"Ladies and gentlemen, friends in the audience!! Today marks the most crucial battle in the national competition, the final showdown of the National Championship, and it's about to begin!!!"
"This match is undoubtedly the one everyone's been most looking forward to. The National Championship takes place once a year, and the new champion will soon emerge. Will it be Magic City University's Fang Yuan or Central China University's Zhuo Yue? Let's wait and see!!!!"
In the commentator's voice, Fang Yuan and Zhuo Yue had slowly made their way from the player tunnel to the field.
The grand finale of the National Championship, a regular field, was set for a 3vs3 duel.
Amidst the roaring cheers of the venue, the audience from every corner—grandstand, guest seats, player seats, and spectator seats—all watched the field, eagerly anticipating the confrontation between these two young masters.
Three-Star Grandmaster Trainer Master Ma Chenzong, Two-Star Grandmaster Chen Changfeng, and Yan Hua all looked on with calm expressions, revealing no hint of their attitudes.
Beyond them, the mood of others varied.
The teachers and students of Hua University looked tense; not just them, but even for those from Magic University, their hearts couldn't help but race as the moment of truth approached.
Moreover, not just the live audience, but countless others across the country, in front of televisions, smartphone screens, and computer monitors, were tuned into this battle.
Especially those who had heard Fang Yuan's bold words in front of the media and had gone up against Fang Yuan's Monferno, including the masters and tutors from various schools, were paying close attention.
That Master Level Monferno... was it about to enter the fray?
...
On the field.
Fang Yuan was composed and unruffled, while Zhuo Yue was also calm and collected. Both had adjusted their mental states and emotions well before the battle.
Without any unnecessary banter, the two locked eyes for a moment and then, at the referee's command, sent out their Pokemon simultaneously.
"Monferno!!"
"Huge Gold Monster!!"
Boom!!
As the Pokemon made their entrance, the aura of both sides made the atmosphere even more tense.
On Monferno's side, the aura was no longer restrained—it burst forth completely.
The flames that were wrapped around its hands and feet, along with the blaze atop its head that never went out, radiated an astonishing Heat Wave.
In its blue eyes, there was an unmatched will to fight.
Its gaze seemed to weave together flames and Thunder and Lightning, clashing with the Huge Gold Monster's Psychic.
The Huge Gold Monster, a huge metallic life form, was covered in blue-green, with crimson eyes and an "X"-shaped silver metal cross on its face!
As a Quasi-god, most Huge Gold Monsters also had quite nasty tempers, being cruel and irascible in nature, yet their style of combat was incredibly stable, rivaling the judgment of a computer, helping them to calmly drive their opponents into a corner. They were seen as extremely dangerous Pokemon.
In some respects, the Huge Gold Monster was even more mysterious than the Dragonite, Blood Wing Dragon, or Garchomp.
"What an impressive Huge Gold Monster, what an impressive Monferno!!"
Just the clash of auras alone drew praise from countless Trainers. To possess such a presence, both Pokemon were trained exceptionally well.
"Fang Yuan really did send out Monferno."
"And Zhuo Yue chose to respond by sending out Huge Gold Monster to take down the first battle quickly!"
"Neither side is giving in; this is getting interesting!"
In the audience seats, numerous people chatted excitedly.
"These two Pokemon facing off should make for a thrilling battle." In the grandstand, former King Yan Hua nodded in agreement, looking forward to it as well.
"Indeed," agreed Chen Changfeng, the president of the Imperial Association. To see a battle of this caliber in the National Championship was truly rare.
Out of the three, only Master Ma Chenzong slightly furrowed his brows, offering no comment, deep in thought.
"Huge Gold Monster, use Gravity!!"
As the battle commenced, Zhuo Yue waved his hand commandingly and issued a firm order.
"Kang Jin!!!" The blue-green body slowly ascended, and at the same time, a terrifying Gravity, centered on the Huge Gold Monster, bore down on the field.
In an instant, the field blurred, covered by the gravity field, as if the sky itself were collapsing, and Monferno was like the one to bear the weight of a collapsing sky all alone.
The intensity of the Gravity Technique made many spectators tense up right away.
"Combat-style elves are just too strained against Psychic Types."
Especially since... the Huge Gold Monster could fly, Monferno was at a big disadvantage.
Seeing the terrifying gravity field bearing down, numerous people's expressions grew solemn. With such intense Gravity from a Psychic Type pressing down on Monferno... most Trainers could not think of any way Monferno could fight back.
It seemed as if the Huge Gold Monster wielded the cleaver, and Monferno was the awaiting fish on the chopping board.
In the Magic University Audience Seats, the Battle Society students looked worriedly at Monferno, now blurry under the pressure of the gravity field. Suddenly, someone recalled something and said:
"I remember Fang Yuan often took Chimchar to train in the gravity room. Maybe Monferno can withstand it and launch a counterattack..."
"While that may be true, the gravity field seems so strong... Could the gravity room have gravity this intense?"
Lin Sen, Xu Lan, and others stared fixedly at the field, and in the next moment...
With a loud "Boom", an explosion sounded as if the heavens and earth were splitting apart, like a volcanic eruption!
In the heart of the gravity field, the fire and lightning in Monferno's eyes grew more intense.
Bearing the intense Gravity without hardly moving, it seemed almost unaffected.
This level of Gravity... was far too weak.
For Monferno, it was almost like growing up under such Gravity. Relying on Gravity to suppress it was ineffectual unless it had the strength of several Self-detonating Magnetic Monsters combined; otherwise, a direct attack would be preferable!
Amidst the Gravity field, a shocking roar broke out, like flames bursting, like thunder exploding, and the terrifying airwaves threatened to topple the Gravity field, as if it would shatter into pieces the next moment.