Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

If Nanfeng defeats Dong Yan in this battle and successfully challenges for the championship to become the new champion, then Dong Yan, as the Heavenly King, will also challenge him sitting on the champion's throne, just like Nanfeng did.

Conversely, if Dong Yan defeats Nan Feng and becomes the champion, Nan Feng will challenge Dong Yan again.

Of course, it's also possible that Nanfeng or Dongyan would have had the chance to challenge for the championship but ultimately lost to the current champion, Dongfang Ming.

At that time of year, they will hold the Heavenly Kings Meeting somewhere and then have a fight.

"Yes, then please give me your guidance, senior." Nanfeng also took out a Poké Ball.

The mechanical referee is activated at this time.

"The match now begins with Trainer Nanfeng battling Trainer Dongyan. The rules are a standard six-choose-four battle, with six Pokémon available for each side. There are no restrictions on Pokémon trading opportunities. The battle ends when one side has four Pokémon unable to battle."

"Now, both sides, please send out your starting Pokémon!"

Nanfeng and Dongyan simultaneously threw their Poké Balls into the sky...

The two Poké Balls opened in mid-air, shimmering silver as they landed.

Dong Yan's first Pokémon was a "Nightmare," and it was also a dominant Pokémon.

The Night Demon was already a relatively large elf, and as a dominant elf, its size increased even further, resembling a small mountain. Its gray head, like a tattered rag, had no nose or mouth, only a single eye that looked like a red light, revealing no trace of any emotional fluctuations belonging to life.

“At the level of the Heavenly King, even the Overlord Spirits become commonplace,” Nanfeng muttered.

His first Pokémon was...

"Hehehehe~~~"

A maniacal laugh, paired with a purple, obese body and a mouthful of pale white teeth.

Southwind's Gengar has arrived.

"Nanfeng's got some nerve. He sent out a Ghost-type Pokémon as his first Pokémon to battle the Ghost-type Elite Four member. If I didn't know they were fellow disciples and had a good relationship, I would have thought Nanfeng was provoking Dong Yan," Peng Dou said in astonishment, puffing on his pipe.

“Provocation is also a tactic; perhaps Nanfeng is waging psychological warfare,” Li Yan guessed.

Dong Yan frowned slightly when he saw Nanfeng's Gengar.

He didn't think that the Gengar from the South Wind faction was being provocative, but as a Ghost-type trainer, he could clearly sense the power emanating from this Gengar.

It is powerful, but it is more than just powerful.

Based on the feedback from Dusknoir's 0.6, Dong Yan discovered that his Dusknoir was vaguely afraid of Gengar, or rather, it couldn't be called fear, but rather... it involuntarily wanted to submit.

"Does this Gengar hold a high position in the spirit world?" Dong Yan guessed, and thought it was very likely.

Nanfeng had seen and investigated this Gengar when it was just a Gastly. However, at that time, Gastly was sealed by an ancient rune that he couldn't even recognize, so he couldn't see anything special about it.

Now that I think about it, the talisman probably came from the spirit world, which explains why I didn't recognize it.

However, this level of pressure was enough to make the Night Demon surrender without a fight.

"Both sides are in position," the mechanical referee's voice rang out. "Battle...begins!"

435. Stand User?

"Nightmare, Z-Move: Temptation of Endless Darkness"

As soon as the battle began, Dong Yan immediately took out a Z-pure crystal and pressed it onto his wrist.

The purplish-black energy immediately enveloped Dong Yan, and as he raised his hand, it condensed into a shockwave that shot into the body of the Night Demon.

In an instant, centered on the Night Demon, purplish-black light spread outwards from the ground, as if to dye the entire island purplish-black.

No, to be precise, this spreading blackness is like a gaping maw, engulfing everything around it.

Standing on the island, there was no longer any ocean or forest around, only a purplish-black halo. In the distance, trees and towns could be vaguely seen.

It seems that this is the outskirts of a city in the spirit world.

Nanfeng waited a few seconds, but the endless ghostly hands that would emerge from the soil beneath his feet as described in the "Temptation of Endless Dark Night" move did not appear.

Instead, it prompted Senior Dong Yan to issue another command: "Demon God Shadow!"

"Mah!! Tap!!" The Night Demon's belly opened its huge mouth, and after it died, its arms opened as if to embrace everything.

A dark shadow appeared from behind it and quickly expanded and enlarged.

In the blink of an eye, 03 black giants appeared on the battlefield.

Nanfeng had seen this move before when Senior Dong Yan and Li Yan were fighting.

However, the "Shadow of the Demon God" summoned by the Night Demon is somewhat different from the Shadow of the Demon God summoned by Senior Dong Yan's ace Pokémon, Gengar.

Gengar's Demon Shadow is a general wielding a Guan Dao (a type of Chinese halberd), while the Demon Shadow created by Dusknoir is a burly man with a bare upper body and muscles like slabs of rock. Strangely, it has a pair of bull horns on its head and its two arms are as thick as two tenement buildings, making it extremely intimidating!

It looks like a minotaur!

"Are the Demon Shadows different for different spirits? Or is it only related to the spirit's own mastery of the Night Demon Shadow technique?" Nanfeng guessed.

Minotaur Shadow raised his fist and slammed it into Southwind's Gengar.

"Avoid it, then use Shadow Ball," Nanfeng quickly instructed.

Despite its chubby purple appearance, Gengar actually has a surprisingly high Speed ​​stat, making it quite agile.

With a slight twist of his body, he easily dodged the attack from the Minotaur Demon God's shadow.

"Boom!" The fist landed on the open ground, creating a shockwave that shook the earth.

It has to be said that my senior is also exceptionally talented. The Shadow of the Night is a special type of move, which is more about captivating people and making them feel scared and terrified in order to achieve a damaging effect. However, he turned this move into a destructive effect like a physical move, and its power is quite astonishing!

Having dodged the attack, Gengar quickly launched a counterattack. It clasped its two chubby little hands together in front of its chest, and immediately, more than twenty Shadow Balls the size of soccer balls appeared behind it. With a flick of its wrist, the Shadow Balls shot out rapidly in the direction it pointed.

"Rock Blockade" Dong Yan calmly followed the instructions.

The Night Demon crossed its arms in front of its chest, and instantly a dark void appeared above its head. Several huge rocks, two or three meters high, fell down, blocking all directions of attack from the Shadow Orb.

Yes, Nanfeng had not only seen the use of rock blockade as a defensive move before, but he also knew how to use it himself.

"Dong dong dong..."

The sounds of bombing erupted one after another across the battlefield.

Just as Nanfeng was pondering what move to use to continue the attack, the Minotaur Demon God shadow behind Night Demon moved again, turning sideways and slapping Gengar.

Nanfeng's eyelids twitched as she looked at it.

Good guy, I'm just good guy!

When did the Shadow of the Night become a Stand user and start launching continuous attacks?

Senior Dong Yan has developed a one-time attack move into a true "summoning" move.

"Avoid it!" Nanfeng shouted hurriedly.

The chubby little purple boy quickly ran away.

"Shadow Sneak Attack" Dong Yan followed the instructions at just the right time.

The Night Demon behind the rock blockade immediately crouched down and slammed its hands on the ground. The instant it slammed the ground, its gloved hands plunged straight into the soil, and the next second, it appeared in the shadow beneath Gengar, grabbing at Gengar.

Once caught, the Minotaur Demon's attack can hit solidly!

"Instant teleportation!" Nanfeng had no choice but to reveal his trump card first.

Gengar, which had been locked onto by the Demon Shadow and the Night Demon, vanished from its spot in an instant.

"Bang!" Immediately following a loud explosion, the rock barrier that the Night Demon used to defend itself was blasted open from the inside out, creating a large hole!

The Night Demon was sent flying backwards.

Gengar was seen holding a Shadow Ball in one hand, using it like a Spiral Aura Sphere, pressing it against the back of Dusknoir's head to propel it forward. Gengar had often envied Greninja and their friends for their Spiral Aura Spheres, so it had copied one for itself using a Shadow Ball.

It seems that Gengar teleported to a location behind Dusknoir.

The Night Demon was caught off guard and had no time to react.

"Teleportation?" Dong Yan frowned slightly. Is this a move that Gengar can master? Why doesn't his Gengar know it?

Raise your hand to add instructions.

"Night Demon, use the seal!"

Dusknoir's single eye glowed faintly. Carrying the Shadow Ball, it twisted in mid-air, its gloved hand instantly grabbing at the nearly 163cm Gengar, about to imprint the "Five Elements Seal" upon it.

Oops, wrong channel.

The Ghost-type move "Seal" will prevent the opponent from using any of your moves once it hits.

This is specifically used in actual combat to counter opponents of the same attribute.

If Gengar is sealed and concentrated, unable to use a large number of Ghost-type moves, its combat power will be reduced by at least half.

But just as Dusknoir was about to grab Gengar, it disappeared again.

Another teleportation.

The distance teleported this time wasn't far, but the location remained the same.

Behind the Night Demon.

Gengar pressed down with one hand, and five Shadow Balls were simultaneously imprinted on Dusknoir's back.

Now it looks like it's putting a "Five Elements Seal" on the Night Demon.

"Boom!" The Night Demon's forward-charging body was sent flying backward again, landing on the rocks that blocked the way, causing another explosion.

"Bang!" The crisp explosion sounded like a balloon bursting.

The Minotaur Demon God's shadow of the Night Demon collapsed like smoke and dust, because its creator, the Night Demon, had fallen, and vortexes appeared in its eyes.

The mechanical referee promptly announced, "Dusknoir is unable to battle; Gengar wins!"

436. Flower Rock Monster

Two Shadow Balls.

The Night Demon fell.

The battle was straightforward and simple, a combination of teleportation and Shadow Ball, executed twice in a row. The Night Demon was utterly defeated, offering no resistance whatsoever.

Grandpa Peng Dou and Heavenly King Li Yan, who were watching from the sidelines, immediately shut up.

If they had initially questioned Nanfeng's "arrogance," now they could only swallow their words and shout, "Nanfeng's awesome! (voice cracks)"

Regardless of Gengar's subsequent battle record, even if it was immediately defeated by Dong Yan's second Pokémon, it at least managed a one-for-one trade. Afterwards, it wouldn't be the one to take the blame.

As the opponent, Dong Yan remained calm; the defeat of a single Pokémon did not cause him any emotional fluctuation.

This first spirit, the Night Demon, will serve as... a trial.

Dong Yan raised his hand, picked up the second Poké Ball, and released it.

His second Pokémon is a Rockruff.

A strange potted plant...emmm, to be precise, a stone, its surface shrouded in a strange gas. The gas flows in a shape like a flower, and on the surface of the gas, a blurry face can be seen.

With its Ghost/Dark type, Rockruff has overcome the weakness of the Ghost type and also possesses Ghost and Dark types that are effective against Gengar, making it a great choice.

No, to be precise, Rockruff is a good choice for dealing with Ghost-type Pokémon.

Nanfeng sized up the Rockruff. This Pokémon seemed to have no major weaknesses except for its slow speed and low stamina. He remembered that Cynthia, the champion of the Sinnoh region, also had a Rockruff in her main team.

However, what Nanfeng cared about most was not the spirit released by Dong Yan, but the surrounding environment.

The Z-Move "Endless Temptation of Dark Night" released by Dong Yan through Night Demon did not disappear despite Night Demon's defeat.

It's as if this has become a terrain similar to an "electric field" or a weather change like "rain".

Thinking of this, Nanfeng saw a handheld console in front of him and switched it to Gengar's mode.

In its status section, something unexpected from the south wind did indeed appear.

[Spirit Realm: When in the Spirit Realm, all Ghost-type Pokémon have their stats increased by 20% and their move power increased by 50%]

"The Spirit Realm?" Nanfeng raised an eyebrow.

So it turns out that Senior Dong Yan was able to open up the Spirit Realm battlefield through the "Temptation of Endless Dark Night". No wonder there were no endless demonic hand attacks afterward. It turns out that all the energy was used to maintain the Spirit Realm battlefield.

My interpretation of "the allure of endless darkness" as "a state of being in a specific location" is absolutely correct.

"That's interesting," Nanfeng thought, adding another thing she wanted to learn.