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What Chris couldn't see from his position was the true scale of the attack.
Under the heavy strike, the island was split into two halves. Massive waves swept across the sky, and the entire ocean seemed to be in turmoil as if a bomb had been dropped.
On the battlefield, the soil of the spirit world cracked and twisted, and space itself showed signs of fragmentation, spreading outward in all directions.
The sword of the Shadow Force warrior had nearly shattered the spiritual battlefield environment that Dusknoir had constructed.
Beneath the blade, Mega Purple-Gold Gengar lay on the fractured, twisted ground, somehow catching the sword!
At the last moment, it had activated the "Protect" move, but both Protect and the shield that had naturally formed earlier were shattered by this strike. Mega Purple-Gold Gengar could only maintain its defensive posture with two shockwave-shaped energy arms—it looked like it was catching a sword with bare hands.
Seeing that Mega Purple-Gold Gengar hadn't lost its fighting ability, Roy was both surprised and deeply impressed. "You're the first Ghost-type Pokémon that didn't lose its fighting ability under my ace Gengar's Shadow Force blade."
"To reach this level in just one year of training... Chris, you truly have the potential to become a champion, or even a Pokémon Master."
Chris didn't answer—he was somewhat relieved. At the last moment, he hadn't had time to give a command, so the response had come entirely through their bond, helped by his Aura power.
Even so, Mega Purple-Gold Gengar was now like a candle flickering in the wind.
"Come back first," Chris said softly.
The Shadow Sneak arms that had grabbed Mega Purple-Gold Gengar were also destroyed by the warrior.
Mega Purple-Gold Gengar managed to escape and hastily teleported back to Chris.
Its form solidified, and Mega Purple-Gold Gengar's color suddenly changed from purple-gold to pure gold, but soon shifted to pure purple. Its body began to grow continuously, expanding to three times its usual size before stopping, surrounded by smoke-like purple flames.
At the same time, with Mega Gengar at the center, everything within a 100-meter radius plunged into darkness, with small phosphorescent fires burning like falling spirits!
Even the entire spirit world battlefield twisted and danced in the flames.
The Demon Shadow General's sword had reduced Gengar's health to critical levels, and its Royal Presence ability had skipped the 50% condition and jumped directly to its final form at 25%.
Royal Presence (25%): Increases all stats by 20%, increases Ghost and Poison-type move power by 20%, automatically activates "Scary Face," and opens the royal domain "Dark Spirit Battlefield."
Now this was the true, supreme king of the Gengar clan!
"Did you see that? It just changed from purple-gold to gold, then to purple?" Victor stared in amazement. It was the first time he'd seen such a strange phenomenon.
This couldn't be a question of whether it was Shiny or not. Since when did Shiny Pokémon change colors? It wasn't a Kecleon.
Tate was also shocked, guessing: "Maybe it has the power of some legendary Pokémon?"
On the battlefield below.
"Gengar..." Roy's Gengar lost all traces of its smile, its expression becoming incredibly serious.
"The supreme king of your species?" Roy understood what his Mega Gengar was trying to express through their bond.
"The king of the Gengar clan..." Roy looked up at Chris's Gengar King.
Earlier he had guessed whether Chris's Gengar might be nobility in the spirit world, but he had still underestimated it. What nobility—this was royalty!
That explained the initial sense of oppression his Pokémon had felt.
Now, the pressure his own Gengar faced was dozens of times stronger than what Dusknoir and Spiritomb had experienced.
"So you're a king. Gengar, if we defeat it, then you'll be the king of the Gengar clan!" Roy chuckled, speaking to his own Gengar.
The serious expression changed, and Mega Gengar pumped itself up again.
So what if you were born to be a king! If you could defeat the king, you would become the uncrowned king!
Mega Gengar's smile returned, but this smile was several times more menacing than before.
Chris looked at the trainer and Pokémon who had been "motivated" by him, scratching his head. He could clearly sense what they were thinking.
Roy and Mega Gengar were practically wearing their ambition on their sleeves.
"Gengar, Six-Path Ghost Shadow Fist!" Roy commanded loudly.
Immediately, two pairs of powerful ghost hands "grew" from Mega Gengar's back.
This was attaching Shadow Sneak's ghost hands to its own body.
Incredible! Chris's eyes lit up. Was that even possible?
Another homemade technique!
The list of moves he wanted to learn had grown by one again!
But... wait, this scene felt familiar.
Chris suddenly remembered Vladimir's lessons and Keaton's Machamp.
An upgraded Ghost-type version of the four-armed assault? Six-Path Ghost Shadow Fist!
Now he understood—as Vladimir's student, how could Roy not have some influence from his teacher? So this was it!
While Chris was momentarily distracted, Mega Gengar appeared in front of the Gengar King like a ghost. In an instant, its four ghost hands plus the pair of shockwave-like energy arms began pummeling wildly.
Ghostly strikes filled the sky!
The pitch-black Shadow Force General also swung the massive blade in its hands, slashing sideways!
With continuous attacks, the lethality was overwhelming.
"Teleport to dodge, then Z-Move Never-Ending Nightmare!" Chris pulled out a Ghost-type Z-Crystal from his pocket and pressed it onto his Z-Ring.
This challenging match had made him clearly understand where the real gap between himself and the Elite lay.
The time spent training Pokémon was too short, resulting in his Pokémon's move development being completely inferior to these Elite trainers.
Roy's Gengar had at least four or five self-created moves, while his own Gengar didn't have any.
"After I go back, I'll focus on developing original moves before considering challenging Elite again," Chris thought to himself.
But despite his shortcomings in moves, Gengar, fighting with pure power and royal authority, would not lose!
Purple-black light shot out from Chris's body, pouring into the Gengar King.
The Gengar King blinked and vanished from its position.
It reappeared at an altitude of 100 meters.
The gigantic Gengar roared at the sky with outstretched arms.
"GENGAR!!!"
The spiritual battlefield covering the entire island expanded again, pressing across the surrounding ocean for thousands of meters, with smoky flames leaping throughout.
The spirit world began to riot, and countless ghost hands emerged from the spirit realm's ground, like the unwilling dead from the underworld trying to drag any living beings who wandered here into the depths of hell!