Yujira's psychic power was suppressed by Claydol.
This was the first time Yujira, proud of its psychic power, was being suppressed by another Pokémon.
The battle between Yujira and Claydol had turned from a contest of techniques to a pure showdown of psychic power.
It was a pure comparison of the strength of their psychic power.
There was always a gap in strength between the two Pokémon; naturally, Yujira was not Claydol's match.
However, Natsuhiko's psychic power being rapidly extracted wasn't due to Yujira's reckless behavior to counter Claydol.
In fact.
It was Yujira's uncontrollable action under Claydol's psychic pressure.
Actually, with Yujira's level of effort, coupled with the supply of top-level Energy Blocks from Natsuhiko, and the meditation methods derived from Ho-Oh, its psychic power had already reached its limit.
During the first fusion of its psychic power with Natsuhiko's, Yujira felt the barrier of the Elite Level standing in its way.
Now that so much time had passed since that fusion, and having entered Alternate Space with high-intensity battles daily.
It should have already broken through to the Elite Level.
But sometimes, being too competitive isn't necessarily a good thing.
Its situation was exactly opposite to that of Honedge back then; it was too competitive, leading to its inability to take that step.
Or rather, it didn't know how to take that step.
But now, under the high-pressure exerted by Claydol, it finally found its own way forward.
Under intense pressure.
Either be completely crushed, or experience a strong rebound.
Clearly.
Yujira is not a Pokémon that's easily crushed, so its strong rebound...
began.
The psychic power crazily sprouted from its body, pulling in Natsuhiko's psychic power, causing him headache.
Yet this wasn't the most crucial point.
The most crucial point was that a genetic fragment inherited from its mother, dormant within Yujira, had been triggered.
Natsuhiko had always been worried about whether Yujira would inherit the situation from its mother, where its psychic power was far stronger than its own strength and level, causing extreme instability in its spirit.
But since birth, Yujira has been in a good state, which made Natsuhiko almost forget about this matter over time.
However, this time, Yujira's strength reached a certain degree, its psychic power strongly rebounded under high pressure, then where does this rebound come from?
It's this suddenly triggered, awakened genetic fragment.
It was the genetic fragment mixed in from the Rocket Team's laboratory, giving Yujira its most fundamental power at this moment.
"Uh—"
In a blur, Yujira seemed to hear a crisp and soft call.
This call enchanted it and caused its psychic power to become increasingly agitated.
It even gradually started to lose control.
Though it could now resist and even suppress Claydol.
It also meant that once Claydol's psychic power ceased to counteract, it might lose control, and its spirit might become extremely unstable.
Of course.
Its genetic structure was more stable than its mother's due to heredity.
But it inevitably had some unknown deficiencies.
Noticing its own situation, Yujira felt a bit of panic in its heart.
It could already foresee that after the battle with Claydol, its control over its own psychic power would become very poor.
This is certainly not what it hoped to see.
But without the support of this power, it would certainly not match up to Claydol.
If Claydol was to join the battle on the other side, all previous efforts might go to waste, even Natsuhiko's safety could be threatened.
Just as he was about to go all out to defeat Claydol despite the consequences, Natsuhiko's voice resonated in its mind.
"Yujira, don't panic, think of how you usually do it, meditate, use the meditation you are most adept at."
Natsuhiko's reminder brought Yujira back to reality.
Yes.
It still has meditation, the method purportedly originating from the Divine Beast Phoenix King.
Yujira immediately closed its eyes, its mouth moving slightly, uttering incomprehensible syllables, holding a spoon in one hand, and continuously moving a string of Buddha beads in the other.
Its entire state gradually became peaceful, the violent psychic power was restrained, the invisible genetic fragment within, after entering the special meditation, also stabilized more significantly.
Slowly merging with the genes Yujira inherently possessed.
Despite the continuous eruption of psychic power from within, even suppressing Claydol from the outside Yujira seemed more like a monk quietly chanting with closed eyes, the Buddha bead in its hand emitting a faint red glow, soothing Yujira's spirit and psychic power.
Simultaneously, within Yujira's surging psychic power, a hint of pink stream flowed around, along with the flow of this stream, the psychic power gradually stabilized.
Who knows how much time passed.
Could be several hours, or just a fleeting instant.
Yujira's eyes suddenly opened, the bloodshot eyes completely gone, the center of the blue pupils had turned pink, not the pink brought by the shards of Psychic Tablet, but some special change due to the awakening of its genes.
Silently.
Yujira's psychic power stabilized.
No longer increasing but also not declining.
This meant its strength had reached...
Elite Level!
Entering Elite Level meant Natsuhiko no longer needed to concern himself with Yujira.
Since it completed the enhancement of its strength, it had sufficient strength to deal with Claydol.
Even if it couldn't win, it wouldn't be defeated.
Quickly turning his attention back to Togetic.
These two little ones really are enough to deal with as they simultaneously give this trainer trouble.
But as he turned his head back, he caught a glimpse of a playful and tiny figure fleeting near Yujira.
When he thought he had seen it wrong and turned back again, the figure was indeed gone.
"Illusion?"
For some reason, he felt that the fleeting figure seemed somewhat familiar?
"Chakawee!"
Before he could ponder further, Togetic's voice came from the other side.
Disregarding everything else, he turned his gaze toward Togetic.
At this moment, Togetic was enveloped by dense Fairy Energy, its state was not unpleasant; it was even somewhat enjoyable.
With the involvement of Beedrill and Doublade, the Death God Coffins no longer crazily focused fire on Togetic, providing the lucky little one with a comfortable environment.
In terms of luck, Togetic was indeed much better off than Yujira.
And its breakthrough seemed both more comfortable and safer than Yujira's.
As the Fairy Energy rapidly filled, its strength naturally broke through to the Elite Level.
And successfully transformed from a General Type and Flying Type Pokémon to a Fairy Type and Flying Type.
"Chakawee!"
Togetic gently called out, instantly gathering the Fairy Energy surrounding it.
Then.
It blinked its eyes, placing its hand at its mouth, blew a light kiss towards one of the Death God Coffins.
And that Death God Coffin that received Togetic's "kiss" fell into chaos.
Seeing this scene, Natsuhiko's eyes lit up.
"Angel's Kiss!"
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Tomorrow, I should try for ten chapters; I'll release four or five after midnight, and post the rest as soon as they are ready, hoping everyone can provide support with a base monthly ticket!