Wyndon Stadium.
Seeing Arcanine withstand three consecutive Max Critical Hits, the crowd erupted in cheers.
"Unbelievable! Arcanine-it made it through! It pulled off a miracle!"
"COOL!!!"
Commentator Jason's voice had already gone hoarse.
"So that's what he was doing."
In the waiting room, Steven finally understood.
Li Wei was testing Arcanine's ability to take damage while also pushing its limits.
Arcanine alone had weathered all three Dynamax turns, and the momentum had now swung entirely in Li Wei's favor.
The Dynamax effect ended, and Li Wei immediately launched his counterattack.
"Arcanine, it's our turn! Flamethrower!"
But after taking three consecutive Max Critical Hits, Arcanine had exhausted its stamina and collapsed first.
Li Wei then commanded Silver Metagross to defeat Poliwrath with Meteor Mash,
and swiftly dispatched Hitmonchan with Dragapult's elusive Phantom Force-which was actually Giratina's Shadow Force.
When Bruno sent out Alolan Golem,
Li Wei switched Lucario back in, securing the victory with Aura Sphere and Close Combat.
"IT'S HUGE!!!"
"COOL!!!"
It was the appearance of the giant Steelix that sent commentator Jason and the crowd into cheers.
Having evolved from Giant Onix, Steelix was over twenty-five meters long, looking almost as though it had Dynamaxed.
That enormous size also gave the giant Steelix tremendous strength and endurance.
With Sirfetch'd, Lucario, and Zeraora taking turns wearing Steelix down, the giant finally fell.
Although Steelix's strength was absolute and unrivaled, victory was difficult as long as its attacks could not connect.
Bruno's final Pokémon, Hariyama, also failed to get past Li Wei's Zeraora and fell soon afterward.
Now Bruno had only his badly injured Machamp left, while Li Wei sent out his very first partner-Lucario.
"Machamp!"
Even though he had been backed into a corner,
Bruno never considered giving up. "Let's show them our Hardness Secret with one final strike! **Seismic