"Let's begin."
Teacher Zhou Youyou said.
"Okay, Eevee, use the Shadow Ball you learned in the Haunted House before, and let's see."
Fang Yuan then spoke.
"Eevee!!"
Eevee looked at the surrounding environment, and although puzzled, it still followed the order.
Shaking its head, it earnestly focused its gaze and condensed a dark purple ball in front of it. The ball grew from small to large, from the size of a glass bead, and finally became the size of a palm... This was already Eevee's current limit.
"As expected..."
Staring at the Shadow Ball in front of Eevee, Teacher Zhou Youyou nodded and said, "That's enough."
As she spoke.
A phantom appeared beside Teacher Zhou Youyou, and a deep purple Pokémon with a round shape emerged from her shadow!!
The temperature in the room dropped several degrees in an instant, and this Pokémon "whooshed" through Teacher Zhou Youyou's body and came in front of Eevee.
This directly startled Eevee, this room really had problems!
"Heh heh~~"
Gengar stared with red eyes, the corners of its mouth curved, with a sinister and terrifying smile, it hooked its fingers, and the Shadow Ball in front of Eevee was directly hooked over, and then swallowed into Gengar's body.
"Eevee?????!!"
Seeing this, Eevee took a step back, looking at Gengar in shock, what was wrong with this guy?
"Teacher Zhou?..."
Fang Yuan was also startled by the sudden appearance of Gengar, and subconsciously asked.
"Yes..."
Teacher Zhou Youyou looked at Fang Yuan and Eevee, and said, "I just wanted to confirm, but now I can be sure, your Eevee has not fully grasped the Shadow Ball..."
"In other words, there are still hidden dangers in its Shadow Ball move—"
...
Magic University, Battle Arena.
Teacher Zhou Youyou, Fang Yuan, Gengar, and Eevee came here.
This time.
Teacher Zhou Youyou asked Eevee to release Shadow Ball again, and asked it not to launch it, but to always condense it in front of it.
Eevee did as it was told.
However, what was different from the last time was... one second after condensing the Shadow Ball, for some unknown reason, the Shadow Ball in front of Eevee suddenly expanded, and the energy scattered, exploding with a "boom".
"Eevee!!"
Eevee was immediately startled by its own move. The Shadow Ball exploded, and Eevee, caught in the aftermath, was blown away, rolling several times on the ground before stopping.
Fortunately... the Shadow Ball had almost no damaging effect on it, only covering Eevee in dirt.
After standing up, Eevee looked at the place where the Shadow Ball had exploded with lingering fear.
"What's going on?" Fang Yuan was taken aback.
"Don't worry, try a few more times. This time, have Eevee attack Gengar," Teacher Zhou Youyou said with a smile.
"Okay... Eevee, you heard that."
Eevee blinked, nodded, and then solemnly condensed another Shadow Ball.
Whoosh!
After the Shadow Ball was thrown out by Eevee, it continued to fly towards Gengar, but before it could attack, the Shadow Ball suddenly exploded in mid-air.
Eevee: "???"
Fang Yuan was a little confused.
"Do you understand now?"
"Your Eevee hasn't grasped the essence of Shadow Ball. The Shadow Ball it condenses isn't the most stable structure. Shadow Ball isn't used like this by Eevee." Teacher Zhou Youyou smiled, "Gengar, show it."
"Jie~~" Gengar nodded, then condensed a Shadow Ball with both hands, held it in its hand, tossed it up, and let it fall. The Shadow Ball immediately became like a basketball, with many tricks appearing in its hands.
"A real Shadow Ball only explodes after being violently collided with. The shock will instantly detonate the Shadow Ball from the outside in, causing damage to the enemy and eroding their Energy."
"But your Eevee's Shadow Ball explodes shortly after it's formed because of internal Energy instability. In this way, even if it happens to attack the enemy, it won't cause much damage. If you're unlucky, it may hurt your teammates or yourself. Also, this kind of Shadow Ball can't erode the enemy's Energy!"
Erosion effect?
Are you talking about the additional effect of reducing the opponent's Special Defense?
Fang Yuan was stunned and said, "Then how can Eevee use Shadow Ball correctly?"
He looked at Gengar, who was juggling with the Shadow Ball, speechless. Speaking of which, the Shadow Ball created by Eevee was indeed unstable... In the anime, there were even scenes of Pikachu lying on the Shadow Ball, riding it, and using it as a stepping stone—
"Leave this to Gengar. Let Gengar teach your Eevee. Don't worry, it won't take long." Teacher Zhou Youyou said, "Consider this compensation for prematurely ending your Haunted House experience."
"Moreover, in a sense, Eevee's understanding of Shadow Ball was also influenced by that Misdreavus and the Haunted House. Seeing it use Shadow Ball like this, my obsessive-compulsive disorder can't stand it."
Fang Yuan's mouth twitched. So it was obsessive-compulsive disorder?
"Eevee..."
At the same time, Eevee showed an unhappy expression.
It finally learned Shadow Ball, but you're saying I learned it wrong? Eevee was very upset!
The next moment, Eevee was dragged away by Gengar.
"Eevee—"
...
On the other side.
"Teacher Zhou, does Shadow Ball have to be a stable structure to be used?"
Fang Yuan asked, chasing after Teacher Zhou Youyou.
Just now, he thought of an important question.
If the energy structure of Shadow Ball must be very stable, wouldn't his wish for Eevee to learn Spiral Shadow Ball be in vain?
"Why do you ask?" Teacher Zhou Youyou asked, surprised.
"Because sometimes changing the form of a move can unleash greater power."
"For example, the move Ice Punch. If you simply wrap the cold air around your fist to attack, the attack is too simple. But if you use water flow and cold air in advance to shape the fist into a blade, wouldn't the attack be more powerful?" Fang Yuan used one of Ash's tactics, a variant of "Ice Aqua Jet," as an example.
"Oh?"
Teacher Zhou Youyou carefully sized up Fang Yuan, suddenly looking at him with new eyes. It was rare for a Rookie Trainer to have this awareness.
"What you said is indeed correct, but unfortunately, Shadow Ball can only achieve the best effect with a stable structure. Perhaps you have some of your own ideas, but every type of Energy is different. The forms and properties are very different. Water and Ice can easily change forms, but that doesn't mean Ghost-type Energy can too. After all, Water and Ice are elements that have existed on Earth since ancient times, while Ghost-type Energy is a brand new Energy brought by the Secret Realm. The two cannot be generalized."
"You'll understand these things when you go to university and study 'Pokémon Energy Studies'."
"The control methods and requirements for each type of Energy are not fixed. The idea of changing the form of Shadow Ball that you mentioned only exists in theory. At least, no Trainer's Pokémon has been able to do this yet, not even Ghost-type Pokémon, let alone Eevee. What you should be doing now is to get Eevee to use Shadow Ball proficiently as soon as possible, instead of having some unrealistic ideas."
Because she didn't want Fang Yuan to take a detour, Teacher Zhou Youyou said a lot.
Fang Yuan was silent. He looked at Eevee, who was being dragged away by Gengar, and scratched his head.
He knew that the properties of each type of Energy were different, but he really didn't know the specific properties of Ghost-type Energy... He was ignorant and inexperienced.
Could it be that the idea of Spiral Shadow Ball is completely hopeless?
Fang Yuan was not reconciled.
"I understand, thank you." Fang Yuan replied to Teacher Zhou, but in his heart, he had another bold idea.
If it was just a difference in control methods and requirements, there should be other ways. Fang Yuan suddenly thought of a method to enhance Energy control.
If Eevee's main Body and Substitute created the same Shadow Ball together, with one Body controlling the Shadow Ball Energy to rotate at high speed, and the other Body maintaining the overall stable structure of the Shadow Ball, could the two find a balance? Could it improve the stability of the Shadow Ball and successfully change its form?
This method could no longer be simply called multitasking; it would be more appropriate to call it a variant technique of multitasking.
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