"Torkoal, use Flamethrower!"
The Torkoal Spit Up scorching flames from its mouth, aiming directly at the Drakloak in the air. With the blessing of the Sunny Day, the range of the flames even expanded by more than a section.
A Torkoal in the early stages of a Gym can unleash moves with power typically found in the later stages of Gym, demonstrating just how powerful the Sunny Day effect is for Fire type moves.
Seeing that Torkoal launched the attack first, Roy was not worried, because Torkoal was really too slow, even slower than his own Dusclops.
He could dodge Flamethrower at that speed, let alone Drakloak.
Drakloak easily dodged the Flamethrower abruptly in mid-air, thanks to the clear Sunny Day; after all, this wasn't a turn-based game.
It can be said that as long as Drakloak doesn't stand in front of Torkoal and let Torkoal hit it, Torkoal's Flamethrower won't even touch Drakloak.
Roy felt he wouldn't need the later Lampent and Misdreavus; a single Drakloak would be enough to sweep the team.
"Drakloak, use Dragon Dance!"
The figure of Drakloak twirled and danced in the sky, its transparent Dragon Tail swaying gently, as if performing an ancient and mysterious ritual.
Alone in a preparation room, Cade watched the Drakloak Dragon Dance Knight in the air above the battlefield. For some reason, he saw a green figure on the Drakloak. Although it was only for a moment, the figure gave him a sense of familiarity.
Torkoal couldn't even touch Drakloak, and Drakloak was still boosting. It couldn't win even without boosting, so wouldn't it be even worse after boosting?
Flannery hurriedly gave instructions to the Torkoal:
"Torkoal, use Heat Wave!"
With the added effect of the Sunny Day, the Heat Wave even transformed into a heat tornado that swept towards Drakloak. There was no way to avoid this Heat Wave that covered the entire area.
Drakloak's Dragon Dance has been fully upgraded, and with the increased speed and attack, Drakloak has become even more swift and powerful.
Roy had no intention of letting Drakloak hide from the approaching Heat Wave.
"Drakloak, Phantom Force."
Drakloak vanished before the Heat Wave arrived, perfectly dodging Heat Wave damage and reappearing beside Torkoal.
To Torkoal's astonishment, Drakloak, its head imbued with purple Ghost-type energy, rammed into Torkoal's undefended left leg.
It knocked Torkoal to the ground, shell down, and Torkoal flailed its limbs, unable to get up. This is Pokémon.
Drakloak followed up with a Blast Burn, taking down the already severely injured and unable to Torkoal.
Seeing that Torkoal was unable to battle, Flannery quickly recalled her Torkoal and released her Blaziken.
Roy scanned the Blaziken with the System Scan and found that it was level 45, in the mid- Gym Leader level. However, Flannery's Blaziken had Hidden Ability: Speed Boost.
In the game, this means that the speed will increase by one level each turn.
"Just!"
Blaziken adopted an attack stance, quite different from the slow-moving Torkoal from before.
Roy wasn't too afraid of Blaziken under the Sunny Day. He had just System Scan and found that Blaziken only had a few Fire type moves that could hit Drakloak; the rest, like Quick Attack or Double Kick, were ineffective against Drakloak.
Moreover... his own Drakloak also possesses that skill.
Looking at the tens of thousands of cheering spectators in the stadium, isn't now the perfect time to generate Popularity Points?
After silently apologizing to Flannery, Roy Mind Communication with Drakloak and gave the following instructions:
"Drakloak, use the Dragon Ascent!"
Blaziken was defending against Drakloak's attack when Drakloak suddenly flew into the air and began to gather its strength.
A long, dark green dragon shadow appeared on Drakloak's body, carrying its own dragon might. Drakloak, carrying the dragon shadow, transformed into a dark green arc of light and descended from the sky.
"Wait, what's that thing?"
The audience members watching the enormous dragon shadow swooping down from the sky were completely bewildered. Was this thing also Legendary Pokémon?
The Drone attempted to take a close-up shot of the phantom image on Drakloak's body, but it was knocked over by the energy fluctuations emanating from the phantom image, losing its view.
Wallace and Steven stared speechlessly at the dragon shadow in the sky; Roy had never shown this move in front of them before.
Cade's eyes widened in disbelief. This... this isn't right, is it?
He now finally knew what the illusory image he had just seen was.
That's Rayquaza!!!
It is the Dragon God whom the Meteor People have always worshipped.
His father was the chief of the Meteor People Dwellers and had received a blessing from the Dragon God, but the Dragon God Pokémon's phantom did not appear directly on his Pokémon.
Could it be that the blessing my father received back then was a fake blessing?
On the judging panel, Drake and Chairman Damaranch both looked at Agatha.
"Agatha, your disciple is no ordinary person."
"Um..."
Agatha, of course, had no idea what was going on, but she nodded casually nonetheless. However, in the eyes of Drake and Damaranch, this behavior clearly showed that Agatha had known all along that Roy would pull this stunt.
But what Agatha was thinking now was:
"Would that brat die if he didn't act like this?"
And why does it have to be used in front of so many people? Is it because you're afraid others won't know you know this trick?
A massive, Blaziken green dragon shadow hurtled straight at Blaziken. Blaziken felt a sense of Pressure from the Legendary Pokémon emanating from the dragon shadow, so much so that it didn't even hear Flannery shouting "Get out of the way!" from the command post.
By the time Blaziken reacted, Drakloak, enveloped in a massive dragon shadow, was less than 5 meters away from him.
No matter how fast Blaziken is, it can't outrun the dragon shadow behind it, and is eventually caught up by the dragon shadow.
The enormous dragon shadow opened its gaping maw and swallowed the Blaziken.
Blaziken felt as if it had been chased by a real dragon, and its whole body felt like it was about to fall apart.
In the end, Blaziken was taken down by a powerful, super-effective Dragon Ascent, collapsing to the ground with its round eyes showing.
Seeing both of his Pokémon perish at the hands of this strangely shaped but incredibly fast Drakloak.
Flannery sighed, recalled Blaziken, and sent out her last Pokémon.
A Magcargo, also from the early stages of the Gym.
"Magcargo, use Flamethrower."
Flannery's commands were weak and feeble; she knew she was merely making a death throes.
Roy, displaying great gentlemanly manners, did not choose the bald-headed strategy of taking on three opponents at once. Instead, he directed Drakloak to U-turn and replace the Lampent with it just as the Magcargo was about to unleash its Flamethrower.
The Magcargo's Flamethrower struck the replaced Lampent without causing any damage; instead, they made the flames inside the Lampent's lampshade burn even brighter.
Upon seeing the Lampent appear, Flannery noticed that Roy hadn't immediately taken on three opponents at once, which was a gesture of respect, and gave Roy a grateful look.
She initially wanted to train a Ghost type- type Fire type Pokémon like Lampent, but Litwick was rumored to absorb the life force of its Pokémon Trainer.
Therefore, her parents did not allow it, and since Litwick are extremely rare, she had no choice but to give up.
Lampent also benefits from the Sunny Day Fire type move power boost, and the Magcargo's Flamethrower triggered Lampent Flash Fire, further increasing the power of its Fire type move.
Under the relentless barrage of Flamethrower from the Lampent, Flannery's last Magcargo lost its fighting ability.
At this point, all of Flannery's Pokémon were unable to battle, thus failing to advance to the second round of the main tournament.
Having already known the outcome, Flannery accepted reality and stepped down from the battle seat.
"The Magcargo is unable to fight. The winner is contestant number 99, Roy!"
After defeating Flannery, Roy qualified for the second round of the main draw.