Mind Master of the Elf World

Chapter 809 Killing someone is not enough; you must also destroy their spirit!

"Hiss!"

The sharp needle pierced through the Mega Evolution energy, and the mysterious Mega Evolution symbol flashed by. Mega Beedrill, having completed its transformation, reappeared in everyone's sight.

The three pairs of wings, as thin as cicada wings, vibrated rapidly as if they had disappeared. The audible chirping of bee wings vanished completely at this moment, and the movement was almost entirely silent.

The long needles, gleaming like spears, increased from two to four, their cold light flashing.

The black and yellow colors, which already represented danger, became even more distinct at this moment. Just one glance was enough to feel the threat emanating from the other party.

Mega Beedrill!
"Genga."

Gengar jumped into the center of the field, and when it saw the fierce-looking Mega Beedrill, it swallowed hard.

Is this an injection for an old man?
"哓GA!"

I won't fight!

"Beedrill, Swords Dance!" Giovanni commanded as he saw Gengar taking over.

"Sizzle!"

Mega Beedrill's shimmering figure suddenly froze, and its dark red aura, accompanied by a clanging sound, surged at an exaggerated speed.

opportunity!

Seeing this, Gengar's big eyes darted around, a sly glint flashing in them, but it was quickly suppressed.

They deliberately stopped their movements to perform a sword dance, forcing us to take the initiative and expose our weaknesses—this is a trap!
Gengar, who had indeed been trying to make a move while Beedrill was using Swords Dance, sensed something was wrong, and Jinghe felt the same way.

Allowing the opponent to enhance their sword dance is not an option, but taking the initiative to attack is highly likely a deliberate attempt by the opponent to expose a weakness.
Sitting idly by won't work, and launching an attack won't work either, so there's only one option left.
"Gengar, Nasty Plot!"

Let's strengthen them together!

"哓GA!"

Gengar grinned, gave a wicked laugh, and patted its round, purple belly, its aura beginning to surge wildly.

Sakaki raised an eyebrow slightly.

I wasn't fooled.

to be frank.

In other words, his opponent was Jinghe and Jinghe's Gengar. Giovanni had witnessed some of their strength. If it were any other opponent, Giovanni wouldn't mind strengthening together with them.

When both Pokémon have their Attack or Special Attack stats maxed out, no Pokémon can rival Beedrill.

But Jinghe and Gengar aroused a sense of vigilance in Giovanni that he hadn't felt for years, even decades.

"Be careful not to look into its eyes, and don't stare at its hands for too long," Sakaki quickly warned, then added, "Continuous Slash!"

When battling Gengar, you must be careful of its unreasonable hypnosis and Dark Hole.

Even Giovanni acknowledged Jinghe's and his Pokémon's hypnotic abilities.

"Sizzle!"

The dark red aura vanished instantly, the giant bee's scarlet eyes flashed, and with a tremor of its wings, it disappeared from everyone's sight once more.

next moment.

When Mega Beedrill reappeared, it was already standing next to Gengar.

"Genga! Σ(дlll)"

Wow, that was fast!
Gengar immediately showed a look of fear and fright, it was hard to tell whether it was genuinely scared or just pretending.

But soon, ghostly blue flames appeared around Gengar, and Jinghe's voice came as if a beat behind.

"Will-o'-the-wisp!"

Mega Beedrill's expression remained unchanged as it swiftly swept its long stinger across the surface, leaving a pale blue arc in its wake.

Continuous chop!

Puff puff--

A large number of ghostly blue firework-like explosions erupted, along with Gengar.

but.

Unlike Gengar, which often disappears and makes it difficult for opponents to catch, Mega Beedrill turns around sharply after facing a vanished Gengar and locks onto the Gengar that is "huffing" out of the shadows in the corner behind it.

"Genga?"

Gengar turned its head and its eyes met Mega Beedrill's crimson compound eyes.

"Slash!" Sakaki's voice followed.

hum-

Mega Beedrill disappeared from the spot again.

The combo attack is a move that gets stronger the more you fight. Its initial power is only 40, but after doubling several times, the power of the final attack will reach as high as 160 points!
Although the move's power only doubles after hitting a target, Giovanni and his Beedrill didn't seem to have any concerns about missing Gengar.

Therefore, they were not in a hurry when Gengar dodged.

All we need to do is wait until the final hit of the combo hits Gengar, and that's enough!

Gengar, which is known for its speed, not only lacks an advantage in speed when facing Mega Beedrill, but is actually at a disadvantage.

after all.

Looking at the base stats alone, Beedrill's base Speed ​​stat is 75, but after Mega Evolution, its Speed ​​stat reaches an astonishing 145!
Nearly doubled!
Moreover, Giovanni's Beedrill previously demonstrated that it was a Pokémon with extremely high speed.

In fact, if we only look at the base stats, Mega Evolution simply gives the Mega Evolved Pokémon a total of 100 points of base stat bonus.

These 100 base stat points are distributed across Attack, Defense, Special Attack, and Special Defense. Some Pokémon's Mega Evolution base stat distribution is rather unreasonable, the most typical example being Garchomp.

However, some Pokémon have exceptionally high base stats after Mega Evolution, which can even be described as outstanding, such as Beedrill.

Beedrill is a Pokémon whose overall base stats are not high, but their distribution is relatively reasonable.

It excels in physical attack, speed, and special defense.

After Mega Evolution, not only does its Attack stat increase from 90 to 150 and its Speed ​​stat increase from 75 to 145, but even its already low Special Attack stat of 40 points decreases by 25 points, which are then "redistributed" to Attack or Speed.

Its "distribution" is so excellent that it can be called the best Mega Evolution!

This gave Giovanni's already formidable Beedrill an exaggerated boost.

They approached Gengar once more.

"Hiss!"

The cyan blade of light reappeared.

Gengar ducked to avoid it and then disappeared again.

"Continue!" Sakaki's calm voice rang out once again.

And this time.
As soon as Gengar emerged from its shadow at the edge of the field, it saw Mega Beedrill's third slash coming at it!
"哓GA!"

Gengar was startled and quickly lowered its head.

Oh no! I'm going to be cleaved in two!
It hurriedly reached out to touch the pointed horn on its head, as if a section of it had already turned into a black shadow and disappeared.

"Sizzle?"

Mega Beedrill looked at its third slash, which missed its mark, tilted its head slightly, and showed a hint of confusion in its eyes.

Averted?
How did you dodge it?
Logically speaking, this shouldn't be the case.
It had clearly calculated Gengar's position, distance, the angle and force of its slash, and Gengar's reaction speed precisely; it shouldn't have been able to dodge it.
at the same time.

The nearly missed combo's final blue slash passed over Gengar and landed on the massive barrier behind it.

next second.

boom--

The enormous barrier trembled, and a huge crack appeared on it!

The audience gasped.

The Giant Barrier has been cleaved open?
The event staff were also taken aback and quickly did their best to repair it.

On the field.

"Genga."

Gengar scratched its head, its expression turning serious.

My head may be severed, my blood may flow, but you dare touch my hairstyle!
"That's about it, Gengar."

At this moment, Jing He finally spoke up.

Gengar looked in the direction of the sound.

The person and their Pokémon stared at each other for half a second.

next moment.

They almost simultaneously took a slight breath, their eyes sharpening at the same time.

Jinghe took another light sip:

"Gengar!"

"Genga!!"

Suddenly, Gengar was radiated with a dazzling seven-colored light, a light identical to that of Mega Evolution.

The audience, who were still in shock just a moment ago when Mega Beedrill cleaved through the Dynamax barrier with a single blow, screamed in surprise at this sight.

"Cheating! Referee Jing He cheated! He clearly used an unreasonable Z-Move earlier!"

"Teacher Jinghe hasn't forgotten that she already used the Z-Move, has she?"

"Wait, wait! It seems Teacher Jinghe didn't use a Key Stone? And there's no sign of a Mega Stone flashing on Gengar either."

"W-What do you mean? You mean, Teacher Jinghe and Gengar didn't use a Mega Stone to Mega Evolve this time?"

"It's hard to say whether this is actually a Mega Evolution."

For a moment, the audience was in an uproar.

After the referee confirmed repeatedly that Jinghe and Gengar had not used the Key Stone or Mega Stone, he quickly inquired with the competition organizers.

But the organizers were also caught off guard.

Not using Key Stones or Mega Stones is theoretically not against the rules.
Does this mean we have to change the rules again because of Teacher Jinghe?
Will Teacher Jinghe gain another nickname from now on—the man of rules?

And on the field.

When Giovanni saw Jinghe and Gengar's Bond Evolution, he also showed a hint of surprise.

However, compared to the audience's shock and confusion, Giovanni quickly realized that this was an evolution similar to Mega Evolution forcibly opened up by the bond between the trainer and the Pokémon.
Ultimately, Mega Evolution is about transforming the bond between Trainer and Pokémon into a tangible power boost.
"Gen! Ga!"

The dazzling evolutionary light faded, revealing a Gengar identical to Mega Gengar, its golden eye a savage grin as it stared at Mega Beedrill. *Buzz—*

A thick black mist rapidly spread from Gengar's feet, covering the entire area.

Faintly, it seemed as if the neighing of a horse came from the shadows.

“Beedrill!” Giovanni frowned and said in a deep voice, “Malicious pursuit!”

Although Gengar almost dodged the previous combo attacks, it was still almost so, and Gengar was injured to some extent, which triggered the mechanism that doubled the power of Malicious Pursuit.

"Sizzle!"

Faced with Gengar at this moment, Mega Beedrill also felt a strong sense of crisis.

But Beedrill showed no sign of backing down, and under Giovanni's command, it did not hesitate or pause in the slightest.

How many times have it and Giovanni faced danger together?

This was only on the battlefield; back then, they faced a life-or-death crisis.

So the threat posed by Gengar did not frighten Beedrill at all; instead, it made the dormant blood within it, which was passionate about dancing on the edge of a knife, boil over!

Mega Beedrill's speed has increased by an even greater amount!
A dark shadow flashed, and a long needle, like a spear, pierced through!

If this attack hits Gengar, even if it has Bond Phenomenon and its strength has increased, with Mega Beedrill's explosive power at this moment, Gengar will be instantly killed.

Both Giovanni and Beedrill have this confidence.

Swish!
Mega Beedrill flew across the field, attacking Gengar once again.

But this time.
What greeted it was Gengar's sinister grin, its eerie golden eyes, and a black hole opened in front of it.

Dark hole!
So fast!

Gengar's reaction speed has clearly improved by at least one level!
"The Great Needle Bee!"

"Hiss!"

Mega Beedrill managed to stop its movement and avoid the Dark Hole coming from the front.

but.

Mega Beedrill turned around and discovered
Ok?
When did it get behind it?

No, that's not right!

Mega Beedrill looked around in horror.

Four Gengar appeared in the direction of the time on the field!

Giovanni, who also witnessed this scene, recalled the earlier moment when Gengar seemed to be dodging Mega Beedrill's combo attacks by repeatedly hiding in the shadows.

He immediately realized it.

At that time, Gengar's playful demeanor seemed to be due to its attempt to avoid Beedrill, but in reality...
Are they sowing the seeds of shadow?

Dark Night Demon!

A mischievous smile, similar to Gengar's, appeared on Jinghe's face.

Raise your hand.

"Gengar, Shadow Ball!"

"Genga!" ×4
next second.

Countless Shadow Balls rained down on the surrounded Mega Beedrill.

"Four against one?"

"This evolution is already outrageous enough, but Gengar is cheating too?"

"A urine test is absolutely necessary!"

As the audience watched the scene, which resembled a missile strike, the shock they had just recovered from resurfaced.

Of the four Gengar, three must be fake. But right now, the entire area is covered by the black mist of Gengar. Who can be sure which Gengar is real and the others are fake?
more importantly.
Those falling shadow orbs don't look fake.

"Hiss!"

Mega Beedrill used its speed to blink around the field, dodging the Shadow Balls originating from Gengar.

but.
A prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat, especially since Beedrill is not a Pokémon that only knows how to run away.

Sakaki made a decisive decision.

"Big Needle Bee, Missile Needle!"

"Sizzle!"

Countless needles shot out from Beedrill's body, flying in all directions, intercepting most of the Shadow Balls in their path, while mainly sweeping towards Gengar in four directions.

Puff puff--

"found it!"

A faint light green fluorescence emanated from Giovanni and Mega Beedrill.

"The Great Needle Bee!"

"Sizzle!!"

Mega Beedrill hissed, unleashing a surge of Bug-type energy.

A premonition of an insect?

Jing He was slightly taken aback.

its not right!
You've already Mega Evolved, and Mega Beedrill's ability is "Adaptability."

Besides
"Insect Premonition" is a trait that is only triggered when the stamina drops below one-third. What's the difference between this and Big Leaf manually activating "Fierce Fire"?
Cheating?

"Cross scissors!"

"Sizzle—"

The air trembled slightly.

The sound of "Mega Beedrill" faded away like bubbles, and when it reappeared, its crisscrossing needles were already close to Gengar.

Gengar has a feeling of being completely locked on, just like in a vast forest, once Beedrill has its eyes on you, it's hard to escape—the feeling of prey being targeted by its hunter.

Jinghe, who is connected to Gengar, also has this feeling.

However, he quickly found the reason.

The power of Evergreen!

There's no way to avoid it.

Then don't avoid it!

We have four times the resistance to Bug-type moves, even in a direct confrontation.
hum-

The black mist that had spread throughout the area rapidly receded.

In the blink of an eye, the surging black mist transformed into a Shadow Ball in Gengar's hand.

Not big.

But it seemed to contain stars, with twinkling starlight dotting the dark sphere.

"Shadow ball!"

"哓GA!"

Gengar faces Mega Beedrill and throws out a black ball.

next second.

boom--

After the terrifying roar, the world seemed to fall into complete silence.

One second, two seconds, three seconds.
The staff working hard to maintain the giant barrier on the sidelines changed their expressions drastically.

boom! ! !
The colossal barrier of the entire palace arena exploded open.

The Dynamax Barrier has exploded?!
The terrifying aftershocks spread.

Fortunately.

The event organizers were highly professional, summoning a large number of Pokémon in a timely manner to create transparent walls of light and reflective surfaces.

Fortunately, the impact of that aftershock was weakened many times over after shattering the enormous barrier, and it was eventually blocked.

When the terrified audience looked back at the arena...
The referee, nearly buried, reached out from the ruins under the protection of the Aegislash.

Referee: For the rest of my life! I swear I'll only host the "Baby Cup"!

And in the field.

Let's call it "the field" for now, since the field itself has become a vague concept.

Beedrill had lost its Mega Evolution and was half-suspended in the air, its body trembling, looking quite disheveled.

Gengar also lost its bondage power and kept spitting out the mud and sand in its mouth.

The difference in form between the two sides is obvious!
Sakaki's shocked expression slowly faded.

Why? He even felt that Jinghe and Gengar hadn't used their full strength yet?

"哓GA!"

Gengar pointed at the Beedrill, which was panting heavily, and nodded solemnly.

Jinghe wiped the sweat from her forehead, her expression turning strange.

Sakaki seemed to sense something and couldn't help but ask, "What did it say?"

Jing He coughed lightly and said, "It said that the giant bee is very good, and its stinger tastes even better."

Sakaki: "."

Still saying "oh"?
The giant bee's compound eyes flashed red, and after taking a few more deep breaths, its gaze shifted and fell to the ground.

Murder, but also punish!

People who play mind games really do have dirty hearts!
"Beedrill, unable to battle!" The referee, who had crawled out of the rubble, announced the result in a disheveled manner.

With Beedrill's defeat, the outcome of this battle is almost certain to be predictable.

After a brief silence.

The entire stadium erupted in another incredibly loud cheer.

(End of this chapter)