"ROAR!!"
Inside the Battle Arena, amid the Raging Sandstorm, Charizard was nowhere near as fierce and domineering as one might have imagined.
Or rather, its wild charges had all been forced out of it.
Amid the ferocious wind and sand, Charizard could barely see. Opening its eyes even a little let sand blast into them, and the intense pain brought tears streaming out, only for the raging flames of Blast Burn covering its body to evaporate them immediately.
Charizard could feel that the flames covering its body were not only burning everything around it, but also consuming its stamina. As time passed, the tremendous heat even left its heat-resistant, orange-red scales dry and cracked.
This was the true essence of Flare Blitz: unleash everything it had and deliver an overwhelmingly powerful strike in an instant!
But if that power could not be unleashed, its blade would come slashing down upon Charizard itself.
That was why Charizard had to charge wildly about to expend the explosive flames covering its body, even knowing it would suffer recoil!
It was trapped in a predicament with no way out.
Just then.
The Blond Man seemed to realize something was wrong. His voice, with panic hidden beneath its calm, faintly reached Charizard. "Charizard, calm down! Close your eyes and use your perception!!"
The narrow, spiral-shaped ears tucked into the sides of Charizard's head twitched, and its broad wings folded in slightly. It was filled with helplessness.
Naturally, it knew it needed to rely on perception now, and it had received the appropriate training.
After all, people from the Great Families were not stupid. They knew that no amount of power mattered if an attack could not hit.
Its training for Flare Blitz therefore included hearing, perception, and even striking targets accurately in an environment without