"Dragonite, Mega Evolve!"
Xia Chi raised his right hand high. The light from his Key Stone formed a bridge, resonating powerfully with the Mega Stone Dragonite carried.
"Roooaaar!"
With a dragon's cry that soared into the sky, Dragonite's enormous body was completely engulfed in the light of Mega Evolution.
Within that light, Dragonite's form rapidly transformed, its outline growing even plumper.
Most striking of all, a pair of long, pure-white wings sprouted from either side of its head, fluttering gently like an angel's feathers.
At the tip of its tail, a deep-blue orb took shape.
These two features, somewhat reminiscent of Dragonair, did not make Dragonite look more imposing. Instead, they lent it a touch of grace.
Compared with Mega Salamence's savage bat wings and Mega Tyranitar's berserk armor, Mega Dragonite's rounded contours and flowing wings made its first impression almost... kind?
Even so, Mega Dragonite did its best to look ferocious, glaring fiercely at Incineroar.
The rather comical sight immediately filled the Livestream Chatroom with laughter.
[Hahahaha, Dragonite is so cute~]
[I'm dying. Dragonite looks like an honest dragon who's finally decided to go all out.]
[Honestly, Mega Dragonite is the kind of design that makes you go "what the hell is that?" at first, but grows on you the more you look.]
[Isn't this Mega Dragonite's first official appearance in a tournament? Can't wait to see what it does!]
[With Aerilate alone, there's no way it'll be weak!]
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As the comments had accurately pointed out, Xia Chi's decision to Mega Evolve at this moment was about more than greater explosive power.
The damage reduction provided by its normal form's [Multiscale] was gone, replaced by the far more domineering [Aerilate]-
It converted all Normal-type moves into Flying-type moves, granting them the same-type attack bonus and an additional 30%