A water-type trainer who specializes in dragon-type water.

The biting wind, like millions of ice needles, lashed wildly across the battlefield.

The snow summoned by Mega Dragonite is the fatal key – it precisely shuts down the engine of the "Ancient Activity" in the Rippling Water, causing the sunny weather and speed boost to disappear.

Furthermore, the unique skill of the rippling water—water vapor—is forcibly erased, thus eliminating the 1.5x power boost that comes with sunny days!

However, snow is a double-edged sword. The snowstorm is a slow and painful experience for both sides. But Dragonite, relying on its high HP and high defense, can withstand the additional damage brought by the snow and also cut off the weather advantage of the ripples, striving for a quick victory.

"Tsk-!"

"Whoosh-!"

The snowy weather effect activates, causing non-Ice-type Pokémon to take damage equal to 1/16 of their maximum HP at the end of their turn. The sharp ice shards mixed in with the snowstorm graz the Pokémon like shrapnel!

The slightly damp, bluish-green skin made a teeth-grinding scraping sound as fine cracks spread, and scalding steam mixed with scarlet blood droplets hissed and spurted from the wounds.

The Mega Dragonite in the air fared even worse—its broad wing membranes, covered in a divine glow, were torn open by ice blades, leaving spiderweb-like rips, and its streamlined body was covered with deep, bone-revealing scratches.

The pale purple dragon blood splashed across the pure white snow like ink, the wounds ten times more shocking than the rippling water!

"Just as I thought!" Zhang Heng's pupils contracted slightly as all the clues connected instantly.

"Mega evolution didn't change its original type! It's still Flying/Dragon! Its dragon blood is one of the irrefutable proofs!"

The speculation that Mega Dragonite's Dragon Meteor, Dragon Pulse, and the seemingly super-fast Flying-type Charge are still unchanged is now a certainty—it was precisely because of this damned four-fold weakness to Ice that it was cut up and bruised all over in the blizzard it created!

"Are you willing to endure this excruciating pain... just to use the snowy weather to lock down our speed and pursue a fatal blow?"

Zhang Heng felt as if his very bones were freezing.

What's even more hopeless is that the skill pool of the Waves is completely devoid of any Ice-type moves other than the Ice-type status move, White Mist, to counter this fatal four-fold weakness!

Amidst the howling wind and snow, Zhang Heng's thoughts sparked in the face of adversity as he looked up at the sudden blizzard.

He said, "Wait... Rippling Water has another skill! It's not ice-attribute, but it can... transform into extreme cold!" (Guess what it is, don't read on yet...)

"Roar-!!!"

The Mega Dragonite, with its destructive roar, crushed Zhang Heng's thoughts!

Its enormous wings, like clouds hanging from the sky, suddenly closed, and visible silver-gray sonic boom rings exploded all around its body!

The next instant, it transformed into a silver-gray meteor that tore through the sky and plummeted down. Its speed was so great that the air seemed to be bursting with a mournful cry, and the vacuum tunnel it created behind it instantly sucked up all the snow falling from the sky!

This is a surprise attack that pushes the limits!

"So fast! There's no way to dodge! We have no choice but to fight head-on!" Zhang Heng's mind raced with tactics.

With a loud shout, he yelled, "Rippling water, water bursting open—tear it open for me!"

"Boom——!!!"

The azure water energy, like a boiling deep-sea dragon, coiled around the claws of the rippling water and collided head-on with the diving silver-gray meteor!

Close-quarters combat instantly turns the game into hell mode!

Mega Dragonite's claws tore through the air with a piercing shriek, its wing blades swept across the battlefield like guillotines, and its thick tail transformed into a siege hammer, unleashing a devastating force that could shatter mountains and split rocks!

"Bite it!"

"Tear off its wings!"

"You really think we melee mages are joking with you?"

Zhang Heng had been watching their close-quarters battle and had been advising Bo Dangshui on strategies and directing the attacks.

With its fangs bared and swirling, the dragon fiercely bit the base of its wing. Behind it, two massive tails wrapped in high-pressure steam lashed out like two mad steel whips, whistling through the air as they struck the dragon's waist and neck!

Ice shards, broken scales, scalding steam, and searing dragon blood exploded wildly with every collision!

The ground was shattered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the frozen waves were crushed into dust by the shockwave!

Having undergone the trials of the "Water Tower," the undulating water has long since awakened its fighting instincts, making it extremely skilled in close combat.

However, the absolute difference in strength was like an insurmountable chasm—Dragonite withstood two powerful tail whips that could split mountains and shatter rocks, and its massive tail unleashed a furious "Dragon Tail Sweep," striking the side of the rippling water like a comet sweeping across the moon!

"Crack!" The heartbreaking sound of bone breaking rang out!

"boom--!!!"

Bo Dang Shui's massive body was struck as if by a starship's main cannon, transforming into a tragic blue-green streak of light that flew backward, smashing a giant crater-like hole into the frozen ground, with steam and blood mist filling the air!

"Ugh!" Zhang Heng felt his ribs break as well.

He stared intently at the lingering, tearing, silver-gray Flying-type energy turbulence around Dragonite.

A thunderclap exploded in his mind: "This is no ordinary speed! It's faster, and the energy is more violent, with a sharpness that can tear everything apart... That's it! Flight Skin!"

Zhang Heng thought about many things and finally came to this conclusion.

Because Altaria and Salamence, both of which are Flying/Dragon type, gain a special skin trait after Mega Evolution.

For example, Mega Altaria gets the Fairy skin.

Meanwhile, the pseudo-legendary Mega Salamence, which is also a Dragon/Flying type, has a Flying skin!

It possesses this god-like ability—its effect can transform Normal-type moves into the top-tier Fighting ability of its own type, Flying!

If Mega Dragonite were to awaken its 'Flying Skin'... then its 'Extreme Speed' would transform into a devastating STAB Flying-type move that ignores Ghost-type defenses and wreaks havoc!

"Is this monster... truly a real-world Dragonite? Or is it a trial weapon stitched together by the rules of the Dragon Stone?!"

Zhang Heng and Bo Dangshui, however, showed no fear. They continued to command, "Bo Dangshui! Water vapor!"

The battlefield is a close call—the powerful Water, enduring excruciating pain, unleashes a burst of water vapor, its power greatly reduced but still scorching hot, while Mega Dragonite counters with Dragon Pulse once more!

"BOOOOOOM——!!!"

The terrifying explosion warped space itself!

A mushroom cloud, a mixture of dragon flames, steam, ice, snow, and sand, shot into the sky, obscuring everything!

In the midst of this destructive veil of chaos, Zhang Heng's right hand swiftly gripped his left wrist—the crystal embedded in the Z bracelet was neither Dragon Z nor Water Z, but a pure black, abyss-like evil Z crystal, which suddenly erupted with absolute darkness that devoured all light!

"Dragon-type! You use Mega Evolution, I'll use Z-Move... That makes perfect sense, right!"

Of course, if the Z-Move doesn't work well, Zhang Heng will then use the Water Scroll to replenish the water-type energy of the Rippling Water.

After all, the opponent used the stone slab to absorb its dragon energy wave once, so it's reasonable for Zhang Heng to use a prop as well!

Zhang Heng's voice pierced through the roar of the explosion. He crossed his arms tightly in front of his chest like a cross, and bent his body backward like a giant bow full of death power!

Thick, almost tangible evil energy surged from the void, transforming into jet-black flames that surrounded him. The crystal on his bracelet transformed into a miniature black hole, frantically drawing in the surrounding energy and light!

"When night falls, the power of evil awakens! In the name of evil, it will devour everything! With endless darkness, it will bring you to your end!"

"Rippling water! The black hole devours everything and annihilates!!"

In order to go all out against this rare opponent, Zhang Heng used every step of the Z-move without missing a single step, and it can be said that he went all out!

"Whoosh—whoosh!!!"

A thick, silent, pure black beam of death, seemingly capable of sucking away even the soul, tore through the smoke and dust of the explosion!

It didn't shoot at Dragonite, but slammed into the void ten meters behind it!

Space collapsed and spun like fragile glass! A bottomless black hole that devoured everything instantly took shape!

A terrifying gravitational force erupted—light was stretched into pale white threads and plunged into it, while ice, snow, sand, and the debris of the explosion were brutally pulled toward the singularity of destruction like rivers flowing into the sea!

Mega Dragonite roared in fury, its wings bursting with a blue light that tore through space as it desperately resisted, but its massive body was still being dragged little by little into the abyss of death by the cosmic suction force!

"Roar--!!!"

A hint of seriousness finally appeared in Dragonite's eyes, but it was by no means fear! It actually twisted its body forcefully amidst the tearing of the black hole, pointing its mouth at the all-consuming darkness!

The vast, star-like silver-gray light of the flight-type energy was being compressed and transformed at its throat!

The air was ionized, producing a blinding electric arc!

Finally, an annihilation torrent, larger than a water tank in diameter and composed entirely of destructive flight energy, poured out like a galaxy and roared towards the core of the black hole!

"This... should be... a Devastating Beam whose attributes have been altered by the enhancement of its flight skin properties!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom—!!!!!"

The silvery-gray annihilating torrent collided with the swallowing power of the black hole on a cosmic scale!

Space itself seemed to groan! Time itself seemed to stand still!

Destructive energy ripples spread wildly from the point of impact, carving out a massive circular crater several meters deep into the ground!

The surface of the black hole is covered with billions of spiderweb-like pale cracks, and from within it comes a groan of unbearable strain, like the shattering of stars!

Finally, in a massive explosion that instantly deafened Zhang Heng and violently shook his mental space—

The black hole exploded!

Absolute light and heat, mixed with spatial fragments and annihilation energy, transformed into a destructive storm that swept everything away!

Mega Dragonite was the first to be hit, violently blown away by the explosion it created, its wings turning black.

The energy around him surged chaotically like a runaway circuit, and he was forced into a state of paralysis by the destructive death ray, like a statue that had lost its power and was floating in mid-air.

The dragon's broad back, completely unguarded, was exposed to Zhang Heng and the rippling water.

Zhang Heng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at the floating, seemingly indifferent dragon shadow, and a relaxed smile appeared on his lips.

He said, "We've been completely underestimated... Did you think that since Rippling Water's Water-type moves are resisted by Dragon-types and Dragon-type moves are absorbed by the stone tablet, even if you're stuck in a Time-Breaking Stun state and take a hit from us, it won't hurt you?"

Dragonite's logic is cold and efficient—by taking a negligible hit from a wave of water, it eliminates the threat of Dark-type Z-Moves and buys time for the opponent to recover, a win-win situation...

"Unfortunately... your arrogance ends here!"

"This weather is the grave you've left for yourself!"

"Waves! Air! Meteor! Ball!"

Zhang Heng's command instantly ignited the soul of the rippling water at the bottom of the pit!

"roar~"

The roaring waves transformed into the most intense fighting spirit, and frenzied Normal-type energy surged around him. However, this Normal-type energy quickly transformed into Ice-type energy, which was four times more effective against Dragon-types…