This trainer has no moral principles

Asu commented, "It's a good idea to activate the spell card ahead of time to avoid being destroyed, but my goal has been achieved. You no longer have any spell cards covering it on the field, and you've only gained one more chance to trade elves, which doesn't mean much—unless the next elf that comes on the field happens to be a counter to Sonic Shooter."

"The correct judgment is now up to you."

Youzhi drew another elf card from the void, which was the Ice Water Neon Stone Spirit.

As soon as the ice sculpture girl appeared on the field, her characteristics were immediately triggered, and she automatically transformed into "Ice Water Erosion", while You Zhi decisively covered the field with this spell card, once again blocking the penetration characteristics of the Sonic Shooter.

"It's an elf I've never seen before, but judging from the results, it should be able to automatically create spell cards after appearing on the stage." Asu guessed half of it based on his experience.

In the subsequent battle, You Zhi commanded the Neon Stone Spirit to use "Frozen Wind" to attack the opponent and reduce its speed at the same time.

Facing this kind of range attack, no matter how fast and agile the Sonic Shooter was, he was helpless. Even if he could dodge the first and second hits, he couldn't dodge the third and fourth. When the entire training ground was covered with a freezing cold current, the Sonic Shooter's movements became noticeably slower, and he could no longer reproduce his previous afterimage-like speed. In the end, he was completely defeated by the Neon Stone Spirit with a falling rock.

Throughout the entire process, Asu only gave routine commands and did not try to refine spell cards to reverse the situation.

Because he believed that You Zhi's tactics just now had reached the standard of two badges, which was enough to pass the test of the first game, and there was no need to make things difficult for him, so he watched the other party defeat Sonic Shooter with his attribute advantage.

The spiritual energy particles after the Sonic Shooter exploded were divided equally between the Demon Lizard Yihao and the Neon Stone Spirit. The former was upgraded to a higher level, while the latter remained motionless.

Asu drew a second Pokémon card from the void and was about to summon it, but hesitated. He looked at Youzhi and said, "Your performance was outstanding. Both your tactical command and the Pokémon's strength are more than enough to take the Gym's badge. The second battle is meaningless. Ordinary Pokémons are no match for you and won't serve as a test. So, it's your choice: end it now and take the badge, or accept the more difficult test."

Yu Zhi said without hesitation: "As a Pokémon trainer, do you still hesitate when faced with such a question?"

"That's right, how can a true trainer refuse a challenge?"

Asu smiled with satisfaction, becoming more and more fond of Youzhi. He replaced the Pokémon card in his hand and warned, "Be careful, the Pokémon that appears this time is my personal Pokémon, and it's not as easy to deal with as Sonic Shooter."

"bring it on!"

You Zhi thought, it’s too late to change your words anyway.

"O beasts that fought in the arena in the distant ancient times, once again display your fearless bravery and soar across the battlefields of the new century. Swords fight beasts, spears fight!"

A burst of light appeared, and an elf with a bird's head and a human body wearing special armor appeared on the field.

[Sword Fighting Beast Gun Fighting (4 stars) Wind]

[Lineage: Flying, Steel]

【Level: 32】

[Attack power: 1500 (1950)]

【Defense Strength: 800 (1040)】

[Bird-Type, Effect: When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Gladiator Beast" monster, destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field. At the end of the Battle Phase when this card battles, you can return this card to the Deck, and Special Summon 1 "Gladiator Beast" monster from your Deck other than "Gladiator Beast Gundu" to your field.]

You Zhi first complained in his mind why these gym leaders all liked to recite their entrance lines. Could it be that doing so could boost morale and grant the Pokémon hidden buffs?

Then he became a little confused. Although the level of this Pokémon was not low, its attack and defense values ​​were not high, and its effect was not that strong. It was only four stars, and its health points were obviously not that high. No matter how you looked at it, it was not worthy of being the gym owner's special Pokémon, and it was a stretch to even be a substitute.

"You must be wondering, Gun Fight doesn't look very strong, at least not much stronger than Sonic Shooter, so why do I have to remind you again and again," Asu explained considerately, "Because it's just like your last Pokémon, it needs to evolve after it's released to unleash its true strength. Pay attention!"

In an instant, a purple light burst out from the body of the sword beast, the gun beast, which was the symbol of fusion and evolution.

After a while, an elf appeared on the scene, which looked similar to Sword Fighting Beast and Gun Fighting Beast, but was stronger and wore more exquisite and luxurious armor.

[Gladiator Caesar (6 Stars) Dark]

[Lineage: Flying, Steel]

【Level: 32】

[Attack power: 2400 (2480)]

【Defense Strength: 1500 (1550)】

[Bird-Type, Effect: ①: When this card is successfully Special Summoned, you can activate this effect by targeting up to 2 cards on the field, and destroy those cards. ②: At the end of the Battle Phase when this card battles, return this card to its owner's Extra Deck to activate this effect. Special Summon 2 "Gladiator Beast" monsters other than "Gladiator Beast Gun Fight" from your deck.]

Asu said: "When Gladiator Caesar evolves, his characteristic activates, destroying up to two Spirit and Spell Cards!"

The sword fighting beast Caesar stretched out his hands and released a tornado from each hand, attacking the neon spirit and the "Ice Water Erosion" covering the field respectively.

"Ice Water Erosion" was instantly shredded into pieces. Seeing that the Neon Stone Spirit was about to follow suit, a crystal-structured protective shield suddenly rose from her body to block the tornado.

The other party took the initiative to explain the special effects of the elves, and You Zhi naturally did not deliberately hide it: "When the Neon Stone Elves are selected as the target of the effect, they are protected from damage for one time."

Ah Su suddenly realized: "This is a coincidence, you can dodge it, but this alone is not enough. Caesar has the upper hand in terms of ability. Use Steel Wings!"

The Gladiator Beast Caesar swooped down towards the Neon Elf, his armor-covered wings gathering energy as he moved forward with great momentum.

However, the petite neon stone spirit did not dodge or evade, but stretched out its hands to resist head-on. After being pushed more than ten meters away, it managed to stop the opponent, and the shadow of Qixi Yihao appeared behind it.

You Zhi said calmly, "The side effect of the Neon Spirit is that it grants a bonus to the strength of your own Water Spirits during its duration."

Asu frowned and said, "Quickly keep some distance!"

The Gladiator Beast Caesar struggled hard, but he couldn't break free. His opponent's strength completely suppressed him.

The Neon Stone Spirit clenched its small fist and punched the opponent in the face. There was a face-crumbling "bang" sound, and the sword beast Caesar flew out like a kite with a broken string, even the armor on his body was dented.

Asu said anxiously: "Fly to the sky!"

The Gladiator Beast Caesar flapped its wings and was about to fly, but several arcs of electricity appeared on its body, and its body went numb, and it was unable to fly. The Neon Stone Spirit summoned falling rocks to hit it, and it rolled several times on the ground.

Ah Su was surprised and asked, "Can even the moves be inherited after being possessed?"

The punch that the Neon Stone Spirit just threw was the Thunder Fist, which just happened to restrain the opponent's attributes. And unlike the setting in the game where there is a certain probability of paralysis, in reality, as long as you are hit by an electric move, you will more or less experience paralysis symptoms, which is only related to your own resistance.

In fact, the Neon Stone Fairy did not completely inherit the moves of the Demon Lizard Yihao. She could only learn the moves that she could theoretically learn, and she could not use the moves that she could not learn theoretically.

As for the fact that she, who has dual elements of ice and water, can learn Thunder Fist, it is not surprising. In Pokémon, Dragonite, which also has dual elements of ice and water, can learn 100,000 Volts.

Fortunately, as a six-star elf, Gladiator Caesar's resistance is not low. He quickly got rid of the paralysis and flew into the air to avoid subsequent attacks.

However, the Neon Elf is not a melee elf without long-range attack means, and immediately used the freezing wind to blow towards the sky.

Due to the previous battle, the temperature on the field was very low at this time, and there were still several cold currents swirling around. After being swept by the freezing wind, snowflakes began to float in the field.

Gladiator Caesar was wearing heavy armor, and his speed was not as fast as that of the Sonic Shooter. Facing the attack that almost changed the environment of the field, it was difficult for him to completely avoid it. A layer of white frost immediately appeared on his body, and his speed dropped sharply.

Asu didn't panic. He noticed that the shadow behind the Neon Stone Spirit had disappeared, and concluded that the enhancement effect had expired. He said calmly, "Caesar has activated his special ability, and his form has degenerated!"

In a flash of light, the sword fighting beast Caesar actually degenerated into the sword fighting beast Gundou, and the white frost on his body was eliminated due to the change in form.

You Zhi was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the card effect of "returning to the deck after battle and special summoning other monsters" would become "form degradation after battle" after being transformed into characteristics.

Generally speaking, summoned elves can only evolve and cannot degenerate. If you want to degenerate, you must recover it into the elf card and use the elf card to degenerate into its previous form.

Therefore, if you directly capture an evolved wild Pokémon, you cannot actually make it degenerate to its previous form because there is no relevant imprint record in the Pokémon card.

For example, the Demon Lizard Yihao has an initial form called "Mini Yihao", which is a 1-star Pokémon, but Youzhi cannot make it degenerate to its initial form, and can only transform between the Demon Lizard Yihao and the Qi Lizard Yihao.

"But what can I do? I'm no match for the Neon Spirit after evolving, and even less so after degenerating. Keep using Frozen Wind!"

You Zhi commanded the neon stone spirits to continue attacking.

"Now is the key, gun fighting has evolved again!"

Following Asu's command, the flying Gladiator Beast Gundou shone with light and evolved into Gladiator Beast Caesar again, and its characteristics were activated again.

"It's useless. Neonite possesses the ability to protect itself from destruction. And unlike your elves, this ability can't be used only once."

Gladiator Caesar released a tornado and rushed towards the Neon Spirit, and a crystal structure of protection appeared on the surface of the Neon Spirit's body, as if to repeat the previous battle.

"That's not necessarily true. The elf's characteristics are just bait. The key lies in this spell card!"

In the previous battle, Asu divided his attention and refined a spell card, which he activated immediately.

[Counter Trap: Gladiator's Chariot]

[Effect: This effect can only be activated if there is a face-up "Gladiator Beast" monster on your side of the field. The activation of the effects of the Effect Monster is negated and the monster is destroyed.]

Chapter 54: Passive Avoidance of War

"Activate the effect of 'Gladiator's Chariot', negating the opponent's Pokémon's characteristic activations and attacking them!"

A chariot with spikes appeared on the playing field and rushed towards the Neon Elf at lightning speed, smashing the protective shield of the crystal structure in one fell swoop, and then hit the Neon Elf's body, knocking her far away.

This wasn't the end. Gladiator Caesar's special ability activated normally, and a violent tornado struck the Neonite, carrying it along and crashing into the wall, leaving behind cracks in the spider web.

After being hit by this series of skills, the Neon Stone Fairy was covered with wounds all over her body. If it weren't for her current defense power of 2667, she would have exploded and been destroyed.

Asu suggested considerately: "Change to another elf. This elf's life is like a candle in the wind."

Taking back the elf without using spell cards such as "Withdraw Order" is equivalent to admitting defeat, but since the elf is not destroyed, it can be restored after a short rest without the need for a lengthy spirit reconstruction.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the opponent has not taken back the elf, you should launch continuous attacks until it is destroyed, because as long as the elf still has physical strength, it has the possibility of counterattack.

Because this battle was an extra test proposed by Asu, he was shown some mercy. Otherwise, he would not be so polite with his serious personality.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't think it's time to give up."

As Yuzhi spoke, he activated the spell card "Goblin Thief" that he had already refined.

Then, the fat-headed and big-eared goblin appeared on the field again pushing a cart, throwing healing potions at the neon spirit and explosive bombs at the gladiator Caesar.

Elf duels are different from card duels. The effects of spell cards are not always effective, and their force is related to the level of the spell card. The "Goblin Thief" is only D-level, and the flying sword beast Caesar easily avoided the explosive bomb.

On the other side, the healing potion hit the neon spirit. As the potion bottle broke, the potion inside spilled out and was instantly absorbed by her. Her vitality quickly recovered, and her condition changed from dying to panting rapidly. It was estimated that she had recovered about one third of her life.

The card "Goblin Thief" can not only restore the vitality of one's own elves, but also damage or interfere with the opponent's elves. In addition, it is only D-level and requires very little spiritual power. Therefore, whenever he has free time, Youzhi will refine it and keep it in hand for emergency use.

Asu shook his head and said, "Recovering strength and continuing to fight is not a good option. It will only delay the time of failure. Caesar, use Air Slash!"

The Gladiator Beast Caesar flapped its wings and shot a series of invisible air blades towards the Neon Spirit.

You Zhi said calmly: "Use the Aurora Curtain."

The neon stone fairy used all her spiritual power to the fullest, even her two hammer-head braids floated up, and the cold current gathered in front of her, forming an ice wall that blocked all the air slashes.

This move is the result of the Neon Stone Spirit's practice with the True Knowledge Panlong. Its defensive ability is even better than that of the Reflection Wall.

According to the settings of the Pokémon game, Aurora Curtain can only be used in hail weather, but in reality it is not that dogmatic. If the Pokémon is strong enough or the ambient temperature is low enough, it can be activated.

The Neon Stone Spirit had been using the Freezing Wind continuously, filling the entire competition venue with cold currents. The temperature dropped significantly, and the conditions for activation were met.

Asu frowned and said, "Use Steel Wings."

Gladiator Caesar swooped down, and his wings, filled with steel energy, hit the ice wall, leaving a crack.

You Zhi instructed as he refined the spell card, "Ignore it, focus on defense."

The Neon Stone Spirit releases cold air to heal the cracks in the ice wall, allowing the opponent to attack while continuously strengthening the defense.

Asu glanced at Youzhi and said admiringly, "It seems you have fully understood the characteristics of the sword fighting beasts and want to use this method to delay time."

All elves in the Sword Fighting Beast series have an effect that can only be triggered after fighting. If placed in a card duel, the judgment of this effect is very simple. You only need to fight the opponent's elf once during the battle phase, regardless of whether the opponent's elf is in an offensive or defensive state.

But in an elf duel, it depends on the specific situation of the battle. It is not possible to meet the conditions by just randomly hitting the opponent. The more intense the battle, the faster the charging and the easier it is to activate the characteristics. Conversely, the more peaceful the battle, the slower the charging.

Right now, the Neon Stone Elf is only defending and not attacking, which is undoubtedly a passive fight. It can greatly delay the charging speed of the characteristic of the Gladiator Caesar. If it continues like this, even if the Gladiator Caesar can win in the end, it will consume a lot of physical strength, and it will undoubtedly be defeated when facing Youzhi's second Pokémon.

Passive fighting is a helpless choice in other situations, but it is a correct tactic when facing Gladiator Beasts. As the gym leader, Asu also understands this, so he has a countermeasure in place and quickly refines a D-level spell card to activate it.

【Quick Attack Magic: Sword Fighting Training】

[Effect: If there is a "Gladiator Beast" monster on the field, you can select 1 of the following effects to activate. 1. Select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls and change its position. . Select "Gladiator Beast" monster your opponent controls and gain control until the End Phase.]

As the spell card took effect, an elf with a tiger head and a human body appeared on the field. Holding a whip, it swung it at the neon spirit, and the whip hit the ice wall with a crisp "snap" sound.

Although the neon spirit was not hit by the whip, it was still affected by the effect. Its eyes immediately turned red and it became extremely excited. The idea of ​​defense was completely gone in its mind. It summoned a large piece of stone and smashed it towards the sword fighting beast Caesar.

The two elves engaged in a fierce battle, each using their own unique skills. The vitality of the Neon Stone Elf was not much to begin with, and it quickly slid towards the brink of death, while the Gladiator Caesar quickly met the conditions for activating his characteristics. However, considering that his ability would decrease as his form degenerated, there was a risk of being taken advantage of, so Asu did not take the risk of activating it.

At this moment, You Zhi completed the spell refining and immediately covered the field with spell cards.

"Caesar, come back and don't attack."

Upon seeing this, Asu immediately ordered the Gladiator Caesar to stop attacking. After all, judging from the previous delaying tactics, this spell card was Youzhi's trump card. If it covered a spell card like "Explosive Armor" that would cause explosion damage when launching an attack, it might not be impossible to turn the tables in one fell swoop.

After quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Asu made a decision: "Caesar activates his special ability and his form degenerates!"

The sword fighting beast Caesar nodded, and with a flash of light, he degenerated into the sword fighting beast Gun Fight.