Chapter 1407

The referee's announcement that Dragonite had lost the ability to battle still echoed through the arena as Elise took a deep breath and recalled her exhausted Dragonite.

"Thank you, Dragonite. You did great."

Being led by the nose the whole way by Zhulan had left Elise's mindset somewhat unbalanced.

She had originally wanted to show her idol her grown self, but in the end she was still just that fragile.

No good.

I have to steady myself.

Elise took a deep breath; the match had only just begun, she still had plenty of chances!

That's right!

She gazed at the Pang Yan Guai across the field and threw her second Poké Ball, "Go! Haxorus!"

Bang!

White light exploded, and the sturdy Haxorus appeared.

"Roar!"

No longer bearing any trace of youthful immaturity, the dragon's twin eyes were like lightning, its sharp blood-colored twin axes gleaming with a cold, hard metallic luster as it stared straight at the terrifying opponent formed from a hundred wicked souls in the distance.

Relying on the protection of its Multiscale Ability, the Pang Yan Guai cackled without end, "Gah gah gah——"

Zhulan gave the order, "Will-O-Wisp."

"Haxorus! Taunt!"

Elise did not hesitate, immediately issuing the follow-up command.

In the previous match she had suffered thoroughly from the Pang Yan Guai's Metronome moves; this round she had to cut it off at the source.

The command fell, and Haxorus threw back its head and let out a savage dragon's roar, the roar carrying intense intimidation and provocation as black-red energy ripples spread out suddenly with it at the center.

Hum!

The energy ripples abruptly crashed into the ghostly purple fireballs thrown by the Pang Yan Guai, and the latter actually collapsed amid violent trembling.

"Gah?!"

The Pang Yan Guai's cackle came to an abrupt halt; black-red light coiled around it and soon sank inside.

Taunt took effect, severing its possibility of using Metronome again.

The announcer shouted, "Taunt hit! Haxorus's roar shattered the Will-O-Wisp! Full of spirit!"

The whole audience was either surprised or excited; Will-O-Wisp destroyed this easily?

Obviously that was not the case at all; this situation could only prove that Haxorus possessed strength far beyond the ordinary.

Unova Champion Elise was truly beginning to exert herself!

Zhulan's eyelids lifted slightly as she smiled lightly, "Truly a magnanimous roar, worthy of the former Dragon King of the Village of Dragons. A Taunt mediated by sound? Truly has the style of a dragon!"

Her heart remained calm, even though the Pang Yan Guai's Metronome was hindered.

In her view, although the Pang Yan Guai was "sealed," it still possessed powerful offensive capability, enough to deal with this rather hot-tempered Dragon-type Pokémon.

And seeing Taunt succeed and hinder the opponent's Will-O-Wisp, Elise swiftly followed up with the next command, "Dragon Pulse!"

"Roar——"

Haxorus crossed its arms before its chest, dense azure dragon flames frantically gathering between its twin axes, vast energy continuously compressing and expanding, forming a ferocious, terrifying energy dragon head.

"Shadow Sneak!"

Zhulan repeated her old trick, and the Pang Yan Guai, its Metronome sealed, angrily extended its wicked souls forward.

But the instant it flew out, Haxorus suddenly let out a low roar, and the not-fully-formed energy giant dragon surged forward with a boom!

Rumble!

The air was struck into a low rumble, gravel on the ground kicked up by the airflow to fill the sky, carrying the force of sweeping away the withered and pulling down the rotten, slamming head-on into the attacking Pang Yan Guai.

Dark red energy and roaring dragon flames exploded not far in front of Haxorus, the two waves squeezing and tearing at each other, visible shockwaves rolling and scattering in all directions, the flat ground shaken by the shockwave into layer upon layer of cracks.

Blinding light flashed, making it hard to look straight at it; beyond Zhulan's expectations, the unfinished Dragon Pulse used to counter Shadow Sneak actually suppressed the Pang Yan Guai. A moment later the Shadow Sneak's black-red energy was simply forcibly broken through, and the remaining Dragon Pulse slammed hard into the Pang Yan Guai.

Even pressing back its spiraling wicked souls all the way, forcing it to retreat continuously until the sealing rock suffered a heavy blow!

Thud!

Smoke billowed, the Pang Yan Guai's wicked souls trembling violently.

"Mika……"

Although Multiscale was there, the remaining Dragon Pulse fundamentally couldn't inflict much damage, but precisely because Multiscale was broken, the Pang Yan Guai was in such pain.

A hard-won defensive Ability, meant to be used in a more valuable place!

Zhulan lowered the hand shielding her eyes from the smoke, thinking it seemed Elise had already found a way to break Shadow Sneak.

Since that was the case.

"Icy Wind."

She decisively changed tactical strategy, shifting from passive counterattack to active offense.

The increasingly enraged Pang Yan Guai cried out as it extended its wicked souls, bone-piercing cold air gushing from its saw-toothed mouth, pale blue cold wind carrying fine ice particles sweeping toward Haxorus!

Elise naturally would not sit and wait for death, following up with the order, "Hyper Voice!"

"Roar!!"

Haxorus roared at the top of its voice, visible black sound waves surging forward majestically, colliding with the biting cold wind in the center of the field, erupting in a heaven-shaking boom in an instant!

Boom!!

Smoke curled, covering a large area of the field.

Zhulan's long robe fluttered in the strong wind; she lowered her eyes slightly, precisely blocking out the sounds from outside the field, her gaze like lightning shooting toward the front-left, "Here it comes! Phantom Force!"

"Mika!"

The Pang Yan Guai cried lowly, its wicked souls shrinking into the sealing stone, followed immediately by the sealing stone sinking into the ground's shadows, vanishing completely from the field.

The next instant.

A pair of soul-seizing crimson eyes suddenly flashed into view; a massive silhouette tore through the mist, and the Double-Axe Battle Dragon's entire body was wreathed in purplish-red Dragon-type energy, like a raging blaze burning fiercely!

"Roar!"

It roared, and upon discovering its target was no longer in place, it alertly scanned its surroundings.

Orange-red streams of light manifested across its body — the sign of raised Attack and Speed.

Zhulan was quite surprised. "Dragon Dance?"

She had originally thought the Double-Axe Battle Dragon would attack directly; she never expected that despite its fierce momentum, it was actually a boosting move.

Anticipating that she would try to evade in advance?

Zhulan locked eyes with Alice in the distance through the dispersing smoke, while the Double-Axe Battle Dragon warily observed its surroundings, trying to catch a trace of the Flower Rock Monster, yet could never glimpse the latter dwelling in another dimension.

"Roar..."

Just as it was about to let out a low roar, a strange sensation suddenly came from behind.

"Wide-Range Destruction!"

Alice's voice rang out; the Double-Axe Battle Dragon unhesitatingly swung its thick tail, azure radiance clinging to it, striking the Sealing Stone with the force of a giant log sweeping everything before it!

The Speed boost from Dragon Dance was realized at this very moment!

Bang!

The Sealing Stone was knocked flying; the Flower Rock Monster's evil spirits swirled and surged within, forming a dark-purple ring-shaped shockwave ripple at extreme speed, which slammed into the Double-Axe Battle Dragon and knocked it off its feet.

"Roar!"

The Double-Axe Battle Dragon gave a pained low roar, its massive body staggering forward several steps.

It spun around swiftly, and Alice seized the moment to order: "Earthquake!"

"Evil Wave!"

Zhulan's speed was not slow either.

The Flower Rock Monster coalesced pitch-black energy ripples around its body, and in a split second countless black light bullets shot out frantically.

"Roar!"

The Double-Axe Battle Dragon roared furiously and suddenly lowered its body, slamming its forelimbs and massive tail heavily onto the ground.

Thud!!

Violent tremors erupted from beneath the Double-Axe Battle Dragon's feet; the rocky arena instantly split open with huge gullies, shockwaves spreading wildly outward from it as the center, the ground heaving violently, rubble soaring into the sky.

The light bullets of Evil Wave collided with the shockwaves and were easily shattered; the ground beneath the Flower Rock Monster trembled nonstop, leaving its figure crooked and tottering.

The Double-Axe Battle Dragon after Dragon Dance gained an extraordinarily huge advantage, to the point of grasping power the Flower Rock Monster could hardly match.

Zhulan narrowed her eyes. "Gigantamax..."

As expected.

When the Flower Rock Monster was tossed into chaotic rolling by Earthquake, Alice took out a Poké Ball.

Not a switch — Gigantamax!

The announcer shouted: "Here it comes! The first Gigantamax of the third round!"

Purple light surged from the wristband on Alice's wrist into the Poké Ball, instantly swelling it several times larger.

Zhulan watched this scene, yet did not swap out the Flower Rock Monster, even though a golden opportunity lay before her.

"Go! Gigantamax!"

Alice cried out, hurling the huge Poké Ball shining with purple light toward the field.

Boom!

Purple light exploded; the sky was covered by dark-red clouds, and the Double-Axe Battle Dragon flew out from within with a low roar, its body rapidly swelling — in the blink of an eye it had become a colossus dozens of meters tall, three deep-red clouds rotating leisurely above its head.

"Roar!!"

Its roar was like thunder rolling from the high heavens; the blood-colored double axes on its cheeks gleamed with cold light, like two sky-piercing giant axes, and a dense, oppressive pressure descended upon the arena.

The moment Gigantamax completed, Alice issued a loud command: "G-Max Dragon Claw!"

"Roar!!"

The Gigantamax Double-Axe Battle Dragon raised its head and roared high; Dragon-type energy surged wildly around it, forming two azure hurricanes that suddenly erupted behind it, and together they flew toward the Flower Rock Monster not far away!

Rumble—

Howling wind shrieked like a dragon's chant; the storm rotated and converged at high speed, forming a gigantic tornado reaching straight into the clouds at the center of the field.

And at the very center of the tornado, a pair of giant dragon wings condensed from pure Dragon-type energy slowly unfurled; as the wings spread, airflow surged wildly, and the entire arena was enveloped by this azure tornado storm!

The field trembled madly; wherever the giant tornado passed, the ground was gouged with deep scars, countless rocks were swept into the sky and then fell like raindrops in all directions, landing before the spectator stands where the defensive barrier triggered.

Countless spectators burst into screams of surprise and excitement; the vast Palace Gate Arena was undoubtedly the most suitable venue for a G-Max Move to shine, and it truly stirred the blood!

Zhulan watched this scene, her gaze shifting unpredictably.

And what made everyone in the arena shudder was that the G-Max Dragon Claw released by the Gigantamax Double-Axe Battle Dragon lasted an extremely long time, as if it would exhaust all Gigantamax energy in this very moment.

A short while later.

The tornado storm gradually dissipated, revealing a field full of cracks; the Flower Rock Monster lay within, faint cracks visible on the Sealing Stone's surface.

Alice and Zhulan both frowned, yet their thoughts were completely different.

"Effect not very obvious... dodged most of it by relying on Phantom Force sneak attack?"

"As expected, the duration of G-Max Moves is still too long."

The Flower Rock Monster can't take another hit.

Although its dual defenses are quite considerable, and it has only the Fairy type as a weakness, as a Ghost-type Pokémon its stamina is not optimistic.

Thinking to this point, Zhulan unceremoniously took out a Poké Ball and swapped the Flower Rock Monster out.

The speed was so fast that Alice's second command cut off abruptly.

People who have been "bullied" by Baimu have, to varying degrees, learned some preventive measures, so naturally they will not give the opponent a chance to make them unable to exchange Pokémon.

"Dragon-type Pokémon."

Zhulan's hand turned at her waist, finally selecting the Pokémon she wanted, "Dance freely! Togekiss!"

Boom!

White light burst forth, the entirely white, wide-winged Togekiss floated in midair, and was quickly taken back by her.

Elise's command was cut off for the second time, but she had no mind to pay attention to so much, and was more concerned with what was about to happen.

Only seeing Zhulan throw a huge crimson-red Poké Ball with one hand, Togekiss appeared again, its body visibly swelling to the naked eye, until it became a giant bird occupying nearly half the field.

"Poriri~~"

The Gigantamax Togekiss let out a melodious cry, forming a stark contrast with the raging Gigantamax Double-Bladed Axe Dragon.

The distance between the two Gigantamax Pokémon was extremely close, the scene of giant beasts clashing successfully ignited the excitement of all spectators present, with screams, cheers, and shouts echoing through the clouds.

That's right! Exactly!

That's what they wanted to see!

Under the expectant gazes of everyone, Zhulan and Elise gave their orders in unison.

"Gigantamax Fairy!"

"Gigantamax Steel!"

"Poriri~~!"

"Roar!!"

The two Pokémon responded loudly, Gigantamax Togekiss flapped its wings first, lightly spreading as countless pastel-colored stars suddenly rained down from the high sky, like a magnificent meteor shower!

Each of these colorful stars is highly condensed fairy-type energy, enough to make many Dragon-type Pokémon's scalps tingle.

But Elise and the Gigantamax Double-Bladed Axe Dragon showed no fear, only seeing the latter burst forth with dazzling metallic luster all over its body, as the ground suddenly shot up one thick metallic pillar after another, which charged toward the incoming pastel-colored meteor shower like spears!

Boom!!

Silvery-white metallic energy and pastel-colored fairy stars collided violently in midair, ultimate silver light and splendid colorful light wildly tore and exploded.

Each collision blasted open a cluster of splendid light mist.

The powder from shattered stars intertwined with metallic fragments, forming an energy storm covering the entire battlefield.

Even more like a grand fireworks display, presented before all spectators.

Both Gigantamax Pokémon were affected by the impact, violently trembling like ripples spreading layer upon layer.

Light exploded and air currents rolled on the battlefield, the scene shocking to the extreme.

Countless spectators had eyes shining like stars, netizens watching through the screen only regretted they couldn't buy tickets to the live event, Anxiner also felt dazzled and entranced, drawn in by this magnificent scene.

Baimu let out a deep sigh.

"How to compare..."

Shannen has always wanted the Ore region to be no less than the Galar region, but the spectacle of Gigantamax battles is too strong, no battle enthusiast can resist.

In the arena, Elise and Zhulan gave their orders again, still Gigantamax Steel and Gigantamax Fairy.

Affected by Gigantamax Fairy, at this moment the shattered ground has already adhered with a thin layer of pink mist.

【Mist Field】, Dragon-type damage on the ground is reduced by 50%, and it will not fall into any abnormal or confused state.

This strike is no different from hitting Elise's lifeline.

Now it depends on whether Elise has a chance to switch Pokémon, or what she prepares to counter the third Gigantamax Fairy.