Flygon and Garchomp took the field together. Unsurprisingly, Zinnia really was a Pokémon Trainer who specialized exclusively in Dragon-types.
Facing this lineup of "two Ground dragons," the still-fuming Young Master Mao brought out Eevee in Sylveon form and Gardevoir...
Along with Blastoise, Dragonite, Blaziken, Sceptile, Metagross, Dusknoir, and Weavile...
Forget cold sweat-Zinnia was practically in tears now!
This person before her wasn't just strong. He was shameless, too!
Blastoise intercepted Garchomp's Dragon Rush head-on with a Hydro Pump.
Before Flygon could even take flight, Metagross and Gardevoir pinned it down with Psychic.
Dragonite rushed forward at high speed and drove a Dragon Claw into its kidney.
What followed was a merciless group beating of the two Pokémon, with Gary's companions taking turns punching and kicking.
Dusknoir couldn't even squeeze into the crowd and could only strike poses anxiously on the outside...
"Stop fighting... stop fighting! I surrender..." Zinnia shouted in despair.
She was strong, but her strength lay solely in having Dragon Ascent up her sleeve when Salamence was in its Mega Evolution form.
After all, it was Rayquaza's signature move. Its power could even overwhelm a Champion and instantly defeat an ordinary Elite Four member.
Unfortunately, she had already expended a great deal of Mega Evolution energy fighting Gengar, and Gardevoir had landed a surprise Moonblast on her at the end.
With her trump card already revealed, she had thought Young Master Mao would graciously forgive her for beating up Gengar.
Unfortunately, Young Master Mao was a ruthless man who repaid every slight...
Young Master Mao watched Zinnia calmly. Only when the two Pokémon's injuries were roughly on par with Gengar's did he wave his hand and call a halt.
Seeing Zinnia's aggrieved, resentful expression, Young Master Mao curled his lip as though it were perfectly justified, raised a