NOVEL NEXT Chapter 305: Unleash Yourself
"What is that form? Why can his Charizard transform?"
Caleb clearly hadn't read enough books and couldn't recognize the change in Old Flame.
It was his mother who pulled him further back from the viewing circle, warning him, "That's Mega Evolution! We need to get further away! It's very dangerous!"
After the white light faded, Old Flame had a completely new look!
His entire body was now black and blue. The streak of cerulean on his horns no longer seemed out of place. A pair of claw-like protrusions had grown on each of his shoulders, and even the flames he breathed had turned a ghostly blue!
This was Charizard X!
Commonly known as X-Zard.
This was the change brought by Mega Evolution, one of the supreme miracles born from the bond between a human and a Pokémon!
This form of evolution requires both a Key Stone held by the trainer and a Mega Stone held by the Pokémon to work in unison.
The extremely expensive package Arthur had picked up in the city at the foot of the mountain was the Key Stone. And what he had asked his Charizard earlier—the thing he was sure it still had—was the Mega Stone!
Mega Evolution was the reason for Arthur's unwavering confidence in Old Flame!
If he had truly grown old, too old to fight, the stones would not have responded.
In the end, how could a legendary dragon be content to rot away in such a dark, cramped little cave?!
Seeing Old Flame's current form, Specter and Arthur both let out a sigh of relief.
This was the Old Flame they remembered!
Beside them, Old Flame's daughter was so shocked she couldn't speak.
Every Charizard has the image of Charizard X and Charizard Y etched into its memory. They don't need humans to teach them; they are born knowing the evolutions of their own kind.
Old Flame's daughter just couldn't believe it—her father, the one who, in her memory, only ever stayed in the cave guarding his mate, the one who she saw as a ambitionless, useless old fool, actually possessed such power?!
Specter floated over to her side and took the initiative to explain to the proud and sensitive teenage rebel.
"Watch closely. Your father is far more powerful than you can imagine! He was our old leader, the strongest among us!"
Old Flame's daughter wanted to ask, "Who are you—?"
But in the next moment, an intense gust of wind cut her off.
Because over there, Arthur had already given the command—
"Old Flame, use Heat Wave!!"
The evolved Old Flame stretched its wings to their fullest extent. In this moment, its posture was incredibly upright and fierce, no longer hunched and bent like it was in the cave.
He had truly stood up!
His fighting spirit was just as it had always been!!
A terrifying wave of heat, accompanied by a powerful gust of wind, swept forward!
At the same time, Julian's Charizard keenly sensed that something was wrong—there was something strange about this wind!
Its feeling was correct. Compared to Charizard Y, Charizard X is more skilled in close combat. Heat Wave isn't normally its signature move. But the reason Arthur had commanded Old Flame to use it first was because he had his own unique application for it.
The next moment, Old Flame moved!
Its speed was so fast it made Julian's Charizard's eyes widen in an instant!
Impossible?!
In the blink of an eye, Old Flame was right in front of it!
A scorching heatwave blasted from behind Old Flame, like rings of fire exploding outwards!
This was Old Flame's unique application of Heat Wave: turning the burning wind that should have been blown at the enemy into his own propulsion, using the reactive force of the jet to maximize his own speed!
"Roar?!"
Caught off guard, even the voice of Julian's Charizard changed pitch.
But it was, after all, a battle-hardened veteran, a captain who had faced countless strong opponents in the arena.
Remaining calm in the face of danger, Julian's Charizard countered with Rock Slide!
In a Charizard civil war, the Rock-type Rock Slide is practically a cheat code. Old Flame's daughter had been defeated by this move for years. The double-super-effective type matchup was just too much to handle.
As a wild-born Pokémon, she didn't have the learning conditions of the human world, so she had never been able to learn Rock Slide.
But for the current Old Flame, this was no longer a finishing blow.
After evolving, Charizard X's typing becomes Fire/Dragon! Although Rock is still a weakness, it's no longer a double weakness.
"Tank it! Overwhelm him!" Arthur commanded again.
With this command, Arthur intended to, step by step, reawaken the fading fire and fighting spirit in Old Flame's heart!
You were born of a maelstrom of fire! You once stood against Articuno, beat down Suicune, and single-handedly withstood most of Lugia's fury! You are the king of the skies! You shouldn't have blamed yourself for so much… you shouldn't have had so many worries…
The clan, family, the league, the biased soldiers… are any of them important? Compared to you, none of them are important!!!
"Go beat him down, Old Flame!!" Arthur roared with all his might.
You don't need to worry about me so much. Because you are my most important partner, my most important Pokémon! Compared to you, nothing else matters!
"ROAR!!!"
The response to Arthur was a roar that echoed through the entire valley.
At this moment, Old Flame finally unleashed himself!
He smashed the largest falling rock from the sky with a single punch. Then, without a care, he let the remaining smaller rocks rain down on his body, his shoulders, his head.
The pain was reawakening his battle spirit!
The corrosive energy of the Rock-type was unpleasant, but this pain made him feel as if he had truly come alive again after a long time.
Yes, isn't this feeling of battle what I was most familiar with? I really have… forgotten too many important things.
The flood of memories didn't affect Old Flame's actions. As he smashed the rock, his other hand swung out with great force. His sharp claws instantly tore through the keratin on the side of Julian's Charizard's face, leaving three vicious, bloody gashes!
Ability: Tough Claws!
This was the exclusive ability of the evolved Charizard X. Its effect is to grant sharper, harder claws, providing a powerful boost to close-range moves that use the hands!
Even without using a move, Old Flame's claws were enough to make an enemy tremble in fear.
Back in the day, not even Zapdos, whose feathers were as hard as steel, could withstand his tearing claws!
"Roar!" At this, Julian's Charizard was also spurred into a fighting frenzy, roaring as it fought back.
It was a captain-level Pokémon, after all. It wouldn't back down so easily.
But its response was met with even more ferocious claws and strikes!
Any Pokémon trained by Arthur back in the day was a master of close combat! Back then, even the grandmother of Little Lapras knew the close-range ultimate move, Megahorn.
If Julian's Charizard wanted to duel Old Flame in close combat, it was at least a hundred years too early!
Both had just used their moves and were in their cooldown period, but Old Flame's subsequent attacks quickly made his opponent's guts churn.
He ducked under a swinging claw, then delivered a punch that made Julian's Charizard spit sparks and clutch its stomach.
Then, with his other hand, he smoothly grabbed the exposed neck of his opponent as it bent over, tearing off a large chunk of keratin and flesh.
As his opponent staggered to the side, he grabbed one of its wings, pulled it back, and then opened his punching hand to seize its throat and lift it into the air!
In just a few short seconds, a few exchanges, Old Flame was already suppressing his opponent to the point of pained whimpers and labored breathing.
Julian's Charizard frantically beat its wings, trying to take to the air to escape Old Flame's grip. But Old Flame simply let go of its neck, let it rise a body length, and then grabbed its dangling tail.
"ROAR!!"
Another earth-shaking roar.
Old Flame grabbed his opponent by the tail and viciously slammed it into the ground, sending shattered rocks flying with a thunderous crash!
At this moment, Caleb, who had just been bragging to Arthur about how strong his brother's Pokémon was, stood there with his mouth wide open, completely speechless…
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