"Queen Bee won!" the host raised his voice, which echoed over the arena through the microphone. He continued, "A Pokémon with aerial superiority really has quite an advantage against one on the ground."
He shook his head slightly and looked at the first eliminated Shuckle below. Sunlight fell across his face, revealing a thoughtful expression as he asked, "How will contestant Ye Yue handle the rest of the match? There are still Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock on the battlefield..."
On the other side of the battlefield, Ye Yue remained calm, as though he had expected this outcome. Queen Bee was high in the air, attacking from above. Shuckle had truly had no choice but to flee, unable to deal effective damage to Queen Bee in the sky.
He lightly bit his lip and quickly considered his options. He had no Flying-type Pokémon, needed to avoid the Toxic Spikes on the ground, and had to be immune to the Stealth Rock in the air. That left only this one.
With that thought, he immediately recalled Shuckle with a Poké Ball. A flash of red light passed, and Shuckle followed it back into the Poké Ball. "Come back, Shuckle."
Immediately afterward, he swiftly threw another Poké Ball and shouted, "Go, Onix..."
"The winner of the previous round attacks first. Queen Bee attacks first. The match continues..." At the referee's command, a piercing whistle rang out as he waved the small flag in his hand.
Yu Hai stood across from him, looking at the Onix with its enormous head, hard body, and length of roughly nine or ten meters.
Onix's thick body gleamed with a metallic luster beneath the sunlight, radiating the formidable aura of an Elite-level Pokémon. Whether by its size or that aura, he knew Queen Bee definitely could not