Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

"Ma'la, wake up, wake up!" Ai Lan was anxious. Her eyes were fixed on the unconscious Ma'la. Her face was full of anxiety and worry. She couldn't help but shout loudly, with a hint of trembling in her voice, hoping that Ma'la could wake up from his coma as soon as possible.

However, he also knew in his heart that the forced hypnotic effect of the dark hole was not so easy to break. This was not an ordinary hypnotic state.

Do you really think that everyone is like Ash, and that just by calling out a few times the elves will miraculously wake up early? This is just an unrealistic fantasy.

"Darkrai, give it a final send-off with the absorbing punch!" Yu Hai looked calm and composed. He raised his finger and pointed it straight at Mamura, with confidence in his eyes.

This Mamoura has obvious weaknesses. Its attributes are four times that of the Fighting type. Darkrai only needs to throw a punch to make Mamoura completely lose its combat ability.

boom--

On the field, Darkrai raised his powerful dark arm high, and with a strong sense of oppression, he slammed it down towards the unconscious Mamaura on the ground.

The fist whistled, tearing the air and making a sharp sound. In the huge movement, Malanla woke up instantly. It opened its eyes in a daze, only to see a fist shining with dazzling white light and emitting scorching heat coming towards it.

Before it could react, the strong impact made it faint again.

Immediately afterwards, many flashing green spots of light slowly emerged from Ma-la's limp body. These spots of light floated towards Darkrai and sank into its body.

With the integration of these green light spots, Darkrai's aura became stronger and his physical strength recovered a lot. After these two fierce battles, Darkrai seemed to have basically no consumption and was still full of energy.

"Marula has lost its combat capability. Please ask player Ailan to take Marula back and send out the next combat Pokémon..." The referee's clear and loud voice echoed in the arena, announcing the result of the battle.

"Majula, you can't even improve your speed?" Ai Lan sighed in frustration. He slowly took out the Poké Ball, a hint of reluctance in his eyes, and took Majula back.

Originally, he wanted to rely on Magura's super fast speed to copy Ukai's tactics of using Agility Bug to force back Darkrai, but reality poured cold water on him. After all, he thought things were too simple.

Agility Bug is not an ordinary Pokémon. It is a Pokémon that Yukai trained with great effort specifically to restrain Darkrai.

After the Agile Bug discards its items, its speed can reach almost 300, while the Ma-La's speed is only 125. The gap between the two is obvious.

What's more, after countless sparring sessions with Darkrai, Agile Bug is well aware of Darkrai's weaknesses and has even defeated Darkrai.

In terms of combat experience, Agileworm has accumulated a wealth of coping strategies, and in terms of mentality, it is full of confidence when facing Darkrai.

In comparison, Magora, the Pokémon temporarily sent to fight against Darkrai, is far inferior to the Agile Bug in every aspect.

Ai Lan took a deep breath, forced himself to cheer up, and shouted loudly: "Go, Squid King..."

"Squid King?" Yu Hai frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. He was really unsure of Ai Lan's intention in sending the Squid King. After a brief thought, he decisively raised his hand and shouted in a loud voice: "Darkrai, use Dark Hole..."

"Squid King, use Trick Space!"

Almost at the same time, Ai Lan also issued an order. He realized from the previous battle that it was not that speed was useless in this battle, but that the speed of the elves was far from fast enough.

Since he couldn't defeat Darkrai in a conventional speed contest, he decided to find another way and create an opportunity for his elves to attack first.

"What? Magic Space? Squid King, the psychic?" Yu Hai was slightly stunned when he heard Ai Lan shout "Magic Space". A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. His brain was working rapidly, and he quickly thought of a countermeasure.

At that moment, a pale blue void slowly rose in the arena, like a mysterious barrier. Darkrai's dark hole shot missed the Squid King.

Seeing this, Yu Hai made a decisive move and immediately changed his tactics, shouting, "Darkrai, use provocation..."

"Huh?" Darkrai raised his arm and made a provocative gesture towards the Squid King.

However, he was still a step too slow. The Squidward King had already successfully opened the Trick Space. He knew that the main purpose of using provocation was to prevent the Squidward King from continuing to use the Trick Space, so as to prevent Darkrai from being in a passive situation in the next battle, and not to stop the Squidward King from using the Trick Space successfully.

"Darkrai, rock blockade..." Yu Hai knew very well that under the influence of the trick space, the priority of his own Darkrai's moves could not be as high as that of the opponent. In this case, he could only wait for the opponent to make a mistake and then look for an opportunity to counterattack.

Therefore, he chose to launch a defensive attack with rock blockade first to see if he could disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

"Squid King, use the spiritual blade to cut the rock," Ai Lan commanded the Squid King calmly.

Boom boom boom——

The arena suddenly became roaring, and Darkrai continuously released huge rocks, bombarding the Squid King.

The Squid King showed no fear. Shining spiritual blades shot out from its body, precisely cutting through the flying rocks.

Every collision between the rock and the spiritual blade was accompanied by a deafening explosion. The sound echoed in the field, shaking the entire arena. The raised dust and flying gravel filled the arena with a tense and intense atmosphere.

However, in the fierce battle, Ai Lan did not notice that the sky had quietly changed. Large dark clouds appeared in the originally clear sky at some point, and these dark clouds slowly gathered together.

Immediately afterwards, fine drizzle fell, hitting the ground of the stadium, making a slight "tick-tick" sound.

"It's raining? When did it happen?" Ai Lan looked confused and subconsciously raised his head to look at the sky, his eyes full of confusion. He really didn't understand why it suddenly started raining. At this moment, he heard Yu Hai's loud shout.

"Darkrai, use Thunder..."

"Oh no, Squid King, hold on!" Ai Lan reacted instantly and thought to himself that it was not good. He knew very well the power of thunder moves in the rain, and immediately ordered the Squid King to defend to withstand the powerful lightning attack from the sky.

Boom, boom, boom——

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and a yellow lightning as thick as a bucket suddenly struck down from the clouds. This lightning, with the momentum of destroying the world, shot straight towards the Squid King in the rain. With a loud "bang", it struck the protective shield held up by the Squid King.

For a moment, dazzling light and deafening sound filled the entire arena, and the air around the shield was ionized, emitting a crackling sound.

Fortunately, the Squid King was floating, and the electrified rain did not touch its body, so this attack did not cause much damage to the Squid King.

However, the battle did not end there. Two vibrant yellow arcs of electricity, like two swift electric snakes, shot out from Darkrai's hands.

The two electric arcs were extremely fast and hit the squid king, whose lower body was unprotected, in the blink of an eye. The squid king's body shook violently, and the electric current instantly raged in its body, instantly paralyzing it.

(Paralysis: A Pokémon in paralysis has its speed halved, and there is a 25% chance of being unable to act when using a move.)

Facing the abnormal state of the Squid King and Darkrai in the Trick Space, the importance of speed has been greatly reduced. Ukai immediately shouted to Darkrai: "Darkrai, use Dark Hole..."

"Huh?" Darkrai tilted his head slightly, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes. He obviously didn't understand why the dark hole had to be used at this time, but he still faithfully followed the order, raised his hand and threw out a dark hole.

"Squid King, get out of the way quickly..." Ai Lan was extremely anxious and shouted loudly, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

boom--

The dark hole exploded in front of the Squid King, but the Squid King narrowly avoided the attack with his tenacious will and survival instinct.

However, Ukai did not give up. Under his command, Darkrai immediately fired the second and third Dark Hole...

Every time the dark hole was thrown, the atmosphere in the arena became more and more tense. The audience stared at the arena closely, not daring to make a sound.

Finally, after the fourth dark hole was thrown, the 25% chance of paralysis causing inability to move was triggered.

Just as the Squid King was about to dodge, his body suddenly froze, unable to move. The dark hole enveloped him without hindrance, and the Squid King was instantly hypnotized, falling straight to the ground.

Darkrai once again split into a faint gray shadow, which passed through the Squid King's body silently. The Squid King suddenly woke up from the nightmare, his body twitched a few times, and soon fell into coma again.

At the same time, many flashing green spots of light appeared on its body. These spots of light were pulled by a mysterious force and floated towards Darkrai, and were all absorbed by Darkrai.

"The Squid King has lost its ability to fight. Please ask contestant Ailan to take back the Squid King and send out the next combat Pokémon..." The referee's voice sounded clearly in the arena.

"Squid King? Even the magic space doesn't work..." Ai Lan looked lonely and sighed softly. He looked at the Squid King lying motionless on the ground with electric arcs all over his body, and his heart was full of helplessness.

Those constantly flashing arcs are the culprits why the squid king cannot avoid the dark hole.

"Brikalon, Marula, Squid King..." Ai Lan's face was solemn, and he muttered to himself with a dull look in his eyes. He kept thinking about the three elves that were eliminated in succession in his mind. He felt anxious and entangled. Who should he send to play next?

Charizard?

Ai Lan frowned slightly and quickly rejected the idea. The intense semi-final with Xiaozhi yesterday was still vivid in her mind.

Although he eventually defeated Ash, the victory was not without a price. Charizard tried his best in that game and finally turned the tide and successfully defeated Ash. Charizard was also seriously injured. Thinking of Charizard's tired and injured appearance, he shook his head slightly.

Bangila?

As soon as this idea came to his mind, he decisively discarded it. Bangira was huge in size, and it would inevitably be too clumsy to move.

When facing the weird and unpredictable Dark Hole moves, there is no way to avoid them and they can be hypnotized very easily. Once hypnotized, the final result will inevitably be the same as the previous three elves, with no chance of winning at all.

Ai Lan bit his lip tightly, a trace of determination flashing in his eyes. After thinking it over again and again, he finally made up his mind. He slowly took out the Poké Ball from his waist, threw it out with force, and shouted loudly: "Go, Proud Pheasant..."

As the referee gave the order and announced that the game would continue, the proud pheasant instantly spread its wings and rushed into the sky like an arrow, bringing up a whistling wind.

It spread its wings and soared in the air with an elegant and agile posture, but it forgot that Darkrai also had the ability to fly.

boom--

A dull sound of a heavy object falling to the ground broke the tense atmosphere in the arena. The proud pheasant didn't fight for too long before falling straight down from the sky.

It lay on the ground, its last expression frozen as if it had woken up from a nightmare. Its terrified eyes seemed to be still immersed in a terrible dream, just like the previous elves. It was obviously successfully hypnotized by the dark hole.