"Boo-ow!" In the storm, after defeating the enemy, Dragonite clearly felt its physical strength decline and experienced a sharp pain in its body.
In order to achieve a one-hit knockout of the seventh challenge's Pokémon, Dragonite had unleashed Extreme Speed to its limit, directly depleting nearly half of its energy, and its body had sustained serious damage under such high-speed conditions.
It seemed Dragonite could only face one more opponent, the Pokémon thought reluctantly.
One minute later.
As the eighth challenge's Pokémon lay defeated on the field, Dragonite was also gasping for breath and no longer had the strength to fly. It tried its utmost to use "Feather Nest" to recover, but it was difficult to heal, and Fang Yuan knew that Dragonite had already reached its own limits.
"Is this the end?"
"This Fang Yuan is terrifying... he crushed his way through to the eighth challenge."
"It seems to be over."
The three on the main stand were slightly silent. Fang Yuan had created a miracle; a Trainer who should have been challenging the Professional level instead made it to the eighth challenge at Master Level and achieved what many King contestants could not.
This was truly inconceivable.
The next challenge's Pokémon was even more difficult to deal with than the eighth, and Fang Yuan's Dragonite had already reached its limit. Unless Fang Yuan could send out a Pokémon nearly as strong as Dragonite after it performed Six-segment Dragon Dance, he would, like most Trainers who relied on enhancement tactics, quickly fall due to the vast disparity in strength between his Pokémon and the challenge Pokémon.
"He has done very well already. This Fang Yuan, if trained properly, might become the main contender in the next World Championships," Ms. Liuqin expressed her satisfaction with Dragonite's performance.
"To have tamed such an outstanding Dragonite is also his accomplishment," stated Yun Kai, the prideful Dragon King, affirming Fang Yuan. After all, Fang Yuan was younger than Yun Guancheng, and by comparison, he was already doing exceptionally well.
Even Yun Kai himself hadn't reached this level at that age.
"What a pity he's still too young," Master Ma Chenzong shook his head in regret. Just one more challenge and Fang Yuan would have created a miracle, breaking through the first stage of the World Championships selections at under twenty years of age.
Of the remaining Pokémon in Fang Yuan's team, even Monferno, Master Ma Chenzong recalled, would definitely not be stronger than Dragonite at its normal state, let alone after performing a Six-segment Dragon Dance.
Unless Fang Yuan's Monferno could make the same rapid progress as Dragonite in such a short time, but Master Ma Chenzong thought it unlikely. For Dragonite to have made such progress was already incredible and he attributed it to some rare fortune, such fortuitous events could not happen frequently.
"You worked hard, Dragonite."
After Dragonite reached its limit, Fang Yuan indeed took out the Poké Ball and recalled it, feeling very satisfied with how far Dragonite had pushed through the pressure. Now Dragonite was unable to continue battling, unless it entered Nightmare Mode.
The most terrifying aspect of Nightmare Mode was the maintenance of battle while in a sleep state, allowing for an extremely rapid recovery of physical strength, more frightening even than using "Feather Nest."
Nightmare Mode could be considered a no-consumption version of the Six-segment Dragon Dance...
However, Fang Yuan did not want Dragonite to use such an uncontrollable mode.
"Boo-ow..." Dragonite, weakly trying to scratch its head but finding it too difficult to even lift its arms, was focusing just on not passing out.
As the red light flashed, Dragonite was recalled by Fang Yuan.
Countless gazes landed on Fang Yuan, curious to see what he would do next. The enhancement strategy was exhausted; the ninth challenge's Pokémon was probably going to crush the next move.
At that moment, Fang Yuan was also conflicted, whether to send out Milotic or another Pokémon...
After some thought, Fang Yuan took out Milotic's Poké Ball and slowly pressed it, deciding to take a gamble.
The next moment.
Milotic appeared from amidst the mist, its body adorned with glistening droplets of water, and its glowing scales highlighted its astounding beauty.
"Milotic?" Upon seeing Milotic emerge, many spectators displayed puzzled expressions.
While beautiful, and undoubtably incredibly cultivated from a nurturing point of view, from a strength standpoint, the Pokémon wasn't very powerful.
At least it surely wouldn't surpass Dragonite after its Dragon Dance...
Xu Jing and Jiang Ran also had an unusual shimmer in their eyes... This Milotic was, just a few months ago, a mere average Professional level in terms of combat, the weakest in Fang Yuan's team. Now Fang Yuan was sending it out?
Dragonite's power had already numbed them, but now, they still couldn't comprehend Fang Yuan's thinking.
"Eh..." Yun Guancheng was also puzzled because he had defeated this Milotic before...
Even in the National Championships, while Milotic had improved, its performance wasn't particularly stunning.
Could it be that Milotic also gained a great enhancement at the Temple of the Sea?
Hiss...
Yun Guancheng's eyes widened.
"It's this Pokémon," Master Ma Chenzong recalled Milotic's Charm Techniques but didn't understand what Fang Yuan was planning. How could such a Milotic overcome what not even the Six-segment Drance Dragonite could easily handle?
As Fang Yuan sent out Milotic, the ninth challenge's Pokémon appeared immediately after, a quadrupedal creature, resembling a mature lion with electric arcs flashing across its body.