A long, enormous trench stretched across the battlefield where Steelix's tail had slammed down!
The cracked ground around it had collapsed toward the center like shattered porcelain. Goodra was nowhere to be seen. Clearly, that Iron Tail had driven it deep into the ground, burying it beneath the rubble in the crater...
Even after its upgrade, this state-of-the-art battlefield had failed to withstand an ordinary blow from Steelix!
Yes, an ordinary blow.
This had merely been an Iron Tail with Commanding Class proficiency. Steelix had not activated [Raw Stone Markings], triggered [Nature Power], or undergone [Mega Evolution].
Aside from [Electromagnetic Armor], which existed almost like a passive effect, this strike had only incorporated the power of the "ultimate steel origin"... yet that alone had taken its destructive force to a whole new level!
Even Yong had not expected Goodra, which had also comprehended "origin power" and had the "origin of the dragon" as its foundation, to be utterly powerless against it.
After a long while, the battlefield fell completely silent.
The referee slowly recovered from his astonishment and walked to the edge of the crater, peering inside.
Rubble and dust covered the ruins in a chaotic mess. Beneath a heap of broken stones coated in slime and made somewhat muddy, Goodra lay motionless.
Its head rested limply in the rubble, face down, hiding its expression. An enormous, unmistakable dent marked its body, as though a heavy hammer had smashed into it. Enveloped in slime, the injury was healing at an extremely slow pace.
The referee moved closer to examine Goodra's condition carefully, every detail tugging at his nerves.
His gaze swept over it again and again, until its other physical signs finally confirmed that Goodra was unable to battle.
The referee returned to his position. His gaze involuntarily shifted ahead