He knows Pokémon better than me.

However, the Fire Lion's cotton defense still has significant limitations.

All you can do is protect your head, and you can only withstand attacks from the surrounding area.
"Drink onion!!"

With a loud shout, Cong Youbing withdrew his slashing motion and instead thrust straight at the Fire Lion's face.

The latter quickly turned its head to dodge, and the splitting thrust pierced into the mane, accidentally lifting something hidden in the mane as it cut open.

"that is?"

Ash raised an eyebrow, though he quickly retracted it into his mane, but he had already seen it clearly.

It looks familiar. It's a mega stone pendant!

"Now that you've discovered me, Ash, I'll show you the true power of my Moltres!"

Yinren laughed loudly and suddenly pulled out a light pink bead from his hand.

When lightly touched, the bead instantly bursts into a dazzling light.

The same light appeared in the mane of the Flame Lion, and the energy arcs emitted connected with Yin Ren, instantly enveloping the Flame Lion in light and forming an energy cocoon.

"This is... Mega Evolution!"

Xiao Zhi's expression instantly became excited.

He had never heard of Flame Lion being able to Mega Evolve before. Sure enough, Mr. Yinren knew this evolution method.

The next moment, as the light faded, Mega Flame Lion revealed a completely new form.

Its body is similar to before, still with brown fur, but the fur is sticking up, giving it a sharper, almost burning look.

What's most special is its red and yellow flame-like mane, which originally only circled its head.

At this moment, there was another ring of mane on top of the first ring, with the two layers stacked together, creating an exceptionally flamboyant and cool look.

"Uh, is this what Mega Flame Lion looks like?"

Ash's eyes widened. After the initial surprise, he felt it was actually pretty good.

It has a similar feel to his abandoned monkey, the long-haired punk.

"Mega Flame Lion? Is that its name?"

On the other side, Yinren was also stunned.

This phenomenon of instant evolution during battle is unique in the Xicui region.

It was just an accident; he obtained the Key Stone and Mega Stone from a merchant from another region, and later accidentally caused Flame Lion to undergo Mega Evolution.

Yinren didn't even know the name of this phenomenon.

"As expected, he really knows Pokémon."

Yinren secretly smiled admiringly at Xiaozhi, then his eyes narrowed, and it was time for his Mega Flame Lion to attack.

He hasn't shown anyone a fight like this yet!
"Hot air!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Flame Lion roared, and its two stacked manes, which were more than four meters high, fluttered wildly, blowing out scalding hot air that swept across the entire area.

Even though Onion Warrior immediately raised his Onion Shield to protect himself, he still felt his whole body burning up.

The edges of the scallion shield even showed signs of burning and curling.

"Does Mega Evolution significantly increase firepower?"

Ash, his hat pulled down low in the hot wind, squinted, and suddenly shouted:
"Break the rocks!"

The Onion Soldier understood and immediately planted the onion into the ground, then exerted his strength to lift it into countless pieces of rock, which then crashed down on the Flame Lion.

Just as the latter leaped up to dodge, the rock fell, only to see the Onion Warrior charging straight towards him.

The spear thrust straight forward, and a dazzling golden shockwave erupted from his entire body, creating a powerful and imposing sight.

Signature move: Meteor Strike!
"Cotton defense!" Yinren immediately exclaimed.

This time, the four-meter-high thick mane will be enough to help the Flame Lion defend its entire body.

The fluffy mane cascading down from above protected the Flame Lion's face and front, greatly enhancing its defensive capabilities.
Clang!
The meteor strike force penetrated deep into the enemy's defenses, breaking through the cotton-like defenses!

Finally, with a loud bang, both Pokémon were forced back to opposite ends of the arena by the force.

The wings of the Onion Soldier, which was carrying the Onion Spear, trembled repeatedly, and there were also electric arcs of counter-damage from the moves around its body.

On the other side, Mega Flame Lion raised its four-meter-high, flamboyant mane once again, and its body bore several more wounds.

But at this moment, it can launch the next round of attack immediately.

"Now! Destruction Ray!!"

Mega Flame Lion opened its mouth, and this time a destructive beam of orange light roared out, cracking the ground below it with its immense power.

Xiao Zhi gritted his teeth and said, forcing himself to speak:
"Hold on!"

Onion Soldiers barely managed to raise their Onion Shields, which served as a defensive layer, while an outer green energy barrier stood guard.

The double defenses were on high alert, but were ultimately completely engulfed and covered by the destructive death ray, causing an exaggerated energy explosion on the spot!

The outcome has been decided.

In the end, the Onion Soldier was unable to fight and collapsed to the ground, his body charred black.

On the other side, Mega Flame Lion was also in bad shape, panting heavily, and seemed unable to maintain the upright position of its exaggerated mane.

call out.!

The light around it dissipated, it exited its Mega Evolution form, and reverted to its ordinary form as a Flame Lion.

"As expected, Mr. Yinren is very strong."

Ash gave a wry smile, went forward to pick up Shallot and feed him the medicine, and the latter finally woke up.

Farfetch'd's training wasn't enough; he was going to use it to face Mr. Ginin's strongest ace, an ace capable of using Mega Evolution.

Still a little worse.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the strongest trainers in the Shizuku region right now are Wangluo and Yinren, who are monopolized by the Ginkgo Trading Company.

"What a fantastic battle!"

Yinren walked over, scratching his head. After years of lazily drifting along, he hadn't been this excited in a long time.

Although he won the battle, the Flame Lion didn't have much stamina left.
Most importantly, the Sirfetch'd in front of him is not Ash's main force!

When Ash traveled with the Ginkgo Merchant Guild's caravan before, he saw all of Ash's Pokémon, and Sirfetch'd's strength seemed to be only in the middle to lower ranks.
Even so, can he only manage a "bare defeat" even with his ace player on the team?!
After the battle, the two walked back to Zhuqing Village side by side, and Xiaozhi told Yinren about the information about Mega Evolution.

"It requires a specific type of Pokémon and a special Mega Stone to match it. This is the Mega Evolution phenomenon in the Kalos region."

However, now that a new Mega Flame Lion has appeared, it proves that his original understanding of the Mega Evolution Pokédex is outdated, version 1.0.

For example, what about the Snow Fairy Mega Stone he found before?
"I see."

Yinren suddenly realized why his Velkhana and Floating Weasel hadn't shown any reaction after he practiced Mega Evolution for half a day after giving them the pendant.

What surprised him even more was Xiaozhi's knowledge.

As a merchant, he had come into contact with many travelers from the Carlos region, but they knew almost nothing about Mega Evolution.

At most, I've only heard of this phenomenon of "instant evolution" occasionally.

But other related information, including names, is completely unknown.

How can Ash know more about Kalos than even the locals?! (End of Chapter)