The Trainers in attendance were all seasoned veterans, and it did not take long for them to see that Dragonite could easily find the weak spots in the Blizzard and break through it.
The enemy couldn't affect Dragonite, and the Dragon Dance process was going smoothly and rapidly. As everyone watched on, Dragonite had already completed a three-segment Dragon Dance enhancement, significantly boosting its strength from where it initially was.
"Continue,"
Fang Yuan watched Dragonite amid its Dragon Dance, silently assessing its physical condition. After three Dragon Dances, Dragonite was far from reaching its limits. Perhaps for an ordinary Pokemon, undergoing such intensive enhancement would be enough to fully unlock its potential, exhausting the body and overloading it with the sudden gain of power and speed. However, for Fang Yuan's Dragonite, this was not an issue.
The potential of Quick Dragon Envoy was immense, with Nightmare Mode nearing an invincible battle strength within the Master Domain, ensuring its latent physical potential was inexhaustible.
Therefore, Fang Yuan's Dragonite, when utilizing Strengthening Moves, was unlikely to reach its limits quickly, indicating a strong natural talent for such moves.
As Fang Yuan did not stop Dragonite's Dragon Dance, the audience also caught onto this point, their expressions one of utter disbelief.
"Four times!! That must be the limit now, right?"
Everyone was observing Dragonite's condition. In previous battles, many had empowered their Pokemon with Strengthening Moves, and four times was generally the limit that most Trainers' Pokemon could endure. Now, Dragonite's Dragon Dance was enhancing both strength and speed, making its potential far surpass that unlocked by general Strengthening Moves.
To stir up body potential and enhance both strength and speed, and yet Dragonite seemed utterly unaffected???
"There's no way it can go for a fifth time!!!"
Currently, only the Reigning King's Tyranitar had surpassed this figure, achieving a Six-segment Dragon Dance.
But that was the former King, whereas Fang Yuan was merely a university sophomore.
"Boom!!!"
Fortunately, Dragonite suddenly stopped.
After four power-ups, Dragonite used the Tailwind Move and approached Ride Dragon with Extreme Speed, its right fist gathering Thunder and Lightning, which seemed capable of communicating with the rain clouds to bring forth even stronger thunderbolts.
This Thunder Punch, combined perfectly with the Thunder Strike Skill, caught Ride Dragon completely off guard and struck with a thunderous blow!!!
With the enhancements, Dragonite's speed had reached an unthinkable level. It was normal for Ride Dragon to not react in time. Amidst the thunder, Dragonite once again one-shot the second-round Pokemon.
Lightning made Dragonite under the dark clouds look terrifying... as if it weren't the embodiment of the sea at that moment but the embodiment of destruction.
"This Dragonite has pretty good physical fitness, but such a state also consumes an enormous amount... Fang Yuan must be risking it all. If Dragonite falls, his challenge will end here,"
Using Strengthening Moves to challenge holds one limitation; it's generally only viable on a single Pokemon unless Relay Moves are used.
For instance, Dragonite might've powered up to sweep through the fourth and fifth rounds with its Four-segment Dragon Dance, but if it loses fighting capability by then and Fang Yuan can't send out another Pokemon with strength comparable to the Four-segment Dragon Dance Dragonite, the newly sent out Pokemon would face immense pressure, starting against an opponent vastly more powerful than itself.
Previous contenders faced this dilemma and struggled to break through almost always. Essentially, a Strengthening strategy meant betting everything on the first Pokemon powered to the limit, unless the first sent out Pokemon wasn't the core ace.
But since they've chosen to enhance, most Trainers usually choose to empower their strongest Pokemon to confidently steamroll onwards...
Next up... another Ice Type Pokemon stepped forward.
However, already enhanced to such a degree, even an Ice Type would struggle to damage Dragonite. Based on the performance of previous challengers, the expectation was that Dragonite would simply steamroll ahead until it reached its own limits.
Those who knew Fang Yuan were curious about how far he could go...
Yet, to everyone's surprise, Dragonite, powered up by four segments of Dragon Dance, began to use the Dragon Dance again against its third opponent!
Five-segment Dragon Dance!
"This is madness, that will quickly break Dragonite's body,"
Fang Yuan's orders made many speak out, but the reality was that almost instantly, propelled by the raging currents, Dragonite swiftly completed the fifth segment of Dragon Dance.
And it showed no signs of stopping!
"What on earth is he thinking?" muttered Yun Guancheng.
Jiang Ran and Xu Jing were equally bewildered. Was this an attempt at a Six-segment Dragon Dance???
At this point, the Reigning King's brows furrowed slightly. Could this Dragonite really be aiming for an Extreme Six-segment Dragon Dance?
His Tyranitar had only achieved that through rigorous training.
The crowd found it hard to believe. It made sense for the Reigning King's Tyranitar to perform a Six-segment Dragon Dance, but why would a Dragonite, far less powerful than Tyranitar, attempt such a feat?
As unbelievable as it was, Fang Yuan indeed planned for Dragonite to undertake the ultimate Dragon Dance. If so, Dragonite should have reached a strength close to Nightmare Mode, albeit slightly less than Nightmare Mode's state, which unleashed latent potential through "Soul" Power. Nonetheless, the Regular Extreme Dragon Dance also elevated Dragonite to another level of strength!!