He knows Pokémon better than me.

"Boohoo!!!"

With a low shout, the white light completely dissipated, and the young warriors displayed a brand new posture!
It was a head taller than Ash, a humanoid rabbit with three-pronged golden eyebrows and a tuft of red hair standing up on its forehead.

It's not a bulky Pokémon; it's quite well-proportioned, like a lithe soccer player.

Ace of Flame!

This was Ash's first time seeing Cinderace, and he quickly pulled out his Pokédex.

"Cinderace, Fire-type, the final form of the Galar starter Pokémon. It can wrap rocks in flames and kick them out like a soccer ball. It has an easily excited personality and becomes even more motivated when it receives support!"

Standing still, Flame Ace bounced repeatedly, quickly adapting to its new body.

Of course, the Dynamaxed Ursaring in front of you doesn't care whether you've evolved or not, and it throws a powerful punch right at you.

At this moment, only Flame Ace remains on the field; if the battle ends, it means the challenge has failed.

However, after evolving, Cinderace's mindset was completely different—

If the pressure was immense just now, now all that's left is an intense fighting spirit.

Without Ash's command, Cinderace leaped into the air, jumping more than ten meters high.

"It's a jump! Have you mastered the new move?"

Ash was overjoyed; this Flying-type move was much more powerful than Aerial Ace.

Boom!

The next second, Flame Ace stomped down on Obscurus's belly, the explosive force of the double jump causing Obscurus to stumble back a few steps.

However, the opponent is a five-star Pokémon, so the damage is somewhat negligible. Only moves that are four times super effective against it can potentially deal true damage.

"In that case, use a double kick!"

Ash launched a series of fierce attacks, but what he should be doing right now was actually stalling for time so that Marie and the other's Pokémon could be revived.

Not only has the Frostbite Ace been upgraded from Swallow Return to Jump, but the Double Kick has also been upgraded into a brand new move.

"Bashi!!"

With a shout, Flame Ace leaped into the air and delivered a stylish straight kick, this time aiming at Block Bear's knee.

Flying kick!

The flying knee kick is only one word different from the flying knee kick, and the two moves have similar effects. If the move misses, it will cause damage.

The flying kick is less powerful, but its accuracy is much higher than that of the flying knee kick.

Bang bang!

He kicked the blocking bear in the knee, and the bear's face turned pale. It immediately knelt on the ground, clutching its knee and screaming in pain.

Four times the restraint, remarkable results!

At that moment, Ash's Max Band lit up, Max Power was fully charged, and without hesitation, he immediately raised his hand and tapped it.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
Once Cinderace reaches Dynamax, its size is in no way inferior to Ursaring.

However, it's not in Gigantamax form; it's still in its normal Cinderace form.

"I remember that all three starter Pokémon in Galar can Gigantamax, right?"

Xiao Zhi muttered to himself.

After all, Cinderace's former trainer was a tycoon, with maxed-out Energy Boosters and Ability Potion. Why didn't he also give him Max Soup?

No problem. The Fire-type Gym is right in Motostoke, which is right near my home. It'll be very convenient to visit Mr. Kabu for a soup. Dynamaxing doubles its HP, so there's no need to worry about being one-shotted by opponents. Cinderace will also be able to attack without any pressure.

Faced with the opponent's renewed use of Dynamax Dark Templar, Ash immediately pointed to the sky:

"Maximum Fighter!!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a huge energy fist flew down from the horizon, and both of their Dynamax moves exploded on each other.

The nest space trembled violently, and Flame Ace retreated nearly ten meters to the side. However, the situation was even more dire for Block Bear, whose mountain-like body was directly overturned to the ground.

On the phone screen, even a five-star opponent's health bar suddenly dropped significantly.

On the other side, after five rounds, both Marnie and Rin's Pokémon had "revived," and the two, who were already prepared, immediately spoke:
"Slash Commander (Gallade), use Brick Break!!"

Two fighting-type moves struck simultaneously, both dealing effective damage. The Block Bear was in pain again, and its health bar dropped to nearly half.

"Stop evil!!!"

The blocking bear got up in a sorry state, angrily roared to the sky, and the powerful sound even formed a dark shockwave that was visible to the naked eye, which made the faces of the three people on the field darken.

"Roar? Ignore it, Cinderace, keep using Max Fist!!"

Ash roared back just as loudly.

In terms of attributes, Cinderace has a huge advantage. Not only can it deal four times the damage it is super effective against, but after entering the Freeman/Fighting attribute, it also has great resistance to Dark attribute moves. Roar has almost no effect on it.

"Bashi—!"

He swung his fist towards the sky, and in an instant, another huge energy fist flew down and exploded completely on the blocking bear!

The effect is remarkable!

"Tsk tsk, no wonder it's a five-star lair boss."

While staring at the Rotom's real-time data on his phone, Ash was secretly amazed. After two Max Punches, the Obscurus's health bar was still above 2/5, and it hadn't even managed to create the White Light Barrier.

The only good news is that Block Bear doesn't have any particularly good moves that can damage Cinderace.

bass--!
Because of the Max Knuckle Duel, the attack power of all three members of our team increased by one level, and the power of their Brick Break attack was now incomparable to what it used to be.

"Stop evil!!"

After taking a hit from Brick Break, the bear slammed its fist into the ground and launched another Normal-type Dynamax attack at the group, causing the ground to crack and tremble, and countless energy bursts to erupt out.

"One more time, Max Muscle Fight!!"

There's no time to waste a turn using "Max Steel" to resist damage right now. Cinderace uses its ultimate move, its massive fist crashing down again, knocking Obscurus over.

This time, the health bar finally dropped to 1/3, and the familiar white light barrier appeared on the Block Bear.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
As for Flame Ace, after the three rounds ended, its shrunken body returned to its original form.

Three physical attack bonuses.
"Stop evil!!"

With a roar from the blocking bear, the nest space seemed to be filled with a layer of white mist, and the power amplification returned to its initial state.

"Tch, never mind, Flame Ace, use Flying Kick!"

"Gallade, Brick Break!"

"We'll use tile splitting too!"

The next second, three fighting-attribute moves landed on the blocking bear at the same time, and the white light barrier that the bear had just formed shattered instantly.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!
The blocking bear suddenly glowed with a blue light indicating a decrease in its abilities, and its massive body even began to pant heavily! (End of Chapter)