Countless Frenzy Plants were directly shattered by Rock Wrecker; both sides' moves were rapidly depleting energy, and it was just a matter of who would run out of energy and fall first.
Giovanni watched the scene expressionlessly, roughly calculating in his mind. Although his Rhyperior was heavily injured, the opponent's Venusaur was still a bit weaker in attack power compared to Rhyperior. Therefore, the outcome of this clash should result in his Rhyperior coming out on top.
However, even so, Rhyperior definitely wouldn't have any combat ability afterward, while the opponent's Venusaur was still in its prime. Even if Rock Wrecker hit, it wouldn't be enough to directly take it down, so no matter what, he lost this battle.
But it didn't matter, Giovanni never expected to win this fight anyway. It was just that being pushed to this state by a Professional Peak level Pokemon made Giovanni feel somewhat disgraced.
However, the world always champions the victor. As long as he could win the ultimate victory, what did it matter if this one looked ugly?
What Giovanni didn't expect was that his defeat would be even uglier than imagined.
Rock Wrecker kept shattering the Frenzy Plants, but new green plants endlessly emerged from the ground, firmly holding Rock Wrecker outside Venusaur's domain.
No matter how the Frenzy Plant broke, the Rock Wrecker couldn't advance past a certain point. The stalemate lasted for a dozen or so seconds, and ultimately, the growth speed of Frenzy Plant couldn't match the destructive speed of Rock Wrecker.
As Rock Wrecker diminished to less than a 50-centimeter diameter, the Frenzy Plant was blasted open, but what awaited Rock Wrecker were dozens of spinning sharp leaves!
Razor Leaf!
"Swish, swish, swish!" The blades cut through the rocks, slicing the remaining Rock Wrecker into pieces!
Rock Wrecker was indeed slightly stronger than Frenzy Plant, but this Frenzy Plant was initially used by Venusaur. It didn't require separate energy to create and instead would propagate on its own.
Thus, it had extra energy to use other moves. As long as Razor Leaf was used after Frenzy Plant, the remaining Rock Wrecker would be cut into pieces.
After using Rock Wrecker, Rhyperior fell to the ground with a thud before Venusaur could counterattack!
The previous Rock Wrecker was his last bit of strength. After using it, Rhyperior fell into a coma, completely losing combat ability.
Giovanni expressionlessly recalled Rhyperior and casually tossed the Pokeball aside, coldly saying, "Useless thing, couldn't even defeat a Professional Level Peak Pokemon."
"What are you doing! That's your Pokemon!!" Ash's face darkened at Giovanni's actions, and he shouted at him.
Giovanni was unmoved: "My Pokemon? Don't be ridiculous. It's just a backup Pokemon. Originally, it had the chance to become my main Pokemon, but unfortunately, it didn't seize that opportunity. After this battle is over, I'll just exile it to be experimented on."
Ash: ...
Giovanni's words made Ash clench his fists tightly, the anger on his face nearly bursting out. This was the leader of Team Rocket, even more extreme than his subordinates. Not even Team Rocket's infamous trio had ever made him this angry.
Though those three always thought about doing bad things, they practically never succeeded. Most importantly, they still retained a love for Pokemon. Whenever they saw Pokemon in trouble, they would unconsciously lend a hand.
This is one reason Ash repeatedly let them go.
But this person...is rotten to the core!
This is the one who should be captured and locked away in prison forever!
The cruel nature of Mewtwo that Blaine mentioned probably couldn't be separated from this man's influence. Today, he not only needed to dismantle Team Rocket, but also rescue Mewtwo from Giovanni's clutches!
"The first battle is yours. As a reward, I'll give you this." Giovanni said, pulling out a metal badge resembling a green leaf from his pocket and tossing it over.
Ash caught it casually and glanced at it. This was proof of defeating the Viridian Gym Leader, a green badge.
He pinned it inside his shirt, bringing his collection to eight badges, even though Ash wasn't particularly eager for this guy's badge. However, compared to saving time for focused training without the need to travel around collecting badges, he chose to accept it.
Whether it was good or evil, as long as he could participate in the Quartz Conference.
"The battle with the Gym Leader is over. Next, as the leader of Team Rocket, I will have a second match with you. By now, you should have collected eight badges, right? Once you become a member of Team Rocket, go on to win the Quartz Conference, and display your identity as a Team Rocket member as the champion, watching the expressions of the league and the audience would be quite entertaining!" Giovanni grinned menacingly.
From the beginning, Giovanni intended that even if Ash became a member of Team Rocket, he would still send him to compete in the Quartz Conference.
When Ash became the conference champion and revealed his Team Rocket identity, the hypocrites in the league would surely have amusing expressions.
As for whether Ash's identity would be exposed initially...other than those present, who would think Ash joined Team Rocket? If Ash lost, could these people still leave here? Impossible!
But Giovanni didn't expect that the needle-like camera on Ash's collar had already recorded everything here. Even if there was a one in ten thousand chance of Ash becoming a Team Rocket member, if Giovanni dared to let Ash out, he would be immediately captured by Lorelei and Agatha and taken back to the league for processing.
However, this situation assumes Ash's defeat. Would Ash lose? It depended on who Giovanni's next Pokemon was.
"My second Pokemon is... Go, Mewtwo." Giovanni waved his hand, summoning a floating, mechanically-clad Pokemon to battle.
After a moment's pause, Mewtwo's body began to levitate slowly onto the battlefield. At the same time, Giovanni partially removed the mechanical restraints on Mewtwo, releasing its level to Champion-Level.
This level was still within Giovanni's control range. Any higher, and even Giovanni would find it difficult to manage.
As Mewtwo appeared, the expressions of the trio outside the barrier began to change. Misty and Brock hadn't expected Giovanni to be so ruthless, sending out not his own Pokemon but the Artificial Pokemon Mewtwo as the second contender!
When they entered, Misty and Brock already knew this heavy-machine-clad Pokemon was Mewtwo, because Ash had mentioned that Mewtwo was targeting Gary, which is why he rushed in.
But Gary didn't know this Pokemon was Mewtwo!
Upon hearing Giovanni send out Mewtwo and seeing the Pokemon beside him levitate, Gary's face turned green!
All this time, he had been fighting Mewtwo?!
He didn't know the origin of Mewtwo nor its appearance, but from Blaine's description, he knew what level of Pokemon Mewtwo was.
It was a frightening Pokemon that even made Blaine fear, stating that Champion-level Pokemon were just mere vegetables in its presence. Back then, Gary even said he should have no interaction with Mewtwo.
Given his current strength, even if he encountered Mewtwo, Mewtwo probably wouldn't spare him a glance.
But he never expected Giovanni to hold such a grudge! All he did was casually dismiss him once, and he resorted to using Mewtwo against him?!
No wonder even an Elite Level would trounce all of his Pokemon, leaving them without the strength to counterattack!
Giovanni, you darned villain!!