Chapter 1432

"High Horsepower hits! Breaks through King's Shield! This strike is super effective!!"

Amidst the host's shouting, screams and cheers erupted from the audience.

The Gigantamax Steelix landed on the ground, and a light blue luster lit up on its body surface, which was the slight decrease in physical attack due to 【King's Shield】.

"Roar..."

It let out a long breath, and the white mist-like breath blew away the dust lingering around, allowing the fierce sunlight to descend again, spilling into the arena full of rubble.

Took down another one?

Defeated a Pokémon of an undefeated champion again so easily and simply?

Countless pairs of eyes were cast toward the rising smoke and dust outside the arena, and also gazed at Leon, who had his back to his Pokémon and did not turn around at all.

Time fell silent at this moment.

Until a dark purple light suddenly lit up in the dust and smoke.

Clang!

A loud metallic clashing sound echoed throughout the quiet arena; Aegislash broke through the fog, its silk-like arms overlapping, and its blade inserted into the round shield, having clearly returned to defensive stance due to King's Shield.

Irregular dents could be clearly seen on the surface of the round shield, the source of which came from the hard, shining Gigantamax Steelix.

"Aegislash has not lost the ability to battle!"

The host shouted.

At the same moment, a beam of red light shot toward Aegislash, coming from Leon, who was still facing away from his Pokémon.

"Roar!"

The rushing Gigantamax Steelix stopped abruptly.

Didn't make it in time.

Leon's intuition was quite sharp; he seemed to have guessed that All Baimu wanted Gigantamax Steelix to hinder Aegislash from leaving the field, so he immediately completed the switch as soon as the latter appeared.

"Go! Inteleon!"

Bang!

White light flashed.

Inteleon reappeared in the arena, and All Baimu also took the opportunity to switch Pokémon, once again sending Blissey to deal with the former.

"Happy~"

"Both sides switch again!"

The host reflected: "It looks like All Baimu is determined to have his Pokémon battle one-on-one!"

In the preparation room, Raihan said helplessly: "This guy All Baimu, sometimes it's really hard to understand his thoughts; is he that confident?"

"Judging by the current situation, yes." Bea evaluated: "I can see that this guy hides a pride in his bones that no one can match..."

"Or perhaps arrogance?" The chubby Melony raised an eyebrow: "I'd really like to see how he handles it if the one-on-one fails."

Among the Galar Gym Leaders, about half had battled All Baimu, and half had not.

*Rumble! *

As the only "outsider," Cynthia knew very well that Leon's switches were all intended to disrupt All Baimu's rhythm and even interrupt the switching.

But clearly, both sides were very sharp in their grasp of timing, so it was basically impossible to stop the other from switching.

Inteleon, a Water-type, is released under harsh sunlight; now it depends on how it will get out of this.

Cynthia looked down with full anticipation.

Inside the arena.

The moment Leon saw Blissey, he immediately waved his hand and ordered: "Aqua Jet!"

"Inteleon!"

Water waves rippled around Inteleon; it stepped on the ground and leaped, opening its arms to make its wing membranes tremble, its figure suddenly turning into a glowing blue flash and rushing forward at high speed!

Bang!

The air emitted a muffled sound!

A massive amount of flowing water wrapped around its body, compressed into a surging, violent high-pressure water column; as it rushed forward, it sprayed forward like a galloping torrent, its speed so fast that the onlookers' vision blurred, seemingly no less impressive than the previous Dragapult!

All Baimu: "Protect."

"Happy!"

Blissey raised its hands, and just before Inteleon touched it, it erected a light blue light shield.

Wham!

The thick water column violently tore through the hot air, slamming into Blissey with crushing impact force, water splashing everywhere!

The rushing water rolled at high speed, and the huge impact caused a ring of energy ripples to stir on the surface of the round shield composed of hexagonal crystal walls; inside, it seemed as if high-speed rotating water blades were trying to break through this defense without a moment's rest.

But Protect, which could even block Snipe Shot, was not something that could be broken by Aqua Jet; it stubbornly held on until the very last moment.

Unexpectedly, Inteleon did not open its wing membranes to retreat like before, but only jumped back half a step.

"Giving an opening? Then—Solar Beam!"

"Happy!"

Blissey opened its mouth slightly, and the fierce sunlight gathered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The effect of Harsh Sunlight made the entire accumulation process of Solar Beam extremely short, forming a crystal-clear emerald green light ball in the blink of an eye.

Hum-hum!

The light ball rotated and released a strange hum, emitting a heart-palpitating pressure, like a second small sun.

Blissey looked at Inteleon and fired it head-on!

"U-turn!"

Leon shouted loudly, and Inteleon immediately leaned down and slid sideways, brushing past the suddenly fired golden-green light beam.

Rumble!

The thick, condensed Solar Beam tore through the hot air, instantly crossing the tens of meters of the arena, roaring all the way out of the arena, causing the entire arena to overflow with brilliance, even obscuring the radiance of the Harsh Sunlight, making it difficult for people to see.

"Inteleon!"

Inteleon, almost sticking to the rubble-filled ground, flew to Blissey's side in a crawling posture, extended its index finger at ultra-high speed, and shot a crystal-clear water line from it.

But Blissey's reaction was not slow; it forcibly twisted its body, causing the Solar Beam to deflect and fire toward the side.

Rumble—!!

Dust and smoke exploded suddenly!

Emerald brilliance and thick dust filled the sky, the protective device trembled violently, and the audience outside the arena could clearly see a huge mushroom cloud rising slowly.

"A super-powerful Solar Beam! Did Inteleon dodge it?" the host shouted loudly.

The speed at which the dust and smoke in the arena dispersed was faster than expected, and what was even more unexpected to the audience were the two Pokémon in the arena.

"Sacred Sword!"

"High Horsepower!"

Clang!

The sharp blade was unsheathed; Aegislash raised its snow-white blade, and the bright golden brilliance immediately turned into a huge sword glow, piercing through its body and rushing straight into the sky, slashing toward the entering Gigantamax Steelix in a posture of sacred brilliance!

This strike seemed capable of splitting mountains and rivers, carrying a terrifying momentum to cut the opponent in two!

"Roar!"

Wham!

The golden light sword pierced through Gigantamax Steelix's body again, giving it a high-power impact of a super-effective type!

Unfortunately, the Pokémon being hit was not Blissey, as Leon had hoped; otherwise, he believed that no matter how sturdy the Protect was, Aegislash could easily crush it.

His original plan was to take a risk with U-turn.

Using the smoke from the energy explosion as cover to switch in Aegislash, and give Blissey, whose Return beam couldn't be fired due to the heavy smoke, a super-strong Sacred Sword.

Who knew that All Baimu would see through his intention and recall Blissey the moment before the smoke cleared and Aegislash acted, giving Aegislash no chance at all.

"Didn't fool him."

Leon felt a bit regretful and shouted again: "King's Shield!"

Rumble!

Earth-yellow brilliance tore through the dust and attacked from the ground; accompanied by a roar that shook the sky, it slammed into Aegislash, who was holding its shield in front of it!

"Roar!!"

Gigantamax Steelix, having withstood another Sacred Sword, still attacked fiercely, like an overloaded heavy truck on a highway that only steps on the gas and not the brake, smashing the hexagonal light shield like a speed bump and slamming straight into Aegislash!

This time, due to the different angle, Aegislash was not slammed into the ground again, but was forced to crash into the curved steel rail filled with lamps above the Wyndon Stadium; the surging impact force caused its blade to embed into the thick and wide steel rail as if cutting through butter.

All Baimu pressed his advantage, "Magnet Rise."

Gigantamax Steelix, with blue light appearing on its body, swung its tail violently, golden light balls floated around its body, causing its massive body to hover in mid-air, and then it rushed toward Aegislash high above again!

"Solar Blade!"

Leon held the Poké Ball.

The Return beam also had a distance limit; the steel rails of Wyndon Stadium were designed to be over a hundred meters high so as not to affect the normal competition of the two players.

Who knew that a hundred meters of length couldn't stop Gigantamax Steelix from slamming it to this position, which really shocked many people's eyeballs.

Hum!

Aegislash quickly pulled away from the steel rail, and its snow-white blade quickly turned into a shining golden and emerald green dual color under the sunlight.

In the blink of an eye, it condensed a huge light sword no less than the Sacred Sword just now, and slashed toward Gigantamax Steelix!

"Iron Defense."

Gigantamax Steelix had no intention of dodging at all; its body was illuminated by silver light, rushing straight toward the vertically slashing emerald green light sword, and then quickly broke through the fog again amidst the violent explosion!

"Steelix withstood another strike! But still no reaction! What an exaggerated defensive ability!"

The host exclaimed in amazement.

Two Sacred Swords and one Solar Blade; Aegislash's attack posture output was very high, but it seemed to have no reaction when hitting Steelix.

Aegislash saw that the attack still didn't work, and decisively let itself fall downward like the Sword of Damocles, while its body returned to defensive stance.

"King's Shield!"

"Roar!"

Gigantamax Steelix's body spiraled like a swimming dragon, and its thick, long tail seemed to have eyes as it slammed into the light shield Aegislash had erected.

But this strike was not an energy attack.

Gigantamax Steelix's head turned rapidly, bringing its body back, and in Leon's stunned expression, it bound him.

【Bind】!

"Bind? Ghost-type Pokémon won't be affected by Normal-type moves! Even if you caught it... Aegislash! Break free!"

Leon fired a Return beam toward the sky.

The height Aegislash had just descended was enough for it to be recalled into the Poké Ball.

And Ghost-type Pokémon are naturally immune to the 【Bound】 status, so even if Bind worked, its additional effect was still useless.

However, the Return beam failed to hit Aegislash.

"Roar!"

Gigantamax Steelix protected Aegislash in the center with a spiral posture; the Return beam happened to hit the horizontal steel bone that covered Aegislash, and before Aegislash could break free by some means, Steelix rushed toward the ground with Aegislash at high speed.

Rumble!

The earth exploded, and countless rubble mixed with dust rushed into the sky!

The host shouted: "This move is—Dig!"

When the dust and smoke dispersed quickly, what was presented to the audience was a huge hole, and Gigantamax Steelix and Aegislash had disappeared without a trace!

They were actually underground!

Steelix got Aegislash underground!

The audience was dumbfounded, and then they saw Aegislash flying out of the pit in a panic, but faster than it was the earth-yellow light emitted from the entire arena!

"Earthquake."

All Baimu opened his mouth.

The next moment.

The earth shook and the mountains swayed!

The entire Wyndon Stadium began to shake violently; Gigantamax Steelix, relying on the physical attack that had been lowered twice, brought about a terrifying earthquake that affected the entire arena ground!

And the arena, as the core, shattered into countless pieces like a broken cookie in the vibration that blurred the vision; large and small rocks were like continental plates, rising and falling in turbulent waves.

Leon and All Baimu in the trainer seats were naturally affected, but their expressions did not change in the slightest, all locked onto Aegislash.

This guy did a double protect, and it actually succeeded in using King's Shield continuously!

Unfortunately, King's Shield couldn't hold on for too long, and it shattered again; it still had to rely on the round shield to withstand the continuous attacks of the vibration waves.

It must be said that Leon's Aegislash is extraordinary, attacking fiercely and defending quickly, completely comparable to the hard and fierce Steelix.

It's just that no matter how fierce it is, it will be found an opportunity by All Baimu; the seemingly invincible defensive stance cannot make it perfectly resist the fierce attacks from Steelix every time.

Rumble-rumble-rumble—!!

The deafening roar lasted for nearly half a minute before it subsided.

The arena was full of thick dust and smoke, which did not disperse for a long time, until a behemoth crawled out of the ground and stirred the dust, completely driving all this away.

The audience clutched their sore and painful buttocks, looking at the arena that had shattered into a pile of rubble below, searching for Aegislash's figure.

Gigantamax Steelix naturally didn't need to be searched for; its presence was simply off the charts, so huge that it was hard not to notice it as it spanned mid-air.

Finally, the drone Rotom discovered Aegislash first, found it with half its body buried in rocks, and projected it onto the big screen.

The crowd let out irrepressible low gasps.

"Aegislash is unable to battle! Steelix wins!" With Dan's announcement of the result, these low gasps quickly turned into shouts that resounded throughout the universe.

"Victory! Victory!"

"Succeeded again! One-on-one tactic!"

"Leon's second Pokémon has also been defeated..."

"This guy, too strong!"

All kinds of voices appeared in the audience, on the internet, and on screens around the world; no one dared to believe that the undefeated champion was suppressed to this point!

Even the second Pokémon was defeated!

Ding!

Below Leon's bust, two of the three Pokémon were dim, leaving only Inteleon still bright.

And below All Baimu's bust, Blissey, Dragapult, and Steelix were all extremely bright, which really made people unable to believe that this was a battle between champions!

The preparation room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Cynthia crossed her legs, but what she was thinking about was the next match, which might be even more unfavorable for Leon.

Because...

All Baimu has mastered four systems! It's about to start being used!