Hariyama's Arm Thrust missed again, and even its Force Palm failed to hit Blaziken.
After so many exchanges, it had only succeeded once with Vital Throw, hurling Blaziken heavily to the ground, only for Blaziken to immediately get up and break free.
At this point, Greta could only sigh inwardly.
It was hard. Far too hard.
Against a Blaziken this fast, finding an opening was simply too difficult!
Of course, that was not to say this Blaziken was stronger. It really came down to its speed, leaving Hariyama with all that strength and nowhere to use it. Against a power-oriented Pokémon like the Pangoro from earlier, it would not have ended up with so few chances to fight back.
Still, there was some good news.
At least moving at such high speed would drain Blaziken's stamina rapidly. If Hariyama could hold out until it had no choice but to stop, that would be its chance to counterattack.
Unfortunately, if Greta could think of that, how could Xia You not know it too?
Xia You had never intended to drag things out that long!
Although Blaziken was part Fighting-type, he had never intended to defeat a pure Fighting-type Pokémon through fighting ability alone. Fire would always be Blaziken's best weapon!
Dodging another attack from Hariyama, Blaziken moved behind it. Its claws clenched into fists, instantly bursting into flames as it swung viciously at Hariyama!
Fire Punch activated!
An orange blur flashed past, and the next second, both fists struck Hariyama one after the other.
Boom!
The moment the fists connected, the flames erupted violently, setting Hariyama's entire back ablaze!
The blow was undoubtedly excruciating, staggering Hariyama once again.
And when the flames disappeared, Hariyama had the misfortune to be left with a burn!
This was undoubtedly more bad news on top