Although Gallade’s attack patterns were bizarre and unpredictable, it had pitifully few status moves.
Once it encountered an opponent of similar strength with numerous methods at its disposal, its weakness became immediately apparent!
Clearly, Gallade was not suited for frontal combat, nor was it good at dealing with Status Conditions…
The endlessly flickering afterimages were proof of Gallade’s fierce assault against Dragalge. Within the Toxic Domain, Dragalge swept out Dragon Tail, while the seaweed-like appendages all over its body also acted as weapons to fend off Gallade’s rapid offensive.
“Use Dual Chop!”
As the battle with Dragalge grew increasingly intense, various techniques and key points for using Cut continuously surfaced in Gallade’s mind. Attacks from various angles combined with Teleport made its movements impossible to predict, but Dragalge simply had too many parts of its body that could be used as weapons. Drake had already mostly stopped issuing direct commands, yet Dragalge still managed to block the majority of Gallade’s attacks.
In the exchange between the two, the one taking more hits was Dragalge.
Yet the one suffering more severe injuries was instead Gallade.
Even if Gallade successfully landed a hit on the enemy, it inevitably suffered an even more intense invasion of Toxic!
At this moment, it was dragging along its poisoned body, fighting with all its strength!
As the battle intensified, Terrance took a deep breath and quickly spoke.
“Come back, Gallade.” Before Gallade could completely collapse, Terrance proactively forfeited this round. He judged that Gallade’s injuries had already reached their limit. If the battle continued, it would definitely leave severe aftereffects that ordinary treatment methods would struggle to heal.
“I prepared a special antidote specifically for Dragalge’s Toxic. It’s with Nurse Joy.” Seeing Terrance recall Gallade, Drake praised his decision while quickly speaking up.
“Thank you very much.” After handing Gallade’s Poké Ball to the arriving Nurse Joy, Terrance immediately fell into deep thought.
Altaria’s Flame of Life, Safeguard, Refresh, and Heal Bell were all highly effective against Toxic, making Dragalge’s numerous tricks far less threatening, but Terrance still wanted to let Diancie give it a try.
Terrance recalling Gallade also made many Trainers nod in approval. After all, compared to victory or defeat, a Pokémon’s condition held greater importance in mainstream values. A Trainer who could keep their Pokémon’s battle injuries within bearable limits was considered a qualified Trainer.
With Gallade leaving the field, although it had greatly drained Dragalge’s stamina, it only made Dragalge appear even more formidable, both from what it displayed and from the impression it left on the audience…
“How terrifying… I definitely wouldn’t want to battle that Dragalge…” At this moment, many Trainers shared the same thought. After seeing Dragalge’s terrifying appearance, goosebumps spread across their bodies.
If possible, Terrance naturally didn’t want to battle such a Dragalge either. Just touching a bit of that terrifying poisonous liquid was already an enormous problem. Under the corrosion of the poisonous liquid, even Gallade’s strength had failed to last a full minute. And from Drake’s tone, without the special antidote it sounded like things would be completely hopeless. It was truly chilling.
“But even so, I still have to win.” While murmuring softly, Terrance threw out Diancie’s Poké Ball.
If there was any Pokémon on his team that could ignore the poisonous liquid, Altaria counted as one, and Diancie counted as one too!
As the Poké Ball burst forth with a red beam of light, dazzling radiance filled the air. Amid the shining glow, Diancie, clad in its diamond battle armor, slowly stood upon the Toxic battlefield and politely bowed toward its opponent.
Please take care of me….
At the scene, the only person who immediately understood the meaning behind Diancie’s actions was probably Terrance. The etiquette it had learned from Princess Diancie left Terrance both amused and helpless. Diancie had always regarded this etiquette as normal behavior for a Diancie, but how could it know that this was purely a requirement imposed by the domain upon their princess?
The moment Diancie appeared, waves of discussion instantly erupted. Countless voices rang out as many spectators’ eyes widened and they stared blankly at this unknown Pokémon.
“What kind of Pokémon is that?”
“No idea, I’ve never seen it before.”
As the audience discussed among themselves, the announcer immediately began explaining, but the explanation only intensified the commotion even further!
“Diancie is a mutant form of Carbink. Its body, shining with pink radiance, has been praised by certain Professors as the most beautiful in the world. The method of mutation remains a mystery to this day, making it an existence comparable to a Legendary Pokémon. It also possesses the ability to compress carbon elements in the air between its hands and instantly create large quantities of diamonds. It is extremely rare!”
Legendary Pokémon.
Creating diamonds.
Just those two key phrases alone instantly drew the attention of everyone watching this succession battle onto Diancie, and none of them were willing to look away.
With only one or two Diancie existing in the entire world, 99.99% of Trainers knew nothing about its existence. Without a professional explanation, it would truly have been difficult to identify it.
But precisely because of the explanation, they became incomparably shocked. None of them had expected Terrance, this new Elite Four, to still be hiding such a terrifying trump card!
Steven, the three Elite Four, Chairman Nakai, Norman, and the many Champion League contestants all remained silent, quietly watching the match. The strength of this Diancie was still unknown, so they could not make any judgments yet…
But the title of “legendary” was something impossible to ignore.
“This guy is so unprofessional.” Hearing the explanation, the corner of Terrance’s mouth twitched. Was “mutant form of Carbink” really something you could casually announce out loud? Weren’t they afraid that after this battle ended, Carbink would be captured into becoming an endangered Pokémon?!
With black lines all over his face, Terrance commanded Diancie to launch its attack.
Light Screen, Safeguard, diamond power, and Magic Coat—four defensive mechanisms combined into a diamond battle armor draped over Diancie’s body, causing it to radiate beautiful brilliance while displaying incomparable elegance and nobility.
Looking at this dazzling armor, Drake and Dragalge immediately launched a fierce offensive as well.
Faced with Diancie’s absolute defense, the poisonous liquid that had posed an enormous threat to Gallade instantly lost its effect.
“Use Hydro Pump!”
After making his judgment, Drake immediately had Dragalge switch attack methods.
An enormous torrent of water condensed into a massive Hydro Pump over a meter thick as it blasted toward Diancie. At the same time, Dragalge entered the water column and rapidly swam forward at incredible speed, crazily gathering Water-type energy throughout the process and concentrating it into its tail.
“What a pity this isn’t the deep sea. Otherwise, this Dragalge’s Aqua Tail could slash apart seawater in an instant.” Seeing Dragalge use Aqua Tail, Drake’s senior disciple Fitzwilliam’s eyes flashed brightly. Clearly, he was equally confident in this Dragalge’s Water-type moves. In that case, there was hope of breaking through Diancie’s defense.
“With its poisonous liquid rendered useless and nearly half its stamina already consumed by Gallade, just how much strength can Dragalge still display?”
Facing the torrent, Diancie showed not the slightest fear. Bringing its hands together and aiming at Dragalge, it used the signature move of the Diancie race, Diamond Storm!
Light slowly flowed forth, making many people feel as though they had entered the cosmos itself, witnessing the flickering of starlight. Accompanying that radiance, crystalline diamonds were born one after another.
These diamonds chased after one another, instantly forming an incomparably shocking storm.With a loud rumble, Diamond Storm and Hydro Pump slammed into each other and erupted with earth-shaking power. At the same time, every single diamond within Diamond Storm instantly released endless brilliance. The moment Dragalge swung out its Aqua Tail, the power of its water was rapidly devoured by Dazzling Gleam, without even the slightest ability to resist!!
The combo move of Diamond Storm and Dazzling Gleam—a technique where magnificence and destructive power coexisted—instantly one-shotted Dragalge.
Seeing this scene, countless people present were left breathless. Even the several Elite Four’ pupils contracted. A Pokémon bearing the title of legendary truly possessed extraordinary strength.
After one-shotting Dragalge, Diancie quietly stood upon the battlefield with a calm expression.
Its magnificent attack and tyrannical destructive power directly ignited the audience’s enthusiasm, causing many people to loudly shout the name of this Legendary Pokémon——
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