Lance breathed a sigh of relief after seeing his Gyarados block the Max Lightning.
However, the scene of Gyarados's Max Geyser being Swallow by the Ancient Gengar is still fresh in my mind.
He was also very curious about what was inside Gigantamax Gengar maw.
In the Arena
Under the influence of the two Dynamax moves, the weather on one side of the Arena was a Dynamax Gyarados, while on the other side it was a lightning-filled field with yellow arcs of electricity and thunder, and even the field itself was Electric Terrain.
This scene left everyone dumbfounded.
Can the weather still be divided equally?
Since Dynamax Gyarados no longer has Max Guard, Roy once again commands his Gigantamax Gengar to use Max Lightning.
Lance was speechless. Was this some kind of attempt to rub salt in his wounds?
Since that's the case, Lance commanded the Dynamax Gyarados:
"Gyarados, use Max Darkness."
As lightning struck Dynamax Gyarados more, a beam of light containing Dark type energy Spit Up from its mouth.
Gigantamax Gengar couldn't absorb this Dark type energy with its massive maw; it could only protect itself with its two giant arms and watch helplessly as the Dark type energy beam struck it.
The Dynamax Gyarados was also hit by lightning from the sky.
Both Pokémon were hit by moves that were super effective against them.
The two behemoths in the Arena were like a ruthless stationary turret, with no tactical combinations, only the purest form of stationary output.
Seeing that the opposing Dynamax Gyarados was still standing strong after taking two Max Lightning, Roy knew that his chances of winning were slim, so he might as well use it to test Gigantamax Gengar's signature move.
Let's see if a regular Pokémon can defeat the Spectral Spirit controlled by Gigantamax Gengar if the opponent doesn't have Marshadow's Divine Might.
"Gengar, use G-Max Terror!"
"Ghost~~"
As the audience and netizens watched with great interest through the big screen and live stream, countless black ghostly figures of different sizes and shapes appeared from the deep maw of Gigantamax Gengar.
The ghostly figures let out mournful Growl, carrying Ghost-type energy as they crashed into Dynamax Gyarados, ensnaring its body and tearing and scratching at it.
The piercing Growl sent chills down the spines of the audience. Just hearing the sound conjured up a vivid image in their minds, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.
"Those... those aren't really... Ghost type, are they?"
A Drone attempted to take a close-up shot of a ghostly figure, only to have the figure jump directly onto the Drone and begin biting its face at the Drone.
The sudden appearance startled the audience and viewers watching the live stream, but Gigantamax Gengar managed to retract the ghostly figure on the Drone into its massive maw in one swift motion.
Even the Dynamax Gyarados had never seen this attack method before, and it didn't react when the ghost appeared.
When he came to his senses, he felt the ghostly figure tearing at him, pulling at the scales on his body to prevent him from moving.
The Dynamax Gyarados quickly shook its body, trying to shake off all the ghostly shadows, as if afraid of getting something dirty on it.
However, some ghostly figures were impossible to shake off, and even Dynamax Gyarados had no way to deal with them. It could only carefully observe the ghostly figures while exchanging beam attacks with Gigantamax Gengar.
Lance was also a little confused; he had never seen such a peculiar attack method before.
According to the game's mechanics, an 86-level Gyarados with less than half its health, after Dynamax, definitely can't beat a 72-level Gigantamax Gengar.
Unfortunately, this wasn't a game. Roy didn't expect that Lance's Dynamax Gyarados, even after battling Lorelei and being injured, could hold its own against his Gigantamax Gengar.
Despite taking two hits from Max Lightning, it was still able to battle, while its Gigantamax Gengar was in very poor condition after being hit by two Max Darkness attacks.
Just as both of their Dynamax were about to end, Gigantamax Gengar absorbed the ghostly shadow on Dynamax Gyarados into its own abyssal maw, thus ending its Gigantamax.
With the ghost gone, Dynamax Gyarados has ended its Dynamax.
There's only one red Gyarados and one Ancient Gengar covered in green tattoos on the field right now.
The Ancient Gengar looked troubled but still refused to fall, conjuring a giant Shadow Ball in its hand and hurling it at Gyarados.
At the same time, it used the electric arc in the Electric Terrain to generate a Thunderbolt burst.
Having already fought two consecutive battles with Gyarados, he was covered in visible wounds, but he still refused to give up.
But Gyarados knew that if it took another Thunderbolt attack powered by Electric Terrain, it would definitely be taken down by the giant purple monster on the other side.
"Then I might as well take a gamble, "Gyarados chose to charge at the Ancient Gengar and withstand its Shadow Ball, then unleashed Crunch carrying Dark type energy onto the Ancient Gengar.
"Ghost~~"
The Ancient Gengar, Bite by fangs imbued with Dark type energy, winced in pain. Yellow arcs of electricity crackled around its fist, and a Thunder Punch forced Gyarados to release its grip.
However, Gyarados retaliated with an Iron Tail attack from the Ancient Gengar, throwing it to the edge of the Arena.
Both of them took another hit from the other's skill.
Both Pokémon were nearing their limits, but in the end, the Ancient Gengar was the first to fall, revealing its ring eyes.
If it weren't for the fact that part of his power was sealed by the Great God Giratina, this Gyarados would never have been his match.
Gigantamax Gengar still couldn't defeat Dynamax Gyarados; the level difference between the two was still too great. After the mid-level Elite Four, the difference between each level has been amplified.
After defeating the Ancient Gengar, Gyarados won the battle, but he wasn't in good shape and looked like he was just putting on a brave face.
"You've had a hard day too, come back now, Gyarados."
Lance breathed a sigh of relief and recalled his Elite Four. If he had lost to Roy, he would have been out of a job as Gyarados.
To put it bluntly, the reason this battle was so difficult was because he was overconfident. If Charizard had been used instead, the battle wouldn't have turned out this way.
The main problem is that it's too troublesome to Dynamax Band to Galar every time he wants to Dynamax, so he only has Gyarados as a Pokémon's really familiar with Dynamax.
Also, there's Roy's Gigantamax Gengar, which just used Max Lightning and G-Max Terror.
He couldn't believe that this was a move that an Intermediate King level Pokémon unleash; the power of this move was already comparable to that of High-level Elite Four.