While the entire audience discussed animatedly, the battle continued.
After having lost two Pokémon consecutively, Susan's face looked somewhat gloomy.
It could be seen how her hand moved across the belt where she carried her Poké Balls, as if she were considering which Pokémon would be next.
"Originally I didn't want to rely on him, but it seems there's no other choice now." After a moment, Susan seemed to make a decision and solemnly took out a Poké Ball.
Accompanied by the flash of white light coming from the Poké Ball, a Dragonite appeared floating in the air.
"DRRAAAGGGG!"
As soon as it came out, Dragonite let out a roar.
Immediately afterward, a terrifying pressure emanated from its body, transforming into an invisible oppressive force.
"What a terrifying aura! That's a Quasi-Elite level Pokémon!"
Seeing Dragonite enter the scene, the audience immediately burst into excited cheers.
When everyone thought the battle would end so simply, Susan unexpectedly released... a Quasi-Elite level Pokémon!
Moreover, judging from the terrifying presence it showed, it was clearly not an ordinary Dragonite.
Another detail that caught attention was that, since it appeared, Dragonite had a gloomy expression, without the typical somewhat clumsy or friendly air that other Dragonite usually show.
"Now this is getting interesting. That Ethan guy has only used two Pokémon with power close to the Quasi-Elite level against Susan. But those two clearly aren't opponents for this Dragonite. It seems that in the end everything will come down to a battle between Dragonite and Charizard."
At that moment, the somewhat tense atmosphere became lively again and the cheers supporting Susan echoed once more throughout the stadium.
"This feeling... It seems that this Pokémon was not personally raised by Susan."
Ethan could not help recalling the Quasi-Elite level Lucario that Lucas had obtained from his family.
Directly capturing Pokémon raised by the family was one of the fastest ways for great families to increase the strength of their descendants.
However, raising a Quasi-Elite level Pokémon as a family legacy was not something easy.
That also indicated that behind Susan there was surely a powerful family supporting her.
"If we're talking about inheritance... my Magmortar was raised by a top-level Champion."
Ethan took a deep breath and decided not to withdraw Magmortar, allowing it to directly face a Quasi-Elite level Pokémon.
"Magmmoorrtt!"
Magmortar also seemed excited.
Crackle...
Immediately, electric currents began to appear in its hands.
"Then let's go, use Flamethrower!"
Magmortar fired two torrents of fire from its arm cannons, launching them toward Dragonite in the air.
"Dragg!"
Facing the flames coming head-on, Dragonite's body suddenly wrapped itself in a stream of water and rushed straight toward them.
Fire and water collided violently.
In just an instant, the flames were completely suppressed, and Dragonite, wrapped in water, charged toward Magmortar.
"Explosive Step!"
Magmortar's reaction was also extremely fast.
It stomped the ground with one leg and a burst of fire exploded beneath its foot, giving it explosive speed in an instant.
BOOM!
Dragonite's Aqua Jet move missed. But when its feet touched the ground, the impact made the entire arena tremble, revealing Dragonite's terrifying physical strength.
Then Dragonite swept the field with its gaze and soon locked onto Magmortar.
A powerful jet of water shot from its mouth, sweeping toward him.
From the beginning, Dragonite had shown extremely autonomous battle awareness, directly suppressing Magmortar.
"So they cultivated Dragonite's autonomous combat awareness from the very beginning?"
"It truly is a very effective way to create a family legacy."
Ethan narrowed his eyes.
With this method, descendants only needed to obtain the Pokémon's recognition to immediately possess Quasi-Elite level combat strength.
However, it also had disadvantages.
Pokémon with too much autonomy were difficult to fully integrate with their trainer.
Sometimes they could even disobey orders.
After all, when a Pokémon reaches levels like Quasi-Elite, Elite, or even Champion, the trainer's command ability also becomes an important criterion for measuring their strength.
That was why, although this type of Pokémon was very useful in the short term, in the long term its disadvantages could outweigh the advantages.
Even so, in this battle, Dragonite's strong autonomy was causing great problems for Magmortar.
"Magmortar, Thunderflame Dragon Mode!"
Taking advantage of an opening in Dragonite's attack, Ethan gave the order.
In the next instant, Magmortar's fists began to shine with lightning that soon spread across its entire body.
Wrapped in fire and electricity, its body emitted bursts of energy.
"Now, Thunderflame Dragon Roar!"
After activating the mode, Magmortar brought its hands wrapped in fire and lightning together.
BOOM!
A beam of fiery energy mixed with electricity shot toward Dragonite flying above him.
In the air, it was as if a projectile had hit an airplane.
Dragonite's body exploded within the smoke.
"Did it succeed?"
Ethan showed a flash of joy. But in the next moment, a gust of wind swept across the field.
The smoke dispersed, revealing Dragonite's figure.
"Dragg!"
Dragonite's eyes turned completely red, fiercely locking onto Magmortar.
Then it flapped its wings and disappeared from the spot.
Wrapped in water, it descended from the sky like a liquid pillar.
"Water... no! Dragonite, stop!"
Although the attack looked imposing, Susan's face changed drastically.
Although water was the type in which Dragonite was strongest, now was not the best moment.
Magmortar's body was covered in electricity, which could seriously affect it.
However, if the Aqua Jet move managed to hit a fire-type Pokémon like Magmortar, the damage would also be enormous.
"Now, Flare Blitz!"
Magmortar did not dodge.
The fire and lightning on its body intensified violently, using a version of the move Flare Blitz enhanced with electricity.
In the air, both Pokémon collided with all their power.
Fire, lightning, and wind clashed violently, generating an enormous storm of energy.
"What a terrifying clash! Who won?"
The spectators stared tensely at the cloud of smoke created by the explosion.
"Dragonite must have won."
"Although Magmortar looked strong with that fire and lightning... Dragonite is a true Quasi-Elite level Pokémon!"
Some spectators stated it with complete certainty.
(End of Chapter)