In truth, there was no suspense whatsoever in this battle.
Ito Ryuzaki, the Sakura Nation Alliance's Champion, was a Trainer of the same generation as Liao Xingchen. Every year at the World Championship, he could barely gain any advantage against Liao Xingchen.
Not to mention that Liao Xingchen had now become the Rainbow Hero and received quite a few benefits from Ho-Oh. In Su Hao's view, the strength of his ace Charizard might already be not far from Dande's Gigantamax Charizard.
Su Hao had come to watch the match in person partly because he wanted to see Charizard's strength for himself.
Unfortunately, Ito Ryuzaki was somewhat past his prime.
A few months ago, Liao Xingchen's Charizard had already been able to defeat Shedinja, whose strength had yet to return to its peak but who could already wield some of the Authority of Calamity, through Mega Evolution.
Now, bolstered by its Trainer becoming the Rainbow Hero, it had soared to new heights. Not only had it mastered the Sacred Fire personally passed down by Ho-Oh, but Sacred Fire's Blessing—similar to Incineroar's version, though subtly different in many ways—also empowered it.
On the other hand, perhaps because the incident in Tokyo had left too deep an impact, Ito Ryuzaki had been busy dealing with New Moon Cultists, and his own strength had barely improved compared to before.
Before Charizard, which maintained late Champion Level strength even in its normal state, Dracovish, only at early Champion Level, had virtually no ability to resist.
Liao Xingchen did not even need to use Mega Evolution to claim victory with overwhelming force.
Ito Ryuzaki was far too disappointing.
Su Hao shook his head and turned to leave the venue, with the cries of "Refund our tickets!" from the Sakura spectators serving as background music.
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