Victory Finally Decided

"Latios is unable to battle!"

The referee raised the flag representing Xia Yan's side.

Xia Yan was not surprised by this result.

In terms of strength alone, Latios truly was no match for Steven's Shiny Metagross.

And it held no type advantage whatsoever. Dragon-type attacks were resisted twofold, while Psychic-type attacks were resisted fourfold.

It was very difficult for Latios to deal any substantial damage.

The reason Xia Yan found Steven's Shiny Metagross so troublesome was precisely because Metagross possessed such exceptional resistances.

Among Xia Yan's Pokémon, there truly were very few capable of dealing effective damage to it.

Three down in a row—Steven had already completed one-third of the challenge.

However.

Even knowing that this would be the outcome, Xia Yan had still sent Latios out because its role remained crucial.

Pokémon like Metagross excelled in physical defense, but their special defense was not weak either.

It was simply relatively weaker than their physical defense.

Therefore, when he had no Pokémon with a type advantage against it, attacking its comparatively weaker point was the best choice.

Xia Yan's thinking was very clear.

Wear it down.

He had more Pokémon and stronger recovery capabilities. Whether it was Latios now or Togekiss afterward, both could heal themselves, while Steven's Shiny Metagross could not. That was Xia Yan's advantage.

An advantage established through the efforts of all the Pokémon before them.

Latios also understood the meaning of its appearance—it was to create opportunities for the companions behind it.

So even though it had lost, Latios did not feel dejected.

As long as Xia Yan could ultimately claim victory, then everything it had given would be worthwhile.

In a full-team battle like this, it was not only individual strength that mattered, but team strength as well. Otherwise, no matter how outstanding one Pokémon