After about ten more rounds on the field, Drapion's two large pincers failed to catch Annihilape again. Annihilape seized the opportunity when Drapion missed its attack and instantly charged in close.
As the left fist's Drain Punch was clamped, the Annihilape's right side began to move, turning sideways, lowering its shoulder, and throwing a punch.
Recalling the ranged attack that had just made him uncomfortable, a dense, almost Ghostly Purple energy appeared on the Annihilape's right fist. He delivered a precise, Rage Fist straight to the vital spot, striking the weak point where the Drapion's torso was joined.
The publicly displayed power value of the Annihilape's Rage Fist has now reached 300.
The Ghostly Purple energy on the fist seemed to be devouring the Drapion, and the crisp sound of the fist Tackle with the carapace on the Drapion's back rang out in the Arena.
Drapion felt his whole body suddenly stiffen. The pincers that were gripping the left fist of the Annihilape lost their grip and were forced to release. Then, his whole body flew backward uncontrollably.
The massive body was slammed against the Arena wall with a crash, then fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The audience thought that Drapion had lost its ability to fight. Before they could cheer for the victory of the Annihilape, the fallen Drapion actually stood up shakily and supported itself on the ground with its two pincers.
This was beyond Roy's expectations. He had taken two punches from the Annihilape and still hadn't lost his fighting ability. It seemed that Reiji must have also given special training to the Drapion's defensive capabilities.
Reiji knew that his Drapion was at its last gasp, so he used Poké Ball to recall it before Annihilape Drain Punch another Drapion Punch.
It didn't give the Annihilape a chance to recover its strength, and at the same time released its second Pokémon, Staraptor.
Reiji's Staraptor was also a Beginner King level Pokémon, and it was greeted with Staraptor as soon as it appeared.
Staraptor, as the native bird of the Sinnoh Region, is also quite well-known in the Kanto, mainly because of its highly recognizable hairstyle.
Reiji ignored the crowd's shouts and saw Roy actually letting his Annihilape use Swords Dance while he was changing Pokémon.
The Annihilape almost killed his own Drapion instantly. If the opponent uses Swords Dance, wouldn't he be even less likely to win?
Reiji hurriedly gave instructions:
"Staraptor, interrupt him with Continuous Air Cutter!"
The Staraptor flapped its wings in the air, and more than a dozen transparent cyan energy blades shot towards the Annihilape.
At this moment, the Annihilape's Swords Dance had reached its final stage. Ten small Golden swords surrounded the Annihilape, and if it stopped now, the Swords Dance would surely be in vain.
After only a second of thought, the Annihilape ignored the wind blades hurtling towards him from the sky and continued his Swords Dance.
Finally, the Swords Dance ended, and the ten small Golden swords entered the body of the Annihilape, causing its aura to surge.
However, the wind blades unleashed by the Staraptor had already reached him, and the Annihilape could even hear the whistling sound around the edges of the wind blades.
The Annihilape quickly used Protect, and a green energy shield appeared in front of him, blocking the continuous wind Annihilape.
The Staraptor in the sky continuously struck the energy shield with Protect Air Cutter, and under the relentless wind blade attacks, a net-like pattern of cracks appeared on the energy shield.
Seeing that the energy shield was about to be broken, Roy shouted from the command post:
"Annihilape, use Stone Edge!"
The instant the energy shield was shattered by the wind blades, dozens of cone-shaped, sharp rocks appeared in the hands of the Annihilape.
Just as the Annihilape was about to throw a sharp rock at the Staraptor, a wind blade struck the Annihilape precisely.
But the Annihilape still painfully threw the sharp rock in its hand.
In addition, the continuous Poison damage to Annihilape body was constantly draining his strength.
Dozens of sharp rocks and blue wind blades collided, the attack greatly enhanced by the Swords Dance the Annihilape had just used.
The sharp rock broke through and the blue wind blade shot directly towards the Staraptor in the sky.
Having used the Air Cutter repeatedly, Staraptor had exhausted a lot of its strength, so Staraptor quickly dodged the sudden Stone Edge.
However, he was still hit on the edge of his wing by a sharp rock. The intense pain from the double damage reduction made him unable to flap his wings for a short time, and he was about to fall from the sky.
Ignoring the pain, Annihilape chased after the direction where Staraptor had fallen, gathering Ghost type energy in its hand once more, preparing to finish Staraptor off with a Rage Fist.
Roy also imbued the Annihilape with his own Ghost Power, making the already Ghost type...
Reiji looked at the fist, which was even larger than Staraptor and made of Ghost-type energy.
There's nothing we can do.
"Staraptor, use Brave Bird!!"
Upon hearing Reiji's command, the Staraptor disregarded the pain in its wings, folded its injured wings, and a Golden phantom of a giant bird appeared on its body as it crashed into the Annihilape that was charging towards it.
On one side was a giant Golden bird, and on the other was a purple fist made of Ghost-type energy, even larger than the Annihilape itself.
The Annihilape's fist, imbued with dense Ghost-type energy, collided with the Golden giant bird, creating a massive explosion.
The host, who was riding Pidgeot in the air, quickly sent the Pidgeot into the air as well, worried that he would be affected by the two energies.
"So... who really won?"
When everyone looked back at the Arena, the Staraptor that had been swooping down was now lying in the center of the Arena, completely incapacitated.
Not far from the Staraptor, the Annihilape also lay on the ground, but because it was facing away from the audience, its expression was not visible.