Chapter 960

In the woods.

A large tree fell with a teeth-aching sound.

Mega Gallade landed on a branch with one foot, swung its cape gracefully, and stared into the distance.

"Gallade..."

"..."

Darkrai was in mid-air, its elegant white hair and the pitch-black cloth strips on its shoulders swaying like flames.

Directly below the two Pokémon.

Wally and Tobias had different expressions as they looked at each other.

They had been at a stalemate for a long time, compared to Mega Alakazam's slightly reluctant Future Sight.

Darkrai relied on hard power to compete with Mega Gallade.

Clearly a Dark-type Pokémon, yet it was better at traveling through shadows than Ghost-types, and its movements were even more mysterious.

Continue fighting?

Intuition told Wally that there were already contestants nearby secretly watching, waiting for the result after the two fought to the death.

He had honed himself for two full years, and he hadn't gone through all the hardships just to come to the Orre region to challenge the Mythical Pokémon Darkrai.

Battling All Baimu on the big stage was his long-cherished wish!

Retreat!

Wally didn't hesitate.

He was the type of person who was very calm and serious once he entered a battle state, and he would clearly distinguish the pros and cons to make the best plan.

Tobias looked at his calm face and smiled slightly:

"Why? Not fighting anymore? Why care about those who are peeking in the dark?"

"..."

Wally didn't speak.

Compared to pouring out his troubles with Tobias, he preferred to find a safe enough way to evacuate.

【Teleport】 was quite good.

It was just that the pre-swing was too long; Shanren's Mega Alakazam had succeeded in running away because he and Mega Gallade had attracted Darkrai's attention.

Needed a little bit of external factors—

Seemed to have heard his plea.

On the horizon.

A terrifying thunderous roar faintly sounded, followed by a milky-white shockwave mixed with earth-yellow light, the anomaly gradually becoming clear.

Along with the rumbling sound, there was a feeling of gradual amplification...

No.

It was really approaching!

The gazes of Darkrai and Mega Gallade were inevitably attracted, and the momentary judgment caused them to return to their trainers' sides, taking them away quickly!

The next instant.

Boom—!!

The milky-white shockwave like a thick wall arrived first, and countless trees along the way flew up instantly, followed by the shining earth-yellow light, like a detonator buried deep underground exploding.

Countless grass, trees, and earth stones rushed into the sky in large clusters!

And the contestants and Pokémon who were hiding were, without exception, carried into the sky by this force, and then fell powerlessly.

Wally and Tobias were lucky enough that their Pokémon were quick-witted and took them away fast enough, thus escaping disaster.

The smoke filling the sky obscured everything.

"This is..."

The two were stunned, having the astonishment of knights in the middle of a medieval duel suddenly being blasted by modern cannons.

"Hum~"

A dull buzzing sound like the echo of a metal inner wall came from the air.

It was also like the cold start of a large engine.

Wally's confusion dissipated.

He looked up, and sure enough, he saw a dazzling bright silver in the hazy dust.

"All Baimu!"

He shouted excitedly.

In an instant.

The dust flying in the sky was rolled by an invisible force, and after quickly dissipating, it revealed a silver giant beast that looked like an aerospace cruiser.

A figure stood on top, looking down with his back to the brilliant sun.

"Wally? You're here, what a coincidence!"

"It is a coincidence!"

Wally's eyes adjusted to the sunlight for a while before he could clearly see All Baimu.

Tobias too.

He had wanted Darkrai to use Dark Void, but suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he smiled.

"Hello, may I ask if the three legendary giants in the Iron Town mine are your partners?"

He was quite polite.

All Baimu didn't answer, but asked back: "Why do you think they are mine?"

"You have a scent on you that is the same as mine, the scent of destiny."

Tobias's smile didn't fade, "I was attracted by you, which is why I came to the Orre region; I have already completed my destiny, what about you?"

What, what?

Are you a Stand user, attracting each other?

Destiny...

Was he talking about the destiny of stopping Ash from winning at the Lily of the Valley Conference?

Thinking about it this way, All Baimu replied: "It's in progress."

His destiny must include becoming the Orre Champion.

"I wish you success!"

Tobias offered his blessing and then left with Darkrai.

All Baimu hurriedly said: "Hey! Are you quitting the tournament?"

"... Of course not, I am a person who is used to starting and finishing things." Tobias stopped, turned his head, and smiled.

"Then see you in the preliminaries."

He waved his right hand regretfully.

If Tobias had said he was quitting just now, he would definitely have taken action; he had to make this guy leave lying down.

Since he didn't, let's endure it a bit longer.

Not far away.

Tobias discovered that the terrifying gaze had moved away from his back, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

In the moment he had just left.

He almost felt like a disaster was imminent, and even Darkrai beside him had become wary; fortunately, the worst situation didn't happen.

Back to All Baimu's side.

He chatted with Wally, "How many have you taken out?"

"Defeated seven or eight trainers..."

Wally answered matter-of-factly.

All Baimu was very dissatisfied, complaining: "Can you put in some effort? Green-haired prince, I want to go back to eat early."

"Please don't call me that!" Wally complained troubledly, and then said: "Why are we both contestants, and you're urging me to eliminate contestants!"

He pointed around.

One after another, trainers and Pokémon who had lost their battle ability were being teleported away.

"It's a battle royale! If it's not chaotic, how do you fight? I knew as soon as I saw you that you've been playing one-on-one games with others for a long time, please put in some effort, Green-haired prince!"

"If you call me that again, I'm going to get angry!"

Wally's fists hardened.

All Baimu laughed, "If you don't take out twenty people before the battle royale ends, your nickname here will be Prince from now on—I don't care! Bite me if you can!"

He had no self-awareness of bullying a child, patted the super-giant Steelix's head, and flew toward the center of the arena gracefully.

Wally was so angry he gritted his teeth, and the Mega Gallade beside him looked helpless.

This is the consequence of meeting the wrong person.

Trainer!

Be careful! That guy is not a good person!

"Go! Let's go eliminate contestants!" Wally ultimately couldn't escape the destiny of being manipulated.

The Demon King sent out his minions.

The pure white knight fell... pfft, was polluted into a black knight. Began hunting the warriors who were struggling to survive.

Canyon Battle Royale, contestant elimination tournament is in full swing.

Current remaining number—

One hundred and seventy-six.

The second wave of circle shrinking is about to begin.

And on the way back to the sandbag area, All Baimu saw Kenta and Typhlosion staring solemnly at the gullies on the ground and the super-giant Steelix.

"Yo! Keep it up, kid! See you in the preliminaries!"

He waved kindly, his return speed not stopping.

Kenta heard his words, and while stunned, also said to Typhlosion: "Just now, that Pokémon..."

"Bo~"

Typhlosion nodded.

They were very lucky to be behind a large rock at the time.

The super-giant Steelix had brushed past from more than ten meters away, and the shockwave almost blew him away.

Fortunately, Typhlosion caught him.

Kenta took a deep breath.

A trainer like this, let alone at the tournament level, even in the Champion League...

He and his two good friends came here with the intention of exercising themselves in a special environment, progressing slowly from low to high; he didn't expect the difficulty to be even greater than in their own region.

No reason?

Wasn't it said to be a remote small region where the battle scene had just begun to develop?

Kenta recalled the changes in the Orre region over the past year, which were greater than the changes in his hometown Johto over ten years!

"No! Must work hard!"

Kenta patted his cheeks.

Marina was already a top Coordinator, and he hadn't even won a tournament yet.

How to confess?

Thinking of that childhood friend and good friend with whom he had mutual feelings, Kenta wouldn't allow himself to waste any more time.

"Bo!"

Typhlosion responded positively.

Beryllium City contestant lounge.

Marina saw Kenta safe and sound on the live broadcast, even talking to All Baimu, and covered her heart in relief.

Junichi ran over and shouted: "Didn't see Kenta! He wasn't eliminated!"

When the super-giant Steelix attacked Kenta's side, it almost scared them to death.

As a former victim, that terrifying scene still echoed in Junichi's mind.

He felt that he would have psychological trauma whenever he saw a Steelix in the future.

"Don't worry! As long as he isn't taken out by that guy, Kenta will definitely be able to break through the preliminaries!"

Junichi was full of confidence in his friend.

Marina nodded.

The two tacitly didn't mention what would happen if Kenta faced that person again in the official arena.

As if to avoid mentioning the venerable, when many people were discussing who was stronger, they omitted the existence of one person, as if there was no need to compare after mentioning him.

This situation was strangely playing out in many places.

——

When Matt said that sentence.

Shanren knew he couldn't hide.

Theoretically speaking.

As an aquatic Pokémon, as long as he managed to fight and retreat, staying away from the water environment, he could disengage.

But Mega Sharpedo was different from Sharpedo.

"Crunch!"

【Strong Jaw】 ability, has an enhancement effect on Mega Sharpedo's biting moves.

Boom!

Mega Sharpedo lunged out of the water, water spraying from its tail, rushing toward Mega Alakazam like a supersonic missile.

It was so fast that Shanren's eyes couldn't see clearly at all, and Mega Alakazam only barely dodged it by relying on Future Sight.

And it not only appeared strenuous, but it was even harder to avoid the sharp fangs shot out like blades from Mega Sharpedo's head.

Swish, swish, swish!

"Fu!"

Mega Alakazam felt pain.

Matt laughed: "How's my partner's speed? I waited specifically for it to complete its speed enhancement before Mega Evolving; there aren't many Pokémon in the world that can be faster!"

"You're right."

Shanren nodded.

There really aren't many Pokémon in the world that can be faster than the current Mega Sharpedo.

But just so happened, he had seen one!

The speedster Regieleki!

A Pokémon so fast it seemed to be teleporting; confirming its distance depended entirely on whether the skin could feel the numbness.

The more numb, the closer!

In contrast, although Mega Sharpedo was also hard to spot, Shanren felt that as long as he dragged out the time, he could make his dynamic vision barely adapt.

Furthermore, he trusted Mega Alakazam.

Although they had rarely participated in battles in the past two years, they still retained the important memories of fighting in four tournaments and thirty-two gyms!

"Again! Crunch!"

"Bend the spoon."

Boom!

Mega Sharpedo lunged out again, and the injured Mega Alakazam clutched its abdomen, seemingly unable to dodge as it had in the past.

But at that moment.

It bent a spoon, and Mega Sharpedo's attention was inexplicably attracted by the spoon, slamming into the ground suddenly.

Boom!

Sand and stones splashed!

"What?"

"Sharpedo!?"

Water sprayed from Mega Sharpedo's tail, causing it to rush back into the stream, floating its upper body to look at Mega Alakazam.

A pair of scarlet pupils trembled violently, never expecting its fast attack to miss like this.

Matt was also very surprised; he learned what happened just now through their mental link.

【Bent Spoon】

Alakazam's signature move, which has the effect of lowering accuracy.

He stared at the spoon circling Mega Alakazam's body, never expecting these things he hadn't taken seriously at all to be so effective.

"Hmph! Continue Crunch!"

Matt didn't believe it could succeed every time!

Mega Sharpedo broke out of the water, seemingly faster than before, but Mega Alakazam's speed in bending the spoon was not slow either!

Invisible force prompted it to look at the spoon, only for a short moment, but it was enough for Mega Alakazam to have the possibility of dodging!

Boom!

Mega Sharpedo slammed into the ground again, kicking up a large pile of stones.

"Chase it directly! Aqua Jet!"

Matt's patience ran out, shouting for Mega Sharpedo to continue attacking Mega Alakazam.

In an instant.

A large amount of water sprayed from Mega Sharpedo's tail again, its whole body glowing with brilliant fluorescent blue light, pushing its body to rush toward Mega Alakazam!

The latter didn't seem to expect this, was bitten by Mega Sharpedo's wide-open mouth, and rushed all the way into the forest far away, until the remaining water in its tail was completely exhausted.

"Haha! Didn't expect it, did you! Even if the stored water is exhausted! Mega Sharpedo can still move quickly on land!"

Matt laughed, but his smile soon froze on his face.

Only because Mega Alakazam wasn't defeated by the Crunch; it was still standing firm, poking its head out from in front of Mega Sharpedo.

It was a blue light covering Mega Sharpedo, making its sharp teeth unable to close.

Matt gritted his teeth and said: "How is it possible! Psychic-type move—"

"Blue must be Psychic?"

Shanren asked back.

This made Matt suddenly realize, "Disable!"

【Disable】, Normal-type, can seal the opponent's previously used move.

The anime increased the binding effect to a certain extent.

"It's not over yet, you might as well look at your watch." Shanren reminded kindly.

Matt looked down at his watch upon hearing this, his expression changing drastically.

It turned out that they were already very close to the "elimination zone," and even the two Pokémon were already in the elimination zone.

"What does Mr. Shanren mean?"

Matt asked in a rough voice.

Shanren didn't answer the question, saying calmly: "The rules clearly state that when the trainer and Pokémon are both in the elimination zone, and cannot leave within five seconds, it is considered a forfeit."

Both in the elimination zone...

Matt widened his eyes and reached out to Shanren,

But it was already too late; blue light enveloped him, and the next second it turned into Mega Alakazam.

【Ally Switch】!

At this very moment.

Matt and Mega Sharpedo were both in the elimination zone, with only five seconds to return.

Disable restricted the fast-moving 【Aqua Jet】.

"Don't even think about it—!!"

Matt's dark face twisted; he hugged Mega Sharpedo's body, and the latter sprayed a water column from its mouth.

Clearly wanting to use Hydro Pump as thrust to quickly leave the elimination zone!

"Don't struggle, Alakazam has already foreseen the future."

"Fu."

Mega Alakazam's forehead flickered.

An invisible wall blocked the "path to survival" for Matt and Mega Sharpedo.

【Reflect】, creating a barrier to block attacks.

The outcome was decided!

The wind blew Mega Alakazam's beard and hair, like a sage.