Fiery Dance was also an extremely powerful move. Not only did it have a base power of 80, but it also had a chance to boost Volcarona's Special Attack.
This was a moth born of fire, after all. Bathing in flames undoubtedly lifted its spirits.
Fiery Dance dried every trace of moisture from Volcarona's body, and it swiftly charged toward Primarina.
Despite its bulky appearance, Volcarona was fast. With its Mid Gym Leader Class strength, it reached Primarina in the blink of an eye.
Violent flames instantly engulfed Primarina, leaving it no chance to escape.
"Something's wrong!" the girl opposite him suddenly cried. Familiar mist had appeared within the enveloping flames. Not only that, but a mass of water balloons continued to materialize, quickly surrounding Volcarona.
Before it could whip up a gust to blow them away, all the water balloons burst at once. Volcarona plummeted from the air, its sodden, heavy wings unable to keep it aloft.
"Aooo!" At the same time, Primarina burst out of the mist, a water balloon encasing its entire body.
That water balloon completely insulated it from the surrounding scalding vapor, protecting Primarina from burns.
"Surf!" Xiao Ran called softly.
The instant Primarina emerged, torrents of water surged out of the ground and rapidly converged. In a single breath, Primarina was riding a towering wave toward Volcarona, and that wave was still growing.
"Volcarona!" the opposing Pokémon Trainer cried. She could not understand why Primarina's Surf had come so quickly this time. It had given her no time to react, as though the move had been prepared well in advance.
"It was the ground. That earlier Sparkling Aria had already hidden water underground. Now it only needed to draw it out!" Xuan Yuan Tianyu explained, watching the field with a grave expression.
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