Chapter 220: Magma Armor!
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
"Magmar, use Flamethrower!"
"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!"
The battle began, and both trainers issued the same command simultaneously.
"Boom! Boom!"
Two pillars of fire erupted from opposite sides of the battlefield, spraying toward the center. The flame on one side was a dim, reddish-brown color—this was Magmar's flame.
On the other side, Charmeleon's flame was slightly less red, leaning more toward a golden-yellow hue.
"Boom!"
The two powerful pillars of fire clashed, immediately sending sparks flying as a powerful shockwave pulsed outward.
Seeing this, a corner of Blaine's mouth curled up. He was a Fire-type expert and could discern many things just from the color of the flame. A sharp glint flashed across his sunglasses as he shouted in a low voice, "Magmar, get a little more serious!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the flame on the tip of Magmar's tail instantly flared up. The color of the flame it spat from its mouth grew deeper and richer, so much so that it seemed to have a physical form.
"Wait—it really does have a physical form!" Brock, watching from behind, was shocked. His vision had always been excellent.
At this moment, Magmar's flame was no longer an intangible energy flame, but a viscous, physical substance—like a liquid, yet also like a solid.
"It's magma!" he realized.
"Ssss—"
The next second, the magma flamethrower overwhelmed Charmeleon's. Like a constantly flowing liquid, it corroded and devoured the opposing flame, giving off billowing white smoke. In just a few seconds, it had completely swallowed it. The scalding magma didn't even stop, continuing to advance toward Charmeleon at the source.
Ash hastily shouted, "Charmeleon, dodge it, quick!"
Charmeleon decisively snapped its mouth shut, abandoning its Flamethrower, and rolled to the side to dodge.
The liquid magma landed half a second later on the spot where it had just been standing, instantly corroding and burning a shocking, fiery pit into the ground.
"So strong..."
Both Ash and Charmeleon were startled by this molten flame.
"Heh heh, magma countering flame is common knowledge," Blaine chuckled lightly.
Fire-type Pokémon are a bit different from other types. The flame they spew can be continuously deepened and forged by comprehending external flames. As for a Magmar that soaks in volcanic magma all day, not only can it gain a terrifying aura comparable to a fire deity, but the flame it spews is also naturally far superior to an ordinary one.
Why drink Scald? Today, I'll have you drink magma!
"Garoar!"
Magmar once again opened its mouth and spat out several clumps of fiery magma. It was supposedly a Fire-type move, but ignoring the color, its shape more closely resembled a Poison-type move.
"Is the power of my flame still no match for it...?" Ash's willpower was highly focused, his expression grim as he constantly thought of a counter-strategy.
"Then let's try close combat! Charmeleon, use your best move, Throat Chop!"
"Awoooo!"
Charmeleon let out a furious roar and began to close in on its target on its hind legs. Its body weaved through the rocky ground, continuously evading the incoming fiery magma. The claws on its two sturdy arms had already secretly formed into a sharp point, and its face wore a ferocious expression. A dense and deep black energy was already condensing on its claws, forming a sharp coat of energy.
"Whoosh!"
The distance between the two was less than a meter. Without a second thought, Charmeleon lunged, thrusting the dark-energy attack toward Magmar's chest.
"Close-quarters combat, is it? Magmar, we'll use Brick Break!" Blaine didn't choose to dodge, instead opting for a frontal attack.
A white light flashed around Magmar's fists as they met the dark thrust head-on.
"Clang!"
A powerful force exploded outward. The two Pokémon's hands were locked in a stalemate, their muscles trembling faintly from the sheer exertion.
"Damn it, we don't have any advantage in strength either!?" Large beads of sweat were already rolling down Ash's forehead.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
After the first blow separated them, Charmeleon and Magmar didn't stop their attacks. The two faced each other, their expressions unchanged, as they continuously launched Throat Chop and Brick Break. They repeatedly struck at and defended against one another, the force of their fists and their type energy clashing again and again, creating a series of explosive booms.
In just a few seconds, they had already clashed head-on for five or six rounds, with neither gaining any advantage.
"Awoo!"
Charmeleon suddenly let out a loud roar, a sharp glint flashing in its eyes. It pressed forward, actively moving into its opponent's attack.
"Shuu—"
Tilting its head, it dodged a Brick Break aimed at its skull by the narrowest of margins.
Immediately after, it raised its left hand, briefly obscuring Magmar's line of sight. In that instant, the expression on its face became incredibly sinister.
In a flash, Charmeleon's body lunged forward. As it swiped its left hand away to restore Magmar's vision, a sharp and unsettling glint of black light suddenly flashed out from a tricky angle.
Its flame temperature couldn't compare to Magmar's and its strength was evenly matched, but when it came to agility, Charmeleon had the upper hand!
The dark spike shot out. Charmeleon aimed for Magmar's eyes and thrust forward without mercy.
"Tssing!"
Throat Chop!
Charmeleon had put all its strength into this attack; there was no way Magmar could react in time!
"Szzz..."
To everyone's surprise, Charmeleon's Throat Chop simply stopped in its tracks. Its face was contorted from the immense force it was exerting.
The tip of the black energy coating the Throat Chop was mere inches from Magmar's pupils, but no matter how much force Charmeleon exerted, it couldn't advance another inch.
"What's happening?"
"A fixed match?"
Charmeleon wasn't being restrained by any Psychic-type move. It was simply that a transparent, incredibly hard wall seemed to have appeared on the surface of Magmar's body, preventing it from breaking through no matter how much force it used.
Everyone looked closely and finally saw what was happening.
A reddish-brown, semi-transparent film was swirling on the surface of Magmar's body. Like an armored bracer, it held the Throat Chop firmly at bay.
This film was like a flowing solid, moving slowly and faintly emitting a scorching and powerful aura.
"It's magma again!?" everyone suddenly understood and blurted it out.
At first, they had thought this reddish-brown film was simply the natural color of Magmar's skin.
"That's right. The key to everything is the magma," Blaine smiled faintly, thinking to himself. By constantly tempering its body in magma, not only had Magmar's flame evolved into magma flame, but by a stroke of luck, it had even formed a tough magma armor on the surface of its body.
The terrifying, fiery demon-god aura that Magmar possessed from the very start was all due to the boost provided by this layer of magma armor.
"That's enough of a shock. Magmar, use Seismic Toss!"
"Garoar!"
Magmar suddenly turned its head. With nothing blocking it, the Throat Chop lunged forward, scraping against the surface of its magma armor with the unsettling "kaka-ka" sound of hard stone grinding together.
Magmar immediately acted, grabbing one of Charmeleon's arm joints. It turned, pressing its back against Charmeleon, and using the momentum, violently hurled its opponent into the air!
(end of chapter)
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