novelraw Chapter 744: Blastoise: Low HP Torrent, Go!!
Chapter 744: Blastoise: Low HP Torrent, Go!!
Chapter 744: Blastoise: Low HP Torrent, Go!!“What an astonishing command of Aura!”
Master Ma stared at the Blastoise before him, his face grave.
As a martial artist, Master Dojo could naturally discern Blastoise’s unique Aura talent.
And with Lu Ye’s own Aura enhancing it, this Blastoise would be even more troublesome!
“Roar…”
Urshifu raised one knee, watching Blastoise calmly and carefully, looking for its weak point.
It’s said some opponents falter when Urshifu’s Single Strike Style sees straight through their hearts, leaving them shaken.
However.
Blastoise remained unmoved, slowly removing its shades to reveal a look of utter resolve!
Even the cool-headed Urshifu’s brows creased, a ripple stirring in its chest.This Blastoise was like a bronze wall of iron, utterly flawless!!
Blastoise tossed its shades aside, and Little Rotom hurriedly caught them.
Lu Ye waved his hand and called, “Blastoise, Torrent!!”
Once there was Ash’s Infernape with its golden blaze.
Now there was Lu Ye’s Blastoise, Torrent at full strength!!
Water ripples rose under Blastoise’s feet, and with a thundering boom a column of water shot skyward, wrapping around the Pokémon!
“Ka-mu!!”
Torrent, activate!!
“Torrent!?”
Shock flickered across Master Ma and Urshifu’s eyes at the same time.
This is a trait only used in desperate moments — Blastoise’s Torrent!
But… Blastoise had only just entered the field!
Suddenly Master Ma seemed to understand.
Fighters train in brutal conditions like frozen wastes and waterfalls so their bodies are always on the edge of collapse, yet able to surpass limits…
Blastoise’s Torrent proves its grueling daily regimen!
Master Ma lifted his fierce gaze toward Blastoise, a spark of fervor added to his eyes.
This is a martial artist’s fighting spirit and honor when facing a true rival!
Outside the arena.
Champion Shangren had heard stories of Blastoise many times, but seeing it in person left him bewildered: “Is this… legal?”
Wang Daozhang nodded, “Some Pokémon have special talents. Besides, Mr. Lu Ye’s Aura can influence Blastoise’s state… there’s precedent.”
Champion Shangren: “……”
If he had used an Aura Blastoise against my Pupitar…
Isn’t that just bullying the honest folks!
The water column slammed down, shattering into spraying droplets. Blastoise appeared, its shell and forehead wet, but its gaze only grew sterner.
The steady Turtwig, sensing danger, deployed Torrent as soon as it hit the field.
Reinforced by Torrent, Water-type moves become even more devastating!
That momentum infected Urshifu’s Single Strike Style.
Urshifu didn’t dare be careless and inhaled deeply.
Then Urshifu opened its fierce eyes and darted out like a whirlwind!
“Water Rush Combo—Ah da!!” Master Ma cried as he kicked high.
Boom!!
As it charged, Urshifu’s steps rippled water beneath it, its breathing calm like flowing water while actions erupted like a waterfall!
A tangible water curtain spread around its body, the Water-style mastery “Water Rush Combo” smashing toward Blastoise in fluid, relentless strikes!
‘Blastoise,’ Lu Ye sensed: ‘Iron Defense!!’
Bang, bang, bang!!
Left fist, right fist, high kick!
The final high kick sent a water blade slicing into Blastoise’s crossed forearms with a ‘thud.’
“Ka-mu…” Blastoise stood unmoving like a mountain, its body gleaming with a steel-like sheen, faint fist marks imprinted beneath it!
Urshifu panted slightly, withdrawing its high kick, brows creased in puzzlement.
This Blastoise’s defense is ridiculously strong!
Spectators wore grave expressions.
“Fueled by tailwind, Urshifu’s speed is just insane.”
“No—Urshifu’s stamina is dropping too!”
Thunk!!
Urshifu’s flying kick struck Blastoise’s forearms;
Blastoise held firm while Urshifu flipped backward toward Master Ma, bouncing to readjust its breath.
“Master Ma—”
Master Ma looked up, saw Lu Ye and Blastoise move in sync, and curled his hand.
“Keep attacking!”
Same words, same provocation!
Master Ma cracked a grin, “Then keep coming, Urshifu!”
To prove his art, Master Ma continued issuing orders: “Water Rush Combo!!”
“Roar!!”
Urshifu roared and slammed off the ground with a boom.
But the tailwind had already ceased.
Lu Ye tilted his head to listen, a faint smile lifting his lips.
The tailwind is gone!
Urshifu’s speed slackened slightly, and the blue glow of Lu Ye’s Aura coalesced into a wave that brushed Blastoise.
“Blastoise!” Lu Ye’s black hair swayed as he called in a solemn tone, “Liquidation!!”
“Ka-mu!”
Blastoise assumed stance, torrents of boiling water surging around it.
Master Ma’s eyes flew wide.
He had purposely defended so the tailwind would stop, and in that instant of offense-defense switching—!?
There wasn’t time to retract the force;
Master Ma shouted, “Go meet it, Urshifu!!”
“Roar!!”
Urshifu’s wrists swirled with water as it punched in flowing strikes, crashing into Blastoise’s chest plate with explosive impacts.
Yet before Urshifu’s third hit—
“Ka-mu!!”
Blastoise’s gaze turned ice-cold, and with a ‘bam’ it clenched its fist and slammed out, cleaving through the air and carrying a torrent straight at Urshifu’s abdomen!
Urshifu’s eyes widened, its body buckled in astonishment, then it was blasted backward, kicking up a cloud of dust and smashing into the outer protective barrier!!
Thud!!!
Everyone wore looks of disbelief.
The tailwind ended, and in that split second of role reversal, Blastoise blasted Urshifu away!?
Couple that with the earlier footage of Blastoise guarding its head relentlessly.
Champion Shangren swallowed nervously.
How does that saying go… I can fail many times.
But you, you can only fail once!!
Master Ma opened his mouth slightly, astonished.
This wasn’t a “One-Hit Art,” yet I witnessed the essence of Urshifu·Single Strike Style!
Under normal circumstances, this Blastoise still held championship-level peak strength, able to tussle with Urshifu and even strike back with heavy blows!
Dust filled the air. Blastoise’s expression was calm.
From the direction of the barrier, Urshifu slowly rose, calm but with trembling body, wiping blood from its mouth and lifting one knee and fists.
Next moment.
Urshifu moved again, charging at Blastoise with even greater speed and a tide-like ferocity!
“Urshifu’s speed can actually get faster!?” Wang Daozhang exclaimed.
Master Ma’s disciple, Mustard, said coolly:
“This is the essence of Chain-Strike Art… one strike after another, like waves piling up into a storm!”
Even Mr. Dan Emperor suffered losses under Master Ma more than once!
Lu Ye’s face was stern.
This Urshifu can still explode again…
Well, it makes sense — after all, it’s the stuff of a young battle legend!
Master Ma had already reined in his expression;
facing Lu Ye seemed to rekindle his youthful fighting passion.
He laughed loudly, “Urshifu, Close Combat!!”
“Roar!!”
So fast it was hard to track, Urshifu’s motion blurred into afterimages, fists detonating like sonic booms amid its roars.
“Rocket Headbutt!!” Lu Ye called.
Rocket Headbutt charges for one turn and raises defense, while the second turn hits with bomb-like power!
Blastoise withdrew into its shell, taking Urshifu’s unceasing barrage of punching charges head-on.
Bang! Bang!
Small cracks spidered across the shell.
Lu Ye watched with both pain and angst, shouting, “Now!!”
“Ka-mu!!”
Urshifu was startled to see a shining iron head burst from the shell and slam into its crossed forearms!
A mighty force surged through, Urshifu planted its feet and was driven backward several meters as the shell shoved into it.
“Roar!!!”
Ultimately, it forced its way through the impact, heaving Blastoise outward with a powerful toss while spitting out a mouthful of blood!
Thunk!!
Blastoise hit the ground, leaving a dent and spiderwebbed cracks in the floor!
The crowd’s blood ran hot.
The collision of strength and technique was deeply stirring!
A swirl of dust drifted across the arena.
Blastoise rose slowly.
Urshifu stared, its pupils contracting.
A trail of blood trickled from a wound on Blastoise’s forehead, slowly dripping to the ground.
Plop.
Urshifu displayed an almost instinctive shock.
This thing… bleeds too!?
Back when it faced Primal Kyogre, Blastoise had already unlocked its Low HP Torrent state.
At that time it borrowed Victini’s Infinite Energy and avoided being reduced to a sliver or near death.
Now, facing Master Ma’s championship-level Urshifu with superior speed, Blastoise also fell into a hard-fought battle.
Lu Ye looked at the cracked shell and shouted:
“Blastoise—Low HP, Torrent!!!”
In an instant, a fierce red light surged into Blastoise’s eyes.
“Ka-mu!!”
Blastoise planted its feet. The water ripples under its soles swelled into even more turbulent columns, shaking the stadium with their force!
Low HP, Torrent, activate!!
Champion Shangren in the stands couldn’t hold back a curse.
“Damn, this trait even has a second form!?”
Wang Daozhang carefully chose his words: “Normally it wouldn’t, but this is Teacher Lu’s Blastoise…”
Champion Shangren: “……”
If that’s the case… I suspect his Blastoise might even have a ‘sliver HP’ form…
“Urshifu—”
A strong admiration passed through Master Ma’s eyes as he shouted, “Water Rush Combo!!”
“Roar!!”
Urshifu shot forward like a gale, each punch harder than the last, striking head-on.
“Not enough power!”
Lu Ye roared, “Blastoise, Liquidation!!!”
“Ka-mu!!”
Blastoise slammed its fist out, the water coiling around the fist roaring as it met Urshifu’s iron punch!!
Boom!!
Urshifu flew backward!
The shockwave rolled;
faces in the spectator area showed horror.
Speed may be its vulnerable point… but Blastoise’s raw power completely crushed Urshifu’s Chain-Strike Style!!
“This might be the last time this old man stands on the grass.”
Advanced in years, Master Ma had long retired from the competitive stage. Serving as an examiner this time was exceptional for him.
Master Ma chuckled to himself, then his gaze sharpened: “So this old man wants to see you fight even stronger, Lu Ye!!”
“Urshifu—True Energy Fist!!”
Urshifu staggered up, assuming a focused breathing stance.
Merging Chain-Strike Art with One-Hit Art, the True Energy Fist!
Urshifu pressed both hands together, a fissuring white light blossoming in its palms!!
“Martial artists will always clash with wave-users,” Teacher Lu remarked.
Lu Ye didn’t choose to interrupt Urshifu’s charge.
It was respect for a veteran, and also to buy Blastoise time to Mega Evolve.
“Blastoise—”
Lu Ye raised his right hand high. The Keystone radiated brilliant light as he called fiercely, “Mega Evolution!!!”
“Ka-mu!!”
Blastoise howled to the sky. The two barrels on its back fused into a giant cannon, its forehead horn protruded, red light flared in its eyes, and two launch tubes appeared outside each fist.
As the rainbow symbol of Mega Evolution bloomed.
Urshifu’s True Energy Fist burst into blinding white light, thundering forward!!
Lu Ye bellowed, “Blastoise, Aura Sphere!!!”
Mega Launcher amplifies pulse moves. The Aura Sphere in the giant cannon on Blastoise’s back glowed blue!
“Ka-mu!!”
Blastoise braced the cannon, launching a blue beam of light that thundered toward the white True Energy Fist!!
The opposing glows lit the battlefield;
Champion Shangren’s face went numb.
Now I’ll remember this…
Never go head-to-head against Teacher Lu’s Blastoise!!
Rumble!!
Shockwaves rolled, the stadium reverberated!!
Through the haze of smoke.
Blastoise looked at Urshifu calmly.
Urshifu sank to a knee, body trembling, then looked up at Blastoise.
After a long moment, Urshifu gave a relieved smile.
It saw the Blastoise in the smoke as if it were a younger version of itself.
Thunk!
Urshifu collapsed to the ground!
Blastoise fell silent, then turned its back to Master Ma and the fallen Urshifu, revealing the deep fissures in its shell.
“Ka-mu…”
Duty fulfilled.
Master Ma sent out his final Pokémon, Bisharp-like (Sirfetch’d substitute) — its stamina hanging by a thread.
Lu Ye called, “Blastoise, Hydro Pump!!”
Boom!!
A surging water jet roared out and swallowed the exhausted Bisharp-like Pokémon whole!!
Ji Shiyin asked in bewilderment, “Did he call the wrong move name?”
Wang Daozhang said dumbly, “This… actually seems to be Hydro Pump…”
Champion Shangren’s expression calmed as he gradually understood everything.
To Teacher Lu’s Blastoise, exaggerated as it sounds, even launching a Core Disturbance would be reasonable…
Master Ma only had one last Pokémon left, Dracovish-like, standing alone on the field.
Lu Ye recalled Blastoise and sent out Sylveon.
Facing a Dracovish-like creature with quadruple weakness to Fairy, Sylveon bared her teeth viciously:
"Bu-bii! (`皿´)"
A sharp white beam, like an unstoppable drill.
Sylveon and the Dracovish-like Pokémon passed each other and a thunderous explosion rang out!
The referee was stunned for a long moment, then raised the flag:
“Victory goes to Mo City, contestant Lu Ye!”
Master Ma stood with hands behind his back, his eyes lacking disappointment, instead showing contentment.
In truth, the strength he displayed had already exceeded what the fifth trial should demand.
In other words, Lu Ye could have passed the assessment long ago.
It was only that Master Ma’s own fighting spirit was awakened, so he’d fought with everything.
Yet he still lost to Lu Ye…
Master Ma shook his head and, stooped with age, walked slowly to Lu Ye and shook his hand:
“Congratulations, Lu Ye~”
“Master Ma.” Lu Ye smiled, “A very formidable martial art with high-speed strikes!”
Lu Ye’s praise was sincere. After all, Master Ma’s switching technique hadn’t faded, and his high-speed assault style was as fierce as ever.
Master Ma glanced at Lu Ye with slight surprise, then broke into an approving smile.
“Lu Ye… are you interested in becoming this old man’s student?”
More than Blastoise, Master Ma was intrigued by Lu Ye’s Sirfetch’d.
In that lightning-quick close combat and the dazzling Meteor Assault,
Master Ma saw echoes of Chain-Strike Art and One-Hit Art.
Lu Ye was taken aback.
“Having your Pokémon train under my Urshifu… it wouldn’t be a bad thing, haha.”
Master Ma smiled, eyes twinkling: “Mainly, this old man wants to pass on the fighting art.”
“Training might be grueling…but the results will be rewarding!”
The commemorative Poké Ball at Master Ma’s waist swayed gently.
Sirfetch’d lay sprawled grinning to itself: “Gah~! _(:3」∠)_”
It must have been a stellar Blastoise performance.
Great, nothing to do with me~!