As if planned in advance, both Sato and Lance chose to ga Evolve their third Pokémon during this showdown.
Sharpedo's Ability changed from Speed Boost to Strong Jaw, boosting the power of its biting moves by fifty percent, while the speed it gained prior to ga Evolution still remained effective.
Charizard's Ability changed from Blaze to Tough Claws, increasing the damage of all contact moves by thirty percent. It also now gained the true Dragon typing.
At the sa ti, both Pokémon's ga Evolved forms beca noticeably more aggressive, as if they had evolved solely for battle!
When ga Sharpedo and ga Charizard X locked eyes again, they instinctively charged at each other.
Crunch!
Dragon Claw!
ga Sharpedo beca like a blade, its massive jaws slicing through the air and leaving curling white vapor in its wake.
ga Charizard X suddenly beat its fleshy wings, bringing both claws -now imbued with Dragon-type energy- forward in a crossed formation, ready to strike at the mont of contact.
Human eyes could no longer follow them. Only the two Pokémon kept their gaze locked, relying on their exceptional reflexes to judge the best point of attack.
In the blink of an eye, they clashed!
ga Sharpedo angled its body slightly, repositioning its jaws away from ga Charizard. Its true killing move was actually the seemingly ordinary dorsal fin on its back.
But ga Charizard had also switched tactics. Its Dragon Claws, one above and one below, clearly indicated a two-stage attack plan.
Thud…
…ZZZzzZzzZ～
Dragon Claw struck ga Sharpedo's fangs first. There was no grueso bloodshed; just a sizzling, grating sound that made the spectators instinctively cover their ears.
The next mont, ga Charizard's other claw lashed out. ga Sharpedo instantly abandoned the deadlock and ascended sharply into the air.
"CHAAAAAAAR! CHARIZAAAAARD!"
ga Charizard let out an excited roar and imdiately turned to give chase.
Fortunately, ga Sharpedo was fast and highly maneuverable, leaving ga Charizard X unable to catch it for the ti being.
Suddenly, ga Sharpedo launched another attack, reversing direction to get behind ga Charizard, then accelerating again to strike.
Crunch!
After all this ti observing, Sato had finally spotted a minor flaw in ga Charizard. There was a slight delay in its movents when turning midair.
On the other side, Lance had also noticed ga Sharpedo's attack movent. Though he said nothing, ga Charizard X suddenly perford an aerial flip.
By the ti ga Sharpedo reached ga Charizard, its thick tail shimred with tallic light, and t ga Sharpedo's saber-like fangs head-on.
That was no coincidence!
Sato was certain of it. He used synchronized resonance to command ga Sharpedo to fall back imdiately.
The attack missed. ga Sharpedo accelerated again and retreated, reestablishing a safe distance.
{Disrupt it, ss with its rhythm.} Sato continued giving instructions.
"Sha~"
This ti, ga Sharpedo gave up trying to deal damage. Following Sato's intentions to the letter, it relied purely on speed to interfere with ga Charizard.
In the sky, ga Charizard twisted, turned, rolled. Its powerful fra displaying remarkable flexibility. Almost every ti, it dodged ga Sharpedo's interference with the smallest possible movents.
At first glance, it even looked like Sharpedo was the one being toyed with.
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Ti passed, and tiny wounds began accumulating on ga Charizard X. Blood streaks would appear, then quickly scab over. It wasn't seriously hurt, but it already looked like a "Blood/Dragon-type."
ga Charizard didn't feel pain, yet irritation crept in instinctively. It started to sense that this big fish buzzing around was repeatedly insulting its Dragon pride…
It was working!
Sato made up his mind and ordered ga Sharpedo to increase the intensity of its attacks and widen the damage.
Gradually, ga Charizard's injuries worsened, and its blood stopped clotting as quickly.
A cold glint flashed in ga Sharpedo's eyes. It once again used its seemingly unremarkable dorsal fin, preparing to deliver a finishing blow…
Crunch!
A flash of silver cut through the air as Sharpedo charged straight at Charizard.
'THAT'S IT. Charizard's done for!'
At that mont, this was the only thought running through everyone's mind.
"…Brick Break."
A calm voice rang out, making Sato's heart skip a beat. Before he could warn ga Sharpedo, ga Charizard suddenly transford; like it had beco a completely different dragon.
Its claws clasped together and raised high, glowing with orange light, before smashing down diagonally in front of itself…
BOOOOOM!
A dull crash echoed out. To the crowd's shock, it looked as if ga Sharpedo had willingly slamd into the strike and was violently knocked down!
A divine prediction…?
Impossible!
Sato snapped his head toward Lance and saw beads of sweat dripping down his forehead.
Dragon Force!
The answer hit Sato instantly. But all he could do was watch as Sharpedo plumted to the ground, beyond saving.
Sharpedo, defeated!
With the overwhelming strength of his first partner Charizard, Lance turned the battle around by defeating two Pokémon in a row!
At this point, Sato had lost three Pokémon first, falling into a disadvantage.
"This is on …"
After recalling Sharpedo, Sato whispered softly to the Poké Ball, then, without hesitation, sent out his next Pokémon.
A flash of red light revealed the composed and imposing Tyranitar, stepping onto the cratered battlefield.
It looked up at the Charizard soaring freely above and was instantly filled with rage…
"TYRAAAAAN! TAAAR!"
'I'LL BRING YOU DOWN!'
"Rock Slide."
"Steel Wing!"
As soon as it entered the field, Tyranitar unleashed its signature move.
With a wave of its hand, countless stones rose from the ground and began spinning wildly, transforming into sharp spikes.
Another swing… and the spiked rocks shot skyward with unpredictable trajectories, all targeting Charizard.
Faced with the dense barrage, Charizard instinctively tensed, then imdiately soared higher into the sky.
But the rock spikes were relentless, even half a step faster than Charizard.
Fortunately, Charizard had been flying relatively low to begin with, and quickly escaped the range of the attack.
Tyranitar didn't bother wasting energy. It commanded the rock spikes to surround the entire field, then brazenly started using Dragon Dance to boost itself.
'Go ahead, little lizard. Try coming down and… I'll impale you!'
And more importantly, there was a altitude restriction rule in battles involving Flying-type Pokémon.
If a Pokémon remained outside the field boundary for too long, it would be considered an automatic forfeit.
But looking at those rows of deadly spikes, even Lance hesitated for a mont.
If it descended, wouldn't it be torn apart?
But if it didn't… wasn't that an automatic loss?
"CHAAAAAAR!!!"
Suddenly, Charizard let out a mighty roar from high above.
Proud as it was, how could it accept losing without a fight?
In the next instant, Charizard dove at high speed, its entire body engulfed in blue flas, aiming straight at Tyranitar.
"TYRAAAAAN!!!"
Tyranitar roared back in excitent, then flung its arm, sending all the stone spikes hurtling toward Charizard once more.
BOOOOM! BOOOOM! BOOM… BOOM… BOOOOOOOM!
A chain of explosions rang out as Charizard used its high-temperature flas to detonate the first wave of incoming spikes.
But there were too many. Within seconds, the sheer number overwheld and suppressed its flas.
And that final "BOOM" was undoubtedly the sound of Charizard crashing to the ground…
DEFEATED!
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