Flannery's Charizard moved immediately afterward. Before anyone could catch it with their eyes, its body had already vanished from its spot, leaving behind only a dark orange afterimage.
The next second, it appeared at the side of Xinhai's Charizard. Its right wing, like a red-hot steel blade, came crashing down with wind pressure and scorching heat.
Xinhai's Charizard drew upon the Dragon type energy within its body to protect itself, crossing its claws in front of its body to block the attack.
Wing Attack slammed into the scales on its forearms with a muffled boom so loud it nearly shattered their eardrums.
The force drove its body several inches downward. The gray rock slab beneath its feet instantly cracked into a spiderweb pattern, and its legs bent slightly under the impact.
The gap in strength was like an uncrossable chasm. Yet Xinhai's Charizard still refused to give up, gritting its teeth as it counterattacked. Dragon Claw carved three deep purple arcs of energy through the air.
But Flannery's Charizard merely slid back half a step and easily avoided it. Then it opened its mouth and fired an extremely compressed fireball—a miniature Blast Burn. Its speed and power were more than three times that of any ordinary Flamethrower.
Xinhai's Charizard was struck head-on and sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the energy barrier.
It struggled to rise, but as soon as its legs pushed it up, they gave out again. A charred Burn mark had appeared on the scales over its chest.
"Come back first, Charizard." Xinhai raised his Poké Ball and recalled Charizard, then turned to glance at Flannery. "Again."
Next was Haxorus. Its dark golden scales were clearly extremely tough, yet before the Gym-level Blaziken, they were as fragile as cardboard.
Blaziken did not even use a skill. With