Oleana, as Rose's secretary, would do everything in her power to help realize Rose's ideals, regardless of right or wrong, and would spare no effort to eliminate anyone who stood in his way.
At the same time.
Oleana had also secretly gathered a large number of Pokémon League members who answered only to her. Some of them were even her devoted fans and had formed a fan club.
Besides these subordinates, Oleana herself possessed considerable strength.
That Garbodor was her ace, standing at the Elite Four-level.
Although it had not surpassed the Elite Four-level after Gigantamaxing, it was still quite formidable.
As for the group of combat personnel she had brought.
They seemed to have been assembled specifically to deal with the Zarude living within the Divine Tree, so none of them were weak.
Especially that commander.
After Gigantamaxing, his Corviknight also possessed outstanding Elite Four-level strength.
Combined with the legion combatants who already worked seamlessly with it, the fighting power they unleashed when united was genuinely not weak.
After all.
A legion was fundamentally different from merely having a numerical advantage.
If the one standing here had not been Xia Yan, but merely an ordinary Elite Four member, he might truly have had no way of dealing with them and might even have lost.
But unfortunately.
No matter how strong their combined fighting power was, before Xia Yan, a Champion—even one severely injured and burdened with countless hidden dangers—they were simply not on the same level.
"Ninetales, Glaciate!"
"Woo—"
All of a sudden.
Pristine white hexagonal snowflakes, reflecting shimmering arcs of light, began to drift down. Yet in less than the blink of an eye, the snowflakes turned into a blizzard mixed with countless fist-sized hailstones.
Then, as Ninetales exhaled a pale beam of light, the blizzard underwent an