"Ah-cha!!!"
Blazing flames erupted from the head of Infernape, who was held in Machamp's grasp. Golden lotuses appeared in his eyes as the power of their bond gathered once again!
At the same time, Infernape's and Ye Qing's heartbeats began accelerating in sync, and the heart rate monitor on Ye Qing's wrist began vibrating.
"Go!"
Ye Qing felt as though his brain had been filled with flames, as if he had become one with Infernape at that moment!
Infernape felt the same thing. A violent power emerged within his body, and a ball of golden flame slowly appeared at his chest.
Vast energy radiated outward, blasting Machamp away and sending him crashing into the wall with a boom!
"This power... this power is Ho-Oh's!"
Lion was shaken to his core, unable to understand what was happening.
Why did this Infernape actually have Ho-Oh's power inside him?
Why hadn't Zhang Sisi told him earlier?
The flames all over Infernape's body turned gold, and the golden lotuses in his eyes shone with golden light. His cloak of flame and armor of condensed lava appeared once again, while the fiery plumes on his head danced in the wind!
"Ah-cha!"
Infernape roared. The flames on his head turned gold and became a pillar of fire half a meter across that shot into the sky!
"Holy shit, this Gym can even burn with golden flames?"
"Pikachu, what's wrong?"
"Machoke, where are you running off to?"
The crowd watching outside grew restless. They discovered that their Pokémon's legs had gone weak and they had collapsed onto the ground, as though the golden flames were suppressing their very souls!
In the Battle Ring, Infernape roared, his entire body enveloped in golden flames, and a staff made of lava appeared once again!
The golden flames spread outward like