Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 309 The Fire Fox Stole Something Important

With both sides now on stage, and given the referee's signal, the final of this magnificent competition was about to begin.

"Jet flame."

At the start of the battle, Link and Fire Fox abandoned all their techniques and directly spewed flames at their opponent.

"Flamethrower" is how Fire-type Pokémon greet each other.

Unfazed, Haruka decisively chose a head-on approach: "We'll use Flamethrower too!"

The civil war among the three fire-attribute starter families has begun.

The difference in skill level between the Fox and Blaziken should be obvious, and Blaziken should win this "Flamethrower" duel.

However, May and the audience soon discovered that the fire power of the fox was actually greater than that of the Blaziken, and it easily pushed the "Flamethrower" towards the Blaziken despite the opponent's move.

The double "Flame Jet" exploded in front of Blaziken, ruining the plan to let Blaziken fully utilize its "Speed ​​Up" ability in the stalemate.

Did the Firefox's "Flamethrower" completely overwhelm the Blaziken?
Is this still realistic?

Of course, that's reality.

There was no skill used, no ability to change, and no props used.

Maximum value.

Seeing this, Haruka immediately felt troubled. Although Fizz had already withstood the fatal five-hit combo from Mega Sceptile in the last Grand Contest without losing its ability to fight, when exactly did its strength become so strong?

Fortunately, Blaziken has already increased its speed by taking advantage of the opportunity, so even if it has to take two "Flamethrower" attacks, it's worth it.

As the flames from the explosion subsided, the fire fox unexpectedly disappeared... which means it was even faster than the blazing chicken?

The option of directly defeating Fire Fox by ignoring the fancy battle rules and relying on the difference in raw strength is no longer available.

But May and Blaziken are not without a solution.

"Feather Dance: Blazing Feathers!"

Feather-shaped, bright red energy projectiles filled the sky, attacking every part of the battlefield.

These bullet comments are light, subtle—and gorgeous—enough to react to even the slightest disturbance.

Meanwhile, Blaziken intently observed the energy fluctuations, trying to "see through" any anomalies caused by the collision of bullets.

At the same time, it relentlessly heats its body, continuously enhancing its physical abilities.

Even if one can conceal their identity using superpowers, there are still loopholes.

It soon noticed something unusual: a feather had exploded after colliding with something.

There is a flaw!
With its powerful legs, Blaziken launched a flying kick with the force of several tons at the invisible object in the blink of an eye!
But it turned out to be a trap set by the fire fox.

When the Blaziken kicked the spot that would cause the feathers to explode, it found that there was nothing there.

Instead, a "psychic shock" erupted in front of it, damaging Blaziken.

In addition...

Blaziken checked its held item—and sure enough, the Mega Stone was gone.

The fox stole something important.

May suddenly realized that she might lose to Link in his current form before she even had time to Mega Evolve.

Plan B, start!
Fortunately, Blaziken, which was attacked by the trap, managed to retreat in time thanks to its agility, thus avoiding most of the damage from "Psychic Shock".

It is still trying to observe and "see through" everything in the battlefield.

The fiery feathers were disturbed.

Blaziken remained motionless. Based on the painful lesson learned a few seconds earlier, this level of commotion was merely a disturbance that Flyfox could create through "psychic power".

The body temperature has reached a critical state, and the "acceleration" has been increased to the limit.

Even if it cannot see the opponent's attack, it can evade it the instant it is attacked, reducing the vast majority of the damage.

But the Fire Fox wasn't without a plan. Link calmly said, "Rain Prayer."

Xiaoyao: "?"

Gradually, the rain began to fall, and the fire fox's "rain-seeking" from the shadows took effect.

The only Fire-type starter Pokémon capable of "summoning rain" is this one.

Incidentally, fireflies and volcano moths can also "summon rain"...

The torrential rain stirred up wisps of smoke from the Blaziken's scorching body.

Its fire-attribute "Feather Dance" was extinguished in the blink of an eye by the rain.

It's unrealistic to try to find the fire fox's location using this method.

However, the Fire Fox can't hide forever; that's not flashy and will deduct from its flashiness value.

Just as the "feather dance" was extinguished, its form appeared in the air.

It's a trap, and only Ash would jump into it to attack.

But Haruka couldn't just ignore it: "Use 'Rock Blockade'!"

This move proved that he had defeated Du Juan.

Blaziken gathers rocks and throws them at its opponent, but adds a twist to the attack.

Just as the rock was about to hit, it suddenly burst open, forming a small-scale "rockfall".

If you look closely, you can also see the faint glow of fire flowing in the broken rocks, which means that it will explode as soon as it touches anything.

"Fu!"

But the Fire Fox used its "psychic powers" to reassemble the shattered rocks into medium-sized stones shaped like a Fire Fox, which it then launched at the Blaziken on the ground.

The latter dodged and weaved, effortlessly avoiding the "sharp stone attack" and the ensuing explosion.

Both sides' visual appeal is slowly decreasing, but overall, Yao, who has yet to break through the invisibility barrier, is slightly inferior.

Logically, she should choose a move like "Heat Wave" for a full-scale attack, but the current rain and the Fire Fox's attributes mean that "Heat Wave" will hardly have any effect.

Psychic-type Pokémon are still too annoying for Blaziken, a simple and unassuming Fighting-type.

Although in theory, Blaziken is indeed a dual-wielding type...

"Alright, let's stop with the formalities and get straight to the point."

Before the words were finished, the figure of another fire fox appeared in the rain.

Its aura was faint and its form flickered, like a ghost staying at the spot where Blaziken had attacked first.

"Halloween Night" can temporarily grant a Pokémon the [Ghost] attribute.

In other words, the current Fizz is a Fire/Ghost type, and generally speaking, Fighting-type moves cannot interfere with it.

"So the fire fox was right where we started, up there..."

Xiaoyao looked up at the fire fox that had appeared above, and it seemed that it was just an illusion or a "stand-in".

Superhuman fighting skills, that's what it's all about.

The reason why the fire fox took the initiative to reveal itself is simple: it has completed its enhancement.

"Weather Balloon."

The water-type energy in the environment became its most powerful weapon. Despite being a fire-type Pokémon, it created a large number of spherical water-type projectiles to attack Blaziken.

Blaziken, however, was unfazed and used the exact same Water-type move – Weather Ball.

"Parroting" refers to the ability to mimic the opponent's moves.

The exact same moves collided, and this time the gap between the two was even greater than the initial "Flame Jet".

May realized that only by Mega Evolving Blaziken could she possibly defeat Fennekin!
(End of this chapter)