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Chapter 242 Zhenyifa: Nobody understands manners better than me! (4k)

[666 If you can't beat them, join them! Show some class!]

What kind of quality is this? This is called tactical discipline!

[Mushroom spores! I declare the hoodoo mushroom's back view to be the third most reassuring back view in the world!]

Who are the first two Pokémon? It's so hard to guess! It can't be that Amoonguss and that muscular Tiger, right?

[Fujiki, you, the big-eyed, thick-browed fighting-style gym leader, are resorting to dirty tricks now?]

Do you even understand the value of a 100% success rate in hypnosis?

There was no other way; the bear apprentice had already consciously dodged once, but the second time would be truly difficult to avoid.

The mushroom spores hit, and the bear apprentice fell into a [sleep] state.

Teng Shu wouldn't let this golden opportunity slip by, and shouted, "Sword Dance!"

Despite its physical pain, the straw mushroom began to spin and dance at high speed, its fierce aura rising steadily.

As the golden light shines even brighter, its physical attack power is greatly enhanced!
Even in its slumber, the bear's instincts still compel it to continue fighting.

daydream!

His sleeping body suddenly twitched, and following the commands of his subconscious, the fighting energy within Xiong's apprentice surged violently.

Close combat!
With his eyes closed, Xiong's apprentice instinctively unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at the nearby Mushroom.

Even though this move itself is quite powerful, without the attribute advantage bonus, its damage is not as good as the previous Swallow Return.

Even more deadly is the decrease in both physical and magical defense caused by close combat, which is like a time bomb in this sleep state!
"Absorb punch!"

Seizing the opening, Teng Shu immediately gave the order.

The mushroom's eyes sharpened, and its fist, which had just been enhanced by the Sword Dance, was now wreathed in a predatory green energy!

A terrifying punch, which retracted like a spring and then blasted out again, struck the bear disciple's abdomen, whose defenses were wide open due to close combat!

boom--

"Kuma!"

The sleeping bear apprentice let out a painful groan, and his body arched violently from the pain!
Meanwhile, the mushroom absorbed the characteristics of the fist and fed back the life energy it had plundered to itself. The injuries it had just suffered from the Swallow Return were visibly mostly healed!

At the same time, the sleeping state of the bear apprentice finally ended.

It suddenly opened its eyes.

We must use the Swallow Return to launch a counterattack!

The thought had barely formed in his mind when Xiong's apprentice hadn't even had time to mobilize his energy.

"Spores, one more time!"

The devilish voice of the vine tree rang out again.

The hooded mushroom's tail, like a precise venomous snake, once again spewed out a deadly cloud of mushroom spores.

Having just awakened and in extremely poor physical condition, Xiong's apprentice had no way to avoid it. He didn't even have time to see through it before the familiar feeling of drowsiness washed over him again like a tide.
The bear apprentice's vision went black, and his body went limp again, falling asleep once more!

Teng Shu shouted sharply, "End it! Mind Hammer!"

The giant straw hat on the top of the straw mushroom instantly glowed with a bright blue light, radiating superpower-type energy!

It gathered all its strength and, like a battering ram, smashed it hard into its sleeping bear apprentice.

If this attack hits, Xiong's apprentice, who is already in a state of imminent danger, will surely be in grave danger!
At the critical moment.

The bear apprentice's body, which had fallen into a deep sleep, once again acted according to his subconscious fighting instincts.

daydream!

This time, what surged was not the ferocity of Fighting-type, but a nimble and swift Bug-type energy!

The bear apprentice's body transformed into a blurry afterimage, crashing violently towards the direction of the straw hat mushroom.

Then, as if pulled back by a rubber band, it shot back at an astonishing speed, landing precisely between Zhenyifa and Shakiras on the sidelines!

Make a rapid turnback!
The Psychic Hammer, released a moment later by the Mushroom, slammed into the spot where the Bear Apprentice had been just a second before.

In an instant, sand and stones flew everywhere, creating a huge splash, but they only hit empty air.

Fujiki: "."

No, in my dream I drew U-turn to dodge a fatal blow and also managed to switch out a Pokémon?
Or is it in the absence of a trainer to give instructions?
That's such an artistic move!
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[Hahahaha! A truly fully automated gym challenge, it's even learned how to switch characters!]

[@Mizuya, did you see that, Mizuya? Your Pokémon even knows how to switch out of battle. This is really none of your business. Go wash up and go to sleep!]

[Sister Fa's expressions are so cute! From the shock of "My little brother is doomed" to the ecstatic joy of "It's my turn to play!", you can tell she's been wanting to play for a long time.]

[The vine still hasn't grasped the essence of filth. If it had used Taunt to immediately block sleep talking after the mushroom spores, the battle would have been over long ago!]

[Well, that's it, the dirty trickster has run into the grandmaster of dirty tactics!]

[Zhenyifa: Do you even know what manners are?!]

[Sister Fa: I'm here to avenge my little brother!]

On the sidelines, Zhenyi looked at his bear apprentice, who was still in a [sleep] state, being held down by Shakiras's carapace. His scarlet eyes instantly curved into crescents.

It let out a joyful shriek, its body transforming into a streak of grayish-purple light, and floated lightly onto the field, hovering in front of the Hathorn.

The vine tree instantly snapped out of its shock at the "rapid turnaround and scene change".

Facing this unique elf for the first time, his expression turned somewhat solemn.

Similarly, insufficient intelligence is the biggest disadvantage!

"Mushroom spores!"

Teng Shu intended to launch a preemptive attack, and his commands were urgent.

However, before his command had even finished, a mocking smile flashed in Zhenyi's scarlet eyes.

A surge of malevolent energy, filled with strange properties, shot out instantly!

The hooded mushroom's tail, which was about to twitch, suddenly froze.

An uncontrollable surge of violent rage instantly overwhelmed its reason, triggering the [Provocation] state!
Before the duration ends, it will no longer be able to use any transformation moves, including its signature [Spore]!

Frustrated, Fujiki could only sigh and decide to launch a direct attack.

"Sharp stone attack!"

The Fighting-type [Sonic Punch] is immune to the Ghost-type [Wingshot], so he had to settle for the next best thing: using this Rock-type attack that can also be launched quickly.

With a thunderous roar, the sharp stone pillar, with the force of breaking through the earth, suddenly pierced out from under the soft sand and went straight into the suspended winged machine!

However, it's too slow!
The scorching, dazzling sunlight in the sky activated the [ancient activity] deep within the bloodline of Zhenyi.

A layer of crimson-gold patterns, like flowing lava, lit up on the wings!
With her speed greatly increased, Fa Jie easily avoided the sharp stone attack with just a light spin.

Then, it turned around and retaliated with several pale phosphorescent flames that burned eerily and exuded an ominous chill.

Ghost fire!

The mushroom tried to dodge, but with the ghostly speed and precise prediction of the Winged Beast's attack, it had no way to avoid it.

The eerie, ghostly flames clung precisely to the arm of the mushroom, like a bone-deep infection, and the searing, bone-corroding pain, accompanied by the [Burned] status, instantly spread throughout its body.

The vine was in a terrible predicament.

"Swallow Return!" This move is guaranteed to hit; you can't dodge it now, can you?

Indeed, with the energy boost from the [Swallow Return] move, Breloom's speed received a significant boost.

Its green form transformed into a streak of light, crashing fiercely into the winged machine!
boom--

The sound of impact rang out, and the swallow's return hit its target successfully.

However, it caused absolutely no harm!

The [Fairy Attribute] bond effect grants Zhenyifa a layer of "Painted Skin" that grants immunity to any source of damage at the start of battle!
The vine tree, however, was unaware of the existence of this thing.

He stared in disbelief at the triumphant spinning and dancing of the winged creature in mid-air, his heart pounding with shock.

Has the swallow become immune?

how can that be!

Flying-type moves. Ghost-types shouldn't be immune to them.

Could it be that a new attribute that is immune to flying-type attacks has been created in this world?
What kind of monster is this winged machine?!
[The poor vine and the straw mushroom were completely manipulated by Sister Fa!]

[Teng Shu clearly hasn't watched Fa Jie's matches; he's still too young, hahaha!]

[It's obvious that Tengshu didn't do her homework! Have you heard of Fa Jie's 'painted skin' ability?]

[So here's the question: if the characteristic of the vibrating wing is 'disguised', then what about the 'chlorophyll' that it accelerates so much under sunny conditions?]

[What's going on? It's like the prisoner gave his own elf a custom-made VIP cheat!]

My sister is openly and honestly dirty!

On the battlefield, Fujiki guessed that the reason why [Swallow Return] failed was not because it was immune, but because it was blocked by something like [Painted Skin].

He composed himself and immediately continued his attack: "Mushroom, Swallow Return!"

The speed of the flapping wings is too fast, and the straw mushroom was also inflicted with three layers of [Crippling Mark] in the battle with the bear apprentice.

According to the theory of battlefield relativity, the speed difference between the two sides is extremely large.

Although it's a bit harsh to say, the slow-moving Breeze can only barely reach Winged Strike with [Aerial Ace].

The reason why Fa Jie lost to Swellow in the second Petalburg Gym battle was largely because she was afraid of Swellow's [Guts] ability and did not dare to use [Will-O-Wisp].

But what's there to be afraid of about this mushroom that's been burned?

She's just a tool for my sister Fa to refresh "Infinite Skin"!
Even though Breath of the Wild's physical defense is indeed very low, Breath-shroom with the [Master] ability deals explosive damage.

However, if a single [Swallow Return] attack fails to reduce Zhenyifa's health by more than half, there is no chance of defeating him!

"Ooh~"

With a playful mindset already in mind, Zhenyi deliberately slowed down his dodge, letting the green figure carrying flight energy crash into him.

The familiar impact came, but this time the already shattered [painted skin] was knocked back slightly by the impact.

The pain brought a surge of competitive spirit to Zhenyi's scarlet eyes.

Energy condensed, and in an instant, countless pitch-black spheres containing dense ghostly energy appeared out of thin air like phantoms, slamming down on the Mushroom Hat, which had just landed and was not yet firmly on its feet, with a shrill shriek!

boom--

A series of explosions rang out on the beach.

The Ghost-type energy relentlessly eroded Breloom's already battered body, and amidst the billowing smoke, only its painful groans could be heard.

When the smoke cleared, the blackened hyacinth mushroom lay on the ground, incapacitated.

The last spirit of the Vine Tree was the bandana thug.

Another Pokémon that is not known for its speed, and even its attack power is quite average.

The trait isn't even [Shedding Skin], which has a chance to remove abnormal statuses, but rather [Intimidation], which has absolutely no effect on Fa Jie.

Its only advantage is its extremely high defense and durability, so high that it doesn't seem like a Fighting-type Pokémon known for its brute force.

But as everyone knows, this is the type of elf that Sister Fa is least afraid of.

Under such circumstances, the bandana thugs naturally could not pose much of a threat to Sister Fa, who had already entered the mid-game and was stacking up [Netherworld Marks].

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"Alright, you can turn off the live stream now."

Xia Chi looked at the match on Rotom's screen, which was already a foregone conclusion, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Rotom.

In fact, it was long before Xiong's apprentice completed that amazing reversal, and then severely injured the Mushroom with his seriously injured body, and then Zhenyi took over the battlefield.

In this "gym challenge" without a trainer on-site to direct the match, the balance of victory had already been completely tilted.

The subsequent battle was nothing more than a "durability test" conducted by Zhenyifa against the last remaining Pokémon with a headband, under the overwhelming advantage of Zhenyifa.

The outcome of this gym challenge without any trainers has been decided.

"As expected, they still didn't wait for me to come over."

Xia Chi looked towards the direction where the beach was still crowded with people and the cheers could be faintly heard, and muttered helplessly.

The scorching sand underfoot felt like it was burning the soles of your feet through your flip-flops. Trekking on the soft sand under the blazing sun on a hot summer afternoon was definitely not a pleasant experience.

In addition, Pokémon battles are not as long-lasting as some other sports; the outcome is often decided in the blink of an eye.

By the time Xia Chi arrived, the entire 3v3 match had already ended.

As expected, it ended in victory for Zhenyifa.

On the field, Fujiki silently retracted his bandana-wearing thug, which was now completely incapacitated and emanating ominous black energy.

Meanwhile, the victor, Zhenyifa, excitedly weaved over the heads of the onlookers, basking in the cheers of the crowd.

It was naturally the first thing to see Xia Chi.

Sister Fa let out a cheerful shriek and swooped down from the sky like a gray-purple meteor, circling Xia Chi several times gracefully.

Finally, it stopped in front of him and spun around triumphantly, its narrow, scarlet eyes narrowing into slits. "Whoa!"

[Xia Chi, Xia Chi, I just helped you win the gym challenge!]

Xia Chi stroked its rather uniquely textured head and praised with a smile, "I saw the live stream, you did a great job, Sister Fa!"

Xiong's apprentice also walked over with unsteady steps, trying to appear calm.

Given this stubborn little bear's personality, it's naturally not as open and natural as Fa Jie, but its subtle gaze is filled with the meaning of "praise me quickly."

Xia Chi, of course, wouldn't show favoritism. He squatted down and stroked the slightly droopy fur on its head in the sunlight, without saying a word.

The transmission of warmth and comfort through the power of waveguides is enough to explain everything.

Only Shakiras remained dejectedly in place.

Whether it was from heat or air, white steam was puffing out from the crevices of its thick shell.

Being ignored off the field and not even getting a chance to shine on the field, this double blow makes it look like a cactus that has been withered by the sun.

Xia Chi couldn't help but chuckle as she walked over and kicked the clumsy shell with her foot.

He knew perfectly well why Shakiras was unhappy, and with a smile he comforted him, "Alright, the martial arts dojo challenge isn't over yet. How about you go first in the next round?"

The steam spewing from the gaps in the shell of the Shakiras suddenly spewed out even more fiercely, but it was out of excitement, and the buzzing sound suddenly rose, filled with an impatient fighting spirit.

(End of this chapter)