really would have to raise the difficulty a little!
With that thought, he waved to the