A long while passed before the last traces of chaotic energy gradually dissipated along with the distorted air. Only then did everyone come to their senses, staring speechlessly at the scene before them.
The secondary venue had originally contained eight small arenas and two central arenas.
Now, half of it was gone!
Across that entire half of the venue, not a single patch of ground, facility, or arena remained intact!
The ground looked as though it had been plowed clean!
Worse still, it was no longer level. Where the central arena had once stood, there was now an enormous crater nearly twenty meters across and around three meters deep, with Steelix coiled inside it.
Countless shallow pits dotted the area around the crater! Shattered rocks lay everywhere!
Even the first two rows of spectator seats had nearly been swept away by the shock wave!
Fortunately, the competitors had dodged in time and retreated to the back.
Bruno, Yong, and the referee had backed all the way to the distant passage at the first sign of danger!
And all of this had been caused by Steelix's attack!
In the stands, Steven was feeling rather miserable... How much... is all this going to cost? I may be rich, but my heart... it hurts!
No, I need to go see the old man!
It took quite some time for everyone to recover. As they looked at Steelix, all manner of unreadable emotions flickered in their eyes.
Lorelei and Cynthia sat back down, and Lorelei clicked her tongue in amazement.
"Your next opponent should be Yong, right...?"
Cynthia smiled faintly and said with a hint of helplessness,
"Obviously... that Steelix will be hard to handle. Worse still, he also has Swampert! And Aggron!"
Resting her chin on her hand, Cynthia continued softly,
"The biggest