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[What?! Torracat, despite its disadvantage against Azumarill, turned the tides and claimed victory in a stunning reversal!]

"Unbelievable!"

"666!"

"Torracat is amazing!"

"Way to go, high schooler!"

"Let's hear it for the future champion!"

The crowd erupted in cheers, their applause echoing through the arena as they celebrated Torracat and Victor's spectacular performance.

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The referee raised his flag. "Azumarill is unable to battle! Gym Leader Jasmine, please send out your next Pokémon!"

Jasmine smiled gracefully. "Impressive! Your Torracat's flames are truly extraordinary. But let's see how it handles this opponent. Go, Samurott!"

"Samurott! Samurott!"

Samurott is a four-legged blue sea beast Pokémon. A long white beard extends from its muzzle, giving it a dignified appearance. A large beige, spear-like shell spike protrudes from the back of its head, while a helmet-like shell covers the front, sharply pointed. Its abdomen is protected by a blue-grey, shell-like carapace.

Its limbs are adorned with beige, segmented, bracer-like coverings. On its forelimbs are bracers made of shells, which can transform into swords, known as "foot blades," during battle.

As a master of swordsmanship, Samurott can transform part of the armor on its front legs into a massive sword. Using the hidden blade within its armor, it can strike down enemies with a single swing. With just a glare, it can silence opponents, and with a roar, it can intimidate them. In the blink of an eye, it can slash at its foe with its dual foot blades and then swiftly retract them.

The swordsmanship style Samurott employs is called Iai. This technique focuses on defeating the enemy in a single, precise strike. Samurott can execute the sequence of drawing its sword, striking, and sheathing it all in an instant.

The aura emanating from Jasmine's Samurott was sharp and imposing, like a blade unsheathed and ready for combat. It was clear this Pokémon was a formidable late-elite-level opponent!

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Samurott (Water, Male, Ability: Shell Armor)

Level: Elite Late Stage

Held Item: Wave Incense (When held, Wave Incense raises the power of Water-type moves by 20%.)

Moves: Razor Shell, Swords Dance, Megahorn, Aqua Jet, Waterfall, X-Scissor

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Victor secretly complained when he saw the difficulty rising in vain.

"Torracat, do you want to continue?" He turned his gaze to Torracat, who was breathing slightly.

"Torra!" (I can still fight!)

"Well, let's work together to defeat Samurott!"

Feeling the high fighting spirit of Torracat, his mood also rose.

"Both sides take their positions, the battle begins!"

"Torracat, use Flamethrower!"

Thick pillars of fire shot out from Torracat's mouth. As his mood grew higher, the flame bag provided more and more flames.

The blazing pillar of fire shot straight at Samurott, but Samurott did not move.

"Hydro Pump!"

A powerful blast of water shot from Samurott's body, instantly splitting the pillar of fire into two and dissipating it!

As the pillar of fire was chopped open, the sharp sword intent around Samurott was released without reservation. For a moment, Torracat even felt like he would be split into two by the sword.

But now was not the time to back down! Only if I can defeat Samurott, it will be easier for Sister Carbink to deal with the next Elite-level Pokémon!

"Torra.. torra!"

Facing the cold sword intent of Samurott, Torracat roared loudly without fear!

"Use inferno Charge!"

Since the long-range moves would be divided into two, the only way to find a chance was to try close combat. Victor made an instant judgment on the battle situation!

"Lure it over here and strike hard!"

Jasmine's Samurott, as an expert in swordsmanship, naturally hoped to engage in close combat, and Torracat's move was exactly what she wanted!

Torracat, wrapped in flames, sprinted faster and faster, gradually leaving a red afterimage!

In just a few seconds, the two sides started fighting!

Samurott extended one foot blade, and the foot blade extended into an emerald green tip.

The emerald-green sword light quickly sliced through the air, and under the airtight sword net wielded, Torracat could not find any opening to attack Samurott's body!

Torracat, wrapped in flames, kept dodging, dodging, dodging, not daring to be careless at all.

Every time he took a step, the sword would swing toward him like a thorn in his flesh.

Under the lightning and thunder attacks between the two sides, the audience in the auditorium did not dare to say a word and stared at the field for fear of missing the scene that decided the winner.

Victor understood that if he continued to consume energy like this, Torracat would be the first one to run out of energy!

In this case, the only choice was to give it a try!

With determination made up, Victor unleashed the power of the Aura to connect with Torracat without reservation!

Aura resonance, on!

A strong gust of wind blew away from Victor, and his blue jacket rustled like a battle robe!

Victor and Torracat, whose vision, thoughts, and feelings were completely synchronized, no longer needed any communication!

"Use inferno Charge!"

Orange-red flames gushed out from Torracat, getting darker and darker in color until they turned deep red.

Layers of explosive flames swept around the body of Torracat, and flashes of lightning appeared from time to time in the deep red flames. At this time, Victor and Torracat's eyes were completely locked on Samurott!

"Meow--!"

Torracat stomped on its limbs, wrapped in a blazing storm, and ran toward Samurott with an indomitable momentum!

On the path where Torracat ran, the ground seemed to be melted by the high temperature, leaving a straight mark!

Seeing that Victor and Torracat were about to use the final attack, Jasmine said solemnly: "Iai · "Sacred Sword!"

Facing the violent attack of Torracat, Samurott did not make any reaction. Instead, he slowly retracted his foot blade into his arm armor and closed his eyes like a Zen master in meditation. The soaring sword intent that seemed to cut off everything also restrained, just like a sword being sheathed.

How is this going? Is Samurott going to give up resistance? Some of the tourists who came to travel began to whisper in confusion, but the locals who were familiar with the fighting style of Samurott were already sweating coldly about Torracat.

Along with the approaching roar, a burning crimson meteor rushed straight toward Samurott from the other end of the arena!

Just before the crimson meteor was about to hit Samurott, its eyes suddenly opened, and an unstoppable sword intent emanated from Samurott that seemed to tear the sky apart!

"Buzz——."

A crisp sword cry rang out, and the dark blue giant blade that was pulled out instantly clashed with the crimson meteor, making bursts of tooth-grinding sounds.

Samurott's arms trembled slightly. He never expected that not only could his secret technique fail to cut the enemy who was rushing straight toward his blade, but he was suppressed by it head-on!

There was another cry of surprise from the audience. The tourists who thought that Samurott had given up were surprised at his sudden burst of attack, while the locals were surprised that Samurott, who had used his ultimate move of "Sacred Sword, was actually at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Torracat!

With a click, the shield in front of the auditorium suddenly opened, and the energy released by the collision was enough to threaten the spectators in the auditorium.

"Torra-o-o-o-o!"

The high faith drove the flames in the fire bag to continue to gush out, and Torracat, whose whole body was wrapped in flames, looked even more dazzling at this moment.

Fighting spirit, determination, faith, courage... all of these merged into flames and turned into crimson meteors, and the result was that Samurott's Iai · "Sacred Sword that could split waterfalls could no longer even defend against it.

Even though Torracat is currently in the center of the steam, he is still the hottest and most shining existence in the field of vision filled with white mist!

"Zi————."

Before anyone could react to what the sound was, the next moment, a blinding light rose above the field, and an even thicker white exploded from the center of the confrontation, tearing through and replacing the white mist that filled the field.

A dazzling white light erupted from the confrontation, forcing the audience who were staring at the venue to close their eyes and dodge.

The light gradually dissipated, and the figure of Torracat had long since disappeared, replaced by a strong tiger Pokémon.

Incineroar, come on!!