Both were members of pseudo-legendary groups, but Tyranitar was a fully grown Pokémon, while Dratini was still in its baby stage, its potential in every respect yet to be realized, with a long way still to grow.
But right now, this baby Pokémon was actually fighting a fully grown Pokémon for control of the weather, and holding its own?
If this were the fully evolved pseudo-legendary Dragonite of the future, just how terrifying would that be?
It was almost unimaginable!
But Albert quickly snapped out of his shock, shaking his head to himself. "Still, potential is potential, and strength is strength. On the battlefield, strength is what speaks."
"Tyranitar, let it all out!"
At Albert's command, Tyranitar seemed to finally cut loose.
"Grraaahh~"
With a earth shaking roar, the currents of air swirling around Tyranitar's body surged, and the range of the sandstorm began expanding rapidly, compressing the rain's territory bit by bit.
The look it gave Dratini now was like something looking at a clown.
"Yor~"
A flicker of despair rose in Dratini's eyes.
If it could win the fight for the weather, then with the rain behind it, it might be able to hold its own against Tyranitar, or at the very least wear down some of its stamina and create a favorable environment for its teammates afterward.
But if it lost, then everything was finished.
"Yor~"
But Dratini wasn't willing to give up just like that. It gritted its teeth and kept resisting the sandstorm's encroachment with everything it had.
Because it was the first weather setter on Team Caster.
Bringing the rain, that was its job!
It was just a pity that Tyranitar's energy output was far too much higher than Dratini's.
No matter how hard Dratini fought back, the rain kept shrinking, its intensity fading more and more.
"Ohh, little Dratini's just too far behind big Tyranitar. Plus Tyranitar's ability is Sand Stream, it's a born weather setter. Dratini trying to fight it for the weather is honestly a bit much."
"Dratini: Damn it! What kind of skill is it to bully a little kid in school? Just wait till I evolve into Dragonite, I'll beat you down till you're on your knees singing for mercy."
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"This one's tough for him! Is his unbeaten streak really going to end here?"
In the livestream chat, plenty of viewers were sighing too.
Seeing this, Caster shook his head as well and said quietly, "Dratini, that's enough!"
If the weather couldn't be established properly, the strength of the Pokémon under his command would drop by more than half.
But things had already reached this point, and futile resistance meant nothing.
But right at that moment, something astonishing happened.
A blinding white light suddenly lit up on Dratini's body.
"Is this... evolution?"
At the edge of the battlefield, Lorelei pushed up her glasses, a look of surprise on her face.
She had thought the shape of this battle was already clear, but she hadn't expected that Caster's Dratini would choose this critical moment to start evolving.
Amid the dazzling white light, Dratini's form began to change.
First, its body started stretching out longer and longer.
But even as it lengthened, its frame was also growing thicker and more solid.
Next, on its tail, two shapes began condensing, looking almost like gourds, though they were actually two round orbs.
Finally, on its head, the feathered wings grew larger and larger, and a small, sharp horn sprouted at the top of its forehead, gleaming with a keen edge.
By the time the white light faded, a long, serpentine Pokémon had appeared, its body extremely slender, covered all over in sapphire blue scales, with a pair of bright black eyes, sharp and full of spirit.
"Dragonair!"
Caster's face lit up with excitement.
His Dratini had evolved into Dragonair!
Right after that, Dragonair's stat panel automatically appeared, the data on it already updated.
[Pokémon: Dragonair]
[Type: Dragon]
[Ability: Marvel Scale (The Pokémon's marvelous scales boost its Defense stat if it has a status condition. )]
[Moves: Extreme Speed, Attract, Iron Tail]
"It learned three moves?"
Caster raised an eyebrow, pleasantly surprised.
At the same time, seeing Dratini evolve, the many viewers in the livestream chat also rushed to offer their congratulations and gifts, which in practical terms meant a wave of donations.
In an instant, Caster's livestream turned into a sea of donation effects.
It was just that the battle was still ongoing, so Caster had no time to respond.
"Duer~"
Dragonair turned back, gazing deeply at Caster for a moment, then its expression turned serious as it looked toward Tyranitar on the other side with clear hostility.
Hummm!
As Dragonair began to gather its power, the orbs on its body started glowing, and the mysterious aura radiating from it began to spread further and further.
BOOM!
A sudden clap of thunder cracked out of nowhere, startling everyone on the scene.
'Was that thunder?'
The referee froze for a second, staring at the enclosed tower in shock. 'How can there be thunder inside a room?'
No sooner had the words left his mouth than the mysterious aura centered on Dragonair surged with power, and wherever it passed, the sandstorm seemed to freeze in place as if bound by some spell, then dissolved away.
Right after, dark clouds gathered at the top of the tower, terrifying arcs of lightning flickering within them, as if a massive bolt of thunder might crash down at any moment.
Pitter patter! Pitter patter!
At the same time, fat raindrops began falling steadily, and in the blink of an eye everyone on the scene was soaked.
The rain, had arrived!!!
"Grraaahh~"
On the other side of the field, Tyranitar's eyes were full of disbelief.
It had actually lost the battle for the weather?
That left Tyranitar seething with humiliated fury!
On top of that, being a sandstorm Pokémon, Tyranitar deeply disliked rainy weather.
It was desperate to defeat the little dragon in front of it and then turn the weather back into the sandstorm it loved best.
That was its home turf.
"Drat... Dragonair, Extreme Speed!"
Looking at Tyranitar's savage eyes and its face full of violent intent, Caster took the initiative and launched an attack.
Because Caster knew that Dragonair's success in seizing control of the weather this time was, aside from Dragonair's own gift for controlling weather, mainly thanks to the boost from the Ancient Dragon Orb.
The gap in strength between the two sides was still considerable.
Even with the rain behind it, it would be no easy task for Dragonair to defeat Tyranitar.
"Duer~"
Its body flickered with white light, and in an instant Dragonair vanished like a streak of light.
By the time it reappeared, it was already behind Tyranitar, its thick body wrapped in white light as it struck out with what seemed like overwhelming force.
Tyranitar only glanced at it sideways, making no move to block at all, its eyes even carrying a trace of mockery.
Smack!
Extreme Speed landed on Tyranitar, but Tyranitar stood as unmoving as a mountain, its feet not shifting an inch, not even its upper body swaying.
Its rocky armor provided terrifyingly high defense; to it, a Normal type move like Extreme Speed was nothing more than a passing breeze.
"Grraaahh~"
Tyranitar turned back around, looking at the Dragonair in front of it, who had struck in vain, its expression turning utterly ferocious.