Elf: Start with small diamonds, then mutate into Diancie!

"Chirp!"

The evolution stone worn by the Sceptile King emitted light in sync with the light of the Key Stone.

A powerful light of evolution completely enveloped the Lizard King, and amidst the background noise of the Blazing Roaring Tiger cursing, the Super Lizard King's figure was fully revealed as the light dissipated.

After evolving, the dragon blood within the Lizard King was fully activated, green armor-like objects grew on its chest, and the tips of the leaves on its body turned red, exuding a sharp and savage feeling.

Its tail also has a sharp red tip, which looks quite creepy.

"A flash of lightning!"

Ash pointed at Incineroar and gave the order.

The Super Lizard King instantly transformed into a white light, dragging its afterimage as it charged toward the Blazing Roaring Tiger at an incredible speed.

The moment Sceptile approached Incineroar, Ash didn't hesitate to shout again, "Dragon Claw!"

Super Lizard King paused, its dragon-type energy transforming into a giant claw, carrying a force that made the air tremble, and slammed directly towards Blazing Roaring Tiger.

"DD Golden Hook Arm".

"Crack!"

The Blazing Roaring Tiger clasped its fists together, its muscles bulging, crackling with what appeared to be electricity and flames, and grinned as it prepared to teach the Super Lizard King a lesson.

Has it become a true dragon and is no longer afraid of fire?

Its Blazing Roaring Tiger is designed to fight dragons!

Without hesitation, the Blazing Roaring Tiger unleashed its full evil aura, and at the same time, a deep red light shone from its palm!

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Chapter 1196 Finals VIII - Aura

A dark aura spread out.

If Diancie's radiant aura could illuminate everything, then the fiery roaring tiger's evil aura was a spreading darkness. Although it wouldn't plunge everything into darkness, it brought a sense of oppression that made people feel suffocated.

The next moment after the evil aura unfolds.

The Blazing Roaring Tiger raised its hands, and a deep red, almost scarlet light mixed with streams of black energy swept out like a small storm.

whoosh whoosh whoosh—

Amidst the howling wind, as the Blazing Roaring Tiger began to spin rapidly, the black vortex formed in the evil aura collided violently with the dragon claw that the Super Lizard King was smashing down!

boom!

The deafening explosion reverberated to every corner of the palace arena.

Everyone stared intently at the stalemate between the Blazing Roaring Tiger and the Super Lizard King, unwilling to look away.

In terms of strength, with the Dragon Blood enhancing its physique and its level reaching the mid-Champion level due to Mega Evolution, the Mega Sceptile can currently keep pace with Incineroar with all its buffs active, and neither can defeat the other.

But at a certain moment, the Super Lizard King suddenly sensed a sense of crisis.

Its expression changed drastically as it released its claws and used the force of DD's golden hook arm to retreat, ignoring the scratch on its arm.

Everyone was baffled by the Super Lizard King's reaction.

Even the Super Lizard King himself didn't understand.

But it instinctively realized that if it continued to fight the Blazing Roaring Tiger, it would be the one to suffer!

"Chirp—"

The Super Lizard King, carrying a twig in its mouth, watched the Blazing Roaring Tiger warily.

The Blazing Roaring Tiger stopped spinning, ending the release of its Black Gold Hook Arm.

It scratched its head with a hint of regret.

Was it discovered through intuition or just a result of instinct?

But that doesn't matter!

"Scream!"

The Fiery Roaring Tiger cackled, its chest and abdomen bulging as it inhaled a large amount of air—

Shout out loud!

"Roar—!!"

With the support of the evil aura, the roar of the Blazing Roaring Tiger resounded throughout the entire arena. The dark shockwave, mixed with air waves, slammed into the Super Lizard King with the force to shatter everything!

Its power is so great that calling it a deafening roar wouldn't be wrong.

"Dragon Pulse!"

Ash, who was on high alert, immediately issued instructions.

The brightly colored energy dragon opened its blood-red maw, looking as if it was about to swallow the roaring shockwave whole.

The two energies collided suddenly. In terms of power, because the base damage of the loud roar was relatively low, even with the support of the evil aura, the dragon's wave was still superior.

The Fiery Roaring Tiger didn't care at all.

A fiery fist blasted away the energy dragon that continued to attack him, and black energy gathered in the Blazing Roaring Tiger's palms, transforming into deep, pitch-black hand blades.

Hell Thrust!

One step, two steps, the Blazing Roaring Tiger ran faster and faster, directly closing the distance and stabbing at the Super Lizard King's vitals!

"Leaf Blade!"

The leaves on the Super Lizard King's wrist transformed into sharp leaf blades.

Although its momentum is far less than that of Yeev, it is still quite powerful thanks to the strength of Sceptile itself.

The two sides engaged in fierce close combat.

The Super Lizard King is agile yet powerful due to its enhanced physique, while the Blazing Roaring Tiger relies entirely on its physical attributes and reflexes brought about by the magnetic field rotation to launch wide-ranging attacks.

Its attacks are completely haphazard, entirely dependent on its own mood and whims.

However, because of its inherent "evil" nature, it often seizes opportunities to launch cunning attacks, perfectly embodying the essence of a Dark-type Pokémon.

Even so, Mega Sceptile is a Pokémon with a far higher energy level and a leap in life level.

On top of the wounds left by Greninja, Incineroar continues to accumulate more wounds from Mega Sceptile's moves.

Both sides have completely entered into a war of attrition.

Inside the lounge.

A-Du said, "If this continues, Incineroar will be the first to run out of stamina because of its previous battle with Greninja."

"I think so too."

Daigo nodded, gazing down, but something still felt off.

"But... my gut feeling tells me that something is wrong."

"It's that dark aura, isn't it?"

Cynthia spoke up, and all eyes in the room turned to her.

"Tianci's golden glowing aura not only greatly amplifies itself, but also suppresses my Mega Garchomp."

"So, besides amplifying the power of Blazing Roar Tiger's Dark-attribute moves, does this black aura have any other effects?"

"Hilona said meaningfully."

Dan Di suddenly spoke up: "It should be the burning of spiritual energy."

Everyone looked at him.

"Don't look at me, I did my research before, but I just didn't have the chance to use it."

Dan Di gave a wry smile and shared his investigation results.

"At the Kalos region's Hundred-Times Conference, his Incineroar faced off against the Pokémon of Hundred-Times Gym Leader Georgieva."

Gejiwa suffered a crushing defeat. Her ace move, Meowth, was completely overwhelmed and had no chance to fight back. The power of her moves was completely disproportionate to her energy level.

After reviewing the video frame by frame, and by collecting previously released videos of Ge Jihua participating in the Carlos Grand Prix, I have confirmed one fact.

Not only is its Dark type, but the black aura released by this Incineroar is the bane of Psychic-type Pokémon... or rather, the bane of Pokémon that rely entirely on psychic power.

As Dan Di finished speaking, he looked at the three of them and gave his conclusion, word by word.

"That all-pervasive black aura will burn away your mental energy as long as you are within its coverage area."

Daigo's eyes widened immediately.

"The miracle of Mega Evolution depends not only on the Evolution Stone and Key Stone that serve as the initiator, but also on the bond between the Trainer and the Pokémon."

"And the source of making bonds tangible is the spiritual power that carries them."

"This also means that once mental energy is burned to a certain limit, Mega Evolution will..."

Before Daigo could finish speaking, a sudden gasp erupted from the Palace Arena.

The four champions looked up at the battlefield and all showed expressions of disbelief.

As the Super Lizard King used Dragon Pulse to clash with Incineroar's Dark Pulse, its body was suddenly enveloped in a burst of light.

The scale of the Dragon's Wave decreased significantly in an instant, and it was directly overwhelmed by the Evil Wave.

Followed by.

Despite being covered in wounds, the Super Lizard King still maintains its fighting prowess.

It immediately exited the Mega Evolution state!!!

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Chapter 1197 Final IX - Facing the Sea

As the saying goes.

The last straw that broke the camel's back.