The noise receded, and the clear summer sky cast more and more intense sunlight on the earth.

When his gaze met with a familiar opponent, the orange Yanlong felt a heartfelt joy. The flames rising at the tip of the tail shimmered with a green glow that only appeared in extremely high temperatures, and the sky-colored eyes burned like a lighthouse under the night sky. With the trainer's instructions, it spewed out a scorching flame.

"Spray flames. ”

The fire tore apart the last shred of silence before the battle. Before the flames arrived, the blazing air waves had already distorted the air, and the flames, who were also fire attributes, were not afraid of the red firelight, and flew into the sky with their wings on the heat wave.

"Smoke bombs. ”

As the unfamiliar command came out, Yan spit out billowing black smoke. The reddish wind stirred as it flapped its wings, and the next moment it struck forward with a smoke screen.

It's a combination of hot air and smoke screens. The blazing wind made up for the lack of speed at which the smoke screen spread, and the thick smoke and dust were almost condensed into a sphere, breaking through the wind like bullets, and smashing into Charizard's feet in the blink of an eye.

Sensing that Charizard had not had time to leave the range of the spherical smoke screen, Saya immediately said, "Shadow clone—"

"Rockslides. ”

Surrounded by black smoke, Charizard quickly separated many true and false illusions, but Yan didn't care about it. A torrent of rocks rained down from above the smoke screen, shattering all the real and false light and shadows, and the screams of Charizard were buried in the loud sound of the stones crashing.

The spherical smoke screen contains much less dust than the most standard smoke screen, and the agitation caused by the collision of the rock with the ground is enough to dissipate it. Yan keenly heard Charizard's roar when it was injured, and immediately bullied forward to take advantage of the victory to pursue.

And the voice of the other trainer was exactly stuck in the moment when the noise of the rockslide ended, and it sounded exactly the same, "Purgatory." ”

Crimson flames spread out around Charizard. It was a high-temperature flame that would also be burned by fire-type Pokémon, and Yan had to temporarily retreat to protect himself.

At the same time, Xiao Ye heard the familiar command from the young man opposite.

"The Oath of Fire. ”

Countless pillars of fire rose from the ground, staining the battlefield red with gravel and mud. Charizard, who was about to rush forward, hurriedly held on to its momentum, so that it did not plunge headlong into the fire.

During the battle against Brand's Eloredo, Charizard relied on an unskilled Fire Oath to block the opponent's teleportation and use it as a vehicle for the Big Bang to win the game. This time, however, the Fire Oath that was opened by Yan was very different—the rising pillars of fire were neatly raised, surrounding Charizard like a cage fence, completely encircling it, leaving only the only narrow passage in front of it.

Charizard's form froze in the air. The command of the Thunderbolt Fist followed, and the flame of the thunderbolt launched a dive against the prey in the cage.

Saya had seen Flame's use of the Fire Oath more than once. She knew that Yan could use overheat to strengthen the Fire Oath at any time, and even the platypus beasts living in the magma could not withstand such heat, let alone Charizard, which was inferior to the platypus fire beasts in heat resistance. In this case, what should be done naturally is-

"Charged Flame Attack. ”

The orange flame dragon donned the suit of flames and fearlessly slammed towards the only exit of the cage, as if afraid of the danger of the fence, and had to fight the claws surrounded by thunder and lightning.

Just before the two sides were about to collide, Charizard made a sharp turn and rose up to avoid the flames, and rushed into the air against the pillar of fire.

Before the fire dragon who had escaped the catastrophe could breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Tian's additional order had already arrived.

"Dragon's Fury. ”

The pillar of fire closest to Charizard stirred. Sensing that something was wrong, Saya immediately gave instructions to avoid it urgently, but by the time the sound reached Charizard's ears, it was still half a step too late. The fiery tornado mixed with dragon flames suddenly expanded in the center of the Fire Oath, instantly bringing the location of the Charizard into the burning range.

"Smoke bombs, rock avalanches. ”

When Long Yan touched Charizard, the silver-haired boy immediately uttered a new command, as if he was the one who was good at high-speed combat. Charizard had barely broken free from the shackles of the Blinding Dragon's Flame when a globular smoke screen exploded around it again, and the ensuing rain of rocks ravaged the field, causing the earth to rumble and tremble.

This set of serial attacks is obviously a killing move that Yan has been training for a long time, and with Charizard's ability, he can't find a gap to avoid at all, and it seems that he can only be beaten with his head under the power of the rock avalanche. However, when the torrential rain stopped falling, the orange shadow was long gone from the smoke and dust that gradually dissipated.

Yan's trainer couldn't help but be stunned, and his opponent had already raced against time to insert the new order.

"Charged Flame Attack. ”

Without warning, the roaring dragon burst out of the ground and slammed into the soft abdomen, causing it to bend in pain—Charizard had previously taken advantage of the smoke and dust to hide in a hole in the ground.

Digging holes is a trick it learned to facilitate its operations in the field during the time of the Baby Fire Dragon, and it does not match the evolved Charizard's fighting style. However, there is nothing rusty about its movements, as if it has never neglected to practice this chicken move.

Xiao Tian instinctively sensed that Charizard's actions seemed to be a little inconsistent, but reason told him that such a surprise attack would never succeed a second time, and the trajectory of his thoughts only paused for a moment before returning to the sky battlefield belonging to Charizard.

The surprise attack caused Charizard to finally inflict real damage on Yan, and its excitement made it almost forget the pain caused by the rock smash. The two sides regrouped in the air and engaged in a new round of entanglement.

Flame's style of play is not as unpredictable as the previous Pokkigu or Shakiras, and his fighting style is more focused on attack and defense in terms of strength. It is older than Charizard, and it has a much richer variety of moves than Charizard, so it can find a way to break the game no matter what situation it faces. With just the advantage of hard power and the richness of his moves, Yan was enough to steadily suppress Charizard, not to mention that Xiao Tian's command level was significantly higher than that of his opponent.

Sayo tried to switch between different playing styles and rhythms, but still couldn't seize the initiative of the other party as he wished. Unlike Bai Lan's Eluredo, Yan has the ability to fly like Charizard, and when the Sky Battlefield is no longer the exclusive domain of Charizard, the method of "Goofy to forcibly interrupt the fierce fight" is naturally useless.

The increased scars caused Charizard's stamina to decline. Taking advantage of its flaws, a vortex of flame imprisoned Charizard in the center, filling the opponent's vision with a dazzling wall of fire.

Charizard received the order and immediately flew upwards in an attempt to bypass the dangerous vortex wall - before the flame vortex unfolded, Yan was at the same height as Charizard, rushing out of a blade that would likely hit his opponent head-on.

In the next moment, Yan's figure suddenly appeared above the flame vortex.

Charizard was startled and instinctively stopped flying. But Sayo immediately sensed that something was wrong—the Flame Vortex's obstruction prevented her from seeing Yan's specific movements, but it was sure that Yan was as fast as Charizard, and it would never be possible to reach the Fire Vortex before she started later.

"Charged Flame Attack!"

The trainer's sudden speed of speech caused Charizard to put on its red suit faster than usual. It soared under the impetus of the flames, and it was about to cross the wall of fire that blinded it.

The bright sword light suddenly cut off the flame vortex. Torrential sparks flew in the air, dazzling, and the razor-sharp blades of the wind had pierced the barrier from the bottom up, carving scars into Charizard's body.

The "flames" above the whirlpool were also swept by the concussive air, silently dissipating in the firelight - if you look closely, the real flames are clearly still in place, and what appears above is only a shadow clone used to interfere with Charizard's judgment.

The orange flame dragon finally escaped the pursuit of the wind blade, and its body staggered and fell to the ground. Its left wing was slashed in the air, and scarlet blood flowed down the dragon's wings.

The pain dulled Charizard's brain, and he gasped for breath and didn't immediately pounce on his opponent.

The Air Slash is an "upgrade move" that Charizard can master as it grows naturally. Charizard is currently proficient in most of the fire attribute attacks, and its mastery of air slashing can only be regarded as barely useful, and it can hit a single target. There's nothing you can do if you want to cast it differently, such as sending the Wind Blade out of the Vortex of Shredding Flames in a way that circles you.

The air slash emitted by the flame was like a substantial sword light, and each slash was flexible and powerful, almost a world away from the air slash in Charizard's memory.

Half a year later, Charizard once again felt the frustration he had experienced in the mountains behind Zhenxin Town.

At one point, it felt like it had sweated enough, experienced enough setbacks, and defeated enough strong enemies. It fantasized that it had caught up with Yan, that it would be able to compete with Yan on the same stage, and even defeat the other party. Now that it has been proven that hard work is only the first ticket to the game, perhaps Charizard has never narrowed the distance between it and the opponent it unilaterally identifies.

- And isn't that where it is most familiar?

The moment he clearly realized his weakness again, the flames on the tip of Charizard's tail rose brightly.

Yan keenly sensed that his opponent's state had slipped to the point where he could no longer maintain 100% combat strength, and immediately rushed forward to attack. Charizard ignored the sharp pain on his left flank, flapped its wings violently and soared into the air. It dodged the claws of the lightning flash, gathered its wings and swooped downward, a fist containing fire energy slamming into the ground.

—The Oath of Fire. ”

Pillars of dazzling fire rose from the ground one after another—flames that weren't as haphazardly dotted as usual, and the scorching energy that flowed through the dirt erupted violently from the caverns deep underground, instantly turning the opposing battlefield into a sea of fire.

...... flames erupt from caves?

Xiao Tian immediately sensed the suspicion. Charizard did use a burrow once in a match, but it was only once, and it lasted less than five seconds, so how could it be possible to dig so many burrows?

As the trainer pauses in thought, Charizard's form flickers and suddenly disappears into the flames. When the Fire Oath was connected to the cavern, the pillar of fire became a gateway to the underground, and the orange flame dragon disappeared into the ground in an instant, and two seconds later, the large-shaped flames erupted from a completely different direction, smashing directly into the body of the flame who could not dodge.

By the time Yan followed the direction from which the impact had come to locate the attacker, Charizard had long since disappeared. The pillar of fire in the sky became the best protective color, and no one could tell where it appeared until Charizard spat out a large-shaped burst of flame.

This flame version of the whack-a-mole attack made Yan a little caught off guard for a while, and he was hit by the big word explosion flame one after another - it was the most explosive and fastest flying fire move, and it was impossible to completely dodge it when he couldn't see the attacker's front move. The penetration of the Fire Oath has caused the underground to be filled with fire attribute energy, and the air that rises in temperature is just right for Charizard, and its speed in the cavern is constantly increasing, and the dense attacks make Yan not even find the space to change his moves.

The silver-haired teenager frowned slightly, putting aside the issue of the burrow for the time being, "Earthquake." ”

Without a doubt, this is the most logical response to the situation on the field - the caves dug by Charizard are basically concentrated in the middle of the field, and such a dense number of caves are interconnected, which naturally makes the ground fragile. The flames descended from the scorching flames, a hazy yellow light wrapping around its feet. If you are solid this time, the underground cavern will definitely collapse in an instant.

As if waiting for the moment when Yan was close to the ground, Xiao Ye suddenly ordered, "Rock Avalanche!"

Xiao Tian's heart suddenly sounded an alarm bell. The rockslide of the rock system was four times more restrained than Charizard, and Yan was falling rapidly at the moment, and there was no time to change direction and dodge. If this round of attacks hits in a real way, the tide of the battle will definitely be turned subversively.

In a flash of thought, Xiaotian decisively gave the instruction to "hold". Yan gave up on the earthquake and let his body continue to fall, the turquoise light mask expanding silently.

However, the expected rocky rainstorm did not come. Charizard burst out of a cavern, bathing in flames that became a booster of acceleration. At the moment when the light shield that was guarding dissipated in vain, the orange shadow suddenly activated and directly knocked Yan out.

- Unlike the abundant Yan in the move pool, Charizard doesn't have any rockslides at all, it's just a pre-match code word for "melee attack".

Charizard, who succeeded in one blow, took advantage of the situation to make up for the dragon's claws, which were not very skillful, and then turned around and fled, as if he wanted to hide in the hole again and repeat the old trick. Xiao Tian naturally wouldn't let it go, and immediately instructed Yan to launch a pursuit.

During the lightning chase, Xiao Tian vaguely noticed that Charizard's movements seemed to be a little uncoordinated, and the accumulated acceleration of the Charged Flame Attack failed to shake it off.

Is it because of an injury to the wing?

Perhaps it was the light of the Fire Oath that interfered with his vision, and Xiao Tian failed to find the scar on Charizard's wings. After a breath, Yan's dragon claws were already clasping Charizard's arm.

A throbbing bolt of lightning emerged from the tip of Yan's claws, and in the next second, a sharp electric current would pierce Charizard's body. Charizard, however, had no intention of breaking free, and suddenly reached out and clasped Yan's claws on himself.

The orange flame dragon burst out with the greatest power in this body. Yan only felt a powerful pull coming from Charizard's body, and as soon as the scenery in front of him blossomed, he fell into a blazing heat.

Xiao Tian watched the figures of the two fire-breathing dragons sink into the hole together, and subtle doubts rose from the bottom of his heart.

He'd seen Charizard's way of defeating Brandy in the quarterfinals, so he'd been wary of Charizard's "big bang" for a long time. However, even if Charizard dragged Yan into the cave, it would not be able to detonate the Fire Oath like this, and Charizard, whose physical consumption was far greater than Yan, would obviously fall into the explosion first, not to mention that the collapse of the dirt and gravel would inevitably cause secondary damage to the Pokémon in the cave.

Unless it finds a way to keep Yan underground, flying high to avoid the explosion - but how could Yan make such a mistake?

The next moment, the silver-haired teenager's eyes widened in astonishment.

The moment the two Charizards fell into the hole, a third Charizard soared into the sky from a very different opening. The astonishment made the boy's mind pause slightly, and the pictures he had seen before were connected in his mind little by little.

The scars that disappeared from the wings, the slightly uncoordinated movements, and the sudden appearance of the third Charizard, the word "stand-in", were already bright when the word "stand-in" appeared belatedly.

The orange flame dragon roared, pouring all the energy in his body into the ground. The majestic pillars of light pierced the dirt, and cracks filled the entire battlefield in an instant. A huge sense of crisis hit Yan who had just entered the cave, but it was already too late.

"Flame Vortex - Overheat!"

With a loud rumble of the earth, the interconnected caverns were brutally pierced by flames. The energy of the Fire Oath swirls in a swirling shape, converging along the horizontal pathways that have been dug up for a long time, and all the land that is passed through by the cavern becomes a link in the vast "underground flame vortex". The restless flame throbbed violently and expanded, and then—

It was completely detonated by the scorching golden red.

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