Chapter 372:
"Go get it?"
When Swellow first emerged, it was full of fighting spirit, but after a quick glance at the opponent's Pokémon, its wings even faltered mid-beat.
The opposing Pidgeot's wingspan was three times wider than its own?
Wait, what?
That's a Pidgeot, right? Normally, Pidgeot are only slightly larger than Swellow, right?
What does it mean for this one to be so much bigger?
Although a Pokémon's main combat assessment is based on energy level... at the same energy level, bigger means more physical strength, bigger means stronger!
The two Pokémon flying in the air didn't look like a Swellow vs. Pidgeot battle; it looked more like a Taillow vs. Pidgeot match.
Perhaps due to its rising fame, Pidgeot's size didn't cause too many gasps.
After all, Pidgeot appeared quite frequently in "Brother Kaede's" videos.
It only sparked some discussions like, "Finally seeing you, Pidgeot! Is this the final boss of the Sky Challenge?"
"So this Pidgeot really is that big...."
"Incredible..."
And in reality, Kensuke's Swellow, although at Level 58-59, was still no match for Pidgeot.
After a few brief clashes in the sky, Swellow lost the ability to fight and fell.
Next, Kensuke sent out his own Pidgeot. If Swellow couldn't fight back against Kaede's Pidgeot, this newly reached Level 51-53 Pidgeot stood even less chance.
The two Pidgeot faced each other. The smaller Pidgeot's courage instantly halved, let alone its will to battle.
The final Flygon had an energy level of 61-63. Unfortunately, after the Grassy Terrain, the last field drawn was the Ice Field...
The so-called Ice Field was simple: it froze the entire Lake Water field solid.
But this Ice Field was very unfriendly for Flygon.
Coupled with Kaede choosing to send out Alolan Ninetales, even though Kensuke desperately wanted to avoid a clean sweep and struggled until the very end, he was still swept 6-0...
Hayashi Kaede's Semi-final was over.
Next up was the match between Tobias and Fiona.
This match was quite interesting.
Fiona's battle strategy was clear from the start.
She sent out Gengar and, while Tobias wore a confident expression, had Gengar immediately use Perish Song!
Without almost any hesitation.
By the time Tobias reacted, the deathly melody had already reached Latios's ears.
This meant that within the following time limit, Perish Song would inevitably render Latios unable to battle.
The smile vanished from Tobias's face.
Perish Song is actually easy to counter. He just needed Latios to quickly defeat Gengar, then recall Latios, allowing it to slowly shake off the Perish Song's effect inside its Poké Ball.
But...
This also meant his second Pokémon would have to appear!
He wasn't like that other show-off; if he could sweep the team, naturally, that was best.
Another method was to defeat all the opponent's Pokémon before the Perish Song effect triggered.
Originally, that was Tobias's plan.
But anyone reaching the Semi-finals, although their raw strength might be inferior to Tobias's, wasn't someone to be easily handled.
Finally, after Fiona's third Pokémon, Beautifly, was defeated, the Perish Song effect activated.
Latios, already lightly injured, succumbed to the Perish Song echoing in its mind, falling into a state of incapacity.
"Perish Song takes effect! Contestant Tobias's Latios is defeated! Now, let's see what Contestant Tobias's second Pokémon is!"
The announcer shouted passionately above.
At this moment, not only the audience, but even he felt some anticipation.
Because judging by the current trend,
if Tobias only had this one Latios, he definitely couldn't defeat Hayashi Kaede.
But so far, whenever Tobias took the field, his face showed no worry or the resignation seen on Kensuke's or Fiona's faces.
He remained confident!
Looking at the incapacitated Latios, Tobias didn't speak.
Or rather, since taking the field, aside from battle commands, he had basically never spoken.
Now, he recalled Latios, took out another Poké Ball, and tapped it lightly.
A dark figure emerged amidst the red light.
A dark, floating body, something like a red floating scarf, blue eyes, and long, flowing white gaseous strands resembling hair on its head.
The moment this figure appeared, everyone, from the audience to Kazephyr and the others above, was stunned.
Some were stunned because they didn't know what Pokémon this was, but those who did were greatly shocked.
"Darkrai?"
"Nightmare God Darkrai?!"
"Hahaha, as expected, another Legendary Pokémon! Now, it's clear who will win the championship, right? If all six of Tobias's Pokémon are Legendaries, how can Hayashi Kaede possibly win?"
"Are you kidding me? Another Legendary Pokémon?"
This sudden turn of events made even Kazephyr frown slightly.
"Another Darkrai?"
It had been ages since the Eastova League had seen such a Pokémon.
Yet, within a few short months, he had seen two Darkrai.
"This kid is impressive, too bad he's not from Eastova..."
Kaito couldn't help but praise from the side.
For such Legendary Pokémon, whether captured through sheer strength or by forming some bond, as long as it's willing to follow you, it indicates a good relationship.
Now, Darkrai fighting for him shows they share a bond.
*'So it really is Darkrai?'*
The only one remaining in the contestants' seating area, Hayashi Kaede, also raised an eyebrow upon seeing Darkrai.
[Pokémon: Darkrai]
[Gender: Genderless]
[Ability: Bad Dreams]
[Potential: Gold]
[Individual Values: HP (27) Attack (31) Sp. Atk (30) Defense (30) Sp. Def (27) Speed (27)]
[Level: 71-73]
[Moves: Disable, Quick Attack, Hypnosis, Feint Attack, Night Shade, Double Team, Haze, Dark Void...]