Fifteen forty-four p.m.

The flowing magma became more and more turbulent, adhering to the glass wall along the direction of the river, penetrating red light into it.

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The countdown, which is as bright red as the magma, is still beating. The passage of time has not brought about the chance of victory, on the contrary——

For young people in desperate situations, it is just a countdown to death.

The attack of the laser beam continued, making it almost impossible for the trainers to find time to breathe; below, the platypus that controlled the magma also displayed their amazing power.

Raging fire spits out from the mouth of the platypus. Smoke breathing is the best move of the platypus that lives in the crater. Even the fire dinosaur, which is also a fire-type Pokémon, cannot withstand such high temperatures. It is larger than the enemy.

The much smaller fire dinosaur cleverly used its speed to maneuver between the two platypuses to seize the opportunity to attack.

——That’s how it was originally intended.

As a "faithful servant of the Lava Lord", the strength of the Platypus is far beyond that of ordinary Pokémon. There is nothing wrong with the fighting method chosen by the Fire Dinosaur, but the gap in hard power still puts it in a precarious situation.

Its long-range combat capabilities are inferior to those of its opponents, and it has no benefits at all in close combat. The temperature of the magma has become the platypus's strongest weapon. The flames wrapped around its body dance with its fists, leaving vicious streaks on the body of the fire dinosaur.

burn marks.

Like a magma monster, the duck-billed fire beast forcefully waved its fist. After a dull impact, the fire dinosaur staggered back after being beaten, but did not dare to stay where it was, rubbed its sore arm, and ran quickly

Get up and avoid the coming smoke attack.

Under the double suppression of flames, fists and feet, the fire dinosaur was not so much fighting, but more like running around in embarrassment. Even so, in just a few minutes, it already felt that it could not hold on.

It is too difficult to fight two powerful enemies alone. Moreover, it is difficult for the trainer who is in the air and must pay attention to the movement of the laser beam to give it timely instructions - it is rare that it truly faces the situation of "fighting alone".

Gon, who reacted the fastest, had already released Slowpoke to assist the Fire Dinosaur in fighting the enemy. Lying on the back of the desert dragonfly, Slowpoke looked for any opening to intervene, using its best super-type moves to interfere with the action of the Platypus.

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But this cannot shake the situation of the war.

The lava-strewn ground is too dangerous for Slowpoke, and going down is just asking for death. But if you stay on the back of a desert dragonfly, the intermittent and unstable assistance is not enough to help your teammates.

"Flying Mantis."

The temporary team leader Xiaotian immediately issued instructions. The flying mantis jumped down knowingly and joined the fire dinosaurs in the battle.

If the fire dinosaur is defeated, the platypus's attack spearhead will definitely be aimed at the four trainers in the sky. Just Aperrocanti's laser attack that looks like a teasing mouse is troublesome enough, plus the platypus fire beast

Otherwise, several people will definitely be buried in the flames before the countdown ends.

The green bug Pokémon waved its scythe, and the sharp wind broke through the flames and flew into the air.

The flying mantis of the insect type was supposed to be most afraid of fire attacks, but Xiaotian's instructions were a bit unusual - instead of the fire-breathing dragon that was resistant to fire, he chose the flying mantis that was not resistant to fire attacks.

However, when Xiaotian's instructions came out, Xiaoye understood Xiaotian's intention.

——Xiaoye doesn’t have amnesia, so how could she forget the tactics she trained so hard a few days ago?

The flying mantis flapped its wings and flew quickly, and the fire dinosaur also ran with it. When the heights of the two sides finally merged into the same horizontal line, Xiaoye and Xiaotian issued commands at the same time.

"Spiral Cross!"

The fire dinosaur and the flying mantis performed the same dance steps. Their figures merged and then separated, spinning with the sound of wind, as dazzling as two spinning tops.

Their steps are so fast that they can even be reflected in the naked eye. But this does not affect their dance at all - the rising wind stirs the airflow and turns into the power of the dancers.

Sword dance.

This is a new move that the Fire Dinosaur learned specifically for this tactic during the few days of team combat training. It uses high speed and constantly changing formations to cause chaos to the enemy. At the same time, the attack power is increased under the action of the sword dance, and the

Keep approaching the enemy - "Spiral Cross", which is one of the basic tactics described in "Introduction to Team Combat" and is suitable for multiple Pokémon that are faster than speed.

In a formal team battle, such tactics would be too immature, but the situation in front of us is different. The platypus is indeed powerful, and the laser beam is indeed menacing, but——

Apelokanti is not a Pokémon trainer.

As a researcher, he does not have the ability to give instructions to the platypus. And "tactics" itself are the crystallization of human wisdom, and even the most basic tactics are rarely cracked by Pokémon on their own.

The red of the flames and the silver of the scythe intertwined, casting a chaotic web of light in the pupils of the two platypuses. They breathed out smoke-filled flames menacingly, but flowed silently from the middle of the grid.

He walked out without stopping the other party's steps at all.

Flame fist, secret attack on key points, combined attack. The target is - the enemy on the left.

Feeling the pain, the platypus immediately became furious and bathed its whole body in fire, but the attacker retreated faster. A second dance followed, dispersing the flames, then a second time, and a third time that was even more intense.

Attack. Its companions have no time to rescue and cannot rescue - because they cannot capture the enemy's movement trajectory.

When the tall platypus fell down in shock, the fire dinosaur waved its claws excitedly.

It knew that its strength was insufficient, so it spent two or even three times its efforts to catch up with its comrades. When it was beaten by the platypus, it was so unwilling and annoyed, and now, all this emotion

Turned into the power to defeat the enemy.

The hard work was not in vain, it finally... came in handy!

The fire dinosaur turned its head to look at the flying mantis excitedly. Then, its smile solidified on its face.

In the scarlet flames, the flying mantis fighting alongside it fell to the ground silently. A large scorch mark was etched on its back, swallowing up the insect Pokémon's fragile body.

For the first time, the fire-type fire dinosaur felt what it meant to be "cold all over."

Its brain went blank. The passage of time slowed down, and the only thing that could be seen in the pupils was the severely injured and miserable figure of the Flying Praying Mantis. The smile before had not even had time to fade away. Behind the Flying Praying Mantis, a third one appeared at an unknown time.

The platypus smiled ferociously, its contemptuous eyes full of disdain and ridicule for the fire dinosaur.

"flutter."

The sound of the flying mantis falling to the ground recalled the will of the fire dinosaur.

It looked around.

The fallen duck-billed fire beast was thrown aside far away, and the other two magma monsters approached step by step.

It looked up at the sky again.

The flurry of laser beams still threatened the lives of trainers. It saw that many scars had appeared on the bodies of the hurriedly flying Pokémon. Even the material on its owner's elbows was scorched by the laser, and bright red blood oozed out.

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Finally came in handy?

However, the thought that had just arisen was immediately crushed. It could do nothing but watch its comrades fall and the trainer be injured - would it be easily trampled by the enemy after that?

For the first time in the Fire Dinosaur's mind, he doubted the value of his own existence.

At this moment, its senses became extremely sensitive. It heard the hurried shouts of trainers above, and the flapping of wings that tried to get closer but failed. There was also the sound of lava flowing, and the platypus fire beast

The sound of their heavy footsteps, the maniacal laughter of Aperokanti, and the sound of his own heartbeat.

Its thinking has always been straightforward, and now is no exception.

Don't want to lose.

I don’t want the sacrifice of my comrades to be in vain.

It wants to catch up with everyone and be useful.

It wants to protect everyone, its friends, and its trainer. However, it cannot do it now.

So--

There is only one thing to do.

The fire dinosaur held the gray boulder on his chest.

When the Flying Mantis fell, Xiaoye and the others realized that the situation was not good.

Slowpoke and Fairy Eevee in the sky tried their best to attack, but still failed to cause any trouble to the platypus. When Xiaoye was about to take high-risk measures such as "fighting herself", she saw the action of the fire dinosaur

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"stop!"

Almost without thinking, she shouted these words.

I don't know whether the words came too suddenly or the tone contained in them was too hasty and "unlike Xiaoye". The other three people couldn't help but be startled.

Xiaoye can understand the inner thoughts of the fire dinosaur without thinking. It is Xiaoye's first Pokémon partner. Its thoughts and temperament are something Xiaoye knows best. Xiaoye knows that it wants to risk its life.

Give it a try.

Even though she was in a river overflowing with magma, even though the air was full of fire energy, without professional judgment, Xiaoye was still not sure that such an environment could support the evolution of fire dinosaurs. Failure would mean death - such a cruel fact made

Xiaoye's first reaction was to "stop".

Xiaoye doesn't want to lose her first partner.
To be continued...