Chapter 1399

Thud!

The earth trembled.

The tens-of-meters-tall Dynamax Hawlucha entered the field, its huge body covering the sky above the stadium, its wings spreading to stir up strong air currents.

"Haw—!! Lucha—!!"

Its voice was like a bell, carrying a deafening echo within the huge Wyndon Stadium.

Purple-red dark clouds shrouded the sky, and three red clouds lingered above Dynamax Hawlucha's head, illuminating its body into an eerie purple-red.

Facing the pressure given by Cinderace, Diantha didn't dare to delay any longer, and decisively ordered it to Dynamax while Hawlucha was in its peak state.

As everyone knows, after Dynamax, a Pokémon's size will not only increase, but its stamina will also double.

So even if Cinderace attacks at this moment, she isn't afraid!

"Pyro Ball!"

"Max Knuckle!"

The two issued commands one after another.

Cinderace quickly stretched its leg to lift a stone, flames appeared out of thin air and swirled around it, gradually condensing into a huge ball of flame.

"Cinder!"

It shouted loudly and kicked it toward Dynamax Hawlucha.

But before that, rich Fighting-type energy gathered high in the sky, and a huge golden-red fist shadow, like a meteor falling from the sky, smashed down toward Cinderace with overwhelming force!

In an instant, the flame ball and Max Knuckle collided with each other.

Bang!

The flame ball exploded like fireworks, but it couldn't make this giant fist falling from the sky dissipate; it still carried a mighty momentum straight toward Cinderace.

A major feature of Max moves is their wide coverage, almost sealing off the space for evasion.

Fortunately, the flame ball slowed down the momentum somewhat.

Cinderace retreated with two big jumps relying on its own flexibility, then leaped away to avoid the core impact.

Boom!!

The earth trembled violently, and the kicked-up dust and fog hit the outside of the field, triggering the protective devices. The flat ground was smashed into a huge depression by Max Knuckle, and stone fragments and shockwaves swept in all directions.

A large amount of dust and smoke permeated the entire field, not dissipating for a long time, with only a golden light shrouding Dynamax Hawlucha, increasing its attack power.

This is the power of Max moves.

Diantha didn't wait for the smoke to dissipate; she knew very well that Cinderace wasn't an opponent that could be defeated so easily.

"Max Airstream!"

"Haw—!! Lucha—!!"

Dynamax Hawlucha let out another angry roar, its wings flapping violently, and milky-white air currents formed a vortex-like hurricane shockwave, rolling up all the sand and stones on the ground and launching a charge forward.

The dust and fog that had been churning on the field dissipated instantly, or rather, were integrated into the airflow vortex.

Cinderace appeared immediately; it was already not far from Dynamax Hawlucha, standing at the edge of the field on its diagonal side, with its arms crossed in front of its chest, and a sphere composed of countless hexagonal crystals wrapped around it.

It was 【Protect】.

Even Champion Dande couldn't let his Pokémon dodge an attack with a coverage range of more than half the field, so he chose to use Protect to take it head-on.

Moreover, its positioning largely prevented it from taking the full force of a Max Airstream.

Rumble—

The hurricane swept across the field, and the light shield of Protect was constantly shaken.

Although it shattered suddenly under the continuous bombardment of Max Airstream, it indeed withstood relatively high damage for Cinderace.

In an instant, as Dynamax Hawlucha increased its speed due to the secondary effect of Max Airstream, Cinderace headed straight for this huge monster and successfully circled to its back.

"Haw! Lucha!"

Dynamax Hawlucha flapped its wings and turned, moving from the half of the field where Diantha was to the half where Dande was, its posture exceptionally agile.

But at the same time, at Dande's command, Cinderace had already leaped high.

"Bounce!"

"Cinder!"

In the blink of an eye, it had leaped over Dynamax Hawlucha's head and returned to the latter's back.

Cinderace rotated its body and kicked Dynamax Hawlucha's back.

"Hawlucha!"

The super-effective effect made it let out a muffled groan, staggering forward two steps.

As a Galar native, Dande's experience in dealing with Dynamax opponents was clearly stronger than Diantha's, so much so that when facing Cinderace's close-quarters entanglement, Diantha still chose Max Airstream after much deliberation.

"Jump up! Use Max Airstream on the field!"

"Haw!! Lucha!!"

Dynamax Hawlucha's huge body leaped up, turned around, and flapped its wings, using this to blast a hurricane at the entire field.

Cinderace couldn't dodge, but fortunately, it used 【Protect】 in time again.

Rumble—!!

In the hurricane reaching the sky, Protect collapsed, and Cinderace's body was shrouded in the whirlwind.

After a while, the milky-white gale dissipated.

Cinderace knelt on one knee on the field, a look of determination flashing across its brow, "Cinder!"

The host shouted: "Cinderace held on! Hawlucha's Dynamax time is up!"

All three Max moves were used, resulting in one Attack boost and two Speed boosts, and it dealt a certain amount of damage to Cinderace.

Diantha felt it was worth it.

She believed that if she and Hawlucha worked a little harder, they would definitely have a chance to take down Cinderace right here!

Hum hum—

The purple light faded, and Hawlucha shrank rapidly until it returned to its normal size.

Diantha didn't dare to delay, shouting: "Flying Press!"

【Flying Press】, a rare move where two types of energy coexist; when attacking an opponent, it also calculates based on the combination of the two types' compatibility with other types.

For example, attacking Cinderace, which was Normal-type after using Protect, was a super-effective effect!

Dande naturally understood this point, so he immediately let Cinderace stand up and leap, "Bounce!"

The two Pokémon leaped into mid-air together, one lunging forward and the other kicking hard, the two sides colliding suddenly and then flying backward in opposite directions.

"Still so fast!"

Diantha couldn't believe that after two Max Airstreams, Cinderace's reaction speed had decreased so little, even being able to keep up with the rhythm of Hawlucha after two speed boosts.

Something is wrong!

Very wrong!

She suddenly realized that there might have been some luck involved when defeating Rillaboom earlier, but she also firmly believed that Cinderace couldn't hold on forever.

"Thunder Punch!"

No matter how you change! Straightforward!

"Hawlucha!"

Hawlucha's moves connected seamlessly the moment it landed, its fist wrapped in dazzling electric light!

Swish!

It rushed toward Cinderace violently; the two speed boosts made it as fast as lightning, punching Cinderace suddenly.

The current crackled, heading straight for the opponent's face.

But Dande and Cinderace's reactions were still very fast.

"Mud-Slap!"

The characteristic of small moves is that they operate quickly, so when Hawlucha punched Cinderace, it had already become a Ground-type Pokémon.

The electricity wrapped around its body but couldn't bring any damage, only the full force of Hawlucha, which was enough to dent a steel plate.

But that was enough.

Cinderace crossed its arms, its body shifted sideways again, and the two Pokémon opened up distance.

The two looked at each other.

"Pyro Ball!"

"Sure enough! Stone Edge!"

Diantha deliberately didn't issue a command immediately, only acting when she heard Dande's voice.

She was waiting for Cinderace to attack first.

Otherwise, she really had no good way to deal with this ever-changing Pokémon; the Libero ability was too shameless when defending, either resisting or directly becoming immune.

If she were any slower, there would really be no way to play!

Hawlucha flapped its wings violently, and countless sharp rocks shot out from both sides of its wings; who knew that after Cinderace lifted a stone and condensed a Pyro Ball, it would start moving left and right like dribbling a ball.

All the flying stone fragments were dodged nimbly, drawing consecutive exclamations from the audience, everyone's face filled with incredible colors.

Dodged them all?

Didn't hit a single one?

Yes!

Cinderace's superb dribbling ability was just like the Samba football kicked by that soccer elf, continuously passing "people" without a single drop leaking!

At the same time, the Pyro Ball it was carrying also grew larger and larger, becoming half a person's height in the blink of an eye!

Dande waved his hand calmly, "Go!"

Cinderace glanced out of the corner of its eye, accurately locked onto Hawlucha, who was retreating, and kicked violently!

Bang!

A powerful blow; the giant Pyro Ball headed straight for Hawlucha's face as it raised its arms to block!

Boom!

In an instant, the flame ball shattered into countless sparks, and Hawlucha was also sent flying.

The host shouted: "Excessively agile movements! Cinderace dodged Stone Edge with just its footwork!"

No one expected that Cinderace's movements could still be so sensitive at this time, exaggerated to the point that not to mention the audience, even the champions couldn't quite believe it.

In the preparation room, An Xin'er's small face was tense; Cinderace's performance had almost stunned her, feeling that this wasn't a battle of the same level at all.

All Baimu was also thinking that the highlight that originally belonged to Rillaboom had all been given to Cinderace this time.

Should one say it's worthy of being a Galar starter?

I believe that after this battle ends, Cinderace's popularity will definitely rise significantly, indirectly affecting the choices of novice Pokémon among Galar teenagers.

Below, Diantha didn't have time to be surprised, let alone think about how Dande managed it; the huge pressure brought by Cinderace made her have to do her best to take down this Pokémon!

The great situation suddenly turned into this, and she started to become slightly impatient.

"Flying Press!"

"Hawlucha!"

Hawlucha, with its feathers and chest scorched black, leaped up, diving down at an even trickier angle; Flying and Fighting dual-type energy was highly condensed, and the trajectory was difficult to predict.

Dande shouted calmly: "Pyro Ball!"

"Cinder!"

Cinderace lifted another stone, swirled the scorching flames on it, and kicked it out violently after it turned into a huge flame ball!

"Dodge!"

Diantha shouted, but before Hawlucha could change direction, the flame ball suddenly exploded in mid-air!

Boom!

Rolling air waves spread violently in all directions; Hawlucha was shaken off course by the impact force, and was dodged by Cinderace when it dived again.

The latter refused to give it any chance to continue attacking, leaping high first and transforming into a Flying-type.

Diantha gritted her teeth, "Meet it! Thunder Punch!"

She didn't believe Cinderace could keep dodging! Hawlucha's attacks couldn't miss every time!

However, the situation was just that cruel.

When the current on Hawlucha's fist rose to a dazzling level, and it exhausted its remaining stamina to throw a full-force punch, and dense lightning shrouded the area in front.

The diving Cinderace's body rotated incredibly, shifting sideways slightly to avoid the core damage range of Thunder Punch, and landed to the side.

Although it was still hit by the lightning, it also used a rabbit-kick move to kick Hawlucha away violently!

Bang!

Hawlucha flew away like a meteor.

"Pyro Ball!"

A smile of victory had already appeared on Dande's face.

Cinderace didn't let him down, quickly condensing a huge fireball and kicking it toward the opponent like a shot.

The speed of this blow was even faster and more accurate than when it was at full state, so much so that Hawlucha was blasted out of the field by the sudden Pyro Ball just as it got up.

Bang!

Flames rolled, and Hawlucha fell heavily to the ground, its wings spreading out powerlessly.

"Hawlucha..."

It just let out a light cry, then there was no more sound, completely losing the ability to battle.

Deng Pei entered the field to pronounce, "Hawlucha is unable to battle! Cinderace wins!"

The second one!

The host cheered loudly, "Consecutive Pyro Balls! Cinderace has performed a hat trick! Successfully taking down the opponent!"

A hat trick usually refers to a player scoring three or more goals.

The number of Pyro Balls Cinderace shot directly at Hawlucha was exactly three!

On the big screen, the avatar belonging to Hawlucha dimmed.

"Ha... ha..."

Cinderace panted heavily, looking at the Pokémon it had taken down again, and suddenly lay on its back, as if it were a soccer star who had played for 120 minutes.

Its physical fitness in all aspects was actually not as good as Rillaboom's; being able to entangle with Diantha's two Pokémon to this extent was already quite difficult.

Especially that Stone Edge.

Actually, Cinderace itself couldn't believe it could reach that point.

But under Dande's command, it did it decisively, and the result was successfully dodging this fatal Stone Edge.

If it had been hit even once, the final outcome wouldn't have been Hawlucha's defeat.

One can only say that God still chose to stand on its side.

"Good work."

Dande said to Cinderace.

Cinderace didn't respond, just gave a thumbs up to its trainer and gave him a WINK.

Can't refuse to play soccer next time!

It always likes to find partners to play soccer, such as letting Rillaboom be the goalkeeper, letting Mr. Mime be the defender, and then letting Aegislash, Seismitoad, Inteleon, and Dragapult be the opponents.

Charizard can't come; this guy plays soccer without restraint and always blows up the ball.

Cinderace never likes to play with it.

The most interesting thing is playing soccer with Dande and Hop; the brothers, one can't even recognize where his own goal is, and the other can rebel while playing, it's just too fun!

Dande naturally knew what his partner was thinking and recalled it helplessly.

However, he really has played less with his Pokémon recently; there are too many things and he is busy, he must find time to take a good vacation...

It wasn't until he became the League Chairman that Dande discovered the pressure Rose had once borne.

Of course, he still doesn't agree with his allergic behavior.

In the distance, Diantha was doing psychological adjustments; she lost a bit too undeservedly, she was a bit anxious.

She wanted to defeat Cinderace too much, to the point of losing her composure.

Shouldn't have.

Seeing Dande recall Cinderace, Diantha prepared herself psychologically to welcome the final battle.