"Milotic, stop!" Robert could no longer maintain his composure and immediately shouted.
Milotic had fought countless battles, large and small, alongside Robert and had a wealth of experience. By the time Robert gave his command, Milotic had already stopped using Hydro Pump. Without its source, the attack immediately lost most of its power, but it still blasted Volcarona away while Volcarona was using Bug Buzz. The water, now purple, dripped into the dark sea.
"Milotic, Safeguard!" Robert dared not leave Milotic unprotected in such poisonous water and immediately called out a move. Green light shone from Milotic, illuminating the surrounding seawater. Amid the purple sea, Milotic looked exceptionally majestic and beautiful.
"Volcarona, are you all right?" Liu Qing asked, looking at Volcarona, who had fallen to the ground after being struck by the remaining force of Hydro Pump.
At his words, Volcarona immediately turned to look at him and nodded gently. White light suddenly enveloped Volcarona, whose body gradually grew larger. Six enormous wings extended from the torchlike fur around Volcarona's neck, lifting the evolving Pokémon into the air. Flickering flames burned all over Volcarona's body, making the Pokémon look like a dazzling miniature sun from a distance. As the white light faded, the six wings beat, dispersing all the flames to reveal a Pokémon with six fiery-red, petal-shaped wings. White fluff still surrounded Volcarona's neck, while the mandibles beside the mouth had grown along the cheeks into red, bull-like horns.
"Volcarona has evolved!" A flicker of excitement crossed Liu Qing's face as he looked at the roughly 1.6-meter-tall Volcarona before him. After so much training without finding an opportunity for evolution, he had never expected it to happen today. At that moment, Volcarona's six wings began absorbing a great number of motes of light, growing brighter and brighter.
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