"Hand-Waving Takeoff..."
Familiar memories surfaced in Diwu Wangquan's mind. She had never expected a challenger's Lucario to have learned even this trick from the Lucario at the Extreme Realm Gym.
Strictly speaking, spinning her paws like that did not count as a move at all, only a little trick developed from one.
Luxray's thermal vision and Inteleon's invisibility were similar cases.
Changing the shape of the weapon created by Bone Rush was that Lucario's habit. Diwu Wangquan had not expected Xin Mu's Lucario to learn not only that, but the paw-spinning trick as well.
Only Electivire remained on the field, but Diwu Wangquan did not declare the battle over early and hand out the Badge. Instead, she saw the entire battle through.
Electivire finally unleashed a Thunder that swept across the entire field, activating his own motor drive and boosting his speed by several notches. But that did nothing to change the fundamental fact that he could not fly.
Although Electivire had two tails, he had not developed the ability to use them as propellers. Facing two aerial combatants at once, he still seemed terribly cumbersome.
After the match, Xin Mu received something that was, for once, a relatively normal Gym battle prize.
It was a training method for Magnet Rise. The move dealt no direct damage, but used electromagnetic force to keep the user airborne, granting immunity to attacks from the ground. For instance, it could render an area-of-effect move like Earthquake useless.
Lucario happened to be one of the Pokémon capable of learning it.
Lucario had mastered the paw-spinning trick, but that would not interfere with her learning Magnet Rise.
In a sense, the paw-spinning trick and Magnet Rise could complement each other.
Put simply, the Rooster Talisman granted levitation, allowing someone to float in the air, but