While Axel nodded, Lord Wang's tiger-like body sprang up and landed on the more-than-two-meters-high ring.
Axel didn't hesitate either and released the Gyarados in his hand.
"ROOAAR!", Before Gyarados had even fully formed its body, it let out a massive bellow.
A violent blast of air spread out with a white light at the center, turning into a raging gust that nearly tore apart the ring they had just built.
At the same time, the three Pokémon still hadn't had time to act when a downward-flowing ring of light flashed over their bodies.
Under the influence of Gyarados's "King of Dragons" trait, their attack power weakened.
"What?", Seeing Axel summon such a ferocious Gyarados, both Lord Wang and the registrar were stunned.
Weren't they told Axel's main Pokémon was Gardevoir?
What was with this monster.
Just from aura alone, this thing was way scarier than Gardevoir.
Aggron and the two Bastiodon were also stunned.
How were they supposed to fight that?
As Pokémon, their senses were much sharper than normal humans.
Just from Gyarados's entrance alone, they could feel its level was definitely higher than theirs.
And Gyarados as a species was born for destruction, natural warriors.
A tanky, hard-hitting Gyarados, plus a cannon-type Gardevoir... At that moment, Lord Wang was the first to snap out of his shock.
Given the situation, Axel being strong was absolutely a good thing.
They weren't his opponents anyway. They just needed to test Axel's strength.
"Aggron, use Rock Slide."
"Bastiodon, use Taunt and Take Down!"
After giving the commands, Lord Wang put all his attention on Axel.
With Aggron's Rock Slide, Gyarados would almost certainly get crushed this turn.
What mattered now was seeing what Axel's third Pokémon was, then making a second-round strategy.
But right then, Lord Wang saw something shocking.
That Gyarados, faced with an attack from three Pokémon, didn't show a hint of panic. Instead it roared again and unleashed another attack-type skill.
A massive surge of Dragon-type energy burst from its body, but instead of forming an attack directly, the energy poured into the space before Gyarados and tore open a giant rift.
That rift looked like an enormous sword gash, full of a world-ending aura, slashing toward Aggron and the two Bastiodon.
In an instant, Aggron's Rock Slide was sucked straight into the spatial rift and vanished without doing a thing.
The Bastiodon using Take Down was even more stunned.
For the first time in his life, he doubted his strength.
With a space rift that huge, would he even come back if he went in?
He planted all four limbs on the ground, trying to stop himself, but couldn't.
At the critical moment, Bastiodon could only pour out massive energy and wrap his whole body in it.
BOOM!
The moment he touched the Spacial Rend, Bastiodon felt like he was facing a colossal, razor-sharp giant sword.
He had no power to resist. He could only watch the rift crush all the energy guarding him before cleaving directly into his body.
As Bastiodon was sent flying, Gyarados's tail burst with surging water, making Bastiodon feel like he'd been plunged into a vast ocean.
Gyarados slipped through the rift like something uncanny, appeared above Bastiodon, and slammed its water-charged tail down, smashing him brutally into the ground.
The next second, an upward-flowing ring of light flashed across Gyarados's body. The Overconfidence ability activated.
"ROOAAR!", Gyarados let out a triumphant roar, its big eyes squinting slightly.
It was clearly thrilled.
Fighting outsiders really did feel better.
Civil war? Not his thing at all.
Before the other Bastiodon and Aggron could react, Gyarados's body twisted wildly again, unleashing another Spacial Rend straight ahead.
"Dig and dodge!", Lord Wang reacted instantly, choosing to let Aggron and Bastiodon avoid the attack.
Although digging risked taking double damage from a possible Earthquake.
Facing this bizarre space-rending move, digging still felt safer.
His Bastiodon had been one-shot moments ago.
The two Pokémon nodded immediately. The hard ground beneath them softened like water, and they slipped down into the earth with ease.
They hid underground, ears raised, waiting for their master's next command, hoping for a chance to deal Gyarados a fatal blow.
But Gyarados kept using Spacial Rend as if lost in its own frenzy.
Seeing this, Lord Wang frowned slightly, and even the registrar beside him felt something was off.
In this situation, even a rookie trainer would know to switch moves, right?
Aside from a few specific skills, very few could hit a Pokémon while it was digging.
They were underground. Why waste energy?
"Sir, aren't you going to command your Gyarados?"
Lord Wang couldn't help reminding him after frowning.
As an assessor, he judged not only a Pokémon's training level but also the trainer's command ability.
Pokémon skills were strange and varied. Even a very strong Pokémon could get overturned without a good trainer.
"No need," Axel chuckled, knowing Gyarados had been pent up in the team for too long.
Now that it finally had a chance to go wild, of course it wanted to use the most violent method to take this battle.
"You… sigh," Lord Wang sighed.
After seeing Gyarados, he thought Axel would surprise him greatly.
But now... maybe not.
"If you're so unconcerned, then I won't hold back either."
Lord Wang turned back toward the arena, planning to take out Gyarados before Gardevoir entered the fight.
But just then, the confident look on his face suddenly vanished. He stared at the sky as if he'd been scared senseless.
What on earth?
He saw Bastiodon and Aggron appear in the sky somehow, and their position was right in the path of the massive spatial slash.
But... weren't both of his Pokémon underground?
How did they dig their way into the sky.
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