ga tagross’s Gyro Ball clashed repeatedly with the shell-armored Tapu Bulu, sparks flying as the piercing screeches of their grinding echoed across the land.
anwhile, Moltres had already carried Julian far from the battlefield.
The two moves remained locked in a stalemate for over thirty seconds before, with a resounding boom, ga tagross and Tapu Bulu were each forced back nearly a hundred ters.
“ta!”
ga tagross stared at Tapu Bulu. This third island guardian was clearly much stronger than the previous two they had encountered.
'But still—not stronger than .'
The cross-shaped mark on ga tagross's forehead erupted with a golden beam as a Hyper Beam tore through the air, sending shockwaves rippling outward.
Though Hyper Beam was fast, at their current distance, Tapu Bulu could still dodge it with its speed.
But it chose to confront it head-on.
Its body transford into a streak of light—Skull Bash.
Skull Bash collided violently with Hyper Beam. At the mont of impact, the Hyper Beam was actually pushed back by the sheer force of the Skull Bash.
But as ga tagross increased its power, it gradually began to push Tapu Bulu back—though it still couldn't completely overwhelm it.
Once again, the two moves reached a deadlock.
At this mont, Julian’s voice echoed in ga tagross’s mind:
“Cancel Hyper Beam. Wait for the right mont and use teor Mash.”
Without hesitation, ga tagross cut off the Hyper Beam. Freed from the opposing force, Tapu Bulu's Skull Bash—now unimpeded—shot forward like a race car with its brakes released, its speed skyrocketing in an instant.
Just as Tapu Bulu was about to crash into ga tagross, the latter teleported away, vanishing from its original position and reappearing above Tapu Bulu.
A rainbow-hued teor Mash descended with a thunderous sonic boom, its force so imnse that the air itself seed to solidify under the pressure.
BOOM!!!
The deafening impact shook the battlefield as teor Mash struck Tapu Bulu squarely on the back. After ga Evolution, tagross's ability had changed to Tough Claws, boosting contact moves by 20%.
And a 20% increase was nothing to scoff at.
The air compressed into a tangible force, and the energy enveloping Tapu Bulu's Skull Bash shattered under the might of teor Mash.
Like a falling teor, Tapu Bulu plumted to the ground, the sheer force of its impact causing the earth to ripple like waves.
The ground around the crash site turned to dust, and the shockwaves radiated outward in concentric rings.
"Earthquake!"
But it wasn’t over yet.
As ga tagross descended, its massive claws—like towering pillars—slamd into the earth with devastating force.
The already devastated ground was now completely shattered—there wasn’t a single square ter left intact.
The powerful tremors from Earthquake continued to ripple outward, affecting the terrain within a five-kiloter radius.
So weaker Pokémon were even knocked unconscious by the sheer force of the seismic waves.
As a large-scale attack capable of reshaping the battlefield, Earthquake was outright banned in public arenas without anti-seismic asures.
It took a full minute for the aftershocks to finally subside.
And during that entire minute, Tapu Bulu, buried underground, did not resurface.
ga tagross continuously scanned the ground below with its psychic senses. It didn’t believe Tapu Bulu had been knocked out.
'Found you!'
BOOM!!
With the ground shaking once more, Tapu Bulu erupted from beneath, appearing right under ga tagross.
With a devastating gahorn, it launched ga tagross into the air. The terrifying force pierced through and even broke past ga tagross’s defenses—fragnts of its tallic body scattered into the air.
Julian's expression darkened.
According to his Probing Eyes, Tapu Bulu's level had just surged to 89—and in the next second, an overwhelming Champion-tier aura erupted from its body.
This thing had borrowed the power of the island to temporarily ascend to the Champion tier.
Otherwise, even with the raw power of its gahorn, it shouldn’t have been able to break through ga tagross's defenses.
"Cheating bastard…"
Julian reached for the Poké Balls at his waist and released all his main Pokémon in one swift motion.
Since it wasn't going to play fair, then don’t bla him for not playing by the rules either.
Seeing Tapu Bulu’s level finally stabilize at 91, Julian let out a small sigh of relief.
If it had gone up to Level 95, he’d have no choice but to call on wtwo.
But at Level 91, if all of his Pokémon fought together, they still had a chance.
Tapu Bulu's Champion-level aura expanded unrestrained—one kiloter, five, twenty, fifty… until it engulfed the entirety of Ula'ula Island, and even beyond.
Every Pokémon and human trainer on the island trembled in fear.
Below the realm of First-class Legendaries, a Champion-level Pokémon was an invincible being.
Julian’s Pokémon understood how formidable this opponent was. Even the usually playful Arcanine now had a serious expression on its dog-like face.
Kartana, however: 'If I cut this thing down… I’ll grow even stronger.'
“Aggron, Lucario—ga Evolve!”
Julian initiated a triple ga Evolution.
In a flash of light, ga Aggron erged, its level skyrocketing from 70 to 75. ga Lucario followed suit, also reaching level 75.
Triple ga Evolution was Julian’s current limit—whether physically or ntally, it was a trendous strain.
If it weren’t for his psychic abilities having reached the Advanced-level, he wouldn’t have been able to sustain it at all. Double ga Evolution would’ve been his absolute max.
Julian dismounted from Moltres, freeing the legendary bird to join the battle as a crucial combatant.
anwhile, Slowking hovered protectively beside him, using its psychic powers to keep them both suspended a hundred ters in the air.
Aside from his grandfather, this was the first ti Julian had directly faced a Champion-level opponent. But this ti, the enemy was extrely hostile—one careless move and either he or his Pokémon could suffer serious casualties.
In fact, the safest option would’ve been to summon wtwo using the wtwo Fragnts. Even if only for five minutes, that would’ve been more than enough to utterly crush Tapu Bulu.
But Julian chose not to do that.
Even though the situation was dangerous, it hadn’t reached the point of desperation.
After all, danger was the catalyst for rapid growth.
Three minutes.
Under Triple ga Evolution, Julian could only hold on for three minutes. If the battle wasn’t over by then, he’d have no choice but to call upon wtwo.
Tapu Bulu stared down Julian’s assembled team, its Champion-level aura pressing down on them like an invisible weight.
"Go."
Julian forced out the command through gritted teeth.
Even speaking was a struggle under the strain of three simultaneous ga Evolutions.
ga tagross — Steel Beam
ga Lucario — Aura Sphere
ga Aggron — Hyper Beam
Arcanine — Burn Up
Moltres — Flathrower
Dragonite — Dragon Pulse
Kartana — Sacred Sword
ltal — Steel Beam
Steelix — Hyper Beam
anwhile, Gengar lurked in the shadows, waiting for the perfect mont to strike.
*****
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