Hearing Lance's idea, the others exchanged a look and all nodded.
At this point, they had no better plan and could only pin their hopes on this.
Without delay, Clair was the first to attack.
"Charizard, aim for the Poké Ball in that man's hand! Use Flamethrower!"
Previously, to avoid being captured by the black light, Charizard had fled to the edge of the battlefield. Now, hearing Clair's command, it returned, its mouth filled with flames as it dived towards Vicious.
At the same time, Lance also released an Aerodactyl, commanding it to flank from the side.
"You go too."
Natsui looked back and nodded at Gardevoir. The next second, Gardevoir used Teleport and also appeared behind the mechanical spider.
Several Pokémon simultaneously bypassed the evil Dragonite and went straight for Vicious.
"Trying to win with numbers? How naive!"
Vicious was unhurried. He took out three more Dark Balls from his pocket, and as they opened, several Pokémon glowing with a dark light appeared before them.
"My evil Pokémon, eliminate the enemies before you!"
And while he was taking out the Dark Balls, Natsui had been observing him carefully.
Previously, because they were far away, Natsui hadn't been able to see clearly how Vicious used the Dark Balls. Now, face to face, he finally realized that these Dark Balls containing Pokémon had been embedded in Vicious's red vest all along.
Before being enlarged, the Dark Balls were like buttons on his vest, serving as decoration. And whenever he used one, Vicious would take one off and enlarge it in his hand.
So, on the surface, he had at least six Dark Balls containing Pokémon.
And at this moment, as the Dark Balls were used one by one, only two 'buttons' remained on his vest.
However…
Natsui looked at Vicious's waist pouch. For someone with such a complex personality, he must have other empty, spare Dark Balls besides these six.
Having figured this out, he squinted and looked at the field again. The dark light had dissipated, and before them were three Pokémon of different sizes.
A Houndoom, an Ursaring, and a Beedrill.
Compared to the Beedrill, which he had seen many times, Natsui focused his observation on the Houndoom and Ursaring.
Houndoom looked like a black, slender dog with two curved horns. It had sharp claws and fangs. Besides the bony structures on its body, it was all black, and its tail was thin and long, like the tail of a little devil or a succubus.
It was said that when designing this Pokémon, the designers had referenced Cerberus and the legendary European creature, the Black Dog, and had mixed them together.
Ursaring looked like a large brown bear. It had a signature yellow circle on its abdomen, and a tuft of long fur on each of its shoulders like pauldrons. Its tail was rather large. Other than that, it was no different from the brown bears Natsui had seen on Earth.
Although these three Pokémon were all common types that could often be encountered in the wild in the Johto region, at this moment, their eyes also glowed with a dark light. They had clearly been mind-controlled, and their strength had been greatly enhanced.
As soon as they appeared, they immediately blocked the path of Natsui's and the others' Pokémon.
For a moment, the seven Pokémon were entangled, moves flying wildly, and neither side could get the upper hand.
It could only be said that after being enhanced by the Dark Balls, these Pokémon were indeed very difficult to deal with, displaying super-powered strength. And with an evil Dragonite on their side, a four-on-three advantage, Natsui's and the others' Pokémon couldn't get close to Vicious at all.
But after fighting for a while, Natsui noticed another detail.
Perhaps because he was too reliant on the Dark Balls and on the free-for-all style of the evil Pokémon, Vicious seemed to be very bad at commanding Pokémon in battle, merely acting as a 'master.'
He neither had his Pokémon switch opponents based on type matchups, nor did he have any tactical arrangements. He just let his Pokémon attack randomly, showing off their evil, rampant power.
Just then, seeing the battle at a stalemate, Clair turned to Lance.
"What should we do now? Should we increase the intensity of our attacks?"
Sighing, after a moment's thought, Lance said firmly, "At this point, we can only continue to attack. Look closely at his clothes. He doesn't have many of those Dark Balls left. He has no more trump cards to play."
With that, Lance took out two more Poké Balls and threw them onto the ground.
At the same time, he looked at Vicious, his eyes determined.
I must defeat him. And I will definitely get my Pokémon back. I will protect the Dragon's Holy Land!
Seeing Lance take action, beside him, as a fellow clan member and as Lance's cousin, whether it was to protect the Dragon's Holy Land or to help Lance get his Dragonite back, Clair had no hesitation and also took out two Poké Balls.
As the blue light faded, four more Pokémon instantly appeared on the battlefield. With their addition, the tide of battle once again turned in their favor.
Watching this scene, Vicious's smile disappeared, and for once, he became serious.
Lance was right. He didn't have many Dark Balls left. Besides the six on his chest containing Pokémon, he only had two or three spare ones in his pouch.
But if he could just convert a few more of these people's ace Pokémon and use them to turn against them, victory would be within his grasp.
And compared to capturing wild Pokémon and controlling them, capturing these people's Pokémon would undoubtedly unleash even greater power.
Hmph, overestimating yourselves. Just you watch, I will definitely defeat you, and all your Pokémon will become a great help in achieving my dream!
Seeing that both sides were now serious, Natsui knew that they had both gone all in. For whatever reason, at this point, neither side could back down.
He thought for a moment, then signaled for Sabrina not to act yet, while he himself took out two Poké Balls.
"Venusaur, Scyther, you go help out too!"
As the blue light flashed, his two Pokémon also charged into the fray.
Natsui's and the others' Pokémon swarmed forward, surrounding Vicious's evil Pokémon. They fought without holding back, shaking the entire valley.
Seeing this, Vicious also took the last two Poké Balls from his vest and released all his Pokémon.
As the two new Pokémon appeared, they finally managed to turn the tide a bit.
And as the chaotic attacks collided, causing a violent explosion, a thick cloud of smoke enveloped Natsui and the others. Just then, a sharp glint flashed in Vicious's eyes, and he pointed his hand at Clair.
"Evil Dragonite, attack that woman!"
Hearing his command, the evil Dragonite abandoned its target, flapped its wings, and went straight for Clair.
"Look out!"
It all happened too fast. The evil Dragonite reached Clair in an instant.
Natsui was about to have Gengar in his shadow go and protect Clair, but he saw that Clair was calm and composed. Under the evil Dragonite's attack, she dodged with great agility, even jumping onto a tree and, like a ninja, shuttling back and forth between the branches of several large trees to evade its attacks.
This scene greatly shocked Natsui. To be honest, besides Sabrina, this was the first time he had seen an ordinary human so calmly dodge a Pokémon's attack.
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