Chapter 180: Chapter 176: The Most Unexpected Pokemon No. 1
Translator: 549690339
As the finalist, Fang Yuan and Jiang Ran first walked to the center of the arena and shook hands.
"Honestly, I'm not content with losing the team battle to you," Fang Yuan suddenly said.
Jiang Ran hesitated slightly, looking at the somewhat handsome boy in front of her. "It's not your fault," she said.
If their roles were reversed, if Fang Yuan were the captain of the Nan University Middle School team and she were the captain of the Pingcheng No.1 Middle School team, she would definitely be the one losing.
Jiang Ran was well aware of this fact, so she did not underestimate Fang Yuan because of it.
"That's why I've decided to win back the team battle portion in this fight," said Fang Yuan with a slight smile.
"Is that so? I won't lose."
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Ran said decisively, "Then you might be disappointed, because I want to win both the team and the individual battles."
Fang Yuan wanted to say more, but the referee had already instructed them to separate; the match was about to begin.
...
Gengar, with a round body and a pair of hands detached from its body, hovered in front of itself like wandering souls.
As a Ghost-type Pokemon, Gengar's appearance was very distinctive, often blamed for many "haunted house incidents" and "ghostly events."
And there stood Eevee, opposite Gengar, looking conflictedly at this creature.
It didn't have three heads or six arms... how had it been tricked before?
"The battle begins--"
The referee waved the flag, and Gengar immediately vanished from sight, while Eevee stood still without moving.
Considering Gengar's previous performance, a direct attack was unlikely to hit, so Fang Yuan and Eevee didn't bother making a futile effort.
The movements of Ghost-type Pokemon were the hardest to predict.
The audience and guests watched the field without blinking, afraid of missing the most exciting moment.
Whoosh!!
Suddenly, five flames ignited around Eevee, above, below, left, right, and behind; blue flames formed into fireballs and struck swiftly.
Gengar had launched the Ghost Fire Technique!!
And Eevee chose to use Sand Splash!
With a quick reaction, Gengar's sneak attack was completely ineffective against Eevee, which, almost at the instant the flames arrived, whirled up a storm of sand with the Rotating Splashing Sand.
As Eevee lightly scratched the ground with its claws, the continuous high-speed collision of Ground-based energy caused a strong upward current of air that began to swirl the sand rapidly around Eevee. The sand concentrated at a high level, forming several rope-like sand ropes!!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!
The five fireballs were extinguished by the rotating sand splash, and then all the sand ropes were flung in one direction. At such a close distance, Eevee could sense the source of the move; Gengar was hidden right there.
"It's the same Sand Splash that Eevee displayed during the Little Phoenix King Cup!" someone recognized.
"Ambush!" Jiang Ran spoke up at the same moment.
"Reflect Wall," Fang Yuan also stated following suit.
Whoosh!! Gengar passed through as if it had moved through a dimensional space, evading the lashing sand ropes. It vanished in a flash, attacking Eevee from its blind spot while at the same time gathering Dark Type Energy rapidly—
Gengar's claws swept out!!
Boom!!
The powerful swipe was blocked by Eevee's Reflect Wall, and Gengar was slightly knocked back.
"Weird Light!"
"Pretentiousness!"
Jiang Ran and Fang Yuan once again simultaneously issued commands.
"Hehe~~" With a gleam in its eyes, Gengar sent out a purple ray that turned into lightning, shooting straight forward.
On Eevee's side, the spirit wave erupted like fury, with power that was not in the least inferior!
One was the use of spiritual power and Ghost Energy; the other, spiritual power and Rage Energy.
The two mental fluctuations collided madly, intertwining upon close contact, causing intense interference waves between the two Pokemon. Finally, with a "pop," the moves canceled each other out, producing a screeching vibrato in the surrounding area.
Although Gengar was slightly inferior in Powerful Mental Strength, in terms of utilizing Ghost Energy, it far surpassed Eevee's use of Rage Energy.
"It looks like an even match," said a business elite who did not know much about Pokemon battles. He was just there for the excitement, to have a good time.
"It's because currently, both are still in the probing stage. The previous exchange proved that at this stage, neither side can disrupt the other with mental type moves," explained a representative from the Trainer Association.
The crowd buzzed with discussions; the battle awareness of the two Pokemon was quite good. Although still newcomers, they already demonstrated considerable fighting acumen.
"..." Watching the match, the champion Jiang Li smiled without saying a word.
Was Jiang Ran not going to use that move?
With that move, she should be assured of victory. Although she was new to interacting with Pokemon, she still inherited from the "Spirit World."
On the field, Gengar and Eevee were still in standoff mode. Due to Eevee's Powerful Mental Strength, Gengar's Illusion Technique was difficult to take effect.
To be effective, it would have to first wear down Eevee's Physical Strength, causing Eevee's condition to slip and making it unable to concentrate spiritual power.
Eevee's Pretentious moves would also have to follow the same principle to be effective.
Following a normal trajectory, neither Pokemon could do much to the other—it was as Fang Yuan initially envisioned, an even split—until Gengar got hit by one of Eevee's Shadow Balls, which could determine the winner.
For that, Eevee just had to wait for an opportunity.
And Gengar needed to seek an opportunity as well—one where Eevee couldn't react to its sneak attack in time.
Either Ghost Fire or Toxic could place Eevee at a huge disadvantage in an instant.
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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