Pokémon: Master System.

This is a Shiny Aegislash!

Legend has it that Aegislash enjoys using its powerful spiritual energy to control people and Pokémon, establishing kingdoms to suit its own needs. It seems to be able to discern who has the potential to become king, and those it approves of will ultimately become so. It has followed successive kings, using its spiritual energy to control the hearts of people and Pokémon, forcing them into obedience. Although kings accompanied by Aegislash once ruled their entire kingdoms, in the end, their life force was drained, and their kingdoms perished.

The single eye on the blood-red sword stared greedily at Xia Yu and Long Yanning. Its blade slowly pierced into the driver's body, greedily absorbing the driver's essence and converging it towards its blade. The driver turned into a dried-up corpse at a visible speed, while the sword-shield monster's body became increasingly eerily crimson.

After the driver's body had completely desiccated, the Night Demon suddenly opened its mouth and sucked the driver's soul from the desiccated body, swallowing it whole. After eating, it showed a satisfied expression on its face.

Holy crap, a one-stop service?

Sword and shield monsters drain people's life force, while night demons drain people's souls. A win-win situation, huh? No wonder those three died such gruesome deaths.

Xia Yu felt a chill run down his spine. He realized he had underestimated the Pokémon world; this was the first time he had ever encountered such a bizarre and terrifying combination.

Two terrifying Ghost-type Pokémon live and hunt each other in a mutually beneficial relationship. Dusknoir, along with Aegislash, hides in the Spirit World and launches surprise attacks to hunt humans. Aegislash needs the life force of human bodies, while Dusknoir only needs human souls, making them a perfect combination.

It's just unknown whether these two Pokémon have trainers behind them, or rather, there's a very high probability that they have trainers behind them.

Because Aegislash requires a Dark Stone to evolve.

At the same time, although the evolution of the Night Demon Spirit does not require communication in reality, it still requires the Spirit World Cloth.

This is also why these two Pokémon rarely appear in the wild, so Xia Yu guessed that there was probably a trainer behind these two Pokémon!

One is a near-Elite Four level Dusknoir, and the other is an Aegislash, which is even Elite Four level Pokémon, and it's shiny too. Xia Yu scratched his head as he thought about it.

Facing these two powerful Pokémon, Long Yanning's expression was also solemn, but she stood in front of Xia Yu without hesitation. Although she was half a head shorter than Xia Yu, she firmly protected him behind her.

The feeling of being protected by a woman was unpleasant, but Xia Yu had no choice. He had a bad stomach, so he didn't mind being fed by a woman.

"Xia Yu, hide behind me." Long Yan Ning took out all the Poké Balls and threw them forward.

All six Pokémon—Noivern, Haxorus, Kommo-o, Gyarados, Ampharos, and Deino—are participating in the battle.

This is a life-or-death struggle, so there's no such thing as a fair fight. Since everyone's going to lose their lives, they'll go for as many as they can.

Among them, Noivern, Haxorus, and Kommo-o have all reached the level of near-Elite Four, while Gyarados and Ampharos are only at the level of Gym Leader. Deinodra is even weaker, still growing, having just evolved from Deinodra into Deinodra, and its strength has just reached the level of Gym Leader.

As for Xia Yu, he also released his three Pokémon. Although the difference in strength was huge, he would add as much combat power as possible.

The Nodding Bat can also unleash an ultrasonic wave, though it may not be effective. The Grovyle can release Grassy Terrain, and the Shiny Charmander... well, Charmander, with all its offensive moves, can only be a spectator.

It seemed like Xia Yulong and Yan Ning's side had an absolute advantage in a nine-on-two situation, but their combined strength was actually slightly weaker, especially the blood-red shield-and-sword monster, which gave off an extremely terrifying feeling.

"Teacher Long, I can't get through on the phone." At the same time, Xia Yu was also trying to make a call, but found that there was no signal at all. He guessed that it was very likely because they had been taken into the spirit world by the Night Demon Spirit and cut off from the outside world. The sudden feeling of stagnation in the car just now should be the result of entering the spirit world.

To return, they would need to rely on powerful Pokémon of the Psychic, Ghost, and Dark types, but unfortunately, neither of them has a single Pokémon that meets the requirements. Therefore, their only way out is to defeat Dusknoir and Aegislash.

Chapter 63 The Mysterious Ghost System

"Whoosh!"

The Shielded Sword Monster launched the first fierce attack, wielding its blood-red sword and activating its Holy Sword skill.

【Holy Sword】: A melee physical skill that slashes at the opponent, ignoring changes in the opponent's abilities and dealing direct damage.

The Holy Sword skill is an extremely powerful skill. It is not only highly effective but also has no negative effects. Most importantly, it can ignore changes in the opponent's abilities and deal damage directly.

Just from the name, you can tell how powerful the Holy Sword move is. Let's take a look at the Pokémon that can learn the Holy Sword move. First, the Samurai family of the starter Pokémon can only learn it through inheritance. Second, only Gallade and Aegislash, two non-legendary Pokémon, can learn the Holy Sword move by leveling up. Finally, there are four Holy Sword Pokémon: Grappaon, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo, which can of course also learn Holy Sword. In addition, there is the Ultra Beast Karma, the Legendary Pokémon Zacian, and the Mythical Pokémon Ancient Blade.

Just look at these Pokémon to see how prestigious the Holy Sword move is. Almost all of them can learn it, including legendary or ultra-powerful Pokémon. There isn't a single weak one. That's what makes it so impressive.

The Shielded Sword Monster, already possessing a sword-wielding form, boasts extremely high attack power. With the addition of the Holy Sword skill, it poses an even greater and more lethal threat to its opponents.

The Sword and Shield Monster, its massive blood-red sword enveloped in Fighting-type energy, slashed towards Long Yanning.

"Hold on!"

"Roar!"

Kommo-o immediately raised the scales on its arms, while its entire body was filled with Normal-type energy, forming a light shield in front of it to block Aegislash's attack!

The Aegislash's attack was powerful and overwhelming, forcing Kommo-o to use its Protect ability immediately, as it dared not take the hit head-on.

"Morphodon, use Flamethrower!"

Long Yanning has extensive battle experience. She knows that when facing a Pokémon like Aegislash, you must not use physical attacks for close combat, but must use special attacks for ranged attacks.

Because Aegislash has a very powerful core skill, King's Shield. It can block the opponent's attack while switching its form into shield form, greatly increasing its defense and significantly reducing the damage from the opponent it comes into contact with.

To be honest, such an awesome Pokémon made Aegislash a top choice in battles until the introduction of Dynamax in Generation VIII, coupled with the official nerf to its base stats, which caused Aegislash to fall from its pedestal.

The best way to deal with such a powerful Pokémon is to use special attacks. However, Aegislash's strength also includes its excellent resistances: immunity to 3 types, resistance to 8 types, and 4x resistance to 1 type. Its weaknesses are only Fire, Ground, Dark, and Ghost, and it has no 4x weakness.

There are only two Pokémon with such excellent Ghost and Steel attributes: Aegislash and Cyclops. Speaking of Cyclops, it is an even rarer Pokémon than Aegislash. It seems that no one in the world has discovered Cyclops yet.

It requires 999 coins from the Money-Gathering Spirit, a demanding condition that is extremely difficult to achieve in reality.

Getting back to the main point, among the skills that Kommo-o has learned, there aren't many that can counter Aegislash. First of all, the Earthquake skill can't be used, otherwise it will accidentally hurt teammates, so the only option is Flamethrower.

"Roar!"

Upon hearing Long Yanning's command, the Staff-tailed Armored Dragon instantly filled its mouth with a large ball of flame and spewed it out.

"Soundwave Dragon, Shadow Ball! Attack Aegislash."

"Double-headed Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dark Pulse! Attack Aegislash!"

At the same time, Long Yan Ning ordered Noivern and Deinothia, both special attack-oriented Pokémon, to attack Aegislash, using moves that were super effective against Aegislash.

As for Gyarados and Haxorus, both physical attackers, they are specifically designed to deal with Dusknoir. While Ampharos is also a special attacker, its moveset doesn't cover Aegislash, so Dragon Smoke lets it attack Dusknoir.

"Gyarados, use Dragon Dance!"

"Double Axe Dragon, Crush, Attack Night Demon."

"Electric Dragon, 100,000 Volts, attack Night Demon."

As Longyan Ning's voice fell, in addition to the Gyarados that was performing Dragon Dance, the other Pokémon also joined the group attack, unleashing Ghost-type Shadow Ball, Dark-type Dark Pulse, and Ampharos' Thunderbolt.

The Double-Haxed Dragon charged violently towards the Night Demon like a tank, engaging it in battle.

The scene instantly became chaotic. The appearance of the six Pokémon reassured Xia Yu slightly. Even though the two evil Pokémon in front of him were indeed very strong, Long Yanning was not weak either.

Looking at the tense situation and then at the three little Pokémon beside him, Xia Yu decided not to go and join in the fun.

With their strength, any skill that grazed Xia Yu's Charmander and Buzzbat would severely injure them. Now it seems that the only thing to do is to let the Forest Lizard open a grassy area.

Xia Yu hesitated slightly, but still decided to have the Forest Lizard use the Grassy Terrain move. After all, with Grassy Terrain activated, Long Yan Ning would have six Pokémon that could heal, while the enemy only had two. He just didn't know if Grassy Terrain would still be effective once they entered the Spirit World.

"Forest lizard, use the grassy ground!"

As Xia Yu's voice fell, the Grass-type energy on the Forest Lizard surged, and then it used the Grassy Terrain move. The Grass-type energy spread from its feet outwards, and Grass-type energy appeared on the ground, nourishing the Pokémon on the ground.

Long Yan Ning turned her head in surprise when she saw the field turn into a grassy field. This skill was quite rare. She didn't expect that the forest lizard would actually master this skill.

"boom!"

At the same time, all the skills bombarded the Aegislash and the Night Demon, creating a huge explosion. However, the Aegislash immediately used the King's Shield skill, putting itself into a defensive state, blocking all the attacks, and switching itself into shield form.

On the other side, Dusknoir was locked in a fierce battle with Haxorus. Facing a Haxorus of equal strength, along with attacks from Ampharos and Gyarados that had just completed Dragon Dance, Dusknoir quickly found itself at a disadvantage. It was no match for the three Pokémon.

If we deal with the Night Demon first, and then surround and attack the Shield and Sword Monster, it will be a six-on-one situation.

Just as the situation was tilting in Long Yanning's favor, a tearing sound suddenly came from the surrounding space. The spirit realm was ripped open from the outside, creating a gap.

"what?"

A surprised sound came from the crack, and a figure appeared there. She was covered in a raincoat and a mask, completely obscuring her face, so her appearance was impossible to discern.

However, what's more noticeable than her appearance is the Pokémon beside her, Chandelure.

A normal chandelier spirit should be about one meter tall, but this chandelier spirit was nearly 1.8 meters tall, floating beside the woman with its yellow eyes looking at everyone present.

A Crystal Lamp Spirit with Heavenly King-level strength!

Xia Yu's heart sank. He immediately took out his phone and secretly dialed a number. As a gap was torn open in the spirit world, his phone regained a signal and he was able to make the call.

The sudden appearance of this woman made Xia Yu and Long Yanning's hearts sink. This woman was very likely the owner of the two Ghost-type Pokémon, the mysterious Ghost-type trainer.

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Chapter 64 Mysterious Items

The scene came to a standstill.

The mysterious Ghost-type Pokémon trainer, the two Ghost-type Pokémon, Xia Yu, and Long Yanning—none of the three dared to make a rash move.

A few seconds later, a surprising scene unfolded: all three parties simultaneously chose to retreat!

Upon seeing other humans appear and sensing the powerful ghost-type energy emanating from the Chandelure, the Shiny Shield Swordsman and Night Demon chose to flee without hesitation.

They were already at a disadvantage against Longyan Ning's six Pokémon, and with another powerful opponent arriving, they naturally began to consider retreating.

The Night Demon unleashed its Black Mist skill and vanished into the black mist along with the Shield Sword Monster.

Long Yanning and Xia Yu fled, naturally mistaking the mysterious Ghost-type woman for the trainers of two Pokémon. Originally, they thought they had a chance against Swordslinger and Dusknoir, but upon seeing Chandelure, the two ultimately chose to run away to save their lives.

However, what they didn't know was that the woman was not actually the trainer of these two Pokémon, but rather Miyano Ranjin, the Ghost-type trainer from the Sakura Kingdom who appeared with Xu Xiu.

While she and Xu Xiu were investigating the names on the roster separately, the crystal chandelier spirit beside them detected strong ghost-type energy fluctuations nearby, clearly indicating the presence of a powerful ghost.

As a top-tier Ghost-type trainer in Japan, Miyano Ranjin naturally wouldn't miss the chance to capture powerful Ghost-type Pokémon. Therefore, she didn't hesitate to have Chandelure tear open the entrance to the spirit world, and when she discovered two Pokémon, she was indeed pleasantly surprised.

Leaving aside the extremely rare Dusknoir, the shiny Aegislash is enough to drive anyone crazy.