"Both Pokémon are in position. Let the match begin!"
"Scizor, rush in with Quick Attack, then use X-Scissor!"
"Haah!"
Scizor's wings shuddered, and white light flashed across his crimson body.
With Quick Attack behind him, Scizor's normally modest speed became a red streak that tore across the field.
But to Xiao Xin, that lightning-fast movement, too quick for ordinary people to follow, was nothing special.
With a Speed Base Stat of 218, she had lightning-fast reflexes and exceptional eyesight for tracking movement.
Besides, after spending so much time around Aron, she too had developed the habit of using boosting moves the moment she landed.
[Hone Claws (Limit-Breaking +4, 0/5000): While this move is active, the user's strength +200%, movement speed +200%, and reaction speed +200%. The power of all the user's Dark-type moves +50%.]
Xiao Xin couldn't stack three Iron Defenses the instant she landed like Aron, but using Hone Claws twice was easy enough.
"Meow~!"
Once Hone Claws took effect, Xiao Xin's body became light as a feather. Her slender legs, covered in dark green fur, touched the ground, and she sprang high into the air as though she had landed on a spring.
Light as a bird, she dodged the onrushing Scizor.
Freeform Transformation, activate!
As Xiao Xin leaped, the pink flower at her neck turned a vivid rose red.
[Type: Grass + Dark → Fire + Fire]
"Whoosh!!"
Before Scizor's disbelieving eyes, searing flames sprang from nowhere and swirled together in Xiao Xin's palm.
Then the flames clung to her outstretched paw like a blade.
This was Xiao Xin's new move, developed by imitating Xiao Yan's Bitter Blade—Flame Blade!
Its full name: Parallel Moves, Flame Energy Ball-Enhanced Slash!
An Attack Base Stat of 205!
Strength +400%!
Fire-type move power