The sky darkened, and the world trembled.
The two Terastallized Pokémon warped the very heavens. If the floor had not been reinforced, it might already have collapsed!
Who would win?
Everyone present held their breath. The outcome would determine whether the group of four could enter Area Zero legally.
At last.
The clash at the center broke.
With a deafening roar, the orange-yellow beam ringed with stone slowly pushed back the blue-white beam.
Moments later, Blissey seemed to lose strength. The orange-yellow beam swallowed it, triggering an earth-shaking explosion!
Boom—!!
Arven and Penny went pale. Were they going to lose?
Nemona said nothing. She just stared into the arena.
The Elite Four wore different expressions, but none believed that blow had decided the match.
Whether Geeta had seen it from her angle was unclear, but they had noticed a strange flash of light when Blissey gave way.
The way it had vanished into Tera Blast was odd, too, almost as if it had evaporated...
"Watch out! Blissey isn't Unable to Battle! Spiky Shield!" Geeta called before the smoke had cleared.
Through the haze, Glimmora rose and spread its petals, revealing countless glowing green spikes like stamens.
Gravity had ended!
That likely meant Blissey's Light Screen was gone as well. Trouble came in pairs.
So where was Big Egg now?
Geeta scanned the vast arena. Drifting smoke obscured her view, while the glare from Glimmora's Terastallization made it impossible to take in the whole field.
Arven and Penny had no idea what had happened. Nemona supplied the answer.
"If I'm right, it was Substitute! Blissey took Tera Blast with a Substitute! What an incredible Pokémon!"
"Huh? It can do that?"
"Why not? Don't forget Blissey used Minimize earlier. Its reflexes have improved enormously. As long as it can react in time,