Wherever the Hyper Beam passed, the Qi twisted, and the ground was gouged into a half-meter-deep trench as soil and shattered stones were instantly vaporized!
Blaziken narrowed its blue eyes slightly. Just as the devastating beam was about to reach it, it leaped to the left.
The Hyper Beam, powerful enough to blast any Pokémon to pieces, skimmed past Blaziken's right side and struck the tree where it had been standing!
"BOOM—!!!"
The massive tree, thick enough that two people could barely wrap their arms around it, was blasted apart at its middle. Its upper half, crown and branches included, came crashing down as a violent explosion erupted behind Blaziken. The shockwave whipped up a gust of Qi that ruffled its feathers.
Seeing its attack so easily avoided, Ursaring froze for a moment. However, having used Hyper Beam, it fell into a brief period of stiffness and could not attack again.
Blaziken, having landed, did not take the opportunity to attack either. It merely watched Ursaring quietly.
Once it recovered, Ursaring cast aside its contempt. Its legs bent slightly, its huge body like a volcano poised to erupt, while its crimson eyes locked tightly onto Blaziken ahead.
"Kuwa—!"
Wrapped in white light, Ursaring suddenly drove its legs into the ground, leaving two deep footprints behind. Its massive body shot toward Blaziken like a cannonball!
Dark-red Fighting type energy covered its hands. Its enormous claws came together before it, forming a huge X—Cross Chop!
Those palms, cloaked in dense energy, screamed through the Qi as they slashed down at Blaziken's head!
Blaziken did not take the blow head-on. Its legs burst with strength, and as Ursaring lunged, its crimson figure shifted half a meter to the right with the slightest movement.
Yet that half-meter was enough for Ursaring's Cross Chop to