Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

The sharp, gleaming needles are interwoven with wisps of purple patterns.

If you look closely...

You'll find that the faint lines on these needles are very similar to, or even identical to, the lines on Suzuki's gigantic Gengar.

Standing opposite Beedrill, Xia Yan rested his chin on his hand and nodded with a serious expression.

"is it?"

The bee has absorbed more than half of the special toxins from the liberated Hoopa on the "venomous slab".

It clearly felt the rapid increase in the energy of toxins in its body.

Xia Yan has never given up on cultivating the venom-type abilities of the giant bee.

Even when it was still a unicorn, it tried more than once to improve its toxins.

Just that.

It's possible that Beedrill has a higher aptitude for Bug-type moves, or that it's better at harnessing Bug-type energy, which results in its Poison-type moves being less powerful compared to Bug-type moves.

But this time.

With Arceus's "Poisonous Slab," Beedrill's poison-type abilities have undergone a qualitative leap.

Saying it surpasses Bug-type abilities might be a bit of an exaggeration.

However, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it can catch up with Bug-type abilities.

"No rush, take your time. We still have time," Xia Yan said, patting Beedrill on the shoulder reassuringly.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Xia Yan seems to be just taking Cynthia and Sonia to investigate the history of the Galer region and the "Dark Night" during this period. He doesn't seem to be under any pressure, doesn't even participate in the tournament, and acts like he's on vacation.

But in reality, Xia Yan's elves all knew the pressure he was under.

in particular.

During each training session, they could sense that Xia Yan's requirements for training the Pokémon had become significantly stricter and higher.

The elves, however, neither spoke of it nor made any indication of it.

They all chose to remain silent.

Silently accepting the increased training intensity from Xia Yan, silently preparing to fight alongside Xia Yan against any event that might occur, and silently entrusting herself completely to Xia Yan.

Silently, I trusted him completely.

"However, when it comes to poison, perhaps we could consult someone for advice on certain aspects."

"Hiss?"

Should I ask someone for advice?

The Beedrill reacted quickly.

Ah Ju!

Xia Yan once said more than once that in terms of understanding of Poison-type Pokémon, training ability, especially the enhancement of Poison-type Pokémon's poison abilities and the preparation of poisons, A-Ju should be ranked in the top three in the entire Pokémon world.

But... after how I treated him last night, will he agree to help?

Listening to Beedrill's question, Xia Yan gently rubbed his chin twice, and he did think it made some sense.

"Let's go take a look first."

talking.

Xia Yan led the Beedrill towards the study.

As soon as I entered the study.

Xia Yan was startled.

"Daklayin, you... have conjunctivitis."

He saw that Darkley's eyes were bloodshot, with very clear blood vessels, just like the way Xia Yan had disguised himself with the help of Zoroa's power the night before.

The black mist surrounding it remained thick and surging, perhaps even thicker than yesterday.

just.

Xia Yan felt that Daklaiyin's current mental state was obviously a bit poor and something was wrong.

Besides.

At the same time, we also saw that Ah Ju, who had been lying on the ground yesterday, was still lying there untouched.

only.

At this moment, A-Ju's face was extremely pale, her forehead and face were covered with fine sweat, and her lips and eyelids were trembling slightly, looking as if she might kick the bucket at any moment.

Xia Yan couldn't help but gasp.

"You...you want to kill him?"

Faced with Xia Yan's question, Daklai Yin's chest heaved as he gasped for breath.

Heh, heh heh—I knew it!

Nightmare God? How could that be? How could he be unable to weave nightmares?

Xia Yan: "..."

Good guy.

Did you put yourself through this to create a nightmare, and then use A-Ju as a guinea pig?

I don't know when it started.

Daklaiyin is practically changing his title to "Goddess of Sweet Dreams" on Xia Yan's side.

As Xia Yanyan entered Darkrai, he displayed his superpowers, patting Darkrai's shoulder while gently soothing its emotions with his mental energy and aura.

"It's okay, it's okay. It's not a big problem. Next time I'll tell you a few more ghost stories, which should give you some inspiration to create nightmares that will terrify people."

Daklaiyin suddenly turned around and stared intently at Xia Yan.

That murderous look in his eyes almost scared Xia Yan.

Just listen to it, word by word.

[One word is a promise!]

Done.

boom--

Daklaiyin vanished like a thick black mist, turning into countless black threads that disappeared into Xia Yan's shadow in the blink of an eye.

only.

Daklaiyin has completed his mission and left.

But Xia Yan looked at A-Ju lying on the ground and fell into deep thought.

"Daklayin, it seems you've gone a little bit too far, haven't you?"

Xia Yan looked at the Beedrill, which also had a strange expression.

Ah Ju is about to kick the bucket.

This is definitely not just because of nightmares.

It must be because when Daklai encountered an unsatisfactory dream while constantly trying to weave nightmares, he would directly use "dream-eating" to devour the unsatisfactory dream and then continue weaving.

This is what caused A-Ju's extremely depressed state of mind.

That is to say, A-Ju is a ninja whose body is far superior to that of ordinary people. Otherwise, anyone else would probably have been drained dry by Daklai.

"Hiss..."

In this state... can he still help us?

"Hmm..." Xia Yan touched his nose, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "I won't help. Let him try my 'Tsukuyomi' again!"

Chapter 230 Why?!

"Well--"

After Xia Yan used his superpowers and aura to soothe A-Ju's mind, A-Ju, who looked as pale as if she hadn't slept for three or four days, finally woke up slowly.

His sleepy, tired eyes slowly opened.

When A-Ju saw Xia Yan's "friendly" smiling face, she was startled.

"you!......"

That is to say, his current mental state is indeed not very good, otherwise he would probably have quickly distanced himself from Xia Yan.

However, Xia Yan still noticed.

Even after A-Ju woke up, she still didn't dare to look into his eyes, and their gazes didn't make any contact or collision.

It seems that Aju is truly terrified of Darkrai's nightmare.

Thinking of this, Xia Yan couldn't help but feel a little amused.

The strongest ninja, one of the three top executives of Team Rocket, and the Poison-type Elite Four member of the Johto region, was actually frightened.

Xia Yan simply had no idea what A-Ju had gone through last night.

In order to create the most terrifying nightmare, Darkrai kept searching for Aju's weaknesses, even digging up his childhood memories of being beaten by his father for not training properly.

That was truly going all out.

Ah Ju is now truly filled with apprehension towards Xia Yan.

He didn't know whether Xia Yan's so-called "illusion" was real.

But whether it's real or fake, he doesn't want to try it again.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. We're being reasonable. Last night, you were the one who ambushed me and even used a special poison, isn't that right?"

Ah Ju opened her mouth.

Highly poisonous?