Golden lightning spread from Zapdos's body to Charizard's, dealing massive damage to Charizard as well.
Yet Charizard gritted his teeth and endured the damage. Then black flames spread from Charizard's body onto Zapdos.
It was Charizard's [Inferno]!
This move not only dealt tremendous damage to Zapdos, but also inflicted a [Burn] effect on it.
Zapdos's Attack stat was halved after falling into the [Burn] state.
However, Zapdos was naturally more skilled in Special Attack, so the drop in Attack stat did not hurt him much.
After that exchange of offense and defense, the two Pokémon in the air pulled apart.
Lu Ze frowned slightly.
If the battle continued like this, his Charizard would be at a disadvantage.
After all, Legendary Pokémon had exceptionally abundant stamina.
Even though Zapdos had just battled Goh's Flygon.
It was obvious, however, that Goh's Flygon had not caused Zapdos any damage at all.
"Do you think Xiao Ze's Charizard can defeat Zapdos?"
Ash watched the interaction between the flames and lightning of the two Pokémon in the sky with excitement and asked Goh beside him.
Goh turned his head in confusion to glance at Lu Ze behind them, then whispered into Ash's ear.
"Why isn't Xiao Ze letting his other Pokémon battle too?"
"His Metagross looks pretty strong too."
Ash froze for a moment, then looked at Lu Ze, who was directing Charizard against Zapdos.
As a Trainer who loved Pokémon Battles, Ash quickly understood Lu Ze's intentions.
"Xiao Ze is using his Charizard to challenge Zapdos."
Ash spoke solemnly. "So this is a one-on-one battle, not a battle between Xiao Ze and Zapdos!"
"I see."
Goh understood. He looked at Lu Ze in surprise before turning his attention back to the sky.
The battle between the two Pokémon in the air continued. Because of