The Great Ball traced a graceful arc through the air, opening as it reached the space above Dialga's head and releasing a flash of red light.
The red light instantly enveloped Dialga, then drew it into the Great Ball.
Although Dialga was in poor shape, it broke free almost immediately after entering the ball and returned to its original position.
Seeing this, Xia You knew it still had some fight left in it. Rather than stubbornly continuing his capture attempts and gambling on those low odds, he ordered his Mega Charizard Y to attack again.
At this point, the timing was worth mentioning.
Although that capture attempt had failed, the few seconds Dialga spent entering and breaking out of the ball had gone to waste. By the time Dialga tried to get up, Charizard had already landed in the forest and closed in again.
This left Dialga no time to recover before it had to hurriedly face Charizard once more.
The battlefield shifted.
The two Pokémon moved from the sky into the forest, then fought their way from the forest to the lakeshore, shattering rocks and knocking down countless trees.
Worried about starting a forest fire, Xia You no longer used flames as freely as before. Instead, his attacks became cautious.
But the pressure Dialga felt did not lessen in the slightest.
After all, it was in a truly sorry state.
Although Dialga still had the strength to fight, it had lost its edge and was steadily driven back under the attacks of Xia You and Charizard.
It was faring even worse than it had during the aerial battle.
By this point, Dialga knew things were going badly. It glanced at the lake beside it, intending to use its waters to escape Charizard's relentless pursuit.
After all, as everyone knew,