As red light flashed, Brawly's Combusken appeared in the center of the field.
"Combusken!" The moment it appeared, its gaze locked onto Xinhai's Blaziken. Its eyes burned with fiery fighting spirit and undisguised envy, but it quickly calmed itself.
"Blaziken." Blaziken looked at it and gave a steady nod in greeting.
Brawly's Combusken responded with a short, forceful growl, then strode to the center of the field. It adjusted its breathing and tried to settle its mind, preparing for its own transformation.
Brawly took out the evolution items he had prepared long ago and placed them within easy reach.
First, he took out two potions. One looked exactly like the potion Gym Leader Takeda had just given Xinhai, radiating a strange, gentle glow. The other was somewhat different: the liquid inside was a deep dark red, as though molten lava flowed slowly within it, giving off a scorching and domineering Qi.
"Combusken, drink these two potions first." Brawly handed the two potions to Combusken in turn.
Without hesitation, Combusken tipped back its head and drank both potions one after the other.
After drinking the first potion, it felt a cool current spread through its entire body, just like Xinhai's Blaziken had. Its perception of energy and capacity to contain it increased dramatically. But when the dark-red potion went down its throat, the situation was completely different!
"Combusken!" Combusken's body suddenly shuddered as it let out a suppressed growl.
The potion seemed to turn into scorching magma, exploding inside its body in an instant!
An incomparably blazing power crazily washed through its limbs and bones. The dark crimson Fire of Fighting Spirit around its body erupted out of control with a boom, and even the flames seemed to deepen in color, carrying a fiercer, more explosive Qi!
Xinhai frowned slightly at