In a Black World —
Ash seemed to be in grave danger!
The wave-riding Lapras using Surf was already extremely close.
Charizard could even clearly see the aqua-blue energy gathering in the opponent's mouth, the surging water about to blast forth!
"Charizard, Sacred Fire Fist!"
Pryce: ??
What the hell?
Sacred… Fire… Fist?
Did you add two extra words?
"Fire Punch" is just Fire Punch. What's with the "Sacred" nonsense?
However, the next second, multi-colored flames enveloped Charizard's right fist.
Pryce's pupils suddenly contracted, a look of horror appearing on his normally cold face.
As a veteran Champion Trainer in his fifties, his experience far exceeded that of ordinary Trainers. When ordinary people saw the flame on Charizard's hand, they might only think it was beautiful or unusual, not knowing what it truly was. But Pryce was different.
While he hadn't met Ho-Oh, he still knew of its Sacred Fire!
After all, aside from Ho-Oh, Entei also possessed this flame.
And the flame on Charizard's hand was undoubtedly Sacred Fire!
But… how could Charizard use Sacred Fire?!
And it had shaped the Sacred Fire into a Fire Punch?!
No matter how you looked at it, this was too outrageous!
While Pryce was reeling, the attacks from both sides had already collided!
The torrential Water Gun met the blazing Sacred Fire, and a deafening roar instantly erupted across the field!
Simultaneously, a massive amount of steam exploded on the arena. The clash of water and fire created a scene of polarization—one side was extremely hot, the other filled with chill.
The white haze blocked both sides' vision.
Pryce couldn't see clearly what was happening on the field, but Ash was different!
He had the power of Aura!
The duel on the field was clearly reflected in his mind, and because of this, he couldn't help but smile.
This match… was won!
**Boom!**
As this thought crossed Ash's mind, a huge roar came from within the white haze. Then, a water-blue figure shot out rapidly, a patch of charred black vaguely visible on its neck!
Pryce's face became extremely grim.
As Lapras was knocked back and fell into the water, the massive body hit the surface, splashing water everywhere. Some cold droplets struck Pryce's face, but… at this moment, those cold droplets might not have been as chilling as the expression on his face.
The atmosphere on the field grew increasingly tense.
Lapras was sent flying and fell into the water… Had it lost?
After a moment, a figure floated to the surface.
Seeing this, Pryce's face darkened further.
The reason was naturally because Lapras's eyes were swirly, having lost the ability to battle!
Moreover, the white haze had completely dissipated, revealing the Charizard within!
Although this Charizard was also battered, compared to Lapras, which had completely lost consciousness… it undoubtedly looked much better!
"La… Lapras is unable to battle! Charizard wins!"
Prima, serving as referee, stammered as she announced the result.
As Pryce's partner, she knew his strength very well.
Even if Ash had an intelligence advantage and caught Pryce off guard,
Prima never thought Ash had any real chance of winning.
Even until just now… Pryce should have had the advantage!
That point-blank Water Gun!
If it hit, Charizard would fall!
In that situation, Charizard could only use a physical move to meet it, as its Special Attack had been weakened by Overheat.
If it used a special move to counter the Water Gun, it would undoubtedly fail to match its power and be knocked out as expected. But if it used a physical move… whether it was Thunder Punch, Brick Break, or another move,
Charizard would still have to withstand the damage from the Water Gun!
The final result would still be defeat!
However… Prima never expected that against a Water-type move, Charizard would actually use a Fire-type move!
Fire was indeed weak to Water, but at the same time, when a flame's temperature reached a certain level, it could vaporize water in turn!
But… wasn't Charizard's strength lower than Lapras's?
Why could it instead vaporize the Water Gun?!
...
[Leon: What a powerful Fire Punch… no, it should be Sacred Fire Fist… That name is really fitting!]
[Lance: If I see correctly… that should be a Fire Punch composed entirely of Sacred Fire, right?]
[Drake: I remember back in Charizard Valley, Charizard seemed to only be able to add a trace of Sacred Fire to its flames… Even that was enough to change them!]
[Drake: If I remember correctly… Black Ash said something in his heart back then, that the Sacred Fire only made up 0.5% of the entire flame, right?]
[Professor Oak: I remember correctly, that's indeed the case… Now it can actually use the complete Sacred Fire to execute other moves! Should I say it's the terrifying power of Mega Evolution, or Charizard's own talent?]
In less than half a year since being placed in the Valley,
Charizard had already mastered Sacred Fire to this extent.
If it could freely use Sacred Fire in various moves in the future, the power… would simply be unimaginable!
It was evident from the fact that a low-tier Champion's Sacred Fire Fist could directly vaporize a Water Gun despite the type disadvantage and defeat a Lapras that still had some stamina left with one punch.
The damage of that blow… should be no less than that of a peak-tier Champion! To be able to leap tiers like this, should I say… it's truly worthy of being a god's flame?
Of course, it's not just the flame.
[Lance: Don't forget, Charizard is now in its Mega state and has also used Dragon Dance twice! The power of Sacred Fire is indeed very strong, but it's also because Charizard itself has become stronger that it can wield this power!]
[Lance: A Mega Charizard has the ability to fight above its tier, plus the two boosts from Dragon Dance and Sacred Fire… In the end, being able to overwhelm a high-tier Champion's Water Gun doesn't seem too exaggerated… right?]
By the end, Lance himself sounded a bit uncertain.
No matter how much he stacked the buffs… it still felt too outrageous!
A low-tier Champion's Fire Punch blasted through a Water Gun despite the disadvantage, and the aftermath even knocked out the Lapras!
It was simply outrageous—the door to outrageousness had been opened!
[Ho-Oh: My Sacred Fire does not fear ordinary water. Even the Champion-level Water-type moves you mentioned are not that effective at suppressing my flames.]
[Moltres: After all, the qualities are different. Even if there's a type disadvantage, you still have to follow the basic laws! If a Pokémon of Kyogre's level or our boss used Water Gun, then it would be truly suppressed!]
[Professor Oak: I see… So this is the power of a top-tier Legendary? Facing ordinary Pokémon is simply a dimensional reduction strike!]
Sacred Fire was considered Ho-Oh's exclusive flame.
Aside from it, only Entei had been granted Sacred Fire.
Therefore, everyone knew very little about the exclusive moves of these Legendaries, let alone… that the exclusive moves of top-tier Legendaries also had a dimensional reduction effect against Pokémon below their tier!
This made it easier to explain why Pidgeot's Aeroblast was so outrageous.
An analogy would be—two adults are fighting. One pulls out a long knife, and the other directly declares "my defense is food!" and then pulls out a machine gun!
This is a complete dimensional reduction strike!
In summary, the exclusive moves of top-tier Legendaries possess immense leapfrog battle capabilities compared to non-Legendary Pokémon!
[Cynthia: Actually, the exclusive moves of top-tier Legendaries aren't as broken as you think.]
[Cynthia: Think about it carefully—when a top-tier Legendary fights something below its tier, wouldn't it win whether it used its exclusive move or not? It might use one when there are more than a dozen opponents.]
[Cynthia: If the opponent is also a top-tier Legendary, then it has an exclusive move and I have an exclusive move. Doesn't that mean neither side has an exclusive move?]
A good… a good analogy.
[Cynthia: You might think the exclusive moves of top-tier Legendaries are too broken because they've appeared on ordinary Pokémon like Charizard and Pidgeot.]
[Cynthia: However, in reality… it's impossible for ordinary Pokémon to learn these moves. We can't say the moves are BUGs. We can only say that Black Ash and his Pokémon are both BUGs!]
[Lance: Hiss~ That makes sense! The premise for the exclusive moves of top-tier Legendaries being powerful is that they're effective against Pokémon other than top-tier Legendaries. But normally… how could ordinary Pokémon learn such moves?]
[Lance: Can a Pokémon that's at most a pseudo-Legendary learn it? So… this really isn't something ordinary people can replicate.]
[Flint: Exactly. We can't all have our cake and eat it too. Black Ash's BUG-like nature has to do with Legendary-exclusive moves, don't you think?]
Cynthia's words earned everyone's agreement. It wasn't so much that Sacred Fire was outrageous, but that
Black Ash and his Pokémon were a bit too outrageous!
For ordinary Pokémon, let alone learning Legendary-exclusive moves, most people never even got the chance to see Legendaries!
Black Ash… or rather, Ash was truly a pure monster!
It's just that the normal Ash would have to go through many adventures and tribulations to grow to this point, but Black Ash… just received a little help worth hundreds of millions!
[Ash: That's great… I have Brother Red to help me in the other world.]
[Serena: Don't say that. Isn't Black Ash your "Brother Red" Ash now?]
[Ash: That's right~ Hahaha! I will definitely win the Silver Conference!]
The images from the White World had reached Ecruteak City, and after Ecruteak City… it was the Silver Conference!
That said, real-world time might well start spinning quickly again!
At that time, it would be time for everyone to act according to their abilities!
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