An enormous rock, large enough to cover half the battlefield, rose into the air and hurtled toward the opposing Ninetales. It even threatened to engulf Gyarados and Salamence as they struggled and bit each other overhead.
Every attack from a Gym Leader Class Pokémon covered a massive area. The two Dragon-type Pokémon were only biting each other at the moment, so it was hard to tell, but Ninetales's earlier Flamethrower had actually covered a third of the battlefield.
Watching the battle, Principal Nickerson felt a twinge of regret. He had just asked a Ground-type Trainer to repair the field, but now it looked completely ruined. Holding a battle between Gym Leader Class Pokémon on an Elite Class battlefield was simply too much for the ground to bear.
"Step back!" Xiao Ran pulled Veranica farther away to keep them from getting caught in the Pokémon's attacks.
"Awooo!" With nowhere to escape, Ninetales could only run and try to dodge as best it could. Salamence and Gyarados, meanwhile, had climbed higher into the sky as soon as Rock Slide appeared.
Bang! The giant rock crashed down. Despite Ninetales's desperate attempts to evade it, the battlefield was only so big. Some of the rubble struck it in the end, sending it tumbling across the ground. It finally managed to steady itself, but a large patch of abrasions now covered its back.
"Roar!" Just then, a furious roar rang out overhead. Gyarados spat Dragon Rage at Salamence, only for Salamence to dodge.
The attack, packed with Dragon-type energy, fell from the sky and landed between Diancie and Ninetales, unleashing a violent surge of energy and spraying rubble in every direction.
Diancie stood firm. Neither the raging Dragon-type energy nor the flying debris could do much to it.
Ninetales, however, suffered badly. It had barely