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BOOM!
Two massive bodies crashed together on the scorched earth.
At the final moment, Little Sun appeared and collided head-on with the Arcanine Master, blocking its path before it could reach Chris.
The area around them became as bright as daylight.
The rampaging Arcanine Master looked like it had been coated in a layer of gold, shining brilliantly. Its opponent was Chris's Arcanine, "Little Sun," who blazed as bright as the sun itself.
The battlefield had transformed from night into day.
The beautiful gym leader who had been preparing to rescue Chris couldn't help but widen her eyes when she witnessed this scene.
"How can there be two masters!"
Indeed, Little Sun's current appearance closely resembled the violent Arcanine Master.
The furious Arcanine Master paused for a moment when it saw Little Sun.
So... am I hitting my own reflection?
That's not right.
Immediately, the enraged Arcanine Master became even more furious, mistaking Little Sun for a poor imitation of itself!
"Woof!" The Arcanine Master used Snarl.
The violent sound waves spread across the Island, causing chaos throughout. The magma became agitated and erupted in bursts!
When facing a master-level Pokémon as a member of the same species challenging it, the first obstacle to overcome is the "Master's Oppression" that comes from deep within their bloodline.
However, Little Sun was a Pokémon that Chris had specially trained using items that enhanced its "willpower."
The master's oppressive presence had very little effect on it.
What master or not? You're a master, but am I not one too?
I don't know how many King's Rocks my trainer has bought for me! I've chewed on all of them!
"Woof!" Little Sun also used Snarl.
But this wasn't the move—it was activating its Ability.
"Intimidate!"
The pressure radiated outward!
The sound wave and the mental pressure collided in midair, immediately creating crackling explosions above.
When Chris saw this scene, he was suddenly reminded of the effect of clashing dominant auras.
Little Sun, the rising star of the new generation, was about to challenge the Arcanine Master, a remnant of the old era.
The battle was about to erupt.
After a brief pause, the violent Arcanine Master launched the first attack!
"Flare Blitz!"
The Arcanine Master stepped forward and charged, moving more than twice as fast as when it had rushed at Chris moments ago. Its body burned with blazing flames, and traces of golden sparks surrounded its mighty form.
"Let's go too, Flare Blitz!" Chris commanded.
Against the Arcanine Master, his tactical approach was very straightforward.
Fight strength with strength, ferocity with ferocity. Defeat it head-on with absolute power!
He simply wanted to beat it into submission.
Even after the Arcanine Master's rampage ended, it would still have to bow before Little Sun's feet.
"Bang!" The flames covering Little Sun suddenly raged violently, as if a small explosion had occurred. It completely enveloped its own body—from the outside, it looked like a massive fireball!
It charged forward!
The two Arcanines collided as magma erupted around them.
BOOM!
Fukihuo Island trembled, and the magma eruptions became even more violent!
The outcome of the collision between the two Arcanines was decided a second later.
The Arcanine Master was knocked back several dozen meters by Little Sun. Just as the Arcanine Master was about to launch an immediate counterattack, another explosion occurred at the point where Little Sun had made contact, forcing it back from its attack stance.
Chris couldn't help but smile slightly when he saw this.
Flare Blitz powered by the Machamp move technique, combined with the Force Palm method.
It was simply invincible, let alone in an era two thousand years ago.
Pokémon from the Emerald Age, whether wild or trained by trainers, were extremely crude in their skill execution.
And the techniques mastered by his own Pokémon were top-tier even in the future.
What could the Arcanine Master possibly use to compete with Little Sun?
When the Arcanine Master shook its head to disperse the smoke, Little Sun had already silently pounced in front of it with a decisive Close Combat.
A strike hit the Arcanine Master's head, snapping it to the side and sending its body flying backward for dozens of meters.
But soon, the Arcanine Master got back up.
Chris guessed that the Arcanine Master's Ability must be Sturdy.
In real battles, a Pokémon's Ability isn't only reflected in type advantages. An Arcanine with Sturdy truly had an incredibly hard body.
After all, its typing included Rock, and the Fighting-type Close Combat could deal double damage!
If its body wasn't tough enough, that Close Combat just now would have been a finishing blow.
The color of the Arcanine Master's body changed dramatically as it rose from the ground—from bright gold to deep crimson flames, which blended with the constantly emerging magma around it and the black smoke rising everywhere.
Standing in the black smoke with that appearance, the Arcanine Master at this moment resembled a vicious hound from the depths of hell—powerful and menacing.
Chris's evaluation of this was that it was all show.
He estimated that its health had dropped to 25% and it had entered its final phase.
He pulled out a red Firium Z from his pocket and pressed it onto his Z-Power Ring. Although Arcanine didn't have a Mega Evolution, it could still use Z-Moves!
"Little Sun, Z-Move, Inferno Overdrive!"
When the red fiery energy escaped from Chris's body and merged into Arcanine's form, brilliant flames blazed!
Little Sun opened its mouth slightly, and a red fireball gathered within; it compressed; gathered again; compressed once more.
But just when it could no longer be compressed, Little Sun suddenly swallowed the fireball in one bite!
BOOM!
An explosion erupted from within Little Sun's body, and in an instant, red flames shot into the sky. In less than a second, a giant Arcanine made of pure fire, seven or eight stories tall, stood on the battlefield, roaring in the fierce wind—majestic and imposing!
Comparing the two, the current Little Sun looked far more like a master than the Arcanine Master itself!
The beautiful gym leader watching the battle opened her mouth so wide it seemed she could fit an entire apple inside.
In the next moment, the giant Arcanine stepped forward.
The Arcanine Master roared and prepared to fight back, but before it could rise, the giant Arcanine that had been dozens of meters away suddenly appeared right in front of it in the next instant.
The speed was incredible!
How is this speed... even possible?
At the boundary between regaining its senses and losing them, the Arcanine Master's eyes widened, and big question marks seemed to float in its sturdy mind.
BOOM!
The flaming chariot passed through and leveled the volcano entrance of Fukihuo Island, and the Arcanine Master was blasted directly into the sea beyond the Island.
BOOM! The magma erupted, splashing out like fireworks in the sky.
It was like a salute celebrating the new master's coronation!