Hearing someone call her name, the woman was startled at first but quickly calmed down. She slowly removed her sunglasses, and upon clearly seeing Terrance's face, she spoke in surprise: "So it's Mr. Terrance."
At the same time, she also noticed the fruit tea in Terrance's hand and smiled. "Well? The fruit tea here is really delicious, isn't it?"
"Yes, for it to be good enough that even Champion Diantha would disguise herself to come buy it, it seems its charm is truly remarkable." Terrance chuckled as he replied. When he said Diantha's name again, the popular superstar of Kalos across from him visibly tensed up and made a shushing gesture.
"Mr. Terrance, let's go over there." Diantha pointed in a direction.
To avoid being recognized, the two went to a street with fewer people. At this moment, Diantha spoke: "Mr. Terrance, after that exhibition match, you didn't return to Hoenn?"
"Not yet, but I'm planning to head back soon," Terrance replied.
With that, silence suddenly settled between them. After each taking a sip of fruit tea, Terrance was the first to speak. "Miss Diantha, would you be willing to have another Pokémon battle with me?"
Terrance's invitation clearly stunned Diantha. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "I've already snuck out for quite a while. My secretary might be getting worried…"
"I see." Terrance felt slightly disappointed. He was just thinking about having his Altaria, who had returned from training, battle a Top Trainer to see how much it had improved. He had been very excited when he met Ms. Diantha, but he didn't expect such a good opportunity to be missed.
"But if it's just a 1 vs. 1 battle, squeezing out the time shouldn't be too much of a problem."
Seeing Terrance a little dejected, Diantha smiled and said, "Consider it thanks for liking this fruit tea as well."
"Really?" Terrance finished off the fruit tea in one gulp, pleasantly surprised. Being able to battle the Champion twice wasn't something just anyone could experience. He would gladly accept this valuable battle experience!
Since it was a battle with Kalos Champion Diantha, the two naturally couldn't fight at Lumiose City's public battle arenas; causing a commotion would be troublesome. So they headed toward a nearby forest.
"If it's one-on-one, then I'll be using Gardevoir."
As always, the Champion lady chose her ace Pokémon, Gardevoir. But this was exactly what Terrance had hoped for.
"Miss Diantha, this forest is a place Trainers often pass through, right? To keep passersby from seeing the Champion battling in the wild, shouldn't we take some precautions?" Terrance suggested.
"That's true…" Diantha thought for a moment and then nodded.
"Since I'm the one who proposed the battle, let me handle that. Your job, Mismagius." Terrance released Mismagius and instructed: "Set up an illusion barrier around us. If anyone gets attracted by the battle and comes this way, make them take a detour."
"Mismagius" Mismagius expressed understanding, then hid itself and vanished from the spot.
Seeing Mismagius leave, Terrance finally felt at ease to battle Diantha. Taking out Altaria's Poké Ball, his emotions surged. "Miss Diantha, this time, the Pokémon I'll send out is my current ace."
"Go, Altaria!"
The Poké Ball was thrown, and Altaria, with its azure body and white feathers intertwined, appeared in the sky. With both sides sending out their aces, this battle was sure to be even fiercer than the previous exhibition match.
Neither Terrance nor Diantha was an ordinary Trainer. Naturally, both could roughly gauge the other's Pokémon's level of training. After observing Terrance's Altaria, Diantha was inwardly shocked for quite some time.
This was a Pokémon whose level of training was no less than her own Gardevoir!
After reaching this conclusion, Diantha's expression grew serious. On Terrance's side, he of course also remained highly vigilant. As their eyes met, with a boom, the battle began!!
At the very start, Altaria let out a cry, unleashing a powerful Flamethrower. It transformed into a majestic fire dragon that lunged fiercely at Gardevoir!
As Fire Type moves were not something Altaria excelled at, once it gained the Fairy type, Terrance had it undergo rigorous training.
However, facing this powerful Flamethrower that most Trainers would need to take seriously, Diantha and Gardevoir went all out from the very start. A massive wave of Confusion surged forward, using brute force to shatter the Flamethrower. The strength of a Champion was unmistakably on display!
"Dodge the attack and use consecutive Shadow Balls."
Taking advantage of the aftermath of the explosion, Altaria flew over, gathering Fairy energy to use Take Down in an attempt to attack Gardevoir, but it accidentally let Gardevoir dodge. However, facing the consecutively fired Shadow Balls, it showed no fear.
Bang!
Altaria's entire body shone with light, and in mere moments, it completed self-Mega Evolution. This sight made Diantha take a step back, looking at Terrance in disbelief.
"It doesn't need to rely on its Trainer?"
Before the Shadow Balls could land, Altaria had already finished Mega Evolving. At the same time, it released a Erase sound wave, causing countless Shadow Balls to vanish into nothingness as if their very existence had been wiped away, without stirring even a ripple.
"Altaria, Dazzling Gleam!"
As Gardevoir reeled in shock at the erased Shadow Balls, Altaria's entire body flashed with brilliance. Countless rays of fairy light burst from its body, transforming into dozens of dazzling beams that rained down, threatening to pierce Gardevoir through like a sieve.
The magical Erase left Diantha stunned, but a battle doesn't allow a Trainer too much time to think.
"Use Light Screen!"
"Take Down!"
In the next instant, a massive energy barrier enveloped Gardevoir. Facing this terrifying Dazzling Gleam, Diantha's expression changed. But what astonished her was that Altaria's physique was so extraordinary, its reaction speed nearly rivaled Gardevoir's.
Under the Pixilate Ability, Take Down was transformed into a Fairy-type move. With Pixilate's boost, its power grew even greater!
"Caught up in speed." Terrance spoke calmly.
Altaria twisted its body and descended, turning into a streak of light in hot pursuit. Although Gardevoir wanted to evade and escape, Mega Altaria's speed was very fast, and the move Take Down directly struck Gardevoir, sending it flying!
Faced with such a powerful Altaria, Diantha took a deep breath and raised her Key Stone. "Gardevoir, Mega Evolve!"
With Altaria's self-Mega Evolution, Diantha knew that if things continued like this, Gardevoir would not be able to withstand many more attacks.
This Mega Altaria was incredibly strong, so strong that she genuinely felt the threat of losing.
When Gardevoir completed its own Mega Evolution, Diantha immediately employed the same combo technique she had once displayed in the exhibition match. Three Confusion-cloaked Double Teams and Gardevoir's main body—four Mega Gardevoir surrounded Altaria. Simultaneously, Light Screen sealed the area into an enclosed space. The next moment, under the Pixilate ability, the Round move began to unfold. However, facing this attack that had instantly defeated Beautifly, Terrance remained unfazed and waved his hand commandingly. For the first time, Altaria used the Fairy Aura. [TN: So, in chapter 693 and 696, I used Echoed Voice, but it is Round move being used. Author made a mistake in chapter 693 and used Echoed Voice's chinese name instead of Round.]
One of the applications of Fairy Aura was not only to amplify the power of Fairy-type moves but also to reduce it! At this moment, Fairy Aura functioned like a Fairy-type domain, with Altaria as its sovereign.
Facing the torrent of Fairy energy condensed from countless sound waves, Altaria, boosted by the aura, unleashed Dazzling Gleam, firing countless rays that clashed directly with the exaggerated combo move!
In less than a minute, Altaria's relentless offense and unique abilities caused Diantha's face to break out into sweat.
"You're strong!" Diantha admitted with admiration, even as she issued commands.
As Altaria launched its fierce assaults, Mega Gardevoir's full strength also began to unfold step by step. The pressure on Terrance was not small, but his expression was one of excitement. For he felt it clearly: he already had the qualifications to touch the peak of Kalos.
In a fierce confrontation, amid countless energies gathering and shattering, Diantha, the strongest combatant in Kalos, and Terrance, a Top Trainer of the new generation, engaged in a secret pinnacle battle—
(End of Volume 6)
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