Pokémon: A Roundup of Ash's Eight Masters' Peak Battles!

Was all the buildup just for that final, swift kill?

Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia.

The strongest female trainer in the world!

"Mega Gardevoir! Use Destruction Beam!"

Karuno also realized that she had no way to win.

The chain of invisible eye and sharp stone attack just now had only one purpose.

That is to render your Mega Gardevoir incapable of moving.

Cynthia was gambling, betting that she would definitely use her magical flash to withstand the attack from the sharp stones.

In this way, the invisible rocks that Mega Garchomp distributes on the field will be preserved without any loss.

Compared to Spikes, which is Garchomp's STAB move, Stealth Rock also has the effect of intercepting attacks in the air.

No wonder they insisted on using Rock-type moves.

This prevents your Mega Gardevoir from using Psychic to levitate and avoid Mega Garchomp's Earthquake.

What a good plan!

Karuno smiled.

Although victory in battle is impossible, there is still a chance to fight to the death.

Gardevoir's ability changes to Fairy Skin after Mega Evolution.

The Fairy Skin's special characteristic is that using Normal-type moves will change its type to Fairy-type and increase the move's power by 1.2 times.

Hyper Beam is the most powerful special attack move of the Normal type.

Power up to 150!

In addition, there's the Fairy skin and the added benefit of Mega Gardevoir being a Fairy-type.

If this destructive beam hits...

Diana is confident that she can successfully replace Cynthia's Garchomp!

only!

"Miss Cynthia has won this match!"

On the sidelines, Ash excitedly spoke to Haru beside him.

After so many years of growth, he has been able to understand Cynthia's chain.

All the preparations were for the final earthquake to hit!

The dragon claws from the front lowered Diantha's guard, and then the chain of attacks with Stone Edge and Stealth Rock sealed off the possibility of Mega Gardevoir floating in the air to avoid the earthquake.

It can only be said that the Sinnoh region truly deserves to be the most tactical league in the entire world.

As the Sinnoh Champion, Cynthia is the queen who stands at the pinnacle of tactics!

[Da Ye: Big Sister is so cool! I was wondering why she didn't use Water Spikes, now I know why! No wonder I was always countered by psychic powers in my battles with Wu Song, I forgot about the special nature of psychic powers.]

Sabrina: Don't blame your stupidity on your psychic abilities. When battling psychics or Pokémon, don't you ever think to guard against special moves like Psychic?

【Cadelia: Exactly, using strong mental energy to levitate your body and dodge ground-type skills, isn't that basic common sense?

How could Champion Diantha not even possess such basic common sense! Didn't you see the blue psychic aura emanating from Mega Gardevoir's eyes from beginning to end?

[Shaka: I can only say that she is worthy of being the Champion Cynthia. She took advantage of the Champion Diantha's misconception. She knew that I would definitely use Earthquake, and she also knew that I would be on guard against me using Earthquake.]

But I did the opposite, utilizing every factor to create the conditions necessary for my earthquake to occur.

【Lance: It's really powerful. If it were another trainer using a Stealth Rock, I think Champion Diantha's Mega Gardevoir could have broken through with its own strength.

But if the opponent is Cynthia Champion's Mega Garchomp, then forget it. Once it uses Psychic Fly to trigger Stealth Rock, Mega Garchomp's attacks will be like a storm.

[Ash: Wow...that's amazing! Honestly, I didn't even think that far ahead!]

[Xiao Gang: Rock and Ground types are actually not separate, and the move sets of Pokémon from both types have many commonalities, but the difference in actual battles is huge.]

To use a technique as masterfully and comprehensively as Cynthia, one must have a very strong tactical repertoire, which is very difficult to achieve.

[Daigo: I didn't expect that five years would pass and Cynthia would become even stronger. I'm really looking forward to seeing what I'll be like in five years.]

[Michael: Forget about you, you'll probably still be digging for stones five years from now.]

Those who are able to express their opinions are all trainers with sufficient strength.

The battle has come to an end.

The previous arrangements had already been revealed.

Karuno made no mistakes in any of her steps.

They even made what they believed to be the best choice from their own perspective.

(Except for throwing Shadow Ball at the start)

Yet she still fell step by step into the trap that Cynthia had set for her.

After realizing that Cynthia wanted Garchomp to use Earthquake.

Even using psychic powers to levitate Mega Gardevoir.

It was too late; touching the invisible rock triggered an explosion.

Diantha wasn't sure how long her Mega Gardevoir could last.

And how many seconds can Cynthia's Mega Garchomp sustain its earthquake?

So she had no choice but to take a gamble!

……

In the picture—

Mega Gardevoir's hands converge in front of the red heart on its chest.

The destructive rays, which should have been orange, instead condensed into a pink glow.

The land in front of Mega Gardevoir continued to crack in the direction it was located.

Mega Gardevoir knew its time was running out.

Before the earthquake arrived.

Mega Gardevoir successfully condensed its Destruction Ray, converted it into Fairy-type energy, and then successfully launched it.

The energy streaked across the sky like a pink arrow piercing through the clouds.

The arrow's target was the Super List Road located on the other side of the field.

just.

When Karuno saw the smile on Cynthia's lips.

She realized that her plan to die together with others had failed.

as predicted.

The earthquake has successfully reached its destination.

The earth-yellow energy, as thick as the earth itself, engulfed Mega Sanegado in an instant.

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As expected, Mega Gardevoir collapsed to the ground, losing its Mega Evolution form and its ability to battle.

at the same time.

All eyes were on the Mega Garchomp.

They also wanted to see how the Super Garchomp would handle the enhanced Destructive Beam this season.

This is a Fairy type that deals double damage to Dragon types!

It's an anti-dragon Noble Phantasm that has been doubly enhanced!

What should we do about the Super Garchomp?

Cynthia simply smiled knowingly at this.

She curled her lips into a slightly playful tone and said.

"Dig a hole."

audience:? ? ?

No way! Why would you bring something like that?!

The moment Cynthia finished speaking.

The Mega Garchomp disappeared into the arena in an instant.

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The destructive beam fired by Mega Gardevoir undoubtedly passed over the spot where Mega Garchomp had disappeared from.

Then, the destructive beam containing immense power shot straight into the protective shield of the Palace Arena.