The little one's casting speed was extremely fast, almost in sync with Axel's command.
A ghostly blue flame shot out of its hand, accurately hitting the Duraludon.
Flames instantly ignited on Duraludon's body, placing it in a burning state.
While the burning state lasted, Duraludon's attack power was halved, and its HP continued to drop.
This was to prevent Duraludon from breaking the terrain.
After completing the simple preparations, Axel grinned. A series of preparations were completed, and now it was time for kite tactics.
"Teleport."
The little one smiled knowingly, snapped her fingers, and the two of them instantly appeared on the cliff above the valley.
"ROAR!"
Duraludon roared madly, its claws covered in a dense and noble purple glow.
But due to the halved attack from the burning state, no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't break through the cliff, only letting out roar after roar.
Simply put, it was powerless rage.
A sigh sounded from the valley, and Duraludon paused slightly.
Axel couldn't help but get goosebumps.
Just a sigh, and Axel felt as if he were being stared at by some terrifying existence.
'Damn, don't tell me there's actually a Rayquaza here?'
Axel thought about the way these Pokémon fought, plus their tendency to surrender if they couldn't win...
All signs pointed to the fact that they weren't just unconscious phantoms.
Before Axel could think more, Duraludon's fighting style changed.
It no longer used melee skills, its four legs dug deeply into the ground.
The next moment, countless shockwave-type skills burst out from Duraludon in all directions.
This type of Pokémon had extremely outstanding special attack capabilities, and Axel currently had no skills to weaken special attacks.
The entire valley instantly fell into an apocalyptic state.
Flash Cannon, Dragon Pulse, and Laser Beam rampaged throughout the valley, attacking everything indiscriminately.
The cliff Axel and the others stood on was quickly shattered by Duraludon's attack, and large chunks of rock fell, crashing heavily onto Duraludon's body.
After being hit by these attacks, Duraludon not only didn't show a painful expression, but glowing rings kept appearing on its body.
Its "Adaptability" ability had been triggered.
Every time it was attacked, its stamina increased by one level.
This was Duraludon's most terrifying aspect. Plus, with "Body Press," an attack based on defense, Duraludon now was basically a tank.
Axel quickly responded, "Kirlia, use Hypnosis."
"If you can't hit, use Icy Wind!"
Axel issued two consecutive commands because now the valley was filled with scattered rocks.
In his view, the chance of Hypnosis penetrating the rubble and accurately hitting Duraludon was minimal.
"Kirilia!"
Kirlia waved her small hand, and a faint psychic circle appeared, precisely passing through countless rocks and landing on Duraludon.
The madness and dullness in Duraludon's eyes disappeared, replaced by drowsiness.
Axel was momentarily stunned.
Even as her trainer, he was beginning to suspect Kirlia was cheating.
Ever since the two met, Kirlia's Hypnosis had never once missed.
'What a Pokémon blessed by the heavens.'
Above the valley, a black, semi-transparent dragon-shaped phantom was also stunned.
'What the? this worked?'
Suddenly, it felt like this Dragon-type secret realm couldn't be guarded anymore.
Black Rayquaza looked melancholy.
In fact, it had always remained hidden because thousands of years ago it had died while resisting an apocalyptic disaster.
The reason a remnant soul still lingered now was because the faith at various Dragon God Plazas had never fully ceased.
Until a few days ago, when its backup detected a super-genius trainer and a highly talented Pokémon, its consciousness was awakened into semi-awareness.
The original purpose of this secret realm was to select Dragon-type genius trainers.
Once the trainer became strong enough, its remnant soul could revive using the powerful Dragon-type energy of the team.
Just like the Poison Fang mastered by Tyrantrum, and the Aerodactyl at stage seven.
All to prevent Ice and Fairy types from crashing the party.
But now...
It, the mighty Rayquaza, seemed to have run into a min-maxer.
———
The battle between Axel and Duraludon quickly ended.
With Hypnosis and Burn both active, Duraludon's HP dropped rapidly, completely unable to fight back.
After an unwilling howl, Duraludon turned into Dragon-type energy and dissipated into the world.
A flash of blue light flickered over Kirlia's body, she successfully leveled up to level 23.
What surprised Axel was that the stage-clear voice didn't sound.
"Don't tell me this stage has a reward?"
Axel cautiously hugged the little one, letting her float them in midair for now.
At the same time, he summoned Pheromosa in case Duraludon had a final move.
If he remembered correctly, this kind of Pokémon might have a self-destruct-type skill.
But the thing he worried about didn't happen. When he approached the spot where Duraludon disappeared, the fallen rocks suddenly started to tremble.
As if something was about to break through the ground.
["Master... Pokémon... little one..."]
Hearing Kirlia's ethereal voice, Axel's eyes lit up.
Could the reward for this stage be a Pokémon?
A few days ago, he had been thinking that with how hard this secret realm was, maybe the reward for clearing it would be a pseudo-legendary.
'Didn't expect it to actually be a Pokémon.'
Axel quickly had Kirlia put him down and helped clear the rocks on the ground.
After just a few digs, a red cannon-like protrusion appeared on the ground.
A few more digs, and a silver-blue Pokémon with blue accents appeared in Axel's view.
This Pokémon looked like a bipedal dinosaur toy. Because it was still a baby, it only reached Axel's knee.
'It is a Duraludon?'
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