"Roar!"
The sounds of collision rang out, surrounded by fierce cheers from every side of the battlefield.
"Come on, Elite Four Cao!" Cheng Tian shouted with all his might. Beside him were Han Yu, burning with anxiety, and Su Han, who kept cheering him on.
On the battlefield, Cao Min looked at the man before him with a bitter smile.
Gamino looked somewhat distracted, issuing commands only now and then. He stood in sharp contrast to Cao Min, who was throwing himself wholeheartedly into the battle.
"Just my luck... I was hoping to fight my way into the top eighty today..."
Cao Min had terrible luck. In the elimination round for the top 212, he had happened to run into this tournament's strongest competitor, Gamino from the United States.
Well... perhaps the strongest competitor in several tournaments would have been more accurate.
Gamino always looked utterly uninterested. Although his opponent also came from China, he could not give Gamino the genuine thrill of adversity that Yang Yonggang had.
That was why he had taken little interest in this battle from the start. Or rather, even now, his fighting spirit had never truly been stirred.
That was why he had sent out his second-strongest Pokémon, Kommo-o, right from the start.
The iron anchor collided with Dragon Claw. Even with Dhelmise's monstrous strength, it struggled to gain the slightest advantage against Kommo-o. There was no helping it: the gaps in their base stats, levels, and strength were all far too great.
"Being looked down on like this really does make my blood boil." Cao Min took a deep breath, pushed up his glasses, and forced himself to calm down.
"Keep using Anchor Shot to restrict its movement!"
Dozens of iron anchors appeared behind Dhelmise, striking at Kommo-o from different directions.
Rock Tomb