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Woof woof~”

Arcanine, who was standing nearby, also hurried forward to congratulate them upon seeing this.

“Woof woof!”

What no one expected was that after congratulating them, Arcanine immediately let out a roar filled with fighting spirit.

“Roar!”

Charizard, after a slightstunned, immediately responded.

“You two want to fight?”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu only thought for a moment before understanding what was going on.

Clearly, Arcanine was still a little unconvinced about being defeated by Charmeleon before, so it planned to get its revenge after evolving.

The reason it hadn't acted before was not only because it wasn't appropriate, but also because it wanted to battle Charizard, who had also completed its evolution.

Although Arcanine's idea was good, it overlooked a serious problem: the level gap!

Even after evolving, Arcanine was only at level 20-something, while Charizard had already reached level 35. This level gap was indeed quite large. Even if Charizard had to give up its most proficient Fire-type moves when battling Arcanine, Arcanine still didn't have much chance of winning.

“Forget it, I won't interfere with this. But let me make it clear, fighting is fine, but don't cause any conflict. You must know when to stop.”

Although he had already guessed Arcanine's ultimate outcome, Zhang Yu couldn't bring himself to say it at this moment and dampen Arcanine's enthusiasm, so he simply let them do as they pleased.

However, to prevent any conflicts from arising, he still reminded them.

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's instructions, Charizard and Arcanine both nodded at him, then moved to a spot far from Zhang Yu, one on each side, and began to stare at each other.

“Woof woof!”

“Flamethrower!”

After a moment of staring at each other, Arcanine was the first to lose patience and launched an attack.

As it opened its mouth and took a deep breath, a scorching pillar of flame instantly shot out towards Charizard.

Upon seeing this, Charizard immediately flapped its wings and flew up, dodging Growlithe's attack.

“Roar!”

“Dragon Claw!”

Immediately, it condensed energy into a pair of purple giant claws and swooped down towards Arcanine.

“Flare Blitz!”

Facing this situation, Arcanine also charged towards Charizard without showing any weakness.

As Arcanine continuously accelerated, a powerful flame was released from its body, and soon, this flame enveloped its entire body.

In the blink of an eye, Arcanine, covered in flames, collided with the pair of purple energy giant claws condensed by Charizard.

What Charizard didn't expect was that it not only failed to take down Arcanine immediately, but instead, under Arcanine's attack, it retreated a short distance, only then dissipating the impact force from Arcanine.

However, Arcanine's situation wasn't much better; in fact, it could be said that despite seemingly having the upper hand, its actual situation was even worse.

Because Flare Blitz is a move that causes the user to suffer recoil, Arcanine also took some damage when using it.

“As expected, there was a problem.”

Upon seeing Charizard's surprised expression, Zhang Yu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly. He knew that Charizard would definitely have problems when fighting Arcanine, but even he didn't expect the problem to appear so quickly.

Chapter 65: Charizard VS Arcanine! (Requesting custom subscription)

Logically speaking, Charizard had an absolute strength advantage when battling Arcanine. Given this, why did the current scene occur?

The choice of attack method was one reason, and the choice of moves was also a reason.

Charizard is different from Growlithe, which excels in both physical and special attacks. Compared to physical attacks, it is more skilled in special attacks.

Moreover, no matter how much Charizard resembles a Dragon, without the Dragon-type, it will not receive the Same-Type Attack Bonus when using Dragon-type moves. Coupled with the inherent difference in moves, it is not surprising that such a situation occurred.

Logically speaking, such a situation should not happen to a Pokémon that has already evolved to its final form.

However, Charizard's current form is somewhat rushed, especially now that its power has just increased significantly, the problem seems particularly severe.

“Roar!”

But no matter what, that was Charizard's inherent power. Charizard quickly noticed some of the problems and immediately exerted force, pulling away from Arcanine.

“Air Blade!”

Before Arcanine could charge over again, Charizard violently flapped its wings, condensing a large number of blue energy blades and controlling them to shoot towards Arcanine.

Facing Charizard's overwhelming wind blade attack, Arcanine naturally had no way to dodge. It could only accelerate and charge towards Charizard.

However, before it could reach Charizard, those blue energy blades had already landed on its body, suppressing the flames burning on it.

In just a moment, the flames around Arcanine completely extinguished, and even Arcanine itself was sent flying by several subsequent wind blades.

But if it was just like this, it clearly couldn't defeat Arcanine. It quickly stood up again.

“Extreme Speed!”

As a layer of white energy covered Arcanine's body, it instantly charged towards Charizard with lightning speed.

Perhaps because Arcanine's speed at this moment was too fast, it even left a series of afterimages during its sprint.

“Dragon Claw!”

Upon seeing this, Charizard, not believing its eyes, once again condensed a pair of purple energy giant claws, but before it could make any other move, Arcanine had already solidly crashed into its body.

Although Arcanine's attack caused Charizard a sharp pain, it still endured, waving its purple energy giant claws and grabbing at Arcanine.

With both parties in zero-distance contact, Arcanine clearly had no way to dodge Charizard's attack and was directly slapped by Charizard's claw, sending it flying.

“Air Blade!”

Almost as soon as Arcanine stood up again, Charizard had already flapped its wings once more, condensing a large number of blue energy blades and controlling them to shoot towards Arcanine.

“Flamethrower!”

Upon seeing this situation, Arcanine could only open its mouth and unleash a scorching pillar of flame to block.

However, Arcanine was not Charizard's opponent to begin with, and due to the hasty use of the move, its power was inevitably insufficient. This caused the scorching pillar of flame to quickly disperse under the impact of the wind blades.

And the remaining blue energy blades continued their trajectory, hitting its body and sending it flying again.

Although Arcanine didn't want to lose just yet and still wanted to struggle to get up, by the time it stood up again, Charizard had already appeared in front of it and pinned it to the ground with a pair of giant claws condensed from purple energy.

Seeing this, Arcanine no longer struggled and directly conceded.

“You two, you really can't be comfortable without a fight, huh?”

“Now look? Both of you are covered in injuries?”

After seeing that the two Pokémon had finished fighting, Zhang Yu first gave them an exasperated glare, then walked forward and used Tokiwa Power to heal them.

As for Potions?

It wasn't a live broadcast now, so naturally, he had to save where he could.

After all, with Arcanine and Charizard evolving one after another, he still had many places where he needed money.

Charizard's side was fine; its energy cube only needed continued learning. The only expense would be the upgrade of its Charcoal.

But this matter wasn't urgent. Charizard hadn't fully adapted to its own strength yet, and Arcanine would also need to buy Charcoal after a while. Instead of buying them separately, it would be better to do it all at once, which could also prevent conflicts between them.

Besides, the place he most needed to spendPopular Science Point on now was Arcanine's exclusive energy cube formula. This was the real big expense, and also a necessary one.

“Char~”

“Woof woof~”

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, Charizard and Arcanine first exchanged glances, then, with greattacit agreement, both turned their heads away.

Charizard, whose injuries were lighter, finished healing first, so it immediately prepared to slip away.

“Charizard, wait for me.”

“After the battle just now, did you realize where your problem lies?”

But before Charizard could make a move, Zhang Yu had already called out to it.

“Roar?”

‘I shouldn't have fought Arcanine in close combat?’

Charizard, after a slightstunned, replied with a hint of uncertainty.

After the battle just now, it had also realized that engaging in close combat with a fast and fierce Pokémon like Arcanine was truly not a wise decision.

It was only because Arcanine used Extreme Speed at the very end, and it was its first time using Extreme Speed, so it couldn't fully control the surging speed. Otherwise, it might have actually been defeated.

“It's good that you know. Compared to close-quarters melee, you are more skilled at creating distance and bombarding with moves.”

Although Zhang Yu still couldn't understand the Pokémon's language, through Tokiwa Power, he understood what Charizard wanted to express, so he immediately nodded at it with great satisfaction.

As for Charizard's move selection problem?

He didn't bring it up at this moment, after all, it was originally a problem he should have considered.

Moreover, this battle between Charizard and Arcanine was truly a special situation. If Arcanine's ability wasn't Fire Absorb, Charizard wouldn't have had to rely on Dragon Claw to fight.