Watching Tyranitar fall, Wazik Leia wanted to flee. His other main Pokémon had lost the ability to fight one after another, leaving him with only Tyranitar, Archeops, and a Golem that was barely alive.
If he kept fighting, he would die here too.
Should he fight to the death or abandon his family and run? Wazik Leia made his decision in an instant, just as he had when he betrayed Giovanni without hesitation.
But the Nidoking before him stood in his escape route like an impassable mountain.
It seemed he would not get away unscathed.
Wazik Leia looked at the panting Golem. It pained him, but he had no choice but to shout:
"Golem, use your Life Energy to unleash Explosion! Archeops, let's go!"
As Archeops caught him, he ordered his Intermediate King level Golem to unleash Explosion using its Life Energy.
The moment Wazik Leia gave the order, Golem's eyes turned red beyond its control. As though it had lost its mind, it ignored the pain in its body, curled into a ball, and charged at Nidoking.
Just before it struck Nidoking, white light flared across Golem's body. The energy within it burst out uncontrollably.
"Not good!"
Roy remembered the Explosion powered by Life Energy he had seen in the laboratory. He hurried backward and had Chandelure and Gengar use Protect, raising two energy barriers in front of him.
Detonating its own Life Energy would certainly be more powerful than an ordinary Explosion, and this Golem was an Intermediate King level Pokémon.
Nidoking, facing the Explosion head-on, also felt the energy surging from Golem. Even he did not dare let down his guard this time.
He hastily used Rock Tomb, raising four enormous rock walls from the ground. They blocked Golem and sealed it inside.
The light blazing from