The match officially began.
The atmosphere between the two suddenly solidified.
Fierce Fire Monkey and Elodea faced each other, especially Ning Yu and Elodea, who wanted to find an opening in Fierce Fire Monkey's defense. Seeing this...
Fang Yuan quickly ordered, "Fierce Fire Monkey, Sword Dance!"
Sword Dance: A fierce battle dance to boost morale, greatly increasing one's attack...
Now performed by Fierce Fire Monkey, it involved fiercely swinging a Bone Club around like a windmill...
Although Fierce Fire Monkey was capable of learning Sword Dance, Fang Yuan's Fierce Fire Monkey actually did not know it.
At this moment, it was just striking a pose to lure the enemy, because there would be a major opening when entering an enhanced state.
Opportunity and risk coexisted!
Even though Fierce Fire Monkey didn't know Sword Dance, the opponent didn't know whether it did or not.
Eevee had personally instructed Fierce Fire Monkey in acting, and now Fierce Fire Monkey had learned to act quite convincingly.
Even the Professional Trainers unanimously believed that Fierce Fire Monkey had truly entered the Sword Dance state.
"Has Fang Yuan gone mad..." someone wondered oddly. Even if one could use Bone Club for defense, could Fang Yuan guarantee that Fierce Fire Monkey's reaction speed could keep up with Elodea's attack speed?
Gauging the performance of this Fierce Fire Monkey... impossible... And even if it did react, it would probably struggle to resist with its strength!
On the other side, as soon as Ning Yu heard it was Sword Dance, he immediately gave an order.
The best time to attack a Pokemon is when it's powering up, and although it felt a bit off, he couldn't let the opportunity slip away.
"Mind Blade!" Ning Yu immediately shouted.
Whoosh!
Teleport reappeared, and Elodea materialized above Fierce Fire Monkey, with a tangible blade of psychic energy formed around its elbow, slashing down at Fierce Fire Monkey.
This attack, happening in the blink of an eye, was too fast for ordinary Pokemon to react. Although they could anticipate it, there were too many blind spots in the line of sight to determine the exact direction.
But this time, Fierce Fire Monkey didn't need to predict the direction at all!
It only needed to anticipate that the opponent would appear, because the move it was about to execute was a wide-ranging ultimate attack!
The moment Elodea disappeared, Fierce Fire Monkey became enraged, and with a "bang," flames burst violently from its tail, while the Bone Club was engulfed in flames.
The accumulated Rage Value and the Rage Amplification Bone Club allowed the anger to explode even more effectively.
False Sword Dance and Fire Vortex seamlessly connected!
There had never been a Sword Dance; everything was preparing for the Angry Fire Whirlpool! The magic of rage spun round and round...
By the time Ning Yu and Elodea realized something was amiss, it was already too late. Elodea couldn't use Teleport consecutively, and now had to continue attacking, stubborn as it was.
However!!
Halfway through Elodea's attack, Fierce Fire Monkey, swinging the Bone Club and with angry flames bursting from its body, instantly whipped up a huge wave of flames.
With Fierce Fire Monkey at its center, the flames of rage, like a blazing aura, sealed off everything within a one-meter radius, and the towering flames extended several meters high. In the terrifying outbreak of rage, Fierce Fire Monkey and Elodea's figures were barely visible, trapped within the Angry Fire Whirlpool, with nowhere for Elodea to escape!!
However, within the whirlpool, Elodea could clearly see the glowing red eyes of Fierce Fire Monkey. After transforming in its Angry Fire state, the powerful blast of flames left Elodea stunned, followed by Fierce Fire Monkey dropping the Bone Club and smashing Rage·Fire Fist, wrapped in terrifying flames, directly toward Elodea.
Fierce Fire Monkey's transformation into its Angry Fire state made it seem like a demon of flames, unleashing its emotions, far stronger than the regular Angry state.
"Crack!" Elodea quickly retracted its blade and took a defensive stance, but at this moment, Fierce Fire Monkey's burst of strength rivaled that of the Professional level.
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Bang!!!
With its powerful destructive force, it directly sent Elodea flying, and blasted a huge hole into the enhanced Angry Fire Whirlpool!!
Angry Fire Whirlpool, Angry Fire Transformation, Angry Fire Form—looking at the Fierce Fire Monkey, which resembled a flame demon, the arena fell instantly silent.
Professional Trainers like Zhang Ling and Feng Yin, who knew Fang Yuan, had their eyes wide with disbelief as they watched the sudden eruption from the Fierce Fire Monkey.
So fierce!
Even Ning Yu, who had always remained calm, was stunned by this huge turn of events.
Watching Elodea, whose buttocks were severely scorched and still swaying slightly even though it had stood up, Ning Yu clenched her fists and glared at Fang Yuan.
Sly, crafty—Ning Yu's Rage Value +99.
Boom!!
The Fierce Fire Monkey's body erupted in flames, especially the rage fire at its tail, which had grown as large as itself.
Such terrifying flames, even the guests on-site had never seen before.
"The Furious Fire Trait??"
"The battle has just begun, and the Fierce Fire Monkey still has plenty of physical strength. How could it trigger Furious Fire?"
"Could it be a special method of training Furious Fire?"
The Professional Trainers were in a heated discussion, mistaking the Angry State for the Fierce Fire State.
Although the Angry State was somewhat more formidable, its expression and the Fierce Fire were generally similar.
Only Feng Yin remained silent; he knew that Fang Yuan's Fierce Fire Monkey had the Iron Fist Trait, not Furious Fire.
Boom!!
The rage erupted again, its power still increasing. Even Fang Yuan felt his heart tremble. How could the Fierce Fire Monkey's rage have improved again??
It had become a skill that continuously amplified its power—it must contain immeasurable rage, a constant, unending supply of it at that.
The Fierce Fire Monkey's eyes were now completely red. This state looked very much like the Neck Scale State, but the Fierce Fire Monkey had not lost its sense of reason because its Rage Energy was unique, as was the way it controlled this energy, thanks to a gift from the God of Emotion, Emuritto.
Its body ablaze, the Fierce Fire Monkey advanced towards Elodea, which was seriously injured but had not lost its combat ability, appearing very intimidating.
"Elodea!!" Upon seeing this, Ning Yu clenched her teeth, glanced at Elodea, then at the Fierce Fire Monkey... and realized, to her horror, that due to her own carelessness, she had put Elodea in such a situation.
In the spectator seats, Eevee, holding a mobile phone, watched the battle below with a cold indifference, feeling sympathy for Fang Yuan's opponent. The Fake Sword Dance performed by the Fierce Fire Monkey was actually taught by it. With the essence, form, and intent in place, it's no wonder you were deceived; it's truly not your fault.
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From the top 64 to the top 32, Fang Yuan won fairly easily. This let the other contestants know that although Fang Yuan was still a Trainer who liked to play dirty tricks, his own strength was also terrifying. A Fierce Fire Monkey that hadn't fully evolved... could erupt with such immense destructive power. Fang Yuan and the Fierce Fire Monkey's performance shocked the contestants, audience, and guests time and again.
However, despite winning, Fang Yuan didn't celebrate for long because his next opponent... was very strong.
A Professional Trainer's Pokemon, a Blaze Chicken with the Accelerate Trait. In the previous round, the opponent was the same Heracle Cros Fang Yuan had encountered in the preliminaries; it was a Professional level Heracle Cros that held an advantage in strength but was not particularly fast.
This led to Heracle Cros being toyed with by the Accelerate Blaze Chicken and quickly defeated!!
The Fierce Fire Monkey's speed was even slower than a normal Blaze Chicken, let alone one that possessed the Accelerate Trait...
Compared to Elodea, which relied on Teleportation to gain an unfair advantage, this Accelerate Blaze Chicken's speed was truly fast, capable of reaching the extreme!
"I wonder... if the Fierce Fire Monkey under the Lightning Armor can take down the opponent before it completes multiple accelerations!" This was also why Fang Yuan had concealed the Lightning Armor and instead fought Elodea with rage.
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