Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

960 "Evil Pulse!"

"100,000 volts!" South Wind and Pine Leaf pressed their advantage.

The two Pokémon are unable to move and can only use their mouths to perform moves.

The pitch-black light and electric sparks collided in mid-air, creating an explosion.

When the smoke from the explosion cleared, both sides remained in the same spot. The arm of the man who had attacked from behind looked thin but possessed unimaginable strength.

Greninja's Shadow Sneak can catch Froslass because Froslass is weak to Ghost-type Pokémon. Greninja, however, cannot escape Shadow Sneak because Froslass, as a Ghost-type Pokémon, is proficient in using Shadow Sneak.

After the explosion, the only difference was that another Greninja appeared next to Greninja.

"Damn it, a Substitute!" Matsuba wanted to curse again. How could there be such a disgusting technique as a Substitute? Why could Greninja use a Substitute even when it was being ambushed and bound by a shadow?

I am not satisfied!

"Evil Wave!" X2 Nanfeng commanded.

Both Greninjas simultaneously opened their mouths and spat out a Dark-type energy beam.

"Blizzard!" Faced with attacks from both sides, Matsuba had no choice but to switch to a group attack.

Just as a nascent tornado appeared in front of the Snow Fairy, before it could stir up the flying snow, a beam of jet-black energy pierced through the tornado and also through the Snow Fairy's body.

(This is a make-up update from yesterday; I still owe 13 chapters.)

167. Defeat

The snow fairy, her chest pierced by the evil wave, fell helplessly from the sky. Upon landing, vortexes appeared in her eyes, and she was completely powerless.

Instant kill!

"Froslass is unable to battle, Greninja wins," the referee announced.

Compared to Mismagius's inaction, Matsuba's Froslass was quite effective, forcing Greninja to use Substitute twice and depleting its stamina during multiple attacks.

Greninja's current stamina is less than half of what it was at its peak.

However, it was not good news for Matsuno that it took two Pokémon to deplete Greninja's stamina by half.

Matsuha cursed and took out a Poké Ball to recall Froslass, then took out his last Poké Ball and threw it forward.

"Please, Gengar!"

The Poké Ball opened in mid-air.

A chubby little purple boy landed on the battlefield.

"Gengar!" Gengar grinned, revealing his big white teeth.

Gengar LV64.

64 level

Nanfeng's gaze turned slightly serious; Greninja was only level 55. This was only after recently leveling it up. After all, Nanfeng had previously mostly used Garchomp and Tyranitar, two pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

A full nine levels higher... Gengar isn't a Pokémon like Froslass with evenly distributed stats. Evenly distributed stats mean mediocre. Gengar sacrifices HP and Defense to gain extremely high Special Attack and exceptionally high Speed.

However, the snow continued to fall from the sky, and Greninja's Snow Cloak ability remained in effect, making its figure appear hazy and elusive.

The hail, originally controlled by the Snow Fairy of Pine Leaf, has now become an aid to Greninja.

In a way, isn't this also a form of Minotaur behavior?

"Gengar, lock onto the one on the left, use Shadow Ball!" Pine Leaf launched an attack, and now it was time for her to have a good time.

His all-seeing eyes remained locked on Greninja's true form. Even after Greninja's true form and its substitute returned to Nanfeng and hid under the snow after defeating Froslass, Matsuba did not lose sight of his target.

In the snow and ice, Gengar hopped left and right, extending its short, stubby little hands to draw circles. Instantly, two jet-black energy balls shot out from the flying snow, their trajectories extremely strange, forming left and right circular arcs, with the intersection point being Greninja's location.

Gengar used two Shadow Balls at once!

Aren't you resisting?

Then I'll combine two Shadow Balls to create an unstoppable effect!

"Flying Water Shuriken!" Nanfeng didn't dodge but counterattacked.

Greninja immediately took a step back and threw water shuriken with both hands straight at the target.

Is this a sign of needing a new injury?

of course not.

At the point where the two Shadow Balls intersected and exploded, Greninja's Stand stepped forward to block the attack.

Gengar, however, had no substitute to block the attacks and was hit by all five consecutive Water Shuriken attacks.

Pine Leaf dismissed it, raising his hand to command, "Shadow of the Night!"

Gengar's shadow immediately lengthened, and a black ghostly figure several times larger than Gengar's appeared. Then the shadow pulled back, merging Gengar and the black ghostly figure.

For a moment, Gengar seemed to transform into a supreme ruler, its size enormous.

This forced Greninja, who had seized the opportunity to emerge from the smoke with his long sword raised, ready to deliver a "street slash," to stop.

"Shadow attack!" Pine Leaf seized the opportunity to launch an attack.

The giant Gengar reached out and grabbed forward, and two thick, large hands immediately emerged from the shadow behind Greninja, firmly grasping Greninja's feet.

"Finish it! Gengar, one more time, Shadow Ball!" Matsuba shouted.

Gengar stretched out its short, stubby hands and drew circles. Instantly, two jet-black energy balls reappeared, and its hands crossed and went dark.

The two projectiles immediately traced an arc in mid-air, attacking in a staggered pattern, their target locked on Greninja.

This time, Greninja had nowhere to hide! And no Stand could stop it.

But when the two Shadow Balls landed where Greninja was, it had already disappeared. It wasn't a dodge; rather, Nanfeng simply took out a Poké Ball and recalled Greninja.

"Hey, hey, hey, gym battles don't allow for Pokémon trading! If you recall your Pokémon, it's considered to have lost its ability to battle!" Matsuba shouted angrily.

Now it was time for me to retaliate decisively. Nanfeng actually recalled the elf?

The referee also looked at Nanfeng.

"I know, then just consider it as losing the ability to fight," Nanfeng said nonchalantly.

Greninja is at a huge disadvantage against Gengar, so there's no need to waste time and hurt Greninja. I have two other Pokémon as backups.

The referee quickly announced, "Greninja is unable to battle; Gengar wins!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nanfeng threw out his second Poké Ball.

"Boom!" The colossal object descended.

"Banji!" With a roar, a yellowish-brown tornado instantly swept up the battlefield, clearing away all the ice and snow on the ground and even shattering the snow clouds in the sky.

The weather on the battlefield changed from hail to a sandstorm!

The pale yellowish-brown sand drifted through the air, and Tyranitar's massive form appeared somewhat ferocious and savage against the sand.

"Continuous Shadow Balls!" Pine Leaf frowned and immediately launched a fierce attack.

Tyranitar is a Rock/Dark type and is resistant to Ghost and Poison moves.

Gengar soared into the air, its massive body leaping in an eerie manner. Its limbs moved rapidly, and in an instant, seven Shadow Balls appeared one by one, their size decreasing from the size of a basketball to that of a soccer ball. They flew towards Tyranitar one after another.

"Tyranitar, Rock Slide!" Nanfeng commanded, without using any Dark-type (Nooh's) moves to counter it.

Tyranitar is slow and doesn't have Dark-type AoE attacks.

Using rock-based area-of-effect attacks directly is more effective.

As for Gengar's Shadow Ball, both Southwind and Tyranitar completely ignored it without hesitation.

Tyranitar is Dark-type, so Ghost-type damage only has half the effect on it. In Sandstorm weather, Tyranitar's Special Defense increases by 1.5 times! Plus, Rock Horn provides a 25% boost.

Sorry, but Tyranitar now has almost four times the resistance to Shadow Ball.

You can double your seven Shadow Orbs from those smaller accounts!

"Banji!"

With a roar, a portal to another world opened in the sky above the battlefield, from which countless fist-sized boulders rained down.

As Tyranitar took the seven Shadow Balls with its bare body, Gengar's massive body was buried by countless falling rocks.

168. The Cultivation Manual of Clairvoyance

[Defeat Gengar LV64, Tyranitar gains 7335 experience]

[Defeat Matsuha, the leader of the Enju Gym, and win a prize of 40000.]

[Matsunoka: It seems my Clairvoyance training isn't up to par yet. Perhaps you are the trainer who can bring back the legendary Pokémon...]

[Matsuha: This is the "Phantom Badge," proof of defeating the Crimson Gym. With it, your HM Surf will become even stronger.]

[Pine Leaf: This is my research on the cooldown of the "Shadow Ball" move, my experience in raising Ghost-type Pokémon, and my secret to training Clairvoyance. I hope it will be helpful to you.]

[Matsuno: I haven't used my full strength yet, and I haven't unleashed the full power of Clairvoyance. Just wait, at the Pokémon Tournament, I will definitely lead the legendary Pokémon and reign supreme!]

Nanfeng looked at Songye's cringeworthy lines, but wasn't impressed by his cringeworthy teenage persona.

In the world of Pokémon, being a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) is the norm.

Nanfeng's gaze was focused on three points.

Pick up the Phantom Badge and examine it closely.

[Phantom Badge: Increases the power of all Ghost-type moves for the entire team by 10%, and enhances HM Surf]

It's still unclear whether the badge effects can be stacked, since there's no Ghost-type Gym in the Hoenn region, and this is the first time I've received a Ghost-type boost.

Nanfeng is concerned about the subsequent enhancement of the Phantom Badge to the Secret Technique: Surf!

Immediately open the Pokémon interface to check the current effect of Greninja's Surf move.

Secret Technique: Surf: Power 130, also binds the target to a whirlpool. (The Pokémon must first master Whirlpool to trigger the additional effect.)

"It only increases the power by 10 points..." Nanfeng compared the effects of the surfing move before and after.

The only thing that has changed is its power.

This is good news.

Nanfeng had been speculating that the badges he obtained in the Hoenn region would turn normal moves into HMs. What about the badges he obtained in other regions?

Ineffective? Does it simply enhance the power of moves of that attribute? Or does it also enhance secret techniques?

It now appears that badges from other regions can also enhance secret techniques!

Don't be fooled by the mere 10-point increase in power. The Pokémon world has several regions, and Surf, a secret technique that has remained unchanged for generations, must have several badges that can enhance the Surf move that are currently "lost" and "starving," waiting for you to collect them.

It's 130 now, and 150 or 160 in the future is not impossible.

A simple surfing move is more powerful than Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, and even Nanfeng had already predicted that it would surpass "The Finishing Touch" in the game!

Oh, the finishing touch skill only has 120 in the game, but surfing has already exceeded that.

The game suddenly started to take a perverse turn.

Then, as usual, came the skill cooldown of one of the skills and the training tips for Pokémon of the type the Gym Leader excels at. However, this time, Pine Leaf slipped in some personal information.

"The method for cultivating the Thousand-Mile Eye!" Nanfeng's eyes lit up.

The effectiveness of Songye's clairvoyance during the battle was evident to all; it was extremely powerful.

See through the hidden snow, see through the shadow clones.

Those eyes almost had the ability to see through illusions.

Nanfeng is quite curious!

Now that we know his cultivation secrets, we must take a good look at them and learn from them.

Nanfeng ignored everything else and immediately saved the game.

The two booklets immediately fell into Nanfeng's hands. Putting aside the tips on raising Ghost-type Pokémon, Nanfeng first looked at the training manual for Clairvoyance.

"The ability to see a thousand miles is a secret technique of my family..."

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