The Overlord of the Land, the ancient Legendary Groudon, stood tall upon the earth.
The scorching sun shone down; it was a Sunny Day caused by the sunlight.
Giovanni immediately used Groudon, because he knew very well that using any other Pokémon would simply be throwing the match.
Mammon's Mega Gengar was truly too powerful.
"Groudon."
Giovanni had no intention of holding back.
Groudon roared again, and its entire body glowed with an incomparably dazzling red light.
An ancient, illusory 'Ω' Inscription flashed by, and the even larger Primal Groudon appeared.
Desolate Land activated, and the scorching sunlight of Desolate Land beat down, making people feel dry-mouthed and hot all over.
Primal Groudon slightly lowered its body, its lantern-sized eyes staring at Mega Gengar and Mammon.
It recognized this human; he was its Trainer's son, and also the Trainer of that Fathead Fish!
Excellent! It seemed Giovanni had indeed fulfilled his promise and was going to let it fight the Fathead Fish!
"Primal Groudon, the Legendary Pokémon said to have created the land. Shouldn't Mammon change his Pokémon now?"
In the audience, Gloria carefully observed the massive, fiery-red behemoth.
She didn't doubt that Mammon's Mega Gengar was no weaker than an ordinary Legendary Pokémon, and might even be able to fight a regular Mythical Pokémon.
But Primal Groudon was an existence even stronger than regular High-Tier Legendaries.
"Normally, yes. Mammon has many Legendaries," Leon nodded.
If you were to count the number of Legendary Pokémon Mammon possessed, you couldn't count them all on two hands.
"And Mammon has Kyogre! The legendary Sea-Land War!"
Hop's eyes were sparkling. He was truly looking forward to seeing the world-shaking battle between the legendary Overlord of the Sea, Kyogre, and the Overlord of the Land, Groudon!
"Big Brother, when you went to Hoenn back then, did you see Kyogre and Groudon fight?"
"I heard Gladion say that Mammon fought against you guys several times back then."
Hop asked excitedly. He had just started his journey back then, but Leon had participated in the Hoenn Campaign and the Unova Campaign.
"I did see it..."
Hearing this, Leon immediately recalled the great Groudon vs. Kyogre Battle from back then, and his expression became strange.
The memory was indeed very deep. At that time, he and Steven first profoundly experienced the terror of the Mythical Pokémon.
But as for the Sea-Land 'War'... he hadn't really seen one, because at that time, without the Red Orb, Groudon was completely pinned down and rubbed against the sea floor by Primal Kyogre.
Yes, Groudon's belly was so swollen it looked like a pregnant woman carrying a child for ten months, floating on the sea surface like a huge blob.
Leon shook his head, quickly trying to cast that image out of his mind; it was too damn cursed.
"It's just that I don't know if Mammon will use Kyogre today."
Leon looked towards the Arena. He was also curious whether Mammon would use Kyogre to battle Groudon today.
If so, the spectacle would be immense—the classic Sea-Land Battle, the classic blue versus red.
However, Mammon currently had no such intention.
"Groudon, huh." Mammon grinned.
"Gengar!"
"Jie jiejie~!"
Even when facing Primal Groudon, Mega Gengar was not affected by the Legendary pressure in the slightest, and a strange light flashed in its dark, eerie eyes.
An illusory white Ghost Claw pressed down onto Primal Groudon's shadow—Shadow Tag!
So what if it was Primal Groudon? Tag it!
Shadow Tag succeeded, and Primal Groudon could no longer be recalled normally.
Primal Groudon felt the inexplicable confinement and widened its eyes, looking very simple-minded. Did this little white thing actually dare to mess with it?
"It seems he doesn't plan to switch Pokémon."
Seeing this, Giovanni naturally understood Mammon's intent.
"In that case, Groudon." Giovanni was naturally delighted.
"Cliff Edge Sword!"
Attack immediately!
Primal Groudon's deep roar echoed throughout the entire Arena, and the red light covering its body became even more vivid.
The fiery-red behemoth raised its thick, massive right claw, and then slammed it heavily onto the ground.
Boom!
Under the shocked gaze of everyone present, gigantic swords of lava rose from the ground, rapidly spreading toward Mega Gengar.
The visual impact was tremendous!
The Ground-type Cliff Edge Sword! It transforms the power of the earth into sharp blades to attack the opponent.
Furthermore, because Primal Groudon's power encompasses both earth and fire, although it is a Ground attribute move, the terrifying lava on the Cliff Edge Sword is not just for show.
That was genuinely high-temperature lava!
"Avoid it." Mammon only had two words for that.
Mega Gengar did not dare to be careless, immediately floating up and raising its body to dodge.
The last Cliff Edge Sword stretched high, easily dozens of meters tall, resembling a Sword of the Earth, but Mega Gengar's mobility was high, and it flexibly managed to avoid it.
Primal Groudon raised its head, looking at the Mega Gengar in the air, its gaze growing increasingly hostile.
It hated flying things the most!
"Fire Blast!"
Giovanni continued to order the attack.
Although Primal Groudon couldn't fly, it certainly didn't lack long-range attack methods.
Solar Beam, Fire Blast, Stone Edge, and so on; even Cliff Edge Sword counts as half a long-range move.
Primal Groudon roared, and massive fireballs condensed, shooting toward the Mega Gengar in the air.
The Fire-type Fire Blast!
Under the Desolate Land weather, the power of Primal Groudon's STAB Fire Blast was terrifyingly immense, not to mention that Primal Groudon's Special Attack power was also extremely high.
"Phantom Force!"
A shadow rift appeared, and Mega Gengar immediately burrowed into it.
The Fire Blast fireballs missed.
"Phantom Force? Heh heh..."
Giovanni chuckled twice. Deliberately approaching Primal Groudon? That was a death wish!
Don't be fooled by Primal Groudon's immense size; its reaction speed was not slow.
The scene fell silent for a moment. Primal Groudon stood still in place, but constantly observed its surroundings carefully.
A black shadow appeared behind Primal Groudon. Giovanni noticed it immediately, and Primal Groudon also sensed the anomaly.
"Shadow Claw!"
Primal Groudon's claws were wreathed in ghostly shadows as it fiercely tore at the space behind it.
However, what emerged from the shadow rift was Mega Gengar, protected by a green Protect barrier.
Bang!
Shadow Claw heavily struck Protect. Massive gusts of wind scattered, and the surface of the Protect barrier rippled continuously but was not broken.
Giovanni narrowed his eyes.
"Flamethrower!"
"Confuse Ray!"
Deep red flames accumulated in Primal Groudon's mouth, fixed tightly on the Protect barrier.
The moment the Protect barrier dissolved, surging flames erupted.
At the same time, Mega Gengar immediately rose higher, and a strange beam of light shot toward Primal Groudon.
The Ghost-type Confuse Ray!
Confuse Ray shone directly into Primal Groudon's eyes. As for Flamethrower, although Mega Gengar had floated up immediately, Primal Groudon's upward movement was also very fast.
Flamethrower still struck Mega Gengar. Even though Mega Gengar continued flying immediately, it was still hit.
Mega Gengar grimaced in pain; Primal Groudon's power was still very high for it.
But the result was gratifying!
"Confusion successful!"
Mammon's lips curled up as he watched the fiery-red behemoth in the Arena begin to sway from side to side.
Confuse Ray had hit; Primal Groudon was now confused!
Giovanni frowned.
"Was that just to confuse Primal Groudon? But given Primal Groudon's willpower, it should recover quickly."
Alder mused. Confusion was a relatively special negative status condition, but Primal Groudon was a Legendary Pokémon.
Its willpower was self-evident, and the duration of confusion for Primal Groudon would likely not be long.
"Groudon, Fire Blast."
In the Arena, Giovanni tentatively issued a command to Primal Groudon.
But Primal Groudon clearly did not hear Giovanni's voice. Its body was constantly swaying, and it felt like its head was splitting.
Its vision was blurry with constant double images, and it vaguely saw that Fathead Fish mocking it for having its belly swollen back then!
Primal Groudon's temper immediately flared up!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Primal Groudon began wildly blasting Solar Beam (Solar Beam) into the sky, with massive white beams of light continuously shooting upward.
"It seems it has completely lost its mind. Excellent." Mammon's smile deepened upon seeing this.
He knew that confusion probably wouldn't affect Primal Groudon for long, but it didn't matter.
"Gengar, Curse."
Mega Gengar cackled. An ancient, decaying gray Curse Nail condensed in front of it, the tip pointed directly at Mega Gengar.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The Curse Nail was forcefully driven into Mega Gengar's body one after another, a sight that made people wince, yet Mega Gengar displayed an expression of pain mixed with enjoyment.
The Ghost-type Curse!
The Curse Nail quickly disappeared completely into Mega Gengar's body, and a gray, decaying aura drifted toward Primal Groudon.
Primal Groudon's frenzied movements paused, and it also showed a hint of pain.
Curse successful!
"..." Giovanni could only watch helplessly.
The Ghost-type Curse, when used by a Ghost-type Pokémon, causes the user to lose a large portion of its HP, thereby putting the target into the Cursed Status.
Under the Cursed Status, the target loses HP periodically due to the Curse's erosion.
"Poison." Mammon's actions were not yet finished.
The Mega Gengar, whose aura was noticeably weaker, opened its mouth and sprayed a mouthful of dark purple liquid toward Primal Groudon.
The Poison-type Poison!
"Groudon!"
Giovanni couldn't hold back. Curse, and then Poison too?
However, Primal Groudon still didn't hear Giovanni's voice. After the first erosion of the Curse passed, it once again began wildly blasting Solar Beam while confused, like a rampaging, mad beast.
Giovanni's eye twitched in distress.
Poison hit Primal Groudon, and the dark purple liquid instantly eroded into Primal Groudon's body.
The next moment, dark purple poison spots appeared on Primal Groudon's body, and Primal Groudon let out another painful groan.
"Next, Hypnosis or Pain Split?"
Mammon mused.