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

To verify his conjecture and find a way to break the waterspout, Zhang Heng looked firmly at the Combo-Style Martial Arts Master Xiong beside him.

Martial Arts Master Xiong was already prepared, his gaze fixed on the water tornado ahead.

"Martial Arts Master Xiong, use your method, Water Flow Strike!" Zhang Heng ordered, wanting to see if an extremely precise series of attacks could dismantle this massive rotating structure.

"Whoa!"

The Combo-Style Martial Arts Bear Master let out a low growl, its eyes sharpening. It slammed its legs into the ground, its body shooting towards the roaring waterspout like an arrow released from a bow.

Unlike Swampert's immense power, the water energy surrounding it is not surging and turbulent, but rather like countless highly compressed and condensed blue ribbons, precise and agile.

Just as he approached the waterspout, the martial arts bear master's figure seemed to temporarily defy gravity, using his powerful fighting spirit and the water flow to briefly suspend himself in the air!

The next moment, its fists, feet, elbows, and knees became afterimages!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

With each punch and kick, it was accompanied by a sharp, condensed beam of water, like a high-pressure water jet, which struck the same area of ​​the waterspout with astonishing precision at an incredible frequency!

This isn't about overwhelming someone with force, but about breaking through the surface with a single point! Just like a top craftsman carving a giant rock bit by bit with a chisel!

Under the relentless and incredibly precise strikes of Martial Arts Master Xiong, a clear gap was actually carved out of the violently spinning waterspout wall!

Furthermore, this gap is slowly widening under the continuous attack of the subsequent water beams!

"effective!"

Zhang Heng was overjoyed, his face lighting up with excitement. Through the widening gap, he could see the outline of the ancient tower inside becoming increasingly clear—

It was an ancient tower, entirely black, as if it had been burned by fire, exuding an aura of vicissitude and rebirth.

He could almost recognize it—it was the scorched tower he had seen in the game scene in the original dimension!

The place where Ho-Oh's guard perished and were reborn!

Victory seems to be just around the corner!

However, at this very moment, another unexpected event occurred!

The waterspout seemed to possess its own life and will. Sensing that its structure was being destroyed, an even deeper and more terrifying roar suddenly came from its depths!

An even more powerful and vast water system energy was frantically drawn up from the depths of the depression, as if injecting new vitality into this behemoth!

In an instant, the waterspout's rotation speed suddenly increased! Its volume also expanded again at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The water flow became thicker and more violent, churning like countless angry giant pythons!

"boom--!!!"

The gap that had just been painstakingly torn open by Martial Arts Master Xiong was instantly filled and smoothed out by even more and faster currents of water under the impact of this new force!

Not only that, a new water tornado, thicker and more terrifying than before, took shape, roaring with the momentum to crush everything, and even forced the exhausted and falling martial arts bear master to retreat repeatedly!

"Woo!"

The martial arts bear master nimbly flipped in mid-air and landed. Looking at the waterspout that had not only returned to its original state but was even stronger, a trace of resentment and anger flashed in his eyes.

The water energy around it began to rise again, clearly indicating that it wanted to use even greater power to forcefully break through.

"Stop, Martial Arts Master Xiong!" Zhang Heng immediately called out to stop him, his mind racing, "I understand!"

Upon hearing this, the Combo Style Martial Arts Master Xiong immediately concealed his aura and returned to Zhang Heng's side in a few leaps, but his eyes were still fixed on the waterspout with resentment.

“I understand,” Zhang Heng repeated, his eyes growing brighter.

"The water energy controlled by Sui-kun is different from your 'continuous precision'; it embodies a different realm—vastness and grandeur! It is a manifestation of pure volume and power! To break through this power, perhaps we cannot rely on technique, but rather on a similar, or even more explosive, grand water force!"

His gaze fell upon the rippling water within the Poké Ball.

As an ancient species of Suicune, its water-type primal power may be the key to unlocking the secret!

With that thought in mind, Zhang Heng no longer hesitated and reached out to take out the Poké Ball with Rippling Water.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the Poké Ball—

"Gah!"

A resolute shout rang out!

The shimmering duck that had been following closely and watching nervously seemed to misunderstand Zhang Heng's hesitation, or perhaps the desire to prove itself and repay his kindness overwhelmed its fear.

Its small body suddenly burst forth with all its power, like a blue arrow, resolutely and fiercely crashing into the terrifyingly huge waterspout!

"Hey! No!" Zhang Heng shouted in horror!

But it's too late!

With a muffled thud, the small body of the water duck crashed into the raging wall of the waterspout, like an egg hitting a rock, and was instantly flung away by the irresistible force!

It crashed into the mud in the distance like a kite with a broken string, tumbling and rolling around a dozen times before finally stopping, covered in mud and dirty water, curled up in a ball, motionless.

"Runshui Duck!" Zhang Heng's heart clenched, and he was about to rush over immediately.

But the moment he took a step, something unexpected happened!

In the mud, the duck's body suddenly trembled slightly. Then, a surge of azure energy, far purer and deeper than before, erupted from its body!

This energy is no longer as violent and uncontrollable as before; instead, it carries a restrained yet incredibly tenacious will!

A dazzling white light instantly enveloped its entire body! This was... the light of evolution!

"It's about to evolve?!" Zhang Leiyuan exclaimed in surprise.

Under the white light, the duck's body quickly elongated and grew larger!

Its signature white fringe on its head became longer and more flowing, its body became more agile, its legs became more powerful, and its webbed feet were transformed into a shape more suitable for standing and kicking.

The light of evolution has faded! What appeared in the same spot was no longer the weak and pitiful Waterduck, but its evolved form—Rapidopter!

It has smoother blue feathers, white belly feathers, sharp and determined eyes, and exudes a dynamic aura that blends water and fighting types.

Most notably, after evolving, it did not fall into a pure white berserk state as before; its eyes remained clear and bright.

Although the surging power within it caused its body to tremble slightly, it seemed to be trying hard and consciously controlling this power!

Yes!

The evolutionary advancement in its life form, along with its deep-seated desire to control its destiny and repay kindness, finally allowed it to truly touch the vast power within its body, instead of being enslaved by it!

"Gah!"

The evolved Duck let out a crisp, battle-ready cry. Feeling the power surging within it, it suddenly raised its head and locked its gaze on the roaring waterspout.

It bent its legs slightly, then suddenly pushed off the ground! Its body shot towards the waterspout again like lightning, but this time, its trajectory was more agile and its speed was faster!

During the sprint, the deep blue energy around it surged again—Torrent property activated!

But this time, the energy no longer overflowed; instead, it was highly concentrated within its body!

Even more bizarrely, above its head, there was a rectangular object shimmering with a deep blue light, helping it coordinate that surging water power.