Two seds ter, the dozens-of-meters-wide fissure fully closed, and the rainbow light vanished along with it.

  The eadium fell silent.

  Only Kaide's supporters cheered iement.

  "As long as Prince Kaide gets serious, no one stand against him!"

  "Fissure is a powerful Ground-type move! That Aggron won't die, right?"

  "Drakoria's so-called number one young trainer? What a joke!"

  Earlier, when Lucario defeated Bisharp, these same people had stayed silent, heads lowered like defeated roosters.

  But now, with Kaide seemingly turning the tables, they immediately started shouting again.

  Of course, some Drakorian viewers online also criticized Julian, but they were quickly overwhelmed by his fans, who shut them down pletely.

  Kaide's lips curled into a smirk—he had evehe score. That meaill had a ce to win.

  But then, his eyes fell on Julian's expression—pletely unged.

  Kaide's smirk froze.

  Aggron was clearly defeated… so why did Julian still look so calm?

  Could it be…?

  A ridiculous thought surfaced in his mind, his instincts screamed as he quickly g the grouh Copperajah's feet—the tiny pebbles were trembling ever so slightly.

  'Not good!!'

  "Copperajah, move!" Kaide shouted in panic.

  Copperajah felt it too—the vibratioh its feet, but with its massive size, esg was nearly impossible.

  So, it chose to fight back.

  With a thunderous roar, Copperajah raised its front legs high and then smmed them down, aiming at the shaking ground—a Bulldoze!

  Kaide and Copperajah's sudden as surprised everyo this moment, everyone realized—Aggron wasn't defeated.

  The seega Aggron burst out from underground! Its bde-like nasal horn suddeeo over three meters—a terrifying sight.

  Before Copperajah's Bulldoze could crash down, Aggron's razor-sharp horn had already pierced straight through Copperajah's lower jaw!

  Copperajah let out a bloodcurdling scream but forced itself to ehe pain, with a final act of defias massive front legs came crashing down, smming onto Mega Aggron's shoulders with incredible force.

  The half-emerged Aggron was forcefully stomped bato the ground.

  But then—

  With a powerful shake of its head, Mega Aggron ripped its horn free, Copperajah was sent flying nearly a hundred meters before crashing heavily to the ground, uo get up again.

  Blood gushed from its lower jaw like a fountain, quickly staining the battlefield red.

  When Aggron had been swallowed by the cracks just now, Kaide still ordered Copperajah to use Fissure.

  Had it been a regur Aggro alone Mega Evolving under such ditions—just getting hit by that move would have crippled its body pletely.

  So, Julian had no reason to show mercy.

  "Hyper Beam"

  Julian's voice was cold.

  By now, Mega Aggron had climbed out of the crater, a golden beam of destru ripped through the air, smming into the already immobilized Copperajah.

  Despite its massive size, Copperajah was bsted away once again.

  As it flew through the air, blood scattered across the sky, falling like raindrops.

  "Boom!"

  Copperajah crashed down heavily, the impact made many in the audience shudder involuntarily.

  Some looked at Copperajah with pity—it was simply tic to watch.

  Its lower jaw had a gaping hole, and now, a meter-wide wound from Hyper Beam had been torn into its abdomen—so deep that its twitg internal ans were clearly visible.

  A Steel-type like Copperajah...

  Yet it was reduced to this state by Mega Aggron.

  "Poor Copperajah… Why did King Julian have to go so far? I don't like him as muymore…"

  "You think Trainer battles are just child's py?"

  "As much as I hate to admit it, the guy above is right. I've seen worse."

  "At least Copperajah is still alive."

  That st ent stuhe entire livestream chat into silence.

  They were right—Copperajah was still alive, that alone said a lot.

  Kaide immediately recalled Copperajah into its Poké Ball and ha off to the blonde fn woman beside him, instrug her to take it for treatment.

  With wounds this severe, if left ued, Copperajah's ces of survival were not much.

  "ROAR!"

  Havied its oppo, Mega Aggro out a loud roar.

  After Mega Evolution, its body, once 6.5 meters tall, had now grown to 8 meters, its armor was even more fearsome, resembling a steel behemoth, its eyes glowed coldly, like hardened metal, and its bloodstained nasal horn still dripped with fresh crimson blood.

  Fet fighting—most Pokémon wouldn't even dare to look Mega Aggron in the eye.

  At this moment, Mega Aggron was unmatched, overwhelming in presence.

  "Now this—this is a real man's Pokémon."

  "Damn, how it be this badass?"

  "Mega Aggron: 'I take o once.'"

  "I'm a Steel-type trainer. Even if I have to sell everything, I'm getting myself an Aron this year."

  "+1"

  "+10086"

  Because of this one moment, the breeding pany under Julian's family's corporation saw its sales of Aron skyrocket fivefold—orders were now backlogged for half a year.

  With a fsh of red light, Julian recalled Mega Aggron.

  This left many spectators disappoihey had hoped to see more of its overwhelming power.

  "You're up."

  Julia out his third Pokémon.

  As the white light faded, a majestiine appeared—its fiery red fur was adorned with bold bck stripes, resembling a tiger's markings, its paws were framed by tufts of fur, its tail was long and flowing, and its face exuded rength.

  However—

  "Arf!"

  Are: "Who's my oppo? I'll bite them to shreds!"

  Pokémon: Are (Fire)

  Level: 70

  Potential: Blue

  Ability: Fsh Fire

  Held Item: Charcoal

  Gender: Male

  Moves: Leer, Ember, Howl, Bite, Fme Wheel, Helping Hand, Agility, Extreme Speed, Reversal, Fmethrower, ch, Fire Fang, Roar, Retaliate, Py Rough, Take Down

  TMs: Protect, Fire Spin, Hyper Beam, Dig, Sunny Day, Giga Impact, Heat Wave, Wild Charge, Psychigs, Fire Bst, Bst Burn, Burn Up, Ie, Thunder Fang, Fme Charge

  Egg Moves: Fre Blitz, Overheat, Double-Edge, e

  Note: Fire-type moves' power is increased by 20%.

  ---

  Instead of sending out Metagross onite, Julian had chosen his trusty Are—his home-wreg troublemaker.

  Might as well let it burn off some energy in battle—this way, it wouldn't tear up the house for the couple of days.

  "Are—the most handsome dog of them all!"

  "Why not Metagross? I wao see Metagross!"

  "A red-furred Are? At this rate, Julian's colle of shiny Pokémon might surpass his regur ones!"

  "Why did its bark just now… kinda ruin the vibe?"

  "Damn, I felt the same way."

  *****

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