When the 20-meter-long Steelix was flung into the burrow, the few people who had secretly wanted to fight Roy fell silent instantly.
They were speechless. The Mega Golurk had somehow managed to pull the Steelix out of the half-drilled hole.
How can these few words form a sentence?
If it were my own Pokémon, it would probably be smashed to pieces by Mega Golurk Golem on the very first try.
The Steelix, pulled from underground, was also bewildered, but its immediate priority was to quickly distance itself from the Mega Golurk.
Steelix swung its tail, trying to break free from the Mega Golurk's hands, but the Mega Golurk held on tightly to its tail and refused to let go.
Just as Steelix was pondering how to break free, a tremendous force swung his body around.
Steelix was surprised to find that its body had left the ground, and then it began to spin, revealing the surrounding scenery before its eyes.
He had never experienced this dizzying sensation in a long time... or rather, never before had Pokémon of his size ever felt this way.
Suddenly, the Mega Golurk released Steelix's tail, and the immense momentum flung Steelix into a crack in the ground, instantly creating a large crater in the Arena.
Flames once again enveloped the Mega Golurk's fist as it slammed into the Steelix in the crater.
"Steelix, use Protect!"
Jasmine shouted loudly from the sidelines.
Even without Jasmine's shout, Steelix realized the power of Mega Golurk's Fire Punch and immediately conjured a huge emerald green energy shield in front of itself.
The moment Jasmine saw the energy shield appear, her tense mood finally relaxed.
That should be enough to stop it, right?
But it's clear that Jasmine doesn't understand the Mega Golurk, let alone Golurk Ability, such as the Unseen Fist.
When the Mega Golurk's flaming fist touched the energy shield, an invisible ripple appeared on the emerald green energy shield.
To Steelix's astonishment, the Mega Golurk's flaming fist broke through the energy shield even though it was completely intact.
What's this!?
Why didn't his energy shield block the Golurk's attack?
Before Steelix could figure it out, the Burn sensation of the flames was already approaching, and in Steelix's incredulous eyes, the Mega Golurk punched him.
The Steelix's body was blasted away like a cannonball and crashed into the metal wall.
A Steelix -shaped dent suddenly appeared on the metal wall.
"Wata!"
Seeing the Steelix's pained expression, Jasmine also didn't understand the situation on the field. Why did the energy shield that Steelix created seem like a fake?
She was puzzled by everything that happened on the field from the very beginning.
The Steelix, which had been knocked into the metal wall, saw the Mega Golurk charging towards it again.
Even though the burning pain in its body hadn't subsided, it still managed to break free from the metal wall and unleash a powerful Iron Tail strike at the Mega Golurk.
The Mega Golurk clearly didn't expect Steelix to react in time, and put its arms in an X-shape to protect itself.
Iron Tail lashed out like a steel whip across the Mega Golurk's arms.
The Mega Golurk golem managed to block the Iron Tail, but it was also knocked back by the immense force.
Having successfully created distance, Steelix immediately adjusted its posture, looking at the Mega Golurk with a serious expression.
This was definitely the most formidable opponent he had encountered in a long time.
At this moment, Steelix wanted to Dig into the ground, but then it hesitated, remembering how it had just been pulled out of the hole by the Mega Golurk.
But the Mega Golurk was already charging towards him again.
Because of the close proximity, Steelix was worried that it wouldn't have time to use Stone Edge, so it used the Mega Golurk move to get in front of it.
It simply shook its tail downwards, whipping up sand and pebbles that rained down on the Mega Golurk.
Instantly, a sandstorm covered the space between Steelix and Mega Golurk.
Amidst the rising dust, Mega Golurk still Lock-On Steelix's location and pounced on Steelix.
"Wata!!"
With a loud "Bang!!", the giant arm of the Mega Golurk slammed heavily into the middle of the snake's body, the dull thud causing the ground to sink.
The Steelix's entire body was violently twisted by the blow, its steel joints cracking and popping. The massive snake body then coiled up, like a giant python writhing.
The long, steel-rock body wrapped around the torso of the Golurk, each section of steel armor tightening tightly, the friction between the metal and the rock producing a piercing, screeching sound.
The Mega Golurk landed several punches on Steelix, but Steelix refused to let go, its body tightening continuously.
Steelix wrapped its body around Mega Golurk, attempting to Bind, but Mega Golurk Pokémon, Ghost type immune to the damage from the Bind.
Steelix also somewhat surprised that the Mega Golurk seemed to have suffered no damage whatsoever.
"Steelix! Don't use Bind! Pokémon is a Ghost type Golurk, your Bind won't do any damage!"
Jasmine, who was watching from the sidelines, quickly offered a reminder.
Steelix then realized why he felt he hadn't been hurt.
As the Mega Golurk Steelix its Wring Out on Steelix, a ball of flame condensed again on its fist and slammed into the Steelix that was wrapped around it.
After the giant steel was in pain, the snake quickly released the Mega Golurk.
Fortunately, Steelix has high physical defense, so even the super-effective damage couldn't disable Steelix 'Steelix fighting spirit.
Its steel-like body suddenly stretched out, and the entire giant python roared forward along the ground, twisting its massive body as it crashed into the Mega Golurk.
The Mega Golurk spread its arms to block Steelix's head, but Steelix's enormous impact pushed the Mega Golurk from the edge of Arena to the center.
The Mega Golurk's feet plowed two furrows in the ground, wide enough for one person to pass through.
Seeing that it could no longer withstand the Mega Golurk, Steelix turned around and swung its tail. This time, Steelix's Iron Tail was imbued with Dragon type energy, and it lashed out at the Mega Golurk.
The Mega Golurk was knocked to the ground by this sudden attack.
Just as Steelix's Iron Tail was about to strike Mega Golurk dodged to the side.
The steel-like tail slammed into the ground, instantly creating a huge crater. The already dilapidated Arena collapsed in another section.
Having dodged Iron Tail, the Mega Golurk quickly rose and counterattacked, engaging Steelix battle.
The referee on the sidelines and Jasmine on the command stand were both dumbfounded; the battle between the two behemoths was incredibly breathtaking.
Several apprentices in the audience tried to take out their Communicator to film the scene, as they might only encounter such a moment once in their lives.
Just as they were about to press the shutter button, referee Uncle Wang had already arrived beside them.
When the Gym students saw the Gym referee arrive, they quickly put away their Communicator. Then they saw the referee, Uncle Wang, also take out his Communicator and start filming the two giant beasts on the field.
Not only had the apprentices never seen anything like it, but even he had never witnessed such a scene before.
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