Victory in a Single Strike

Eevee's body slammed into Arbok's back like a cannonball fired from its barrel.

The dull thud made everyone's heart jolt.

Arbok let out a pained hiss, its massive body staggering under the blow.

The damage from this strike far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Eevee's Adaptability Ability had boosted the power of the Normal-type move Take Down to a terrifying level.

But Arbok still held an overwhelming advantage in both level and size. Though injured, it had not lost its ability to battle.

Instead, the searing pain thoroughly enraged the vicious Pokémon.

It whipped around and opened its enormous maw, ready to use the deadly move Crunch to tear the little runt that did not know its place to pieces.

A cruel smile appeared on Apollo's face as well.

So what if the sneak attack succeeded?

Against an absolute gap in strength, everything was futile.

Yet what happened next froze the smiles on everyone's faces.

After the impact, Eevee did not immediately retreat to create distance as conventional tactics dictated.

Instead, it used the momentum of the collision to cling tightly to Arbok's neck, mustering every ounce of strength to sink its teeth into Arbok's vulnerable spot.

At the same time, a Binding Headband on its head, disguised as an accessory, took effect.

This item could prevent an opponent from breaking free for a short time after its user successfully bound them.

Unable to break free, Arbok thrashed wildly, trying to throw Eevee off, but its efforts were in vain.

"Damn it!"

Apollo's face changed in alarm. He had never imagined that Ye Li's tactics would be so tightly interlinked, so shameless.

"Arbok, use Venoshock! Point-blank!"

He hurriedly gave the order.

Purple venom began gathering in Arbok's mouth as it prepared to deliver a lethal attack to the Eevee hanging onto its body.

Yet an expression of success appeared on Ye Li's face.

This was precisely the opportunity he had been waiting for.

An opportunity for Eevee and Arbok to make contact at point-blank range.

"Eevee! Our final trump card!"

At that moment, Ye Li's voice became utterly resolute.

"Helping Hand!"

Hearing its trainer's command, Eevee released its bite, but its four limbs still clung tightly to Arbok.

Through the move Helping Hand, it poured every last bit of its remaining stamina into a miniature device no bigger than a button, hidden beneath the fur on its chest.

It was an extremely unstable, single-use, high-voltage electric shock device that Ye Li had requisitioned from the Breeding Base's laboratory.

It had originally been a failed product intended for electrotherapy experiments.

The instant the device received the energy Eevee poured into it, it overloaded.

Bzzzt-!

Dazzling blue electricity erupted from the device.

At point-blank range, the violent current poured into Arbok's body in its entirety, without any restraint.

"Hiss-!!!"

Arbok let out an agonized shriek, its massive body convulsing violently.

The powerful current instantly destroyed its nervous system.

Its eyes rolled back, and its massive body crashed to the ground, completely unable to battle.

Eevee, too, slipped off Arbok and fainted, having exhausted all its stamina and suffered the aftereffects of the electric shock.

The entire place fell deathly silent.

Everyone stared at the result, dumbfounded, their minds utterly blank.

What had just happened?

With an Eevee less than a month old, Ye Li had beaten Arbok, one of Executive Apollo's ace Pokémon, head-on, in a way no one could have imagined-a way that could only be called "shameless" and "underhanded."

That clerk everyone had mocked.

That weakling everyone had looked down on.

At this moment, he had shocked everyone present.