"Report! We've pulled beyond a safe distance from the Pokémon League fleet's main force!"
"Flagship, we can leave this damned stretch of sea!"
The escort ship captains' excited voices came through the Communicator. After a harrowing series of maneuvers, under Ye Li's extraordinary command, they were finally about to shake off the Pokémon League's pursuit for good.
"Excellent." Watching the dots representing the Pokémon League fleet on the radar fall far behind them, Ye Li also breathed a sigh of relief. "Order the flagship to run its engines at full power. Prepare to leave the Dragon's Maw!"
The flagship's engines roared thunderously. The vessel surged forward, racing toward the open waters beyond the thick fog.
Yet, at the very instant when the dawn of victory was about to arrive.
A thick purple beam, concentrated with destructive power, tore through the dense fog behind them without warning.
That Hyper Beam was blindingly fast, its angle fiendishly precise. As though guided by the most exact calculations, it negated every possible evasive maneuver and struck the main engine at the stern of the flagship Tyrant dead-on.
BOOM-!!!
With a deafening blast, a brilliant shower of sparks erupted from the flagship's stern. The entire warship shuddered violently, as though an invisible hand had given it a vicious shove. The hull lurched to one side, and its speed dropped by over seventy percent in an instant.
"What happened?!" Apollo stumbled in shock at the sudden turn of events.
Ye Li immediately snatched up his binoculars and looked back.
Amid the churning fog behind them, a powerful figure was catching up alone at an incredible speed.
It was Lance.
And his ace Dragonite, whose strength was unfathomable.
That Dragonite displayed terrifying power, far beyond ordinary members of its species. Alone, it darted and dodged through the