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Jacob looked at Alakazam and Roserade with determination burning in his eyes, showing no trace of fear. Although his side was completely at a disadvantage in the current situation, there was still a chance for victory. The only requirement was to make Alakazam and Roserade follow his commands.

“Alakazam, Roserade, if you want to survive, listen to my orders.”

“Alakazam , use Heal Pulse on Roserade!”

“Roserade, use Psych Up on Blastoise!”

When Jacob’s voice rang out, a flicker of doubt crossed the eyes of Alakazam and Roserade. They clearly didn’t trust Jacob completely. But now both of them were seriously injured, and they could never defeat Blastoise and Incineroar on their own. At this point, they had no choice but to trust Jacob.

Alakazam decided to trust Jacob temporarily and used Heal Pulse on Roserade. If Jacob gave any suspicious orders, he would definitely refuse to obey. Psychic energy flowed into Roserade’s body, healing its injuries. Roserade used the Psych Up move on Blastoise, closing its eyes as normal-type energy surged through its body, copying the stat changes.

“Still trying to struggle?” Anthony sneered. “Blastoise, Hydro Cannon! Incineroar, Darkest Lariat!”

The cannons on Blastoise’s shell aimed at Alakazam , and two powerful Hydro Cannon attacks fired in succession. Meanwhile, Incineroar also used his signature move, Darkest Lariat, and rushed toward Alakazam with spinning claws wreathed in dark energy.

“Now, Alakazam, use Destiny Bond!”

When Alakazam heard Jacob’s command, a look of surprise appeared on his face, but his eyes instantly became resolute. At this moment, Destiny Bond was definitely the best strategy. If he didn’t use this move, he would definitely not be able to withstand both Hydro Cannon and Darkest Lariat.

A powerful ghost-type energy burst from Alakazam’s body, extending like dark tentacles that flew toward Incineroar’s body and connected with it. In an instant, a spectral energy chain formed between the two Pokemon, linking their life forces together!

“Stop, Blastoise and Incineroar!” Seeing that Alakazam successfully performed Destiny Bond, Anthony immediately ordered both Pokemon to halt their attacks.

However, while Incineroar could stop his assault, the Hydro Cannon already fired from Blastoise’s cannons could not be stopped!

Faced with the incoming Hydro Cannon attack, Alakazam neither dodged nor tried to evade. With the determination to take his opponent down with him burning in his eyes, he directly blocked the water attack with his body. There was a thunderous crash, and the already seriously injured Alakazam couldn’t withstand the Hydro Cannon at all. He was instantly knocked backward, crashed into the wall, and lost consciousness!

At the same time, Destiny Bond took effect, and the eerie ghost energy immediately engulfed Incineroar. Incineroar only saw darkness flash before his eyes as his life force rapidly drained away. He seemed to feel the same pain and damage that Alakazam had experienced at that moment, and he instantly lost consciousness. His body swayed backward and collapsed to the ground, unconscious!

Destiny Bond is one of the most troublesome moves in existence. The effect is that after using Destiny Bond, if the user faints, the target hit by Destiny Bond will also faint. However, Destiny Bond has many limitations. First, it’s limited by the move’s accuracy rate. Second, it only works perfectly against opponents with similar or weaker strength than the user. It has limited effectiveness against opponents much stronger than the user. Third, Destiny Bond cannot be used repeatedly within a short period after being used!

It was because Jacob had seen Destiny Bond in Alakazam’s move pool that he had the confidence to challenge Anthony. Now both sides had exchanged one Pokemon for one, which barely made up for the disadvantage. However, the remaining opponent was a King level Blastoise, while he had a King-level Roserade making her first battle appearance. There was still a gap in raw power, and Jacob’s only advantage was the type matchup.

At the same time, after performing Psych Up, Roserade suddenly opened her eyes. Energy surged throughout her body, and her presence became imposing. Through Psych Up, Roserade’s stat modifications were now equal to Blastoise’s.

Blastoise had used Shell Smash at the beginning of the battle, which lowered both defensive stats but greatly increased both attack stats and speed. Roserade had been at a severe disadvantage in terms of stats after her attack was lowered by Incineroar’s Intimidate ability and her special attack was greatly reduced after using Leaf Storm.

But after performing Psych Up, Roserade’s reduced offensive stats not only recovered to normal levels but were also significantly boosted. At the same time, her speed increased dramatically, while her defensive stats decreased, reaching the same level as Blastoise’s current state.

Just one Psych Up move had narrowed the gap between both sides considerably. It had to be said that status moves could really work wonders sometimes. For example, if this were a battle in a competitive format, except for the occasional “Weakness Policy plus Psych Up” combination in doubles battles, it would be difficult for Jacob to see this move used effectively at other times.

“Good! Very good!” Anthony looked at Jacob and laughed bitterly with rage. He now saw clearly that Jacob was a completely despicable opponent, a sneaky and underhanded fighter.

Not only had he hidden in a nearby room at the beginning, ready to ambush him at any moment, but now he had also made Alakazam use the dirty tactic of Destiny Bond to forcibly trade one-for-one and take down his Incineroar! He never expected that Jacob, who was so young and still a student, could be so cunning and have such a devious mind.

A research genius! The hearts of scholars are all rotten!

“I advise you to give up your resistance and come back with me,” Anthony looked at Jacob with murderous intent in his expression. “Otherwise, I don’t mind returning with a corpse.”

“You can try,” Jacob showed no fear at all. Who couldn’t make threats? He had built his reputation through bold claims and acting tough, even fooling and deceiving many opponents. This kind of intimidation was nothing to Jacob. Who couldn’t engage in verbal warfare? Didn’t Anthony know that Jacob was skilled at psychological games? “What are you barking about? Can you only bark like that?”

Anthony became furious after hearing what Jacob said. He could only respond in his imperfect language skills: “Since you’re seeking death, I’ll grant your wish!”

Anthony’s face trembled with anger.

“Getting anxious already? No one’s getting anxious, no one’s getting anxious,” Jacob’s mocking words made Anthony even angrier, his entire face turning red with rage.

“Blastoise! Ice Beam! Aim directly at Jacob!”

It was clear that Anthony was truly enraged. He no longer cared about the fact that the Dawn organization needed the living research genius Jacob. He now had only one thought in his mind, and that was to eliminate Jacob!

Jacob was startled and cursed internally. Damn it, was Anthony actually serious? Had his taunting just now been too effective? He should have held back earlier.

“Roserade, Energy Ball!”

The Ice Beam collided with the Energy Ball, and energy erupted from the impact, causing an explosion.

“BOOM!”

At that moment, the door was pushed open, and Alora rushed in with several of Anthony’s Pokemon and said to Anthony, “Anthony, hurry up! Mason is here!”

Anthony was filled with hatred as he looked at Jacob, wishing he could tear him to pieces. However, he knew he had to leave immediately. He glanced at his Pokemon – all of them were injured, and Dante was nowhere to be found, with only a Zoroark remaining.

“Where is Dante?” Looking at Zoroark, Anthony had already guessed that Dante might have fled long ago, and his expression became even darker.

“He’s not here. The one who was with us just now was this Zoroark in disguise,” Alora’s eyes flickered as she responded in a low voice.

“I know that. What I’m asking is why he’s not here!” Anthony suppressed his anger and climbed onto Gyarados’s back. “Forget it, let’s retreat and return for now.”

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