Xia Huanao and Meng Tianya led Shen Yu and others in pursuit. As they walked, they observed the surrounding rooms. In each room, Xia Huanao and his companions saw a considerable amount of treasure, glittering blindingly. The trainers who had entered before them were constantly stuffing their backpacks with loot, and some were even fighting each other.
Xia Huanao couldn't bear to watch. "Seriously, this place was set up by the four great families, how can they act like they've never seen the world?"
"This generation of the four great families is basically a lost cause. Let's hurry and don't mind them."
The group completely ignored all the empty rooms along the way, letting the looters have their way. The few of them quickly reached the center of the base. Malanqi sat in a wheelchair, looking at them motionlessly. "You've arrived."
Xia Huanao looked at Malanqi, whose hair had turned white in a short period. Malanqi, who had looked around sixty years old, now appeared to be in his nineties.
"What on earth made you go to such lengths to end up like this?"
Malanqi forced a smile. "Is there any point in you asking? You must have also seen the vortex behind me. The answer to all questions lies within it. But ah..."
Meng Tianya nodded. "I know. You won't let us pass. But, we have more people."
With that, Meng Tianya stepped forward. "Old Xia, you take them and go. As for this side, I've wanted to battle Chairman Ma for a long time."
Xia Huanao glanced at Meng Tianya, then nodded and skirted around Malanqi, jumping into the vortex behind him. After seeing Xia Huanao leave, Malanqi patted his Poké Ball. "I can see you're in a hurry. In that case, let's make it six on six. My time isn't long anyway."
With that, Malanqi directly threw out his six Poké Balls. He then pressed a button on his wheelchair, and the entire base began to shake violently. Amidst the tremors, the room Malanqi occupied suddenly expanded dozens of times, enough for a full six-on-six battle.
Charizard, Rillaboom, Swampert, Infernape, Serperior, Greninja. Malanqi's six Pokémon were all starter Pokémon. Meng Tianya's hands trembled slightly as he held his Poké Balls. "Go, Pokémon!"
Meng Tianya's six Pokémon were also adjusted. The main fighter was a Hypno, and the others were of the Ghost, Dark, and Psychic types. If Malanqi's lineup emphasized traditional fundamentals, then Meng Tianya's lineup highlighted special effects.
The two sides quickly engaged. The young Meng Tianya took the initiative to attack. Hypno swung its pendulum and directly used Future Sight. Behind Hypno, Malamar stared with its two eyes, looking at the six Pokémon. Malanqi said nothing, but simply raised his hand and pointed to the sky.
The ceiling instantly opened, revealing the starry night sky. Meng Tianya also looked up. He wasn't sure what the point of Malanqi doing this was. These six basic Pokémon shouldn't have any moves that deal more damage at night.
As the ceiling opened, Charizard, Rillaboom, and Swampert moved to the front. Swampert, with its seemingly all-knowing eyes, glanced at Meng Tianya. The three Pokémon attacked simultaneously. A pillar of fire, a pillar of water, and a pillar of grass simultaneously charged towards Meng Tianya.
"Oath, Oath Oath moves?"
Meng Tianya's Pokémon scattered quickly but were swept by the Oath moves of the other three Pokémon. The three Oath moves could cooperate with each other. Fire Oath combined with Grass could unleash a sea of fire, Grass Oath combined with Water could turn the surroundings into a marsh, and Water Oath combined with Fire could also create a rainbow.
However, Malanqi was indeed the cunning chairman of the League. He managed to unleash all three effects with just three Oath moves. Furthermore, they complemented each other, greatly increasing the moves' damage.
Meng Tianya's formation was instantly broken, and after this wave of damage, his Pokémon were not in good condition. During this time, the only counterattack Meng Tianya managed was Hypno's Future Sight hitting Swampert's head.
Swampert's small eyes showed a hint of confusion. It, who had seen through everything, didn't know what had happened to it. Meng Tianya regrouped his forces, putting Malamar at the front, adopting a posture of mutual destruction.
Malanqi leaned back in his wheelchair, silently watching Charizard. Charizard roared at the sky. Meng Tianya questioned the roar, "Drought? That's unlikely. Is that useful at night? Doesn't that stimulate sunlight?"
Although Charizard was roaring at the sky, there was no change in the sky. The moonlight remained soft. On the ground, Swampert and Greninja's Surf attacks were already approaching. Behind the giant wave, Rillaboom and Serperior's Solar Beam were starting to charge.
Since Charizard had roared for a long time without activating Drought, the Solar Beams of the two Grass-type Pokémon behind the wave were charging slowly. Meng Tianya knew that behind the giant wave, there would be fierce attacks from the opponent's four Pokémon.
"Gallade, Wide Guard!"
Gallade, with its arms spread to block all incoming attacks, thus protected all the Pokémon hiding behind it. Only Malamar stood rigidly in front of Gallade, as if all its four moves were meant to take down the opponent with it.
The two Surfs struck Malamar first, then moved towards Gallade's Wide Guard. How could Malamar be a match for two nearly max-level Pokémon? It was directly slammed to the ground. Then, Greninja fell from the crest of the wave, and Malamar took it down with Destiny Bond.
Meng Tianya recalled Malamar, continuing the five-on-five battle. After replacing Greninja, before he could find an opportunity to attack further, Meng Tianya had to deal with the two approaching Solar Beams.
"Gallade, Wide Guard again!"
The Solar Beams collided with Wide Guard. The violent impact directly knocked Gallade over. If not for the mandatory effect of Wide Guard, Gallade might have been defeated.
The two sides exchanged blows for a few more rounds. Meng Tianya took the opportunity to glance at Malanqi, who was still sitting in his wheelchair. Malanqi's condition worsened. His face, which had a bit of color earlier, was now completely pale. His lips had turned ashen gray, looking like he was on his deathbed. In this near-death state, Malanqi still raised his hand. On his wrinkled hand was a glove, and on the glove, a /
Although the simultaneous Mega Evolution of two Pokémon was unexpected, Mega Charizard and Mega Swampert did not have synergistic abilities in terms of their traits. Charizard came out with Drought, while Swampert's Swift Swim required rainy weather to increase its speed.
Swampert also knew that rain was more suitable for it than clear weather. So, it turned its small eyes to look at Charizard. Charizard X ignored it and simply spat out a puff of fire.
"Hypno, use Hypnosis on Charizard!"
Hypno, upon receiving the command, directly launched Hypnosis at Charizard. In Meng Tianya's view, Charizard was a greater threat than Swampert. Swampert, seeing that Hypno was ignoring it, took small steps to attack Hypno. However, it was intercepted by Gallade's Teleport, bypassing it from behind, followed by a surprise attack from the rear.
Serperior took the opportunity to bind Gallade from behind. It had intended to cooperate with Infernape and Rillaboom to deal some damage, but was caught by the Flamethrower from Chandelure, which had been inconspicuous. Swampert turned to extinguish the fire, while Gallade once again used Teleport to return to its formation.
Both sides had suffered some losses in the previous exchange. Meng Tianya finally rolled up his sleeves, revealing the Mega Stone on his wrist.
"Gallade, Mega Evolve!"
Gallade punched the air in front of it twice, then began to evolve in the light emitted by the Mega Stone.
The evolved Gallade moved at high speed towards Swampert, first kicking Swampert's leg with an Arm Thrust, and then hitting Swampert's head with a Psychic.
On the other side, after Charizard fell asleep, Hypno began to use Dream Eater to gradually chip away at Charizard's stamina. Before Charizard could wake up, it was essentially incapacitated.
Just as Meng Tianya gained the advantage and wanted to expand it further, Malanqi, who had been sitting silently in his wheelchair, suddenly coughed up blood. Then, Charizard and Swampert, who were in their Mega Evolved states, directly reverted to their normal states and their auras weakened. Meng Tianya looked at Malanqi. Malanqi's eyes were cloudy. Compared to his initial aged appearance, he now looked even more deathly.
He arduously raised his hand and recalled his Pokémon. Then he looked at Meng Tianya. "Little Meng, you, you won."