"Come back, Alakazam!" Veranica finally took out a Poké Ball and recalled Alakazam.
Xiao Ran raised the Poké Ball in his hand, about to summon Diancie, but Veranica stopped him.
"They're only two Elite Class Pokémon. I can handle them myself!" Veranica said softly.
Xiao Ran considered it, then nodded without insisting.
With a Gym Leader Class Pokémon taking the field, the two opposing Pokémon had no chance of winning. This was a qualitative difference, one that numbers alone could hardly bridge.
After recalling Alakazam, Veranica quietly watched the other side, in no hurry to summon her own Pokémon.
Without the two Pokémon maintaining it, the steam filling the air gradually dispersed, revealing the Battlefield beneath.
"Would the Solomon Islands side please send out its next Pokémon as soon as possible!" the referee called to Veranica and Xiao Ran.
"As you wish!" Veranica said softly. Red light flashed from the Poké Ball in her hand, and a terrifying aura erupted.
"Roar!!" A dragon's bellow rang out as a huge dragon with deep blue skin and enormous red wings spread wide appeared before everyone.
It was Bagon's final evolution, Salamence!
It was a quadrupedal Dragon-type Pokémon with two magnificent blood-red wings and a long tail.
Its body was predominantly deep blue, while its head, neck, and the inner sides of its limbs and tail were blood red. Three shell plates covered its lower jaw and belly.
Two blood-red ridges rose above its eyes, and three small triangular fins protruded from either side of its head.
"Oh my god!" Salamence's appearance sent a shock through the entire crowd. As its terrifying aura spread, everyone felt an immense pressure.
Salamence was a Pokémon that had to reach level fifty to complete its final evolution. In other words, it possessed at least Gym Leader