Everywhere they looked,
flames raged.
The temperature across the entire battlefield climbed rapidly under the combined force of Flamethrower and Fire Blast.
From Mega Salamence's perspective, the edge of the battlefield and the five rising walls of fire formed a giant grid.
In moments,
only a few of Mega Mawile's once-crowded afterimages remained. In the rising heat and brilliant firelight, its body seemed to ripple and distort.
A ten-meter retreat would have taken it beyond the reach of Fire Blast and Flamethrower, but the boundaries of the battlefield left it no room to do so.
A Pokémon that willingly crossed the boundary would be penalized.
Besides...
Mega Mawile raised its head toward the sweeping Flamethrower, with little panic in its eyes. As the fierce jaws flanking its head rose like twin ponytails, a pink gale surged up from beneath its feet!
"Fairy Wind!"
Baimu's command came a beat late.
No one cared. Their eyes were fixed on the rising pink wind as it rapidly spun, seized the searing flames Mega Salamence had breathed out, and formed a dazzling pink firestorm.
Even the surrounding walls of fire began to waver.
Rumble—
The ground shook violently, attesting to the destructive power of the crimson flames.
Yet those flames now circled Mega Mawile like obedient children, becoming something like a shield. They mingled with the pink airflow without exploding.
"It's Fiery Spin Dance!"
Someone who followed Pokémon Contests shouted excitedly.
As a star of Pokémon Contests, Mega Mawile's dance was already known to Coordinators throughout Hoenn and even around the world.
In particular,
its first performance of Fiery Spin Dance had left a deep impression: Mawile, a Steel-type Pokémon, had commanded flames that fluttered like butterflies.
The pink firestorm now bore a clear resemblance to that opening dance.
The other Draconids, though, were