Chapter 69: Li Wei Specializes In Curing All That Flashy Nonsense
Riolu’s suddenly erupting strength in the Top 16 sparked another wave of “Li Wei is awesome” among the crowd.
Originally thought to be just a One Punch Man, then some Levin Hook suddenly realized that it might just be a fragile glass cannon that can output.
But as the battle progressed, they discovered that this was no pure output glass cannon with obvious shortcomings; he was actually a terrifying all-rounder warrior.
The internet Title Champions who had ambitions and planned to exploit Riolu’s weaknesses for massive output also gave up their plans and began thinking about how to join the ranks of “mom fans.”
On Li Wei’s side, shortly after the battle ended, the matches for advancing from Top 32 to Top 16 also concluded.
Zhou Fengjue and Mo Jiu advanced, while Yu Yixian fell on the road to Top 32, and Tu Xiaomi was brushed off by a Corviknight when advancing to Top 16.
Tu Xiaomi’s Whimsicott not only had an attribute disadvantage against Corviknight, but there was also a gap in Nurturing Degree between the two Pokémon, so the loss wasn’t unfair.
Tu Xiaomi, who hadn’t done targeted training for bulk and speed, ultimately suffered from pure output and ended her Provincial Competition journey.
However, the eliminated players couldn’t be said to have regrets; after comparing with past competitors’ strength, they had psychological expectations for their possible rankings before the matches started.
Or rather, they should have had a clear idea in their minds from the moment they chose Pokémon for nurturing.
The competition schedule was very tight; Top 16 was decided in the morning, and in the afternoon, they had to head to the main venue for the Top 16 to Top 8 matches.
This time, the organizers provided a schedule table up to the championship match.
One table, gradually advancing upward.
In other words, everyone could speculate on their future opponents based on the advancing competitors.
When advancing from Top 16 to Top 8, teammates from their own squad finally had to start fighting each other seriously.
The first match was Zhou Fengjue versus Mo Jiu.
Zhou Fengjue was eager to try, while Li Wei silently made a “hope he’s okay” gesture for Zhou Fengjue in his heart.
After all, Zhou Fengjue might not know what Mo Jiu’s family style was really like, and he might not know how deeply this Morpeko, who only eats normally, was hiding, but Li Wei, with his meticulously observant eyes, knew!!
When it comes to layered routines, Li Wei felt that without the occasional bug reminders from Aura, he might not even be able to outplay Mo Jiu.
As expected from a Dark-type family; when it comes to routines, no one can match them.
Looking at Morpeko’s increasingly abundant energy reserves that showed no signs of saturation, Li Wei had a massive headache.
He didn’t know what moves Mo Jiu would use in battle; although he was full of confidence in his Riolu’s strength, even a lion needs full effort against a rabbit, just like how a level 16 ADC can be instantly killed by a level 12 assassin if not careful…
But unfortunately, there was very little information to gain from the recordings.
This person’s battle style was comparable to his own.
Before Top 64, all matches were Morpeko starting in Hangry Mode with red eyes, using abundant Dark-type attribute energy to rush in and brutally beat opponents.
Then in the subsequent two advancement matches, Morpeko unusually didn’t switch patterns; it dodged opponents’ attacks, lured them to a corner, then suddenly twisted its body and used a tail whip to cleanly knock the opponent out of the arena.
This… what could be analyzed from it?
It was comparable to his one-punch tactic.
If he hadn’t visited Mo Jiu’s courtyard at home, if he hadn’t seen the unfathomably profound old lady of her family, Li Wei might not have truly considered Mo Jiu as an opponent, after all, this Morpeko was too deceptive in appearance.
“Sigh…”
He hoped Zhou Fengjue could force out some of Mo Jiu’s trump cards.
Li Wei hoped so in his heart.
As someone with OCD, once Li Wei decided to do something but suddenly found unknown intelligence, or some things didn’t match his pre-built psychological expectations, he would feel very uncomfortable; such out-of-plan things made him extremely anxious.
In short, it was OCD.
And the main cause of this OCD ultimately stemmed from the teacher’s “key points” marking before exams back in school.
As long as the exam went off-script, Li Wei would feel uncomfortable all over.
After all, he wouldn’t look at non-key points, wouldn’t study them carefully, so he might not know them during the exam, not knowing meant deducting points, deducting points meant dropping in ranking, dropping ranking meant poor grades, poor grades meant mom unhappy, mom unhappy meant dad unhappy too, and then… they would improve their mood through joyful mixed doubles…
This was a terrifying chain reaction.
So even to this day, Li Wei still really disliked things outside the plan.
To gather enough intelligence and keep everything under control, Li Wei made full preparations before spectating.
He brought a full bag of snacks and beverages, full of sugar and nutrition; now he was ready to sit in the premium seats and properly see what this Morpeko really was and what it was capable of.
“Hello audience friends! This is the Top 16 advancing to Top 8 competition venue; the Magic City Provincial Competition schedule has entered the latter half, and our venue has also switched from the original small venue to this larger main venue…”
“First up, the matchup is competitor Zhou Fengjue versus competitor Mo Jiu; both Pokémon shone brightly in previous battles.
It is known that competitor Zhou Fengjue received excellent battle education from a young age, and his family even has outstanding Pokémon Battle Masters.
Like one of our Magic City’s Elite Four, King Zhou is Zhou Fengjue’s grandfather, so can Zhou Fengjue’s Grovyle have even a trace of King Zhou’s Sceptile’s divine charm??
And our competitor Mo Jiu also has a prominent background; unexpectedly using such a small and cute Morpeko to win all the way here, ah… truly, Pokémon can’t be judged by appearances!”
The commentator, as always responsibly, began hyping up the atmosphere in the arena.
Zhou Fengjue and Mo Jiu, both from prestigious families, were also highly anticipated, but for some reason, when introducing Mo Jiu, the key prefix was deliberately skipped and just glossed over with “prestigious family.”
This made Li Wei a bit puzzled.
‘Am I overthinking it?’
Or is the family too prominent to allow too much reporting?
Li Wei didn’t know; he just felt he might be getting paranoid from paying too much attention to Mo Jiu’s strength.
After all, it might just be the commentator having too many words prepared and stopping the introduction because the match was about to start…
“Match start!”
The referee, as always professionally, pressed the timer in hand and announced the start of the match.
“Grovyle, Quick Attack!”
“Close in on him, use X-Scissor!”
Standard use of Quick Attack to speed up and reposition, then unleash a high-power move.
What was strange about the opening of this match, in Li Wei’s view, was that Mo Jiu still didn’t have Morpeko switch forms at the start.
Electric-type moves against Grass-type have 0.5 damage reduction; it’s absolutely disadvantageous in attributes.
‘Is it because Grovyle’s move pool has Bug-type moves, so after weighing pros and cons, chose not to switch forms?’
Li Wei guessed.
Clearly spectating, yet he was more anxious than the two battling on the field.
“Morpeko, Quick Attack.”
In actual battle, competing for speed was quite intense.
As long as my speed is fast enough, your attack moves can’t hit me.
With the advantage of small size and speed, Morpeko narrowly dodged the first-move X-Scissor from Grovyle.
It even managed to Charge leisurely while dodging.
“Close the distance, Leaf Storm!”
Zhou Fengjue’s move was like a mage maxing speed then closing in for ultimate; this idea was somewhat similar to yesterday’s Torkoal’s “Burn Out.”
Not a card turn-based battle; for long-range impact moves, unless extremely confident in hitting, being dodged is still the majority.
Facing the incoming move, Mo Jiu’s choice was unexpectedly to counter with a wave.
“Spark.”
Different from traditional counter-waves.
The Spark released by Mo Jiu’s Morpeko after Charging not only had astonishingly small grid density, but its “Toughness” was also unimaginably strong.
At extreme speed, Spark enveloped the oncoming Leaf Storm and even wrapped in the rushing Grovyle preparing another X-Scissor.
“Morpeko, gather power in your tail and launch him upward.”
Without giving Grovyle time to struggle out of Spark, under the crowd’s stunned gaze, Morpeko’s small tail used immense power to fiercely whip the Spark-wrapped Grovyle on the ground, sending it flying into the sky.
“Thunder Shock.”
Electric-type attack again.
Massive current rose from the ground, attacking toward the airborne Grovyle.
“Leaf Blade, block it.”
Zhou Fengjue’s side didn’t sit idly by.
Without knowing the move’s power, recklessly taking a Charged Morpeko’s Electric-type move was truly irrational.
Grovyle crossed its arms in front, the leaves on its arms glowed green and extended a long section.
The current met the green Leaf Blade and was split into two.
But even so, the current grazing past still caused some damage to Grovyle.
Though not painful, the occasional electric zap feeling from the current clinging to its body made Grovyle very uncomfortable.
At this point, the Spark on Grovyle seemed less tough than before; Grovyle coated the Leaf Blade on its arms with Grass attribute energy and smoothly broke free from Spark.
After breaking free, it instinctively looked toward the ground, searching for Morpeko, preparing to attack it using the falling momentum, but found no trace of Morpeko on the ground.
“Again!”
As Mo Jiu’s crisp voice rang out, Grovyle and Zhou Fengjue realized something was wrong.
Zhou Fengjue looked up sharply and found Morpeko had somehow gotten above Grovyle; its Charged tail wrapped in abundant electricity precisely hit Grovyle’s waist and back.
“Gwah~”
After a howl, it plummeted from high altitude to the ground.
Seeing Grovyle slowly rising from the ground, somewhat disheveled but still battle-capable, Mo Jiu had Morpeko deliver the final blow.
“Thunderbolt.”
Close combat was disadvantageous for Morpeko; after her judgment, using an Electric-type move for edge ob at this point was sufficient.
And sure enough, the Grovyle that had just gotten up, Charging a Leaf Blade aimed at the falling Morpeko above for a counterattack, was hit by this Thunderbolt in surprise and lost combat ability.
“Battle ends! Winner is competitor F11, Mo Jiu!”
The result was within Li Wei’s expectations, but his teammates clearly hadn’t anticipated this outcome.
But victory and defeat are common; team civil war must have a loser.
Zhou Fengjue looked at Mo Jiu and the Morpeko that seized the opportunity and cleanly took out his Pokémon in one combo; he felt he lost convincingly.
From the moment X-Scissor was dodged, he had lost battle initiative.
Or rather, when he failed to dodge Morpeko’s tougher post-Charge Spark, his battle had already ended.
“You’re strong!”
Zhou Fengjue said to her after meeting Mo Jiu in the competitor passage.
“I accept your concession.”
Mo Jiu said humbly.
“Indeed, my training is still insufficient.”
Zhou Fengjue reflected on his actions during the battle and said somewhat annoyed.
“Not bad, just gave me an opportunity to seize.”
“That’s still me giving you the chance to grab; I wasn’t careful enough. Good luck in your subsequent matches!”
Zhou Fengjue said to Mo Jiu.
“Thanks, I will!”
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Back in the audience seats, Mo Jiu and Zhou Fengjue were greeted by Tian Bai.
“Impressive, little Jiu! Even defeated the battle maniac Boss Zhou!”
After hugging Mo Jiu, Tian Bai teasingly said to Zhou Fengjue, “Boss Zhou, got careless?”
“Not bad, inferior skill; need to work harder.”
He took the Cola from Tian Bai’s hand, smoothly plopped down next to Li Wei, inserted the Cola into Li Wei’s hood, waited a few seconds, then took it out.
“She’s strong.”
Zhou Fengjue looked at Mo Jiu surrounded by Tian Bai and Tu Xiaomi nearby and said to Li Wei.
“If she keeps winning, you’ll meet in the championship match.”
“Yeah.”
Li Wei nodded.
“Then you better watch out for her; I feel she didn’t even go all out, or rather, she’s hiding her strength.”
After mentally replaying the match, Zhou Fengjue said to Li Wei.
“I have the same feeling.”
Li Wei agreed with Zhou Fengjue.
“What do you think is the issue?”
Looking at Zhou Fengjue in contemplation, Li Wei asked.
After all, his guesses from the sidelines definitely weren’t as insightful as Zhou Fengjue who battled directly in the arena.
“Didn’t feel much during the battle, but on the way back I kept replaying it, and during replay I found that both tactics and Pokémon strength gave a feeling of being led by the nose and suppressed…
First, that absurd Spark’s Toughness; it was very tough at first, Leaf Blade couldn’t even cut it, why did it suddenly loosen later?
Time limit? I don’t think it’s that kind of restriction… I suspect breaking free was just Morpeko giving up control of Spark…”
“How so?”
If others heard this conversation, they might think Zhou Fengjue was paranoid, but Li Wei, who clearly knew Morpeko’s internal energy, didn’t think Zhou Fengjue was exaggerating.
“My Grovyle has undergone special training in endurance and defense; logically, even falling from high altitude shouldn’t hurt much.
Yet it got taken out by a single Thunderbolt at the end… just absurd, you get it.
By noob standards, my Grovyle landing and getting precisely hit by Thunderbolt to lose combat ability is reasonable…
But… with my Nurturing Degree, plus attribute Damage Reduction… this just doesn’t make sense…
You get what I mean?”
Zhou Fengjue spoke haltingly, very conflicted.
After all, he couldn’t figure out what besides absolute strength gap could cause this result.
He was absolutely sure of his Pokémon’s Nurturing Degree; among novice Pokémon instances, calling it “top-tier” wasn’t excessive, yet such Nurturing Degree was mercilessly taken out by a single “Thunderbolt.”
This…
His mood was very complex.
“Got it, understood.”
Li Wei nodded solemnly.
‘Looks like I’m not overthinking… a Thunderbolt that can one-shot Grovyle…’
Due to these concerns, during Li Wei’s own Top 16 to Top 8 match, his expression wasn’t great.
His opponent in this match was the Corviknight that eliminated Tu Xiaomi.
Li Wei entered the Battle Arena with a grim face silently, and his unusually expressive face drew attention from the commentator and audience.
“Oh? Our competitor Li Wei’s expression seems quite bad! Why is that?
His opponent this match, oh wow, it’s a Corviknight!!!
This Corviknight’s strength is obvious to all; in previous matches, it showed absolute power, and with absolute aerial advantage, every matchup ended with a beautiful defeat of the opponent!
Facing such a strong enemy, is competitor Li Wei worried??
Will his myth of crushing opponents with terrifying strength end here?!!!!!
Li Wei’s opponent Sun Yubo comes from an ordinary family in Magic City, and reaching this position undoubtedly required unimaginable effort!
So today, at this moment, will he accomplish the feat of slaying the demon that no one has done in the past few days?!!!
Let’s wait and see!!!”
The commentator wasn’t afraid of being slapped in the face, saying whatever could stir excitement, and the audience, especially casual viewers without deep Pokémon battle knowledge, naturally got hyped.
Hero fights Demon King, an eternal legend.
They loved watching Li Wei’s winning streak “myth,” but seeing him taken down by a stronger hero had max “entertainment value” too!!!!
At this point in the arena, Li Wei’s opponent Sun Yubo heard the commentator’s words, glanced at Li Wei’s expression, seemed to understand something, got excited, and couldn’t hold back from starting trash talk, prematurely delivering his prepared “victory speech.”
“Your streak ends today.”
Sun Yubo boasted.
Facing such words, Li Wei gave no reply, as if accepting it, still grim-faced and silent.
“I’ll defeat you with my Pokémon! Flying Type beats Fighting-type; I have innate advantage! Your winning streak ends here!!”
Full of fighting spirit and confidence.
In Li Wei’s words, the boy opposite was pretty cute.
Corviknight Steel and Flying Types.
Steel weak to Fighting, but Flying restrains Fighting; as its Trainer, he was confident to keep Corviknight safely airborne, not hit by restraining attribute moves.
Kiting a ground-bound Pokémon couldn’t be simpler, right?
As for Riolu’s aerial ascent in elimination matches.
Forum analysis said it was some special means with many restrictions.
Otherwise, such a powerful move, no reason Li Wei only used it once in eliminations.
Probably psychological tactic, anti-routine, opening big move early to confuse opponents and create invisible pressure.
As expected from prestigious family; rich competition experience, lots of routines!
But no problem!
He Sun Yubo would prove today that before absolute strength, any routine is futile!
“Match start!”
As pre-planned, at match start, Corviknight ascended, hovering high while not exceeding vertical field limits.
‘Once airborne, offensive rhythm naturally falls to me.’
‘When his attacks fail or failed jumps expose flaws… seize then attack… victory scale tilts my way.’
Sun Yubo recalled his battle plan from last night; while executing, he carefully observed Riolu’s movements in the field, probing weaknesses, preparing to strike at the right moment.
But…
Li Wei in contemplation had no mind for what was in this guy’s head; even what he said went in one ear and out the other—after all, his brain was for girls, what did this dude’s words have to do with him?
So Li Wei commanded.
“Riolu, bring it down, one-shot combo.”
This gave Riolu great leeway.
After 0.1 seconds of independent thought, scanning his move pool mentally, Riolu made this judgment.
He raised both hands, palms facing, empty space between forming a small circle aimed at the airborne Corviknight.
Took three deep breaths, focused, then slammed hands downward.
At that moment, in the Battle Arena, an astonishing scene occurred.
The hovering Corviknight suddenly plummeted like a puppet with cut strings, smashing hard onto the ground.
It struggled to rise but astonishingly couldn’t even lift its wings.
Then Riolu clenched one fist and smashed it into the palm below.
Simultaneously, the grounded Corviknight seemed hit by a sudden attack.
With a boom, after a tremor, a small crater appeared where Corviknight was.
Everyone was baffled by this “supernatural” scene.
This… what the heck??!?
“Match ends, competitor E233 Li Wei wins.”
Using Aura as Psychic Power was Riolu’s self-insight combining Li Wei’s training and observing Eevee train Psychic Power.
If he could proficiently control airflow around objects, obviously he could easily manipulate the object.
Fine details he couldn’t do, but at least slamming a Corviknight from high air was effortless now.
Another battle ended in a way beyond everyone’s expectations.
The pre-match predictions of even match, hard-fought, grueling battle simply didn’t happen.
Li Wei might act along if casually hearing commentator analysis without thinking, but now pondering Mo Jiu’s tactics, he had no mind for what these people thought.
Logically, his Riolu could crush all same-age Pokémon, yet why this uneasy feeling?
That Morpeko eyeing Riolu’s energy, so what?
In competition, Riolu could even match Eevee-level turret; what was he panicking about?
Finally unable to figure it out, Li Wei gave up thinking, planning to go home and “experiment” with Eevee.
If he could guess what Mo Jiu planned for Morpeko or predict the destruction from that energy scale, his champion throne was secure.
Ultimately, his main worry was over-panicking that his first-ever champion trophy from childhood might go to someone else.
That wouldn’t do.
This championship was his; no one could take it.
With such thoughts, Li Wei saluted his opponent respectfully, then turned and left the Battle Arena with Riolu.
Tomorrow Top 8 to Top 4; his opponent a Gastly, Mo Jiu’s a Drednaw.
Wait till tomorrow to see.
Hope that Drednaw doesn’t disappoint too much; best if it forces out what he wants to see.
Thinking so, Li Wei resumed his usual expression, slouching back to the audience seats.
“Wow, Li Wei, you’re such a troll.”
Just back, Yu Yixian excitedly came over and said.
???
“How am I a troll?”
Fresh from thinking, Li Wei was a bit confused by the evaluation.
“Too good at acting; forget Trainer, go Coordinator route and debut as actor?”
????
“How did I act?”
“You have the nerve to ask?”
Yu Yixian rolled his eyes.
“On stage seeing Corviknight, look at your face, could squeeze ink out. I tell you, if I were that Corviknight’s Trainer, I’d be thrilled too; credit to him holding back, only saying he’d beat you—to me I’d have victory speech ready.”
“Yeah, exactly.”
Tian Bai chimed in from the side.
“Clearly has one-shot strength but insists on acting; never seen anyone add drama to themselves like this.”
Zhou Fengjue suddenly followed up with a second roast.
“Ah this… I didn’t… I didn’t…”
But Li Wei’s explanation seemed weak; no one believed him—after all, Li Wei’s troll nature was deep-rooted.
“Suddenly pity that Corviknight’s Trainer.”
“Yeah. Life’s ups and downs are no more than this.”
Slaying the Demon King to become hero would be hugely beneficial for that Corviknight Trainer.
Like heroes destined to slay evil dragons for fame and fortune, the remaining 7 competitors each aimed to take down Li Wei, claim championship, and etch their name in university history.
For Li Wei, no pressure; he just worried without 100% win certainty for one-punch.
Walking out of the venue watching the setting sun outside, Li Wei finally realized this.
Full-blown OCD.
Back when gaming, his mind was full of lifesteal…
Adjusting mood, Li Wei went home for a big meal, routinely updated parents on his matches, lay by the window watching Pokémon leisurely play in the courtyard, decided to seize the time to boot computer and find games in this world… for reference.
Right, proper reference.
two thousand years later
Time always flies; the next day arrived.
Before observing others, Li Wei had to deal with this Gastly first.
“Gastly, huh…”
Honestly, he quite fancied this Pokémon; without the superior Riolu choice, his starter might’ve been between Torchic and Gastly—”little rooster points to who, I pick that.”
High strength, high ceiling, highly operable, and final evolution Gengar’s chubby hands and feet oddly poked Li Wei’s cute spot, plus that perpetual big grin was really adorable…
At least in his eyes, Gengar’s cuteness > Eevee’s.
In some sense, Li Wei’s “cute” was quite unique.
“Boo~”
Gastly appeared in the field, restlessly floating around.
Same old awkward hype commentary, audience thrilled; Li Wei sighed.
After routine pre-match check, the match finally started.
“Gastly, Black Gaze.”
Two streaks of black light suddenly appeared in Gastly’s eyes, coiling into a phantom pair of eyes overhead.
Being stared at by the phantom, Riolu couldn’t help feeling “pinned down.”
This feeling was subtle, different from Super Rhyperior’s “ghost face”; this “Black Gaze” seemed to have more special effects, like monitoring his every move.
Something Riolu hadn’t seen before, so with a thought, he conveyed his doubt to Li Wei.
【？】
【Don’t panic, I’ve seen his battle recordings; follow my commands, play normally.】
Li Wei replied.
Li Wei had specially noted this Black Gaze tactic when studying Gastly’s battle recordings.
All along, he felt this world’s “Status Moves” were subtly odd.
Like “speed boost,” “infatuation,” etc.; sometimes same effect achievable without the Status Move, or perhaps Status Moves entirely unnecessary?
But actually, after more understanding and data checking, Li Wei realized he was trapped in a thinking loop.
Status Moves don’t need “common sense” explanation; some like Swords Dance invoke certain rules, others just fancy energy use renamed by effect.
In games, “Black Gaze” prevents escape, but in reality, through these Ghost-type energy-formed black eyes, Gastly can more keenly monitor Riolu’s every action.
Even better, with more practice, “seeing” energy gathering or predicting positions via tiny motions isn’t impossible.
Move used very tricky, combined with this Gastly’s dirty playstyle, Li Wei roughly guessed its attack method.
Probably core “Lick,” “Haze” as cover, “Black Gaze” as global monitor, using Gastly’s agility to drain opponent stamina.
Similar to Yu Yixian’s Ponyta “Psycho Cut” + “Psychic Power” tactic.
Simply put, a dirty routine.
But…
He Li Wei specialized in countering fancy tricks.
After Li Wei guessed the attack, sure enough, Gastly was suddenly enveloped in black fog, which then spread across the field.
Li Wei knew this routine, and recordings mostly ended here.
Only Trainer commands and Pokémon cries of being hit audible.
Except referee with special glasses and assisting Psychic-type Pokémon beside, most couldn’t see what happened in Haze.
If Li Wei’s battles were audience favorites, this Gastly Trainer’s were the least liked.
After all…
Watched for nothing.
Battle starts, Gastly opens eyes, Gastly spits Haze, Gastly @……&#……@！&#, match ends.
Audience: ????
But since it’s against Li Wei, livestream chat was subtly lively.
Haze deterrence began, but curiosity about whether Li Wei would fall to this eerie Gastly had bored netizens using emotes and barrages to self-imagine the battle in the fog-filled stream.
Back to the battle.
Others might fear this Haze, but Li Wei truly wasn’t afraid at all.
With Aura, even blind, life can be colorful.
After all… he could “see.”
“Riolu, grab it.”
Who doesn’t have some flashy plays.
After discovering Riolu could condense Aura into objects, Li Wei’s first idea was to train him an “Invisible Hand.”
After all, diligent Riolu, of course he must learn what the “Diligent High Priest” knows, right?
Gastly’s body is gas-formed, so it can infiltrate anywhere.
Dad said, beat gas with gas; Aura perfect for this.
At this moment, in Li Wei and Riolu’s vision, a blue little ball was slowly floating toward Riolu, occasionally making weird “hee hee hee~” sounds, deliberately fanning wind near Riolu.
In true blind vision might panic, but since they could see Gastly, the behavior was somewhat comical.
Then as Gastly extended its tongue to sneak behind for a lick, Riolu “grabbed” it.
“Boo?”
Suddenly feeling confined by something, Gastly was puzzled and made a doubtful sound.
Haze debuffs “both sides”; opponent Trainer had no special gear, so couldn’t see Gastly’s actions in Haze either.
Hearing Gastly’s puzzled cry, he just thought it encountered something fun while attacking.
Outside, he calmly smirked, looking confident of victory.
Yes, this tactic against others might work.
Forcing separation of Trainer and Pokémon, creating terror atmosphere, easily panics inexperienced Pokémon into losing combat ability.
But…
He Li Wei specialized in countering such fancy tactics.
【Aura Sphere】
Li Wei’s face still panicked, but calmly commanded Riolu next instructions.
Suddenly blue light flashed in Haze; Riolu, taught by Li Wei yesterday to “finish properly,” fired three Aura Spheres in a row.
Full Aura energy with massive airflow directly hit the Gastly held by Riolu.
“Boo… boo…”
As Gastly fell, Riolu released massive Aura airflow again, Haze dissipated, battle ended.
“Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!!”
Off-field gasps.
Didn’t know what happened, but win calls for cheers.
Perhaps following that idea, someone started, like Emperor’s battle, seemed wrong not to cheer in this atmosphere; Li Wei’s Top 8 to Top 4 was lively and heated!
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“You…”
The opposite Gastly Trainer looked up at Li Wei, panic gone from his face; as fellow dirty routine researcher, he instantly realized Li Wei’s level far surpassed his.
Deep breath, annoyed, recalled his downed Gastly to Poké Ball.
After routine post-match salute, left arena angrily.
Lost?
Lost so suddenly without warning?
Worst, he didn’t even know how he lost??
This is outrageous!!!!
Mad!
So mad!
Timo’s Flop Diary
August 7th
Today my small chair finally arrived.
Ah my back.
Ah comfortable.
My god.
You don’t get it.
Really too comfortable; finally can code alive.
owo
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Have to say.
Soul Lotus Ahri is just too appealing.
That original art can’t be seen in thumbnail; need the big one during match load.
Face that looked puffy suddenly became beautiful; stunningly so.
And effects are perfection, you know!!!!
a is super smooth and comfy, skill effects look great too.
Insane!
Most beautiful skin, harshest poke damage!
Cassiopeia’s white snake also super great.
Q has little flowers, e no special effects, but really appealing!!!
Cassiopeia’s prestige skin, bar none, absolutely.
Yone also super appealing, really too much.
Wow kaka.
Today good day.
Puff puff puff.
Still a Ten Thousand Words Daily day; 2 days till my update 10x1w badge.
Hope consecutive 30-day Ten Thousand Words Daily badge is fine.
Above.
