Chapter 1424: The Knight Slays the Dragon

"Crack!"

Garchomp's eyes were bright, its nostrils twitching slightly, gathering the complex information within the arena.

When its massive body landed, it stirred up fine dust, its dense scales gleaming with a cold luster under the sunlight.

It gazed into the distance at Farfetch'd, its entire body exuding a domineering aura, causing countless spectators to become inexplicably excited, shouting and screaming at the top of their lungs.

A Champion's ace should rightfully enjoy this level of acclaim; even Ash's Pikachu received no small amount of cheers when it appeared, and its performance did not disappoint those who had been waiting.

The two Pokémon took turns appearing, battle on the verge of breaking out!

Ash shouted first: "Fury Cutter!"

"Gah!"

Farfetch'd gripped the leek stalk sword in its hand, pointed it at Garchomp, and rapidly charged forward; to increase its speed, it even lowered its stance, making its movements more swift!

Zhulan said calmly: "Scale Shot!"

"Crack!"

Garchomp swung its broad fin blades, its body surface rippling with dazzling luster; countless sharp scales detached from its body, carrying a fierce sharpness as they shot straight out!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The purplish-red scales tinged with silver tore through the air, emitting a sharp screech, covering all of Farfetch'd's dodging space at extreme speed!

But facing such an airtight attack, Farfetch'd's demeanor remained calm as it advanced with quick steps; the leek stalk sword clad in emerald green light swung rapidly, precisely and swiftly slicing through the incoming scales.

Bang bang bang—

Crisp collision sounds rang out incessantly; emerald green energy intertwined with the cold light of the scales, forming a dense defensive barrier that effortlessly blocked the diving scales.

Smoke exploded, and Farfetch'd suddenly burst out from within; the scales shattered yet could not hinder its steps in the slightest, even causing Fury Cutter's power to gradually multiply.

"Gah!"

Farfetch'd leaped up abruptly, swinging down with all its might at Garchomp!

Zhulan's next command followed close behind: "Dragon Claw!"

"Crack!"

Garchomp's fin blades rippled with blue-green light, suddenly swinging upward with violent force, slashing toward the sword-wielding Farfetch'd.

Bang!

Fin blade and leek stalk sword collided heavily, a visible shockwave scattering outward!

Garchomp gritted its teeth, forcefully spreading its arms; the heavy force sent Farfetch'd flying backward, knocking it into the high sky.

"Chase it!"

"Crack!"

Garchomp responded instantly, soaring upward and slashing Dragon Claw at Farfetch'd, but the latter raised its leek leaf shield to block.

The force transmitted over, causing Farfetch'd to plummet to the ground.

Yet its figure remained steady, its movements completely without loss of balance, both legs landing stably.

The host shouted: "A dazzling series of offensive and defensive combos! Farfetch'd and Garchomp performed a perfect offense and defense!"

Zhulan's brows furrowed slightly, "Not an ordinary character."

"Worthy of being a true Sword and Shield Legendary Pokémon!"

Baimu said with a smile inside the preparation room.

Back when watching Journeys, he had quite a favorable impression of Farfetch'd. For one, this guy's strength was strong and reliable enough; for two, it was really quite cool.

In the arena, the airborne Garchomp launched an attack again.

Fissure!

"Crack!"

The Ground-type Pokémon, from mid-air, unleashed a Ground-type move at the opponent below!

Garchomp's four limbs tensed, carrying a heaven-shaking, earth-moving might, its whole body wrapped in earth-yellow light, like a giant meteor descending from the heavens charging at Farfetch'd.

Whoosh!

Strong wind pressure swept the whole field, even the air compressed into a dull hum!

Ash ordered loudly: "Detect!"

"Gah!"

A flash of brilliance passed through Farfetch'd's sharp eyes, staring tightly at the rapidly incoming Garchomp; relying on extreme insight, it instantly predicted Garchomp's charging trajectory.

It raised its leek leaf shield and tilted its body slightly.

In a split second, Fissure slammed head-on into the leek shield!

Dong!

A heavy booming sound reverberated through the arena; Farfetch'd's body was directly knocked backward, its feet carving deep marks into the ground.

"Gah—"

Farfetch'd resisted with all its might, eyes locked on the Garchomp right before it; when the latter exerted force a second time, it followed suit and exerted force, the leek shield twisting to make Garchomp slide past from the side!

"Crack!?"

Dong!

Garchomp couldn't check its momentum in time; its massive body slammed heavily into the ground, smashing out a deep crater, sending rubble and dust flying everywhere.

Before it could turn around, Ash quickly ordered: "Night Slash vital point!"

"Gah!"

Farcatch'd seized this fleeting opening, its figure flashing, raising its sword and suddenly charging at Garchomp's back; taking advantage of it not having fully risen yet, it precisely stabbed toward Garchomp's back!

Bang!

Smoke exploded!

The host shouted: "Sneak attack on a vital point landed! This strike was fast as lightning! How is Dracovish doing——"

As the words fell, with the smoke dispersing, the situation in the arena appeared before everyone.

"Gah?"

Farfetch'd's face revealed a look of shock, only because the Leek Lance failed to pierce Dracovish's body, but was instead blocked by its backward-overlapping fin blades.

With these two layers of "shields," Dracovish preserved itself to the greatest extent, avoiding overly severe injuries.

Dracovish turned its head to the side, revealing a ferocious gaze at Farfetch'd.

"Scale Shot!"

"Crack-pop!"

The fin blades spread open, countless scales on its back flashing as they rushed straight for Farfetch'd's face; the extremely close distance made each grenade-like scale brim with a terrifying presence.

But how could Farfetch'd be a pushover?

It deeply understood what important responsibility it currently bore on its shoulders; its companions had fallen one after another, leaving only Pikachu to share the burden with it.

If it truly lost to Dracovish right here, and then let Pikachu face three powerful Pokémon?

Absolutely not!

Farfetch'd's dignity as a knight, as a warrior, would not allow it to just leave the battlefield like this!

"Gah!"

It raised the Leek Shield, its eyes lighting up with brilliant radiance; Detect activated again, precisely blocking the incoming scales, and leveraging the explosions it rose to a high place, allowing this flightless duck to look down from above.

Seeing this, Ash raised his right arm high into the sky and shouted loudly: "Right now! Let's go, Farfetch'd——

"Meteor Assault!"

"Gah!"

Farfetch'd let out a resonant low cry, gripping the Leek Lance in its hand, aiming it at the distant Dracovish; golden electric current instantly condensed, entirely poured into the tip of the Leek Lance, forming a wildly surging golden-red energy wave!

The next instant, it was like a knight launching a charge, yet also like a meteor streaking across the sky, transforming into a golden-red afterimage that fiercely dive-bombed toward Dracovish!

Boom!!

Vast energy waves rolled down, forming waves surging to both sides, containing world-destroying might!

Bea said calmly: "Max Starfall!"

"Roar!!"

Dracovish roared, its broad thick fins like wings vibrating fiercely; Draco Meteor gathered as it raised its head, then turned into a huge purple-red light sphere rushing straight into the sky.

Bang!

The light sphere exploded mid-air, countless meteor-like energy bodies burning with purple-red flames rushing toward Farfetch'd in endless succession, carrying scorching heat and indescribable pressure, continuous like rocket artillery!

Thump-thump-thump——

They smashed into Meteor Assault one after another, yet could not affect Farfetch'd's charging speed in the slightest; golden-red light forcibly broke through Max Starfall's violent onslaught, continuously closing in on Dracovish.

Truly a fearless, unstoppable momentum!

"Dodge!"

Bea tried to make Dracovish evade, but it was too late.

By the time she shouted those words, Farfetch'd, riding the golden-red energy wave, had already thrust the Leek Lance at Dracovish's chest; the latter tried its best to twist aside and raised its fin blades, but was still pierced in the shoulder!

Boom——!!

Golden-red light soared into the sky, mixed with vast smoke and clamor rising upward.

Deafening explosion sounds shook the huge arena; purple-red and golden-red energy intertwined, scorching high temperatures burning the air, powerful shockwaves whipping up gales, stimulating the protective devices to continuously activate.

The host shouted: "Meteor Assault hit! Farfetch'd's death-defying strike! Can Dracovish withstand it?"

The smoke slowly scattered.

Under countless watching eyes, Farfetch'd and Dracovish were suddenly revealed on the left and right sides respectively, each panting as they looked at the other.

Farfetch'd's condition was still good; Dracovish, aside from some traces on its shoulder, wasn't particularly bad either.

One can only say it lives up to being the Champion's ace; any other Pokémon would have been knocked unconscious directly by Farfetch'd's Meteor Assault descending from the heavens.

Dracovish did not.

It could even continue fighting!

The air was filled with lingering energy fluctuations and dust; Bea took a deep breath, thinking the time had come.

She swiftly took out a ball and recalled Dracovish, simultaneously revealing the Dynamax Band on her wrist, "Come! Dynamax!"

In an instant, the band blossomed with dazzling crimson light; dense Galar particles flew out from within and surged into the Poké Ball in her hand, making it swell several times larger in the blink of an eye!

Seeing this, Ash showed no fear at all, "We're doing it too!"

"Gah!"

Farfetch'd responded, recalled into its ball by him; the Poké Ball likewise began absorbing Galar particles.

Dark clouds densely covered the vault of heaven, glowing with an unsettling deep red light, as if the apocalypse was about to descend.

Bang-bang!

Two huge Poké Balls were thrown out one after another, bang—opening, and two Pokémon wreathed in red light leaped out from within.

Their bodies rapidly enlarged; in a moment they had become as tall as a small building!

"Roar——"

"Gah——"

Two colossi topped with three crimson billowing clouds, feet treading the earth causing the venue to tremble violently.

The already riddled ground immediately split open with countless ferocious cracks.

Dracovish stared dead at Farfetch'd not far away; the latter stood tall and erect, holding sword and shield, gaze blazing as it stared straight at its opponent, not yielding in the slightest!

The two Pokémon originally had a size difference, but after Dynamaxing they were instead "nearly the same," with only about two or three meters of height difference.

Even the longsword in Cong Youbing's hand was taller than Lieyao Lushā!

The surrounding audience let out sky-piercing cheers, everyone watching this scene with incomparable excitement, feeling their blood boil.

"Contestant Zhulan, Contestant Xiaozhi simultaneously unleash Gigantamax! The main event is here!!"

The host's shout was higher than anyone's, yet it also represented the intense emotions in the audience's hearts at this moment.

Zhulan gave the order first, "Gigantamax Dragon Knight!"

"Roar!!"

The Gigantamax Lieyao Lushā roared loudly, the Gigantamax energy around its body turning into fiercely burning dragon flames, like two giant dragons, suddenly charging toward the Gigantamax Cong Youbing before it!

The energy dragons carried world-destroying might; wherever they passed, the air twisted and trembled, merely grazing the protective devices made them tremble violently, the pressure so strong the entire arena shook.

Xiaozhi naturally would not sit and wait for death, so at the same moment Zhulan gave the order, he followed with a shout: "Gigantamax Fist Fight!"

"Gya!!"

The Gigantamax Cong Youbing moved in response, raising its sword and shield, causing the air currents above the vault of heaven to surge, as if summoning something from beyond the heavens, making a golden-red giant fist descend from the sky, rumbling straight toward the two energy dragons charging at it!

Boom!!

Two terrifying Gigantamax energies collided in the field, giant fist and dragon shadows impacting each other, the former seeming to want to crush the latter, the latter seeming to want to lift the former, in the crazy tearing a terrible storm formed, finally turning into a huge spiral rushing straight into the heavens!

Rumble rumble rumble——

The ground trembled unceasingly, the high-altitude clouds also rolling back and forth, intense light swallowing everything, demonstrating the exaggerated power of these two moves.

And when everything settled, the audience through the drifting dust and smoke shockingly saw the ground blown open into a huge deep pit, fully three to four meters deep, surrounding soil piled up, cracks spreading crazily in all directions.

The drifting dust and smoke even blocked the sunlight, faintly revealing the outer contours of the two giant beings on either side and their lantern-like eyes, as well as the blue-orange dual-colored radiance simultaneously lighting up on one side, the scene shocking to the extreme!

Wah!

The audience seats erupted in unprecedented cheers, this scene truly struck their hearts, making them once again deeply feel the trip was worth it!

But this is not the end.

"Gigantamax Rock!"

"Cong Youbing! One more time! Gigantamax Fist Fight!"

The trainers on both sides gave orders again.

The Gigantamax Lieyao Lushā roared, stomping the earth causing a huge rock mountain to rise with a rumble, its surface glowing with crimson light, rumbling as it pressed down toward the Gigantamax Cong Youbing.

This time, what greeted it was still the terrifying giant fist descending from the sky.

The giant fist seemed to want to destroy heaven and earth, striking the top of the giant rock from above, emitting a dull crashing sound like thunder.

The rock mountain was instantly shattered by the fist, countless large and small rocks like cannonballs, each smashing toward both sides!

Thud thud thud!

Giant stones smashed onto the protective devices, causing countless audience members to scream, but seeing the devices firmly block the giant stones, they all showed relieved expressions.

Inside the arena, giant stones flying everywhere not only smashed the Gigantamax Cong Youbing, but also impacted the Gigantamax Lieyao Lushā, both forced back half a step by the giant stones.

Yet their eyes remained bright.

In a flash the giant stones turned to gravel lingering in the field, the Gigantamax Cong Youbing's body surface lit up with orange-red light, its physical attack rising along with it.

Both sides have already used two Gigantamax moves, the remaining chances only one left.

Zhulan's target was clear from the start, "Go! Gigantamax Earth!"

"Cong Youbing! Last time Gigantamax Fist Fight!"

Xiaozhi remains straightforward as ever.

Three Gigantamax moves not defending once, all replaced by attacks, blatantly intending to inflict maximum damage on Lieyao Lushā this way, and raise his own attack!