Roar!!
Facing the Steelix whose body resembled a small mountain, Bold charged straight ahead without a trace of fear.
Unceasing, activated!
During the recent battle with Flygon, the Berserk stacks on Bold had already surpassed ten.
[Unceasing: As long as fighting spirit remains, battle never ceases. In this state, gains immunity to negative conditions such as Confusion, Paralysis, and Flinch; is unaffected by control-oriented Abilities and moves such as Intimidate, Pressure, and Taunt. While in this state, may choose to consume all Berserk stacks, causing the next move attack to ignore the opponent's Defense and Defense changes. If the opponent is defeated by this attack, all Berserk stacks will be restored, and Stamina and energy equal to the move's damage will be recovered.]
Endless Berserker!
In an instant, a bright silver radiance Jia Shuo had never seen before lit up across Bold's body.
That gleaming luster remained clearly visible even while Bold was completely enveloped by surging water.
"Steelix, Iron Tail!!"
Seeing Bold rush in, Jia Shuo could only stake everything on one desperate move and have Steelix use its most proficient—and most powerful—Steel Type move.
With Steelix's Physical Defense, combined with Iron Tail's same-type bonus, there shouldn't have been any problem.
Just as Jia Shuo thought this, the two Pokémon collided head-on.
Clang—!!!
The deafening crash of metal against metal echoed through the arena, making many people's eardrums throb.
Jia Shuo, standing closer than anyone, instinctively covered his ears, which felt somewhat muffled.
Yet before he could recover, his eyes widened in the next second.
Because Steelix, the Physical Defense specialist he had regarded as an impregnable fortress, had been slammed to the ground in a single blow.
Cracks had appeared across its metallic body.
The ground beneath it had split apart layer by layer,