I caught a Pokémon

The distinctive appearance made it easy for Xia You to recognize this Pokémon at a glance.

In terms of appearance, Dusknoir is almost entirely black, with a ghostly tail. Like some Ghost-type Pokémon, it has no feet and floats on the ground using strange energy.

It has a gray head, like a medieval knight's helmet, with yellow antennae on top, like an iron chrysanthemum.

It has a yellow band on its forehead, below which is a staring eye. On its body are two almond-shaped eye-like markings and a yellow horizontal zigzag line that can open like a mouth.

From a personal aesthetic point of view, Xia You actually thinks this kind of Pokémon is quite cool.

Of course, being cool is one thing, but this Pokémon is also really strong.

At least none of the Night Demons that Xia You had seen or known before were weak.

With just one glance, Xia You sensed that this Pokémon was completely different from the previous two, and that it must be Melissa's very strong Pokémon.

It seems this woman must have secretly increased her stakes!

It's quite a...surprise.

It seems she must have been angry with herself, which is why she had such a wicked idea.

Chapter 1077 Melissa: Truly Exhausted

Xia You didn't mind Melissa's change of strategy at all. On the contrary, he was quite pleased that she had taken the initiative to bring out her ace Pokémon.

This proves that his performance just now did affect her, forcing her to change the lineup without prior notice and try to win back a point.

Isn't this a sign that I've succeeded?

Moreover, Melissa changing her team means that her Pokémon can get better training, so why not?

Nevertheless, he smiled slightly and pointed out Melissa's thoughts.

“Miss Melissa, your Night Demon… seems quite unusual.”

This is telling the other person that you already know, but you don't care!

This also lets Melissa know that she's not so easily fooled.

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyao, Paris, and Xike all focused their attention on Melissa.

I didn't think anything of it at first.

But now that Xia You has said this, they suddenly realize that the aura of this Night Demon Spirit... seems to be completely different from the previous two!

It does seem a bit stronger!

Could it be Melissa's ace Pokémon?

It's not surprising that they didn't notice it immediately.

Although Haruka's strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently and she has traveled to two and a half regions, her age is still a factor. She is influenced by her experience and limited thinking. She may gradually realize this change when the battle begins, but it will definitely not be that fast.

As for Paris and Xi, needless to say!

What do these two Pokémon-style designers know about battles?!

However, being an adult, she immediately understood that Melissa must have done something that this man had discovered!

Could it be that Melissa sent out her strongest Pokémon?

If that's really the case, wouldn't that just prove how amazing this man is?

This drew the two women's attention back to Xia You.

"You have a good eye." On the other side, Melissa first gave Xia You an appreciative look, and then admitted quite frankly, "There's nothing I can do about it. Your Pokémon is so strong, so I have to be a little more serious."

Is this what you call being a little more serious?

Didn't you already send out your strongest Pokémon?

Xia You smiled secretly.

That's really just a tactical deception.

As expected, you really can't trust a single punctuation mark from a woman like this...

He shook his head and said nothing more, but gestured to the little fire monkey, which then did a somersault and jumped directly into Xia You's battle zone.

Seeing this, Melissa didn't waste any words and pointed out the same location where the Night Demon was floating.

The battle is imminent!

Perhaps sensing the completely different atmosphere from before, or perhaps feeling Melissa's determination, the three women on the sidelines also unconsciously increased their attention.

At some point, perhaps it was the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the leaves, or perhaps a tourist in the distance suddenly sneezed.

In short, at the same time, although no one spoke, something seemed to have been triggered, and the battle began!

Xia You had encountered the Night Demon more than once before. Although she wasn't very familiar with it, she had some understanding of its fighting style. She knew that although it wasn't very fast or agile, it had excellent dual defense and strong physical attack power!

Definitely a Ghost-type melee Pokémon!

Compared to it, his own Chimchar not only has lower physical attributes... that is, lower base stats, but also very average abilities.

One of its main selling points is "all-round development"... but another way of saying it is that it has no distinctive features!

But this did not prevent Xia You from launching a proactive attack.

If everyone's using Fire-type Pokémon, what else is there to say?

Just charge in and do it, just burn yourself out!

Therefore, under his command, the orange-yellow monkey, which was about half a meter tall, pounced on the 2.2-meter-tall Night Demon opposite it.

That momentum was like a small fireball, resolutely throwing itself into the embrace of the night!

The huge difference in size did not deter the little Chimchar.

On the contrary, thanks to the fire-type Pokémon's inner passion, it illuminated the darkness around Dusknoir.

But this is only in terms of momentum.

The huge gap in both size and base stats cannot be easily bridged or ignored by fighting spirit alone.

Not to mention that Xia You's little fire monkey had only been captured for a short time and had not experienced any major battles. As a result, although it initially fought the Night Demon Spirit to a standstill with its initial vigor, it was soon able to feel its obvious weakness.

This is not surprising.

After all, not everyone's Pokémon can be like Ash's Pikachu, able to fight anyone to a standstill.

However, under Xia You's command, although the little fire monkey was at a disadvantage, it was not defeated immediately.

With its smaller and more agile movement and positioning techniques, it managed to hold off the Night Demon!

This greatly surprised both Paris and Xi Ke.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the size difference between the two is too obvious, and the Night Demon is also stronger.

Unexpectedly, the issue was easily resolved with just a few words from this man!

Like them, Melissa was also somewhat surprised by the result.

She never expected that this little fire monkey could persevere for so long!

There was clearly a chance to decide the winner, but I just couldn't seize that opportunity.

No… it should be that the man on the other side simply didn’t give me that chance!

Because of the little fire monkey's slight speed advantage over the night demon, it seems that the little fire monkey can always predict the next command in advance, and it can always easily neutralize the night demon's attacks.

This is such a hassle!

Unexpectedly, what appeared to be a direct confrontation was actually full of subtle details and maneuvers.

Melissa always felt like she had power but nowhere to use it.

What an annoying fighting style...

Forced by circumstances, she had no choice but to use some of the abilities and moves that the Night Demon originally wanted to hide for the next comeback battle. Only then did she seize the opportunity and take down the little fire monkey with a combo.

Thump…

Seeing the little Chimchar fall backward, unable to fight, Melissa felt no joy at winning a single battle.

All she felt was exhaustion and a sense of helplessness.

God has no idea how tiring that battle was!

It's just like when I was young and played in the Pokémon League!

How long has it been since I last felt this way?

And it turned out to be against a Chimchar that wasn't actually that strong!

What a terrifying man…

Most importantly, the Night Demon has now revealed all its trump cards, leaving it with absolutely no hidden tricks for the final battle.

This is not a good sign...

Chapter 1078 The Advantage Lies With Me

This battle can be said to have shattered half of Melissa's morale.

Logically speaking, someone her age, who is also a gym leader, shouldn't be so fragile. Especially as a Ghost-type trainer, she's always the one trying to mess with others, never the other way around.

Chimchar's strength is negligible.

Melissa had seen too many trainers with Chimchar before, and with them as a comparison, she could clearly feel that this Chimchar's training was still insufficient, and its strength could only be considered average.

It's mainly mental exhaustion.

As she gets older, she becomes increasingly reluctant to battle trainers who are 'overthinking'.

I'm simply too exhausted to fight anymore!

There's not enough energy to proceed cautiously step by step, to think two steps ahead before taking a single step, and to prepare countermeasures in advance.

If she could, she would prefer to fight against simple-minded people rather than this kind.

Seeing the little fire monkey fall down, Paris and Xi Ke both secretly sighed in regret.

From their perspective as viewers, Chimchar's performance was really good.

It's truly amazing that it was able to fight such a huge, terrifying-looking Night Demon for so long!

They had initially thought that Chimchar would be able to turn the tide, but they didn't expect it to end like this.

But this is already pretty good.

After all, they didn't have high hopes for Chimchar before the battle, but now that the underdog had failed, it still gave them a lot of surprises and made them very entertained.

especially…

Turning to look at Xia You, the two of them had very similar thoughts.

Xia You's composed and skillful command just now drew their attention.

They had never seen a man like this before!

It was under this man's command that Chimchar finally failed, which is enough to prove how extraordinary he is.

What an excellent man...

They sighed inwardly, forgetting that their initial reason for watching the match was to side with Melissa.

But the battle isn't even over yet, and they've already switched sides!

Especially Baris, she has even forgotten why she came to watch the game in the first place!

I wonder what Melissa would think if she knew all this.

Xia You recalled the unconscious Flame Monkey, her expression unchanged.

In fact, he had anticipated Chimchar's defeat even before the battle began.

There's nothing I can do about it; my Chimchar was caught the shortest time ago and its growth is indeed insufficient.

It can be said that his ultimate purpose in sending the Chimchar out was to give it more experience!

Winning is certainly something to celebrate, but losing is nothing to regret.

"That's impressive." He chuckled at Melissa. "The difference in strength is absolute; I truly accept my defeat."