At that moment, Drayton still hadn't noticed anything wrong.
The rain was too heavy, and he was too far away to make out the life energy drifting into Misdreavus.
On the contrary, he was delighted-
You bastard, after running for so long, you've finally got the guts to stop and fight me!
Today, I'll show you what playing dirty really means!
"Kingdra, Muddy Water!"
Kingdra abruptly stopped spinning, then plummeted, slamming its sturdy tail hard against the ground.
The earth, soaked with snowmelt, shuddered violently as torrents of thick, filthy water erupted from below, carrying mud with them!
Their target was Misdreavus, floating in the air!
In the rain, Kingdra was simply too fast after Dragon Dance. Misdreavus had almost no room to dodge this Muddy Water.
But now, it didn't need to dodge.
"Thunder!"
Xia Chi gave the command, but Misdreavus hesitated slightly.
After all, it had only recently learned this move from the "online lessons" Cynthia had sent over, so it was still a little rusty.
But the principles carried over. Already familiar with Thunderbolt, Misdreavus swiftly converted the energy within its body into Electric-type energy.
In an instant, dazzling golden sparks erupted from its crimson eyes!
Without warning, a terrifying bolt of lightning, so blindingly white it was almost blue, plunged straight down from the thick clouds above the battlefield toward Kingdra, suspended in midair!
Rumble-
The flash came first, followed by a tremendous thunderclap that reverberated across the battlefield.
Everyone knew water conducted electricity.
In fact, the more impurities water contained-the murkier it was-the better it conducted electricity.
That was why Xia Chi had chosen Thunder, despite it not actually being super effective against Kingdra-
The terrifying electrical energy lingered on Kingdra for a moment, then surged wildly down its body and into the entire expanse