Dazzling radiance continuously seeped out from within the scorching flames.
Before everyone's eyes, the originally expanding and gathering fireball suddenly burst apart.
Revealing the figure that should have been consumed by the flames.
"Little Fire?"
Everyone's gaze was drawn to the Fletchinder in the center, which was emitting a dazzling light.
The Fletchinder's body slowly expanded until the white light finally dissipated completely, revealing its new appearance.
Little Fire's red head feathers were now standing high, and the feathers around its eyes had turned black. Its beak was black, with the part connecting to its head being yellow.
Its back was red, its belly was primarily grayish-white, and it was distributed with small red patterns.
Its tail feathers had become longer and split in the middle. There were three "V"-shaped patterns on them. Looking closely, one could observe that the patterns at the junction of the two-colored feathers on its wingtips, back, and belly were somewhat similar to the shape of flames.
"Could this be the evolution Fei Xiao spoke of!"
Lin Siyu was surprised by the scene unfolding before her, her hands constantly and quickly checking Little Fire's information.
Compared to Lin Siyu and the others.
Meng Xi only knew that Little Fire was still alive, and immediately wept with joy.
"Little Fire, it's so good that you're okay!"
Meng Xi wiped away her tears while examining Little Fire's current appearance; after all, its body was almost twice as large as before.
At this moment, Lin Siyu found its corresponding information.
"Little Fire's name is now Talonflame.
Its flying ability is second to none; it can easily fly around while carrying prey weighing over 100 kilograms.
If it gets excited from intense battle, it will spew sparks from the gaps in its wings to intimidate its opponent, while charging at its prey in a straight line at a speed of 500 kilometers per hour.
It doesn't give its prey a chance to escape, solving the issue directly with a fierce kick. Talonflame's feathers are very sturdy, and even fire cannot burn through them."
"Wa!"
Talonflame flapped its wings and took flight again, its sharp gaze fixed on the black-mist-shrouded Ceruledge.
"Suo."
A cold glint flashed across Ceruledge's sharp sword, and it also took a stance, preparing to launch an attack.
But Talonflame took the initiative to launch a new move.
Seeing Talonflame quickly ascend to high altitude, it flapped its strong wings forcefully.
In an instant, Talonflame released several wind blades that attacked the Ceruledge on the ground.
Ceruledge's expression showed surprise, but it did not feel any panic.
It quickly dodged the incoming wind blades on the ground, and when it was truly difficult to dodge, it casually used its sword to Slash them apart.
In the end, the seemingly fierce attack still did not harm Ceruledge in the slightest.
"No way? The new long-range skill is useless too!"
Lin Siyu couldn't help but be surprised again by Ceruledge's strength.
Just as Ceruledge lifted its sword to Slash away all the attacks and was about to turn its gaze back to its opponent.
It noticed from the corner of its eye that Talonflame had already charged right in front of it; what agile speed!
"Wa!"
Talonflame gathered all its blue power into its body, and wrapped in blue flames, it attacked directly in front of Ceruledge like lightning.
Ceruledge, relying on its cheat-like reflexes, fluidly and forcefully changed the direction of its sword to target Talonflame.
Black flames rose simultaneously on the purple longsword in its left hand, and the attacks between the two collided fiercely at this moment.
The powerful clash of skills between the two sides produced a violent explosion, and smoke and dust erupted in the center of the battlefield, making it impossible to see the situation inside.
"Cough, cough, cough, how is it? Did it succeed?"
Lin Siyu tried her best to fan away the smoke in front of her with her booklet.
"Cough, I'm not sure either."
Meng Xi also couldn't see the situation inside now.
...
"Wa!"
Talonflame was the first to fly out of the smoke.
Its red figure didn't seem to be affected.
Before long, the smoke dissipated completely, and Ceruledge's figure also appeared in everyone's sight.
This time, Ceruledge was in a large crater about ten meters deep, and some scars appeared on the arm of its left sword that had parried the attack.
Seeing this scene, Lin Siyu cheered with joy.
"That's great! The new move is so cool, the attack was successful!"
"Mm!"
Meng Xi also showed joy; although the effect wasn't obvious, having a chance meant having motivation.
...
Meanwhile, the members of the Dragon Kingdom Army watching the battle completely failed to understand what was happening before them.
They had thought that the bird-like monster would be destroyed right there.
But the subsequent reversal caught everyone off guard.
That bird-like monster seemed to have gained a huge improvement in its abilities during the battle, and even its appearance had changed accordingly.
Now it could only faintly be seen that it had some similarities to its previous appearance.
Ye Jinnian and Jiao Wuyan both breathed a sigh of relief; reasonably speaking, they both hoped that the girl's Pokémon would win.
However, although the current development was beyond everyone's expectations, as long as the result was good in the end, that was fine.
The two of them glanced at Li Zhengxin calmly.
The latter's expression was very surprised at this moment; they completely did not know that monsters could have such magical changes.
Their previous estimations of the monsters' abilities might be far from the whole picture.
In contrast, Jiao Xiaoyan stared at the handsome Talonflame with glowing eyes.
She thought to herself again that she must ask for the secret to catching Pokémon in the future.
...
And the battle below was far from over.
Talonflame scanned the Ceruledge in the pit with a vigilant gaze.
The Brave Bird attack just now was already its strongest attack skill at the moment.
But the opponent had broken it so casually with just a momentary stress reaction, at the cost of a minor injury to its left hand.
It couldn't help but doubt its own abilities.
"Watch out, it's coming again, Little Fire!"
Meng Xi hurriedly reminded Little Fire, who was a bit distracted.
Ceruledge's aura was majestic at this moment, even better than before, and the black evil aura permeating its body was almost condensed into a solid.
Its overall image, set off by its dark and deep temperament, was like a demon walking in the world, making people feel awe involuntarily.
Even the people watching this battle could faintly feel an inexplicable fear in the depths of their hearts.
Obviously, Talonflame's strength had been successfully recognized by Ceruledge.
From this moment on, Ceruledge would also show its true strength to repay the'strong' opponent in front of it.
"Suo."
Ceruledge placed its right sword behind it, and the astonishing resentment gathered on the sword blade like a substance.
"Wa."
Talonflame understood the opponent's intention; the next move would be the true final blow.
The blue flames burned fiercely again, and the power of the final Brave Bird reached its peak.
Sparks exploded between the two sides' gazes, and the tension was palpable.
"Little Fire, wait a second."
Meng Xi and Lin Siyu could now see that this Ceruledge was really playing the pig to eat the tiger, hiding its moves and strength all along.
But when Meng Xi spoke.
Both sides were already on the verge of launching their attacks.
The next second, both sides attacked each other simultaneously.
Everyone present subconsciously held their breath.
Some were worried, some were looking forward to seeing who would win or lose this decisive blow.
...
"This ends here!"
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