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As Sabrina's eyes lit up, Kadabra's body was also enveloped in an evolution light!
The light slowly dissipated, and a brand new Kadabra appeared before everyone.
This was a golden fox that looked more mature.
Kadabra's evolution—Alakazam!
Compared to Kadabra, Alakazam gave off a more mature and steady impression, with a sense of wisdom.
[Alakazam, the Psi Pokémon, Kadabra's evolved form. Its brain, as developed as a supercomputer, can unleash various Psychic powers.]
Ash opened his long-unused Pokédex and scanned Alakazam. According to the Pokédex's scan, this was indeed a genuine Alakazam.
This meant that Kadabra had evolved in that instant? And from Sabrina's tone, it seemed she could freely choose to let Alakazam evolve.
This made Ash cast a strange look at Gastly.
What's going on? Isn't free evolution a skill you mastered over a thousand years? How can others do it too?
Gastly returned a helpless look—How should I know? This little girl you're making me fight is a bit abnormal!
Free evolution was a skill he had put a lot of effort into mastering, yet this girl seemed capable of controlling a Pokémon's free evolution as well.
He freely evolves on his own, while the Pokémon on the other side is evolved under the girl's control. So, the abnormal one isn't Kadabra, but Sabrina!
After Kadabra evolved into Alakazam, its strength immediately reached Elite Four level advanced, on par with Gastly.
Not only did Sabrina make Kadabra evolve, but she also boosted its strength. This is a bit too abnormal!
However, Ash quickly understood the key point. Perhaps Kadabra's evolution didn't increase its strength, but rather Kadabra was already Elite Four level advanced, only its strength had regressed due to its evolution being suppressed.
This might be the unique training method that Sabrina and her Pokémon possessed.
In reality, this was indeed the case. Evolution does help with level progression, but theoretically, a single evolution couldn't achieve a jump of a small sub-level within the Elite Four level.
Elite Four level advanced was Alakazam's true level, and previously, when dealing with challengers to the Gym, Sabrina would suppress Alakazam to its Abra form to battle them.
Ordinary challengers couldn't even defeat Abra, so Sabrina had no need to let Abra evolve.
Maintaining Abra's form was a way for both Sabrina and Alakazam to train their Psychic powers.
But now, she felt an extremely heavy pressure from Ash and Gengar!
So, she no longer held back and directly let Kadabra return to its Alakazam form, releasing its suppressed Psychic power!
"Gastly, you evolve too!"
"Alright, alright~" Gastly responded, and a light of evolution also bloomed from its body. A moment later, Gengar appeared on the field.
Gastly's evolution couldn't boost its level like Kadabra's, after all, he wasn't regressing by suppressing power, but rather by using his thousand-year-learned transformation skill to devolve.
So, his level wouldn't change whether he evolved or devolved.
Brock and Misty looked at the two Pokémon evolving on the field, a bit dumbfounded.
This was the first time they had seen such a battle. Letting two Pokémon evolve before the battle, one would think Pokémon could evolve and devolve at will now!
"Let's begin, Alakazam, Psybeam!"
As Sabrina's words fell, Alakazam crossed its spoons in front of its body, and a colorful beam of light shot out from the spoons!
"Gengar, Shadow Ball!"
Gengar placed its hands on its waist, and an extremely dark Energy Ball formed in its hands.
The two moves collided in mid-air, creating a violent roar!
Waves of shockwaves rippled outwards. An Elite Four level battle was not something an ordinary arena could withstand. The entire Gym trembled under the impact of these two attacks.
Sabrina, however, completely ignored the Gym. Instead, she looked at the point of collision, her cold face slightly distorted, revealing a hint of excitement.
"That Alakazam is Elite Four level too?! Whoa, whoa, if they keep fighting like this, this Gym is going to collapse!" Misty only realized Alakazam was an Elite Four level Pokémon, and one that was not inferior to Gengar, after the two collided!
But now there was another problem: with two Elite Four level Pokémon colliding, this Gym wouldn't last much longer!
Even if Saffron Gym had ample funding and excellent construction materials, it couldn't possibly withstand the energy generated by two Elite Four level Pokémon colliding!
They, the two spectators here, would be in danger!
Ash looked back after hearing Misty's exclamation and saw Misty holding Pikachu, almost being blown away by the shockwave.
He turned his head back, and a blue light slowly lit up on his body. Immediately after, a visible azure barrier directly enveloped the field!
The barrier was square, perfectly aligning with the four corners of the arena, and a blue barrier also covered the ceiling.
The moment the barrier appeared, the impact of the shockwaves outside the field instantly vanished!
Misty, feeling the Hurricane that had been blowing over disappear, also opened her eyes, which she had instinctively closed.
"What's going on, why did it suddenly... Is that barrier yours, Ash?" Misty hadn't even finished asking her question when she saw the blue barrier covering the field.
Since both Sabrina's Psychic power and Ash's Aura were blue, Misty didn't know whose creation the thing on the field was.
"Yes, this is a barrier I made with Aura. It should be fine for withstanding a battle between two Elite Four level Pokémon. Gengar, feel free to fight with all your strength."
"Non...sense...I'm already...using all my strength!!!" Gengar pressed its hands in front of its body, trying hard to push the Shadow Ball forward. The Shadow Ball did indeed slowly push the Psybeam down under Gengar's effort.
In terms of pure power, Gengar was still a bit stronger.
A moment later, Gengar's Shadow Ball shattered the opponent's Psybeam and shot straight towards the opponent's face!
"Teleport."
Sabrina calmly gave the order.
Alakazam's figure instantly vanished from its original spot. The Shadow Ball missed, striking the barrier Ash had created. After a few ripples appeared on the barrier, it didn't even shake once before neutralizing the Shadow Ball's power.
Seeing this, Gengar turned its head, looking at Ash as if he were a monster.
He thought he had understood Ash well enough in their previous battle, even feeling that he had only lost to Ash due to a momentary lapse in attention. But it turned out that the power Ash displayed was just the tip of the iceberg!
If Ash had set up such a barrier to prevent him from running during their battle, it probably would have ended even faster!
Misty and Brock also looked at Ash with a ghost-seeing expression. They knew Ash had the power to create barriers, but this power could directly block a full-power attack from an Elite Four level Gengar. That was simply too abnormal!
This was like an Elite Four level Pokémon using Protect, and a large-scale Protect at that!
A hint of unusual color also appeared in Sabrina's cold eyes. As expected of an anomaly like her, she could also do the same things as her. However, they were in a battle now. Despite her surprise, Sabrina still had Alakazam prepare to attack.
"Why are you looking at me? Focus on the battle! Up there, Shadow Ball!" Ash saw Gengar staring at him in a daze and quickly commanded.
You can't get distracted during a battle, especially against an Elite Four level Pokémon. A moment of distraction and it's over!
At Ash's reminder, Gengar quickly condensed a Shadow Ball and then shot it upwards without hesitation!
The dark Energy Ball pierced through the void and flew out. Alakazam's figure appeared on the ceiling. At this moment, it had already prepared Psychic, and a vast Psychic power surged out, colliding with the Shadow Ball!
In the second move collision, the Shadow Ball didn't so easily blast away the opponent's attack.
On one hand, Alakazam had accumulated power for a while before using Psychic, while Gengar's Shadow Ball was hastily launched.
On the other hand, the Psybeam just now couldn't compare to Psychic in terms of power. So, now that the two attacks collided again, Gengar's attack was actually suppressed in return!
"Gengar, transform into a Dark-type Pokémon!" Seeing Psychic directly crush the Shadow Ball and rush towards Gengar, Ash commanded again.
Gengar's eyes rolled, and then it transformed. A colossal creature appeared on the field—the Desert Tyrant—Tyranitar!
Psychic struck Tyranitar's body, but it didn't deal any damage. Tyranitar patted its belly, as if saying, 'Is this supposed to be tickling me?'
Upon seeing Gengar's transformation, Sabrina's expression froze, and a hint of Confusion appeared on her cold face. Although she rarely ventured out and knew little about Pokémon other than Psychic-types, she was aware of Pokémon like Gengar that specifically targeted Psychic-types.
Since when could Gengar perform the function of a Ditto? And transform into a Pokémon of another type without any medium.
"Heh, it really didn't do anything. And not to mention, you're pretty good at remembering type advantages, kid." Gengar swayed and then transformed back into its original form, smiling as it praised Ash.
Psychic-type moves cannot damage Dark-type Pokémon, but the level difference between them cannot be too great, otherwise, even if the type attack cannot cause damage, the energy contained within it would be enough to harm that Pokémon.
Again, the real world is not like game data. Type advantages and type immunities are not absolute.
Even a Ghost-type, if the fighting-type power is strong enough, would be harmed by the energy contained within it.
"This Gengar is truly abnormal. If Ash hadn't stepped in himself, even sending out a Champion-level Pokémon might not have been able to handle him," Brock commented from the side.
There's an ability in the world called Protean, where the Pokémon's type changes to the corresponding type when using a move, and its moves also receive a Same-Type Attack Bonus.
But that kind of transformation requires the Pokémon to use a move to change its type. Ash's Gengar is too abnormal; it can directly transform without any medium or move!
How can there be such an outrageous Pokémon in the world?
"Alakazam, Teleport." After the initial shock, Sabrina also began to organize her offense again.
Alakazam began to flash constantly on the field, its figure elusive, making it impossible for Gengar to catch sight of it.
"Psyshock!"
"Gengar!" Although it couldn't catch sight of the opponent, since the opponent was using a Psychic-type move again, it just needed to transform back into a Dark-type Pokémon.
Gengar transformed into Tyranitar again, its eyes constantly darting around. As long as the opponent revealed itself, it could counterattack while being immune to the opponent's Psychic!
A shockwave condensed from Psychic power shot out from the void, but it was also directly immunized by Tyranitar.
But Alakazam appeared behind Tyranitar at the same time, and simultaneously condensed a green Energy Ball in its hand, which it blasted out fiercely!
"Gengar, watch out behind you!" Ash had already shouted a warning the moment he saw Alakazam appear behind Gengar, who had transformed into Tyranitar, without any warning, but his voice was still a step too late.
The Grass-type move Energy Ball condensed by Alakazam had already struck Gengar's back!
"Bang!!"
Tyranitar's types are Dark and Rock. An Energy Ball would cause 相當 terrifying damage to Tyranitar!
A roar echoed from the field. Tyranitar stumbled from the blast, then immediately transformed back into its original Gengar form, rolling repeatedly on the ground before finally crashing into the barrier Ash had created.
"Hiss! Ouch, ouch, ouch!!! What the heck? How can you, a Psychic-type Pokémon, use a Grass-type move? This is cheating! Cheating!" Gengar rubbed its back with its short hands while grumbling.
This attack wasn't particularly damaging to him, whose stamina reached S, but it really hurt!
"If we're talking about cheating, isn't you transforming into that Dark-type Pokémon cheating?" Sabrina said blandly with an expressionless face.
How dare this guy accuse her of cheating? This was the first time she had encountered such a shameless Pokémon.
Ash, on the other hand, showed a thoughtful expression. Although the clash just now was fleeting, it revealed many of Alakazam's and Sabrina's abilities.
The first was Alakazam's multitasking ability.
Teleport, Psyshock, Energy Ball—these three moves were basically used within less than a second of each other.
Especially the Teleport move, Alakazam was constantly using it. If you only used your naked eye, you wouldn't be able to see it. This move and the other two moves were being used simultaneously.
While Ash had seen two moves being used in conjunction before, like Gary's Wartortle, for example.
But Wartortle's moves were released sequentially, not simultaneously.
Releasing moves simultaneously is like drawing a circle with one hand and a square with the other—it's extremely difficult. Generally, only Psychic-type Pokémon with strong Psychic power can do this, and not just any Psychic-type Pokémon.
This Alakazam is truly not easy to deal with, but even harder to deal with is the Trainer behind it.