Talonflame opened its small beak, and a scorching flame shot straight toward Dragonair.
"Dragonair, dodge quickly!"
Hearing this, Dragonair quickly shifted its agile body to the side, easily dodging the attack.
"Nice! Well dodged, Dragonair. Next, use... Oh no!!!"
Lin Siyu was overjoyed and just about to issue another command, but she suddenly froze halfway through.
In that instant, she suddenly remembered a critical issue.
Although she had been practicing flying with Dragonair before this, she had forgotten to check what moves Dragonair knew!
Seeing this, Meng Xi almost burst into laughter. "But Siyu, with such a perfect opportunity, you can't blame me for this."
She immediately commanded, "Little Fire, now's your chance! Use Brave Bird!"
Lin Siyu was frantically searching for her Pokédex, but when she looked up at the sound, her eyes widened immediately.
"No! Wait! Pause! I'm not ready yet! What moves does Dragonair know?!"
"Ao???"
Dragonair turned its head in disbelief, looking at its trainer.
However, Talonflame didn't care about any of that.
"Wa!"
It immediately spread its wings, and in an instant, its entire body was enveloped in blue flames.
Like a sharp sword, it charged toward its opponent with full force.
"Found it... Wait! Dragonair, dodge quickly!"
"Ao."
Seeing that Talonflame had already charged right in front of it, Dragonair didn't dare to delay and hurriedly controlled its body to dodge the attack at the last second.
But Talonflame wouldn't let it succeed, quickly performing a sharp turn to strike back with its superior maneuverability.
At such a close distance, Dragonair's long body was unable to dodge in time.
"Ao!"
Dragonair took the Brave Bird attack head-on, its long Tail dragging across the ground for several meters before it managed to stop.
"Ao."
Feeling the pain in its abdomen, Dragonair curled up slightly.
Fei Xiao's sharp gaze even noticed the glint of tears in the corner of Dragonair's eye.
She couldn't help but shake her head at this. "Really, neither the trainer nor the Pokémon is easy to worry about."
"Dragonair, can you still hold on?"
When Lin Siyu took out her pokédex, Dragonair had already been hit by the opponent's move, and she immediately felt incredibly guilty.
"Ao!"
Dragonair seemed to respond to its trainer, and within moments, it lifted its head again, its eyes filled with rage directed at Talonflame.
Seeing this, Meng Xi didn't give the opponent any chance to recover and quickly shouted.
"Press the attack, Little Fire! Encore, Flamethrower!"
Talonflame flew in the air, and the flames in its mouth poured down once more.
"Little Meng, you're so despicable!"
Lin Siyu was shocked, but she quickly scanned Dragonair with her pokédex.
She took a hurried look and issued a command.
"Dragonair, use... use Aqua Tail!"
"Ao!"
Seeing the menacing flames, Dragonair gathered its courage and quickly rotated its body.
Its small Tail, adorned with two blue gems, spun rapidly like a propeller, and intense water currents appeared out of thin air, wrapping entirely around the Tail.
"Ao!"
Dragonair executed a dragon Tail swing, and a water vortex, no weaker than the flames, collided head-on with the Flamethrower.
But in less than a moment, the contact between the two moves produced a large amount of steam, and the water vortex overwhelmed the Flamethrower almost completely.
"Oh no! Little Fire, watch out!"
Talonflame looked alarmed and tried to flap its wings to escape quickly.
But the water vortex had already completely engulfed Talonflame's body.
"Ao!"
Dragonair roared, swinging its Tail rapidly and slamming it into the ground, carrying the Aqua Tail at its tip.
Talonflame, caught inside, was slammed heavily into the ground along with it.
Boom!!!
The ground was forcibly smashed into a crater several meters wide.
"Dragonair, you did great!"
Seeing this, Lin Siyu couldn't help but cheer out loud.
"Ao??!!!"
Dragonair was stunned at first, but seeing its masterpiece and receiving its trainer's praise, it puffed out its chest and looked proud.
"Little Fire!"
Meng Xi called out to Little Fire with a worried expression.
"Wa!"
As she spoke, Talonflame took off from the ground a few seconds later.
Seeing Little Fire's figure, Meng Xi relaxed significantly.
Fei Xiao watched this scene with a smile.
This Water-type move had dealt quite a bit of damage to Talonflame.
Although this was Lin Siyu's first battle and she was a bit reckless, the move she chose in her panic was quite effective.
I really didn't expect this battle to have some quality to it.
Lin Siyu couldn't help but feel a bit smug.
"Hehe, Water-type moves are super effective against Fire-type ones!"
"Little Meng, you couldn't have guessed that my Dragonair happens to know a Water-type move, right?"
"Dragonair, Encore, Aqua Tail!"
As Lin Siyu's command came, even Dragonair was full of fighting spirit this time.
Its agile Tail spun rapidly once again, and the familiar, massive water vortex attacked the figure in the air.
Meng Xi also knew about the type advantage and understood that she couldn't take this move head-on.
"Little Fire, dodge quickly, and then use Air Slash!"
"Wa!"
Hearing this, Talonflame immediately turned to dodge the incoming water vortex.
Dragonair, unwilling to give up, dragged its heavy Tail, using the Aqua Tail to chase after its opponent.
But Talonflame's flight speed was too fast, and the Aqua Tail couldn't keep up.
Talonflame gathered energy in its wings, seized the opportunity, and fired several blades toward its opponent.
"Dragonair, dodge first!"
Dragonair, relying on its agile body, precisely dodged through the gaps between the blades, taking no damage at all.
Lin Siyu felt a headache looking at Talonflame flying in the sky.
"Damn it! So you can fly, big deal! Dragonair, show Little Meng your training results—we're flying up too!"
"Ao?"
Dragonair was stunned at first, but quickly adjusted its mindset.
The two wings on its head spread out, and soon its body began to slowly lift off the ground.
"Melo?"
"Did it succeed?"
"seed?"
"Did it learn to fly?"
The spectators offered their own comments.
But... no matter how hard Dragonair tried, it could still only get ten inches off the ground at most.
Everyone present:... Meng Xi:...
Lin Siyu gave an awkward smile; it seemed it had failed after all!
"Ao!"
Dragonair's small blue face turned red from the strain, but it still couldn't rise any higher.
Seeing this, a gleam flashed in Meng Xi's eyes, and she thought to herself, "So you still can't fly, huh?"
"Talonflame, the opponent still can't fly. Keep using Air Slash to kite Dragonair."
"Wa."
As the command was given, more blades than before poured down. Countless blades covered almost all of the opponent's escape routes.
"Damn! Little Meng, you play dirty!"
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