The closer they got to the summit, the more attacks came from the sky, and the denser the attacks became. Azure Air Cutter, Rock Throw, and large-scale flames rained down on Dragapult.
Fortunately, the users of these skills are probably not high-level, and the skill strength and release speed are also average.
After dodging all the attacks, Dragapult burst out of the clouds and saw several Gym apprentices riding Flying type Pokémon in the clouds. This is the source of the Wind Blade and Rock Throw.
At this moment, Mega Pidgeot also entered the Rock Throw area. However, Mega Pidgeot did not create an energy shield to charge in, but instead kept dodging, as if it were conducting a normal training session.
Roy looked back; he had assumed that the Gym apprentices who were directing the Pokémon use their moves would go easy on Su Tian.
As a result, the Gym apprentices went completely mad, directing their Pokémon to unleash a barrage of moves at Mega Pidgeot.
Air Cutter, Rock Slide, Hyper Beam, Venoshock —all of these attacks were unleashed at Mega Pidgeot, as if these moves didn't require any energy from the Pokémon's body.
Roy was somewhat bewildered. The group of Gym apprentices were directing their Pokémon to unleash exactly twice the amount of attacks they had just used against Dragapult Mega Pidgeot.
It's like they're competing to see who can knock Super Su Tian off Mega Pidgeot.
Hiss~~
How unpopular must Su Tian, the dojo master, be within the Gym?
Under the relentless barrage of attacks, Mega Pidgeot could only create an energy shield to prevent the onslaught of skills from hitting Su Tian on its back.
Su Tian's face darkened. These brats were clearly taking revenge on him. He would definitely teach them a lesson after the competition.
Mega Pidgeot's speed naturally slowed down after being hit by a barrage of attacks.
Great opportunity!
Roy stopped looking at Su Tian and turned to look straight ahead. Taking advantage of the fact that Mega Pidgeot was currently entangled, he commanded Dragapult to break out of the clouds.
Finally, we arrived at the summit and saw the small yellow flags that Su Tian had mentioned earlier. There were two of them, both planted on a sloping surface of less than one square meter at the very top of the summit.
Dragapult was about to soar over the mountaintop, Dreepy, located in the left-hand opening, was launched.
Dreepy simply Bite the small yellow flag on the mountaintop with his teeth, pulled it out, then turned around and handed it to Roy before returning to the hole.
Looking at the remaining yellow flag on the mountaintop, Roy thought for a moment and decided against letting the other Dreepy pull it down. After all, it was just a competition, and there was no need to play so dirty.
Seeing that Roy had given up the idea, the flame in Dragapult's mouth disappeared.
"Dragapult, got it, let's go!!!"
After successfully obtaining the small yellow flag at the top of the mountain, Dragapult accelerated and plunged downwards, rushing towards the Sprout Tower.
Soon, another Growl out from the mountaintop.
Having dodged countless attacks, Mega Pidgeot carried Su Tian to retrieve the yellow flag and then chased after Dragapult.
On the way to Sprout Tower, Dragapult was not to be careless, as he could sense Mega Pidgeot was far behind him.
Roy didn't look back, directing Dragapult to maintain speed while constantly watching for sudden wind blades and Rock Throw.
Fortunately, there were no traps in the second half of the stage. Every few hundred meters, there was an apprentice holding a blue flag, Dragapult followed the direction indicated by the blue flag.
Finally, after flying for some distance, Dragapult saw the top of the Sprout Tower.
Just this last stretch.
If Dragapult can maintain its current lead, it will be able to reach Sprout Tower before Mega Pidgeot.
At this moment, Falkner was riding on the back of a Staraptor, with two Gym apprentices beside him. The three of them were waiting at the top of Sprout Tower for the two racers.
One of the Gym apprentices with the small blue flag seemed to have seen something and shouted to Falkner and the other apprentice:
"They're here! They're charging in!"
Another apprentice also looked up at the sky, as if he had seen something he shouldn't have seen, his tone filled with disbelief.
"The first place isn't even the gym leader!? Could it be that the gym leader couldn't withstand the mountain terrain and was knocked down? Who knocked him down? I definitely have to thank him properly!"
Upon seeing that the first thing to appear in his line of sight was a triangular, stealth fighter-like shape, Falkner realized that it was Roy and his Dragapult.
Falkner never expected that Roy would be faster than his father's Mega Pidgeot. In his eyes, once Mega Pidgeot flapped its wings and took off, it was simply impossible for ordinary Pokémon to catch up with it.
Before Falkner could react, the apprentice holding the small blue flag shouted again:
"The Master! The Master is here too!"
Su Tian and Mega Pidgeot appeared in everyone's sight, but behind Dragapult.
Roy was somewhat surprised that he hadn't taken the other flag along with Su Tian. Logically speaking, given how cunning Roy had been during his battle with Falkner, how could he have missed the other Yellow?
Mega Pidgeot folds some of its wings to reduce wind resistance and uses the Tailwind to propel itself forward in a powerful dive.
Dragapult's Dragon Dance had been upgraded to its highest level, and his aura had reached its peak, making his speed too fast to be observed with the naked eye.
As the Su Tian Dragapult were about to cross the finish line, the Sky Dragon commanded Mega Pidgeot to use Brave Bird.
"Pidgeot!!!"
With a cry, the Mega Pidgeot appeared as a giant blue bird phantom, carrying a gust of wind with it as it charged toward the Sprout Tower.
Mega Pidgeot caught up from behind and almost caught up with Dragapult. Roy could even see the smile on Su Tian's face.
Meanwhile, the wind generated by Mega Pidgeot's flapping wings was still affecting Dragapult, as a reward for Roy's earlier order for Dragapult to destroy the boulder.
Seeing the blue phantom of the mythical bird on Mega Pidgeot, Roy could only think: He knows that move too!
"Dragapult, use Dragon God Dive!"
"Doryu!"
Dragapult naturally understood Roy's meaning and used the Dragon Ascent, creating a phantom image of a giant green dragon on his body, and his speed increased once again.