"Unless you, Mr. Natsuhiko, can prove that you have faith in his strength! Diya! And Zeraora, challenge you!" Diya solemnly declared.
Indeed.
Natsuhiko slightly supported his forehead.
Ash Ketchum had noticed Zeraora's gaze; how could he not have noticed?
What must come still has to come.
But this way, it's good.
It can confirm the priorities of the upcoming actions.
"Alright." Natsuhiko accepted the challenge request once again.
Soon.
The people standing on both sides of the battlefield changed from Ash Ketchum and Natsuhiko to Diya and Natsuhiko.
Ash Ketchum held Pikachu in his arms, sitting in the corner, watching the two with eager eyes.
"This battle is definitely going to be interesting."
"Pika Pika!!" Pikachu nodded repeatedly.
However, Pikachu felt a bit conflicted.
Zeraora was cool, and it was also an Electric-type Pokémon, but Natsuhiko gave it a good feeling and had saved them.
Whom should it support?
As Pikachu grappled with its conflict, the battle between Diya and Natsuhiko also began.
Diya undoubtedly sent out Zeraora, while this time, Natsuhiko met Zeraora's desire by sending out Beedrill.
"Zera!"
Upon seeing Beedrill sent out, Zeraora's eyes started to wildly arc with azure electric currents.
It bared its teeth, showing a fierce appearance.
Beedrill dared not show the slightest contempt, holding its breath and concentrating.
"Zeraora, Electric Flash!" Diya initiated the attack first.
The tactic seemed similar to Ash Ketchum's opening.
But the meaning was entirely different.
Zeraora inherently excelled in close combat, quickly closing the distance with Beedrill to gain an advantage.
Moreover, during the previous cooperation to confront Guzzlord, Diya and Zeraora had witnessed Beedrill's speed, which absolutely could not be underestimated.
"High-speed Movement, then Shadow Clone." Natsuhiko did not use psychic powers to command, instead following their combat style.
Buzz—
Wings quivered, tiny currents scattered everywhere.
Beedrill's body emitted a halo, its figure became blurred, and the blurred figures solidified.
A whole line of Beedrill appeared before Zeraora.
Thud!
Zeraora, enveloped in white light and surging with electric currents, pierced through.
An illusion instantly shattered.
It hit the shadow clone.
However, Diya did not show the slightest panic; he calmly said, "Zeraora, feel the direction of the currents!"
Upon hearing this, Zeraora paused slightly, its blue eyes flickered with arcs, and Beedrill's running trajectory materialized amidst the scattered currents.
The next moment.
"Zeraora, Plasma Lightning Fist!"
Using a big move right from the start.
He saw Zeraora clasp its hands together, blue and gold currents frantically intertwined in its palms, its face twisted, and blue fur erupted with a halo.
Just this judgment showed the difference between Diya and Ash Ketchum.
Diya, together with Zeraora, had long been active in extremely dangerous environments, their battle experience honed from life-and-death trials, vastly different from Ash Ketchum's way of Pokémon battling.
However.
Don't forget.
Natsuhiko and Beedrill were also honed in such life-and-death trials!
During Zeraora's charged advance, it suddenly found that all currents disappeared in an instant.
Beedrill's trajectory disappeared along with them.
"Such control over energy..." Diya's heart trembled slightly.
But there was no choice; the arrow was on the string and had to be released.
He immediately shouted, "Since you can't find them, then destroy them all!"
"Zera!"
Zeraora understood.
Its fists crossed over its chest, rapidly wiping across the field, shadows shattering one by one under the onslaught of its lightning, turning into bubbles.
As the shadows decreased, the chance of locking onto Beedrill increased.
However.
The maintenance of "Plasma Lightning Fist" execution also continuously consumed Zeraora.
Perhaps it could hold on until all Beedrill's shadows were destroyed.
But by then, its attack would have weakened significantly.
Moreover.
Natsuhiko and Beedrill would not wait until then.
"It's now!"
Natsuhiko squinted his eyes and shouted lowly.
Aligned with his thought, Beedrill also moved at the instant his voice emerged.
In Zeraora's ears, a sound of piercing and tooth-grating metal friction was heard.
The next moment.
In its eyes, electricity surged once more, the poised Beedrill's wings suddenly erupted with a large amount of tiny electric currents, an invisible magnetic field enveloped it.
Simultaneously.
A dark red intimidating aura suddenly expanded.
"Overlord Aura?!" Diya immediately revealed an incredulous expression.
How could Overlord Pokémon retain its Overlord Aura after being captured?
"No! It's not just Overlord Aura!"
Subsequently, a speck of red light pierced through, Beedrill's compound eyes brightened as it held its breath and concentrated.
The long needle was wrapped with verdant energy, facing the incoming Zeraora.
In the observing Ash Ketchum's eyes, a sound suddenly appeared in front of the blue and yellow intertwined Zeraora.
Beedrill swung one Long Needle to deflect the slightly exhausted fist, the other Long Needle directly stabbing into its opened chest.
Bang!!!
In just an instant.
Zeraora's figure flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground, sliding a distance.
Speed converted into power.
Furthermore, both sides were already counter-speeding.
Beedrill retreated slightly before hovering in place, it could be seen that the Long Needle it retracted was also wrapped with some electric currents.
This was the damage caused by Zeraora's reactive release of electric current at the last moment.