From Urshifu's stunning entrance to Clay's final ace, Krookodile, crashing to the ground, the Gym battle had reached its definitive end.
The two fierce battles combined had lasted less than thirty seconds!
The almost overwhelming dominance Urshifu displayed was enough to leave everyone speechless.
Inside the Driftveil Gym's official livestream chatroom.
Countless spectators who had rushed over after hearing that Xia Chi had appeared had barely clicked the link when they were greeted by the MVP results screen: Krookodile lying motionless, Urshifu standing proud.
In an instant, question marks swept across the screen like an avalanche.
[??? I just got here and the battle's already over? You're doing this to spite me, aren't you!]
[THE! BEAR! REIGNS! SUPREME!]
[Isn't this a little overpowered, Master Bear? Of all the Gym Leaders in the Unova Region, Mr. Drayden might be the only one who could confidently say he'd beat Clay, right? And he just got demolished that easily?]
[Feels like if Lao Shui hadn't wanted to train Dragonair, Urshifu could've swept all three without breaking a sweat! Who could handle that?]
[Hard to say. Clay's weird "Swagger + Foul Play" combo actually nearly worked. It really felt like he was just a tiny bit short on damage.]
[True that. Credit where it's due, Clay's nasty strategy really does work against strong opponents. Win the gamble and you turn the whole match around. Thrilling!]
[It's not that complicated. He lost because he had no way to counter Urshifu's healing. If he'd had Flygon's Psychic Noise, the outcome might've been different.]
[But Urshifu can switch to its Dark-type Single Strike Style. How's your Psychic-type move supposed to hit that?]
[Holy crap, I forgot about that. Switching forms AND types is so busted. Even Mustard would call that expert work!]
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