"Charizard, get ready to fight!"
Alain was still shouting, his face full of innocent enthusiasm.
He was too naive. He actually thought this was an ordinary battle!
A mocking smile crossed Charizard's face.
Heh!
Still got a lot to learn!
"Roar!"
[Here they come!]
Alain's Charizard was every bit as young as Alain.
With a hot-blooded roar, Alain's Charizard gathered his fighting spirit, and a red glow slowly lit up his body.
This was Blaze, but it was different from the usual Blaze Ability.
Normally, Blaze let a Pokémon unleash greater power when it was close to fainting.
But Alain's Charizard was something else. He could activate Blaze at full health!
Combined with his Hidden Ability, Solar Power, those two Abilities effectively gave Alain's Charizard two boosts right from the start of the battle!
Sure enough, nobody became strong without having something special up their sleeve.
Xu Mu shook his head in admiration.
"Since our opponent's shown his hand, let's not hold back."
As if we can't put on a show too!
Hearing Xu Mu, Charizard said nothing. He stood steady as a rock and quietly began to use Stockpile.
Only an idiot starts off roaring like that. Anyone with a brain can see he hasn't been beaten enough.
Lucky for you, you never ran into our Frog when you were little. You could've used the lesson.
Charizard gave the other Charizard a disdainful look as light began to shine from his own body.
Anyone can make themselves glow.
As the light flickered, Fire-type energy and magma from the volcano began gathering around Charizard!
Then the magma mixed with the Fire-type energy and started to harden.
At last, it formed a loose outer layer around Charizard's body—Magma Armor!
"Roar!"
[Flame Dragon Armor!]
Having given this new Ability a flashy name,