The sky cleared again, and the temperature returned to normal.
The entire Battle Arena had become riddled with craters, filled everywhere with a mixture of pits and muddy water.
Everyone searched for the two Pokémon. Golisopod crawled out of a mud pit, its entire body covered in brown sludge.
Magmortar on the opposite side was much the same. It struggled up from the ground, covered from head to toe in mud, its original appearance no longer visible.
Both of them could feel the intense pain throughout their bodies. They could not even raise their arms anymore.
Their heads felt groggy as well. They both felt as though they were at their limit.
Their previous attacks had dealt tremendous damage to each other.
Now, they were relying solely on sheer willpower to hold on, waiting to see who would collapse first.
Teacher Gong Shi watched everything in the arena intently.
No one knew what he was thinking.
Of course, Eichi himself was probably the most relaxed person in the entire venue, because he knew he had already won.
The arena was silent. Golisopod and Magmortar stared at each other.
At that moment, time seemed to pass painfully slowly. Magmortar felt increasingly sleepy.
Finally, its vision blurred, then everything went dark, and it knew nothing more.
As Magmortar's body tipped forward, Golisopod finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, its body began to slacken.
Its vision blurred, and it too lost consciousness.
Its body pitched forward and fell to the ground.
Magmortar and Golisopod collapsed one after the other, losing their ability to battle.
"Golisopod and Magmortar have simultaneously lost their ability to battle. Since all three of Teacher Gong Shi's Pokémon have lost their ability to battle, Classmate Eichi is the winner of this match," Director Liu announced.
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