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

"Roar—Awooo—!!!"

A roar far more ferocious, domineering, and majestic than any dragon's roar before, like a thunderclap, suddenly rolled in from the distant horizon!

It even drowned out the lingering thunder and surging waves of the Thunder Drum!

On the horizon, a crimson figure was hurtling through the air at an astonishing speed!

Another Charizard! Its wings were outstretched, each flap creating a powerful gust of air, and a Mega Evolution Stone was embedded in its neck, shining brightly even in the dim light!

On its broad dragon back stood a middle-aged man with a resolute face, thick eyebrows, and fierce eyes, whose aura was like a drawn sword—Li Xingeng, the champion of the Central China region of China!

His arrival was like throwing a piece of ice into a boiling pot of oil!

On the sea, the five champions, who had been temporarily locked in a stalemate due to the intimidation of the thunder drum, suddenly became extremely solemn.

Kim Jae-hoon and Suzuki Chiyuki's eyes were sharp as knives. Park Chang and Kameda subconsciously took a small step back, and Kim Hyun-woo also suddenly looked up, his eyes filled with fear.

Although they underestimated Li Xingeng, the "champion of domestic affairs," his champion status and the confidence to provide support alone posed a huge threat!

On the shore, the figure of the Creation Temple member, wearing a black and white spiral mask and a dark cloak, still stood like a ghost at the edge of the scorched jungle.

Faced with Li Xingeng's arrival, no one could tell what was on his face from behind his mask, but he remained completely still, as if everything was still under control, even with a hint of eerie composure.

Just as Li Xingeng was about to soar over the island aboard his fire-breathing dragon, and everyone's attention was drawn to him—

"Shh-!"

Without warning, a ghostly purple shadow darted out from the shadows beneath Li Xingeng! Its speed was like lightning tearing through space!

The figure resembled a ghostly warrior clad in tattered ancient armor, its entire body enveloped in a spiritual flame that intertwined with ghostly blue and deep purple.

Its lower body was a churning spirit, while its arms transformed into two long, sharp blades burning with chilling purple flames—the very same Azure Flame Blade Demon that Li Guanjun sent out for the doubles match at the Central China Championship Challenge!

Silent and stealthy, with its crossed blades and chilling aura that seemed to sever souls, it slashed down fiercely toward the nape of the neck of the spiral-masked figure on the shore!

The timing was cunning and ruthless, precisely at the moment when the other party was distracted by Li Xingeng's arrival!

"laugh--!"

The double-edged blades sliced ​​through without any resistance!

There were no sounds of flesh tearing apart, no explosions of colliding energy.

The figure of the "Creation Palace member" collapsed like mud, instantly turning into a wriggling pink gelatinous substance—Ditto!

The real figure of the spiral mask had already vanished like a ghost into the shadows of the dense jungle further behind, untouched by the flames.

Only a faint, malicious chuckle echoed in the air: "Heh... such a fast knife."

"Roar!" Li Xingeng's Charizard reacted extremely quickly, opening its huge mouth and unleashing a blazing jet of flame like a whip, instantly lashing into the depths of the jungle in the direction where Ditto had disappeared!

"boom!"

The flames reignited a patch of trees, sending thick smoke billowing into the air!

However, apart from the crackling of the burning flames, there was no other sound. The people of the Temple of Creation, like true ghosts, missed their target and fled thousands of miles away, leaving behind only substitutes and mockery.

"Hmph, the rats have gone down the sewers again."

Li Xingeng snorted coldly, not even glancing at the sea of ​​fire, and steered his fire-breathing dragon into a dive, landing heavily on the reef next to Zhang Leiyuan, sending up pebbles.

He patted the fire-breathing dragon's neck, his gaze piercing, fixed on the five champions on the sea ahead, his voice like rolling thunder:

"Old Zhang! Bring back the old dragon! Watch me burn these bastards to ashes!"

A knowing smile appeared on Zhang Leiyuan's lips.

Needless to say, their numerous encounters during the recent Central China Championship Challenge have given them a thorough understanding of each other's tactical systems and lineup combinations.

Li Xingeng's fire-type lineup, which is devastating in sunny weather, is countered by the "weather-independent" ability of the Old Man Dragon.

With a flash of red light, the exhausted old dragon was quickly recalled into its Poké Ball by Zhang Leiyuan.

"Roar!!!" Li Xingeng's Charizard sensed the trainer's boiling fighting spirit and let out a thunderous roar.

Li Xingeng leaped off the fire-breathing dragon's back and stood side by side with Zhang Leiyuan.

He suddenly raised his left hand, and a simple-looking keystone on his wrist burst out with a dazzling white light!

At the same time, the Mega Stone on Charizard's neck resonated instantly, emitting the same intense light!

The two beams of light converged, intertwined, and merged in the air! Like a giant cocoon of light, they completely enveloped the Charizard's massive body!

"Click——!!!"

The cocoon of light shattered! The white light receded like a receding tide!

Mega Charizard Y proudly spreads its wings! Its form is more streamlined and agile, with its horns extending backward like a crown of flames.

The most shocking thing was those giant wings—the wing membranes had almost disappeared, replaced by terrifying wings of light that were burning fiercely and made of pure fire elements!

This is a symbol of its special characteristics!

"Roar--!!!"

With an even louder and more majestic dragon roar, a vast energy wave suddenly erupted from the center of Mega Charizard Y!

The sky above it, the thick clouds shrouded by thunder, thunderclouds and the smoke of battle, seemed to have been torn apart by an invisible giant hand!

A sphere of light, so intense it was impossible to look directly at, resembling a miniature sun, appeared out of thin air, showering down with golden light!

The icy seawater instantly steamed up a large cloud of white mist, the humid air became scalding hot and dry, and even the broken rocks underfoot seemed to melt!

Sunlight features!

The cheers of fire energy resounded throughout the heavens and earth, diluting the oppressive thunderous pressure brought by the Thunder Drum!

"Hmph! A 'champion of internal affairs' sitting in an office, away from the war zone all year round, thinks he's all that just because he's made a little progress?"

"I thought it was either Duan Suyue or Shi Kaijiang who came."

Kameda and Park Chang suppressed a slight unease in their hearts, forcing a contemptuous expression on their faces, trying to demoralize the other side.

"Are all the border guards of China dead? Why are you, a piece of trash, trying to put on a show!"

Li Xingeng grinned maliciously, not bothering to waste any words, and swung his right fist like a warhammer, aiming straight at Jin Xuanyu!

"Stop talking nonsense! Charizard Y—! Explosive Flame!! Burn him!!"

The order was like the fuse that lit the explosive!

Mega Charizard Y opened its massive mouth wide, not to spew forth a pillar of flame, but in front of it, a pure golden fireball, compressed to its limit and over ten meters in diameter, instantly condensed!

Inside the fireball, raging fire energy roared like the core of the sun! Fueled by the terrifying power of a clear day, this fireball's might far exceeded its usual limits!

next moment!

"boom------!!!!!"

Instead of being launched, the fireball violently deformed and expanded as if it were alive! A world-burning fiery dragon, composed entirely of destructive energy and with clearly defined scales and claws, burst forth from the ball!

It is tens of meters long and lifelike. Every dragon scale leaps with platinum-gold flames of destruction, and its dragon eyes burn with the will to incinerate everything!

The moment the Flame Dragon appeared, the surrounding air distorted and collapsed due to the extreme heat!

With a speed beyond the limits of vision, it tore through the sky, carrying the world-destroying power to burn mountains and boil seas, and rushed straight towards Jin Xuanyu and his Mega Salamence!

"So fast?!" Jin Xuanyu's pupils shrank sharply; the power, amplified by the clear weather, was simply terrifying! "Wyvern! Dragon Pulse! Block it!"

Mega Salamence, enduring its injuries, roared and unleashed its strongest purplish-black Dragon-type torrent!

however--

“Sizzle——!!!”

The moment the World-Burning Flame Dragon collided with the Dragon's Wave was not a stalemate, but a devouring!

The platinum dragon flame, imbued with the blessing power of a divine beast, was amplified by the clear sky and pierced the ice and snow like a red-hot iron!

The purple torrent of dragon-type energy couldn't be stopped for even a moment before it was completely torn apart, annihilated, and assimilated into its own flames by the raging fire dragon!

The flames surged even greater than before! Its size seemed to have expanded once more, and with the lingering power to incinerate everything, it slammed into the massive body of the Mega Salamence!

"Roar-!!!"

A shrill, distorted dragon roar accompanied by the terrifying sound of flesh being burned and torn apart by extreme heat!

Mega Salamence was struck head-on by a meteorite. Its purplish-black skin melted and deformed, and its massive body was hurled away by an irresistible force, like a kite with a broken string, leaving trails of burnt black smoke, before crashing heavily into the boiling sea in the distance!

A towering wave of steam erupted! This time, even its struggle to rise to the surface became incredibly difficult!

One strike! The explosive flames amplified by the clear sky were terrifyingly powerful!

Watching this scene, Zhang Leiyuan couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth. He whispered to Li Xingeng, who was beside him, who was filled with fighting spirit, "Your move, even in this bright sunny weather, is still so unreasonable. In the championship challenge, my Charizard with 4x fire resistance was also instantly killed."

The dominant Charizard standing at the back exhaled two streams of pure white steam from its nostrils, clearly showing its dissatisfaction.

He paused, then nudged Li Xingeng with his elbow, a hint of mockery in his voice, "Hey, Lao Li, for the Central China Championship Challenge, I'm going to unleash this big guy."

He raised his chin and pointed to the sky, "Your position as the champion of Central China... is really in jeopardy."

Li Xingeng followed his gaze, and his pupils contracted slightly.

The massive body of the Thunder Drum, covered in ancient bronze armor, was quietly suspended under the blazing sun created by the Mega Charizard Y!

A strange thing happened—the pure fire-type sunlight energy pouring down was not rejected by it. Instead, it was absorbed like rivers flowing into the sea by the dark blue lightning patterns on its armor!

"Sizzle—Crackling!!!"

The lightning patterns, having absorbed a massive amount of fire energy, shone brightly, transforming into even more ferocious and dazzling platinum electric snakes! These electric snakes frantically coiled around the Thunder Drum's limbs, long tail, and jagged horns!

Ancient activity! Characteristic trigger!

The electric arcs leaping around it were no longer silvery-white, but instead took on a destructive golden-red hue!

With the blessing of a clear day, the aura of this ancient thunder god is rising at a terrifying speed!

It floats in the sky, bathed in the scorching sun and thunder, like a world-destroying thunder god wielding heavenly punishment!

Even the Land Cloud Spirit Beast form, which was confronting the Thunder Drum, was somewhat overwhelmed, feeling a tingling sensation from the surging electric current.

Feeling the chilling pressure from the mixture of thunder and fire, Li Xingeng's lips twitched involuntarily. He thought to himself, "Damn it... an electric-type divine beast can actually benefit from sunny weather? Who can I complain to about this?"

If he were to actually face this monster in the arena, his fire-type team would likely suffer a real loss under the influence of clear skies.

But he was very tough on the tongue, retorting to Zhang Guanjun, "Oh, so I'll leave? You fight it yourself?"

The two men's casual banter, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, was like an invisible slap in the face to the five champions on the other side.

Kim Jae-hoon, Suzuki Chiyuki, and the others had ashen faces and their eyes were so gloomy they seemed to drip water.

The deadly trap set up by the two countries and the Temple of Creation was actually torn open by a man, a dragon, and a strange ancient thunder beast!

They also lost a champion-level main force (DreamCactus) and severely damaged another (Salamander)!

However, just as this suppressed anger was about to erupt—

"Hee hee hee……"

A chilling laugh, a mixture of childlike innocence and demonic malice, suddenly rang out from the depths of the charred jungle ruins behind them!

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying pressure that was a hundred or even a thousand times stronger than that of the Dream Song Cactus suddenly erupted!

Damn it! Two completely different yet perfectly fused energies! And they're even imbued with violent divine power!

Like an ancient behemoth awakening from the deep sea, it swept across the entire isolated island in an instant, carrying the most primal chaos, the desire to devour and grow!

The scorched earth cracked under divine power, and countless pitch-black thorn vines, radiating an ominous purple light, burst forth from the soil as if they were alive, twisting and growing wildly!

The sky seemed to be stained with a layer of filthy dark green, and even the blazing sunlight created by Mega Charizard Y was dimmed by this evil power!

The figure wearing the spiral mask did not appear, but his voice, as if from the depths of hell, echoed clearly in every corner:

"The two champions are having such a pleasant conversation, it's not very nice of you to just leave me standing here like this, is it?"

As he finished speaking, the pervasive evil and the divine power of the grass element condensed to their peak!

"Creak...crack..."

It was the sound of muscles being torn and chewed with brute force, mixed with slippery sucking.

Then, a crisp "crack!" sounded, like bone being easily crushed between teeth.

The sound came from a blurry, wriggling shadow in the darkness ahead.

And what it's chewing on is... the corpse of a Dream Song Cactus...