"Flygon, keep this mysterious scale safe."
Ethan once again placed his gaze on the scale in front of him and asked Flygon to swallow it again.
Although for now he also did not know how to develop the power of that mysterious scale, letting Flygon keep it in its stomach, subtly and gradually, was still of great benefit to it.
"Flyyggnn!"
Flygon nodded and swallowed the scale again.
Unable to help it, Flygon let out a comfortable groan. For some reason, its whole body felt very good.
"Flygon, let's test your current strength," Ethan said again.
Flygon nodded, with some excitement in its eyes.
Before evolving, although its strength had already been quite great, most of it was focused on techniques.
Now, it had managed to fuse with the Dragon Pearl and had also completed its evolution. Its strength had already undergone an enormous change.
In the previous ranking battle between Pokémon, its position had not been ideal. Now it was time to arrange it again!
"I see you have a lot of fighting spirit."
"Then, this time, let your new companion battle with you."
Ethan smiled slightly and released Garchomp.
Immediately, the two Pokémon in the field began facing each other with their gazes.
Both Pokémon possessed the Ground and Dragon types, and both were known as ground dragons. This battle promised to be very interesting!
After releasing Garchomp, Ethan retreated a good distance, leaving the battlefield to the two Pokémon.
In comparison, Garchomp was more aggressive. When the battle began, it swung both arms, and air blades appeared on their own at its elbows.
Immediately afterward, Garchomp stepped on the ground with both feet and its figure shot forward directly. The air blades on its arms drew a white radiance in the air.
Seeing this, Flygon also began moving.
As its figure turned and glided, a current of air flowed around its body.
At the same time, Garchomp had already arrived near Flygon. The air blades on its arms cut down fiercely!
But just as it moved the air blades, they saw an air current suddenly press down on them.
Immediately, Garchomp's figure stopped for an instant, as if it were in the middle of a vast ocean and advancing against the current.
Although it was only a moment, and Garchomp's movements were also extremely fast.
But under Flygon's perception, that speed had already become very slow.
Flygon's Levitate ability activated completely. Its figure moved along the air current, disappeared instantly from its place, and floated to a very far distance.
"Gaarrcchhmp!"
Seeing this scene, Garchomp's gaze flashed and it launched itself forward again.
But every time, relying on its control of air currents and its Levitate ability, Flygon could dodge with extreme ease.
When its green figure slid through the air, it seemed like a true spirit.
And in the next instant, sand and dust began to appear around Flygon's body.
The sand became more and more abundant, flowing without end along with the air currents.
Under that sand, the currents surrounding Flygon's body were strangely outlined with clarity.
It could be seen that those currents were extremely chaotic. Indeed, they had a certain air similar to the chaotic-current layer of the Sky Festival.
Garchomp's gaze sharpened. Through that moving sand, it tried to find a correct trajectory within the currents so as to pass through the layer of air surrounding Flygon.
But just at that moment, the trajectory of the sand suddenly changed and began to wrap around Flygon's body.
Immediately afterward, Flygon used the Ryū: Gosho chimaki technique, making that sand become an illusory current shadow in the shape of a dragon around its body, transforming into a sandy wind dragon that surrounded its whole body.
After condensing that sandy wind dragon, Flygon also officially began its offensive and charged directly toward Garchomp.
Seeing this, Garchomp also immediately went to full power. Without hesitation, it used the move Outrage, making the air blades on its arms turn blood-red, while a faint reddish light also began to vaguely rise from its body.
Boom, boom, boom!
The fierce battle began at that moment.
Both Pokémon used their most advanced techniques and began colliding head-on.
If one spoke of offensive power, Garchomp still had the advantage.
But in terms of consumption, Flygon, when using Ryū: Gosho chimaki, did not need to consume too much energy.
Therefore, although at first Garchomp occupied an absolute advantage, as time passed, Flygon slowly began to reverse the situation. In the end, it even managed to suppress Garchomp, which had consumed too much energy.
"Very well, let's leave this battle here."
Seeing that the result was already practically decided, Ethan smiled.
Under these circumstances, if Garchomp wanted to turn things around, in the end it could only depend on Mega Evolution.
But in an exchange battle like this, naturally Mega Evolution would not be used.
"Gaarrcchhmp!"
"Flyyggnn!"
When the battle ended, the two Pokémon separated.
In comparison, Flygon's condition was clearly much better, which made Garchomp grit its teeth.
"Garchomp, you did very well."
"And you too, Flygon. You can't get too confident. If Garchomp completes its Mega Evolution training, the result could be completely different," Ethan said to the two Pokémon.
Seeing this, both Pokémon nodded and also began exchanging impressions about the previous battle.
The two were ground dragons and, in addition, both possessed flight ability, so they had many topics of conversation.
Seeing this, Ethan also did not interrupt them and began to draw up training plans for both according to the previous battle.
At that moment, among his Pokémon, only Melmetal had reached the Elite level.
What he had to do next was make the other Pokémon also take that step.
Among his Pokémon, Sandslash had the path of the Totem Pokémon. As long as it completely mastered the Totem aura, it was very likely that it could enter the Elite level.
As for Charizard and Lucario, both mastered Mega Evolution, and their own strength was already extremely close to the Elite level. Now, both were also practicing Solar Fire and life energy. As long as they completed that training, it was very possible that both would directly enter the Elite level even without relying on Mega Evolution!
Now, besides the three Pokémon that already had the ability to aspire to the Elite level, Flygon had also become another Pokémon in his team pursuing that strength.
"To become an Elite challenger, the standard is to have six Pokémon with Elite-level strength."
Now I already have five Pokémon capable of aspiring to the Elite level. Next, I still have to raise one more!
Ethan looked at the notebook in his hands and murmured to himself.
Among the remaining Pokémon, Cacturne and Slowking already had strength close to the Elite level.
But although both of their strength was quite good, they did not have opportunities like Mega Evolution or legendary-level resources. If they wanted to enter the Elite level, it would still be very difficult.
(End of chapter)