When the referee announced the start of the match, Xia You and Giselle gave their commands almost simultaneously.
"Blastoise, use Water Gun!"
"Onix, burrow underground!"
Both cannons on Blastoise's back fired streams of water at Onix, but by the time those two powerful jets reached him, Onix had already burrowed into the earth.
The Water Gun struck a huge rock and spread out in all directions, leaving large pools of water, but failed to touch even Onix's tail.
Faint tremors came from underground.
Even standing on the command platform, Xia You could still vaguely sense Onix rapidly digging his way beneath the rocks through those tremors.
But the noise from the surrounding spectator stands made it impossible for him to pinpoint Onix's location.
"Blastoise, get on top of the biggest rock!"
Blastoise glanced around and quickly found the largest rock on the field. Despite his heavy body, he reached the top in a few jumps.
Looking around, he had a clear view here. Even if Onix attacked from underground, the height would give Blastoise enough time to react.
Seeing this, Giselle shook her head slightly. She had intended to launch a surprise attack on Blastoise, but now she could only abandon that idea.
"That's a pretty good response." She praised him first, but then her tone shifted as she smiled. "But doing that has actually put you in a tight spot. Onix, use Stone Edge!"
Sharp stone spikes suddenly rose from underground, piercing the soil and breaking through rocks as they approached Blastoise.
These spikes moved extremely fast. They would have been difficult to dodge even on level ground, let alone with Blastoise standing on an isolated boulder like this.
But Xia You had clearly prepared for this. He had already developed a way to deal with it during previous