Mega Gengar sang with deep emotion and total immersion. At this moment, it felt like the reincarnation of the God of Song, believing its voice to be nothing short of celestial music. Moved by its own performance, it even closed its eyes.
But what entered its ears were the sounds of Lilligant going, "ugh, ugh, ugh."
Lilligant felt there was truly nothing left in its stomach to vomit. If it kept throwing up like this, it felt like its stomach itself was about to come out.
'If you have the ability, just kill me with one strike. Why torture me like this?'
The anger in Lilligant's heart continued to rise. It could feel that as the song reached its ears, a strange energy was being generated within its body.
And this energy was constantly consuming its stamina.
Although its stamina was extremely abundant, if this continued, it would sooner or later be completely drained.
However, at this moment, the sunlight was brilliant and the sun blazing overhead.
Though its body couldn't move, some moves didn't require physical movement. While the Shadow Tag ability not only restricted its actions but also disrupted the energy within its body, making it difficult to gather, there was one thing it could still use.
That was Photosynthesis.
Every Grass-type Pokémon had a passive skill called Photosynthesis. As long as they basked in the sun, their need for food was greatly reduced.
It was precisely because of this trait that Grass-type Pokémon were hailed as one of the two best starter choices for civilian trainers.
The second being Bug-types, that ate leaves and evolved quickly.
Grass-type and Bug-type Pokémon were loved by civilian trainers for their low difficulty in raising and ease of care, laying a solid foundation for accumulating their initial capital during the early stages of their rise.
Photosynthesis could be further divided into passive and active form.
If the Photosynthesis trait was actively used, the recovery rate of Grass-type Pokémon would be three times faster than when in its passive state.
Even though the energy within Lilligant's body was somewhat disrupted, Photosynthesis was the most instinctive skill for it and all Grass-type Pokémon.
Researchers had conducted studies showing that even after a Grass-type Pokémon died, its body continued to perform photosynthesis for a certain period.
As a faint green glow spread from Lilligant's body, specks of golden light appeared around it, and these light particles were rapidly absorbed by Lilligant.
'Photosynthesis!'
Julian's expression changed. He hadn't expected that even under these circumstances, Lilligant could still use Photosynthesis.
Although it wasn't clear how much stamina Photosynthesis could restore for Lilligant, but right now it had undoubtedly become a famous math problem.
Filling a swimming pool with water took five minutes, draining it took three minutes—now if filling and draining were carried out at the same time, how long would it take to empty the pool?
Currently, Perish Song was depleting Lilligant's stamina, while Photosynthesis was replenishing it.
No matter which side gained the upper hand, it was extremely unfavorable for Mega Gengar, because using Perish Song consumed stamina, and it was also maintaining Shadow Tag, which likewise consumed stamina too.
Lilligant's Photosynthesis could now extend the time, but Mega Gengar had no skill to extend its own endurance.
"Gengar, Fire Punch!"
Julian decisively abandoned continuing to use Perish Song. This move had already been countered by Lilligant. If he continued to use it, the slight advantage Mega Gengar held would immediately vanish.
Mega Gengar instantly ended Perish Song, and its fist, burning with flames, slammed heavily into the center of Lilligant's back.
The moment it landed the blow, Shadow Tag was already deactivated.
The punch interrupted Lilligant's Photosynthesis, and a wave of burning pain spread from its back, making Lilligant frown slightly, but at the same time it realized that it could move again.
Almost instantly, its long leg swung backward with a trail of light.
But Mega Gengar had already retreated into another dimension as soon as it struck, so Lilligant's kick naturally missed its target.
"Shadow Ball!"
Mega Gengar appeared mid-air, threw out a Shadow Ball, then vanished, appeared again, and threw out another one.
Just like a game of whack-a-mole, Mega Gengar engaged in guerrilla warfare.
Relying on the advantage of another dimension, within a few seconds, it hurled nearly a hundred Shadow Balls at Lilligant.
These Shadow Balls surrounded Lilligant, sealing off all possible routes of evasion.
Seeing this, Lilligant conjured a flurry of fallen leaves and flower petals around its body. These leaves and petals enveloped it, spinning around it continuously.
It was Petal Blizzard.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!
Shadow Balls continuously bombarded the Petal Blizzard, generating bursts of flames and shockwaves, and in an instant, Lilligant was completely engulfed by them.
While Petal Blizzard was indeed powerful, facing nearly a hundred Shadow Balls with it proved insufficient. After blocking nearly sixty or seventy of them, Petal Blizzard was destroyed.
With a loud bang, Lilligant was violently blasted out of the smoke.
While in midair, Lilligant tried to adjust its body, but an extremely cold gale mixed with ice and snow swept toward it.
In an instant, a thin layer of frost covered its body.
Mega Gengar exhaled Icy Wind from its mouth, instantly dropping the surrounding temperature below zero and causing the ground to freeze over.
Under the influence of the frost, Lilligant's body stiffened immediately, preventing it from adjusting mid-air. It could only crash heavily on the icy surface, sliding a long distance and smashing through numerous trees and rocks along the way.
"Hyper Beam," Julian said coldly.
Strike while the opponent was vulnerable.
The continuous barrage of attacks left Lilligant completely overwhelmed, unable to recover its rhythm. This was exactly what Julian wanted.
The existence of the King form made many of Mega Gengar's Poison-type and debuff moves useless, effectively cutting its overall combat power in half.
Julian even regretted sending out Gengar—perhaps even Aggron would have been a better choice.
Sigh… At the time, he had only considered that Lilligant had extremely high mobility, so he ruled out the steamroller-like Aggron.
But he had forgotten that many of Gengar's strengths lay in underhanded tactics, which were instead countered by Lilligant's King form.
He had thought too simply. If this were before he became a Champion, Julian would definitely have considered this point. But after becoming a Champion, he found that there was basically no one around who could challenge him.
With both Zekrom and Reshiram at his side, he had started using his brain less and less when doing things.
As a result, he hadn't thought things through thoroughly enough. If he had just thought a bit more, it would not have turned out like this.
Now Mega Gengar had gained the upper hand thanks to the earlier Shadow Tag, putting Lilligant on the defensive. But if it were given a chance to recover, this advantage would vanish instantly.
So he couldn't afford to give it any time.
A golden Hyper Beam tore through the air. Just as Lilligant struggled to its feet, a beam of golden light rushed straight toward it.
It immediately crossed its arms in front of itself.
Pushed along by the Hyper Beam, its legs plowed two deep grooves into the ground as it was forced backward.
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