Chapter 312: Gan Xin: Perfect, He Can Actually Call A Halt
“This can’t go on like this. We can’t fight but we can’t not fight, and we can’t defend either.” The Second Elder roared.
Gan Xin and the Third Elder also felt a wave of helplessness in their hearts. Did they really want things to continue like this?
A ruthless glint flashed in the Third Elder’s eyes: “Never mind! We must fight back.”
“Corviknight, go up and use Fury Attack! Be careful not to hurt the Trainer on Tropius’s back.” The Third Elder commanded.
Gan Xin followed suit: “Corviknight, we’ll go up too and use Scary Face.”
“Corviknight, you keep an eye on that Trainer. If he’s in mortal danger, go save him.” The Second Elder commanded as well.
Hearing this, the Corviknight looked at the Trainer strangely.
Aren’t you sick or something?
Attacking the enemy on one side while saving others on the other—what kind of left-brain attack, right-brain behavior is this?
The Second Elder said helplessly: “Just do it.”
Didn’t he know this was stupid? But the problem was he had no choice.
After the first Corviknight flew over and used Scary Face, Lu Li wasn’t affected much, but the Tropius under him couldn’t handle it.
The effect of Scary Face was almost guaranteed to hit as long as it was seen, especially since both sides had similar strength.
An indescribable fear surged in Tropius’s heart. In that instant of daze, Tropius’s flight speed was instantly suppressed by several levels.
Even Lu Li could feel that Tropius’s speed had slowed down.
Moreover, the Corviknight kept releasing Scary Face continuously.
In the real world, negative status skills like Scary Face usually have immunity mechanics, just like repeated Protect—use it too much and the opponent develops immunity.
However, this wasn’t a fatal flaw, because by the time the opponent’s Pokémon gradually got used to the scary face, their speed might already have been reduced to the minimum.
Just like Tropius now.
The other Corviknight followed closely, and the combination of random strikes and claws instantly left several gashes on Tropius’s body. This was even with the Corviknight deliberately avoiding Lu Li.
With its wings injured, Tropius wobbled unsteadily. Plus, its speed had been reduced to the extreme. Knowing that aerial combat no longer held an advantage, Lu Li jumped directly onto Mega Charizard Y’s back.
“Tropius, use Photosynthesis to recover.” After instructing Tropius, Lu Li commanded Mega Charizard Y: “Charizard! Knock these Corviknight down.”
Receiving the order, Mega Charizard Y unleashed a pale golden flame with all its might.
Blast Burn·Modified.
Mega Charizard Y’s flames turned into a massive abyssal maw, swallowing the Corviknight that had just used Fury Attack in one bite.
Seeing this chilling scene, Gan Xin couldn’t help exclaiming, “What secret technique is this?”
“It should be Blast Burn modified. The intel said the Rainbow Hero’s Charmander has extraordinary Flame Conjuring Technique ability. This Mega Charizard Y must be the Charmander mentioned in the intel.” The Second Elder murmured gravely.
Corviknight’s special defense wasn’t particularly outstanding, and with double weakness to Fire Type, a bad premonition flashed in Gan Xin’s heart.
His Corviknight wouldn’t get one-shot, would it?
After the flames hit, the charred Corviknight fell like a meteor.
Seeing this, the Second Elder hurriedly commanded: “Corviknight! Save it quickly!”
The Corviknight hadn’t completely lost its battle ability; it had just temporarily lost consciousness in the high heat and oxygen-deprived environment.
If not rescued, falling from such a height would definitely cause secondary damage to the Corviknight.
On the other side, without Lu Li on its back, the Third Elder could attack Tropius even more recklessly.
“Attack Tropius with full force! We must take it down quickly.”
The Corviknight receiving the order launched a fierce attack on Tropius without hesitation, and even the Metagross below joined in attacking Tropius.
Metagross’s Cannon Beam accurately hit the Tropius whose speed had been reduced to the minimum.
Although Tropius tried its best to dodge, its wings were still pierced by the Cannon Beam. Most fatally, the Corviknight’s Air Slash followed right after, instantly severing Tropius’s right wing.
Having lost a wing, Tropius rapidly plummeted toward the ground.
Seeing this, Lu Li’s facial expression changed.
When numbers weren’t advantageous, this was the uncomfortable part—once a mistake happened, the enemy’s relentless attacks would one-shot them.
Tropius’s Leech Seed had no target to parasitize yet. The only recovery skill available right now was Photosynthesis, but its recovery ability was far inferior to “Star Absorbing Technique”.
If Tropius couldn’t recover immediately, all that awaited it was crashing down.
Falling from such a height would cause enough damage to make Tropius lose its battle ability.
At this critical moment, Tropius’s falling speed suddenly slowed, and it gently landed on the ground.
“We didn’t arrive late, did we?” Freya’s voice rang in Lu Li’s mind.
This was a common trick used by Psychic Type Trainers in battle. They generally didn’t command Pokémon through language but used telepathy to issue orders.
“Another Heavenly King… and not weak.” Gan Xin looked gravely into the distance.
Natural Bird, Armarouge, Miss Goethe, Ponyta（Special Operation）, Delphox…
The Second Elder reminded: “It’s the Psychic Heavenly King!”
Although the eighteen attributes had their strengths and weaknesses, in battle, Psychic Type and Ghost Type were absolutely the most troublesome.
At the same time, a buzzing sound came from the distance.
Dense swarms of Combee rapidly approached this way. They flew in orderly formation, with perfectly uniform spacing between each other.
Most importantly, the Vespiquen at the center of the Combee had Gym Level Peak strength.
Vespiquen plus the Vespiquen Army—this strength could absolutely match Heavenly King Level Pokémon, or even be stronger!
“Didn’t they say this kid is a Commoner?” The Second Elder’s facial expression darkened as he growled.
After seeing the newcomers’ appearances, Gan Xin exclaimed: “Freya, the Psychic Heavenly King of the America Region? Didn’t she go missing?”
Hearing this, the Third Elder asked puzzledly: “Why is the America Alliance’s Heavenly King here? And standing on the Rainbow Hero’s side.”
The Second Elder also recognized the Combee: “Yao Yifei’s（Coordination Training Match） Vespiquen Army? This is trouble.”
Combee weren’t rare, but Vespiquen were rare across the entire Jiuzhou Region, so he recognized its origins at a glance.
Gan Xin said lowly: “This matter is getting tricky.”
Although they had three Heavenly King Level Trainers, the opponents weren’t weak either. Overall, they held the advantage, but the restraint from the Rainbow Hero was the biggest problem.
“Did the Alliance intervene?” The Second Elder asked unwillingly.
“Probably not.” Gan Xin shook his head.
If the Alliance had intervened, it would have been the Dragon Heavenly King coming. Those damned Aristocratic Families would absolutely be happy to do the Rainbow Hero a favor.
Yao Yifei, riding on Altaria rushing over, shouted: “Altaria, Mega Evolve!”
Another Heavenly King Level joined.
At this moment, 27 Heavenly King Level forces had gathered on both battlefields!
This was an incredibly terrifying number, especially for those bottom-tier Trainers.
Even for top Noble Families, this number was quite terrifying, especially since there were four Heavenly King Level Trainers on site.
The war thus began.
Although he didn’t know why the opponents didn’t dare to kill him outright, this didn’t stop Lu Li from scheming based on their reluctance to kill.
This battle, though not reaching heaven-shattering levels, directly altered the surrounding environment.
The original mountainous terrain was leveled into plains, and even the ground had sunk in. It wouldn’t be long before a large lake bringing life would form here.
This tug-of-war lasted a full half hour. Because neither side went all out, Yao Yifei was the first to retreat in the end.
Her Mega Evolution time was up.
Withdrawing from battle, Yao Yifei looked enviously at Lu Li. Mega Evolution consumed stamina, and Lu Li was clearly weaker than her, yet his physical fitness was so much stronger.
In the end, it was Mega Charizard Y running out of stamina that caused it to exit the Mega Evolution state.
This was pretty outrageous.
“Unbelievable! First time seeing the Pokémon unable to handle Mega Evolution first.” Yao Yifei complained.
Realizing his side had fallen into disadvantage, Lu Li slyly shouted: “Stop!”
Earlier, he wanted to fight because he thought he could win, so he decided to fight first and talk later.
Now calling to stop was because he couldn’t win, so he called to stop.
Hearing Lu Li’s shout, the Gan Family Elders hurriedly stopped.
In fact, they didn’t want to fight either. There was no way around it—this battle was too frustrating and uncomfortable, even downright comical.
Fighting for so long without killing anyone—what kind of wild battle was this?
After the battle ceased, Gan Xin complained: “Amazing! He can even call to stop.”
The Second Elder and Third Elder nearby had darkened facial expressions.
“What do the three of you want with me?” Lu Li stepped forward and asked.
The Second Elder explained amiably: “We’re here to recover the Gan Family’s Pokémon that wandered outside.”
“Gan Family’s wandering Pokémon? And you came to me? Do you think I took your Gan Family’s Pokémon?” Lu Li asked with narrowed eyes.
The Second Elder nodded: “Yes, you might have unknowingly taken the child of the deity our Gan Family worships.”
“Deity’s child?”
Triggered by the keyword, Lu Li frowned slightly.
Kubfu? Or Starry Sprite? Or maybe Melmetal.
Lu Li didn’t think toward Melmetal, since the last appearance of Melmetal was who knows how many epochs ago, and the Gan Family clearly wasn’t an Ancient Remnant Tribe.
However, considering their Steel-type attribute, Lu Li ultimately thought the probability they were after Melmetal was the highest.
“These people seem to be from the Gan Family. This family rose because their ancestor discovered the Steel God Temple in a Secret Realm.” Yao Yifei reminded quietly from the side.
Hearing this, Lu Li suddenly understood.
This nailed it down.
These people were indeed after Melmetal. What puzzled Lu Li was that the Gan Family knew he had revived the Melmetal.
Could it be…
Considering what the old man had just said about the deity the Gan Family worshiped, Lu Li had a guess in his heart.
Melmetal and Melmetal should be able to sense each other, and the Gan Family’s Melmetal might be stronger, possibly even evolved into Melmetal.
Melmetal absolutely couldn’t be handed over—it was a Divine Beast after all.
Moreover, the Gan Family’s Melmetal clearly took the Fusion route, meaning the number of Melmetal in this world would decrease, possibly to just one.
What was this?
He ate the food in the pot and smashed the pot? Not leaving even a bite for those who came later!
How could such behavior be acceptable?
What’s more, the Gan Family wasn’t just eating and smashing the pot—they even wanted to rob the stuff in others’ pots.
Just like now.
The Gan Family was preparing to rob the stuff in his pot.
He’d always been the one robbing others, but now facing others robbing him, as a “double standard dog,” Lu Li naturally couldn’t accept it.
“What if I don’t give it?” Lu Li asked coldly with a sneer.
The Second Elder’s tone also turned icy: “Then don’t blame us for taking it by force.”
“Sigh!”
Lu Li sighed.
It seemed he had to call on the god to substitute again.
“If a Master with a Diamond rank abuses a Bronze like me, it should be fine for me to find a substitute, right?” Thinking this, Lu Li took out the mask.
Just as Lu Li was about to summon Gimmighoul, a terrifying aura suddenly descended.
A massive Gardevoir appeared in mid-air, with a cold, glamorous woman wearing glasses standing beside the Giant Gardevoir.
“Gan Family, it seems you’ve crossed the line!” Qu Tongtong said in a cold voice.
“Qu Family?”
“Damn it!”
The Second Elder cursed inwardly. He hadn’t expected the Qu Family to suddenly intervene.
And…
The Second Elder looked warily at the Giant Gardevoir beside Qu Tongtong.
That terrifying size and Overlord Aura—the Giant Gardevoir in front of him was actually a Secret Realm Overlord, and one with Master Level strength.
“The Qu Family has gone mad! To support the Rainbow Hero, they’ve even called out their family foundation.” Gan Xin madly cursed the Qu Family’s bootlicking in his heart.
That was the family foundation, after all!
Didn’t these bastards fear their home being stolen?
What? A Master Level Psychic Type Pokémon? Oh, that’s fine then.
“Tong-jie, why are you here?” Lu Li looked somewhat surprised at Qu Tongtong.
He hadn’t expected Qu Tongtong to come, and bringing such a heavyweight with her.
“Twenty-seven Heavenly King Level energy fluctuations, and so chaotic—how could I not come?” Qu Tongtong gave Lu Li a glare.
This was a battle of 27 Heavenly Kings!
This was like detecting 27 nuclear reaction fluctuations at the doorway—who wouldn’t be anxious?
In fact, Qu Tongtong only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the scene on site.
First, this group fought while holding back, deliberately minimizing the scope.
Second, Lu Li was unharmed, or she’d definitely be held accountable by the Family Head.
Others thought Lu Li was the Rainbow Hero, but she, Qu Suxin’s loyal follower, knew Lu Li’s true identity.
He was purely an Ideal Brave with no Lord of Shadows protection—killed and he’d really die.
“Go back! If you cross the line next time, the Qu Family won’t hold back.” Qu Tongtong said in an icy voice.
Although the Gan Family Elders were full of unwillingness, they still nodded humiliatingly.
