And before Ash's Pikachu takes the stage each time, it always wears a hat, a stance that looks completely integrated and distinctly different from other Pikachus.
Countless people have imitated Ash to train Pikachu, but in the end, even at the peak, they could only train Pikachu to the Advanced Level, not even touching the threshold of the Elite Level. Compared to Ash, they are far behind.
Mandi, facing Ash's Pikachu, turned completely green.
What the heck, wasn't the first match supposed to be for practice? Why the hell did you send out your main force as your second Pokemon? And it's not just any main force; it should already be considered Ash's trump card!
What did I ever do to deserve you sending Pikachu out to battle against me?
Although the preliminaries of the Quartz Conference are three-on-three, you can't change the Pokemon you want to send out on the fly.
Because before the match starts, the three Pokemon to appear are already registered, rather than selecting three out of six during the match based on the opponent's lineup.
So from the start, Ash had already chosen Pikachu to take the field.
He indeed planned to use the first match for practice, but he didn't intend to practice completely!
If he didn't send out his main Pokemon and ended up in an unexpected loss, he really would have no tears left to cry.
The second team's Pokemon, even with Aura Fusion, could not compete with Gym battles, not to mention matching Professional Peak opponents. Although the possibility of training a Gym Level Pokemon in two years is extremely slim, he's the best example of that!
Even if he has a cheat tool, he only spent six months, and now he already has a Gym Peak and two high-level Gym Pokemon.
Others don't have cheat tools, but with good talent, training a Gym Level Pokemon in two years shouldn't be a problem, right?
Therefore, to avoid an unexpected loss, Ash still prepared a main Pokemon, and moreover, his strongest main Pokemon!
The reborn Pikachu now is still the highest level, and not counting Gengar, Pikachu is the strongest!
Even Aerodactyl can't compare to Pikachu.
"Doesn't matter, whatever about Pikachu? Victory among Pokemon doesn't rely on levels alone. Just now I was deceived by your feint, this time I won't fall for it. Now it's Kingdra's time to have the field advantage!"
"Kingdra, use Dragon Pulse!" Mandi gritted his teeth, following up with a loud command.
No matter who the opponent is, he will never concede, having finally reached this place, how could he end things without trying?!
Under Mandi's command, a vivid green pulse burst forth from Seadra's mouth, Pikachu watched the Dragon Pulse approach without dodging.
Just at the moment it was about to hit Pikachu, Pikachu leapt upwards from the spot, its tail glowing with a metallic sheen, before slashing downward heavily.
"Boom!!"
The huge aftermath spread out, the water in the Water Field surged, and waves rose!
But it didn't stop the high-seated audience from clearly seeing the scene of the confrontation just now; all of them exclaimed because Pikachu, with its Iron Tail move, had forcefully cut the Dragon Pulse in half!
It itself wasn't affected at all, with "at ease" written all over its face, showcasing the incredible gap between them.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack." After breaking through the opponent's Dragon Pulse, it was Ash's turn to counterattack, and Ash's command was just an ordinary Quick Attack.
"Kingdra, use..."
"Boom!!"
Before Mandi's words could finish, a golden figure appeared in front of Kingdra on the water surface, crashing into it fiercely!
A dull sound reverberated across the field, then Kingdra was knocked out of the water!
Then in the blink of an eye, Pikachu appeared above Kingdra, its tail swinging down hard—it didn't even use Iron Tail.
Just an ordinary tail swipe on Kingdra, instantly contorting its pained expression more, its eyes bulging out, its body falling like a meteor!
"Boom!!"
The violent force scattered around, coming straight down, hammering the center of the Water Field into a vacuum state!
Kingdra fell like a cannonball onto the bottom of the pool, cracking the floor like a spider web!
Pikachu's attack didn't let Kingdra sink into the water, but rather, the force pushed the water back, sending Kingdra crashing directly to the bottom of the pool.
The arena fell silent except for the sound of the pool's water rolling, as the Water Field's water slowly returned; the sea dragon floating on the pool's surface was knocked out, eyes swirling. One move, a knockout!!
This is Pikachu's power, this is the strength gap between them!
Quick Attack, just an average normal-type move, apart from boosting initial speed, had no particular effect, and its power is among the weakest of all moves.
But such a move instantly knocked out Kingdra and even created a vacuum area in the whole pool.
The visual effect was too shocking for spectators who had rarely seen such scenes even on TV, now witnessing it in the real world.
As Kingdra's owner, Mandi was more than stunned, his face filled with disbelief.
It seemed as if it wasn't his Kingdra knocked out on the pool, but himself.
What the heck… what a joke! Kingdra was far stronger than Exeggutor earlier, yet the result turned out worse than Exeggutor's!
Exeggutor was at least instantly defeated by a one-hit KO, but Kingdra was knocked out by a Quick Attack!
The power difference between the two moves isn't even a faint comparison, yet Kingdra's fate was being knocked out, which shows the insurmountable gap between Kingdra and Pikachu!
"Goodness, is this Ash's Pikachu? This is terrifying!"
"Thanks for the invite, lucky to witness Ash's Pikachu at the Quartz Conference, it's honestly a different breed of Pokemon compared to ordinary Pikachu!"
"Oh man, Quick Attack creating a vacuum in the pool, how strong is this Pikachu really? Could it really be Elite Level?"
"Don't say that, I have this feeling that Pikachu is different from what I saw on TV back then... this shouldn't be all of Ash's Pikachu's strength."
"Not all its strength? Come on, even if Ash is abnormal, he shouldn't be that abnormal, right?"
"You never know, it's Ash after all…"
"..."
The audience was buzzing about the battle's result, most of them had already predicted it—an unknown contestant versus a recently shining superstar from Kanto.
This was the newcomer who defeated Elite Level opponents, if he went all out, no one at the Quartz Conference could challenge Ash.
To beat Ash, one would have to hope Ash didn't bring out his main Pokemon, overestimated himself, and lost the match.
Apart from that… they couldn't think of any way Ash could lose.
Unless Ash was a paper tiger, only explosively strong when battling Koga and Lorelei back then, using some special methods, in reality, he wasn't that strong—but the results now show that Ash really is that strong.
His Pikachu seems even stronger than when battling Koga!
...
In the special stands, a woman with long gold hair, wearing a black coat and black pants, her hair covering one eye, looked at Pikachu with interest.
"Ash's Pikachu is much stronger now compared to when he faced Koga."
Others couldn't tell, but as the Sinnoh Champion, she could easily see the significant difference between Pikachu now and back when it battled Koga.
At that time, Pikachu clearly had all sorts of power bonuses, but now without any power enhancements, it almost matches—Elite Level!