Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

With each flash, it moved one step closer to its prey, Kirlia.

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"Kirlian, absorb the kiss!"

Clearly, Xia Chen had no intention of being the prey and chose to fight back rather than back down.

While Drain Kiss is a Fairy-type move that Gengar resists twice as much, it has an important effect: restoring some of the HP that caused the damage.

With the boost from two meditations, the damage of Kirlia's STAB move Drain Kiss will definitely not be low, and while the damage is not low, its healing effect is enough to give Kirlia a breather.

In addition, the Special Defense boost provided by Meditation will likely make it difficult for Gengar, which excels in Special Attack, to damage Kirlia.

Yin Li understood this as well; he knew that Gengar absolutely could not accept the Drain Kiss, a move that could be the deciding factor in victory.

However, isn't this also an opportunity for him and Gengar?

The moment Xia Chen began to speak, a glint flashed in Yin Li's eyes, and he decisively shouted, "Surprise attack!"

This was the opportunity he had been waiting for.

The Sudden Strike move has a unique characteristic: if the opponent uses an attack move, the Sudden Strike will always be able to attack before the opponent.

This sucking kiss will become the springboard for Gengar's surprise attack!

"Kou Jie!"

The Gengar grinned even more sinisterly, its crimson eyes glaring fiercely. It immediately began to fall while circulating the Dark-type energy within its body, preparing to launch its charge.

Gengar was incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, the purple figure that had been floating in mid-air appeared just a few body lengths away from Kirlia.

But Yin Li suddenly realized something was wrong. He remembered that his Gengar's Sudden Attack speed was much faster than that...

At this moment, Kirlia, who had been lowering her eyes and gathering strength for "Kiss of Absorption," suddenly looked up, and a strange energy fluctuation shot out from her crimson eyes.

Kirlia's Absorbing Kiss took effect before the surprise attack?

The audience stared wide-eyed in astonishment at this unbelievable scene that seemed to defy the laws of the world.

No, this is not a kiss of absorption!

The Gengar, suddenly halting in its sprint and then collapsing dazedly to the ground, seemed to remind them of this.

This is... hypnosis!

The audience erupted in an uproar.

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"No wonder Gengar's speed didn't seem to be the same as when it used Sucker Punch; it was the same as before. It turns out Sucker Punch failed!"

"But I clearly heard Xia Chen say 'kiss of absorption,' how did it suddenly turn into hypnosis? Is this fake?"

"This is too weird, isn't it? Before, Kirlia could use Precognition without the trainer saying anything, which could be explained as them being telepathic, but how do you explain this hypnosis?"

"To be fair, Yin Li has already played well enough. Without any guaranteed hits, a surprise attack is the easiest way to finish off an opponent. But who could have imagined this would happen?"

"It's like Xia Chen has telepathic abilities..."

Does Xia Chen have telepathy?

Not at least not now.

So why did the Kiss of Absorption suddenly turn into hypnosis?

In fact, Kirlia never learned the Absorb Kiss skill!

Just like a person dies when they are killed.

If you can't draw in a kiss, you can't release a kiss that draws in. Isn't that just natural?

Because hypnosis is a technique that relies on surprise to achieve victory.

So Xia Chen started thinking about devising a secret code that only he and Kirullian could understand.

Kirlia's inability to use the "Kiss of Absorption" was the secret code the two had agreed upon.

Is it dirty?

It's dirty, that's for sure, but it gets even dirtier than that!

"Kirullian, eat dreams!"

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It was definitely a trap!

Yin Li was the second least surprised person on the battlefield. After fighting many times, he would be surprised if Xia Chen didn't cause some trouble.

So when Gengar floated down from mid-air, Yin Li forcibly suppressed his surprise and thought about how to deal with it.

Undoubtedly, he only had two paths to choose from: switch to an elf, or talk in his sleep.

Everything depends on whether Yin Li wants to attack or defend.

But having finally broken through to Kirlia, who was in a state of constant flux and on the verge of collapse, how could he easily give up?

Kirlia will inevitably fall if it uses any attack, and then it won't be too late to switch Gengar out.

In an instant, he made his decision: "Gengar, sleep talking!"

The trainer's call awakened Gengar's subconscious, and the sleeping Gengar shakily stood up.

Although it was not awake, it still followed its subconscious and gathered energy within its body.

Golden light flickered, and lightning and thunder could be vaguely seen in the distance.

It's 100,000 volts!

Yin Li was overjoyed. If he could unleash this Thunderbolt before Kirlia's Dream Eater was released, he might be able to turn the tide of the match!

Good news, Gengar, who is slightly stronger, did indeed unleash its move first.

The bad news is, that attack wasn't a 100,000-volt attack, but rather an electromagnetic wave...

Yin Li's hope was instantly shattered; Gengar only knew a few change-type moves.

Electromagnetic waves, will-o'-the-wisps, tricks...

There's a 30% chance... I guess I'll just be that unlucky...

Yin Li no longer held out any hope that the paralyzing effect of the electromagnetic waves could interrupt Kirulian's Dream Eater.

Good fortune never comes in pairs, but misfortunes never come singly.

Probability is sometimes such a mysterious thing; it's easy to go from Euclidean to African, but difficult to go from African to Euclidean...

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as predicted.

A weak current of electricity clung to Kirlia, making her feel slightly numb and tingly, and her movements seemed to slow down considerably.

Although it was a bit slow, it did not interrupt Kirlia's attack.

As soon as the electromagnetic wave drawn by Sleep Talk hit Kirlia, an invisible Psychic-type energy invaded Gengar's mind, reaching straight into its dream.

"Kou Jie!"

Gengar's body convulsed, as if it had witnessed some terrifying scene in its sleep.

Its short, small limbs flared helplessly in mid-air, like a drowning person struggling, but there was no straw for it to grasp.

"Gengar, wake up!"

While using the Trainer skill Rejuvenation Roar to try to wake up the sleeping Gengar, Yin Li took out a Poké Ball to recall it.

However, it was too late.

The Gengar, which was twitching in its sleep, suddenly stiffened, and then fell silent.

At the same time, a strange life energy flowed back into Kirlia's body.

Kirlia, who had been weak and looked like she was about to collapse, regained her upright posture and had a healthy rosy complexion. Her condition had visibly improved.

Undoubtedly, the dream-eating technique has been successfully unleashed!

That one bite completely drained Gengar!

The audience below the stage marveled in amazement. If this were a Kirlia with a large root, a single Dream Eater would probably restore her to full health instantly...

Two meditations, double the restraint, a move of this type.

With all these factors combined, Gengar was once again killed in one hit!

Xia Chen and Kirullian have won another victory!

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Seeing the frail figure still standing on the battlefield and the Gengar in front of her that had lost its ability to fight, the few audience members below the field once again erupted in heated discussion.

"I've been fighting for minutes and my health is still full... Good grief, I don't have a single drop of health left!"

"This is so strange. They seem to be evenly matched, and Kirlia even looks slightly weaker than the opponent's two Pokémon, yet it's already 2-0..."

"This is the charm of a trainer's command. I have to say, this junior's control over damage and his grasp of the opponent's psychology are too good."

"It's terrifying. It feels like Yin Li has hardly made any mistakes, yet he's still like this... Whether it's the Shadow Stitch and Phantom Raid in the first match, or the surprise attack and Sleep Talk in this match, the Pokémon's positioning and the trainer's reaction are all top-notch."

"The devil is one step ahead, this kid is terrifying..."

"I have a feeling that within a month, I'll see him in the top 50 of the leaderboard..."

The crowd off the field was bustling, but the field itself was completely silent.

Yin Li stared blankly at the fallen Geng Gui and sighed silently.

He knew that even if Xia Chen continued to have relapses, the chances of winning this match were almost zero.

After half a year apart, has the gap between me and Xia Chen not only not narrowed, but actually widened?

But I've already tried so hard...

Now, we don't even see his second Pokémon in 3v3 matches anymore?

Yin Li clenched his fists until they turned blue, thinking this with resentment.

Perhaps there was an element of luck involved in the electromagnetic wave just now, but Yin Li did not use that as an excuse.