"Torterra, now use Grassy Terrain."
After resisting Charizard's attack, Torterra activated the move Grassy Terrain.
But the way it used it was quite special.
It actually activated the Grassy Terrain move directly on its own shell!
This left the spectators completely stunned.
The move Grassy Terrain allows Pokémon on the ground to continuously recover energy, and it also increases the power of Grass-type moves.
Now Torterra had placed the field on its own shell, turning it into an exclusive source of energy recovery.
Moreover, the increase in the power of Grass-type moves is due to the Grassy Terrain move condensing energy of that type.
By using it directly on its own body, the power boost for its Grass-type moves would become even more terrifying.
"Charizard, burn the Grassy Terrain." Ethan frowned. It seemed defeating this Torterra would not be as simple as he had thought.
"Torterra, use Frenzy Plant!"
After preparing everything, Torterra finally attacked. Its body shone with an intense green light, and several sharp, thorny vines grew from its shell, all shooting toward the sky together.
Boom!
In the air, the flames began to burn those thorny vines.
However, the scene the spectators had imagined — the vines being consumed by the fire — did not occur.
The thick vines were wrapped in green light, and thanks to the dense Grass-type energy they directly resisted the flames. Then they began to grow in the opposite direction, extending their tendrils toward the sky to capture Charizard.
"Again, Flare Blitz!"
Seeing the countless vines spreading across the sky trying to wrap around Charizard, Ethan could not help but sigh.
After all, Frenzy Plant is the ultimate move of Grass-type starters. In this situation, Charizard could only unleash his strongest attack to break through. Otherwise, if he got trapped by those vines, he would not even have the chance to resist.
"CHAARRZZZ!"
Seeing this, Charizard intensified the flames on his body, combining them with the dragon-shaped air currents from the Dragon Dance move, wrapping himself in a fire dragon as he charged straight toward Torterra.
BOOM!
This time, facing Charizard's ultimate attack, the Frenzy Plant move was finally destroyed.
Immediately afterward, the figure of the fire dragon crashed into Torterra, causing a violent explosion.
"What happened this time?"
"It should be able to withstand it... that Torterra's defense is incredible!"
Amid the comments from the entire stadium, the smoke slowly began to dissipate.
Just as the spectators had guessed, Charizard had already lost the ability to battle after using that final attack.
On the other hand, the vines from the Frenzy Plant move and the Grassy Terrain move that had grown over Torterra's body had already been completely consumed by the flames.
However, thanks to the incredible defense of the Shell Armor ability and the Withdraw move, Torterra had not suffered serious injuries.
That said, it was now forced to break its state of fusion with the earth. It stood up unsteadily, shaking its head, as if Charizard's impact had left it somewhat dizzy.
"Charizard has fallen. Although that state of Charizard was very strong, it also consumed a tremendous amount of energy."
Seeing Charizard's body fall to the ground, the other competitors analyzed the battle, preparing for possible future fights.
"Moreover, that Torterra is unexpectedly strong."
"The technique of growing Grassy Terrain and Frenzy Plant on its own shell is terrifying!"
"Grassy Terrain can constantly restore its energy and increase the power of its Grass-type moves, which pushed the power of Frenzy Plant to its maximum."
As they spoke, the competitors directed their gaze toward Torterra on the field, frowning.
Endurance, defense, and offensive power... That Torterra's battle system was far too perfect, to the point that it was difficult to figure out how to deal with it.
"How will Ethan respond to this?"
Without realizing it, everyone looked toward Ethan.
In this situation, Rhyperior and Magmortar, the Pokémon Ethan usually used, clearly could not enter the battle.
And the Vibrava that possessed high-level techniques, when facing a Ground and Grass-type Torterra with great defense, also did not have a clear advantage.
Because of this, the spectators began to show anticipation, waiting for Ethan to send out another of his Pokémon.
"Grassy Terrain and Frenzy Plant, huh?"
"In that case... it seems I'll have to rely on you."
Ethan slowly smiled.
With the throw of a Poké Ball, the figure of Cacturne appeared on the field.
"A Grass-type Pokémon?"
Seeing that Ethan sent out a Grass-type Pokémon in front of him, someone who specialized in that type, Johnson was surprised.
From his point of view, that was like showing off skills in front of a master.
"Torterra, use Grassy Terrain again!"
This time, Torterra did not immediately activate the Shell Armor ability.
Its body sank slightly as a green light surrounded it, and it used the Grassy Terrain move again, causing its shell to be covered with grass once more.
Under the constant glow of the green energy, its stamina began to recover rapidly, and the minor wounds caused by Charizard's attack disappeared almost instantly.
"Cacturne, then let's use Ingrain."
While Torterra activated the Grassy Terrain move, Cacturne also began to sprout roots.
In an instant, countless roots grew from the ground, forming a domain of roots around Cacturne.
"Are those... roots?"
Seeing this scene, Johnson was surprised.
Even for a trainer from a large organization like him, he had never seen the move Ingrain used like this.
The number of roots was simply incredible. Very few Pokémon could achieve something like this.
"It seems to be related to Cacturne's species."
Very soon, based on his knowledge of Grass-type Pokémon, Johnson deduced a possible explanation.
"But even so, those roots generated with Ingrain cannot compete against Frenzy Plant."
Hearing his trainer, Torterra immediately began generating thick vines, forming a very clear contrast with Cacturne's roots.
"But that's still not all!"
"Cacturne, use Growth to empower the roots."
Ethan smiled slightly as he gave the order.
Immediately, the roots generated by Cacturne began to expand violently under the effect of the Growth move, becoming far thicker than the vines in the blink of an eye.
The move Growth, as one of Cacturne's hidden cards, could not only enhance its own body to become gigantic, but it could also be applied to its roots, causing them to grow on a gigantic scale as well.
(End of chapter)