Please, Have Some Humanity

On the battlefield, the fireball compressed with energy to its absolute limit exploded with a thunderous roar, making the entire scene resemble a supernova eruption.

Though no one had ever actually witnessed such a thing, the spectators watching the match up close—who had nearly been blinded by the intense light—felt that if a supernova did exist, it probably looked like this.

The energy aftershock produced by Overheat triggered the energy barrier between the battlefield and the stands for the first time in a long while. The ripples caused by the splashing energy striking the barrier left the audience stunned.

A Gym Challenge had actually activated the battlefield's protective system?

"What kind of move would it take to produce an effect like that?"

Someone in the crowd murmured the question.

An informed spectator answered, "It has nothing to do with that. Even a move used by an Amateur Class Pokémon would trigger the barrier if it were fired directly at the stands. But a move exploding in the middle of the battlefield... I'd estimate it had Elite Four-level energy intensity."

The person who received the explanation immediately sucked in a cold breath.

Elite Four level... Wasn't this Volcarona only Gym level?

No, the most terrifying part was that this Volcarona had still been inside an egg at this time last year, hadn't it?

This was the sentiment of spectators who knew Xia Chen's Pokémon well. While the others did not understand the finer details as clearly, they were all struck by the terror of that move.

At the center of the battlefield, the blinding light that had persisted for nearly half a minute finally faded, revealing a shocking sight.

Other than the bulky Dragonite, covered in injuries and barely remaining upright, Super Pinsir and the more distant Goodra had both lost