Tyranitar lashed downward wildly with all four limbs, pounding up clouds of dust and hammering Ampharos into the ground.
Still, finishing Ampharos with this attack alone was clearly impossible. Once Thrash ended, Tyranitar fell into confusion, but that did not mean it stopped. Instead, it kept striking wildly at everything around it, giving Ampharos a chance to escape.
Ampharos hurriedly scrambled up from the ground and crawled to safety on all fours.
Only when it looked back at Tyranitar standing motionless there did it let out a long breath, still shaken. Only then did it feel as though every bone in its body had shattered. It was agonizing!
Seeing Ampharos standing in a daze, Wattson hurriedly shouted, "Ampharos, snap out of it! Hurry and fight back!"
At its Trainer's words, Ampharos finally snapped out of its daze and hurriedly gathered the energy within its body, preparing an attack.
Meanwhile, although Xia You saw what Ampharos was doing, he could only wait for Tyranitar's confusion to end.
There was no helping it. The confusion that followed was unavoidable, and worrying would do no good.
Still, he could not help marveling inwardly. All he could say was that it truly lived up to its place among Wattson's ace Pokémon. It could take far more punishment than most. After being slammed hard earlier and then pinned down and pummeled for so long, it still had the strength to fight back. It really was impressive.
A powerful Thunder Shock shot from the tip of Ampharos's tail, striking Tyranitar in an instant.
Crackle!!
Electricity scattered in every direction. The attack left Tyranitar in terrible pain, its entire body aching unbearably, but there was a silver lining: it regained its senses!
This time, however, Xia You no longer needed to fight at close range. With Ampharos