The light of evolution shone from Charmeleon's body.
At that moment, Lin Guang used the Tiger Talisman's power to gather the powers of the other talismans, then separated out a portion of the Dragon Talisman's power and placed it directly into the evolving Charmeleon's body.
"Roar!!!"
In an instant, Charmeleon's body underwent a drastic change.
Charmeleon grew steadily taller. The large belly it should have developed upon evolving into Charizard disappeared, and its scrawny upper limbs grew powerful.
Two spikes grew from its shoulders, the horn on its head became two, and wings unlike an ordinary Charizard's spread from its back.
The light of evolution faded. Charizard's body was a deep black, while its belly, wings, and flames had all turned blue. It looked exactly like a heavily muscled Mega Fire Dragon X without the potbelly.
Giving it a portion of the Dragon Talisman's power had been a spur-of-the-moment idea for Lin Guang. He had not expected it to fully awaken the dragon bloodline within Charizard and turn it into a true Dragon-type Pokémon.
This also meant that Lin Guang's Charizard did not need a Mega Stone to Mega Evolve.
That was because Lin Guang's Charizard had already stabilized in its Mega-Evolved form and would never revert to an ordinary Charizard's appearance.
"Roar!!!"
Eerie blue flames pierced straight through the roof, forming a blue pillar of fire in the sky.
It was clear just how happy Charizard was after completing its evolution.
It was not as though Koga had never seen a Charizard, but this was his first time seeing one that looked like this.
"Mr. Lin Guang, your Charizard seems to look quite different from an ordinary Charizard. What's going on?"
Lin Guang smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Koga, have you ever been to the Kalos Region?"
Koga had