The light of ga Evolution faded away, revealing to everyone's sight an even more ferocious and nacing ga Garchomp!
Crimson scythes, a jet-like head, its body covered with sharp fangs, with wisps of white vapor escaping from between its teeth.
"Shikah!!!"
Its imposing roar stirred up large clouds of sand and dust, along with streams of white energy.
The burn marks and poison traces that had been on its body actually...
"This is cheating," Johan muttered, looking at the disappeared burn and poison traces.
So evolution removes all negative debuffs?
That's excessive.
Originally, just by stacking debuffs on Garchomp, this battle would have been almost certain victory. Who knew it could develop like this.
Johan took a deep breath, feeling the fierce aura of ga Garchomp washing over him.
If that's how it is...
Johan glanced at Gengar.
"Ka-kaah!! ヾ(▼▼;)"
Gengar stuck out its tongue and put on sunglasses.
Let's go!
Seeing this, Johan smiled slightly and loosened his collar button.
Then let's do this!
Whoosh—
The black suit jacket and top hat were thrown behind him. While rolling up his sleeves, he grabbed the round ball at the end of the monocle's chain, and a ga Stone emanating a colorful glow appeared on Gengar's tongue.
"Gengar!"
"Ka-kaah! (▼▼)V" Gengar made a "yeah" hand gesture.
The smile on Johan's face grew wider.
Hum—
The Key Stone in his hand suddenly burst forth with colorful red light, and Gengar's ga Stone on its tongue responded, also radiating brilliant light.
The two streams of light connected like an electric current, quickly and accurately joining together.
"ga Evolution!"
"Ka-kaah!!"
In an instant.
Brilliant light completely enveloped Gengar, and under the dazzling radiance, Gengar's appearance rapidly changed.
"Here it cos! Teacher Johan's ga Gengar!"
"Is this... the final battle?"
"Go on, Ghost-Ghost! Kill it for !!"
ga Garchomp VS ga Gengar!
Is the final battle finally here?
"Ka-kaah——!!"
The ga evolution energy completely dissipated as Gengar curled its extended tongue, and the mark of ga Evolution flashed briefly before it.
"Shikah——"
ga Garchomp grinned.
You're finally here!
"Gengar, once more, Skill Swap!" Johan made the first move.
After ga Evolution, Garchomp's original ability that had been swapped by Gengar had changed to ga Garchomp's ability—Sand Force!
[Sand Force: In a sandstorm, Pokémon with this ability not only aren't affected by the sandstorm, but the power of Rock, Ground, and Steel-type moves are all increased!]
After losing the "Levitate" ability, Gengar beca weak to Ground-type moves. ga Garchomp's Ground-type moves combined with Sand Force... would have too great an impact on Gengar!
"Ka-kaah!"
ga Gengar's golden eye in the middle of its forehead shot out a strange red beam, accompanied by its eerie smile, rapidly shooting toward ga Garchomp.
"Shikah!!"
ga Garchomp suddenly flapped its wings and flew toward the sky.
Still trying the sa old trick?
As Garchomp flew, the sandstorm surged, and rocks continuously moved to form a barrier in its path.
But Gengar wouldn't allow Garchomp to avoid it so easily. The Skill Swap beam amazingly made a turn in mid-air, bypassing the rock barriers ga Garchomp had raised!
"Garchomp!" Cynthia's gaze was sharp as she extended her hand in a claw-like gesture, "Dragon Claw!"
"Shikah!!"
ga Garchomp imdiately stopped its evasive movent. Rich green energy burst from its crimson scythes, forming into claws that slashed at the incoming Skill Swap beam.
Bang!!!
The strange beam shattered into starry points, scattering downward.
"Ohhhh!!!" The announcer shouted, "ga Garchomp's Dragon Claw actually tore through the Skill Swap beam. This is... truly an astonishing performance!"
The spectators in the stands also expressed their amazent.
"That was Dragon Claw, right?"
"Dragon Claw can cut through Skill Swap? What kind of move usage is this?"
"Wait, it can actually cut through that?"
"It's begun... this is how our Lady Cynthia's Garchomp battles."
Lucian, who pushed his glasses up, felt he had the most right to speak on this matter.
His Bronzong's Trick Room was often rcilessly slashed open by the boss's Garchomp just like what happened earlier.
To be honest.
In Lucian's view, Teacher Johan's Gengar had actually t its match in the boss's Garchomp.
Not just because of Garchomp's type advantage over Gengar, but also because... the boss's Garchomp was simply unreasonable in battle.
You try to use tactics, chanisms against it, and it can destroy your tactics and chanisms from start to finish.
Then it forces you into a direct confrontation, a battle of raw power, and finally grinds down the opponent with its rich fighting experience.
On the field.
"Garchomp, Earthquake!" Cynthia called out loud.
"Shikah!!"
ga Garchomp gave ga Gengar a "contemptuous" smile, steadied itself, and struck the ground with its tail.
In an instant.
Rumble——
A terrifying earthquake shock, with ga Garchomp at its center, spread outward in all directions.
"Ka-kaah!"
ga Gengar pushed hard against the ground with both feet, then, as if swimming, quickly darted into the sky.
Even if I've lost "Levitate," isn't "flying" simple enough?
Cynthia's lips curved slightly upward, and ga Garchomp's gaze also shifted with ga Gengar toward the sky.
The next mont.
"Dragon Dive!"
"Shikah!!"
A terrifying and fierce blue-purple giant dragon aura instantly enveloped ga Garchomp. Though called a "dive," ga Garchomp now soared skyward, suddenly charging toward the heights.
Earlier, Tinkaton had dared to use Bounce to dodge Garchomp's Earthquake because it wasn't afraid of Dragon Dive, but ga Gengar...
Johan's expression remained calm as he lightly waved his hand.
"Phantom Force!"
ga Gengar in midair gave a mischievous grin toward the charging ga Garchomp, reached out to make a slashing motion in the air, and disappeared from its sight.
But Cynthia seed to have anticipated this, imdiately saying:
"Dive down!"
"Shikah——"
ga Garchomp, having reached mid-air, didn't disperse its Dragon-type energy but made it even more concentrated, unhesitatingly plumting toward the center of the field.
"Gengar isn't there..."
"What's it trying to do?"
The audience couldn't understand Cynthia and ga Garchomp's current behavior.
But soon, they understood.
Boom!!!
As ga Garchomp crashed into the ground, the entire battlefield once again began to shake violently.
"Earthquake!"
Rumble——
An even more surging and terrifying earthquake than before instantly covered the entire field.
This move... not only was the battlefield barrier in peril, but the spectators even felt as if the entire arena was about to collapse.
"So it's using Dragon Dive's impact force to maximize the power and attack range of Earthquake!!!" the announcer shouted.
And it was at this mont.
ga Gengar erged from the dinsional space at just the right ti.
"Ka-kaah?"
Feeling such a massive earthquake impact, Gengar was also startled.
You call this an Earthquake?
The Larvitar at Johan's feet watched with burning eyes, its small head seemingly motionless, but internally it was constantly processing.
"Yoji..."
So this is how to enhance Earthquake... I've learned sothing.
"Gengar!" Johan's smile disappeared as he called out with slightly furrowed brows.
"Ka-kaah!"
Hum——
With ga Gengar at its center, a mist that resembled both flowing water and sinking incense surged out from its body wave after wave, spreading over the ground.
In almost the blink of an eye, the black mist emanating from ga Gengar had completely enveloped and covered the battlefield.
And the originally violent earthquake triggered by ga Garchomp... rapidly lost its movent and reaction under the black mist's cover.
"Shikah?"
ga Garchomp was slightly shocked, almost instinctively flapping its arms to fly into the air.
It looked sowhat anxiously at the field completely covered by shadows.
How...
It couldn't feel the ground's existence anymore?!
In the battlefield's control room, the person in charge, who had been fretting over the battlefield damage and defensive barrier deterioration, stared blankly at the instrunt displaying:
Field damage level: Field disappeared.
Field disappeared?!
What the hell?
Even if the damage level was 100%, the field wouldn't completely vanish—there should always be so debris left!
At the sa ti.
In the Distortion World, Giratina, who had been intently watching the match on a palm-sized screen, suddenly sensed sothing and turned its head to look in a certain direction.
And saw...
A battlefield that had already been smashed to pieces... falling out of nowhere.
Giratina tilted its head, lightly scratched its forehead with its claw, then propped up its chin.
Has this really beco a dump?
Back to the arena.
ga Garchomp, Cynthia, and the audience still didn't understand what was happening, but the earthquake had completely stopped.
However, both ga Garchomp and Cynthia instinctively felt that the black mist field below, centered around ga Gengar, was dangerous!
And very dangerous at that!
Actually, ga Garchomp had a bold guess in its heart...
Because it had lost the "Levitate" ability and feared Ground-type moves, it simply... sent the entire ground into the dinsional space.
As soon as this thought arose, ga Garchomp quickly suppressed it.
But the more it tried to suppress it, the more it felt... the guess was correct.
This is ridiculous!
Can't solve the problem, so solve the one causing the problem?
Gengar's attitude: We're the sa.
"Garchomp!" Cynthia pursed her lips, her bright eyes looking at Johan across from her, her gaze serious and focused.
No matter the situation, there was only one path left...
"Dragon Dive!"
Influenced by Cynthia, ga Garchomp's heart quickly cald. It nodded firmly, its fighting spirit rising again, even surpassing before!
Victory?
Not important!
What's important is that it's now battling ga Gengar at its best state!
"Shikah!!!"
Hum——
Terrifying Dragon-type energy surged from ga Garchomp's body, covering it, apparently transforming into a roaring ancient dragon!
The scales seed solid and real, with crimson eyes opening from the huge "ancient dragon's" eyes.
The spectators widened their eyes and dropped their jaws one by one.
Because that "dragon"... covered nearly half the battlefield's airspace.
Wings flapping.
Roaring loudly.
"Roar——!!!"
"Ka-kaah..."
ga Gengar imdiately put away its playful expression.
This guy... is playing for real... is it trying to kill ?
Oh... I'm already a ghost, so that's fine.
But undoubtedly, both ga Gengar and Johan felt an enormous threat from ga Garchomp at this mont.
"Gengar." Johan's voice echoed in Gengar's mind, "Bring out all your skills, maximum power, Shadow Ball!"
"Ka-kaah!"
Black mist surged around ga Gengar.
Its body seed to expand slightly after two "bang bang" sounds bursting from within.
There's no ti for fancy tricks now.
Only direct confrontation!
Hum——
A huge Shadow Ball ford between ga Gengar's hands.
Then, a second identical one appeared, followed by a third, a fourth...
"What is Gengar trying to do? Create seven balls to summon the dragon?"
"In this situation... having more might not help, right?"
"Eh? They're rging together?"
"rging?"
"..."
"Who will erge victorious..." Even the professional announcer swallowed hard, sowhat shaken.
The referee floating in the corner holding Aegislash: I shouldn't be here, I should be under a car... if heaven gave another chance, no matter how generous the bonus... I would definitely refuse to referee this battle.
"Shikah!!"
ga Garchomp dove down!
"Ka-kaah!"
ga Gengar hurled its [rged] Shadow Ball.
The two forces...
Boom!!!
Silence fell over everything.
The world before their eyes seed to contain only brilliant white and boundless black, pulling back and forth in the center of the field.
The audience finally understood this battle.
It was actually just a fight... that didn't follow reason or the "basic laws of the Pokémon world."
It emphasized one thing: whoever was more unreasonable would win!
But one thing was certain—
The value of this "Youth Master World Championship," the caliber of the contestants, the strength of the participants, was absolutely the strongest and most prestigious in the history of this event!
Perhaps those who reached the top eight in this "Youth Master World Championship" would have had a good chance of becoming champions in previous years!
What did this signify?
It ant that this "Youth Master World Championship" could even be called the "Battle of the Eight Young Masters"!
And the trainer who could win the championship in this tournant would undoubtedly beco the "First Among Young Masters"!
The true leader of the younger generation in the Pokémon world!
Such a person would be determined right before their eyes, in these short minutes or even seconds.
All spectators watching and following this event were anxiously waiting for the result.
"Who won? Will there be a winner?"
"So... the final path of all battles is... beam collision?"
"Can't see clearly, really can't see clearly..."
Before the audience could learn the result on the field, they heard...
Crash!!!
The struggling battlefield barrier finally completely shattered, and an incredibly terrifying impact swept toward the spectator stands.
Fortunately, the event staff had vaguely "predicted" the outco during the previous battles, so the scattered staff mbers imdiately raised backup barriers.
"The enhanced version of the battlefield barrier ex-exploded?"
"Even with backup barriers, they won't hold for long, gulp—"
"Too terrifying, these two..."
Finally.
The light and darkness in the field completely faded, revealing the figures of the two Pokémon.
Hovering in mid-air, chest heaving violently, gasping for breath was ga Garchomp.
The white light on its body peeled away like unwinding silk, ending its ga Evolution, making it look even more exhausted.
And opposite it, half-crouching in the black mist was ga Gengar with its tongue out, face pale, looking like it was about to "shine" (faint).
The ga evolution energy also faded away, ending its ga Evolution.
At the sa ti.
Gengar's black mist that covered the entire field also gradually retracted back into its body, which slightly eased Gengar's condition.
[rge] was used too few tis, still not proficient enough... the consumption was a bit too great.
And Garchomp's Dragon Dive really was... like cheating.
However, the battlefield revealed after the black mist receded made all the spectators gasp.
The field had disappeared!
Only the tal frawork that maintained the field remained!
No wonder Garchomp wouldn't land or use Ground-type moves... the field had vanished!
Did Gengar dissolve the entire field?
"Ka-kaah!" Gengar looked up at Garchomp in the sky.
And Garchomp, not to be outdone, bared its teeth at Gengar.
"Garr... garr..."
The next second.
Garchomp, as if struck hard, lost control of its body and began falling downward.
"Gengar!" Johan quickly called out.
Gengar imdiately floated toward the falling Garchomp.
"We..."
Hum——
A beam of red light shot out, and the falling Garchomp was imdiately recalled into its Poké Ball.
Gengar, gasping heavily after just a couple of movents, hung limply in mid-air with its tongue out, wearing an expression that said "old man's about to die."
"You—" Johan looked at Cynthia across from him.
But he found Cynthia lightly brushing back her hair, revealing her slightly flushed face, possibly from excitent or from ga Evolution.
"We lost," Cynthia said softly.
Garchomp's condition... was indeed worse than Gengar's. Although Gengar's moves were clearly not used skillfully, Garchomp and Cynthia still couldn't seize the opportunity.
Besides, even if Garchomp had managed to trade knockouts with Gengar, Johan still had a Ninetales in relatively good condition.
Actually, considering Gengar's abilities... it still had Destiny Bond and Shadow Tag unused.
Johan was basically fighting in a style that he and Gengar were least proficient at.
So...
A loss was a loss, and the spirited Cynthia was always frank about this.
We lost?
Hearing Cynthia's words, the entire field once again fell into an eerie silence.
"Did I hear wrong? Miss Cynthia admitted defeat?"
"Doesn't that an..."
"Teacher Johan has won the championship?!"
"We... are the champions!!!"
Boom!!
In an instant, the entire venue erupted with intense cheers.
Everyone, whether they supported Johan or not, offered their cheers at this mont.
If nothing else, this final battle was truly spectacular!
Each displayed their tactics, each showed their unreasonable moves, and finally they cast everything aside for an all-out confrontation.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Fireworks rose into the sky above the stadium, countless cara flashes flickered inside.
This battle would definitely be recorded in the annals.
Johan and Cynthia walked to the relatively intact edge of the battlefield.
They looked at each other.
And extended their hands.
"Congratulations," Cynthia said softly.
"Thank you," Johan felt the softness in his palm and suddenly asked, "So... what was the secret you ntioned before the match?"
Before his battle with Cynthia, she had said she would tell him a secret if he won.
Now that the battle was over, and Johan had claid victory, what would the secret be?
Intense curiosity rose in Johan's heart.
Under his expectant gaze, Cynthia tilted her head slightly, a mischievous smile appearing on her face.
"Guess?"
Johan: "..."
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