The first devastating strike had been evaded in an incredible fashion, but the shadow of death had not receded. The Pokémon League's aircraft had fallen into brief, deadly chaos after that maneuver, so extreme it bordered on brutal. Their formation had been completely scattered, and each aircraft scrambled to avoid collisions. For a moment, this elite aerial formation instead resembled a swarm of hornets whose nest had been disturbed, flying wildly through the sky.
High above, the Rampage giant bird clearly had no intention of giving the mortals time to breathe. It let out another cry filled with pain, and with a beat of its wings, a second rain of fireballs, slightly smaller in scale but faster, had already taken shape.
"Stay calm! All units, maintain your attitude after the sideslip. Don't rush to correct it!"
Ye Li's voice rang out again. This time, he did not roar. His tone was so calm it was almost cold, as though the man who had resembled a vicious demon moments earlier had merely been everyone's hallucination. Through the highest-priority channel, his voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, reached every panicking pilot clearly. Like a powerful sedative, it forcibly suppressed everyone's panic.
"Left wing, aircraft three, your fire-breathing dragon has three seconds left on cooldown. Ignore the threat directly overhead. Prepare to intercept fireball S17 below me at two o'clock!"
"All Blastoise units, abandon single-target strikes. Execute the C3 Tactic immediately, using fan-shaped, crossing Hydro Pumps. Don't attempt to attack. The objective is to create a dense steam barrier fifty meters ahead of the aircraft formation and interfere with its targeting!"
"Elite Four Lorelei, it has already begun charging its next breath attack. Its target is your flagship's starboard engine, and its energy reading is three times that of a normal attack. Have