Familiar light erupted once again across the arena for the final showdown.
Beneath its crystalline glow, energy brimming with life filled the surroundings, enveloping Steelix.
When the mysterious symbol merged into its body once again, what appeared before everyone's eyes was...
Mega Steelix!
Faint golden light flickered through its blue eyes, seemingly connected to the dark gold markings winding around its body. Its gaze had lost some of its ferocity, but gained a quiet impassiveness.
"Hagaaaar!!!"
Countless metal fragments circled Mega Steelix like crystals. Its roar rang out like thunder, followed immediately by the boy's voice.
"Mega Steelix! Use Sandstorm!"
After Mega Evolution, Mega Steelix's Ability became Sand Force. Within a sandstorm, its strength would undergo a qualitative transformation!
Rock, Ground, and Steel!
Moves of all three types would gain a substantial boost in power!
Of course, that depended on whether Sandstorm could break through the damp domain created by Milotic and Master Wallace's "battle will"!
"Hagaaaar!!!"
Mega Steelix roared, and rock power surged violently across its body!
A tide of brown energy swirled in an instant. The air howled, forming a terrifying storm!
Grains of sand formed entirely from condensed energy materialized out of thin air, spreading through the sandstorm and surging outward from Mega Steelix.
A faint brown hue appeared between heaven and earth. Following its earlier breakthrough, Mega Steelix was beginning to show signs of being able to stir changes in the world around it...
Even if those changes remained superficial.
But with its energy level forcibly elevated, Mega Steelix could control its own energy to the utmost. Dark gold markings flowed across its body as brown energy poured out continuously. With the support of "force domain power," it sent the yellow sand soaring into the sky, attempting to blanket the entire arena from above.
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