Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Without a doubt, Gengar was chosen by Squirtle!

After all, when it comes to how to defeat Charizard, Gengar is second to none!

Seeing Gengar get excited immediately, Ash and Pikachu, as his teammates, fell silent.

Say something.

He controlled himself throughout the battle, not wanting to use Pokémon like Charizard or Gengar against Ahong.

As for the reason, Ash can only say that these two Pokémon are not conducive to making friends.

But since Squirtle has already made the choice for him...

"Then I choose you, Gengar!"

Ash, unwilling to embarrass Squirtle, decided to admit defeat!

"Gag!"

With a shout, Gengar stuck out its tongue and licked its own gaping maw.

As the tip of its tongue brushed against the tip of its teeth, it even squinted comfortably.

Although Ash's Charizard was not easy to catch.

But it wouldn't hurt to take down this Charizard for fun!

Without the slightest hesitation.

Gengar immediately turned on its microphone and used [Throw A Few Taunts] and [Taunt].

Charizard, which doesn't have the same cunning and intricate mind as Ash's Charizard, has never seen anything like this before.

It's a stubborn person, and the thing it can't stand the most in this world is provocation!

He instinctively wanted to glare at him, but before he could even raise his head five degrees, Ah Hong's voice came from behind him.

"Don't fall for its trick! Whatever you do, don't look into its eyes! You'll be hypnotized!"

Charizard shuddered and almost instinctively closed its eyes.

What? You deliberately made it raise its head?

Is it really that despicable?!

Seeing that Charizard wasn't falling for the trap, and Gengar still had those slightly glowing scarlet eyes, its expression visibly crumbled.

It puffed out its cheeks and turned its head to glare in Ah Hong's direction.

What's wrong with you, young man!

How can you be so ignorant of the rules!

Why are you interfering in what's going on between those Pokémon?

As soon as that gaze swept over him, the hairs on the back of Ah Hong's head stood on end. Almost instinctively, he drooped his eyelids and closed them tightly, as if afraid that he had been hypnotized.

He recently witnessed this Gengar tormenting Lillie!

If he could even harm those close to Ash, then he certainly wouldn't be able to!

But this is not a solution either.

Ah Hong gritted his teeth, several thoughts flashing through his mind, and then gave the order in a deep voice.

"Ben, use smoke! Block its vision!"

Charizard had been holding back its anger for a long time.

Having received the order, it dared not hesitate and took a deep breath.

His chest swelled, and then he suddenly spewed out a large cloud of thick black smoke towards his feet!

The smoke spread rapidly, instantly engulfing the half of the field where the fire-breathing dragon was located.

A chorus of wails erupted from the audience.

The audience on Ah Hong's side were so angry that they pounded on the railings and shouted, "The experience was terrible!"

Let alone Charizard, they can't even see the Gengar on the other side right now!

With his vision completely blocked, Ah Hong, hiding behind the smoke screen, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

By blocking Gengar's vision, the medium for hypnosis is also blocked... Shouldn't that be considered a breakthrough?

Within the smoke screen, jets of flame occasionally broke through the fog, orange-red tongues of fire slicing through the darkness only to be quickly swallowed up.

Ash's eyes lit up as he watched Gengar, which had to dodge the flames bursting out of the smoke screen from time to time and keep throwing Shadow Balls into it, yet no one could do anything to it.

As expected of Ahong!

Using this method to limit Gengar... Good strategy!

A slight smile played on his lips, and his palms were already warm to the touch.

"Since that's the case—"

Xiao Zhi took half a step forward and spoke.

"Gengar, let's show Aruto what we've learned these past few days!"

Gengar dodged the Flame Throw that grazed its nose, and was initially taken aback.

Then a smile bloomed on that big face again, stretching from the corners of his mouth all the way to his ears.

"Gag!"

Oh right! I almost forgot about it!

Unlike Ash's cunning Charizard, he was more of a control-type Pokémon and his offensive capabilities were indeed somewhat lacking.

A week ago, I really wouldn't have had a good way to deal with this kind of "smoke screen blocking vision" tactic.

But things are different now!

It has drawn upon the power of science!

Gengar stretched out its two short arms, palms facing each other, and slowly brought them together in front of its chest.

Dark energy began to condense, and a ball of dark purple light shone from between the fingers, gradually expanding until it condensed into another ball of dark energy.

Gengar was already sweating profusely as soon as it was formed.

Upon seeing this, some people in the audience voiced their doubts.

"No, that's it?"

"Isn't this just a regular Shadow Sphere?"

"Isn't Gengar throwing Shadow Balls basic stuff? What's so special about it?"

The Gengar, focused intently, dared not utter a single word.

Otherwise, it would have already glared at it and given it a delayed nightmare hypnosis!

It gritted its teeth, staring intently at the dark energy in its palm.

Beneath that unremarkable dark purple surface, something seemed to be wriggling faintly, like a heart beating, even causing the entire sphere to deform slightly and tremble unstablely.

Gengar's breathing became rapid.

"Thump—"

Another ripple rose from the inside, and the outer shell of the Shadow Orb began to crack with fine lines.

Gengar's hands trembled even more violently.

"Gag—Give it to me!!!"

Feeling like he was losing control, the frightened Gengar simply threw it away!

The Shadow Ball traced a perfectly ordinary arc in the air, appearing almost limp to the audience.

It disappeared into the black smoke and then vanished.

Just as the fire-breathing dragon in the black mist was about to let out a sneer.

Suddenly, the shadow sphere began to expand!

In just half a second, a dark purple vortex with a diameter of nearly three meters exploded out of thin air!

boom--!!!!

The earth is shaking!

The ripples of energy spread out in concentric circles, creating a ring of shallow pits on the ground, and instantly crushing the grass into dust!

Even the fire-breathing dragon in the black mist was blasted into the sky, let alone the black mist itself!

The audience was silent.

Kona, who was in the VIP seat, suddenly sat up straight.

Her gaze was fixed on the dissipating energy vortex on the field, her pupils slightly contracting.

She understood what others didn't.

That's not an ordinary Shadowball.

It was a Shadow Sphere core compressed to its limit, with an outer shell of Shadow Sphere encased on top.

This... this is an explosion created by human intervention through a sudden release!

Didn't you just casually jot down the feasibility of explosion research in your notebook back then, and you actually made it happen?

Back then, the Spiny Clam gave up after being bombed twice. You guys really have perseverance!

........

In the arena, Gengar mimicked Pikachu by wiping its forehead with its short arms and letting out a long breath.

"Gag..."

Sure enough, there's a difference between the actual operation and the simulation in the illusion.

Even a deviation of a fraction of a second in the rhythm of energy compression and the timing of its release can significantly reduce its power.

As for why it's an illusion... no one would be so stupid as to blow themselves up in real life, right?