Monferno landed from the air, steadied itself, and glanced at the defeated Raven Boss covered in electric currents with its feathers scattered all over the ground, knowing the battle was decided.
The electricity dissipated from its body, and the fourth arena fell silent.
Hao Feng, Xu Jing, and Jiang Ran were already stupefied in the audience seats.
Initially, they thought that if this Monferno could perform as well against the Raven Boss—which had a type advantage over it—as Milotic did previously, it would be quite impressive.
But... it was a one-hit knockout.
The trio was completely stunned, especially Xu Jing and Jiang Ran... estimating that this Monferno's true strength might not be inferior to their Gengar and Hudidi.
Not to mention the examiners, even the examiner team was wearing expressions of shock.
"Such speed and explosive power..."
"And the destructive power of that combined Thunder Punch..."
Zhou Jiakai's face turned ugly as he remembered that the evolved Monferno had become more fearsome, recalling that Monferno not only mastered that Extreme Speed-like technique but also possessed a special flame.
Doesn't this mean that Monferno, at full power, could have Master Level combat strength?
Master Liu, the chief examiner, was also astonished—Monferno's performance was no less impressive than Eevee's. Is this Fang Yuan's true strength?
Although Li Shu's Raven Boss had no chance to strike at all, nobody thought it was due to Li Shu being weak. Whether they were professional trainers or those with quasi-professional standards, everyone present had good judgment...
It was entirely because Monferno was too powerful.
"That punch just now... could my Pokemon block it?" Many people questioned themselves internally and then shook their heads.
The movements of Monferno were nearly impossible to see... and this was even when facing a Flying-type Pokemon. If it were a head-to-head battle, it would probably be even more terrifying.
"It seems this Monferno is Fang Yuan's trump card..." Xu Jing and Jiang Ran put Milotic aside and watched Monferno with grave expressions.
The self-healing Milotic was indeed troublesome, but it was Monferno that was truly frightening...
Fang Yuan's opponent, Li Shu, was already out of sorts. Silently recalling his Raven Boss, he prepared to face the next round of the battle.
At the same time, Fang Yuan also withdrew his Monferno, waiting for the next Pokemon from his opponent.
"Cottonee, prepare for battle!" Li Shu sent out his third Pokemon.
After much consideration, and looking at the Grass Arena, he chose to send out Cottonee.
It was a Pokemon with a blue, round body and three cotton puffs, almost as large as its body, stretching out from it.
It might not look strong, but Cottonee's species ability was not weak.
As a combination of Grass and Flying-type Pokemon, it wasn't only fast but also possessed various powder moves such as Paralysis Powder, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, and Stun Spore, making it a typical technical-type Pokemon.
Apart from that, it could potentially learn a variety of Flying-type and Grass-type moves... and even Psychic-type moves.
"A wrong move..." Fang Yuan thought to himself, as he was about to send out Dragonite.
Immediately after, Fang Yuan threw out the Poké Ball containing Dragonite.
"Roar!" Dragonite emerged, spreading its wings and curiously looking around—it was its first time battling in front of such a large crowd.
"Damn..."
Seeing Fang Yuan's new Pokemon, Li Shu felt his heart sink... there was a phrase he wondered if it would be appropriate to say out loud.
"It's actually a Dragonite!!" At the same time, the other examinees started discussing fervently.
After the exceedingly rare and mysterious Milotic, and the potential-packed Monferno, Fang Yuan had sent out yet another Pokemon with tremendous potential!
Dragonite, Tyranitar, Garchomp, Huge Gold Monster, Blood Wing Dragon... these Pokemon, undoubtedly, were considered by Hua Nation's trainers to be the ones with the strongest potential. The name Dragonite was almost synonymous with strength in the hearts of many!
That's why Li Shu felt particularly disheartened.
"Dragonite, follow up with Hurricane after Tailwind!"
Fang Yuan didn't have the intention to hold back. To hold back during an official examination was disrespectful to the opponent. He believed that Mr. Li Shu would also want him to give his all for a spectacular battle...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~
At first, Dragonite was surrounded by a gentle breeze, but soon, a tremendous gust erupted from Dragonite, turning the breeze into a powerful windstorm that spread outwards!
Feeling the air currents, Dragonite flapped its wings hard, the entire Grass Arena seemed to enter a Wind Boundary, as air currents instantly went awry and the wind raged violently.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!
The terrifying Hurricane covered the entire field, as numerous tender grass blades were chopped up by minute wind blades and swept up into the storm.
Seeing this scene, many trainers were astonished... almost instantly, the storm swept across the arena, and Dragonite at its center became the master of the tempest, suggesting an extremely high level of mastery over wind.
"Meep~~~"
The Hurricane expanded, leaving Cottonee with no place to hide, yet Dragonite's Hurricane did not inflict any substantial damage on Cottonee.
"Photosynthesis."
Li Shu tried to stay as calm as possible.
As long as he could utilize the species advantages well, defeating Dragonite wasn't impossible. Even if it were a Dragonite, if it fell asleep, it would pose no more threat!
In the chaotic battlefield of the storm, Cottonee steadily flew with the wind like a dandelion seed.
Tiny wind blades grazed its body, but the wounds were quickly healed through photosynthesis. However, the sun was about to set and the effect of photosynthesis was hardly significant, so Li Shu knew he needed to quickly find a way to prevail.