Arbok dug into the ground, finally temporarily breaking free from being continuously thrashed by Pikachu.
But at this moment, Koga was beginning to question his life.
No, who the heck is the Elite-level here? My Pokemon should be the Elite-level, right? Why am I the one getting beaten one-sidedly? Isn’t there some mistake?
What on earth was that Zippy Zap just now? It’s fast enough, but its power is ridiculously strong too.
To be able to hit Arbok against the defensive barrier and cause cracks, it shows that the power of that move has already reached Elite-level!
If that move directly strikes the barrier, it might even break through the defensive barrier!
When Charizard used that colorful flame on Toxicroak, the cracks caused when Toxicroak hit the barrier were almost similar.
But Koga still wanted to say... Why?!
A Professional-level Pikachu, even with Ash’s special abilities, how can it reach an Elite-level attack power!
Could it be that a Trainer with special abilities can boost a Pokemon’s power to such an outrageous level? Will it be that in the future, not only Pokemon need training, but Trainers must also have powerful special abilities to become top-tier Trainers?!
Otherwise, when everyone is Champion Level, if you buff your Pokemon, wouldn’t that make it invincible?!
In reality, Pikachu being able to boost to this level wasn’t as simple as Koga imagined, it wasn’t just the buff from Ash, but also the effect of partner form.
In partner form, the level can steadily increase by a small grade, and all ability values rise by one rank.
In Pikachu’s current ability value state, its dual attack in the most extreme situation can be boosted to S-level!
And now Ash’s Aura Power is the Aura from all the Aura Guardians in the group combined with the Aura he himself enhanced.
Frankly speaking, even for Divine Domain Level Pokemon, if Ash’s Aura Power can be fully applied, it can help enhance a small stage.
For Pikachu at this level, enhancing by a large stage is quite normal, if Pikachu’s body can withstand it, Ash could even elevate its overall power to Champion Level, but obviously, that’s unrealistic.
Under the double buffs, Pikachu’s overall strength can almost rival Gym Peak, however, there is still quite a gap between Gym Peak and Elite Level.
This gap was erased by Pikachu using the Light Ball.
The Light Ball effect doubles Pikachu’s dual attack! In terms of attack, Pikachu is absolutely not inferior to Arbok.
As for the disadvantage in speed, it is compensated by Zippy Zap.
So in this battle, although Arbok was a small grade superior to Toxicroak, the gap wasn’t as significant as when Charizard battled Toxicroak.
Koga didn’t know the reasons for all these, only felt it was outrageous, but his qualities as an Elite Trainer quickly allowed him to compose himself and start contemplating battle strategies.
First of all, use Dig to attack Pikachu.
No matter how strong Pikachu’s attack power is, its defense must be weak!
He couldn’t believe it, a Pikachu with forcibly elevated strength, could its defense reach Elite Level.
So if Dig could hit, the situation would be completely different.
As Arbok burrowed into the ground, the field was left with only a gentle breeze blowing dust around, the silence so profound even the subtle tremors underground could be heard by those around.
Yet the tremor seemed to come from the entire ground, making it impossible to detect Arbok’s position just from that.
Pikachu stood there motionless, until a few seconds later, he suddenly leaped up!
The ground he was on cracked in an instant, with Arbok bursting out from beneath, its maw wide open narrowly missing swallowing Pikachu whole!
If Pikachu had jumped a moment later, he might have been hit by Dig, or even bitten by Arbok!
Koga’s expression sank, his greatest worry came true, Pikachu also possessed that kind of extraordinary perception ability like Charizard.
This ability most likely stemmed from that power known as Aura Power from Ash.
Arbok in the ground kept creating vibrations to mislead Ash and Pikachu in gauging its underground position, but since Pikachu wasn’t moving, the attack point was fixed.
The difficult anticipation lay in exactly when Arbok would strike.
If Pikachu jumped too early, there would be no way to maneuver upon landing, getting hit.
Jumping too late, and Pikachu would directly be attacked by Arbok.
Therefore, timing the jump was critical, for any other Pokemon, even Elite-levels with Trainers, it would be challenging to gauge timing, relying only on rich experience.
But Ash was different... This guy is outright using hacks!
His sensing ability certainly allowed him to clearly detect Arbok’s movements beneath the earth, hence precisely timing the moment Arbok emerged.
"Arbok, Gunk Shot!" Koga ordered coldly.
Even if you dodged Dig, let’s see how you evade in the air!
Arbok, just having burst out of the ground, whipped its tail fiercely, anchoring itself, stabilizing its body after surfacing, and opened its mouth filled with sharp teeth, spitting out a blackish-purple energy beam!