I caught a Pokémon

Regardless of size, the main selling point is pain!

Moreover, this kind of close combat, a more primitive and instinctive method, has a certain cruelty and killing power, and is more likely to intimidate the opponent.

The distance of just a few meters passed in a flash.

Logically speaking, Umbreon's speed isn't particularly outstanding, while Mismagius's speed is far superior. At this distance, Mismagius should have had a chance to dodge.

But with the help of a flash of lightning, Umbreon's attack was still like a black lightning bolt!

Its speed increased dramatically, its body flashed through the air, leaving a shadow, and before the Dream Demon could react, it bit into the latter's body!

Ultimately, the spread of sand and the presence of clods of earth at the base of the soil accounted for the greatest disturbance and provided the contributing factors.

Mismagius never expected Umbreon to use such an attack!

For a fleeting moment, although it saw Umbreon break through the dust and fly towards it, its body didn't have time to react. Instead, its mind went blank, and it didn't understand what had happened.

In that instant, Umbreon was already close, its sharp teeth biting into its cloak-like body.

—Waaah!

Evil Ghost.

Under the influence of elemental advantage, the Misdreavus was in so much pain that its face contorted, and its already ghostly aura became even more sinister.

It tried to break free, but no matter how hard it shook, it couldn't shake off Umbreon.

Even if you wanted to become invisible immediately and make your body disappear into the air, you couldn't!

Umbreon bit deeper and deeper, firmly grasping this hard-won opportunity.

However, Melissa was also very decisive. Seeing this situation, she raised her eyebrows and quickly came up with an idea.

Originally, thanks to its agility and strength, Mismagius really had no way to deal with Umbreon for a while. It couldn't hit it, and even if it did, it didn't do much damage, making it a very difficult situation.

But now that the two Pokémon are so close, accuracy... doesn't seem to matter that much anymore.

"Dream Demon, share the pain!!"

Upon hearing her command, a strange purple light flashed in Misdreavus's eyes. This light instantly rippled out and accurately struck the nearby Umbreon.

Almost immediately, Umbreon, which had been biting hard, suddenly became serious.

Its eyebrows were also raised, as if it was enduring something!

Even his mouth unconsciously loosened!

Seeing this scene, Xia You glanced at Melissa without making a sound.

Well done...

Actually, you can tell what kind of move this so-called 'sharing pain' is just from the name.

Regardless of the game's description, in the real world, once used, it adds up the stamina of the user and the target, and then redistributes it equally to achieve the effect of "average stamina" for both parties.

This can be described as an unconventional tactic to bring down an opponent when their physical strength is severely depleted!

This seems to be the same as its function in games.

However, it is clear that most moves in the real world cannot be measured solely by the numerical values ​​and rigid rules in games.

At least until the pain-sharing effect ends, regardless of who is injured, their stamina will continue to decrease, and this will continue to be the case.

From this perspective, Melissa's intentions are quite clear.

It's true that Umbreon's type is super effective against Mismagius, but if you reduce Umbreon's HP in this way, isn't that a form of indirect attack that works too?

The more injured you are, the more energy you lose.

The more Umbreon attacks, the more it attacks itself!

Although they haven't used the same method yet, it's basically the same as using the same technique.

With just this one move, Melissa and her Misdreavus balanced out most of Umbreon's advantages.

The most important thing is that if we can share pain, how far away can we be in the same boat?

It's likely that most of the former challengers will have to face this problem before the battle ends!

But for Xia You, this was really no big deal.

There are risks involved in battling Ghost-type Pokémon. If you're really that timid, you shouldn't participate in Pokémon battles.

Furthermore, he currently has a larger number of Pokémon, so even if Melissa really has Destiny Bond, he can easily afford to trade for it!

This is the confidence that comes with his Pokémon prowess!

However, he didn't intend to just sit and wait for his fate.

It's important to understand that the duration of pain relief is not unlimited, and the effect is greatly reduced with continuous use. It's only the initial moment of balancing physical strength that's somewhat frightening.

The more you back down, the more opportunities you give the other party.

Therefore, he remained unmoved and calmly commanded Umbreon to continue using other moves.

As mentioned before, once it gets into close combat, that's when Umbreon will unleash its power.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to get close, Umbreon released its mouth and instead grabbed Mismagius with its claws, not giving it any chance to escape. Then it gathered its power and used Dark Pulse at extremely close range, pouring the Dark-type beam into its opponent.

boom!

Although Mismagius was attacked, Umbreon itself was also startled.

While Mismagius was wavering, Umbreon used its strength again to bring it to the ground.

This basically means the matter is settled.

While in the air, Mismagius still has room to maneuver, but once it lands on the ground, it completely falls into Umbreon's offensive rhythm.

Not to mention at such close range.

The same is true.

Finally, just after the pain-sharing effect ended, Umbreon defeated Mismagius with a single attack.

Of course, during this period of time, they fought while sharing the pain. Although they won, Umbreon itself was panting heavily and obviously had no strength left to fight.

Chapter 1076 Xiaoyao: You're dreaming!

"Well done."

Xia You summoned Umbreon back, squatted down and praised it, then took out a Poké Ball to recall it.

In fact, given Umbreon's current strength, even after two consecutive battles, its condition shouldn't be this bad against opponents of this caliber.

But there's no way around it. Before you can completely overwhelm someone with superior strength, the rules of the moves are what they are, and you can't fight against or break them just by relying on willpower or anything like that.

The fact that it could avoid perishing together with the Dream Demon already proves that it is indeed excellent.

Beside the battlefield, watching Xia You recall Umbreon, then slowly stand up and calmly take out a new Poké Ball, both Baris and Xi Ke had the same glint in their eyes.

They had to admit that they had underestimated and ignored this man before.

Who would have thought he was so amazing!

If Paris, being a novice, couldn't see anything during the first battle, after the second battle, both she and Xi Ke clearly realized how extraordinary this man was!

Can't you see Melissa's wry smile?

This is the famous Melissa!

He was able to defeat two of Melissa's Pokémon in a row. Is he even stronger than Melissa?

The sight of Umbreon flying out of the dust was particularly shocking to them.

Before this, they had never imagined that Pokémon battles would be like this; they thought it would just be a serious face-to-face battle where players would constantly unleash moves!

I never knew you could fight like this!

This is what they call an outsider watching the show.

After all, they are from different industries; they only know the surface, not the essence.

If gym leaders never lose, how can trainers obtain badges from them?

Furthermore, she was unaware that while gym leaders typically send out some of their main Pokémon when facing gym battles, they don't use their strongest lineup entirely. Therefore, although Melissa was fighting, she wasn't fighting with her full strength.

Okay, actually there's not much difference...

Although Melissa didn't use the strongest lineup, Xia You's Umbreon was only a second or third-tier unit in his lineup.

From this perspective, both sides are actually quite similar.

Even if they all replaced their own ace Pokémon with their own, Melissa would only lose even more miserably.

But Paris and Xi Keke didn't know any of this.

They hadn't paid much attention to Pokémon battles before, so when they saw this, they simply assumed that Xia You had defeated Melissa.

"Your boyfriend is pretty good." Xi Ke crossed her arms and teased Paris in a low voice, "He actually managed to beat Melissa and he's so handsome. He seems really extraordinary."

Paris blushed slightly and quickly shook her head: "You really shouldn't talk nonsense. He's not my boyfriend. I just met him."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xia You somewhat guiltily, as if she was afraid that he would hear her and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Hearing her say that, Xi Ke gave Paris a deep look and a smile played on her lips.

"Oh? Is that really so?" She turned her head, staring intently at Xia You, and said with a half-smile, "Then he'll be my boyfriend from now on! I've decided, after he finishes his match, I'm going to pursue him!"

Chasing after Xia Youge?

Xiao Yao, who was standing nearby, glanced at them first, then silently looked away.

Don't even think about it.

Xia You has no shortage of girlfriends, and every single one of them is prettier than any of you.

I really don't know where this Xi Ke gets her confidence from. Does she really think she can win over Xia You just by talking?

Could it be that she's been living the life of a pampered young lady for too long?

However, she knew that Xia You would never be interested in them, so she didn't care and just ignored it as the woman's wishful thinking, and continued watching the game.

In the trainer command area on the other side, Melissa recalled Misdreavus and glanced at Xia You one last time.

"What a pity. I thought I could at least replace your Umbreon, but I didn't expect that I still couldn't do it in the end."

As a trainer and a gym leader, Melissa naturally knew that this was not due to luck, but rather because the opponent's Pokémon were simply that weak, and it was a clear case of being one step behind.

Only after truly facing this man will one clearly understand how difficult the match is.

It was far from as easy and simple as it seemed to outsiders, especially under Xia You's command. Umbreon's defense and offense were so flawless that it was beyond the reach of ordinary people!

Before Xia You could answer, she glanced at the Poké Ball that Xia You had already taken out and narrowed her eyes.

They've already chosen their Pokémon without even knowing which ones I'm going to send out?

I've really been underestimated!

Thinking of this, Melissa slowly reached into the waist pouch on the other side of her purple dress and took out a new Poké Ball.

Needless to say, she is now truly going all out, or rather, under these circumstances, she is going to use her ace Pokémon!

However, before she could release her Pokémon, Xia You had already opened her Poké Ball.

With a flash of blue light, his Chimchar jumped out of the Poké Ball, looking eager to try.

Melissa was somewhat surprised to see it.

Although she was long past the age of judging people by their appearance, she really didn't expect that after Xia You defeated two of her Pokémon in a row, the first one she took out was a starter Pokémon in its first evolution stage!

It always gives her the feeling that the other party is about to unleash a powerful move, but ends up using a simple skill to escape.

Of course, it must be admitted that although a Pokémon's strength is not 100% related to its evolution stage, it still gives people the impression that it is weak.

Especially these starter Pokémon, because most trainers are already very familiar with them because they've seen so many of them.

But who can blame them when the opponent has match point?

Perhaps this little fire monkey is really strong.

With that thought in mind, Melissa also opened her Poké Ball.

As another blue light flashed, the next second, a ghostly rider, as if clad in armor, appeared in front of the little Chimchar!

Oh, it's the Night Demon...