Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

To be honest, there's nothing particularly ingenious about it, but in a real fight, it's incredibly resilient and difficult to deal with.

Ghost-type Pokémon's spiritual power is not simply the mental power to control things; this spiritual power, which is equivalent to their life essence, manipulates things in a way similar to 'possession'.

Therefore, under the control of this thing, even the ultimate moves of Flying-type Pokémon cannot dispel this aura.

Furthermore, as demonstrated by the dual sword sheaths, spiritual energy can create illusions. This means that even if attacks like murky fog or poisonous gas are dense and actually visible to the naked eye, they will remain invisible under the cover of spiritual energy.

Luo Ke had thought of this, and on the field, he had already wrapped Ditto's arm with a sword belt, and the dual sword sheaths that Ditto was holding made a clear sound.

'alone?'

Its voice reached Bictini's ears and was then translated to Rocco through mental power.

This made Luo Ke somewhat realize something.

It turns out that this spiritual mist not only prevents the aura from dissipating, but also has another part: in the eyes of Ghost-type Pokémon like Double Sheath, the spiritual power emitted by Gengar is as if covered by a thick fog, so blurry that it is basically impossible to judge the direction of its flow!

Spiritual mist, what a wonderful spiritual mist!

They complement each other and achieve mutual success...that's interesting.

Luo Ke thought this to himself, but he still didn't say anything.

On the field, Ditto, which had been waiting for instructions after the twin scabbards made a sound, did not hear Rocco's voice. This made it raise its eyebrows, its previous seriousness vanished, and it gripped the twin scabbards tightly with its right hand, lowered its center of gravity, twisted its waist, and prepared to attack.

because...

If Luo Ke didn't remind me, then it doesn't matter!

bass--

Ditto in its Roko form possessed terrifying power, which, combined with the force exerted by its twin sheaths, compressed its spiritual energy into a flying slash that flew directly towards Gengar and Salamence!

The surging spiritual mist was split in two by this spiritual energy strike.

This is the effect that the spiritual power imbued with the sharpness of steel in the twin sword sheaths can achieve.

And as the sword was slashed out, Ditto's other hand also gripped the hilt of the double-scabbard. As it steadied itself, its waist propelled its entire upper body, and a second spiritual energy slash instantly flew out!

Then came the third and fourth rounds—

Ditto's sword-wielding movements were so fast that they created afterimages. The spiritual energy accumulated in the dual sheaths for who knows how long was flowing, and since the Fairy King's Sword was not being shared, it was as abundant as the sand in the sea.

The slashes came down like raindrops from the front, forcing Gengar and Satyr to dodge constantly.

Even a slight scratch will leave a cut, and a head-on collision will definitely result in injury!

The spread of the spiritual mist also stopped and even retreated under the continuous slashes.

If it weren't for Gengar's spiritual power sustaining it, it would have dissipated long ago.

However, the price for the spirit mist not dissipating was that Gengar's spirit power began to be greatly depleted!

If it were Bai Youyou's main team's Gengar, it would definitely have the ability to go toe-to-toe with the current Twin Scabbards in terms of spiritual energy consumption. But now this is just the Gengar that Bai Youyou is using to deal with the challengers.

You still dare to fight the Twin Sword Sheaths in terms of spiritual power?!

You don't deserve it!

Luo Ke understood this, which is why he remained silent.

Bai Youyou, being a Ghost-type Elite Four member, possessed a deep understanding of spiritual power. Upon seeing that the Fairy King's Sword, still sheathed behind Ditto, remained completely unchanged, she knew she couldn't let things continue like this.

Gengar has no chance of winning by going all out on spiritual power, and even if it really uses up all the spiritual power in one of its sheaths, Ditto still has another one stuck in its back!

One sword sheath consumes spiritual energy, while the other regenerates behind it.

Then let the Pokémon that Ditto transforms into take the lead in the attack, in order to make up for the problem that the attacks cannot be continuous when there is only one sword in the dual scabbards.

Furthermore, this isn't a foolproof move; you can't seal it with a freezing spell.

good idea!

If I were a tactical trainer, then the Mist tactic would definitely be suppressed, or even broken.

but...

I'm a Commander-style Trainer!

"Gengar, transfer your spiritual energy to me. You focus on dodging, and I'll control the spiritual mist!"

......

13. The Sword of the Fairy King (1)

You think you can command a spirit by having it transfer its spiritual power to you and then controlling it?

Bai Youyou's instruction surprised Luo Ke.

But Bai Youyou is a Ghost-type Elite Four member, so her doing this means that her actions must have some effect.

So at this moment, Rocco focused his attention and used Bictini's mental power to quickly scan the entire arena. Sure enough, he saw something unexpected yet reasonable.

The fact that the spirit mist was now controlled by a human did not make it more agile or faster, nor did it allow it to react or respond to attacks as they arrived, or to use micro-management to dodge them.

However, Bai Youyou's approach to manipulating the spirit mist is completely different from the Gengar she is currently using.

Some of the mist still reached out to grab Ditto and the Twin Blades, but another part of the mist retreated and gathered together in large quantities.

This method effectively reduced the rate at which Gengar's spiritual energy was depleted, while the ever-growing cloud of spiritual mist also posed an increasingly terrifying threat.

The dual sword sheaths couldn't see through the spirit mist, and Roco didn't know how other psychic-type Pokémon could either, but Victini's mental power could indeed detect such things.

Therefore, Luo Ke issued his first instruction since the start of the match.

"Aim directly below the high platform on the opposite side and concentrate your attack."

'Well! (Alone!)'

Without being able to see the spirit mist, an elf would normally hesitate when faced with such a strange command, but such hesitation does not exist in Rocco's team.

Roco will unconditionally trust his elves, go crazy with them, and be prepared to bear the consequences. In return, his elves will absolutely trust him!

Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Ke pointed out the location, and the spiritual energy slashes unleashed by Ditto and the Twin Scabbards instantly covered the spiritual mist that Bai Youyou had accumulated.

Even if she heard Luo Ke's instructions, there was no time for a large-scale relocation. She could only watch helplessly as two-thirds of the spirit mist was scattered by the slash.

While Gengar and Satyr took this opportunity to catch their breath, Satyr was exhausted and had no strength left to counterattack. Gengar's spiritual energy was depleted so much that it was a testament to its willpower to simply stay upright, let alone fight back.

Faced with this situation, Bai Youyou transferred the control of spiritual power back to Gengar and took out a Poké Ball from her belt.

"Come back first, Gengar."

Bai Youyou didn't recall Gengar immediately. Although the new rules allow this, a trainer voluntarily recalling a Pokémon is considered to have taken it out of the game.

So, under Bai Youyou's command, Gengar transformed into a shadow and darted toward Bai Youyou's location, while Salazzle switched places with Gengar. Facing the slashing attacks from Ditto and Sagittarius, Salazzle raised its claws and erected an invisible shield.

Hold on!

Snapped!

Countless spiritual energy strikes collided with the power of defense, and the sound of shattering glass instantly resounded throughout the entire arena.

If facing only one, or even three to five, slashes, then with the strength of the Flame Queen Lizard, it is indeed possible to withstand them by simply holding its ground.

But at this moment, Gengar returned, and all the pressure fell on its own body, facing more than a dozen slashes!

Under such excessive damage, the Flame Queen Lizard's Guardian ability shattered almost instantly.

Just as the piercing strike was about to land on the Salamence, Bai Youyou calmly took out its Poké Ball and recalled it.

Flame Queen Lizard, time to exit!

In exchange, Gengar successfully escaped and, like a relay race, pressed the Poké Ball in Bai Youyou's hand, releasing her third Pokémon.

Luo Ke frowned the moment he saw this scene.

Bai Youyou's decision to send Gengar out of the field and then leave Salazzle in to buy time was a tactical maneuver. As a Ghost-type Elite Four member, she couldn't possibly be unaware that Salazzle's presence only served to buy time and didn't offer any protection.

In this situation, if Gengar presses only one Poké Ball, it can only switch out one Pokémon.

Her other hand was busy retrieving the Flame Queen Lizard, so she couldn't throw out the next Pokémon at the same time.

Even if the time is very short, there will be gaps in her field where there is only one Pokémon.

In this situation, if you let Ditto and Saber Sheath focus their attacks, the opponent is essentially wasting a Pokémon.

So there must be a scam!

Sure enough, as the red light began to fade, Victini's mental power detected what this spirit was.

It's a wind-driven ball!

Bai Youyou's command also rang out along with the appearance of the Wind Ball.

"big Bang!"

boom!

At this moment, only Tayrule was white on the field, the rest were Ditto and Saber Sheath, so in that instant, a huge roar shook the air and tore the earth apart.

It was as if Bai Youyou had thrown a bomb into the arena, not a Pokémon!

They are not afraid of accidentally hurting their own people.

The best course of action against this move is to have Dual Blades cover Ditto, since Explosion is a Normal-type move while Dual Blades is a Ghost-type move.

but...

"All-out defense!"

At Luo Ke's rapid command, the twin sword sheaths were decisively used to defend!

While Ditto doesn't use Protect, it still allows its power to be absorbed by the scabbards through its sword belt, thus enhancing the effect of Protect.

Seeing this, Luo Ke finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect that the old man Doctor's business of selling Chaos Crystals didn't last long before this guy bought one."

“That’s right. I said during the cheating competition that this thing is practically a special item for Pokémon like Electrode. Since we’re already raising a Tayrule using this method, it’s normal to order something like a Chaos Crystal as soon as we see it.”

“Xiangwan City is not far from Baping City, so it can indeed be put into actual combat now.”

At this moment, the arena in front of Roco was completely covered by the power of the explosion. The protective barrier of the arena was completely exposed under this power, but Roco had the mental power of Victini, so he could still confirm the situation inside the arena.

Ditto, disguised as Roko with its two sword sheaths, activated Protect at full power for defense, while Fairy King's Sword... also saw the effect of the Chaos Crystal and shrank behind Ditto the moment the explosion began.

With Ditto and Dual Blades combined, blocking this massive explosion shouldn't be a problem.

Although their strength will be greatly depleted, they are not completely incapable of continuing to fight.

At least... being able to use a Z-Move is definitely not a problem!

After losing the Wind Ball, Bai Youyou was left with only two Pokémon.

Roco is different from other trainers. Other trainers can only resonate with a Z-Crystal over a short distance using the Z-Ring, and a Z-Crystal only contains so much power. At the same time, resonating in this way also consumes the trainer's own energy. This consumption is nothing to Roco, but it is different for other trainers.

They're lucky if they can land one Z-Move in a match.

Koroko doesn't need to do that.

He can directly command the Z-Gold carried by the Pokémon to provide power!

With two Z-Moves, and your two remaining Pokémon, including the Gengar which has suffered considerable damage, even ten lives wouldn't be enough to stop it!

Just as Rocco was thinking this, Victini's mental energy detected another scene.

So, after Bai Youyou retrieved the Wind Ball, she held Gengar's Poké Ball in her left hand and her last Pokémon's Poké Ball in her right. Once the explosion was nearly complete, she precisely opened the Poké Balls and threw her two Pokémon... towards the location of the Fairy King's Sword!?

'Hehehe—'

As the power of the explosion dissipated, the Protect effects on Ditto and Saber Sheath disappeared, and Gengar's laughter immediately rang out. Then, it and its companion Chandelure launched an attack.

However, the two of them were not targeting Ditto, who was wielding dual sword sheaths.

Instead... the Fairy King's Sword!

......

14. The Sword of the Fairy King (2)

Bai Youyou's thinking was very clear.

She initially used the Mist tactic but was suppressed. Then she had Gengar transfer the control of the Mist to her. This was both to put pressure on the opponent with seemingly random verbal instructions and to relieve Gengar's pressure to dodge.