King of the Jungle, Unbeaten Through Fire!

"What's going on? An Evolution in the middle of battle?"

"But Sceptile clearly hasn't evolved!"

"What exactly happened? Can someone explain it?!"

The audience erupted into loud discussion, rising to their feet to get a better look at the situation below. Quite a few people raised their cameras and took pictures of Sceptile, bathed in white light as its body changed.

Only a tiny number of spectators from the Kalos region seemed to realize something. They stared down below in stunned disbelief!

"Mega Evolution? How could it appear in Johto?!"

"Isn't he from Sinnoh?"

"Has this guy been to Kalos?"

The venue buzzed with noise! Everyone was discussing exactly what kind of transformation Sceptile had undergone!

In the commentary booth, the commentator wondered whether he ought to resign... How was he supposed to explain this? A new Evolution?

He didn't dare say it aloud!

Maybe he should just let the competitor down there come up and explain it himself!

Poor commentator. He had most likely never been to Kalos and knew nothing of Mega Evolution. His hair was practically turning white from worry, yet he had no idea how to begin.

The contestants' stands.

Longxing held a potato chip in her right hand, her gaze deep. "So this is what you were relying on? I underestimated you. But..."

With her left hand, she touched the round bead hidden inside her ponytail and chuckled softly.

"It's still too early to tell who'll come out on top."

Below.

Within the Grass Field.

Zozhang stared blankly at Sceptile as its form changed at tremendous speed. He had thought of attacking while it was transforming, but by the time that thought crossed his mind, Sceptile had already finished.

It had completely changed from Sceptile into Mega Sceptile.

The biggest difference was its longer tail,