Seeing the boy's resolve and confidence firm up once again, Master Wallace knew his psychological tactics had failed. With a rueful smile, he watched the boy throw that Pokémon Ball!
But when a terrifying pressure suddenly weighed on his heart, Master Wallace's expression changed dramatically!
He had never felt such shock and disbelief before!
The air was torn apart by the blooming light!
Then... like a meteor crashing to earth...
The ground shattered and the mountains shook!
Clang!!!!!!
On the battlefield,
The already enormous pool was suddenly filled with white light!
Under Tentacruel's terrified gaze, a colossal silhouette flickered into view!
Its immense weight and the powerful impact of its fall instantly shattered every stone pillar in the pool like tofu, reducing them to rubble.
The poison swamp was squeezed out and hurled into the air!
Murky purple liquid filled the sky, surging in every direction, unable to remain in the pool for even a second!
All that remained in the pool was a thin layer of poison-soaked rock at its exposed bottom, and a panicked Tentacruel that had been forced into one corner...
Opposite it, a behemoth emerged from the light.
Even just the upright portion of its body towered above Tentacruel's entire form!
Mysterious dark-gold markings appeared across its black metal body beneath the sunlight...
"Steelix!"
An uproar swept through the stands!
For Lance, Bruno, Bertha Grandmother, and the others whose memories of seeing Steelix in person dated back long ago, this felt completely different from watching its battles on a screen...
Overwhelming pressure bore down on them!
Its suffocating presence loomed like a mountain range!
"He's sending out Steelix already... Its presence has become even more domineering!"
Lance's eyes fixed on Steelix's body, the shock in his heart even stronger than when he had first seen it.