He knows Pokémon better than me.

Chapter 4260 vs. Yuuji! The pressure is mounting!

"Damn it! This is completely beyond my comprehension!"

Yuji muttered a curse under his breath, his brows furrowed.

Of course, it's not his fault.

After all, even locals in Galar don't know much about Dracovish, a Pokémon that's been stitched together like a fossil, let alone outsiders.

Fortunately, when Ditto transforms, the Pokédex information about its moveset, ability, and other details will also be updated accordingly.

Yuji gripped the Pokédex in one hand, his eyes rapidly scanning the screen, trying to figure out the fighting style of the Dracovish in the shortest amount of time.

On the one hand, directly shout out the moves you see that can delay the enemy:

"Ditto, just use Whirlpool!"

Ditto understood, and a torrent of water shot out from its mouth, quickly creating a huge vortex that spread out in the center of the arena, blocking the competition.

In the transformed state, the opponent's attack, defense, and even base stats are replicated 1:1.

Therefore, the scale of the released vortex is by no means weak.

Of course, there are also things that cannot be replicated, mainly due to two points—

First, the level is still Ditto's own level.

Secondly, its stamina remains the same as Ditto's own fragile HP.

Aside from that, it's pretty much done; they can even steal the characteristics of the Dracovish.

During this time, Yuji had also gained a basic understanding of the ichthyosaur:

"Water/Dragon type, Strong ability, and knows many bite-type moves."

It's easy to tell that this is a Pokémon that deals damage using biting moves.

"Use dragon's breath."

On the other side, Ash raised his hand to give instructions.

Whoosh—!

A beam of cyan light shot out from the mouth of the Gillfish Dragon, piercing through the vortex in front of it and shooting straight toward Ditto.

Yuji reacted extremely quickly and immediately shouted:

"Ditto, use Dragon Dive!"

Ditto nodded, indicating that even this powerful move could be used normally after transforming.

"Gills—!!"

After letting out a long howl, Ditto burst forth with deep blue flames, directly shattering the Dragon Breath Beam head-on.

Before the attack was over, Ditto's entire body transformed into a giant, deep blue energy dragon, which charged out fiercely along the ground!

Xiao Zhi's expression remained unchanged as he calmly gave the order:

"Use heavy stomp!"

The ichthyosaur stomped its foot down heavily, causing the ground to tremble violently. Cracking sounds rang out one after another, and the cracks quickly spread forward.

Ditto's body swayed, and its charging motion deviated significantly, disrupting its originally straight trajectory.

Whoosh—!

The dragon's dive grazed past the gill harpoon's side, missing its target and leaving only a trench mark on the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhi grinned.

Sure enough.

Even if moves can be copied and used at will, the proficiency with those moves cannot be stolen.

Not to mention Pokémon with a unique body structure like Dracovish.

For Ditto, even a slight shift in its center of gravity will drastically reduce its accuracy.

Ash immediately attacked:

"And then, frozen teeth!"

The ichthyosaurus immediately gave chase, its wide-open mouth filled with frost and mist, ready to bite Ditto.

Yuji quickly responded:

"Block it, and we'll use Frozen Teeth too!"

In any case, their moves are about evenly matched.

Ditto immediately braked, flipped its body, and opened its mouth to condense ice and snow energy.

However, when the gill ichthyosaur was about two meters away, it suddenly lowered its head and bit down on the ground.

The cold air spread rapidly along the ground, and a layer of ice instantly covered the ground beneath our feet.

Click!Click!Click!

Next, several three-meter-high ice spikes suddenly solidified and rose from the ground, rapidly forming around Ditto. Giving the latter almost no time to react, the thick ice spikes directly stuck it in the middle, rendering it unable to move.

Xiao Zhi's lips curled up again.

Ditto's transformation tactic is indeed very effective against ordinary trainers.

However, for those who are familiar with their Pokémon, there is still a way to find a breakthrough.

Yuuji was immediately under pressure!

He quickly looked down at the skill book, scanning the skill list rapidly for moves that could break the deadlock.

"Got it! Use the Wild Swing attack!"

The Ditto, bound by the ice spikes, suddenly lit up and began to twist violently, its head and torso exerting force at the same time!

With a cracking sound, the ice spike was torn apart and successfully emerged from the crack, falling back to the ground.

No sooner had they escaped than a powerful pressure unique to dragons pressed down upon them.

Xiao Zhi shouted loudly:

"Now! Dragon Dive!!"

The gill ichthyosaur roared to the sky, its deep blue flames surging and churning, its body engulfed by energy and transforming into a giant dragon that charged straight out!

Yuji wanted to do the same thing again, so he immediately gave the order:

"We'll use heavy stomp too!"

Ditto stomped his foot, causing the ground to tremble and cracks to spread rapidly forward.

However, the attack trajectory of the ichthyosaur did not deviate at all!

For its skill level, Heavy Stomp isn't enough. It needs at least an earthquake to notice the impact on its attack animation.

The increasingly turbulent and violent charge was already upon them.

Yuji and Ditto's expressions both changed drastically.

The next instant, the dragon's dive hit head-on!

Boom!

The immense impact caused the dragon flames to explode completely, sending Ditto flying. It tumbled several times in the air before crashing heavily to the edge of the arena.

The effect is outstanding!

With just one strike, Ditto was not immediately reverted to its original form and rendered unable to fight.

However, when he struggled to get back up, his body was covered in wounds, and he was clearly in a state of near collapse.

Yuji instantly recalled his past experiences of being completely dominated by Ash.

"Come back, Ditto!"

Yuji made a quick decision and immediately raised his hand to retrieve it.

The Ditto tactic was too disadvantageous against the completely unfamiliar Dracovishosaurus.

Seeing this, Ash thought to himself that Ditto was lucky, as Water-type moves were not very effective against Dracovish.

Otherwise, the true ultimate move of the ichthyosaur, the gill bite, would instantly kill it with a single bite.

You can't see the secret of this move just by looking at the move list in the skill book.

On the other side, Yuuji had already thrown out his second Poké Ball.

boom!

The red light landed, revealing a robust humanoid thunder beast with a golden body covered in black markings.

It has thick arms and two tails that look like black cables swaying behind it.

Electrify!

"Did that Electabuzz evolve back then?"

Ash recognized him; he still had some recollection of Yuji's lineup from back then.

So now we need to play the type advantage game. No, the Dracovish is only weak to Dragon and Fairy types.

As expected, Yuuji launched a fierce attack as soon as he appeared:

"Electric Beast, use Thunder!!"

The electric monster's arms spun at high speed like a generator, and lightning crackled from the small horn on its head.

Sizzle—Boom!

The next second, a violent current of electricity blasted out, converging in mid-air into a thick waterfall of lightning that shot straight toward the __cpLocation of the gill bream.

The power was astonishing; the ground beneath the lightning's strike was crushed, cracks spreading outwards! (End of Chapter)