"Phew, I lost this game. Xia Bo waved his hand helplessly, "Destroying the venue to force me to take back the Pokémon means admitting defeat for the owner who doesn't have the right to change the Pokémon - I haven't seen a whimsical challenger like you in more than a decade." ”

"I'm very sorry. Through the devastated battlefield, Xiao Ye bowed deeply to Xia Bo, "Your drill horned rhinoceros is too powerful to attack the sharp stone, and it will be difficult for my tyrannosaurus to win in an ordinary battle, so I made this decision." After thinking about it, Xiao Ya was ruthless, "If you need compensation......"

"No, no, no. Xia Bo interrupted Xiao Ye's words, "Destroying the field is also one of the ways to fight, how can you let the challenger compensate." "Thinking about the Red Lotus Gym that almost disappeared not long ago due to the destruction of Team Rocket, Xia Bo sincerely felt that his gym was really ill-fated.

"But if it's like this, I'm afraid the official venue won't be usable. Come with me to the alternate venue. ”

"Yes, I'm sorry for you. ”

Turning around, Xia Bo restrained his smile and furrowed his brow.

In all fairness, Night's battle was fought beautifully - the use of the unpopular move Jump, the use of the Tyrannosaurus's air power as a flying attribute Pokémon, and the timing of the earthquake move were impeccable. However, unlike the Tyrannosaurus, which was full of blood as soon as it was fought, the instructions of Xiao Ye, who was a trainer, were too rational and too cold.

Since the attack of the sharp stones from the underground is difficult to avoid, destroying the "earth" is a very logical command - or the logic is too clear to be swayed by any situation in front of you. The destruction of the field is actually very dangerous for the Drillhorn Rhinoceros, and if Xia Bo is not a skilled veteran trainer and does not recover the Drillhorn Rhinoceros in time, the Drillhorn Rhinoceros that falls into the magma will probably lose its life as a result.

Of course, Xia Bo didn't mean to accuse Xiao Ye of being unkind. Combat is not a naïve game of play, and every trainer should be prepared to face the cruelty head-on. If the person who used such a tactic had been an older trainer, Shaber would have been pleased with his maturity and sanity.

However, Xiao Ye is still just a young newcomer who has just debuted for a few months. Any elder who is full of expectations for young people does not want to see such a scene, just like adults never want children of a few years old to be deep and sleek.

"It's here. Leading Sayo and Yojin through the dimly lit tunnel, Xia Bo pushed open the door at the end.

When the clear sky came into view, both young men squinted at the sudden brightening of the light.

They are already located in a crater at the top of the Red Lotus Volcano. The lava lake beneath his feet was still tumbling and boiling, and more than a dozen pillars of rock jutted out of it into the sky, forming a platform for Pokémon to settle on.

"It's been a lot of use lately. Shaber smiled and walked around the rim of the crater to the other side.

Unlike the Gym inside the Cave, there is not even a real battle ground here, and the intermittent rock platform above the Magma Lake looks like it can barely allow Pokémon to stand - of course, as the culprit who destroyed the Red Lotus Gym grounds, Xiao Ye is not qualified to dislike the bad conditions here.

"This guy is my last general. Come out, platypus!"

With Shabber's shout, the creature covered in scorching air sprang up from the lava and landed lightly on the rock platform closest to Shabber.

"Charizard. ”

Sayo also sent out his expected finalist.

The red dragon spread its wings and appeared in the light. Before he could let out his usual roar, Charizard lowered his head, and familiar colors came into view.

Lava, stone walls, for the Pokémon who followed Saya to break into Team Rocket's underground research institute and fight against Apelokanti, such colors are undoubtedly strongly suggestive.

And - on the other side stood a fire-breathing dragon that would never forget and that nearly killed it.

The clear sky-blue eyes were immediately dyed with madness. Charizard roared in the sky, its rumbling sound piercing through the clouds and reverberating violently between heaven and earth, and even Xia Bo showed a look of surprise.

Jumping lightly onto the rocky platform in front of him—an act that unsurprisingly caused Yoma to gasp—Saya patted Charizard on the shoulder.

"Calm down, it's up to you to win or lose this gym battle. ”

The girl's tone was as calm as ever, so that the one-line Charizard quickly came back to his senses. The big guy blinked and scratched his head a little embarrassedly, as if he also felt that he had just yelled too loudly.

"Oh, that's a loud voice. Xia Bo put on a frightened expression, "Why are you so excited all of a sudden, Charizard guy?"

"I'm sorry. We participated in a battle under Red Lotus Island a while ago, which may have made it a little sensitive to lava, so please don't worry. Xiao Ye hurriedly explained.

And the enemy at that time also happened to be a platypus fire beast, and even Saya couldn't help but think of the scene of the life-and-death struggle that day.

"The underground ...... of Red Lotus Island?" Xia Bern thought with his chin in his hands. At the same time that Yojin beside Xiao Ye changed his expression, Xia Bo was stunned, "Could it be that you are talking about the day when the three divine birds attacked?"

"Yes. Xiao Ye nodded. Although the information about her participation in the war should be kept confidential to avoid causing trouble, the other party is a respected Daoist hall owner, so naturally she doesn't have to think about this issue, "You weren't on Red Lotus Island at the time, but I think you should have heard about the battle afterwards." I did have the privilege of being involved in the fight against Team Rocket. It is not a battle on the ground that is known to the public, but an "underground battlefield" that is closely related to the reason for the attack on Red Lotus Island by the three god birds, and only those who participated in the operation will know about it.

This time, Xia Bo was so surprised that he couldn't even tell a cold joke. As the owner of the Gym in Red Lotus City, even though he happened to be not at the scene that day, after returning to Red Lotus City, he would of course learn more about the battle that took place on Red Lotus Island. He was well aware that on that day in Team Rocket's underground research institute, four free trainers who had temporarily joined the team had a fierce conflict with Team Rocket, and miraculously terminated the final step of the process of the Artificial Phoenix King Project.

To put it this way......

After the surprise, Xia Bo suddenly laughed.

I see. That's why she has such an unwavering ability to think and a tactical ability to fade away from the emotional color.

If a young person is born with such abilities, then the person is undoubtedly dangerous. However, for a young man who has experienced the battlefield of life and death and successfully walked out-

And rightfully so, isn't it?

The old man smiled heartily and opened his arms to the blazing air in front of him.

"Like you said, this is a gym war, and it's just a gym war. Come on - let's forget about the fight and have a good fight!"

As Xia Bo's tone became high-pitched, flames erupted around the platypus.

"Smoke!"

"Hot air. ”

The guerrilla's signature ability is to give orders as quickly as possible, and Saya does this unequivocally. As the duckbill dragon spews out smoke mixed with lava, Charizard spreads its wings and rolls up a hot whirlwind.

Both sides are fire-type Pokémon, and attacks of the same type do little damage to them. Charizard unleashed its hot air not in an attempt to attack, but to blow away the smoke that obstructed the view.

With a clear vision, with Charizard's agility, it is impossible for lava to touch it easily.

"Shadow clones, charged flame attacks. ”

Charizard conjured up countless shadows in the air, and the flames at the tip of its tail spread throughout its body, attacking the platypus like a fire meteor in the sky.

For platypus beasts that live in lava, a simple fire attack is unlikely to work. However, if it is a physical attack, even if it can resist the damage of the fire element, the impact is still immune. The impetus from the Charged Flame Attack made Charizard's body faster than ever, and combined with the shadow clone's feint, it was dazzling for a while.

Seeing this, the platypus fire beast also jumped.

Unlike its somewhat bulky body, the platypus firebeast's movements are unexpectedly light and skillful. It flickered and flickered from pillar to pillar, as if it knew the location of each pillar by heart. Its claws dug deep into the rock, making it like a forest lizard in the jungle, flying through the forest of stone pillars.

Charizard's attacks are fast enough, but they're not invulnerable. Grabbing a gap, the duck-billed dragon leaps and plunges straight into the lava.

Passive avoidance? Of course not.

A blazing storm of flames erupted from the lava, sending a thick black smoke with a swoop of fire-breathing dragons hovering over the magma lake. All the shadows were wiped out in the gigantic smoke spitting moves, and the main body also flipped several times in a row, and it was finally able to stabilize its position, and none of them hit the rock pillar.

Attacking with the power of lava is a unique skill that only the platypus can do.

Seeing that the shadow clone was cracked, Charizard simply stopped doing any tricks, relying on his speed to be raised to the highest in history by the Charged Flame Attack, and rushed straight towards the platypus fire beast with the momentum of a single-horse crusade.

The platypus is not weak in melee combat, but it can't fly after all, and it is difficult to exert its full strength when standing on the narrow top of a rock pillar. Xia Bo was obviously well aware of this, and commanded the platypus fire beast to jump left and right, but Charizard, who was not yet familiar with its own speed, almost used its head to meet the rock pillar several times, repeating the old monk's Dafa of hitting the bell during the flight training practice.

"This is where the platypus has grown up to play, and even with its eyes closed, the platypus knows very well what the rock pillars under its feet look like. Xia Bo said with a smile.

"Is the so-called 'home advantage'? This owner is really ruthless. Yojin glanced at Xiao Ye, "How about it, have you figured out a way? If you continue like this, your stupid fire dragon won't be able to touch the platypus fire beast even if you are tired to death." ”

"I guess I figured it out. ”

Looking at Charizard, which was once again flying into the air by a smoke bomb, Xiao Ye raised his voice, "Charged Flame Attack swooped." ”

Charizard had long been impatient with his opponent's hiding in Tibet, and immediately rushed down in flames. This blow of Charizard used twelve percent of its strength, and it also miraculously squeezed out twelve percent of its speed, but unfortunately it still failed to catch up with the dexterous movement of the duck-billed fire dragon.

With a slight leap, the platypus climbed onto another stone pillar. The fire-breathing dragon, which had been overforced, could no longer regain its momentum, and plummeted straight down into the red-hot lava.

Yang Zhen was taken aback, and blurted out the word "not good".

Even if it's a fire-type Pokémon, you can still get hurt if you fall directly into the hot magma - not all fire-type Pokémon are platypus fire beasts that live in lava all year round. Compared to the Pillar of Rock Forest, the lava is the real home of the platypus fire beasts.

Yes, ordinary fire-type Pokémon can't withstand the temperature of magma for a long time, and Saya is certainly well aware of this fact.

However, she also knew that her Charizard had risked her life to evolve by soaking up the hottest energy in a treacherous magma lake. How could such a Charizard be afraid of lava?

At the moment when Charizard's whole body is submerged in the magma, Sayo's instructions arrive.

"The Oath of Fire. ”

Boom Boom –

Countless pillars of flame light rose from the bottom of the lava lake and soared into the sky. The slender pillars of rock were reflected in a fiery red, and even the low clouds overhead were dyed in the color of fire, and for a moment the wind was blazing, and the scene was like purgatory.

The platypus changed position with agility and was not hit head-on by the pillar of flames.

This is...... Borrowing from the practice of the platypus fire beast, it also uses the energy of lava to carry out a wide range of attacks?

The surging gale made Xia Bo's expression serious.

However, you can't hit the target with such a random play, Charizard guy.

Of course, Sayo won't forget that the Fire Oath is just a new move that Charizard has just begun to learn, not to mention an enhanced version of the attack like this, even if the platypus is left standing still on the flat ground as a fixed target, it is a matter of five to five whether it can be hit.

But what does that matter? It's not a "hit" move at all.

After the fire oath that enveloped the audience, what was the next move? If one of Saya's companions was here, it would feel familiar to the development in front of him.

A subtle smile was raised, and the sound of the night's instructions fell.

"Overheating. ”

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Small Theatre:

The platypus is not weak in melee combat, but it can't fly after all, and it is difficult to exert its full strength when standing on the narrow top of a rock pillar. Xia Bo was obviously well aware of this, and commanded the platypus fire beast to jump left and right, but Charizard, who was not yet familiar with its own speed, almost used its head to meet the rock pillar several times, repeating the old monk's Dafa of hitting the bell during the flight training practice.

Yojin: (sarcastically) Oh, this virtue is really familiar. Take it easy, this is not a training base, those broken stone pillars don't stand up to tossing, don't break them.

Sayo: (Suddenly realized) I see, and this trick is there. Thanks for the heads-up!

Yojin: ...... Huh? (I have a bad premonition)