Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

But the battleground did not stop there; instead, it began to move slowly laterally, carrying everyone.

Crossing the rock face, crossing the edge.

Entering the true abyss.

That's the inner wall of the crater, with layers of black basalt extending downwards to the bottom.

Lava churns.

The heat rose from the bottom, distorting even the scenery.

"My God..."

Xiaoxia glanced down, covered her mouth, and her legs involuntarily went weak.

Fortunately, she had the foresight to not get up after falling.

The plane landed smoothly.

It landed right in the center of the crater!

The crater is surrounded by a circular rim, like a natural circular spectator seating area.

Above them was an unobstructed blue sky and white clouds, and all around them was churning lava!

"As expected of a senior."

Xiao Zhi looked around.

The excitement and amazement in his eyes were completely undisguised.

"This venue is...it's so cool!"

Just fighting here once would be worth the price of admission!

"Good heavens..." Xiao Gang stared in disbelief as he looked around. "This lifting platform, this sliding track, and this crater modification..."

"This must have cost a fortune!"

It has been confirmed that there are differences between different dojos.

He couldn't even dream of spending that much money!

Upon hearing this, Xia Bo's lips curled into a smile.

That curve carried three parts pride, three parts heartache, three parts vicissitudes, and one part an indescribable sense of pride.

Of course, it cost a lot of money.

To be honest, he's poured all his retirement savings into it over the years!

After being investigated so many times, his business could only develop in terms of secrecy.

When they first started doing this, the league didn't know about it, so they could build whatever they wanted with the gym funds.

But it stopped working later.

Ever since the league found out about it, they sent an auditing team to oversee the Crimson Lotus Gym's finances, so he had to pay out of his own pocket.

But it was worth it!

People always need to have aspirations!

......

On the field.

Even with the platform rising and the venue changing, it did not attract the Charizard's attention in the slightest.

With only victory in its eyes, it unleashed one dragon claw attack after another.

Not only does he specialize in the lower body.

Even the spot where I first successfully ambushed was now being targeted by it, suffering repeated bleeding damage.

The Duckbill Flame Beast was forced to retreat step by step.

It wasn't that it hadn't considered retaliating, but Charizard had made its stance perfectly clear.

If you dare to be careless, I'm ready to strike hard and steal it!

That kind of utterly disregard for appearances, that shameless, ruthless way of beating people.

This caused the Duckbill Flame Beast, a man who was always upright and respectable, a great deal of suffering.

Seeing his Pokémon struggling to cope, Blaine remained completely unfazed, enjoying the astonished gazes of the three.

A true master is never in a hurry to retaliate.

He is waiting.

Waiting for an opportunity to strike decisively and turn the tide!

Seeing the dragon claws thrusting forward, the duck-billed fire beast slammed its arms together.

It gripped Charizard's arm tightly.

The fire-breathing dragon struggled twice, but didn't budge.

But it doesn't matter!

It also has a tail!

Just as the dragon's tail was about to sweep out, Xia Bo shouted sharply.

"Now's the time! Let them see what real micro-management is!"

Upon hearing the sound, the duckbill fire beast's entire body began to burn.

A terrifying heat radiated from it.

The fire-breathing dragon had nowhere to hide; its wrists were gripped, and its entire front was exposed to the terrifying heat radiation.

"Bah—!"

In an instant, white smoke billowed from where the Charizard was trapped, and its claws began to cook at a visible speed.

"This is... a body of flames?"

Ash recognized this characteristic.

"But doesn't that risk burning the opponent during physical contact...? Can it really be used like that?"

Xiao Gang, who was equally knowledgeable, asked.

Xia Bo's lips curled up slightly.

"Micro-management, kid."

"Micro-management".

The so-called characteristics are never a game of probability that is passively triggered.

That is the most primal power hidden within a Pokémon, just like a human heartbeat.

You can make it beat smoothly, or you can make it run wild.

The key is whether you have the ability to control it.

The Charizard winced in pain, letting out a low groan, but its ferocity was only aroused.

Its eyes flashed, and its tail was about to whip out.

But the most deadly thing is that the lower body temperature of the Duckbill Flame Beast is significantly higher than that of its upper body, and even several levels higher in its vital areas.

The Charizard couldn't handle it after just one contact.

hot!

It's too hot!

"This...!" Xiaoxia exclaimed in shock, "This is completely turning a fiery body into rough skin!"

It's the kind where the controls are adjustable!

Inside the arena, Ash's mind was racing.

If it were him, he wouldn't really care about temperature at all.

As long as the punch is fast enough, the contact will be broken before heat conduction can occur, so there will be no problem.

But Charizard won't work.

No matter how fast it attacks, it's not fast enough to ignore heat conduction.

Each time the dragon claw hits, it's a contact, and with each contact, the attacker has to endure the backlash from the fiery body.

Now they're caught in a dilemma: whether to fight or not.

Charizard knew this too.

It immediately distanced itself from the duckbill fire beast, its scalded right paw dangling in mid-air, trembling slightly in pain.

Bob captured that moment.

"Flame Jet!"

The Magma Beast raised both cannons simultaneously, unleashing two blazing white pillars of fire that roared forth and crisscrossed as they attacked the Charizard.

This move was fast, ruthless, and the angle was very tricky.

One wall blocked the left side, another blocked the right side, leaving only a narrow gap in the middle.

Xiao Zhi's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Charizard! Flame Vortex!"

Having understood Ash's meaning, Charizard took a deep breath and opened its mouth wide.

A swirling ball of flame spewed from its mouth.

It wasn't a straight line, but a rotating, spiraling vortex of fire that met the Magmortar's flamethrower.

The two flames collided in mid-air.

However, upon contact with the Magmortar's flame jets, the flame vortex veered them off course.

It grazed past from one side.