Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

"Slowking used Rain Dance! Is he going to use Rain Dance to extinguish the will-o'-the-wisp directly? That seems a bit difficult!"

Lin Xuan said with some doubt that although he knew the final result of the battle, this was the first time he had seen the process in between.

If it were just an ordinary will-o'-the-wisp, it would probably be extinguished immediately under Slowking's rain spell, but you have to remember that it's controlled by Gengar! It's impossible for Slowking to succeed so easily.

Is it really that difficult?

[With so many will-o'-the-wisps, how much rain would it take to extinguish them?]

But after a moment's thought, Lin Xuan quickly came to a conclusion.

"The effect of Rain Dance should only be to temporarily limit Will-O-Wisp, and also make it easier for Slowking to use Water-type moves later, which can deal more damage to Gengar."

Lin Xuan's words were quickly confirmed by the situation on the battlefield.

Under Slowking's rainy weather restriction, Gengar's will-o'-the-wisp burned much less intensely than before. Upon seeing this, Gengar didn't hesitate at all, grinning as countless flames shot towards Slowking.

The raindrops falling from the sky evaporated the moment they encountered the will-o'-the-wisp, and the field was instantly plunged into a white expanse. In addition, since the video was taken by Song Chen and not using specialized equipment, even Lin Xuan and the others could not see the situation on the field for a moment.

However, Lin Xuan and the others couldn't see it, but Sun Ru and Zhong Mingyi still had a clear view of the battlefield.

Needless to say, Zhong Mingyi has the superpower of Slowking. Even if he can't learn superpowers, or even if he is one of those rare superpower "geniuses", he can easily use Slowking's "eyes".

As for Sun Ru... Ghost-type Pokémon are similar to Psychic-type Pokémon in this respect. Many Ghost-type Pokémon, after becoming powerful, will also possess a certain degree of telepathic abilities. In this respect, Psychic-type and Ghost-type Pokémon are quite similar, both being known for their "strangeness," but Ghost-type Pokémon place more emphasis on the word "strange."

Soon, the mist dissipated, and Lin Xuan and the others could see the situation on the field again, but... Gengar was gone!

Slowking's psychic powers were also exploring everywhere, and he frowned slightly, clearly searching for Gengar's whereabouts. The guy disappeared from his sight in the blink of an eye, obviously using his ability to travel to another dimension.

"Slowking seems to have not yet found Gengar's location, so it has to suppress its Future Attack, which was already poised to be launched, and wait for Gengar to appear."

After her vision cleared, Lin Xuan continued her commentary.

Why does this scene feel so familiar?

[This moment is just like that moment! ]

How can they be so similar?

Clearly, this battle reminded many people familiar with Zhong Mingyi of his previous battle with Su Qiming's Gengar, as they seemed to have many similarities.

However, there's no problem, since these are all the strengths that Gengar should have, and everyone's training direction is roughly the same.

"Gengar has appeared, and it's positioned to the left of Slowking! Slowking's Foresight immediately activates, hitting Gengar directly! The situation is very favorable!"

[Imitating Teacher Qiu? No, no, that's not necessary.]

[This is just a replay, is it really necessary to be so pessimistic?]

What terrible things did Xiao Zhong do to deserve being chosen from so many people to be his dojo instructor?

Lin Xuan's face darkened. A Gengar hit by such a premonition of the future would inevitably cause unbelievably high damage, and in many cases, it could even determine the course of a battle.

"I already know the outcome of the battle, so it's not considered jinxing!"

Lin Xuan tried to explain, after all, she was worried that her image as a "jinx" would become more and more ingrained in the future.

But Lin Xuan also felt something was off. Why would Gengar suddenly appear to follow up Slowking's Future Sight? Everyone could see that Slowking was waiting to use Future Sight on Gengar, and Sun Ru couldn't possibly not understand it.

Soon, Gengar, standing next to Slowking, put away the pained expression on its face and opened its mouth wide—Song of Destruction!

Chapter 331 Player Xiao Zhong typed "gg".

The moment the Perish Song was sung, Gengar immediately distanced itself from Slowking.

Perish Song isn't a truly invincible move. If the user and the Pokémon that hears Perish Song are too far apart, the effect of Perish Song will disappear. Also, if the Pokémon is returned to its Poké Ball and isolated from the outside world for a period of time, the effect of Perish Song will also disappear.

As for the most important point—the Pokémon that sings the Extinction Song will also be affected by the Extinction Song and fall down along with other Pokémon. This is a side effect of the skill, so its practicality is not that high.

When it's actually visible, it usually happens in doubles battles, and requires a Pokémon like Gothic who has the Shadow Tag ability to stomp on the opponent's Pokémon, preventing them from returning to their Poké Ball to remove the Perish Song effect.

If we're talking about a Pokémon that can both sing Extinction Song and use Shadow Tag, then it has to be Gengar after its Mega Evolution. However, Mega Evolution is still uncertain. If we really want to make any progress, we'll have to wait for Lin Xuan to test which Pokémon the evolution stone belongs to.

This was bound to take some time, because there were some Pokémon that his senior brother didn't have, and Lin Xuan was too embarrassed to ask him to go to the trouble of getting rare Pokémon for him.

Moreover, when Gengar was leaving, Lin Xuan also discovered something: after being affected by Perish Song, Slowking was clearly enveloped by a special energy behind its body, and it was impossible for it to shake it off no matter what.

This is the power of the Song of Destruction. With the strength of this five-star Gengar, as long as the opponent's strength is still within the five-star range, it will be impossible for them to escape the shroud of the Song of Destruction.

but……

Why doesn't Gengar seem to be affected by Perish Song?

Lin Xuan frowned, somewhat puzzled, and said, "Gengar isn't enveloped in this kind of Extinction Song energy, which is clearly illogical. So there seems to be only one explanation—"

"Could this Gengar be immune to its own Perish Song?"

Lin Xuan was somewhat surprised, because only a few Pokémon with the ability to silence songs could be immune to Gengar's. How did Gengar manage to do that?

Holy crap, no way!

[Immunity to destroy songs? That's a causal level skill!]

But upon closer inspection, something seems off about that Gengar.

Clearly, some viewers noticed the problem as well. After watching Lin Xuan's live stream for so long, they had learned something along the way.

Lin Xuan naturally noticed that the Gengar on the field seemed unusually weak. Although it still maintained its signature cunning smile, its weakness was hard to conceal.

"It seems that special methods were used. Although it made it immune to the effects of the song-extinguishing technique, it also came at a huge cost."

Lin Xuan made a judgment and felt that it should be as she guessed, but even so, it still seemed terrifying. The Annihilation Song, which only works on enemies, was terrifying to think about.

Lin Xuan now roughly understood where the sliver of opportunity Luo Guan had mentioned earlier came from—it came from this peculiar Perish Song. If Gengar could successfully use Perish Song and persist for a while longer, it might actually be able to wear down Luo Guan's Lucario.

But that's obviously unlikely. With Gengar's power alone, it would be difficult for it to last even a minute against Lucario.

Furthermore, it's important to know that Gengar cannot enter another dimension before Perish Song takes effect, otherwise Perish Song will fail and all previous efforts will be wasted.

So that sliver of opportunity was truly just a sliver.

"Next, let's see if Xiao Zhong's Slowking can defeat Gengar in such a short time."

Lin Xuan said with a somewhat serious expression, "Although I already know the result... I still need to create some suspense, right?"

That's easy, just look at the progress bar.

[Teacher Mimic moves the mouse, and all the truth is revealed]

I bet a bag of spicy strips that Xiao Zhong is doomed this round.

Lin Xuan glanced at the comments section and then said:

"Can't we give our player Zhong some respect? Although he may not be able to win, but... but never mind, let's continue watching the match."

Lin Xuan felt that she had become a little rusty after not doing a live stream for so long, so she decided to keep quiet. It would be bad if Zhong Mingyi really didn't pay her salary.

【? ? ? 】

Why did you stop talking?

[Hilarious! Even Teacher Qiu himself couldn't keep up the joke.]

"Although Slowking is affected by the Death Song skill, it will take some time before it activates. During this time, it will not have any effect on Slowking."

"Slowking used Psychic, which will deal extremely high damage to Gengar if it hits. Gengar can no longer hide in the dimensional space, so its choice is to protect it!"

Lin Xuan clicked her tongue. This master was really playing dirty tricks. Even Miege and Shouzhu came.

"Everyone, this is a classic lesson: whether you defend or not, you're just stalling for time, letting your Pokémon fall down on its own under the effect of Extinction Song."

Lin Xuan tilted his head, not expecting to see such tactics in a battle of this level. After all, this was a one-on-one battle, and the significance of defending was not as great as imagined. It was just to protect oneself from harm for a short period of time, but one could not launch any counterattacks during this period.

But holding on and eliminating the song directly created a chemical reaction.

[Song of Annihilation + Should I defend or not? Got it, got it, learned it]

Tuition fees! Tuition fees!

[What you've learned so far requires you to first have a Pokémon that can sing a silencing song without affecting itself.]

Lin Xuan guessed that this tactic was created by the master himself, at least he had never seen it anywhere else.

Protect directly blocked Slowking's Psychic Strike, but Slowking immediately used Teleport to appear behind Gengar, ready to launch the next attack at any moment.

In fact, the consecutive use of the two moves, Perish Song and Protect, was extremely taxing on Gengar. Not to mention that before that, he had also managed to take a hit from Future Sight. Even he instinctively flew back into the air after seeing Slowking disappear from the spot.

"There aren't many chances left. If Gengar drags things out any longer, the second Protect move will be off cooldown again, and then we might as well just call 'gg'."

Lin Xuan rested her chin on her hand and explained.

After that, the clash between the two Pokémon was extremely intense. Slowking used its attacks with all its might, while Gengar relied on its agile body and the occasional Protect move to hold its own. Soon, three minutes had passed.

"Time is running out. The effect of Annihilation Song is estimated to last for less than a minute."

Lin Xuan didn't pull up the progress bar, but after glancing at the time, she roughly judged that Gengar was in a worse state. The cunning smile on his face had completely disappeared, and he was panting heavily.

On the surface, Zhong Mingyi naturally had the advantage. Dazed King was almost unharmed from beginning to end, except for taking a hit from a Shadow Ball during a recent tug-of-war.

But given Slowking's durability, taking a Shadow Ball is no big deal.

Gengar, however, with the help of precognition, once again accurately hit a vital point with a Psychic attack, followed by a continuous barrage of Psychic attacks. Fortunately, Gengar managed to fly up in time and quickly hide in the air, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to wait for Perish Song to take effect.

However, Lin Xuan was not optimistic about the battle situation.

"No, there's no time."