Defeat of the Dragon-type Elite Four Member

Lance watched Xiao Zhen recall Nidoking, which still had plenty of fighting strength left, and could not help saying, "I lost the first match. You'd better be careful from here on out."

Xiao Zhen clapped his hands and already held his second Poké Ball.

He intended to send all his companions into battle at least once. With Mew as his trump card at the end, even if he truly lost a match midway through, it would not affect the overall outcome.

Poor Elite Four Member Lance had no idea that he had almost no chance of winning from the very beginning.

Lance threw out another Poké Ball. A gray flying dragon threw back its head and roared, its eyes still filled with ancient savagery.

Ash immediately developed some psychological trauma. During his travels, he had once passed by an archaeological site and encountered one of these ancient Pokémon.

Perhaps they had disturbed its sleep at the time, because it had chased him for over an hour. Charizard had evolved during that incident as well.

Lance said smugly, "I spent quite a bit of effort getting this Pokémon. There probably aren't more than ten in the world right now. It's an exceptionally rare Pokémon."

A gleam flashed through Xiao Zhen's eyes, and he quickly saw what this Aerodactyl was made of.

It had been mentioned in the games that a certain company had conducted experiments to revive ancient Pokémon and had even achieved fairly mature results.

Of course, these old relics were not entirely absent from genuine surviving bloodlines, but they were incredibly hard to find. Without Protagonist's Halo, one could forget about encountering one.

The genes inside Lance's Aerodactyl differed somewhat from those of a naturally raised creature, so it was most likely the product of purchased technological trickery.

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