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The wings were spotted, casting flowing light and shadow within the venue.
Mary's pupils dilated slightly.
This was the first time she had witnessed the arrival of the Paradox Pokémon.
Morubek's electric bag instantly filled with energy, exploding into a series of crackling sparks.
"interesting."
Marie's lips finally curled into a fighting spirit as she threw her first Poké Ball, tearing a purple vortex through the air. "Let's begin, senior."
With a loud "bang," a long-haired troll with shiny black fur suddenly appeared.
Unlike Nie Zi's signature multicolored troll, this one's fur appeared as a pure dark color under the light, with each hair gleaming with a healthy sheen.
"It's different from your brother's, right?"
Mary gently stroked the thick fur on the long-haired troll's back, her fingertips swirling with a few strands of dark purple evil energy.
The hairy troll bared its fangs in a gesture of cooperation, and a faint, provocative mist began to emanate from its body.
"Hah~" (Is it a Dark/Fairy type Pokémon? Well, it kind of lowers the overall appeal~)
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Chapter 577 Morbeco: 6
Li Chen's gaze swept over the slightly thin shoulder line of the long-haired troll, and a restrained smile appeared on his lips: "Compared to Mr. Nie Zi's, your partner looks more energetic."
He deliberately chose a euphemistic way of putting it, gently tapping the Poké Ball with his fingertips.
Zhenyifa subtly restrained his imposing manner, deliberately slowing down the amplitude of his wing movements.
This is an unspoken courtesy among trainers.
Mary, however, was completely oblivious, focused on grooming the hair on the long-haired troll's neck: "Of course, it has only been evolved for less than half a year."
Her tone carried the pride unique to a young trainer.
The lights on the ceiling of the stadium suddenly dimmed, and the referee robot emitted a mechanical prompt.
Li Chen lowered his head to hide the smile in his eyes, thinking that it would be more appropriate to end this battle within ten minutes.
"Magic Flash!"
As soon as Li Chen gave the order, the wings on Zhenyi's head suddenly folded, and its dark green body burst forth with a dazzling pink light.
Countless star-like energy particles exploded inside the venue, turning the entire space into a dreamy rainbow color.
Mary's purple eyes narrowed in the bright light: "Splitter it with a soul strike!"
The long-haired troll roared and swung its claws. The dark purple evil energy transformed into fairy pink light and solidified into a giant claw phantom, tearing a crack in the light barrier.
Amidst the turbulent energy flow, its body trembled violently from the intense movements.
Two opposing forces collided in mid-air, and the resulting shockwave caused the referee robot's signal lights to flash wildly.
Li Chen secretly raised an eyebrow; this counterattack was much more fierce than he had expected.
Mary's tactical skills clearly far exceed what's depicted in the game.
The long-haired troll's fist, enveloped in pink light, tore through the air, leaving a sonic boom-like afterimage behind it. The power of this soul impact was completely at the gym level.
A pink light flashed in the eyes of the flapping wings, and the top of the wings dodged to the side with millimeter-level precision.
The force of the punch grazed its thin wing membrane, carving three deep furrows in the specially designed battlefield.
"Now!"
Li Chen's command arrived simultaneously with the movement of the wing-shaped launcher.
"hair!"
Amidst its high-pitched cry as it flapped its wings, pink moonlight energy gathered at its wingtips, instantly transforming into a moon disc with a diameter exceeding five meters.
The protective shield at the top of the venue was reflected with a spiderweb-like pattern of cracks!
The pink moon crashed down with devastating force, easily tearing apart the energy barrier surrounding the hairy troll as if it were thin paper.
The moment the moonlight touched its fur, countless pink spots of light burst open on its body!
"A hairy troll!"
Mary's exclamation was drowned out by the burst of energy.
The hairy troll's feet dug two deep furrows in the battlefield. It struggled to stay upright, but its fur was sticking out with unnatural static electricity, clearly indicating that it had been severely injured.
The referee robot's electronic eyes flashed wildly, and the energy reading of the protective shield instantly soared to the warning threshold.
Li Chen noticed the curve of Mary's lips—this girl was actually smiling?
"Fake kneeling, real collision!"
Mary's command pierced through the aftershocks of energy.
Suddenly, the seemingly collapsing hairy troll sprang up, its mane bristling like steel needles.
The hair, imbued with the power of the moon, transformed into countless pink and purple meteors in mid-air, covering the entire battlefield with astonishing density!
Li Chen raised an eyebrow.
This is not a conventional move at all.
Zhenyi rapidly flapped its wings and retreated, but was still pierced through the body by dozens of energy-infused hairs, causing a chain reaction of explosions within the arena.
Amidst the smoke and fire, the hairy troll knelt on one knee, panting heavily, but his fighting spirit burned even brighter in his eyes.
Mary's pigtails flew wildly in the shockwave: "This is a little surprise specially prepared for you."
Li Chenman yawned casually, but his fingertips quietly brushed against the enormous wristband on his wrist.
"Good idea."
He commented lazily, "What a pity..."
Li Chen stopped speaking halfway through his sentence.
Just as Mary's purple eyes caught the anomaly, a second moon appeared like a ghost.
This beam of moonlight was much thinner than before, yet it pierced precisely through the gaps in the hairy troll's defenses.
The moment it was hit, the troll's massive body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the protective barrier and losing its ability to fight.
When the referee robot sounded its whistle, Mary was still in the commanding posture.
Morubek frantically patted her trouser leg, and she looked at the electronic screen as if waking from a dream.
The battle lasted for 2 minutes and 17 seconds. Li Chen was gently brushing away non-existent dust from the wings of the Zhenyi Hairpin: "It's still a bit lacking."
Mary silently returned the long-haired troll to its Poké Ball, her fingertips lingering on the surface for a moment.
She took a deep breath, her fighting spirit undiminished as she looked up: "The gap is bigger than I imagined..."
Li Chen gently spun the Poké Ball in his hand, then suddenly pressed the recall button.
The moment his wings vanished in a flash of red light, he threw out his second Poké Ball: "It's your turn."
With a deafening roar, Moonbear Heyue's massive body crashed to the ground.
The crimson crescent moon pattern on its forehead gleamed under the light, and its breath alone caused the gravel on the ground to tremble slightly.
Mary unconsciously took a half step back; this was the first time she had ever faced such a terrifying Pokémon.
"Now."
Li Chen stroked the Moon Bear's thick fur, a dangerous smile playing on his lips. "Let's see how you perform with the second one?"
The Moon Bear roared to the sky in unison, the sound waves causing ripples to spread across the protective shield.
Morubek's electric bag instantly filled with energy, exploding into a series of warning sparks.
Mary gently patted her flustered partner at her feet: "It's time to go."
The moment Morubek leaped into the arena, the electric sac in his abdomen switched to an empty state, and his jet-black fur stood on end.
However, the Moon Bear simply snorted lazily and casually slapped the ground with its front paws.
The entire battlefield suddenly undulated violently like ocean waves, and countless rock pillars burst forth from beneath Morpeko's feet!
The power of the earth!
Mary's command stuck in her throat. She watched helplessly as Morbeko was tossed into the air like a rag doll, her petite body bouncing back and forth between the rock pillars.
When the dust settled, the electric mouse was lying in the cracks of the broken rocks, its eyes now spiral-shaped.
The referee robot's red light flashed rapidly, and its cold electronic voice announced, "Morubek, unable to fight."
"?"
Mary hesitated, a rare occurrence for her. Her pigtails hung listlessly over her shoulders, the ends of her hair seemingly losing their luster.
She mechanically retrieved the unconscious Morpeko, the "click" of the Poké Ball closing sounding particularly jarring in the silent arena.
The electronic screen on the sidelines relentlessly flashed the score of 0:2, and the hot breath exhaled by the Moon Bear condensed into white frost on the specially made floor.
Chapter 578 Proposal?
Marie's lips trembled slightly; this was the first time since becoming a trainer that she had felt so powerless in battle.
Li Chen stroked his chin thoughtfully, and Yueyue Xiong understood and withdrew its oppressive aura.
Just as he was about to say something, Mary suddenly gripped the last Poké Ball tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.
When the girl raised her head, her eyes burned with a chilling obsession.
Mary suddenly took two steps forward, her leather shoes stomping heavily on the broken rocks.
She clenched her fists so tightly that she didn't even notice the creaking sound of Morpeko's Poké Ball being squeezed.
"Mr. Li Chen, although this is very sudden, please promise me!"
Her voice trembled more than ever before, and her pupils contracted to slits under the light, "Please continue in the future..."
"If we are destined to meet, we will meet again."
Li Chen's light chuckle interrupted her.
Moon Bear had already bent down at some point, and its huge paws gently pressed on Mary's trembling shoulder.
"If fate allows, we'll have another match then."
Afterwards, Li Chen left with Eileen.
The gates to the battlefield slowly closed behind him, and Li Chen was suddenly grabbed by the tie by Eileen.
She stood on tiptoe, her elfin ears trembling slightly with emotion, her voice muffled in Li Chen's shoulder: "It's always like this... Even though I have a stern face, those girls all..."
Li Chen let her tighten his tie, and as he looked down, the faint light of the four inherited powers flickered in his eyes: "Jealous?"
As he spoke, Li Chen's fingertips brushed against her burning earlobe, causing her to tremble slightly.
Touched so lightly, Eileen immediately jumped away like a cat with its fur standing on end.
Li Chen laughed loudly and put his arm around her shoulder, silencing her protests in the night breeze.
The aurora borealis swirled overhead, illuminating a sly smile on someone's face.
This is probably the sweet dilemma of being a Champion-level trainer like Li Chen...
Where to go next?
Li Chen asked Eileen.
"I don't know, where else can we go in the Galar region?"
Eileen didn't know much about this place.
Li Chen brought them all to Gongmen City.
"Ha... I don't know either."
Looking at the dazzling night view of Gongmen City, Li Chen yawned.