Chapter 793

"Substitute!? Since when!?"

Hala was shocked to the point of widening his squinting eyes.

No matter what kind of move, as long as it involves attribute energy, it will glow. Even from his angle, he couldn't see it, but how could Machamp at close range not notice it?

Could it be...

Was it dazzled by Dazzling Gleam?

He could only think of this one possibility for the time being. After all, All Baimu let Gengar use Dazzling Gleam so frequently; there was no reason he didn't consider type effectiveness.

"Dream Eater."

All Baimu's instruction interrupted Hala's thoughts.

The Shiny Gengar in mid-air had its eyes glowing red, splitting into a translucent Gengar afterimage, which giggled and rushed toward the sleeping Machamp.

In an instant.

The afterimage entered the body, and Machamp's face became distorted, groaning in pain.

"Machamp!"

A large amount of green light gushed out from its body, and Gengar took all these green lights, and the recovery of physical strength made the latter show a comfortable expression.

Hala shouted loudly: "Wake up, Machamp! Stand up!"

"No chance! Dream Eater—Shadow Ball!"

The thought that flashed like lightning made All Baimu change his instruction at the last moment.

In a flash.

Machamp suddenly opened its eyes, the groaning in its mouth turned into an angry roar, veins densely covered its blue-gray skin, and light red energy fluttered like anger.

But just before it tried to get up.

"Gengar!"

Gengar howled loudly, its claws held high, vibrating the pitch-black light ball in the air, and smashed it onto its head with the posture of a two-handed dunk hitting the backboard!

*Buzz!! *

In the shrill sound of boiling energy, the pitch-black light wave pressed the half-rising Machamp down again!

*Thud! *

Countless cracks exploded on the stone slab under its body in the blink of an eye, broken stones shook up dust and danced, and the sturdy body actually gradually sank, as if it were about to be pressed into the ground by the Shadow Ball!

"Machamp—"

Machamp's howl lasted only for a moment, and stopped abruptly when the Shadow Ball exploded.

*Boom! *

The terrifying dark purple light flame rolled up smoke and air waves, and while blowing the seemingly fat but actually light-bodied Gengar away suddenly.

"Gengar!"

Gengar was forced to do a backflip in the air; fortunately, this had little effect on it, as it possessed flight ability.

It looked up at the arena.

It suddenly saw that in the arena where the curling white smoke dissipated, Machamp's head was half-submerged in the ground, its four sturdy arms twitching slightly, and there was no other reaction besides that.

The winner has been decided.

The change in the last move was quite critical. If it had continued to use Dream Eater, facing Machamp, who was woken up by Hala, the move would inevitably fail.

At that time, it would only increase variables.

Everyone in the arena saw this scene.

The referee took a deep breath.

"Machamp is unable to battle!"

Another one fell!

And unlike the previous Crabrawler, Machamp is usually a Pokémon that Hala uses during the Grand Trial.

It actually lost to Gengar too!

The referee looked at All Baimu with disbelief.

What is the background of this challenger? Is he abnormally strong?

"..."

Hala furrowed his brows, and the thoughts in his mind were much the same as the referee's.

There have been many outside Trainers participating in the Island Challenge in the Alola region over the years, and powerful Trainers are everywhere.

Such as Mohn, Mohn's child Gladion, and Ash, who just arrived in the Alola region not long ago.

But he is definitely the first one to be this strong.

Clearly he had repeatedly overestimated All Baimu, but in the end, he found that he had actually underestimated him.

"You've worked hard."

Hala recalled Machamp into the ball, knowing that according to the usual rules, the challenger defeating two of the Island Kahuna's Pokémon can be judged as the end of the Grand Trial.

But...

"Hariyama!"

Hala gave a low shout, and Hariyama, tall and majestic, pushed the door out from the house opposite the festival stage and approached with heavy steps.

How could the guardian deity be satisfied with such a hasty battle!

He looked at All Baimu, who had been very calm from beginning to end, thinking that he at least had to make this kid raise his voice a bit.

In the woods on the side.

A yellow figure was peeking in secret.

Heaven knows how long this guy had been here and how long it had been watching.

And All Baimu, seeing Hariyama appear, immediately understood that the Grand Trial was about to end, so he asked: "Can I switch Pokémon?"

"Please!"

Hala spread his hands.

So All Baimu called back Gengar, petted the ghost's head to praise it, let it dive into the shadow, and sent out the next Pokémon.

"I leave it to you! Milotic!"

*Bang! *

"Milotic~"

The Shiny Milotic landed, its golden scales appearing particularly dazzling in the sunlight, as if it had been plated with a layer of luxurious halo.

The referee exclaimed inwardly.

Hala couldn't help but say: "What a beautiful Milotic! One look and you can tell it was raised with great care!"

"Milotic~"

Milotic beamed with joy upon being praised.

All Baimu responded: "You're too kind, it's actually naturally beautiful."

While speaking.

Hariyama walked slowly to the opposite side, its temperament steady and outstanding, inexplicably giving people a sense of a high wall blocking the front.

It is worthy of being the Island Kahuna's ace.

He nodded slightly, then shook his head regretfully.

Theoretically, the Island Kahuna's strength in battle should be on par with the Elite Four, but perhaps there are too few opponents of the same level, or perhaps there are not many opportunities for serious battles in daily life.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Hala's level is a cut below the Elite Four... at least compared to the Hoenn Elite Four that All Baimu is familiar with.

There is no need to even use Mega Evolution.

Both sides gave orders at the same time.

"Coil."

"Fake Out!"

The huge Hariyama moved like a flying bird, and every step it took made the stage floor tremble wildly.

And Milotic, seeing the opponent so fierce, immediately curled its long snake body into a ball, and a pale purple fluorescence flowed on its smooth body.

The orange-red air wave symbolizing the rise of ability status rose.

At the same time, both sides approached.

"Hariyama!"

Hariyama raised its fan-like glowing hands and suddenly clapped them together at the Milotic that was close at hand!

*Slap! *

The white air wave surged away!

This blow was exceptionally powerful. Fortunately, Milotic was heavy enough not to be sent flying, but even so, it was affected by the secondary effect of *Fake Out*—*Flinch*, and showed a sluggish expression.

As long as the gap between the two sides is not large enough, eating *Fake Out* will inevitably be hit, it's just a matter of time.

An excellent opportunity to attack!

Hala shouted: "Force Palm!"

"Hariyama!"

Hariyama tried its best to swing its palms covered in jujube-red light, frantically slapping Milotic's snake body, the strength enough to split mountains and crack rocks kept pushing the latter backward, each slap making a *thud-thud* muffled sound.

But the expected cry of pain did not sound.

Something is wrong!

Hala keenly noticed that most of the slaps fell on Milotic's swaying tail fin, which acted like a shield, firmly resisting Hariyama's fierce attack.

There is actually such a thing!

—Did *Coil* increase the hardness of the tail fin?

"Seismic Toss!"

He hurriedly shouted.

However, engaging in close-quarters combat with a snake Pokémon with strong durability is obviously not a wise move.

All Baimu: "Wrap."

When Hariyama fiercely grabbed Milotic's torso, trying to spin it like a windmill, the latter twisted its body silkily and wrapped around it without any effort.

Then.

Milotic began to contract, frantically oppressing it with the joint techniques that snake Pokémon are best at.

Unexpectedly, Hariyama's body was unexpectedly soft, or rather, it had elasticity; even if Milotic tightened again and again, it still couldn't make it feel the pain of being tightly bound.

"Huh?"

All Baimu gave a light *huh*.

Hariyama is not a big-boned Pokémon?

Hala took the opportunity to shout: "Use *Force Palm* to attack its vital point! On your left!"

The Island Kahuna is an Island Kahuna after all; he understands all the Pokémon living near Melemele Island, including the wild Milotic that are quite common in the surrounding waters.

"Hariyama!"

Hariyama raised its palm and released a brown-red light wave toward the position prompted by the Trainer!

*Boom! *

Smoke rose and dissipated.

The golden-shining tail fin blocked the vital point.

"Blocked again!"

Hala felt deeply that All Baimu was tricky.

However, the latter and Milotic are not stupid; knowing that there is a vital point on its body that can be subdued, they wouldn't leave it there openly, making it convenient for Hariyama to attack.

Furthermore.

This itself is a means of luring the enemy.

You don't know it's fine, but once you know, you've fallen for it!

When Milotic used its tail to block the *Force Palm* light wave, its eyes glowed pink.

Hala, who was constantly observing the situation, felt something was wrong.

"Hariyama, use *Detect*!"

Too late!

"Milotic~!"

Milotic's eyes suddenly released pink heart-shaped light rays, which went straight into Hariyama's field of vision, and hollow hearts floated inside its pupils.

"Hariyama..."

Hariyama's large palm froze in place, the *Attract* status took effect, and it was unable to slap down.

Hala hurriedly shouted: "Wake up! Use *Circle Throw* to deal with it!"

All Baimu: "Whirlpool."

*Click~! *

A faint, almost inaudible crisp sound.

Only the sound of flowing water could be heard in the air, followed by fluorescent blue raging waves spraying out of thin air from Milotic's tail fin, which had turned into a propeller, crashing into Hariyama's chest and abdomen in a spiral form!

*Boom! *

The flowing water vortex was like a mountain torrent crashing down a dam, pushing the mountain-like Hariyama back with thunderous force!

"Hariyama—"

Hariyama roared dully and didn't know how many steps it retreated, its two feet *thud-thud-thud-thud* crushing many stone slabs, almost retreating off the stage.

It struggled to kneel down halfway, barely shaking off the shackles of the vortex.

It was just that the *Attract* status was still in effect, making it shake its head constantly, trying to break free and wake up.

In less than half a minute.

The scales of victory tilted toward All Baimu's side at an unreasonable speed, and the most embarrassing thing was that he and his Pokémon remained in a state of "ease" throughout.

A Champion from a certain region?

Such a question flashed in the referee's mind.

No way.

The gap was too obvious; Milotic could withstand Hariyama's continuous fierce attacks, but Hariyama couldn't.

The application of changing moves is even more...

In short, Hariyama's hard power and soft power were not as good as Milotic's.

However.

Hala still had a trump card.

"Looks like it's time!"

He crossed his hands solemnly, revealing the Z-Move on his wrist.

Seeing this, All Baimu was not only not panicked but showed a smile; the Z-Move from the Island Kahuna in the Grand Trial is a part that must be appreciated.

He specifically swapped out Gengar just to give Hala the opportunity to use the Fighting-type Z-Move he was best at.

"Hariyama!"

The shaking Hariyama suddenly puffed out its cheeks, and its eyes quickly became clear.

In an instant.

The bright fist light mark appeared in front of Hala's crossed arms, and he lifted his right leg and stomped heavily on the ground, muttering words in his mouth.

"I, the will of Melemele Island and the guardian deity Tapu Koko, merge to achieve the Island Kahuna!"

"Hariyama!"

Hariyama made movements similar to the Trainer, its face exceptionally solemn.

"Ha! Ha! Hey! Ha!"

In the dull shouts, Hala swung his fists forward continuously, orange-red light flames ignited from his palms, and soon spread to his whole body.

He shouted angrily: "Now is the moment to combine all power into one!"

*Buzz! *

The light flames spread toward Hariyama like a long snake, enveloping it completely, and a strange-shaped upward arrow light mark flashed in front of it!

"All-Out Pummeling!!"

"It's coming! Get ready!"

All Baimu naturally wouldn't underestimate this move, and loudly reminded Milotic, who had translucent water rings floating around it.

The next instant.

Hariyama: "Ha-leh-leh-leh-leh—!!"

It tried its best to push its palms forward in a cycle, and fire-red giant handprints bombarded Milotic like a storm!

All Baimu waved his hand vigorously: "Now! Twister!"

"Milotic!"

Milotic held its rotating tail fin high, and a azure air current of a hurricane fell from the sky, colliding with the fluorescent blue water rings around its body.

But the two not only didn't explode due to energy conflict, but even merged into a water-wave tornado like a wall!

The fire-red handprints that came like a rain of cannonballs all bombarded it!

*Boom boom boom boom! *

One layer of water waves after another exploded, and the majestic white mist rolled up, but Milotic's true body could not be seen.

It can be seen that most of the Z-power was worn away by the rotating force of the Twister and the Water Ring complementing each other, even if the Fighting-type Z-Move couldn't break through Milotic's defense.

Undoubtedly.

This is not the *attack-instead-of-defense* taught to All Baimu by Wallace, but a pure defensive wall that he and Milotic realized by themselves from Wallace's routine.

Symbolizing his personal style—

As long as you can't kill me, I'll come to kill you!

The pity is that the base power of Twister was ultimately a bit low, and it couldn't be fully defended. After the water-wave tornado collapsed, several fire-red handprints still hit Milotic.

*Boom boom boom! *

In the curling white smoke, the festival stage was silent.

Hariyama was panting violently, like an old motorcycle engine.

The referee clenched his fists, Hala furrowed his brows, and both stared unblinkingly at the right half of the arena shrouded in white mist.

Success—

"Hydro Pump."

Before they could even finish thinking about this, a water column like a blue wave broke through the white smoke and bombarded Hariyama!

"Hariyama!?"

*Boom! *

The water mist exploded!

Hariyama flew off the festival stage on the spot and fell to the ground with a *thud*.

"Milotic~"

Milotic raised its snake neck, fine water droplets dripped in front of it, and a look of fatigue appeared on its beautiful face; the power of the Fighting-type Z-Move was still very fierce.

If it hadn't used *Coil* to increase its physical defense before, it really might not have been able to withstand it so easily.

The referee ran to the edge of the stage and confirmed Hariyama's status.

"Hari, Hariyama is unable to battle!"

He looked at All Baimu with complex eyes.

Again...

Easily taken down!