Bang!!
Galar Region, Palace City, Palace Arena.
With a huge collision noise, the entire venue fell silent.
On the field, there was smoke everywhere.
Then, very quickly, a giant bird with fiery wings, shimmering with yellow and red light, broke through the sky and soared beneath the purplish-red Gigantamax clouds above the arena.
"It's G-Max Inferno!!"
Seeing that "G-Max Inferno" was still in effect, many people held their breath.
The next moment.
"Roar—" A giant figure dispersed the smoke with its fiery wings and let out a domineering roar.
On the opposite side, a silver figure with some burn marks had already fallen to the ground, defeated in battle.
"Oh!!!"
"The result has been decided!!"
"Under the offensive of Charizard's 'G-Max Inferno,' Da Wu's Mega Metagross couldn't withstand the duration of the move, and has been defeated!!"
"Danti, Champion Danti and his Charizard have won the victory!! Next, advancing to the finals is the Galar League Champion, Danti!!"
"Danti! Danti! Danti! Danti!!"
Countless cheering voices echoed through the venue.
On the field, Da Wu looked at the man opposite him, paused slightly, and he had lost, huh... If only he could go to Earth to mine for ores and improve his foundation, it definitely wouldn't have ended like this!
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"G-Max Inferno... how fearsome."
At the Trainer stand, Fang Yuan leaned on the railing, watching the field.
This exclusive Gigantamax move of Charizard was no less powerful than Hirona's Mega Garchomp with the mythically enhanced Dragon God Dive.
Moreover, the main thing is, this move is a hands-off skill; once it's released, it'll keep attacking on its own. It's as if it has a life of its own, truly a cut above the rest, combining assistance with attack. However, this is not the use of Life Power, but rather the development of Dynamax Energy.
Whether it was Da Wu fighting with a slight disadvantage in strength due to type mismatch, or even Hirona fighting, they probably would have a fifty-fifty chance against Danti, mainly depending on how both sides performed.
"This Charizard's development for Gigantamax is much stronger than that Zweilous."
Da Wu didn't lose unjustly.
Gigantamax, due to its short duration, might have a bigger impact on Pokémon strength than Mega Evolution at levels below Legendary, and Gigantamax moves are also quite close to Z-Moves.
It's a gamble on whether the opponent can last through this brief period, and clearly, Da Wu's Metagross couldn't quite do it due to its type disadvantage.
Of course, once a Pokémon reaches the true Legendary level, the advantages of Mega Evolution become apparent.
The essence of Mega Evolution is to break through life's limits and transcend the boundaries of life, so even a top-tier Legendary Pokémon undergoing Mega Evolution can gain a significant strength boost, and this applies even to Arceus if it could Mega Evolve.
As for Gigantamax, it's merely borrowing power from a Legendary Pokémon, so it has its limits, unless the Pokémon supplying the Dynamax Energy becomes stronger.
From this aspect, even the potential of Z-Moves is higher than Gigantamax, since Z-Moves at least utilize Natural Energy and can be used in more locations. Moreover, as long as one masters the technique of an Autonomous Z Move, it's possible to use it even without the fragments of the Brilliant God, the Brilliant Stone.
Nevertheless, regardless of potential, the current dominance of Gigantamax is still very formidable.
Eevee slowly clung to the railing, yawned, and looked down with a drowsy look in its eyes.
"Bimi~~ Bimi~" Victini said, it's going to thrash Charizard in the next fight.
"If only Hoopa could get that big too," Hoopa said, loving the idea of Gigantamax and Super Ancient Transformation, hoping that in its complete form, it could grow to forty or fifty meters, as that would seem more impressive.
"The finals are up to you now." Fang Yuan looked at Eevee, suspecting that Eevee's fight against Danti would probably be easier than against Mega Garchomp.
During the opponent's Gigantamax time, Eevee could have already charged up and released a multicolored Autonomous Z-Move like the Offensive Rainbow Rising Gather Top.
Or even amassed a super-killer Combination Skill like the multi-sphere Multicolored Spiral Wave Bomb.
Compared to that, Gigantamax Moves definitely wouldn't match the power of Eevee's skills, and with the Gigantamax state being like a sitting duck, even Mega Garchomp or Mega Metagross could have dodged Eevee's moves with their speed; but Gigantamax Charizard could only brace for impact. That's another disadvantage of Gigantamax.
"╮(﹀_﹀)╭ Bwoo!~~ (Okay~~!)"
Apart from it, there's no one else, after all. The other Pokémon are busy with special training and couldn't be bothered to come.
And so, Fang Yuan decided to let Eevee fight again tomorrow, finish the battle quickly, and claim yet another title of the world's strongest.
However, just then, Fang Yuan's phone suddenly rang.
"Bilibili~~ Bilibili~~ You have a call from Base Island's Rotom." It was the 3D Rotom, notifying across the internet.
Just as Fang Yuan was about to leave, he took out his phone and saw that it was indeed a video call.
As soon as he answered, he immediately saw the situation on the other end; Monferno was in the castle on Base Island, using the facilities there to contact him through the 3D Rotom, which was connected to the internet all around the world.
"Wooah!!!" On the other end of the video call, Monferno gave a thumbs up and smiled confidently.