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The blood-red Gyarados, its eyes revealing fierce intensity, had a crown-like triangle on its head. As an iconic Pokémon in the Pokémon world, Gyarados has always been a very powerful and extremely popular Pokémon.
Ariana's Gyarados was exceptionally large. Normal Gyarados are about 6.5 meters long, but Ariana's Gyarados was more than ten meters long.
Its long body made Gyarados look somewhat like an Eastern Dragon. When it stood upright, it was as tall as four or five stories.
Even Jacob's Sceptile seemed a bit small in front of this Gyarados.
This Gyarados was not only huge, but its strength was also extremely high, reaching the quasi-Champion level. This was the first time Jacob had seen such a powerful and outstanding Pokémon in this High School Cup.
"Gyarados, use Dragon Dance!" As soon as the battle began, Ariana, who had the weather advantage, immediately chose to have Gyarados stay on the field and boost itself, using the top-tier stat-boosting move Dragon Dance to increase its speed and attack.
Once its speed was boosted, if Gyarados could knock out one Pokémon and trigger its Moxie ability, it was highly likely to achieve a complete sweep.
"Roar!"
Gyarados let out a huge roar, its body glowing with Dragon Energy, its dragon-like form dancing in the air, its speed and attack steadily increasing.
"Sceptile, Swords Dance!"
Facing Gyarados's stat boost, Jacob naturally wouldn't be outdone and immediately had Sceptile use Swords Dance to boost itself.
"Gyarados, close the distance with Sceptile and use Bounce!" After a period of boosting, Ariana was the first to have Gyarados launch an attack.
The Water/Flying-type Gyarados, facing the Grass-type Sceptile, naturally used its Flying-type move Bounce, which not only was super effective against Sceptile but also received a same-type attack bonus.
Gyarados's body surged with Flying-type energy, and it leaped high into the air, soaring through the increasingly heavy rain, flying into the sky, and lurking within the dark clouds.
It rode the clouds and mist, like a true Dragon.
In the dark clouds, a blood-red figure occasionally appeared. Gyarados was charging in the clouds, ready to launch an attack at any moment.
In the games, the move Bounce is only useful when using certain mechanics; otherwise, it's very risky.
This is because Bounce is a two-turn move, charging on the first turn and attacking on the second, which meant that in the games, a Protect move could perfectly block Bounce.
However, in reality, Protect cannot be used as frequently, which instantly made Bounce much stronger.
"Sceptile, Swords Dance!"
Watching Gyarados disappear into the dark clouds, Jacob calmly commanded Sceptile to take advantage of the opportunity to continue using Swords Dance, further significantly boosting its attack.
An Elite Class Sceptile fighting a Gym Leader Level Gyarados could only try to bridge the gap and shortcomings between them through stat boosts.
"Roar!"
A furious roar erupted from the dark clouds, and a blood-red figure swooped down from the pitch-black clouds towards Sceptile, like a red bolt of lightning, striking directly at Sceptile.
"Sceptile, Thunder Punch!"
Facing the pouncing Gyarados, Sceptile showed no fear. Its fist glowed with electricity, and it violently collided with Gyarados, which was enveloped in Flying-type energy.
"Boom!"
The pure clash of power created a massive shockwave, with visible ripples spreading outwards, causing the hair of the spectators in the stands to fly.
"A battle of this level, to be honest, can already rival Gym Leader ranking battles!" Julio, witnessing this scene, exclaimed, "The standard of this year's finals is so high, it could definitely be the best in history. This might be a spectacular battle that will go down in history."
As Julio spoke, the clash between Sceptile and Gyarados had already been decided. Sceptile was slightly at a disadvantage, sliding back several meters under the immense force of Gyarados's attack before stopping.
Jacob's brows furrowed. He was slightly surprised by this outcome. Sceptile had used Swords Dance twice, yet it still couldn't match Ariana's Gyarados.
It was clear that Ariana's Gyarados was not just newly at Gym Leader Level; if not at the peak of Gym Leader Level, it was very close, otherwise its power wouldn't be so immense.
"Roar!"
Gyarados let out a huge roar at Sceptile, its eyes fierce, completely overwhelming Sceptile in terms of presence.
"Sceptile, Sunny Day!"
Since it couldn't match Gyarados in power, Jacob now changed his strategy, opting for a different approach.
"Chamoo!"
Fire-type energy surged from Sceptile's body, forming a ball of light that plunged into the dark clouds in the sky, tearing open a hole in the clouds.
A ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds, shining on the battle arena. The hole in the clouds grew larger and larger, and in just a few breaths, the sky had cleared, with sunlight illuminating the entire battle arena, changing the weather to Sunny Day.
"Gyarados, Ice Fang!"
"Roar!"
Gyarados displayed its astonishing speed. Its massive body was agile and flexible, pouncing fiercely from the air towards Sceptile, launching an attack during the brief moment Sceptile was using Sunny Day.
"Sceptile, use Detect."
Facing Gyarados's fierce attack, Jacob found it incredibly difficult and could only have Sceptile use Detect first for defense.
"Roar!"
Gyarados opened its massive maw, its fangs covered in Ice-type energy, biting fiercely onto the light shield with a cracking sound, as if trying to shatter it.
"Return, Sceptile. Go, Noibat."
Taking advantage of the precious opportunity created by Detect, Jacob chose to switch Pokémon.
"Gyarados, continue using Ice Fang!" Ariana ordered decisively.
As soon as Noibat appeared, Gyarados pounced again, biting fiercely at Noibat.
If Noibat, which is four times weak to Ice, were truly hit by Gyarados's Ice Fang, it would definitely be knocked out immediately. It couldn't withstand an attack from a Gym Leader Level Gyarados after one Dragon Dance.
"Noibat, Protect."
In this critical moment, Jacob could only have Noibat use Protect.
With this, both Sceptile's and Noibat's defensive moves were used up, making the rest of the battle extremely difficult.
There was nothing he could do; facing the powerful Gyarados, Noibat seemed so weak at this moment.
"Noibat, use Toxic!" Jacob's purpose in switching Pokémon at this moment was precisely this.
Noibat's biggest role in this battle was Toxic. As long as Toxic hit Gyarados, there would be a glimmer of hope for victory.
Noibat spewed Toxic from its mouth towards Gyarados. With Gyarados's massive size, it would be difficult for it not to be hit by Toxic.
"Gyarados, use Protect!"
Facing Toxic, Ariana also found it problematic and immediately had Gyarados use Protect.
"Return, Gyarados. Go, Hippowdon."
Ariana seemed extremely cautious at this moment, even choosing to switch Pokémon.
As soon as Hippowdon appeared, Ground energy surged, raising a massive sandstorm that changed the original Sunny Day to Sandstorm weather.
"Noibat, use Taunt!"