The Knockouts (6)

With this new darkhorse being the very first participant to enter the top 32, the crowd is not anticipating more dark horses to emerge but they were disappointed.

Only Julio seem to be the only dark horse of this league tournament, the other battles took place one after the other but the stronger trainer advanced as predicted.

Soon it was Julian's turn to enter the battlefield, as he was waiting in the waiting room he was called by an official, Julian got off his seat and headed towards the battlefield. Before he could even enter the crowd was going wild.

The crowd chanted his name louder and louder which caused his blood to boil, no matter how powerful he gets, having hundreds and thousands of people chanting your name as loud as they could to show their support to you would always send a chill down your spine.

Julian walked into the battlefield and was greeted by the crowd, he looked at them and waved at them, acknowledged them, and took his position on the battlefield, he then looked at his opponent standing on the other side of the battlefield.

Just like before his opponent is not someone who meets up to Julian's expectations, this trainer has skills but none compared to the other trainers in this league, this trainer also got very lucky as he didn't face any strong contenders until now.

The chant of Julian's name never stopped but the referee has to continue with the tournament and started the battle by first explaining the rules.

This will be another two vs two pokemon battle, he asked both trainers to send out their pokemons into the battlefield.

Julian went first and sent out his Florges into the battlefield, seeing Julian's choice his opponent sent out his most powerful pokemon into the battlefield.

As the opponent's Pokeball opened, a massive figure covered in light crashed on the battlefield, as the light faded away a massive Steelix was visible to everyone.

A steel-type pokemon definitely has an advantage over a fairy-type pokemon like Florges but these advantages won't matter to Julian.

Steelix is a very bulky Pokemon and has ridiculous defense but it is not known for its special defense and Florges being a special attacker can easily look over through its defense and take the giant down.

With both pokemons taking the center stage, the referee didn't waste a moment and started the battle.

Julian's opponent didn't want to wait at all, he made the very first move and called out for a Heavy Slam, Heavy Slam is a steel type move that deals more damage if the user is heavy, the heavier the user, the stronger the attack.

The Steelix moved its whole body at astonishing speed and brought its massive tail crashing down on Florges.

Though the attack has a lot of power behind it, it is slow a sluggish, if Florges gets hit by it, it will definitely be a devastating hit that might even end the battle in one move if it is critical, but it is also easy to counter as well.

Julian "Use Protect"

Julian ordered.

Florges raised her arms and created a forcefield dome above her, the massive Steelix tail which is more than half its body length crashed hard on the forcefield, the sound created was that of thunder resonating in the sky.

The crowd felt their bodies vibrate as they felt the impact of the collision. as soon as the impact took place, the dome made of Florges's energy vibrated but it didn't go down nor did any cracks appear.

This is due to Florges's amazing control over her own energy, the energy she releases is denser and stronger compared to pokemons of the same level.

Since the forcefield didn't observe the brunt of the attack, there was only one way for it to go and that is where it came from.

Steelix's massive tail went straight up causing the big steel snake to lose balance and its head came crashing down on the ground.

Julian "Now finish it, Solar Beam"

Julian ordered. now that the massive Steelix is down, it will take some time for it to rearrange itself and that's enough time for Florges to charge up her Solar Beam.

Florges's angelic voice roared as she rose her hands once again and charged up the Solar Beam, the flowers around her neck started to glow brighter as she collected more solar energy.

Steelix tried to lift its massive body and as it was halfway up, Florges finished charging up, she aimed and locked onto Steelix's massive frame and shot the Solar Beam at it.

Steelix saw the incoming attack and turned its head away to protect its eyes but it was of no use. As soon as the Solar Beam made contact, Steelix's body was pushed back into the ground, the Solar Beam continued to press down and Steelix got forced deeper and deeper into the battlefield, cracks started to spread all across the battlefield like spider webs.

Florges finally stopped with her Solar Beam and the destruction that she left behind was visible to everyone, everyone saw the massive Steelix has been forced into the ground and was knocked out cold.

That Solar Beam was someone else and every trainer wanted their pokemons to get their Solar Beam to such level.

Julian's opponent was not shocked by the outcome at all, he was waiting when Julian will make his move and his pokemon will go down, he thought himself to be very lucky to be one of the top 64, he didn't care about anything else.