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The crystal in front of Lin Xuan is of average quality, but it's the kind that ordinary people can find if they're lucky. After all, an ordinary evolution stone isn't a huge expense for raising Pokémon these days.

However, the presence of such crystals here indicates that the ghostly energy here is indeed very concentrated.

"Ibrahimovic, try a dribbling move?"

Lin Xuan suggested to Ibrahimovic that it would be a shame not to make good use of such a good environment.

Meanwhile, Eevee rolled its eyes at Lin Xuan, but its own superpowers still began to radiate outwards.

The benefits of training Eevee's superpowers go far beyond just the superpowers themselves; it also enhances Eevee's perception and control over energy.

"Practicing Shadow Ball?"

Seeing what Eevee did, Ryusei asked a question.

"Hmm, the environment here is nice. Let Ibu try it out first; it won't waste much time."

"Doraki".

Upon hearing this, Long Xing didn't say much, but simply gave an instruction to Duolongqi, who immediately understood and stood up, conjuring a Shadow Ball in his mouth.

"The Shadow Ball move doesn't require too much skill. The most important thing is to pay attention to energy accumulation. The Shadow Ball's potential effect of lowering Special Defense is due to the energy dissipation after hitting the Pokémon, which impacts the Pokémon's original defensive capabilities. In theory, if the size of the Shadow Ball can be further reduced, its power can be increased."

Ryusei, who owns the Ghost Dragon Pokémon Dragapult, patiently explained to Lin Xuan, as he had quite a bit of experience in this area.

"Compressed?"

"Yes, the core technique of Shadow Ball is compression, so that the skill can release its maximum power in the shortest time after it hits. This requires the Pokémon to have a very good grasp of the subtle control over the skill."

At this point, Longxing glanced at Lin Xuan's Eevee, and then continued:

"Your Eevee is proficient in psychic abilities, so this should be its strength. It shouldn't be difficult for it to master."

Shadow Ball isn't a difficult skill for Eevee to learn; it's just that Eevee focuses too much on developing its psychic abilities and potential, to the point that it neglects these equally important combat skills.

"Let your Doraki try hitting Eevee with a Shadow Ball."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Xuan said that the simplest and most effective way to make Ibrahimovic truly feel the changes in the Shadow Ball at the moment of its explosion was to do so.

Long Xing paused for a moment after hearing Lin Xuan's words. Was this a bit too rough?

"Booey!!!"

On one side, they were also protesting; is no one respecting Ibrahimovic's rights anymore?

"What are you afraid of? You're a Normal-type immune to Ghosts. You were perfectly fine when you were Ralts's punching bag for training Shadow Sneak Attacks, weren't you?"

Lin Xuan said nonchalantly, and Ibu thought for a moment... "It seems like there's a way?"

But why am I always the one who gets beaten up?!

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Long Xing tried again to confirm Lin Xuan's opinion.

"bring it on!"

Lin Xuan and Xiao Dian took a step back in unison, looking very coordinated. Elredo even thoughtfully tugged at Xiao Xi and Xiao Mi, who were standing nearby looking a bit lost.

After all, I haven't been with Lin Xuan for very long, and I haven't really integrated into Lin Xuan's special "customs" yet.

Ibrahimovic simply closed his eyes, adopting an attitude of "do whatever you want."

After confirming Lin Xuan's intentions, Long Xing immediately had Duolongqi start gathering Shadow Balls, and at this moment, Lin Xuan came up and kicked Eevee's butt.

"Why are you closing your eyes? Take a good look at the process of the Shadow Sphere forming; it's very important."

"Buyi~"

After silently cursing Lin Xuan countless times in his mind, Ibrahimovic focused all his attention on Doronchi.

With the help of its psychic powers, even though it's not a Ghost-type Pokémon, Eevee can clearly sense the changes in Ghost-type energy around Dragapult. The energy slowly begins to gather towards Dragapult's mouth, then compresses and condenses into a ball.

Of course, this was the result of Doraki deliberately slowing down the speed for Ibrahimovic to learn from. In a real battle, if a Shadow Ball took that long to charge up, it would have been killed by the opponent long ago.

The process of gathering Shadow Spheres is somewhat similar to that of Energy Spheres, since they both contain the word "sphere" in their names, making them somewhat related.

Furthermore, Energy Ball also has the potential to lower Special Defense, which means that the two moves may be somewhat similar in principle.

However, the difference is that Energy Ball is more powerful, but Shadow Ball is more likely to lower Special Defense.

This is also why the two skills have slightly different focuses. Energy Ball focuses more on the energy burst when the skill hits, unleashing maximum power in one go, while Shadow Ball focuses more on the "penetration" effect in addition to power.

Chapter 266 The Taste of Fear

Although Dragapult had slowed down the process of using the move to demonstrate it to Eevee, Shadow Ball still required compression and charging. Even a Ghost-type Dragapult couldn't keep compressing it. Once it looked like it was about right, Dragapult released Shadow Ball directly.

The Shadow Ball struck Eevee directly, and immediately exploded, releasing all the power stored within.

However, it was of no use, because Eevee is a Normal-type, and it was immune to the Ghost-type energy the moment it came into contact with her body. But she could still clearly feel the process of the energy bursting out, which was the most important part, and the reason why Lin Xuan asked Long Xing to do this.

"How about it?"

Lin Xuan asked Eevee, while Little Dot curiously peeked over. "Could there be a Pokémon that can't learn any moves? No way!"

Learning a skill isn't something you can just do by glancing at what's written in a book, is it?

Although Little Point didn't say what he really thought, Eevee and Little Point were so familiar with each other that even without him opening his mouth, Eevee knew what he wanted to say, and even saw the mockery in his eyes.

"Boy!"

Ibrahimovic gritted his teeth; he absolutely couldn't let this little guy look down on him!

Otherwise, when we fight over snacks at home, won't I just get dominated by this guy again? That won't do!

Eevee closed his eyes, trying to recall the feeling when he was touched by the Shadow Ball. Although he was quickly immune to it, there was still a sense that Ghost-type energy was trying to erode his skin.

In terms of penetration and erosion, Ghost-type energy is probably second only to Poison-type. However, Poison-type erosion is mostly superficial, manifesting as the most direct poisoning state, while Ghost-type energy is more manifested at the energy level, especially Shadow Ball.

Even the skill "Sneak Strike" has the weakness of needing to be charged, but once it is used, it can break through the opponent's guard state even if the opponent is using a guard skill. Among the normal skills, only "Sneak Strike" and "Feint" can do this.

However, the power of the feint attack is only thirty, and its only value is probably its extremely fast attack speed and its ability to break through defenses.

Eevee, with its ability to sense danger, already possesses astonishing perception. With the added aid of its superpowers, it quickly mastered some of the tricks of Shadow Ball.

In addition, the Ghost-type energy in the vicinity was indeed quite abundant, and under the watchful eyes of Lin Xuan and the others, a dark purple ball of light gradually gathered in front of Eevee.

It looks like a prototype of the Shadow Ball, and you can tell just by looking at the color that it is very different from the Shadow Ball used by Draco.

Dragapult's Shadow Ball is a deep, dark purple, while Eevee's is only light purple, even somewhat transparent. The reason is quite obvious: the compression of Ghost-type energy is not yet sufficient.

Lin Xuan gave Ibrahimovic the same advice.

"Continue to compress, but don't rely solely on brute force; try to find patterns and techniques."

"Buyi~"

Ibrahimovic's little face scrunched up. If it weren't for the fact that his phone had been confiscated by the league, Lin Xuan would have taken a picture of Ibrahimovic and made it into a meme.

Ibrahimovic used his superpowers to focus all his attention on the Shadow Ball in front of him, carefully sensing the flow of energy and compressing it further.

Soon, the Shadow Ball's color visibly deepened again, but this seemed to be Ibrahimovic's limit at this point.

"Alright, let it out."

Seeing Eevee's condition, Lin Xuan didn't let her continue to push herself. Soon, at Lin Xuan's signal, Eevee launched the Shadow Ball from her hand, and then Doronki, which was not far away, flew out and swallowed it whole.

"Hiccup~"

Draco let out a burp. Clearly, the ball of energy that Eevee released could only be described as a compressed Ghost-type energy ball, not yet reaching the standard of a Shadow Ball. Otherwise, even Draco wouldn't have been able to swallow it so easily.

Lin Xuan: ………

Ibrahimovic: Could you at least give me a little face?

Even so, it was enough to greatly surprise Longxing, who was not far away, because Eevee had most likely never used the Shadow Ball skill before. Everything was learned on the spot, and to be able to do this level on the first try was already abnormal.

Of course, I wonder what kind of expression this guy would have if he knew that he learned how to use the Energy Ball while eating tree fruits.

Although Ibrahimovic's Shadow Ball is not fully formed, it is at least in its initial form. With a little training, it should not be difficult to use it skillfully.

Moreover, judging from the way Eevee used it just now... it looked like it was forcibly sensing and gathering the surrounding Ghost-type energy with its psychic powers, which was quite terrifying. This was even more psychic than a psychic-type Pokémon.

"Let's leave it at that for now. Continuing the training would be a waste of time."

Lin Xuan said to Long Xing, "After all, their purpose in coming here is not for training. Long Xing has already helped Ibu a lot by helping him master Shadow Ball. It would be a bit inappropriate for them to stay here any longer."

Anyway, Ibrahimovic has already mastered quite a few tricks, so we can take it slow.

"Then let's keep going."

Long Xing nodded and continued walking inside.

As they ventured deeper, the two discovered that the ghostly energy within became increasingly concentrated. According to Long Xing, the concentration of this ghostly energy was approaching that of some more ordinary secret realms.

Where is the place with the highest concentration of Ghost-type energy?

Lin Xuan asked with some curiosity, and Long Xing paused slightly upon hearing this, then turned to ask Lin Xuan in return.

"do not you know?"

"I'm just an ordinary trainer, how would I know these things~"

Seeing Long Xing's surprised expression, Lin Xuan shrugged. He wasn't a disciple of a big family like Long Xing's.

"With your current status as a senior researcher, you shouldn't have any problem understanding these things, right?"