Pokémon Heart Journey

Chapter 282: Fierce Battle (5)

The referee's double flag dropped, "Round four, Iron Trace vs. Charizard, begin!"

Sundae raised his hand, his voice calm but with a hint of enthusiasm: "Spin at high speed."

The four tracks on the iron track roared simultaneously, and jagged blades sprang out from the edges of the steel armor. The entire body transformed into a giant metal flywheel, crushing the gravel into powder, and the dust billowed, its trajectory forming a straight line of death.

"Up! Air Slash!"

The fire-breathing dragon flapped its wings furiously, squeezing out every last bit of its strength. Two crescent-shaped air blades slashed at the flywheel. However, the iron tracks shifted slightly under the high-speed rotation, and the air blades scraped against the steel armor, sending up a string of sparks and shaving off only a few pieces of iron chips.

The flywheel was right in front of him in the blink of an eye. Xiaozhi's pupils shrank suddenly: "Flash Charge, avoid it!"

boom!

The fire-breathing dragon, engulfed in blue-white flames, streaked across the sky like a meteor in reverse. The flywheel on the Iron Tracks nearly brushed past its tail flames, its teeth plowing a half-foot-deep furrow in the stone ground. Undeterred, it slammed heavily into the shattered protective wall behind it, denting the entire alloy wall with a clang. The flames of the Flash Charge burned a section of it black.

Before the dust had dissipated, Sundae raised his hand: "Iron Hoof Ray."

The mechanical trunk on Tiezhuji's back was raised high, and orange-red energy began to gather in its mouth. A bright beam of light tore through the night and chased the fire-breathing dragon in the air.

Xiaozhi immediately recognized the attack and feared he couldn't dodge it, so he roared, "Beat it with Dragon Claw!"

Charizard's right claw blazed with indigo light, and it swung down fiercely, meeting the beam. The light collided with the claw, and energy exploded into a blinding ball of light at the claw's tip. The aftermath sent Charizard tumbling three times in the air. The beam grazed its left wing, and its black-gold membrane instantly charred and curled, spilling blood and ash.

There was no reason for the opponent to breathe. The "clacking" sound of the iron tracks rolling on the ground was heard again. It turned its front end and spewed steam again, like a steel beast that smelled blood.

Xiaozhi dug his nails into his palms. Every breath of Charizard was a hiss of fire and blood, but he still used his tail to support himself, his eyes burning with blue rage.

"One more time, Dragon Claw..." Xiaozhi's voice was filled with a hint of stubbornness.

Charizard growled in response, slamming its claws into the ground and using the momentum to leap forward. However, this time, Tiezhuji didn't give it a chance to charge.

"Heavy impact!"

The ground beneath the iron tracks cracked inch by inch, and the armor was covered in a metallic sheen, like a moving steel mountain. It charged head-on at the Charizard, not at a fast speed, but with an absolute weight that could crush anything.

The moment dragon claws collided with steel armor, a sharp, tearing sound echoed throughout the arena. Charizard's claws tore three long, deep gashes into the iron-tracked breastplate, sparks visible through them, but it couldn't stop the overwhelming force of the impact. The next second, it was sent flying, flung over ten meters like a kite with a broken string, slamming into the ground in a cascade of rubble and dust.

"Charizard!"

In the dust, the fire-breathing dragon struggled to hold its upper body upright, its tail flames shrunken to the size of soybeans. Its left arm drooped limply at its side, the indigo blades of its claws flickering twice before finally extinguishing.

The iron tracks slowly turned, the scars left by dragon claws on the tracks like hideous medallions. Sundae raised his hand and gave the final command: "End it, Iron Hoof Beam."

The orange-red light appeared in his mouth again.

Xiaozhi gritted his teeth and reached for the Poké Ball at his waist - but at this moment, Charizard used up the last of its strength, raised its head and sprayed out an "Overheat".

boom! !

A pillar of crimson flame roared out of its charred throat like a reverse waterfall. The temperature was so high that even the air was burned, making a crisp sound like glass breaking.

Tiezhuji's "Iron Hoof Beam" had just left its mouth when two destructive energies collided violently in the center of the field.

There was no sound from the explosion—or rather, the sound was muffled by pure light and heat.

A circle of blazing white impact rings swept outward, shaking the gravel into dust first, and then melted into a glassy slag shell by the high temperature.

The audience and the two people on the field held their breath, staring intently at the center covered by the light.

One second, two seconds...

The fireball collapsed, revealing two blurry shadows.

Tiezhuji was half-kneeling on the ground, its tracks broken, a charred round hole melted through the left side of the steel armor, revealing the crackling and short-circuited cables inside; its mechanical trunk drooped limply, its orange-red light like a candle in the wind.

On the other side, Charizard also exited its mega form and lay in a shallow pit that had been melted into glass. Only a wisp of green smoke remained of its tail flame, its chest rose and fell weakly, and every breath brought up a wisp of sparks.

The referee raised both flags at the same time.

"Both sides lost their ability to fight at the same time!"

There was silence for three seconds, and then the whole audience burst into enthusiastic cheers.

The columns on the screen belonging to the two Pokémon also turned black.

Now both sides only have one Pokémon left.

……

"Go ahead, Desert Dragonfly."

Sundae raised his hand, and the last Poké Ball flashed a red light.

A streamlined dragon shadow streaked across the night sky, its emerald wings stirring up a dry storm. A desert dragonfly hovered ten meters above, its amber eyes peering down, its sonic boom sac at the end of its tail vibrating slightly, emitting a low hum.

Xiaozhi lowered his head and rubbed the last Poké Ball with his fingertips.

"Forest lizard..."

Click.

The white light fell to the ground, and the figure of the forest lizard just appeared, and the invisible rocks around it immediately launched an attack on it. The silver-white rocks hit him directly, making him kneel on one knee, his chest heaving violently.

In response, Sundai did not hold back at all and immediately raised his hand and commanded: "Dragon Dive."

The desert dragonfly swept its wings back, and the dragon energy transformed into a blue-purple flame that wrapped around its body. It fell vertically from a high altitude, and the air was torn apart with a sharp explosion.

"Dodge with lightning!"

The forest lizard gritted its teeth, stepped out of a white light track with its feet, and its figure turned into a green shadow and slid sideways.

boom! !

The dragon swooped down and slammed into the ground, sending a wave of earth three meters high. The shockwave sent it flying. The forest lizard tumbled through the air, but before it could land, a second command arrived.

"Fire Fang!"

The desert dragonfly flapped its wings, its fire fangs ignited in its mouth, and it dived at an incredible sharp angle, biting the forest lizard's throat.

"see through!"

The forest lizard's pupils constricted, and time seemed to freeze. It thrust its right foot into the air, using the fleeting foresight it gained to narrowly miss the flaming fangs. Flames streaked across its face, and the long leaves on its head instantly charred and curled.

The moment it landed, the desert dragonfly's tail swept across.

"Dragon Tail!"

boom!

The forest lizard crossed its arms to block the attack, but the immense force yanked its body sideways five meters, its feet plowing deep furrows in the ground. It knelt on one knee, a muffled groan escaping its throat—its left arm was dislocated.

Serena couldn't help but say solemnly: "Completely suppressed..."

"There's no way. Although there's only one rank difference between the two sides, there's a huge gap between Quasi-King and King. The numerical difference between the two sides is not small," Xiaoyang frowned.

"And because of its dragon attribute, the Forest Lizard does not restrain the Desert Dragonfly. The current situation is quite unfavorable for Xiaozhi and the others," Kamizre added.

But at this moment, Yu Longyuan shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. Pokémon battles are ever-changing. Maybe the sudden appearance of Monkey King disrupted Ash's pace, but it was a waste of time for him to send out Glanzman in the first battle."

At this point, he narrowed his eyes slightly, "The forest lizards today have already reached the level where they can evolve, but they haven't evolved yet. You're telling me that the two of them don't have that idea, but I don't believe it."

"One more time, Dragon's Dive."

The desert dragonfly rose high into the sky, and the blue-purple dragon flame ignited again.

The forest lizard looked up, sweat running down the corners of its eyes, reflecting the trajectory of its death as it fell from the sky.

Xiaozhi's fists were clenched white.

"Forest lizard——"

The sound got stuck in my throat.

The dragon swoops down.

The forest lizard suddenly closed its eyes, its leaf blades hanging at its sides, its fingertips trembling slightly.

boom! !

The purple-black dragon flame engulfed the thin figure.

At the center of the explosion, rubble and dust billowed into the sky.

The audience burst into exclamations.

The referee has raised the red flag slightly——

However, the next second, a little green light appeared in the dust.

The light was like the beating of a heart, slowly changing from emerald green to extremely pure white, becoming brighter and brighter until it turned into a pillar of light reaching into the sky!

"Evolved...?!"