Carrying scales from Groudon, it was as if it could hear the roar of the God of Ground.
"I know," instructed Fang Yuan. "Precipice Blades alert."
"Awooooo!!!!"
Bang!!!!
Slashes filled the air, but the Mane Rock Werewolf remained unfazed, not even bothering to move. While it would have been simple to dodge or counter the slashes, there was no need to; it was better to attack while it had the chance. Dodging would only make it miss the best opportunity to strike. Its focus was always on the Wrestling Hawk Person's movements. With the predictive and perceptive abilities of Wave Guide, the Mane Rock Werewolf let out a roar to the sky, and while it immersed itself in the attack, the ground in a certain part of the field suddenly split open.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!!
Three continuous dark red sharp stones broke through the air, each targeting the sky like blades. Old Solid's Precipice Blades were explicitly aimed at you, Flying-types!!
Seeing the Mane Rock Werewolf acting so recklessly again, facing the attack and not even dodging, the Wrestling Hawk Person almost cursed out of anger. However, the sudden Heat Wave on the flight path raised its alertness to the extreme, leaving no time for cursing.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!
The Wrestling Hawk Person dodged two sharp stones continuously, but the first two seemed to be deliberately luring it into a particular flight path. The third stone erupted even faster from the ground, impaling the Wrestling Hawk Person and skewering it high into the sky!
For a moment, the scene seemed to freeze. Dark red magma flowed down from the sharp stone, and the scorching boulder transformed into a sword. Following that, with a "boom," the Precipice Blades exploded, and a massive shockwave devoured the Wrestling Hawk Person again.
"Chaa!!" The impaled bird let out a scream from the sky.
A critical hit!
Another hard clash, attack for attack, had taken place!
But this time, as the smoke cleared, the Mane Rock Werewolf still stood there as if nothing had happened, with only minor injuries, while the Wrestling Hawk Person was severely wounded all over, losing its combat ability entirely.
It felt the malice from the Earth God.
Fang Yuan and the Mane Rock Werewolf: (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
Pretty useful.
"Wrestling Hawk Person..."
Colored Bean stood there stunned for a moment.
Then, she clenched her fist. What on earth is going on with the opponent? Are they invulnerable?!
"He just said Precipice Blades, didn't he..." remarked Olive gravely, standing by. That move was unlike a Sharp Stone Attack.
In the audience, Danti and Loz, following the end of the first round, also spoke in unison: "This Mane Rock Werewolf has an exceptionally well-rounded quality."
Defensive power, attack potency, perception, all of it top-notch, not to mention that mysterious dark red blade. Could this be the strength of a new variety of Mane Rock Werewolf?
"Favoring head-on battles, with a fierce fighting style. Is that the kind of Werewolf we're seeing??" Loz suddenly laughed and said, "Interesting. I wonder if it will still have the courage when it faces Gigantamax."
Because Gigantamaxing causes the size of a Pokemon to rapidly increase, no matter which Pokemon it is, they instantly lose their speed advantage and gain the power of Gigantamax Moves, comparable to the strength of a Z-Move, as well as a strong ability to take hits.
One could say that the characteristic of a Gigantamax Battle is an exchange of powerful Moves to see whose is greater, which is very close to the fighting style of the Mane Rock Werewolf that we've just seen.
"Wait, could it be that Mr. Fang Yuan hasn't mastered Gigantamax?"
Danti picked up on President Loz's implication.
"Not yet. The whereabouts of each Gigantic Armlet are registered," shook his head Loz. Although to apply for the tournament in Galar, the Galar League gave away quite a few armlets—like Rang and Da Wu and others received armlets—none ended up with Fang Yuan, of which Loz was certain.
"No Gigantamax... Can he beat Gigantamax without it, the same way Nie Zi did..." Danti looked back at the battle.
Below, Colored Bean had already recalled the Wrestling Hawk Person, feeling conflicted. She had great respect for strong opponents, but she didn't want to lose either.
"Mr. Fang Yuan, you are indeed powerful," Colored Bean said as she slowly pressed down on the Poké Ball of her ace, Machamp.
"You flatter me," Fang Yuan said with a slight smile. "Not going to Gigantamax?"
As a flash of white light appeared, Fang Yuan looked at the intimidating Machamp on the field and asked.
Across from him, Colored Bean fell silent for a moment. Hearing Fang Yuan's words, she gave up the plan to fight it out first.
"If that's the case, then let's give it our all."
"Machamp!!"
Colored Bean lifted her head, showing a determined and confident expression, and withdrew Machamp, quickly recalling it to the Poké Ball. In the next moment, the red light from her Gigantic Armlet began to absorb the Galar particles from the arena, providing them to the Poké Ball. Subsequently, the Poké Ball Colored Bean was holding exploded in size while being enveloped in a dark red glow!
Soon, the Poké Ball became so large it required an embrace to hold properly, but Colored Bean didn't seem fazed by its size as she quickly threw it out.
Unlike the first emergence, this time it was a Super Gigantamax Machamp.
Boom!!!
The moment the Super Gigantamax Machamp expanded onto the field, it seemed as if the entire stadium shook. Not much different from Glutton's Gigantamax scenario, surrounded by dark red luminescence, a colossal figure soon occupied a sizable space on the field.
"Nyeh!" Machamp proclaimed victory.
After Gigantamaxing, Machamp still had four arms, but now there were patterns on the front segments of each arm.