Up in the sky.
Dragapult was still struggling to catch up with Salamence ahead of him. Aside from Professor Oak's Dragonite, this was the first Pokémon he had ever met that could toy with him like this.
Dragapult sprinted at full speed, closing the distance between himself and Salamence. Seeing Dragapult catching up from behind, Salamence perked up and accelerated again, leaving Dragapult far behind once more.
The distance between them kept growing, the gap widening until Dragapult could barely see anything but Salamence's blue tail.
Naturally, Dragapult refused to admit defeat. The phantom of a massive green dragon appeared around him, and his speed surged again.
Sensing Dragapult approaching from behind, along with the green dragon phantom surrounding him, Salamence was somewhat surprised by his speed.
He had been ready to head back after shaking Dragapult off, but his opponent had given him another surprise.
For Dragapult to stay within sight at his current level was already quite impressive.
Even the dragon phantom surrounding him inexplicably stirred a faint urge to submit in Salamence. Fortunately, Dragapult was only an intermediate King level Pokémon. Had he reached Salamence's level, Salamence might truly have wanted to submit to that green dragon phantom.
Then I'll play with him a little longer.
Seeing Dragapult about to catch up again, wreathed in the green dragon phantom, Salamence changed direction and accelerated into a headlong dive toward the ground.
Not to be outdone, Dragapult followed Salamence's example, changing direction and diving toward the ground as well.
But as Salamence flew, he failed to notice the cavern with an enormous entrance directly ahead of him. By the time he spotted it, he was already right in front of it.
Salamence hurriedly lowered his center of gravity and planted all four claws on the ground, braking to