Boom, boom, boom!
The battlefield erupted into flames everywhere, and the two Pokémon began their most ferocious confrontation!
In the end, this battle turned into the most direct clash between the two Pokémon. On one side was the move Flare Blitz, and on the other, the move Dragon Rush.
Both Pokémon unleashed their most powerful moves and collided violently with each other, as if a meteor were crashing into the Earth. Terrifying flames spread through the air and transformed into a true sea of fire!
"If it's only a state of rage, the Sunny Day Dragon won't lose," Naira said calmly, watching the sky engulfed in flames, a confident smile on her face.
Just as she finished speaking, a figure was blasted out from within the flames and fell heavily to the ground.
At the same time, the sea of fire burning in the air began to stir and gather at a single point, slowly rotating until it revealed the sturdy body of Charizard.
It was obvious that in the clash of ultimate moves, Charizard had gained an absolute advantage. Thanks to the Flare Blitz enhanced by the Sunny Day Dragon, Salamence was directly defeated.
Seeing this scene, the Charizard let out even more enthusiastic dragon roars, while the Salamence showed expressions of displeasure.
What had happened on the stage was truly humiliating—being a pseudo-legendary and yet losing to a Charizard!
"L-Lost?!" Kevin's pupils shrank sharply.
At that moment, he had no choice but to take the strength of Ethan's Charizard seriously.
"This Ethan is really strong!"
"The potential of this Charizard is not inferior to that of any pseudo-legendary!"
After witnessing Charizard's terrifying performance, no one dared to underestimate Ethan anymore.
"I don't know what his other Pokémon are like..." a dragon messenger said with a serious expression. After seeing Ethan's strength, he began to worry.
Under normal circumstances, almost all dragon messengers had at least one Dragon-type pseudo-legendary. Quite a few possessed two, but those with three were extremely rare.
For example, this worried dragon messenger: his initial Pokémon was Dragonite, his second was Goodra, but his third Pokémon was only an ordinary Dragon-type Pokémon.
In that case, if Ethan also had two Dragon-type pseudo-legendaries, combined with this Charizard, his strength would be enough to enter the strongest group among the dragon messengers!
"So this guy is called Ethan... I remember there wasn't any Dragon-type pseudo-legendary on his team."
At that moment, another dragon messenger thought for a bit and spoke.
Charizard, Tyranitar, Vibrava, Gyarados, and Kingdra—he remembered it clearly.
When he had first seen that lineup, he had even mocked it inwardly.
"Huh?"
"Only those Pokémon? What kind of team is that?"
"Vibrava? He even has a Pokémon that hasn't fully evolved yet? It looks like on his team, only Charizard and Tyranitar are worth paying attention to."
After hearing his companion's words, the dragon messenger's worries dissipated considerably, and a confident smile returned to his face.
...
After the battle ended, Ethan returned with Charizard to the side of the Daleron League, where Naira, Lucien Foster, and Marcus Foster were discussing dragon messengers from other Leagues.
"Good job, Ethan. That Clyde is considered a genius even within the Tavaria League, and yet you defeated him. It seems your strength has increased tremendously during this time."
Marcus looked at Ethan with great excitement. The strength Charizard had just displayed was far superior to what it had shown in the university exchange tournament.
While Ethan was talking with Marcus, a trace of doubt appeared in Naira's eyes.
Although what Charizard had shown earlier was clearly the Sunny Day Dragon, she vaguely felt that there was something different about it.
However, she couldn't say exactly what it was. It was a very strange feeling.
Moreover, Charizard's current strength had deeply surprised her.
Back in the Cross Cup, Charizard's own strength had clearly been inferior to her Charizard's. Only by using the Sunny Day Dragon had it managed to draw.
Now, with Charizard fully developed, using the Sunny Day Dragon once again, its power had increased by more than an entire level!
In the time that followed, the battles continued.
During this process, both Marcus and Naira stepped onto the battlefield.
Marcus won without any surprises, but Naira did encounter difficulties.
Her opponent was none other than Kevin from the Tavaria League.
Facing him, Naira also sent out Charizard, and Kevin responded by sending out Salamence.
Once again, Charizard and Salamence faced off, but this time the outcome was completely opposite to the previous battle.
During the fight, Naira's Charizard activated the overheated state, but Kevin's Salamence immediately activated the move Outrage.
After activating Outrage, a Pokémon's wild nature is completely released, all its physical capabilities increase terrifyingly, but in exchange it enters a state of madness.
However, Kevin's Salamence was able to perfectly control the move Outrage. After entering that state, its physical abilities fully increased and its ferocity was completely unleashed—yet without losing its reason!
In that state, Salamence's combat power was displayed to perfection. Charizard's situation was similar: overheating caused its strength to explode instantly, greatly increasing its close-combat capability.
Thus, the overheated Charizard and the Salamence in the Outrage state erupted into the most brutal close-quarters battle.
In the end, Salamence, thanks to its more robust body, suppressed Charizard and obtained the final victory.
"What a strong Salamence... In this battle, it seems it didn't even use all of its strength."
After observing the battle between Salamence and Charizard, Ethan's expression turned serious.
"It really is very strong. Among all the dragon messengers in this competition, only three people possess teams with three Dragon-type pseudo-legendaries... and he is one of them."
Marcus also spoke. Just moments ago, he had compared Kevin's Salamence with his own.
The result was clear: if his Salamence were to face the opponent's directly, he had no confidence at all in winning.
But that Salamence wasn't even Kevin's initial Pokémon. If his Hydreigon were even stronger, then whether in 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 battles, he would have no chance of victory at all!
(End of chapter)