After Donphan rolled into the Sandstorm, everyone completely lost sight of both Pokémon. Even the camera lenses showed nothing but thick yellow sand swirling through the air. Nobody knew what was happening inside.
The yellow sand howled in the wind, showing no sign of settling anytime soon.
Over the wind, people could only listen to Donphan's continuous rolling and feel the tremors in the ground, using their imaginations to guess how the battle inside was unfolding.
Based on his past experience, Tetsuya knew his Donphan should have already begun attacking Tyranitar.
Sure enough, a tremendous crash suddenly came from within the Sandstorm, like two trucks colliding. Tyranitar's furious roar followed, making it clear that the two Pokémon had engaged each other.
It worked!
Tetsuya felt a surge of delight, but immediately sensed something was wrong.
Why had the rolling suddenly stopped?
Why was Tyranitar's roar the only sound left?
What about Donphan? Why wasn't he still rolling?
Before he could think it through, Tyranitar roared again inside the Sandstorm. Then something heavy seemed to slam into the ground, taking one blow after another.
At the same time, faint cries of pain reached him, and they sounded as though they came from Donphan!
Tetsuya immediately felt a sinking sensation. He stared at the Sandstorm for a long while, but when he could make nothing out, he hurriedly raised his head to look at the man opposite him.
The Pokémon Trainer's Battle Areas were two slightly elevated platforms, allowing Tetsuya to look over the Sandstorm and see Xia You's expression.
Yet the man showed none of the panic one would expect when his Pokémon was engulfed in a Sandstorm, out of sight and beyond his commands. Instead, he stood with one hand in his pocket, his face calm, as though he did