However, at this very moment, the King of Charizard suddenly opened his massive mouth, and a concentrated aura of dragon power gathered within it.
At this moment, Dragon Claw had already slashed at him, leaving deep scars once again on the body of the King of Charizard. Yet, this did not stop the King of Charizard's actions, as the Dragon Attribute power in his mouth became even more concentrated.
"Boom!!" A deep blue energy beam directly engulfed Charizard, a Dragon Type Move, Dragon Pulse!
This time it wasn't a Fire Type move, but a countering Dragon Type move!
Even if it's not the same type of move, it can still inflict a ton of damage on Charizard!
"Ugh!" Ash held his body, involuntarily stepping back a pace.
In the state of Aura Fusion, the senses of both are shared, and the stamina consumption is even more for Ash's side.
This move not only had a great impact on Charizard but also on Ash. After battling for so long, even Ash already felt somewhat exhausted, and now taking a countering move as well, was really adding insult to injury.
After Dragon Pulse, Charizard already had many visible injuries on his body, and his expression became much weaker, and the Dragon Claw in his hand disappeared.
The King of Charizard exhaled, showing a mix of joy and pain on his face.
The joy was naturally because he guessed the opponent's attribute correctly. There are only a few attributes that can resist Fire Type moves. Charizard naturally has the Fire Attribute inherent to its species, and the other is likely the Dragon Attribute!
From the opponent's frequent use of Dragon Attribute moves, it could be seen that although Charizard carries the name dragon, it does not have the Dragon Attribute. Using Dragon Type moves would not have an attribute bonus, yet the Charizard brought by this human is different in form from them.
Perhaps it might have the Dragon Attribute, so he decided to take a gamble, exchanging injuries with the opponent!
It would be best if Air Cutter could hit Charizard, if not, then while withstanding the opponent's attack, use Dragon Attribute moves to mutually consume each other's stamina!
In the end, it turned out just as he predicted, Dragon Pulse inflicted tons of damage on Charizard, but he also took a hit from Dragon Claw.
This guy's attack power is really strong! His body had been tempered by flames day and night inside Purgatory Valley, making it much harder than an average body, with a defense far stronger than most Charizard.
However, in front of the opponent's attack, his tempered body was like paper, shattering at a touch.
If this challenge was against an opponent at full stamina, the chances of his defeat should be over ninety percent, but unfortunately, there's no "if" in the world.
Charizard's stamina was already largely expended when he came to challenge, coupled with the stamina consumed by these attacks, plus this countering move by Dragon Pulse, now Charizard would find it difficult even to lift an arm.
"Roar!!" The outcome is decided; you are a very strong Charizard, and you are still young. Perhaps in a couple of years, you could easily pass the trial, but for now, the position of King cannot be given to you!
The King of Charizard made the final decision; the outcome of this duel was determined. Charizard no longer had any strength left, and although the King was also seriously injured, it was not fatal, and now he was going to give Charizard the final blow!
"Roar!!" The King of the Charicific Valley extended sharp claws on his forepaws, Dragon Type Move, Dragon Claw!
The final blow, he decided to use a Dragon Attribute move to completely take out Charizard, as a sign of enough respect for Charizard.
Ash, who was crouching, suddenly lifted his head and took a deep breath: "We haven't planned to give up yet! The more my Charizard is pushed to the brink, the greater the power it can unleash. Go, Charizard, let the King of the Valley witness what real flames are, use Flare Blitz!!!"
"Roar!!!" Originally, Charizard's hands were drooping down, but in response to Ash's shout, it seemed as if infinite strength had been infused into him.
Just like Ash, he suddenly lifted his head, and the flames that had become very weak at the corners of his mouth and tail burned fiercely once again, and the color changed from the original blue to black!
The black flames roared, raising the already scorching temperature in Purgatory Valley by another notch!
The King of Charizard's pupils shook; the black flames, even he had never seen before, and this temperature... Even without contact, he could feel it was much higher than his own flames!
His flames had not changed color, but the actual temperature surpassed blue flames. Some flames, when their temperature reached a certain level, would change color, but his belonged to a back-to-basics level. Even the legendary Fire Type deity might not surpass him in temperature.
But these black flames... The temperature was so much higher than his own flames. Could there really be flames in the world that could reach this temperature? And this was the power unleashed by a dying Charizard, how could this be possible?!
"Roar!!" Charizard let out another furious roar, engulfed in black flames. The distance between the two was less than half a meter, and by just flapping his wings, Charizard's figure slammed heavily into the King of Charizard!
The King of Charizard instinctively placed Dragon Claw in front of him as a defense, but the emerald-green Dragon Claw only held out for less than 0.1 seconds before disintegrating into nothing under the scorching black flames, not leaving even a trace!
"Boom!!" An unprecedented massive explosion erupted in the center of Purgatory Valley. This time, the violent shockwave actually caused the entire Purgatory Valley to tremble, something that had never happened before, not even when Lance's Charizard faced off against the King of Charizard, this level of tremor did not occur.
Liza, who was waiting outside, could clearly feel the tremor from the valley. At the forefront, Liza's emerald-green eyes were full of astonishment. She knew better than anyone except the King of Charizard how sturdy Purgatory Valley was.
The fact that the valley could experience such tremors meant that an extremely fierce impact must have erupted inside!
"Step back!!" Liza raised her eyebrows slightly, and then quickly shouted, but Misty and Serena hadn't reacted yet. Little Liza held them both in her arms and flew backward. Meanwhile, Liza quickly pulled back, and a clueless Brock hurriedly followed Liza in retreat.
"What happened, Miss Liza..." Before Brock's words were finished, he understood why Liza wanted them to retreat. The ground where they had just stood turned visibly red and then into a pool—lava!
If they had still been standing where they were, they might have been engulfed in flames in an instant!
Little Liza slowly descended from the air, releasing Misty and Serena. Given the urgency of the situation earlier, the priority was to protect the two girls, with Liza herself sitting on Little Liza.
"What... what happened, Miss Liza?" Serena asked Liza, somewhat in a daze.
"The battle inside the valley raised the entire temperature of Purgatory Valley. The rocks inside couldn't contain such heat, so it extended outward. Even I have never seen such a situation." Liza's expression was grave, and the shock in her voice was unmistakable.
The rocks inside Purgatory Valley could withstand the temperature of lava, unparalleled even in Charicific Valley or the whole world, unique in rarity. Liza even thought that unless Ho-Oh came in person, there wouldn't be flames that exceeded the carrying temperature of the Purgatory rocks.
Yet today, she witnessed the rocks exceed their limit firsthand.
What kind of intense fight was raging inside! Was it caused by the King of Charizard or Ash's Charizard?
But no matter what, the outcome was definitely decided, and soon the result would be clear...