Steelix sensed a tremendous threat from the Mega Golurk.
This unfamiliar Pokémon reminded him of the Tyranitar he had battled before.
An aura of pressure emanating from the Legendary Pokémon emanated from the Mega Golurk.
Steelix felt that the Mega Golurk in front of him had changed its appearance, which made him blink uncertainly.
After confirming that it was indeed Mega Golurk and not some Legendary Pokémon Pokémon, Steelix breathed a sigh of relief.
Faced with an unknown opponent, Steelix chose to use a ranged skill to probe Golurk.
The Steelix's tail throbbed downwards, sending several sharp rocks hurtling towards the Mega Golurk.
The Mega Golurk also retaliated with Rock Slide attack, grabbing rocks from the ground and throwing them into the air to Stone Edge coming at it.
The sharp rock and the rounded rock collided with a loud bang, and the power of the two skills canceled each other out.
Seeing that the Mega Golurk's skills were canceled out by his Stone Edge, Steelix became serious. He knew this battle would be anything but simple.
He wasn't a half-baked Pokémon Trainer like Jasmine. When the first move he tested didn't work, he immediately abandoned the idea of a quick victory and decided on a protracted battle.
"Wata!"
The Steelix roared, its body, which had previously been marked with tiny dents and rough pores, tightened continuously, and its metal shell suddenly gleamed with a cold, sharp silver light.
Roy recognized that Steelix was using Iron Defense. Steelix already had a physical defense of 200, and if the opponent raised its defense again, then he would be out of the game.
"Golurk, use Earthquake to interrupt him!"
The Mega Golurk knew that Roy wasn't referring to Earthquake, but rather the attack he had used before.
"Clay doll!"
The giant mud golem's fist was coated with earth-yellow Ground type energy before it slammed its fist into the Arena floor.
As the Mega Golurk's fist slammed into the ground, the entire Arena, including the Gym, began to shake.
One of the apprentices watching lost his balance and fell to the ground.
When everyone looked towards the Arena, they saw dozens of cracks spreading along the fist of the Mega Golurk, extending across the entire Arena.
Even the steel walls surrounding the Arena showed faint cracks.
These four alloy walls were built at great expense and can easily withstand the Explosion of Beginner King level Golem.
It's worth noting that even when the bodies of the Mega Steelix and the Dhelmise collided with the Arena, they didn't cause any cracks.
However, it was now cracked by the aftershocks of the Mega Golurk move; this level of energy is something only High-level Elite Four Pokémon.
It was clearly a battle between two high-level Pokémon on the field.
Steelix, which was using Iron Defense to strengthen itself, sensed impending danger. Years of battle experience had made it exceptionally sensitive to danger.
But he didn't know where the danger was coming from, and the Steelix could only observe its surroundings.
Suddenly, scalding magma gushed out from the crack that had been smashed open by the Mega Golurk, something that didn't seem like Earthquake could produce.
As Steelix's attention was drawn to the magma within the fissure, a sharp boulder suddenly pierced out from beneath Steelix.
The sudden attack caught Steelix off guard, and it was directly hit by the sharp rocks that Sucker Punch from the ground.
Steelix's Iron Defense was also interrupted, the gleam of its metal shell disappeared, and it was directly blasted into the Arena wall.
The massive body collided with the metal wall, further damaging the already cracked alloy wall and instantly deforming it.
Referee Uncle Wang was horrified when he saw the sharp, 3-meter-long rock protruding from the crack in the ground.
He felt that even if the Ba Su were in command, the Steelix might not be able to dodge this sudden, unannounced, sharp rock carrying magma.
Was this really Earthquake?
How come he's never seen Earthquake like this before?
Seeing that Steelix was injured, Roy gave commands to the Golurk:
"Golurk, use Fire Punch!"
"Clay doll!"
The Mega Golurk's two fists were simultaneously engulfed in flames as it charged towards the Steelix at the edge of the Arena.
The Steelix, regaining its senses after crashing into the metal wall, saw the Golurk charging towards it and made a decision in just one second.
The Steelix's enormous steel head burrowed into the ground, while its entire long steel body spun and rammed into the earth.
The running Mega Golurk saw that half of the Steelix's body had already burrowed into the ground, and immediately its entire body was about to disappear into the ground.
To everyone's astonishment, the Mega Golurk's two legs retracted into its body, transforming into two jets that spewed out black energy and flew into the air.
"Hiss~ If I'm not mistaken, he's flying again?"
"He... he can still fly."
Everyone was baffled; how could it possibly fly?
No? You're a Ground-type Pokémon without wings, what are you flying for?
As the Mega Golurk Steelix burrowed into the ground, its flaming hand suddenly grabbed the last segment of the Steelix's tail, preventing it from disappearing into the burrow.
The Steelix, with most of its body already underground, only felt a Burn sensation coming from its tail.
Steelix instinctively swung its tail, trying to shake off the Mega Golurk.
But the Mega Golurk's two huge hands were like two giant iron pincers, firmly gripping the tail of the Steelix.
Unable to break free, the Steelix, enduring the Burn sensation, tried to burrow into the ground.
A battle of strength unfolded between the two, without any flashy skill displays, only the clash of power against power.
The Mega Golurk felt it was losing control of Steelix and was about to give way, letting go of the Iron Tail in its mouth.
But the thought that this was his first battle for Roy made the Mega Golurk's rune-like eyes glow red, the "Ω" symbol on his left shoulder light up, and a powerful energy surged into the Mega Golurk's hand.
"Clay doll!"
With a forceful pull of both hands, the Mega Golurk managed to drag the Steelix, which was about to burrow underground, out of the ground with its Mega Golurk hands.