Cynthia was full of praise.
Xia Chi, meanwhile, was drenched in sweat.
Regardless of her Pokémon's raw strength, just two commands had nearly let her seize complete control of the battle's tempo.
Was this the pressure of facing the strongest Champion?
She really was a monster.
But even if he couldn't win, he had to give it everything he had!
"Floragato, Triple Axel!"
[Trailblaze]'s speed boost kicked in.
Indigo ice gleamed between Floragato's claws as the Pokémon unleashed the Ice-type move even faster than before.
The feline claws, tinted a frigid shade by Ice-type energy, slashed down on Roserade's shoulder again, and Roserade...
Well, there was no reaction at all.
It was possible to control the energy behind an attack, but there was really nothing to be done about defense.
Surely Roserade couldn't put on an exaggerated look of pain just because a super-effective move had landed?
Roserade wasn't nearly as good an actor as that godlike Pikachu.
"Dazzling Gleam!"
Even in a training battle, she couldn't simply take hits without fighting back.
Cynthia was still very curious about how well this offensively powerful Floragato could defend.
The rosebuds erupted with dazzling rainbow light in an instant, their alluring yet deadly pinkish-purple energy bursting like fireworks above the battlefield.
Floragato, closest to the blast, took the brunt of it before there was even time to change types and resist.
"Flora!"
Though the attack wasn't super effective, and Roserade had deliberately held back, the fierce, raging Fairy-type energy still made Floragato let out a low cry of pain.
Cynthia's eyes, however, lit up.
A Dazzling Gleam suppressed to amateur-level energy output had only done this much?
And amateur level wasn't weak. For example, a Starter Pokémon that had just evolved into its third stage, such as Charizard, might not even have