Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

The sixty-fourth day of traveling to Sinnoh, sunny.

The early morning sun shines on the main venue of the Lily of the Valley Conference, making the grand building sparkle. The air is filled with tension and excitement, and people's laughter and conversations are intertwined, all looking forward to the upcoming finals.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang—"

The sound of the salute rang out in the main venue, shaking the ground beneath their feet, officially announcing that the day of the Lily of the Valley Conference finals had arrived.

The main venue was packed, and the audience's attention was focused on the entrance to the player channel, looking forward to their favorite trainers entering as soon as possible.

"Now entering is the finals contestant, Alan." The host's passionate and energetic voice echoed through the microphone, filling the entire venue. "Alan hails from the distant Kalos region, a land filled with mystery and charm. Kalos has a new battle culture, where Trainers focus on cultivating rapport between their Pokémon and themselves, resulting in diverse and creative battle styles."

This introduction immediately piqued the interest of many trainers. Their eyes flashed with longing, and the beautiful scenery of the Kalos region involuntarily emerged in their minds. They all looked forward to traveling to the Kalos region one day and experiencing the unique exotic customs for themselves.

"The last contestant to enter is Yu Hai. I believe everyone already knows Yu Hai's background, so I won't explain too much. Let's start today's finals as soon as possible!" As soon as the host finished speaking, everyone's eyes were cast on Yu Hai.

On both sides of the battlefield, the two players stood still. Yu Hai looked calm, slightly looking up at the sky, while Ai Lan clenched his fists with determination and confidence in his eyes.

"Please take your positions, both players. Please release your elves and attack together." The referee's eyes were sharp. After seeing Yu Hai and the other two nod silently, he quickly picked up the whistle and blew it hard.

A sharp whistle pierced the sky, and this sound also indicated that the game officially began.

"Go, Bricklon!" Alan shouted, raised his arms high, and threw the Poké Ball with force.

A red light flashed, and Brickalon landed steadily on the field. This Brickalon had a strong body and exuded a resolute temperament. Its eyes were bright and stared at the opponent opposite.

Before the game, Ai Lan studied every previous game record of Yu Hai, and after repeated analysis, he came up with this starting arrangement.

"Go, Darkrai." Yu Hai looked calm and threw the Poké Ball slowly.

Darkrai's figure slowly emerged, with a dark aura surrounding him. Since Darkrai had been exposed to the eyes of the alliance's top leaders, there was no point in hiding him any longer. He decided to let Darkrai show his face openly.

boom--

The moment they saw Darkrai, a wave of shock suddenly arose among the crowd.

"What, Darkrai? Player Ukai also has a Darkrai?" The host excitedly stood up from his seat, leaned forward, stared at Darkrai, his eyes full of surprise and curiosity, trying to see from this Darkrai what the difference was between it and Player Darko's Darkrai.

After a brief moment of surprise, the host quickly recovered and introduced the two Pokémon to the audience. "It's Bricklon versus Darkrai. Bricklon is one of the three starter Pokémons in the Kalos region. In addition to being a Grass-type Pokémon, it's also a Fighting-type Pokémon. Its solid shell can withstand a lot of damage. The combination of Grass and Fighting types gives it a unique advantage in battle..."

"Darkrai, Darkrai, Darkrai..."

The audience's emotions were completely boiling, and their excited shouts were like surging waves, one after another, echoing throughout the entire venue.

They didn't care about so many things. Amidst the cheers, all they had eyes for was the mysterious and powerful Darkrai. After all, this was Darkrai, the legendary nightmare god, whose every appearance could trigger endless amazement and enthusiasm.

Everyone originally thought that Darkrai had "gone offline" early and would never see Darkrai's exciting battles with legendary beasts again.

Who would have thought that Yu Hai also owned a Darkrai? This sudden surprise was completely beyond everyone's expectations, and the entire venue instantly fell into a crazy atmosphere.

Inside the viewing room, Shirona frowned slightly, her eyes filled with astonishment. She couldn't help but whisper to Guild Leader Dama Lanqi beside her, "Guild Leader, how many legendary elves does this guy have?"

Her tone was filled with a hint of surprise and confusion. From the Zapdos that Ukai had shown before to the Darkrai that appeared now, this series of legendary Pokémon really made her feel a little confused.

I thought that having one Zapdos was the limit for Yu Hai, but I didn’t expect that there would be a new legendary Pokémon now. Will there be a third legendary Pokémon?

President Damalanchi coughed twice, trying to hide his embarrassment. Ukai suddenly took out Darkrai, which was really beyond his expectations.

He thought to himself, this kid is really good at hiding things, how many secrets does he have that they don’t know about?

"Ahem, let me make a phone call and ask."

As he spoke, he quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket, slid his finger across the screen, and called Xia Bo.

Among these old guys in the alliance, he felt that only Xia Bo, Liu Bo, and the "dumb old man" from Xia Gan Gym were deeply involved with Yu Hai, and maybe they knew some inside information.

Back on the field, Ai Lan's face was also filled with surprise, his eyes fixed on Darkrai across from him. He had never expected that Darkrai, who had barely managed to escape Darko before, would now encounter him again in Ukai.

He sighed secretly and thought to himself: "This is getting a bit tricky!"

The strength of this Darkrai should not be underestimated, and the next battle will probably be extremely difficult.

"Darkrai, Dark Hole!" Yu Hai raised his chin slightly, with confidence in his eyes, and gave orders to Darkrai loudly.

He had long wanted to try the Dark Hole move. This move was very "stingy". As long as the opponent's elf was touched by the Dark Hole, it would be forced to fall asleep. It was a very tricky move.

"Brikalon, dig a hole to avoid it!" Ai Lan reacted very quickly and decisively ordered Brikalon to dodge.

Judging from the speed comparison, he knew very well that Bricklon was no match for Darkrai, and if he didn't dodge in time, he would easily be hypnotized by the dark hole.

Brickalon quickly lowered its head and used its strong forelimbs to dig quickly on the ground. After a while, it dug a deep hole, then crawled into it and hid.

"Darkrai, use Freezing Wind on the cave entrance." Ukai's lips curled up slightly, and with a light snap of his fingers, he issued a new order. He wanted Darkrai to trap Bricklon underground, leaving it with nowhere to escape.

"Not good!" Ai Lan's face instantly became solemn when she heard Yu Hai shout "Frozen Wind".

He knew very well that ice-type moves could suppress Bricklon. Ice-type moves could deal double the damage to Bricklon. He was extremely anxious and immediately shouted, "Bricklon, come out!"

Whirring whirring--

On the field, the biting wind whistled past, roaring for the fierce battle. This cold airflow, carrying wisps of murderous aura, rushed straight towards the cave entrance where Brikalon was.

In the blink of an eye, the cold air blew into the cave unhindered like a surging tide. Before Brikalon, who was hiding underground, could react, he was instantly frozen by the bone-chilling cold.

Brikalon's hard tortoise shell was tightly wrapped in a layer of crystal clear ice, and a hint of despair could be seen from underground.

"Darkrai, Dark Hole!" Yu Hai calmly shouted the order. He thought hiding underground would save him from being hypnotized.

The Dark Hole technique uses energy to induce forced hypnosis. As long as the Dark Hole is accurately driven into the ground, there is no need to worry about not achieving the goal.

"Uh..." Darkrai said in a low voice, raised his slender arm, and rubbed a dark hole emitting a dark light in the air.

This dark hole exuded a heart-pounding aura. Darkrai swung it hard, and the dark hole shot towards the frozen Brikalon like a meteor.

In an instant, the dark hole sank into the ground, and the black energy instantly enveloped Brikalon and began to hypnotize him forcibly.

"Darkrai, dream eater..." Yu Hai's mouth curled up slightly. He was very clear about the power of this move. Darkrai's dream eater move would definitely deal a fatal blow to Bricaron.

After receiving the order, Darkrai immediately flashed and flew quickly into the ground. It split into a faint gray shadow, which penetrated the ground like a ghost in an instant and penetrated Brikalon's body without any hindrance.

During this process, the gray shadow continuously took away Bricklon's physical strength to restore Darkrai's own physical strength. Under this invisible attack, Bricklon could only struggle painfully in the nightmare and gradually lost his combat ability.

Time passed minute by minute, and when Brikalon was dug out from the ground, it had already fallen into a deep coma in the ice. Its body was cold and stiff, and its once bright eyes were closed, lifeless.

Upon seeing this, the referee quickly raised his whistle and blew it forcefully. The sharp whistle echoed throughout the arena, clearly announcing the result of the match: "Brickalon has lost its combat capability. Please, Ailan, recall Brickalon and send out the next Pokémon..."

"Brikalon..." Ailan gritted his teeth, his cheeks slightly bulging from the force. He had known that Darkrai would be a tough opponent, but he never expected that it would be so difficult to deal with him in reality.

At this moment, he finally deeply understood how desperate those trainers who had faced Darko in the arena were.

They could only watch helplessly as the Pokémon they had carefully cultivated were ruthlessly robbed of their physical strength by Darkrai's unsolvable Dark Hole, and eventually lost their combat capabilities and failed to advance.

At the same time, Ai Lan couldn't help but recall the battle between Ukai and Darko. He finally realized how strong Ukai was, as he could use the Agile Bug to force back Darkrai.

It only took a seemingly insignificant insect-type Pokémon to force back the nightmare god Darkrai!

This strength and control over the battle are truly amazing.

Taking a deep breath, Ai Lan suppressed the emotions in her heart and shouted loudly: "Go, Malanla..."

"What? Trying to use Majura's speed to defeat Darkrai?" Yu Hai raised an eyebrow and chuckled. He instantly understood the other party's intention. He was trying to learn the strategy he had used in previous battles.

In terms of speed, Magla is in the T1 tier of the speed line, so how could he not pay attention to this Pokémon?

He was very clear about the speed of various elves. Although the speed of Ma-la was not slow, it was still much inferior to the initial speed of the Agile Bug.

Mara's speed base stat is 125, and Darkrai's speed base stat is also 125. Judging from their base stats, their speeds appear to be similar.

However, he knew clearly in his mind that his Darkrai was of a higher level. In this case, Darkrai's actual speed must be faster than Marula's.

So in his opinion, Ai Lan's desire to win simply by relying on speed was undoubtedly oversimplifying the battle.

"Ma-la, high-speed movement, shadow clone..." Ai Lan stared at the arena, commanding Ma-la loudly. He knew that to defeat Darkrai, he had to use a surprise attack. The combination of high-speed movement and shadow clone might create a slight chance.

"Use high-speed movement to stack speed, and then use shadow clones to interfere with Darkrai. It's a good start." Yu Hai instantly saw through Ai Lan's tactical intentions.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, his brain working rapidly, and almost instantly came up with a response strategy. He immediately shouted to Darkrai: "Darkrai, rock blockade..."

Boom boom boom——

Darkrai received the command and immediately raised his arm. A flash of light appeared around him, and dozens of huge rock shells instantly appeared. These rock shells, accompanied by a whistling sound, smashed towards the seven or eight rapidly moving Ma-la.

The shells hit the ground with a deafening roar, creating shocking craters on the ground. The raised dust filled the air, making people feel as if they were in a smoky battlefield.

"Don't stop, continue the rock blockade..." Yu Hai looked calm, with unquestionable decisiveness in his voice.

Boom boom boom——

There was another series of dozens of loud noises, one after another, like thunder echoing in the stadium. Ma'la, who was moving at high speed on the ground and trying to confuse the audience with his shadow clone, was finally blown out by the dense rock shells.

Ma-la has neither the ability to predict danger nor the keen perception similar to super powers. It relies entirely on instinct to avoid stones.

However, there were dozens of rocks covering the ground, and with Darkrai's extremely accurate perception and navigation, no matter how Marula dodged, he was trapped in a jar, and every hit was accurate.

In the face of such an intensive attack, the so-called shadow clones were useless and were all blown to pieces.

"Darkrai, Dark Hole." Yu Hai saw Majura being blown out and exposed on the field without any cover. Confidence flashed in his eyes and he decisively issued new orders.

"Uh..." Darkrai muttered, raising his arm again and rubbing out a dark hole that emitted a strange black light.

This dark hole, with the momentum to devour everything, smashed towards Malanla, who was lying on the ground and had no time to get up.

"Niula..." Maula let out a weak cry. It struggled hard to get up and dodge, but it was too late.

The dark hole instantly hit it, and Ma'la's eyes gradually became blurred, and soon she fell into a deep hypnotic state...