Chapter 969: Super Brother!

Bang!

The terrifying explosion rolled up milky-white air currents, shaking up a sky full of dust and smoke toward all directions!

Whoosh——

Under the protection of the light shield, the audience only heard a series of crackling sounds, and a miniature mushroom cloud rose slowly in the arena.

"So fast! Meteor Beam hit Darkrai squarely! Regirock takes the lead!"

Flobo shouted exceptionally excitedly.

With such a magnificent scene at the very beginning, the battle of legends was indeed extraordinary!

The audience outside the arena craned their necks, curious about the result after Darkrai was hit.

One-hit KO?

Probably not.

That was a rare Mythical Pokémon!

Accompanied by the impatient inner voices of countless viewers, the smoke and dust in the arena gradually dissipated.

But miraculously, Darkrai, whom everyone was thinking about, had disappeared!

Blown to ashes?

Many viewers were confused, but some realized that Darkrai had used some means to dodge the Meteor Beam!

For example, turning into a shadow!

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

Regirock's H-shaped dot matrix flickered, as if confirming the opponent's specific location.

In an instant.

A black shadow clinging to the ground flew out from under the pile of rubble, extremely swiftly arriving behind Regirock.

Tobias, who had regained his composure, gave the order.

"Dark Void!"

The black shadow rose rapidly, changing into Darkrai, covered in smoke and with a gray body surface.

A pitch-black ball of light that grew from small to large appeared in its palm.

Flobo shouted, "Darkrai still has combat capability! What a terrifying Pokémon!"

A Meteor Beam with such fierce power couldn't defeat it!

All Baimu: "Lock-On."

"Buzz buzz buzz——Lei! Ji! Luo!"

Regirock responded, and a red circular spot similar to a sniper scope lit up on its face.

The next second, the pitch-black ball of light attacked it, expanding the moment it touched the stone spikes on its back until it wrapped around its entire body.

"Buzz buzz buzz......"

Regirock's red dot matrix dimmed rapidly, its arms hung down to support its body, and its voice became listless.

Dark Void hit!

Something's going to happen!

Many viewers screamed; Tobias's previous opponent had three Pokémon all defeated in seconds after being hit by Dark Void.

Simply because Darkrai's ability was 【Bad Dreams】, which could continuously drain the opponent's stamina.

Plus the 【Dream Eater】 move, the cumulative damage caused was very terrifying!

Darkrai withstood Meteor Beam; could Regirock withstand the subsequent double damage?

"Darkrai! Dream Eater!"

Tobias's order was logical.

There was no reason for him not to use such a powerful move that helped restore stamina.

It was just that All Baimu didn't try to wake Regirock up with shouting, but instead said very calmly, "Sleep Talk."

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

Regirock, like a re-activated mechanical doll, swung its heavy rock arm toward Darkrai, which was only three or four meters away, with lightning speed!

【Hammer Arm】!

Boom!

The whistling sound was as dull as a train passing by.

The phantom clone created by Dream Eater flew into its body, but failed to stop this heavy blow!

Bang!

"Nani!?"

In Tobias's constricted pupils, Darkrai groaned and flew backward, flying all the way to the edge of the field.

Without a doubt.

It was exactly the 【Lock-On】 Regirock used before sleeping that exerted its power.

Allowing it to successfully give Darkrai a powerful "punch" even after enduring Dream Eater!

"Both moves hit! Hammer Arm is very effective! Regirock's Lock-On came in handy!"

The audience stands erupted in cheers.

What good luck!

Among many moves, it just happened to choose Hammer Arm, which countered Darkrai!

This blow should have taken it down, right?

Everyone stared at Darkrai on the sidelines, only to see it flying up shakily.

Still not down!

Just how tough is it?

The audience was extremely amazed.

All Baimu's expression remained calm, because he knew Darkrai could withstand it all because of the bit of stamina Dream Eater restored to it.

If it had been any slower, it would have been on the ground by now.

But Darkrai at the moment was already a candle in the wind, just needing one more move to finish it off.

"Sleep Talk, it's in your front right."

"Spite! And then dodge Regirock's attack!"

Both sides gave orders one after another.

The difference was that Tobias was no longer as calm as before, and his tone was mixed with a trace of urgency.

"Buzz buzz buzz——"

Who knew that Regirock, which had been activated again, took the lead, and its arms made of piled rocks slammed heavily into the ground!

Thud!

Shining blue stone pillars broke through the ground, instantly spreading to under Darkrai, lifting it up the moment its eyes lit up with blue light!

Bang!

The stone pillars shattered, and dust swirled!

A blue light flashed across Regirock's body, and it fell into silence completely.

【Sleep Talk】 was sealed.

Darkrai used its own exit as the price to restrict its only offensive means while sleeping.

After the smoke and dust dissipated, the Porygon referee machine announced the result.

"Darkrai is unable to battle, Regirock wins!"

"All Baimu takes the lead! The first round of the Legendary Battle has temporarily come to an end! What kind of Pokémon will Tobias send out next?"

Clatter clatter——

Applause continued in the audience stands.

Although the big scene imagined only appeared at the beginning, presented by All Baimu, it couldn't be said that what just happened wasn't exciting.

Darkrai, which had manipulated countless Trainers by relying on 【Dark Void】 in the qualifiers and the first round of the preliminaries, had actually lost "one-sidedly" to Regirock.

Terrifying suppression!

Fame is not without substance!

And in the eyes of Bartlas and others, the most critical move in this match, compared to Lock-On and Hammer Arm, was actually the Meteor Beam at the beginning.

If Meteor Beam hadn't suppressed Darkrai's stamina, Regirock wouldn't have had time to use Lock-On at all.

All Baimu took advantage of Tobias's inertia of relying on 【Dark Void】 and successfully tricked him.

In the arena.

Tobias recalled Darkrai and said:

"Wonderful! Truly worthy of being a Trainer with the title of 'King'! I didn't expect you to make me send out my second Pokémon so quickly..."

He took out a Poké Ball and threw it high!

Bang!

"Jiu-wo——"

A deep blue figure let out a loud cry.

It swept past All Baimu's side at a very fast speed, flew out of the field to below the audience stands, then suddenly increased its altitude, rotating and returning to Tobias's front.

The second Pokémon, the blue Latios, appeared!

The audience stands were boiling over!

Flobo shouted, "Latios is out! Tobias's second Pokémon is actually Latios!"

Compared to Darkrai, which generally played the villain role in story scripts.

Latios was recognized as a pure and kind Pokémon, and together with its sister Latias, it was loved by many.

The story of Alto Mare was widely circulated.

A few years ago, the deeds of a Latios sacrificing its life to save Alto Mare from a tsunami made countless people moved.

It could be said that if one were to rank the world's favorability toward Legendary Pokémon, this pair of siblings, Latios and Latias, would definitely make the top five.

Of course.

The ranking of the beast-fighting party was another matter.

Many viewers' camps began to shift, and some began to turn to support Tobias.

The shouting made Max speechless.

"Is it necessary?"

Tetsuya's expression was very serious, saying, "I have a premonition that Latios's strength is above Darkrai!"

He spoke very arbitrarily.

But it was agreed with by many.

In their view, Darkrai's powerful strength was almost all related to 【Dark Void】; if one was prepared in advance like All Baimu, defeating it might not be very difficult.

Latios...

There were too many unknowns!

And when the audience stands were noisy.

All Baimu held the Heavy Ball that recalled Regirock and took out a Fast Ball.

As a Legendary Pokémon that showed group nature early on, he naturally wouldn't think that the Latios in front of him had anything to do with the one in Alto Mare.

Therefore.

No mercy needed to be shown!

"This match is up to you!"

Bang!

White light shone.

The audience couldn't see where the Pokémon was, only a yellow trajectory that kept flickering.

"All Baimu's Pokémon is——"

Flobo paused for a moment and said loudly, "The second Legendary Giant! Regieleki!"

As the words fell.

Regieleki stopped moving fast and jumped on the spot very happily.

"Beep beep beep——Lei~Ji~Le~"

Compared to the well-known Infinite Pokémon Latios, Regieleki seemed much more niche.

Its legend only existed in Galar in the world.

But just by the speed just now, it was enough for many people to understand the power of this guy.

Speed against speed!

Latios, known to be faster than a jet plane, versus Regieleki, the fastest Pokémon in history!

Tobias didn't hesitate, and dared not hesitate, opening his mouth to order:

"Dragon Dance!"

"Extreme Speed!"

All Baimu's order followed closely behind.

Latios spiraled into the high sky, and it, entangled with deep blue light spots, had a graceful posture.

Regieleki was very simple.

It turned into light directly!

Zing!

Dust flew up!

All the audience could only see a white light appear abruptly.

Following closely above the field, Regieleki had already arrived beside Latios, and in its stunned expression, swung out slender current-like tentacles!

"Beep beep beep——"

Its cry was as harsh as static electricity.

Slap!

A thunderclap in the clear sky.

Latios fell, crashing into the choking dust with a bang.

Regieleki quickly returned to All Baimu's front, as if it had never flown out, jumping happily on the spot.

"Beep beep beep——Lei~Ji~Le~"

So fast!

What kind of speed is this!?

Flobo shouted out of control, "High-speed at the level of teleportation! Incredible flying power! Regieleki! The Giant of Extreme Speed!"

The voices of many viewers cheering for Latios began to get smaller.

Tobias frowned deeply.

Clearly everyone was using Legendary Pokémon, why did you make it so exaggerated?

He didn't dare to hide anymore, waved his hand and shouted, "Release your true power! Latios!"

In an instant.

Amazing colorful light scattered the floating dust.

Only to see Latios's appearance change greatly, the blue-white tone turned to purple-white, and the wings and arms merged together to form more exaggerated wings.

The mane on the top of its head increased, and the triangular pattern on its abdomen moved to its wings.

It was Mega Evolution!

The audience stands became excited.

Who had seen Latios Mega Evolve? It was extremely rare!

Didn't expect to see it at the Orre tournament today! Another unexpected surprise!

The live stream was already exploding, and the barrage was so dense that the screen couldn't be seen.

But many people also noticed small details.

Tobias didn't take out a Key Stone; the Mega Evolution was all up to Latios itself!

"Is the bond not deep enough? Or are all Legendary Mega Evolutions like this?"

All Baimu was also curious.

In the animation world, Legendary and Mythical Pokémon that Mega Evolve on their own were not rare, like Rayquaza and Shiny Rayquaza, the pair of siblings in the Hoopa movie.

And even Diancie in the Diancie movie.

But the reason they Mega Evolved on their own was—they didn't have Trainers.

What was the situation with this Latios of Tobias?

Didn't have time to think deeply.

The moment Latios finished evolving, he gave the order.

"Rush over! Thunder Wave!"

He had already given enough face; to ensure the traffic was full, he had let some water in to some extent.

It just wasn't much.

Let's have a fair battle for the next match!

"Beep beep beep——"

Regieleki rushed forward like lightning, not using Extreme Speed which was a bit slower, but it was still an extreme speed that ordinary people's naked eyes couldn't touch!

"Jiu-wo!"

Mega Latios sensed the opponent approaching quickly and flew toward the sky at a speed that was not slow either.

This time, in short-distance acceleration, it seemed to be on par with Regieleki?

All Baimu remembered that its Pokédex introduction said it had a flight speed of Mach 4, belonging to the highest level among Pokémon.

Is it true?

Just race a lap and you'll know!

Two rays of light, purple and yellow, rushed into the sky and quickly landed, circling crazily in the field.

The audience was dazzled.

Flobo was also dizzy and didn't know how to commentate.

Finally.

Mega Latios's speed gradually slowed down.

Although it had increased its speed through Dragon Dance, in front of Regieleki, it was still not enough.

Fine currents emerged from its body.

Thunder Wave was successfully applied.

Tobias said quickly, "Refresh!"

"Jiu-wo!"

Mega Latios raised its neck, and emerald green radiance rippled, eliminating the paralysis state that had just taken effect.

All Baimu wasn't idle either, "Thunder Cage!"

"Beep beep beep——Lei! Ji! Le!"

Regieleki jumped up suddenly, its whole body shining with yellow light, and thick currents like a bug-catching net shot out!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle——!!

The sound of the current was ear-piercing.

Mega Latios was immediately imprisoned in it, twisting its body in pain.

Tobias: "Use Light Screen to rush out!"

"Jiu-wo!"

Mega Latios hissed, and a golden protective shield formed on its body surface, making the power of the thunder greatly reduced.

It accelerated again and rushed, actually successfully breaking free from the Thunder Cage's restraint!

However.

All Baimu seemed to have expected it, shouting, "Volt Switch!"

"Beep beep beep——"

Regieleki fell, raised its arms, and shot several shining electric rings at its back!

Zzz!

Mega Latios was electrocuted again, but because of Light Screen, it only twitched and successfully moved away.

Tobias found it hard to be happy.

Since Latios appeared, it had been suppressed from beginning to end, completely failing to exert the strength it should have had?

Regieleki's speed was too fast and it had too many means, and the rhythm was completely snatched away by All Baimu!

Where had he, a Trainer who relied purely on the strength of super-model Pokémon to battle, ever encountered such a situation of being suppressed in all aspects?

"Calm Mind!"

He decisively gave the order, racing against time to improve Mega Latios's state.

Not far away.

All Baimu switched.

Regirock, still sleeping, returned to the field, but fortunately, the effect of 【Spite】 was gone.

All Baimu still said, "Sleep Talk!"

"Buzz buzz buzz——Lei!! Ji!! Luo!!"

Regirock briefly "woke up" and rushed toward the meditating Mega Latios.

But strangely, its body surface began to crack inexplicably, and in the blink of an eye, amazing light was released from the rock cracks!!

Boom——!!

Self-Destruct!

The whole arena was silent, Tobias was stunned, and All Baimu was also stunned on the spot. ===== CHAPTER 970 =====