Based on that, Ethan had also prepared a complete training plan for Magmortar.
And that ability to compress its own explosive flames was naturally due to the development of Gigalith's orange core.
Gigalith could also absorb sunlight through the orange crystals spread across its body, make it react with its inner core, and amplify it, creating spheres of light that it fired from its mouth to attack.
At the same time, Gigalith could also directly use its core to generate compressed explosive energy, a force capable of moving mountains and shaking the earth.
It was precisely from Gigalith's ability to generate compressed explosive energy with its core that Magmortar came to master the ability to compress explosive flames.
And the facts proved that those compressed explosive flames were by no means inferior, in power, to the move Self-Destruct.
In addition, in order to make Blaziken fall into the trap, Magmortar directly used its Ability Flame Body in combination with the move Double Team to condense several fiery copies and then hid the compressed explosive flames inside those copies.
And the final result was perfect: the successive detonation of those fire copies, loaded with compressed flames, ended up taking down Blaziken in a single blow.
Of course, it also had to be said that Gabriel had been too careless. Otherwise, with Blaziken's speed, it would not have been so easy for Magmortar to land that attack.
"Blaziken has lost the ability to battle! Magmortar is the winner!"
Seeing that, the referee raised the flag and directly announced the result of the battle.
"Damn it, I really lost!"
Gabriel, seeing that, stepped down from the stage full of rage and unwillingness.
He had not expected that he, a competitor of the Elite Tournament, would be defeated in such a decisive way!
"Gabriel lost!"
"That means this Ethan already has the qualification to compete in the Elite Tournament."
Looking at Gabriel's back as he stepped down from the stage, the spectators immediately began whispering among themselves.
Now, naturally, no one was going to question whether Ethan had the right to occupy arena number two or not.
"Then it can already be said that arena number two has a leader. Let's see who comes out now."
The spectators withdrew their gaze from Ethan and once again looked toward the participant area.
"What's wrong...? Is no one going to challenge me?"
But just at that moment, Ethan's calm voice suddenly resounded, making the atmosphere of the stadium instantly freeze.
After already taking possession of arena number two, Ethan directly began provoking the other competitors who were still below!
One had to know that in that place, there were no fewer than seventeen competitors of the Elite Tournament, and Gabriel only occupied one of the lower positions among them. In everyone's eyes, Ethan's provocation was far too arrogant.
"Hey, hey... what is Ethan trying to do?"
"Does he want to provoke everyone and become a public enemy?" said a spectator with evident confusion.
And indeed, that was exactly what was happening. Seeing that there was no reaction from the participant area, Ethan opened his mouth again to provoke them.
That was precisely what he wanted to do, at least on the surface.
He wanted to provoke everyone present in order to obtain battle opportunities.
Outside the Elite Tournament, finding an opponent of the same level was truly very difficult.
And right now, he had in front of him more than ten competitors of that level. He did not intend to waste that opportunity.
If possible, he truly wanted to face everyone present one by one.
"Since you want to fight, naturally I'll accompany you."
At that moment, another man stepped out of the participant area.
And immediately, he was recognized by the spectators: he was precisely one of the seventeen Elite Tournament competitors present.
"Then, so be it. The Pokémon I'll use will still be this one."
Ethan pointed at Magmortar, which was still standing on the field.
"Magmortar?"
"The Gym core I applied for is Water type. And the Pokémon I'm going to send out is this. Go, Blastoise!"
Accompanied by the white flash of the Poké Ball, a Blastoise appeared on the field, with two cannons protruding from the front of its shell.
Immediately, the two cannons on Blastoise's shoulders aimed toward Magmortar, while Magmortar also raised both arms, using the mouths of its cannons to aim at Blastoise.
For an instant, two water cannons and two fire cannons faced each other from a distance, with the battle on the verge of breaking out!
"Interesting. Then let's decide this directly with a long-range duel."
"Magmortar, go ahead!"
"That's exactly what I wanted. Blastoise, use Hydro Pump!"
After hearing both Trainers' orders, the two Pokémon attacked immediately.
Fire-type energy condensed in the cannons of Magmortar's arms, turning into two fireballs that were fired forward.
And Blastoise, for its part, fired two streams of pressurized water from the cannons on its shoulders.
Both attacks collided in the air and instantly exploded, turning into a dense cloud of steam that spread over the entire field.
"Magmortar, use Sunny Day!"
Taking advantage of that instant, Ethan gave another order.
As one of the main Pokémon he had prepared for the Solaria Town Gym, Magmortar naturally also mastered the move Sunny Day.
Then it was seen condensing a sphere of fire in its hands and launching it directly toward the sky, where it released a terrifying scorching temperature.
Under the heat of sunny weather, the steam on the field immediately evaporated, exposing the two Pokémon.
"Sunny Day! This really complicates things."
Looking at the scorching sun in the sky and feeling how the temperature of the field began to rise rapidly, the faces of the other competitors outside the stage became somewhat more serious.
Sunny weather strengthened the power of Fire-type moves and, at the same time, weakened Water-type moves. With that accumulated difference, the situation was very unfavorable for Blastoise.
"You can do it now. Blazing Explosion!"
Magmortar heard the order and directly raised its arms, launching two fireballs.
Seeing that, Blastoise could no longer worry about the disadvantage that sunny weather represented for it and responded with the move Hydro Pump.
But this time, under sunny weather, Magmortar's fireballs directly crushed Blastoise's move Hydro Pump, advancing with force until they struck its body head-on.
Afterward, the two fireballs exploded at the same time, turning into a fiery wave that completely devoured Blastoise, while terrifying energy expanded in all four directions.
"That is..."
"Again! That explosion of terrifying power!"
Seeing that scene, one of the Trainers specialized in Fire-type Pokémon suddenly reacted and let out an exclamation.
"I see! That Magmortar has mastered the explosive property of flames!"
Flames could possess many different properties. Among them, temperature could be considered the most basic property of fire.
But, besides temperature, fire could develop a great variety of qualities.
For example, the legendary life flame controlled by Moltres was an extremely powerful fiery property.
In addition to that, the use of the Ability Blaze was also a form of transformation of the properties of fire, just like the flames of anger and other variants.
And now, that Magmortar had also mastered one of those properties of fire: explosion.
It could be said that, under Ethan's training, Magmortar had already walked a path of its own.
And that was precisely the key that had allowed it to enter the Quasi-Elite level: flames of explosive nature and terrifying power!
(End of chapter)