The First Heavenly Pride Arena Tournament Ends

"Roar!!!"

This time, Charizard X let out an earth-shaking roar!

The terrifying dragon might caused the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon to freeze for an instant.

It took to the sky again and directly swallowed the little sun of Sunny Day.

An even more violent, deeper draconic aura erupted, mixed with undying deep-blue dragon flames!

The flames around Charizard's body became incomparably berserk.

It transformed into a meteor burning with deep-blue dragon flames and charged down from the sky toward the enormous thunder dragon on the ground!

Speed, power, and dragon flames merged into one under the ultimate enhancement of four Dragon Dances!

Yu Yuanzhen felt an unprecedented lethal threat. The thunder dragon roared and poured all of its Soul Power into its right foreclaw, compressing the blue-violet lightning to its limit.

It transformed into a lightning Dragon Claw that seemed capable of tearing apart heaven and earth, striking with all its might toward the diving deep-blue meteor!

"Break!"

Charizard refused to be outdone, gathering enormous Dragon Claws wreathed in flames in both hands.

The deep-blue meteor and the lightning Dragon Claw collided violently in midair!

Time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Then, a scene that every spectator across Douluo Continent would remember for the rest of their lives unfolded.

There was no imagined explosion of energy, no stalemate.

Only an incomparably clear, teeth-grating tearing sound!

The lightning Dragon Claw, containing Yu Yuanzhen's level ninety-five Soul Power and the full-force strike of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar, was sliced apart the instant it touched the deep-blue Dragon Claw, like a hot knife through butter, like fragile glazed glass crashing into divine iron!

Screech!

The enormous dragon flame claw formed from deep-blue energy tore through the giant lightning Dragon Claw with overwhelming force.

Then, without pausing in the slightest, it viciously seized the thunder dragon avatar by the neck!

"No!" Yu Yuanzhen's horrified roar came to an abrupt stop.

The deep-blue Dragon Claw embedded itself in the dragon scales and erupted with power, tearing downward along the thunder dragon's spine!

The piercing sound of tearing echoed across the arena and the Sky Screen! The majestic, invincible Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Avatar was ripped open by that plain, unadorned Dragon Claw, from its neck to its waist, leaving behind a massive gap burning with dragon flames!

Endless thunder energy leaked wildly from the wound, collapsing and being annihilated!

The Martial Soul Avatar shattered!

Blue-violet lightning exploded apart, and Yu Yuanzhen's figure was thrown out miserably, returning to human form.

A savage, enormous claw mark burned with specks of cyan-blue flame across his chest, nearly disemboweling him. Blood sprayed everywhere, his Soul Power became chaotic and plummeted, and his aura instantly withered to its lowest point. Nothing remained in his eyes but boundless shock and confusion.

Charizard swooped down and caught up with the falling Yu Yuanzhen. Its claws gripped his shoulders as it began spinning rapidly upward!

One circle, two circles, ten circles—its speed became so great that it formed a fiery twister! This was all the kinetic energy accumulated through Dragon Dance converted into rotational force!

Seismic Toss!

After spinning to the limit, Charizard held Yu Yuanzhen upside down and slammed him toward the center of the arena like a falling meteor!

At the instant before impact, it released him and simultaneously took a deep breath.

Fire Blast!

A massive character for "fire," condensed to the extreme and composed entirely of cyan-blue dragon flames, struck Yu Yuanzhen's back with perfect precision before he hit the ground, driving him down even faster!

BOOM!!!!

A deafening explosion shook heaven and earth! The entire golden arena trembled violently, and a terrifying crater over a hundred meters wide was smashed into its center. The crystalline material along the crater walls melted under the intense heat before cooling instantly, forming twisted, grotesque glass-like shapes.

The flaming character burned brilliantly at the bottom of the crater for several breaths before slowly dissipating.

At the center of the crater, Yu Yuanzhen lay there with shredded clothes and a charred body, his aura faint. He had completely lost consciousness and all ability to fight.

Charizard slowly descended onto the edge of the crater. The deep-blue dragon flames around its body and its Mega Evolution form receded like the tide, returning it to its original orange-red appearance.

It panted faintly, but its gaze remained calm. Raising its head, it released a roar.

Through the Sky Screen, it proved to countless spectators that it deserved its place on the rankings.

The first Heavenly Pride Arena Tournament had ended.

Specks of golden light gathered around Charizard's body. Its aura could visibly be felt rising—an obvious sign of increased strength.

The entire Douluo Continent fell deathly silent.

From Yu Yuanzhen's arrogant activation of his Martial Soul Avatar, to being toyed with by Charizard's unimaginable speed, and then the transformation that tore apart the Martial Soul Avatar with a single claw.

Combined with the finishing Dragon Roar Blast... the battle had been extremely short, yet it was filled with revolutionary visual and conceptual impact.

This time, no one would think Charizard was not a dragon.

Distortion World.

Watching Yu Yuanzhen get instantly defeated by a chain of moves, Lu Feng remained calm. None of this had been unexpected.

His opponent had still suffered from an information gap. Did he really think Charizard was flying around everywhere just to show off its speed?

In reality, it had been imitating Rayquaza and stacking Dragon Dance.

Who said Charizard Y could not learn Dragon Dance? He was the Creator God—what move could he not give a Pokemon?

Did they understand the value of the original generation? The two forms of Charizard he had raised were both basic operations.

Dragons could already fly, so naturally they would stack Dragon Dance to the limit before fighting.

If Yu Yuanzhen had one chance, it would have been to use a priority move to restrict Charizard's flight the moment the battle began.

Unfortunately, that fool had started off by running his mouth. Lu Feng had no idea what he was acting so smug about.

This was not a turn-based game.

If the Sky Screen arena battle had not come so suddenly, he would have even wanted to give Charizard Volt Absorb.

Fighting an electricity-based Martial Soul like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon would have been like beating up his own son.

Still... this Heavenly Pride Arena Tournament was rather interesting.

Lu Feng stroked his chin thoughtfully.

If someone challenged an opponent they refused to accept and won, they could actually increase their strength directly.

Charizard was at least level eighty-eight now.

He should go train the other Pokemon first. Charizard had fought too flamboyantly and displayed too much strength.

An eighty-third-level opponent defeating a ninety-fifth-level opponent so easily—there was no doubt about the deterrent effect of fighting above one's level.

If more Pokemon appeared on the rankings later and no one dared to challenge them, would that not be a loss?

As a member of the Pokemon World, strength was strength, but tactics were also an extremely important part...

Among the starter Pokemon, Charizard could only be considered outstanding under Lu Feng. It barely counted as second-tier.

But the others did not know that. The other Pokemon should restrain themselves a little in their upcoming performances and give the people of Douluo Continent the illusion that they could win.

Thinking about Pokemon tactics, Lu Feng suddenly smiled and muttered to himself:

"If we're not competing with raw stats, then we compete with tactics. Naturally, the more disgusting, the better. It would be best if there were a touch of humiliation too—that's how we can stir up everyone's will to resist..."

Deep within the Star Dou Forest, golden light flickered in Di Tian's enormous dragon eyes. After a long silence, he slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. "...Its fighting style is completely different from soul beasts. Speed, enhancement, transformation, move combinations... all of it flows as one."

At the bottom of Lake of Life, the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, recalled Charizard X's appearance. Her voice carried a trace of gravity and curiosity. "The aura on its body is already approaching that of a true divine beast. That is not merely the power of its bloodline."

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi revealed an expression of certainty. His intuition had always been accurate, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong wore expressions full of shock and contemplation.

Sword Douluo slowly said, "I misjudged it. This is not a difference in power and experience. This is... a difference in fighting methods.

That Charizard is fighting with a completely unfamiliar, more efficient, more systematic 'combat method.'"

Shrek Academy.

Watching his own father get instantly defeated by Charizard's chain of attacks despite the difference in levels.

Yu Xiaogang had long since gone stiff with shock. His face was pale as paper, and his lips trembled, yet he could not say a single word.

All of his previous comments about "thin arms," "lack of power," and "the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon winning easily" had become the harshest jokes at this moment.

Tang San and the others were equally horrified. Their worldview had been violently shaken.

Could a level ninety-five Titled Douluo really lose to someone at level eighty-three?

And lose so thoroughly at that.

Yu Yuanzhen had fought for so long without hurting Charizard in the slightest.

Once the other side chose to attack proactively, he had not even lasted a minute.