"Now's the time!"
The blue light in Ash's eyes suddenly flared: "Tackle it!!"
"Haku!!!"
The crimson fireball instantly chased after Lilligant!
Boom!!!
A violent explosion erupted overhead on the stage battlefield!
The crimson flames and the golden energy from Lilligant simultaneously burst apart, creating a giant light visible even from the foot of the mountain!
Below the stage battlefield.
Adaman, Arezu, and Xipu almost simultaneously lifted their heads.
Even from this distance, they could feel the vibrations from the collision just now.
"What's happening up there now..."
Arezu looked up at the light that hadn't completely faded, and couldn't help but turn to Adaman: "Captain Adaman, should we sneak up a bit to take a look?"
Adaman's face was equally worried.
However, before he could answer, Xipu had already sharply tapped her cane.
"No!"
Arezu and Adaman both looked at her.
Xipu spoke confidently, "If you two are going up, then this old lady naturally has to go up too. If this 99-year-old woman happens to get hurt in the battle, it'll be on you, Arezu girl."
Arezu: ...
You're really good at guilt-tripping, huh?
Who calculates things like this!
But Arezu quickly understood why Xipu deliberately said this.
The battle above had clearly reached its most intense point.
They couldn't attack Lilligant, nor did their strength match the pace of the fight now.
If they rushed up now and got attacked by Lilligant or caught in the aftermath, Ash and Cynthia would have to focus on protecting them.
That would truly be dragging them down.
"Understood..."
Arezu sat back down helplessly: "Let's just wait here."
All they could do now was trust Ash and Cynthia.
On the stage battlefield.
The dazzling crimson light in mid-air was slowly fading.
Ash raised his arm to block the incoming heat wave, but the blue light in his eyes remained bright.
Helping Typhlosion boost Flare Blitz continuously had indeed used up some Aura Power.
But for Ash, whose total Aura had reached Divine Domain Level, such consumption was negligible.
His breathing hadn't even changed.
The real strain was on Typhlosion, which had to bear the Aura enhancement and change Flare Blitz's direction twice.
"It hit."
Cynthia locked her gaze on the flames gradually dispersing above: "A direct hit from a Flare Blitz of that magnitude would affect Lilligant, even if her Physical Strength far exceeds that of ordinary Pokemon."
"Yeah."
Ash was also using Aura Perception to assess the state of the two Pokemon above.
Typhlosion's Aura had significantly weakened.
Flare Blitz's recoil coupled with the forceful direction change via the ground stressed its body tremendously.
As for Lilligant...
Ash's expression suddenly changed; her Aura had weakened, but the extent was far less than what Ash and Cynthia anticipated!
Chapter 533: Is Typhlosion Overpowered? Time for Teacher Dapi!
"Sis, something's off!"
Just as Ash finished speaking, a bright gold light suddenly gleamed among the fading crimson flames above!
Cynthia looked up abruptly.
Lilligant flipped her body within the lingering flames.
The leaves on her body bore clear scorch marks, and the golden glow enveloping her wavered intensely.
The previous Flare Blitz had indeed hurt her!
Yet she was far from seriously injured!
Lilligant forcefully adjusted her body in mid-air, swiftly lifting her slender right leg!
Typhlosion had just finished its second Flare Blitz and hadn't regained balance from the frontal collision.
The next second, Lilligant's right leg kicked fiercely!
Thud!!
A muffled collision sounded mid-air!
Typhlosion's whole body was kicked down from the air!
"Typhlosion!"
Ash immediately looked downward.
But Lilligant's attack wasn't over!
Capitalizing on the rebound from her kick, she soared higher and completed a flip in mid-air.
Legs together!
Body descending!
The scene Adaman warned them of last night flashed instantly in Ash and Cynthia's minds.
The Queen's signature aerial kick!
"Typhlosion, evade!"
Typhlosion forcibly opened its eyes while falling.
But the recoil from multiple Flare Blitzes, plus Lilligant's kick, slowed its reactions considerably.
Before Typhlosion could fully stabilize its body, Lilligant had caught up with it!
Crash!!!
The two figures simultaneously crashed onto the stage's center!
The previously smooth stone stage instantly caved in, sending debris and dust scattering. A massive crater, nearly ten meters in diameter, appeared right before them!
Then, a visible golden shockwave rapidly spread from the crater's center!
"Here it comes!"
Cynthia instantly recognized it.
It was precisely what Adaman described, the impact aftermath following Lilligant's aerial kick!
Ash stepped in front of Cynthia, extending his right hand directly forward.
Buzz!
A dazzling blue light instantly formed a semi-transparent Aura Barrier!
"Boom!!"
The golden shockwave collided directly with the Aura Barrier!