"He did it—the Sunny Day Dragon!"
Seeing this, Ethan let out a slight breath.
The Sunny Day Dragon, as the signature attack of Champion Leo Cross, naturally did not have a publicly available training method.
However, as someone who had traveled from another world, Ethan had his own interpretation.
Using the body as the medium to execute the move Sunny Day... wasn't that, in essence, the ability Drought?
It was evident that the reason Champion Leo's Charizard had been able to master the "Sunny Day Dragon" was because it possessed a portion of Mega Charizard Y's power within it.
The move Sunny Day was the foundation of the Sunny Day Dragon; temperature control was the core; the ability Solar Power was the medium; and finally, the activation process of the ability Drought was taken as a reference. That was the training method of the "Sunny Day Dragon" that Ethan had deduced on his own.
During the time he spent at the Pokémon Researchers' Guild of Solaris City, Ethan even took Charizard to the Sunny Day Climate Research Institute. By cooperating in experiments related to the move Sunny Day, Charizard achieved tremendous progress in its mastery of that move.
Afterward, as a reward for Charizard's cooperation in the experiments, the Sunny Day Climate Research Institute opened access for Ethan to studies on the abilities Solar Power and Drought.
It was precisely thanks to the institute's in-depth research on the abilities Solar Power and Drought that Ethan was finally able to construct a complete training method for the "Sunny Day Dragon."
Of course, if merely knowing the training method were enough to successfully master this technique, then it would not have become the signature move of Champion Leo's Charizard, nor would Naira Cross's Charizard have failed again and again in its attempts to learn it.
And what truly allowed Ethan's Charizard to master the Sunny Day Dragon was the Mega Stone of Mega Charizard Y that it carried within its body.
During that period, Ethan and Charizard had been secretly conducting Mega Evolution experiments; although, of course, all of them ended in failure.
However, in the process of attempting to mega evolve, Charizard unexpectedly felt that the power of the Mega Stone within it had been activated, even if only slightly.
Thanks to the reinforcement from the power released by the Mega Stone, Charizard clearly noticed an improvement in its strength, and in particular, the execution of the move Sunny Day improved greatly in both power and speed, far surpassing its previous level.
Faced with this phenomenon, Ethan immediately thought of Mega Charizard Y's Drought ability, and in his mind a training plan took shape: to carry out Mega Evolution experiments at the same time as training the Sunny Day Dragon.
Finally, after countless attempts, Charizard successfully mastered the Sunny Day Dragon!
"Charrzz!"
Charizard was completely enveloped in flames, as if it were a blazing sun. It raised its head and let out a dragon's roar toward the sky, snapping everyone out of their shock.
"Damn it, is this Ethan's training ability really that strong?!"
"He learned the Sunny Day Dragon from the master purely on his own?!"
"No way! I'm the master's best student! Even if his Charizard has used the Sunny Day Dragon, I will definitely win!"
After coming to her senses, Naira clenched her teeth tightly and ordered, "Charizard, use the Overheat State!"
With Naira's command, the Charizard on her side suddenly turned an intense red all over its body; its figure began to become slightly translucent, radiating terrifying heat that even distorted the surrounding air.
In the next instant, Charizard crouched its body, its muscles rapidly swelling, and then violently stepped forward, making the entire ground tremble.
"It's the Overheat State, the other signature move of Champion Leo's Charizard!"
Seeing the changes in Naira's Charizard, the entire audience erupted into exclamations once again.
In a single battle, they had witnessed both the Sunny Day Dragon and the Overheat State. It was simply unbelievable!
"Overheat State?"
"So it's already been developed to that level!"
Ethan was surprised to see that Naira's Charizard could also use temperature control.
It was evident that Champion Leo did not have only one Charizard descendant, and that several of them had inherited that ability.
After the initial surprise, Ethan's gaze once again focused on the Charizard on the field that had activated the Overheat State.
Using temperature control to raise body temperature beyond that of flames, thereby increasing fire resistance, was a technique that his Charizard had already mastered with great proficiency.
Moreover, his Charizard could also drastically increase the power of its Fire-type moves by devouring flames, achieving an effect similar to the ability Flash Fire.
However, going a step further—using extreme heat to accelerate blood circulation throughout the entire body and thereby physically strengthen the organism—was something his Charizard had yet to master, and Ethan also did not know how to teach it.
The Overheat State was clearly a technique that pushed the body into an instant overload, releasing all of its power at once. It was extremely demanding on the Pokémon and very dangerous to train; without a concrete training method, Ethan did not dare to let his Charizard attempt it.
"Charizard, go! Use Flare Blitz!"
Naira knew that her Charizard could not maintain that state for long, so she gave the order immediately.
Boom!
They saw Naira's Charizard kick the ground hard; its figure suddenly vanished, shooting into the sky like a rocket and reaching extreme speed.
It was evident that the Overheat State comprehensively enhanced Charizard's speed, strength, and offensive power, granting a huge boost to physical moves.
At the same time, Ethan's Charizard also moved.
The function of the Sunny Day Dragon was, in essence, an enhanced version that fused the move Sunny Day with the ability Solar Power, whose greatest effect was to push the power of Charizard's flames to the absolute limit.
With just a single opening of its mouth, Charizard spewed out a terrifying stream of fire that seemed capable of burning everything—it was the move Flamethrower!
Boom!
In an instant, in midair, Flare Blitz and Flamethrower collided violently.
Immediately afterward, both attacks became locked in the air, as a terrifying fire energy roared and surged endlessly.
"Charizard, go contain that energy—do not allow it to affect the spectators!"
Champion Leo's gaze turned sharp. Four Poké Balls opened in his hand, and in an instant, four Charizard appeared, positioning themselves in four different directions and beginning to contain the rampaging fiery energy.
At the same time, one of the Charizard first looked in surprise at the two Charizard using the Sunny Day Dragon and the Overheat State, and then a gentle and affectionate expression appeared on its face.
(End of chapter)