"Why did you turn into this?" Xia Yan looked at the "Doberman."
Zygarde nearly stumbled.
So even transforming didn't satisfy him?
Xia Yan admitted that he had been hoping to ride a Gundam.
[This one. Ahem! The surrounding cells were absorbed and reassigned by it. This one needs time to gather other cells.]
Zygarde explained.
Xia Yan glanced at the black-and-red Zygarde in the distance.
That was the form everyone who knew Zygarde considered its normal appearance.
Under ordinary circumstances, its 50% Form was enough to crush everything.
"So, can you beat it?"
Zygarde rolled its eyes at Xia Yan irritably.
[What are you thinking?]
Xia Yan lowered his head and rubbed his nose.
The gap in strength between 10% and 50% was still very obvious.
The clash between their identical Thousand Waves just now had made that clear.
The self-aware Zygarde before Xia Yan had only barely managed to protect itself from that attack.
Defeating it was out of the question.
"How long do you need?" Xia Yan asked again.
[Um.]
Boom!!
Before Zygarde could answer, a thick vine lashed toward them once more.
Buzz—
Beedrill darted out, a golden arc cutting through the dim space like a golden electric blade wreathed in crackling currents, cleaving the vine apart.
Immediately afterward, several red lights appeared.
They did not come from Xia Yan, but from Esprit on the opposite side.
Within the red light—
A Gyarados, a Pyroar, and a Honchkrow appeared beside the black-and-red Zygarde, standing before Esprit.
"Roar—!!"
The vicious blue-scaled dragon roared, sending rippling waves outward.
Its Intimidate Ability!
Seeing those three Pokémon, Xia Yan slowly narrowed his eyes.
Beedrill also took up its stance, wisps of dark-red aura rising around it as it sensed the pressure radiating from the three Pokémon.
Elite Four-level!
All three Pokémon