After quite a long wait, it was finally time for Monferno and Unown to square off. However, right now, many who were not familiar with the monkey were fascinated by the flame that had just formed on her tail. As if this in itself was not amazing enough, the flame was the exact same length as the tail in question.

The Chinese crowd were beyond excited now as Scorbunny uttered, "Oh, wow, that's a big flame," Tori explaining, "For those unaware, that flame is a staple of Monferno's family. Not only is it a powerful weapon, but its length represents the user's fighting spirit. Right now, it's as long as it can get."

Monferno smirked and leapt toward Unown, flipping vertically and shouting, "SCORCHING TAIL WHIP!" She then rammed the tip of her tail hard into the odd being's skull, the Chinese crowd cheering while smoke rose from his head.

The monkey then wrapped her tail around his neck and exclaimed, "SCORCHING TAIL NOOSE!" holding tight while the flame caused more smoke to rise from him. But just as it looked like he was about to respond, she lifted her feet up and sent them hard into his chest. This caused him to wince and back away after she released him.

But of course, Monferno could not just let it end there. As such, she jumped toward him and planted both of her feet into his cheeks, Incineroar, who was seated between Ben and Wurmple, uttering, "Damn, she's good."

Before Unown could attempt a counter attack, Monferno flipped a full three hundred and sixty degrees backwards, released her hold and allowed him to fly back-first into the turnbuckle. The Chinese fans were beyond thrilled right now while Tori stated, "And Monferno wastes no time getting the upper hand! She has just unleashed a devastating onslaught while Unown can't even attempt to hit her!"

Drizzile stared in stunned silence for a few seconds. He then blinked and uttered, "Oh god," his friends knowing exactly what he meant by this. While it was still a ways away, there was a good chance he may very well have had to face her in the semi-finals.

Monferno smirked while Unown flipped himself over and rose back to his feet and asked in a mocking tone, "Oh, what's wrong? Was I too rough?" the odd being narrowing his eye and remarking, "You call that rough? That barely hurt."

Most of the crowd looked shocked save for the Mexican crowd. Many of them seemed to have already seen this reaction coming, and it was soon made clear why when one said, "That's how Unown fights. He gets to know his opponent's abilities first and then goes in for the kill."

Monferno, however, growled and retorted, "You're just trying to scare me!" thus she leapt toward him and spun horizontally, shouting, "SCORCHING TAIL WHIP!"

However, this time, Unown was ready. Thus when she was close enough, he held out his right hand, which was shaped like a W, and grabbed hold of her tail. Despite smoke once again rising up from him, this time he did not show the slightest hint of a reaction as he lifted her up and slammed her back into the canvas.

What happened next, though, was even more shocking as he exclaimed, "ANCIENT POWER!" and detached all of his letters. Thus they floated in the air and circled around his head, though some of them moved around while he closed his eye and enquired, "What form should I take? Oh, I know."

He then reconnected his letters, only now they had all taken on the shape of a monkey. Monferno stared at this, fumed and barked, "Are you mocking me!?"

But when she attempted to sweep his legs with her tail, he easily jumped over it and balanced on his new tail. He then sprang into the air and descended toward her only for her to flip backwards just in time to avoid it. But as soon as she landed, the odd being sent a sideways kick into her gut before she flew backwards and tumbled along the mat.

The Chinese crowd stared while Vaporeon uttered, "Does anyone know what just happened?" Rillaboom stroking her chin and replying, "His speed seems to have increased by a lot."

Monferno, however, saw this as nothing to worry about and pushed herself up only for Unown to leap toward her and send a two-legged kick into her face. He then turned around and wrapped his tail around her neck, saying, "You may need a flame for power, but I don't need such a handicap."

He then jumped high above the mat and flipped vertically, shouting, "ANCIENT MONKEY FLYING WHEEL!" ramming Monferno's back into the surface before she coughed up blood.

"And in only four hits, Unown has already drawn blood!" Shaymin exclaimed with her eyes wide open. Panic spread through the area as Unown chuckled, "Well, I guess we know who the better monkey is, don't we?"

"Hey, shut up," Monferno grunted while she slowly pushed herself upright, "You're not even a real monkey," though deep down, she felt as if she could no longer continue. This was made clear when her tail flame shrunk considerably.

She could not believe it. It was just as Shaymin said. Unown had dealt an incredible amount of pain with the same number of moves she had used up to this point. But even so, there was no way she would lose this easily.

As such, she leapt toward Unown and attempted to grab his head only for him to balance himself on his tail and lean backward. And when Monferno's arms missed, her eyes widened as he positioned himself upright and rammed his face into her forehead.

Afterwards, he took a deep breath and yelled, "ANCIENT POWER!" his letters separating again while the Mexican crowd grinned as if they knew exactly what he was about to do. And after a few seconds, he took on the form of a scorpion and pressed his pincers right up against Monferno's arms.

"You were an okay warmup, I guess," he said before he sent his tail toward her forehead and planted his stinger into it. However, he made sure not to plant it too deep as he knew he could very well kill her if he did that, and he did not wish to be disqualified.

He then stood upright and leapt into the air, flipping one hundred and eighty degrees and shouting, "ANCIENT SCORPION SUPLEX!" ramming the spellbound Monferno's skull into the canvas.

Silence spread through the entire area while he removed his stinger and allowed the monkey to collapse. Blood dripped from her forehead while she lay there and the flame on her tail shrank more and more until it was nothing but a puff of smoke. When Tori reached ten seconds, she nodded and rang the bell, thus the Chinese crowd stared silently while the Mexicans had wide grins on their faces.

"And after a surprisingly short match, Unown has won and will therefor advance to round two!" Tori stated, thus the Mexican fans went wild while everyone else had only just gotten over the shock of all of that. Now they understood why Unown refused to let his previous matches be recorded. There was no way anyone could have predicted any of that.

Monferno was taken away on a stretcher while Drednaw and Magnezone both rose from their seats. Just as the cyborg was about to head off to prepare himself, though, Burstoise patted him on the shoulder and said, "You can totally take that guy in round two, right?"

"He will be a challenge, but I'm ninety seven percent certain I can figure out his tactics," Magnezone replied with a nod, "I'll need to know what else he can transform into, but it's nothing I can't deal with."

All the while, Drednaw had a serious look in her eyes while she marched to a secluded area to ready herself for her match. Right now, all that mattered to her was Magnezone. Unown would have to wait.

Allie watched them both head off before sighing, "Wow, I was not expecting that," turning to Drizzile with concern. Sure enough, he could not help but breathe heavily with a look of fear in his eyes. He had faced many a powerful opponent, but no one had intimidated him this much.

And the others could not blame him. Even Scorbunny felt a twinge of fear. Sure, she and the others had already faced plenty of strong opponents. Grimmsnarl and his team had been especially frightening, and yet something about Unown rubbed them the wrong way. After all, he had ended the match with a move that, had he applied more pressure, could have caused brain damage or worse.

Rolycoly took a deep breath and said, "Maybe it's a good thing we didn't make it this far," Morgrem nodding her head. As much as it pained her to admit it, she actually agreed with him.

Rillaboom took a deep breath and said, "Well, look on the bright side, Drizzile. If you and him advance to the semi-finals, at least you'll be able to see him in action again so you can study his tactics. Monferno may have failed, but I'm sure you can succeed."

The chameleon bit his lower lip and tried not to look doubtful. After all, he had defeated a much scarier opponent, so maybe he could beat Unown if the situation called for it. Either way, he would have much to discuss with his mother later.

After ten minutes had passed, the crowd finally settled down. Though a big part of the reason for this was because, for some strange reason, Unown had left the area. Whereas most fighters still competing would have normally stuck around to study their upcoming opponents, it seemed as if the odd being saw no need to sit in the stands now that his match was over.

This also gave Shaymin enough time to cool off before she stated, "Ladies and gentlemen, that was certainly an unexpected match, but we still have more tournament to go! This one especially has been highly anticipated by many!"

Tori nodded and stated, "In the red corner, hailing from Germany is a powerful metallic being with an insanely high IQ! With lord knows how many ideas brewing up in his head, Magnezone!"

The German fans went wild while the cyborg marched toward the ring. He then rose his arms in the air and released electric sparks from his magnet hands. Burstoise simply folded her arms and said, "Come on, you can do better than that," thus the cyborg implied a smirk with his eye and sighed, "Fine."

Thus he placed his magnets together and held them there until a large burst of electricity came out, more sparks flying like fireworks. Needless to say, the crowd was truly amazed as Rillaboom uttered, "Oh man, it's gonna be hard to top that."

Scorbunny and Drizzile both stared at her while she shrugged and asked, "What?" Though deep down, she knew why. She had never really cared about her entrances until this moment. Just seeing so much effort made her realize how important this might very well be during such a big event.

"And in the blue corner-" Shaymin stated, "coming to us from Iceland is a powerful tortoise with a rock hard shell, quite literally! Everyone, give it up for Drednaw!"

The Icelandic crowd cheered wildly while the tortoise marched toward the ring and leapt into it. She then held her arms in the air and let out a loud battle cry before she stared Magnezone down with a serious look in her eyes.

The cyborg gazed upon her and thought, 'This one will certainly be tough. Not only is she a water type but she's also a rock type. But even so, I imagine she's nowhere near as powerful as Burstoise, and considering that I once bested her during a sparring match, my victory's pretty much guaranteed.'

After a few more seconds, Shaymin nodded and squealed, "Well, folks, the combatants are set! Let's begin!" ringing the bell.

With that, Magnezone held a stance and waited for Drednaw to make the first move. She could tell that was his strategy, but even so, she felt like she could take whatever he had to dish out. And thus she charged toward him as fast as she could go.

"Easy," Magnezone said with an implied smirk. He then waited for her to close in before he stepped to the side, Drednaw's eyes and mouth wide with shock as he held his right hand up to her cheek and shouted, "ONE THOUSAND WATTS!" sending an electric surge through her.

The tortoise cried out in agonizing pain before swinging her fist up into his hand to knock it off of her. She then stepped to the side and breathed heavily with a look of terror while Tori explained, "Drednaw has every reason to be surprised, folks. For those unaware, members of Magnezone's family have never been able to produce electricity and have always relied on magnetic force for their moves. However, Magnezone has the DNA of an electric type hero in his genes, so he has that added element to make his moves much stronger."

Allie blinked and uttered, "Really," before pulling out her phone to see if she could find any info. And after a few seconds, she nodded and said, "Says here his dad married Mareep."

Drednaw rubbed her cheek and swung her arm at the cyborg only for him to dodge and grab hold of her arm. He then sent more electricity through her and allowed himself to fall backward thus slamming her into the canvas. He continued to hold onto her arm and wrapped his legs around her neck, shouting, "LIGHTNING TRIANGLE CHOKE!"

The German fans cheered wildly while Magnezone sighed, "Let me guess, you thought you could take whatever I had to dish out, didn't you? It is true that my family isn't exactly known for high physical strength, but we are known for near flawless battle strategies. Although my great grandpa's track record wouldn't exactly tell you that."

Drednaw fumed and struggled to free herself before she suddenly remembered how she had stopped that black rat from harming her. Thus she shifted her arm around, and while this did cause her more pain, it also allowed her spike to scrape against Magnezone's body.

The cyborg winced and released his hold, rising up at the same time as the tortoise. But while he had taken in some slight pain, he knew this fight was still in his favour when he saw her rubbing her arm. As such, he smirked and sent a roundhouse into her belly before she could fully recover.

Drednaw grunted in pain before Magnezone took hold of her shoulders and sent more electricity into her. He then leaned his head back and sent it forward into her skull. But he did not let it end there as he proceeded to wrap his arms around the same spot he had grabbed and pointed his magnets downward.

"Time for a family favourite," he stated before he exclaimed, "SONIC BOOM!" A shock wave shot from his magnets as he flew high into the air. He then proceeded to released Drednaw's shoulders and use his legs to flip her upside down. But just as he latched onto her legs and pointed his magnets toward the sky, the tortoise narrowed her eyelids and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Magnezone tensed up while she growled, "I'll admit, that electricity of yours really threw me off guard! But while I may be water based, I'm also rock based! Something you probably didn't realize is that my shell has been absorbing some of your electricity! Not enough to keep me from taking in pain, obviously, but enough to keep me from taking in too much damage!"

She then used her superior strength to flip herself and the cyborg one hundred and eighty degrees just in time for the two to descend toward the mat. And while Magnezone could have easily used his magnetic force to at least soften the blow, he was in too much shock to react and thus his skull hit the canvas hard.

The Icelandic crowd cheered wildly while Shaymin squealed, "Wow! What a comeback! It looked like Drednaw was no match for Magnezone's intellect, but it seems even a super genius can miscalculate from time to time!"

Burstoise stared in shock when Drednaw released her hold. But of course, Magnezone was not done yet, thus he pressed his magnets against the mat and unleashed smaller shock waves to pry his head out of the mat with ease. Even so, he had to admit that he was not only frightened but embarrassed.

'Dammit, I should have seen that coming!' he thought with his eyelid lowered, 'I'll have to weaken her more before I try that move. Even if her shell absorbed some of the electricity, that doesn't mean it hasn't been making my moves stronger. Like she said, it's still managed to show an effect. I'll just have to return to how I was fighting before.'

At this point, Drednaw refused to allow him to take advantage of her, thus she started to unleash a slew of punches toward him. However, Magnezone would not allow her to land another hit, thus he held up his magnets and blocked the incoming blows. And while she was distracted, he lifted up his leg and sent it sideways into her shin.

But while this certainly showed a reaction, the cyborg's eye widened when she ignored it and sent a hard punch into his face. With his guard dropped, she unloaded more and more blows upon him, small dents forming on his body.

"I will admit that your tactics are good, very good," Drednaw grunted while she finally ended her assault and placed a firm grip on his shoulders, "But as long as I tough it out and treat the pain like a minor inconvenience, even the best strategies won't mean a thing against me!"

But just as she was about to ram her horn into his forehead, the cyborg planted his magnets up against her chest and implied a smirk with his eyes, asking, "So you mean to tell me even this won't have an effect," before barking, "SONIC BOOM!"

He then released a large shock wave, thus she released him and flew backwards just far enough for him to regain focus. He then pointed his magnets backwards and aimed his skull toward her chin before he used another shock wave to launch himself into the very spot.

Drednaw could no longer ignore the pain as she grunted in response to this. Thus Magnezone latched onto her shoulders once more and launched himself and her high above the ground, shouting, "SONIC BOOM!"

Once they were high enough, he refused to give her another chance to respond. Thus he flipped her upside down only for the tortoise to once again fight through the pain, open her mouth and bite into his ankle after shouting, "STONE JAWS!"

A mixture of oil and blood trickled out of that very spot as Magnezone tensed up and spat, "OH NO YOU DON'T! MAGNET BOMB!" releasing shock waves into the air and falling toward the canvas at rapid speed.

Drednaw realized she would need to think fast. In a situation like this, she could not just rely on her strength alone. As such, she removed her jaws from Magnezone's ankle right before her head made contact with the canvas, a cloud of smoke forming around the two fighters.

All went silent among the crowd until the smoke cleared. Excitement filled the Icelandic fans while Magnezone's eye was wide with terror. Sure enough, Drednaw had lowered her head just enough for her horn to lodge itself into the canvas, thus she took in no damage from the fall.

And of course it did not end there as she latched her legs around Magnezone's head and used her hands to push herself up out of the mat. She then allowed herself to fall forward and slammed the cyborg's skull into the surface before standing up and grabbing hold of his ankles. She lifted him up and pressed his back against her horn, that very spot coming open as he cried out in pain and his oil and blood trickled onto the horn.

The German fans all winced while Allie and the others stared at this. After she pulled on Magnezone's forehead and legs, Drednaw figured he had taken in enough damage to his back. Thus she leapt into the air and tilted herself backward, shouting, "ROCK BACKBREAKER SLAM!"

When Magnezone's side hit the canvas hard, he gasped in pain and closed his eye. Burstoise stood up and spat, "MAGNEZONE!" before Drednaw released him and pushed herself back to her feet.

"After avoiding a collision with the mat, Drednaw has knocked Magnezone unconscious with what appears to be a combination of a backbreaker and a brainbuster!" Shaymin stated, "Let's see if he can recover from that!" Tori having now counted to five seconds.

Sure enough, she soon reached ten and thus she rang the bell and exclaimed, "And that's that! Drednaw is our winner!" the Icelandic crowd cheering louder than before while Drednaw lifted her arm triumphantly into the air.

"Damn," Scorbunny uttered, "She's not one to be messed with," before Rillaboom nodded and said, "You might end up facing her, eh, Drizzile?"

The chameleon was not sure about that. While Drednaw was certainly tough, a part of him felt like he would have much rather had her as an opponent.

But either way, everyone knew they would have to take off soon when Shaymin squealed, "Wow, what an exciting pair of matches, but that only concludes the first half of round one! We will begin the second half in Hawrelak Park, specifically this area!"

She then brought up a map of the area in question and pointed to a location near a lake that was shaped like a crescent moon, though why specifically she chose a spot like that was anyone's guess. Either way, Scorbunny could not contain her excitement. It was finally her turn to go up and impress the world with her skills, and of course, she knew full well that her family would be watching as well, so she definitely had to make this count.