"Sigilyph, use Air Slash to tear through the flames and break free!" Luo Chenye already had Sigilyph's Poké Ball in hand, but with Sigilyph still engulfed in Inferno, he could not recall it yet.
Want to recall it? Liu Qing glanced at the Poké Ball in Luo Chenye's hand. Then go ahead! With that thought, Liu Qing looked up at the sky, where Inferno was swelling and bursting, faint sky-blue light shining through.
"Use Misfortune!" At Liu Qing's cold command, Chandelure immediately stopped releasing flames. With its source cut off, Inferno exploded, deep-blue sparks raining down. Seeing Sigilyph exposed, Luo Chenye immediately raised his hand, and his Poké Ball shot out a beam of red light. At the same moment, Chandelure's eyes blazed with deep-blue light.
"Who will get there first?!" At that moment, Liu Qing, Luo Chenye, and the spectators all fixed their eyes on the sky.
The Poké Ball's red beam drew closer and closer to Sigilyph, as did the blue-purple Misfortune. Time seemed to slow countless times over, making the lights appear to advance inch by inch. Closer, closer, closer still-just as Sigilyph was about to connect with the Poké Ball's red beam, its entire body shuddered violently. With a mournful cry, it was sent tumbling backward, and the red beam passed through the spot where it had been.
A thud rang out as Sigilyph crashed onto the battlefield, throwing up a cloud of dust. When the dust cleared, Sigilyph lay unconscious.
"Ahahahaha!" Han Ye burst into laughter, utterly abandoning his composure. Daichi Misawa, Xiao Yu, Shui Nai, and Xiao Xiao all smiled knowingly, and even the corners of Zuo Jie's and Paul's mouths stopped twitching.
Luo Chenye froze at the sight, his expression stiffening. Veins bulged on the hand gripping his Poké Ball, and his face