The second round of the semifinals is coming.
The first match was between Roy and Cade, the young chieftain of the Meteor People.
The audience is also looking forward to the battle between Roy and Cade has not lost a single battle in the qualifiers using a Beginner King level Garchomp.
However, after Roy's Annihilape instantly defeated two Legendary Pokémon, the audience developed a strange expectation for Roy, Volo could achieve victory.
Just as Roy was about to enter the game, he was suddenly informed that the match, originally scheduled for the morning, had been postponed to the next day.
The audience in the stands didn't buy this explanation. "I'm already here, and you're telling me we're not going to fight?"
Wait until the next day?
The audience only left reluctantly after the event organizers promised to refund today's ticket prices and offer free admission for tomorrow's and the day after.
Roy returned backstage and looked at Steven in the preparation room. According to Steven's inquiries, it seemed that some kind of meeting about Mega Evolution was going to be held in various regions this morning.
Roy wanted to go find Agatha to ask what happened, but her Communicator had been completely switched off all day.
Seeing this, he had no choice but to give up.
The next day
In the Arena
Roy and Cade each stood at their respective command posts.
The battle hasn't even started yet.
Only the head of the Jenny family and Chairman Damaranch were on the judging panel. After another ten minutes or so, Agatha and Drake finally returned to the judging panel, but not a single audience member dared to voice their dissatisfaction.
However, neither of them was looking at the Arena; instead, they were both looking down, seemingly lost in thought.
After the referee announced the start of the battle, Cade took out a Poké Ball.
A flash of red light
Cade's Trump Card Garchomp appeared on the field.
Cade's Garchomp is a size larger than Cynthia's Garchomp, and his Garchomp has a notch on its back fin, which is a characteristic of Garchomps.
The female Garchomp's dorsal fin is intact without any gaps, which is also a way to distinguish between male and female Garchomp.
System Scan
Pokémon: Garchomp
Level: 60
Sex: Male
Ability: Rough Skin (When attacked, it uses its rough skin to injure the opponent that comes into contact with it.)
Skills: Tackle, Sand Attack, Dragon Breath, Sand Tomb, Bulldoze, Bite, Slash, Dragon Claw, Dig, Sandstorm
Held item: Garchompite
Egg Move: Outrage, Twister
Individual Values: 22
Technical Machine /Skill Transfer: Dragon Cheer, Breaking Swipe, Fire Blast, Earth Power, Iron Head, Metal Claw, Flamethrower, Power Gem
It really is Garchomp's Mega Stone, but Roy can't guarantee that the opponent only has one Garchomp Evolution Stone.
It seems the Meteor People are hiding quite a bit, and I've heard that Gurkinn from the Kalos Region is also Meteor People; I wonder if that's true or not.
Roy's team is fielding his own Misdreavus.
Seeing that Roy's chosen Pokémon wasn't Annihilape, Cade felt relieved.
The main problem is that he doesn't understand the Annihilape and doesn't know how to deal with it.
But if it's just a Misdreavus, then don't blame him for being impolite.
The audience was somewhat disappointed when they realized it wasn't the Annihilape; they wanted to see if the Annihilape could unleash the God-Slaying Two Punches as the one from the day before.
"Garchomp, use Dragon Tail!"
Without Roy's command, the Misdreavus Demon immediately released the Misty Terrain that Roy had previously exchanged for her, and in an instant, the entire Arena was filled with pink energy.
Garchomp, which intended to use its Dragon Tail to attack Misdreavus, felt a wave of weakness as it swung its tail, and its speed decreased significantly.
Garchomp's Dragon Tail was easily dodged by Misdreavus.
Seeing Roy's Misdreavus use Misty Terrain, Cade immediately recognized the Fairy type Terrain move.
He was just as disgusted as the Garchomp on the field. It wasn't that he hadn't seen this terrain move before, but he just hadn't expected Misdreavus to be able to learn it.
Since the introduction of the Fairy type, the status of Dragon-type Pokémon has plummeted and is no longer what it used to be.
Thinking of this, Cade could no longer suppress his urge to beat up the Misdreavus in the Arena. He raised the Key Stone on his wrist and aimed Garchomp.
Garchomp, Mega Evolution!
The spectators had no idea what Cade was shouting. What evolution? What was Ma Mei?
Only Roy on the other side maintained his smile, seemingly unsurprised that his Garchomp could evolve again.
For some reason, Roy's smile made Cade feel uneasy.
However, he remained calm, and the Key Stone on his wrist lit up, reacting with Garchomp's Evolution Stone.
Yellow sand swirled up on the Arena floor, completely enveloping Garchomp, while the light of its Garchomp also enveloped its body.
After the evolution was complete, the yellow sand scattered on the ground.
Garchomp grew larger again, its head and shoulders became thinner, and five pairs of white bone spikes grew on both sides of its abdomen. Its claws and wings fused together, becoming a huge scythe shape.
Mega Garchomp has arrived!
A questioning voice came from the audience:
"Wait, why can his Garchomp evolve again? Isn't that already its final form?"
"Garchomp has changed its form!"
Many viewers also recalled the "Mega Evolution" video from two days ago, which was taken down and deleted after only 5 minutes.
"Did you guys see that video from the day before yesterday? I thought it was photoshopped, but I didn't expect it to be real."
"Can your photoshopped images look this real?"
Drake and Agatha, sitting on the judging panel, looked serious and exchanged a glance.
The reason for canceling yesterday's battle was that the two attended an emergency meeting convened in various regions, a meeting of a level equivalent to the appearance of Legendary Pokémon in a certain region.
The meeting was about the issue of Mega Evolution in the Kalos Region.
The Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Unova regional Pokémon League have jointly demanded that the Kalos League truthfully disclose information regarding the Mega Evolution.
The Elite Four and regional doctors from each region also participated in this meeting, with the aim of putting pressure on the Kalos League.
So much so that no one has mentioned the recent hot topic of the Annihilape, since the Annihilape is just an isolated case because its evolutionary form has not yet been discovered.
However, Mega Evolution is a further evolution that occurs after the Pokémon has already reached its final evolution stage, and it has a duration, which has broken their understanding of the regular Pokémon Evolutions Mega Evolution.
Not to mention, according to the information they received, there is more than one Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution.