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When the Aura Sphere soared to the center of the battlefield, Remi noticed it immediately.
"What is that?" he wondered, his eyes widening.
"An Aura Sphere? But... why does it look so much larger than a normal one?" Remi quickly signaled to his Slowking to use Teleport.
The massive spiral Aura Sphere instantly redirected itself toward Remi's new position after teleporting.
There's no doubt about it—it's definitely an Aura Sphere! This kind of tracking ability is rare among moves.
Remi knew there was only one way to handle an Aura Sphere: resist it. Whether through offensive collision or defensive protection, resistance was the key.
Without hesitation, Remi threw a Poké Ball. "Electivire! Destroy it with Hyper Beam!"
A muscular yellow and black striped Pokémon materialized on the field. Terrifying energy gathered in Electivire's mouth before it released a devastating beam directly at the approaching jade-colored spiral Aura Sphere. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹·𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾·𝗇𝖾𝗍
A dazzling aurora of destructive power erupted as the attacks collided.
"Boom!" An explosion shook the arena.
But before Remi could sigh with relief or prepare to counter-attack Chris, the enormous Aura Sphere emerged through the smoke, striking Electivire squarely in the chest before continuing its path toward Remi himself.
"Is this really just an Aura Sphere?" Remi had never seen anything like it before. After taking a direct hit from Hyper Beam, instead of exploding, it had pierced through the attack and hit Electivire. From its momentum, it still carried significant power.
"Teleport!" Remi urgently commanded Slowking as the Aura Sphere flew right at him.
Remi teleported again, immediately creating distance.
The Aura Sphere drew a graceful arc through the air, carrying the battered Electivire along with it. When they collided with the side wall of the battlefield, Electivire was already unconscious.
Gasps of astonishment rippled through the audience.
"That Aura Sphere took a Hyper Beam head-on without exploding, and it still managed to knock out Electivire despite it not being weak to Fighting-type moves? How terrifying is this attack?"
Remi, more shocked than anyone, couldn't believe his Electivire hadn't withstood even a single hit from the Aura Sphere.
"Talonflame, Flamethrower!" he called out hastily, sending in his third Pokémon.
The moment Talonflame appeared, it immediately unleashed a Flamethrower at the approaching jade spiral Aura Sphere.
This time, there wasn't even an explosion.
Instead, an extraordinary scene unfolded. The Aura Sphere seemed to ride the Flamethrower, obliterating and penetrating through all flames in its path.
Then it crashed heavily into Talonflame's body, just as it had with Electivire, and continued its trajectory toward Remi, carrying Talonflame with it!
"Is this thing unstoppable?" Remi gritted his teeth in disbelief. "I don't believe it!"
"Slowking, use Reflect!"
Remi finally stopped retreating and chose to confront this bizarre Aura Sphere head-on.
Slowking teleported in front of Remi, made a gesture like opening a door, and teleported away the injured Talonflame that had been caught in the Aura Sphere's path.
The teleported Talonflame was also incapacitated.
Immediately afterward, Slowking crossed its arms in front of its chest, and a barrier reminiscent of a wall appeared, standing between itself and Remi.
In the next moment, the spiral Aura Sphere collided directly with the Reflect!
The sound resembled a sharp circular blade cutting through glass as the Reflect barrier appeared to be ground down and sliced through.
"BOOM!" A sudden explosion rocked the arena!
The berserk power erupted instantly. The violent shockwave completely destroyed Slowking's Reflect, sending both it and Remi flying backward. Trees within twenty meters were sheared off by the impact.
On the ground, Slowking had fainted. Its trainer, Remi, was also unconscious.
"Ah..." Many Gym Trainers stood up in shock.
That gigantic Aura Sphere was nothing short of outrageous!
It had successively broken through Electivire and its Hyper Beam, Talonflame and its Flamethrower, and Slowking's Reflect. After finally exploding, it had enough power left to knock out both Slowking and Remi.
No one would question Remi's strength as a veteran Gym Trainer. He was an active participant in the Gym Trainer ranking battles, and many had faced him in combat.
But was it possible that a Gym Leader, recognized by most of the trainers, had been defeated by Chris's Hariyama?
Chris himself hadn't fully anticipated this outcome.
When at home, his Hariyama had only tried the spiral Aura Sphere once.
After penetrating all objects within a hundred meters, it had struck the ground and exploded underground, excavating soil in a radius of one hundred meters, creating a crater large enough to serve as a swimming pool when filled with water.
But the key wasn't just power—it was penetration.
The external structure of Hariyama's spiral Aura Sphere appeared unexpectedly stable.
Conventionally, ordinary Aura Spheres naturally explode after colliding with objects or energy. Spiral Aura Spheres should be even more unstable, as the energy rotating in an irregular spiral pattern ought to be more volatile! The terrifying destructive power came from precisely this characteristic.
After careful consideration, Chris could only come to one explanation.
When Hariyama created the spiral Aura Sphere, to ensure it wouldn't disintegrate due to irregular spiral rotation during flight, the outer structure had been reinforced.
For this particular spiral Aura Sphere, this enhancement was even more crucial.
As for the final explosion, it resulted from the irregular rotating energy inside erupting when the outer structure of the spiral Aura Sphere finally broke down.
This gave it both penetrating and explosive power! Additionally, with the Fighting-type boost...
The extraordinary power made perfect sense.
This was a special "Aura Sphere" that Hariyama had developed itself—a true surprise.
Whether this theory was correct, Chris would only be able to determine after further testing.
The medical staff who had been watching the battle rushed forward to check on Remi's condition.
After confirming he was merely stunned by the shockwave, the medic signaled to the referee.
The referee immediately announced, "Remi, the Cloud Gym Leader, has lost his ability to battle. Therefore, the winner is Chris, the Gym Leader of Green Valley Gym!"