188. The Battle of Destiny

The whole of large the rock venue began to experience powerful shaking! The underground mechanical device was screaming loudly for the control center!

Hearing this voice, President Charles Goodshow stood up excitedly, cried and sighed, "It's over, it's over, the venue equipment will take a lot of effort to repair! I want to retire so badly!"

He ordered that the battle between Ash and Gary be suspended during the intermission and could not continue until the battle field was repaired.

There is no way, the current hardware equipment of Silver Conference is not perfect enough, and it is also because Ash's current power exceeds the limit of what this venue can hold!

Boom boom boom!

A huge tree vine popped out of the middle of the rock venue out of thin air and whipped towards Blastoise!

There was no direct way to avoid the incoming attack!

"Blastoise, hold on, Hydro Cannon again!"

The Hydro Cannon attack is further strengthened by the metal cannon is shining with light on Blastoise's back. This is the battle between the Royal Starter's ultimate moves!

Ash's giant Venusaur roared to the high sky's, and controlled the very thick tree vines to pulse toward Blastoise. The Hydro Cannon as an attack is more penetrating than most other attacks, so the tree vines were smashed by the Hydro Cannon into bits, and hit Venusaur hard in its body!

"It's amazing. The battle between Blastoise and Venusaur is really one of the most exciting battles I have seen in my 16 year career. Such ultimate moves are rarely ever used. Is this really not even the semi-final round of the Silver Conference?"

All the audiences were cheering and excited beyond any words!

The battle between Ash and Gary made all Trainers clearly realize how weak they really were compared to these new Trainers!

"BOOM!"

Finally, the explosion sounded throughout the whole stadium!

The blast blew both sides away, and the rock venue was now completely flattened. The scene was really a sight to see!

"Blastoise, how are you doing?"

When the smoke cleared, Blastoise and Venusaur fell to the field together. Blastoise maintained its defensive position inside of its shell.

Gary immediately exclaimed towards his Ace Pokémon. He was dragged by Ash to the point of using his ultimate move to fight against another one. Both sides were heavily injured in the fight!

Blastoise is his strongest Trump Card, and obviously Ash has stronger Pokémon than his Venusaur!

"Both Blastoise and Venusaur have lost the ability to fight! This is a draw! Both sides send out their next—!"

The referee had just announced that the two Pokémon were tied, but was interrupted by Ash before he could formally tell them to take their Pokémon back!

The entire stadium fell silent, and everyone held their breath, waiting to see if these two Pokémon are able stand up.

"Roar!"

A low roar came, and Venusaur stood up first. After all, Venusaur being a Grass-type Pokémon had the advantage in type compared to the Water-type Blastoise.

"Blastoise, stand up!"

Hearing Gary's call, Blastoise stretched out its arms and legs from the turtle shell. It really got up, and it seemed that it was a little less injured than Venusaur because of it being inside if its sturdy shell!

"Standing up, Blastoise used the move Withdrew to improve his defense and resist the damage of the blast! This battle is really the most exciting battle I have seen in my 17 year career!" The commentator exclaimed as if he was the one that was battling in front of everyone!

However, Venusaur and Ash looked at each other and then Ash forfeited his Venusaur after seeing that it is no longer able to fight, he was just standing on his instinct.

"Trainer Ash forfeits his Venasaur in this battle, meaning Blastoise wins!" The referee quickly made a decision on victory, but looked at Ash with admiration.

He as a referee in such a large tournament obviously had tons of experience. He knew that Ash did the right thing here.

Ash took Venusaur back. The bond between him and Venusaur reached its peak, so he was fully able to control its situation.

In this battle, its mission has been more than completed. It was seriously injured, so it is best for him to get back and have a good rest.

"Venusaur fell, Blastoise won, and now Trainer Ash has lost one Pokémon while one of his Pokémon is also injured, his other Pokémon seems to be completely fine. While Trainer Gary has only lost one, and now has two heavily injured Pokémon with one being just lightly injured!"

Seeing this, all the audience members who saw the situation on both sides know that Gary is in a very bad situation now, while Ash was on the lead.

Blastoise and Nidoqueen have been seriously injured and their combat power is reduced to only a small fraction of their true power, while Ash still has three perfectly healthy Pokémon that have not yet appeared!

Ash threw out his next Poké Ball, "Stand by for battle, Heracross!"

This is the first Pokémon that Ash had captured in the Johto Region, so it holds a special place in his heart! This is also ten first Pokémon that he, Luke, caught after coming to this mysterious world.

Looking at the panting Blastoise, Gary decided to take him back immediately. This was his true Trump Card, and now he was trying to let it rest and regain some of it's strength like Ash is doing to his Houndoom, "It's your time to shine, go my Magmar!"

Gary is fighting according to type matchups, but his stronger Fire-type Arcanine had already lost its combat ability, so Gary had to send out his second strongest Fire-type Pokémon, that being his Magamar!

These two Fire-type Pokémon he added for this battle were obviously meant to support Blastoise in order to deal with Ash's Grass Type Pokémon!

However, Gary's layout was disrupted by Ash Snorlax at the beginning of the battle before he could even begin to implement his strategy.

"Blastoise was taken back by Gary, and now he has sent out his Magmar to challenge Ash's Heracross! From what I could see, Ash's Heracross has a higher chance of winning even though it is weaker in types!"

"Flamethrower!" As soon as Gary's Magmar appeared in stage, Gary launched an attack!

Like Magcargo, the Magmar species has a super high body temperature. This fire pillar looked to be very hot because even some of the audience members could feel it!

"Aerial Ace!"

Ash ordered his Heracross to use a very versatile Flying-type attack, Heracross was able to avoid the pillar of fire, and was also able to get closer to the Magmar before he could react to it!

"Heracross's Aerial Ace attack worked!"

Not only did it hit Magmar, Heracross also used his usual fighting method to push and punch Magmar away before he could fight back!

"Damn! Magmar, use Fire Blast!" Gary actually launched such an attack at this moment, and his Magmar also got ready to use Fire Blast in Heracross!

Not only that, it also stretched out its arms, jumped up into the middle of the Fire Blast, and rushed towards Heracross!

At this moment, his whole body was burning with flames, and it smashed hard, and the fire immediately burned Heracross's body!

"The big Fire Blasts and Magmar did hit Heracross, the effect was too much!" The commentator also exclaimed, this battle was exactly as he expected, it was so exciting!

"It let the flames of the Fire Blast Explosion wrap around itself, making its hit rate become almost impossible to miss! I have never seen such a strategy" Both Brock and Misty were shocked! Not only that, almost everyone had the same expressions as them.

However, Gary's attack has not stopped yet, "Magmar, continue on with Flamethrower!"

At this moment, Magmar was covered in fire, suppressing Heracross, and even used Flamethrower at close range!

Suddenly, the flames exploded!

"Heracross, use U-Turn!" Ash gave his order before his Heracross could lose.

Although he almost won, Gary was not happy at all. He thought he was about to defeat Ash's second Pokémon, he would pull out a strange move like U-Turn out of nowhere to safely rescue another of his Pokémon!

"Okay, since it's the half way time, we will take a small intermission to get everyone a deserved break!"

This is the rule of a 6-on-6 all-player battle. When half the timer from the clock passed way, there will be a halftime break that will happen:

Now, Ash had sent out four Pokémon, Venusaur has lost its ability to fight, and his Heracross and Houndoom have lost most of their their combat ability, while the first Snorlax is still in full fighting condition, after all, he is is thick.