Could it be that in this mode, it also has the terrifying healing ability of the Rest move?
If it can't be taken down in one hit, is it impossible to defeat it?
Sir Thousand Miles' pupils shrank as he considered this possibility.
However...
Such a powerful mode must have side effects; as long as we keep attacking, we'll eventually wake it up!!!
Sir Thousand Miles' gaze sharpened, and he confirmed this thought within his heart.
"Straight Bear, focus your attacks on the head."
"Wake up already!!!!" Xiao Sheng was just as anxious, sitting in the audience, gripping the handrails tightly.
"Xiao Sheng, is Daddy's situation very dangerous?" Little Yao had also watched her father Sir Thousand Miles' battle.
But this was the first time she had seen such an intense fight, and she knew that Sir Thousand Miles had encountered a formidable opponent.
"Why hasn't Dragonite woken up yet..."
"No problem, Daddy clearly has the upper hand. That Straight Bear is the fastest of Daddy's Pokemon in terms of extreme speed. That Dragonite is currently being suppressed miserably and should be waking up soon. After that... there will be even less uncertainty about the outcome."
"The longer Dragonite holds out now, the more injuries it accumulates!"
Xiao Sheng took a deep breath, watching the arena, and couldn't help but think that for a six-year-old, his analysis was nothing short of genius.
However.
On the field, Dragonite's Trainer, Fang Yuan, remained calm and composed, without a trace of worry.
Sir Thousand Miles... do you really think this will wake Dragonite up??
Externally, it's Dragonite's second subconscious personality that is fighting passively, and since Dragonite's main consciousness is resting, it's clear that it possesses a "Dreamland".
Right now, in Dragonite's "Dreamland", next to a clear lake, it shyly strolls alongside the Milotic in the water.
Milotic also appears timid and clingy.
Both Pokemon are free and utterly content.
But just then, dark clouds suddenly gather in the dream's sky, and currents of electricity flicker within these clouds.
"Bwooo..."
Dragonite frowns at the weather and speaks to Milotic.
Let's drive away the dark clouds together.
Blue skies are much more beautiful.
Milotic shyly nods her head in agreement.
However... just as the two Pokemon prepare to disperse the thunder and lightning, suddenly, countless bolts of lightning turn into golden flashes that fell from the sky, striking the Milotic in the lake directly, turning her into ash, disappearing beside it.
We agreed... to take a walk together...
At first, Dragonite is stunned, and then its eyes become filled with bloodshot lines.
It looks up at the dark clouds in the sky, filled with rage, feeling as if its whole body is in agony.
Ah~ Milotic~
"Roar!!!!!"
Dragonite lets out an angry roar, and its crimson eyes appear.
Externally.
The relentless assault of Straight Bear seems to have indeed been effective, as Sir Thousand Miles can clearly see Dragonite's eyelids beginning to flutter.
A sense of relief washes over Sir Thousand Miles.
What a situation, a Pokemon harder to fight when asleep than when awake; he never wants to encounter this again.
"Straight Bear, continue the attack."
Sir Thousand Miles waved his hand grandly.
Meanwhile, Dragonite finally opened its eyes.
The black flow of air around it dissipated accordingly!
It was as if Straight Bear, after an arduous struggle, had finally beaten Dragonite from its invincible transformed state back to normal!
Seeing this scene, Thousand Miles, Xiao Sheng, and Little Yao all felt a sense of relief.
"It finally worked, this Dragonite has finally woken up!!" Xiao Sheng was so moved he felt like crying.
It was as if Straight Bear had finally defeated the Great Devil!
"Mm-hmm." Little Yao nodded.
However, although Dragonite had awakened, its current state seemed somehow different from the beginning...
It felt a bit strange.
"Outrage!"
And as Fang Yuan spoke, Thousand Miles and the others finally saw clearly.
The Dragonite that had reopened its eyes now had a pair of crimson pupils, filled with a violent look, as if containing the ultimate rage of the entire world.
Under Fang Yuan's Mind Induction, Dragonite went straight from Nightmare Mode into the ultimate Dark Mode.
If Nightmare Mode's power level was akin to upgrading from a regular Dragonite to a Phantom Pokémon like Darkrai, then now it had ascended to the power level of a Legendary Pokémon like Dark Lugia!
The power level had undergone a tremendous boost, ordinary power transformed into Legendary Power.
"Roarrrrr!!!"
After entering Dark Mode, Dragonite roared to the skies, and the recently subsided black flow of air quickly reappeared—this time tinged with a streak of blood, like a dark red vortex.
The frenzied surge of air, with Dragonite's roar, rapidly coiled around it, growing by the moment as if forming a tornado that enveloped its entire body!
The terrifying power fluctuation caused the entire gym to tremble.
The moment of relief in Thousand Miles' heart solidified to the extreme once again...
Thousand Miles: ?
Wait... wait a minute, after waking it up, why does it look even more terrifying than when it was asleep???
"When Dragonite is in Nightmare Mode, its main consciousness is in 'Dreamland'. Although it's called a nightmare, under normal circumstances, it is more like a regular 'dream'. But if it turns into a real nightmare due to external disturbances, when it wakes up, it will merge both consciousnesses out of rage, directly transforming from Nightmare Mode to Dark Mode, manifesting power stronger than that of Nightmare Mode..."
Fang Yuan's apologetic voice explained from the side.
With Fang Yuan's explanation, Dragonite, combining Extreme Speed, Twister, Dragon Dance, and Dark Power into a Dark Battle Tornado, made the inside of the gym seem as if time had stopped...
In mid-air, the golden flash that was Straight Bear instantly felt the terrifying suction of the wind's eye and was engulfed by the expanding dark red tornado. Then immediately following a loud "boom", its numerous duplicates were obliterated. Afterward, a directly hit Straight Bear, covered in wounds, was smashed to the ground by the storm.
"Dark... Dark Mode...?" Sir Thousand Miles was dumbfounded.
What kind of mess is this; there was another transformation?
Nightmare Mode was already outrageous, and now you pull out a Dark Mode?
A Two-Stage Transformation?
This is not a video game boss fight!
This is a Pokémon battle!!
"Little... Little Sheng... didn't you say once we woke Dragonite up, we would have it in the bag?" Little Yao asked her brother puzzledly from the spectator stands.
After all, Little Sheng said if there was anything she didn't understand, she could ask him.
"No... it shouldn't be like this."
Xiao Sheng was stunned in his seat; Pokémon battles as he understood them weren't supposed to be like this.