Pokémon: When the World Changed

Chapter 569 564: Storm Dragon

"Interrupt it, use Hyper Beam!"

Marcus gave the order again, trying to make Salamence repeat the same tactic.

"Charizard, Dragon Dance airflow."

This time, Ethan did not make Charizard dodge, but chose to face it head-on.

After all, even if Charizard avoided Salamence's attack, it would still have to face its subsequent assaults.

Instead, it was better to continue using the move Dragon Dance to strengthen itself; with just one execution of Dragon Dance, Charizard's speed and strength would increase enormously.

Charizard understood immediately. It flapped its wings forcefully and the dragon-shaped energy flow surrounding it began to spin rapidly around its body under its control.

As the flow spun, Charizard's flame-wrapped tail was seen sweeping violently. The blazing flames, driven by the gale, suddenly expanded, completely enveloping Charizard's body.

Like ribbons dancing in the wind, the raging flames, propelled by the draconic current, vaguely transformed into a roaring fire dragon. Its blazing, undulating body fully protected Charizard within.

At the same time, the orange beam of the Hyper Beam move came roaring and crashed directly into the fire dragon surrounding Charizard.

Boom!

The Hyper Beam move collided with the fire dragon, triggering a violent explosion that raised clouds of dust and smoke.

"Dragon Dance can be used like that?"

"The fire control of this Charizard has reached an inconceivable level!"

Seeing this scene, the expressions of the other dragon messengers turned serious.

However, Salamence's attack had not yet ended. It was seen executing the move Aerial Ace again, launching directly into the cloud of smoke from the explosion.

But what confused everyone was that Salamence's figure seemed to strike empty air, passing through the smoke without hitting anything.

"He dodged it!"

"That Charizard is over there!" Suddenly, one of the dragon messengers shouted.

It could be seen that Charizard was already above Salamence, dominating from the sky.

Next, Charizard expelled from its mouth a sphere of fire that transformed into a blazing sun suspended in the air.

"It's the move Sunny Day!"

"Dragon Dance plus Sunny Day... Salamence is in danger."

Some dragon messengers showed grave expressions when they saw this.

"Why doesn't he just use Sunny Day Dragon directly?"

One of them asked in confusion; in his view, if Charizard executed that technique, the result of the battle would be decided quickly.

"Maybe Sunny Day Dragon consumes too much energy. If he uses it now, he might not recover in time for the next battle."

"Besides, Sunny Day Dragon is an explosive technique; its sustained effect can't compare with the continuous boosts of the Sunny Day move and the Dragon Dance move."

"And besides, it seems that both Pokémon follow the same development route. Right now they're clashing head-on."

Boom, boom, boom!

Just as that dragon messenger had said, after using the Dragon Dance move and activating the Sunny Day weather, the battle entered a climax.

"It's incredible... it's actually suppressing Salamence in both flight and long-range attacks."

Watching the battle between the two Pokémon, Marcus shook his head helplessly. Then his expression suddenly hardened and he gave the order: "Salamence, unleash all your power!"

"GROOAAARR!"

Salamence roared loudly.

Next, its figure paused briefly in the air. As it flapped its wings, Dragon-type and Flying-type energy suddenly condensed.

Whooosh!

Immediately, a wild wind rose across the battlefield.

A terrifying mixture of Dragon-type and Flying-type energy began to sweep across the arena.

"It's mobilizing two types of energy at the same time!"

Ethan was slightly surprised when he saw this; it was clear that Salamence was preparing to unleash a major attack.

"With Flying-type and Dragon-type energy unleashed like that... even if Charizard attacks head-on, it will probably be difficult to deal effective damage to Salamence, right?"

"Although Salamence's big attack requires preparation time, it's clear that Marcus has already arranged a backup strategy."

Seeing Salamence accumulating energy, Ethan made a decision after a flash in his eyes: "Charizard, use Dragon Dance at full power!"

Whooosh!

Charizard immediately obeyed. Dragon-type energy concentrated in its body, further increasing its speed and attack power.

"He didn't attack directly?"

Seeing that Ethan had not fallen into the trap, Marcus shook his head helplessly.

At that moment, a tornado suddenly rose around Salamence's body, completely enveloping it.

"Just as I thought... But this move should be Twister, right?"

"However, Salamence has incorporated Flying-type energy into the Dragon-type move Twister!"

"The fusion of two energies... this can already be called a combined move!"

Ethan observed the tornado Salamence had created and was silently surprised. Such a pure combined move he had only seen before in Sandslash's Spin Drive move.

When both Pokémon began preparing their moves, forming a tense standoff, the dragon messengers present were stunned.

"Is that the legendary combined move?"

"That guy named Marcus is really powerful!"

Exclaimed in astonishment a dark-skinned dragon messenger from the Sylvara League.

On the continent of the Sylvara League, Pokémon civilization was still relatively underdeveloped; it was the first time he had seen a combined move.

"It's truly impressive. The Daleron League always produces powerful trainers. After the World Championship, I will definitely find time to travel to Daleron."

Another dragon messenger also sighed with admiration, looking enviously at the two Pokémon confronting each other.

Whooosh!

While the dragon messengers were still marveling, the tornado on the field began to dissipate little by little, revealing the figure of Salamence inside.

"What is that?"

"The storm wrapping around its body? T-this...?"

Seeing Salamence's body, everyone's pupils dilated slightly.

It could be seen that Salamence's entire body was wrapped in currents of Dragon-type and Flying-type energy, so dense that they had completely solidified.

From afar, they looked like small howling tornadoes surrounding its body and limbs.

"This is... the Storm Dragon!"

"That's right, it's the Storm Dragon secret technique of the Sky Clan!"

Naira was the first to react, disbelief reflected in her eyes.

In the past, she had accompanied Champion Leo to the Sky Clan.

At that time, when her master's Charizard faced the Dragonite of the Sky Clan's leader, that Dragonite had used Storm Dragon precisely to confront the Sunny Day Dragon of her master's Charizard.

Although the final result was that Sunny Day Dragon emerged victorious, the power of Storm Dragon had left a deep impression on her.

She had never imagined that now Marcus's Salamence would also be capable of executing that technique.

(End of Chapter)