stonecrandall Chapter 274 VS Night Demon
Chapter 274 VS Night Demon
(The previous chapter should have been "Night Demon Spirit," not "Wandering Night Spirit." I made a typo~ QAQ~)
The moment Ah Xun called out the name of Wandering Night Spirit, Wandering Night Spirit seemed to be awakened.
The rage that had been simmering in its single orange eye finally ignited. It flew into the air, conjured a shadow ball in each hand, and threw it at Ash and Ash without saying a word.
Get out of the way!
"what?!"
Ash was the first to react, shouting this as he pulled Ash aside.
The two shadow orbs bombarded the ground where the two had been standing the next moment. After a cloud of black smoke disappeared, only two not-so-shallow craters remained.
"What's going on?! Why did it suddenly start attacking?! What's wrong with this Night Demon?!"
Ah Xun still doesn't seem to understand what happened at the scene, and can only express his dissatisfaction by asking a series of questions.
"Can you still ask this kind of question now? Of course, Xiao Guang and the others have been hypnotized by Dusknoir!" Xiao Zhi looked at A Xun with a hint of looking at him as an idiot. He never expected that A Xun would ask such a question when the answer was so obvious.
"But what is its purpose in doing this? What benefit does it gain from hypnotizing Hikaru and Dr. Yamanashi and bringing them here?!"
"..."
Just as Ash was about to answer, the second wave of attacks from Dusknoir arrived in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, Dusknoir seemed to realize that Ash was the one with "higher status," so when faced with the question of who to defeat first, Dusknoir made its choice almost instantly.
"I'll leave Dr. Yamanashi and the others to you. I'll deal with the Night Demon!"
Dusknoir's intentions were crystal clear. Faced with Dusknoir's provocation, Ash naturally wouldn't choose to dodge. Instead, just as Dusknoir had expected, he retreated to a more open area and waited for Dusknoir to catch up.
Following Ash's instructions, Ash walked over to the group of people who were standing with their heads down in front of the tombstone. He then looked up at Dusknoir and, after confirming that the other party had no intention of stopping him, Ash finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, even so, Ash did not put away the Poké Ball in his hand and remained quite wary.
You're here...
Ash glanced unintentionally behind him, then looked up at Dusknoir that was rapidly approaching him, before taking a Poké Ball out of his pocket.
"DUS!"
The Night Demon floated in front of Ash, squinting as it sized him up, just like it would its prey.
"No need to observe anymore, just have a match as you wish!"
Ash smiled and tossed the Poké Ball into his hand, not caring whether Dusknoir could understand what he meant.
"It's you I've chosen! Wandering Night Spirit!"
With a flash of white light, the body of the Wandering Night Spirit appeared in the open space.
The summoned Night Spirit looked up at its evolved form floating in the air and subconsciously moved a step back.
After partnering with Ash for so long, Dusty Ranger, while not exactly a veteran of countless battles, has shown significant improvement after each fight. At least now, Dusty Ranger is no longer as timid and cowardly as it was when it was Dusty Ranger, and it is no longer afraid of battle.
But despite this...
Faced with the imposing Night Demon, the Wandering Night Spirit would instinctively want to retreat.
This idea is very strange to the current Night Demon.
After all, in terms of strength, it had faced opponents stronger than itself, but the Night Demon Spirit before it gave it a feeling that was really too strange... or even too bizarre.
It's as if it didn't come from this world.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here behind you, just don't worry about it."
"..."
Hearing Ash's confident whisper, Dusty Ghost finally mustered the will to fight, even though its opponent still felt strange to it—
"Will-o'-the-wisp!"
No matter what kind of opponent they faced, whenever they were on the field, they could always hear Ash's calm and confident command.
“Sa~!”
The Wandering Night Spirit waved its hands, and several dark flames flashed in mid-air, flying straight towards the location of the Night Demon.
As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Dusknoir, the evolved form of Dusknoir, is naturally familiar with all the moves that Dusknoir can use, especially Will-O-Wisp, which symbolizes its Ghost-type Pokémon identity.
"DUS!"
With a gentle wave of his hand, the Night Demon in mid-air unleashed a howling gust of cold wind that swept across the arena.
The dark purple flames, which should have been fearless of wind and rain, turned into wisps of black smoke and vanished into the air with a casual wave of the Night Demon.
"DUS!"
As if mocking Ash and Dusknoir's overestimation of their abilities, the Night Demon quickly blended into the dim environment, hiding in the shadows, ready to strike at any moment and deliver a fatal blow to Dusknoir.
"A little trick."
Seeing that Dusknoir had indeed acted as he had expected, Ash's smile widened. He suddenly waved his hand and shouted in a tone as if declaring victory—
"gravity!"
In most people's eyes, Ghost-type Pokémon basically have the ability to "disappear," just like Dusknoir, which has now disappeared directly from their sight.
Most trainers are powerless in such situations, since they can't see where the opponent is. Taking the initiative always carries risks. Rather than putting themselves at a disadvantage, it's better to remain in a passive position. At least if they choose the latter, they still have a chance to launch a counterattack the moment the opponent appears.
This approach cannot be said to be problematic or wrong, since as long as you don't make a move, you won't reveal any weaknesses if you can't guarantee that the skill will hit.
However, there is another way to break this, which is to use crowd control skills like "gravity" to force the opponent out.
“Sa!”
Centered on the Wandering Night Spirit, a pitch-black gravity field instantly opened up, and time seemed to stand still for a moment.
The leaves floating in the air suddenly fell to the ground as if they were filled with heavy lead, pressing a hole in the muddy soil.
“DUS——”
As the withered leaves fell to the ground, another scream from the Night Demon rang out.
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