Tobias's Darkrai was no weak Legendary Pokémon—its strength had already reached mid Champion level.
"Get serious."
Tobias clearly had great confidence in his Darkrai. Even after facing Sam's Tyranitar, he still believed he held the advantage.
He stood calmly with his hands in his pockets, deliberately delaying any command to attack.
"You go first."
Sam gave a faint smile, his voice turning cold.
"Overconfidence isn't a good thing. In that case—I'll make the first move."
"Tyranitar, use Sand Shot."
Unlike Tobias, Sam never let confidence turn into carelessness. No matter the opponent, he always fought at full strength.
The moment he gave the command, Tyranitar moved.
It drew in a heavy breath as wind energy gathered in its mouth. At the same time, it clasped its claws together, summoning countless grains of gravel that quickly amassed in front of it.
It was ready.
Tyranitar opened its jaws wide, infusing the gathered gravel with wind energy. The tiny stones transformed instantly into high-speed sand bullets, each radiating a dangerous aura.
If you underestimate Tyranitar, you'll regret it.
Seeing the sand bullets form, Sam smiled coldly.
Tobias could clearly sense the power behind the attack. Under normal circumstances, he would have already commanded Darkrai to counter or defend.
But he had already spoken confidently—he couldn't take it back now.
So he chose to stand still.
The sand bullets were fully charged.
Tyranitar's eyes sharpened—and the attack was unleashed.
Empowered by wind energy, the originally slow sand projectiles shot forward like they were equipped with engines, their speed skyrocketing.
Facing the overwhelming barrage, Darkrai frowned and formed a shield of dark energy, attempting to block the attack head-on.
Naive. Far too naive.
Tyranitar's sand bullets didn't just travel in a straight line.
The moment it realized the shield couldn't be broken directly, Tyranitar adjusted its strategy. With a slight motion of its claw, the sand bullets instantly scattered in all directions.
The shield could only block one side—
But the attack now came from everywhere.
Caught off guard, Darkrai reacted quickly, swinging its shield to intercept as many projectiles as possible.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Its reaction speed was impressive—but there were simply too many sand bullets.
Even with near-perfect defense, several slipped past and struck its body.
Boom! Boom!
Impacts echoed as the projectiles hit.
However—
Despite being struck multiple times, Darkrai didn't seem particularly affected.
The sand bullets looked terrifying, but their actual damage was limited. Even after taking several hits, Darkrai barely lost any stamina.
Seeing this, Tobias relaxed slightly.
A loud attack with little effect.
He had expected Sam's Tyranitar to deal meaningful damage, given the buildup—but it turned out to be underwhelming.
But that made sense.
After all, he was using the Legendary Darkrai. It was only natural that ordinary attacks wouldn't be effective.
Watching Tobias's relaxed expression, Sam simply shook his head inwardly.
Too careless.
From the beginning, Tobias hadn't noticed anything wrong.
What a disappointment.
Aside from raw strength, his battle awareness was lacking.
"Tyranitar—use Tailed Beast Bomb."
Yes.
Tailed Beast Bomb.
After reaching Champion level, Tyranitar had fully mastered this move.
There was a reason Sam hadn't used it before.
While the move's destructive power was immense, its long charge time and relatively slow speed made it difficult to land.
But that didn't mean it was useless.
Recently, Sam had been developing a way to combine it with other techniques.
That was the true purpose of Sand Shot.
The sand bullets weren't meant to deal damage—
They were meant to slow the opponent down.
When the sand struck Darkrai, fine grains embedded themselves across its body, subtly hindering its movement and reaction speed.
If Tobias had sharper perception, he would have noticed—
Darkrai was moving just slightly slower than before.
But he didn't.
And now—
The battle was already decided.
The moment Sam gave the command, the energy within the Viridian Gym battlefield began to surge violently.
All of it rushed toward Tyranitar's mouth.
Different types of energy converged, compressing into a single point—
Until a pitch-black sphere slowly formed.
A darkness so deep it seemed to swallow everything.
Just looking at it felt like being pulled into its core.
The sheer presence of the Tailed Beast Bomb was terrifying.
For the first time—
Tobias's expression changed.
Even he had never witnessed such overwhelming energy before.
This was a power beyond what even his Darkrai could control.
He couldn't just stand by anymore.
He absolutely could not allow Tyranitar to release that attack.
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