Qing Wu watched the red and blue ghostly figures swaying and shouted at Gastly.
"Gastly, pay attention. Drifloon's Cursed Body ability has a chance of immobilizing you with a binding move, so use ranged attacks against Drifloon."
Gastly nodded. Its current goal was to find a way to exhaust Phantump's stamina.
Gastly then submerged its body into the shadows of the Pokémon.
Dragapult had actually left out one thing: this trial allowed only one chance. If Qing Wu lost, Dragapult would expel him from Trial Tower.
Qing Wu's trial would then fail completely. Although Dragapult knew that the figures above had given Qing Wu endless chances to start over, as a Ghost-type Pokémon, Dragapult knew that life came only once, with no chance to begin again.
Qing Wu had no intention of making Gastly try again, because Gastly had already reached the brink of evolution.
Strike while the iron was hot. Qing Wu had to make Gastly defeat all ten Ghost-type Pokémon in one go.
He wanted Gastly to unite its essence, energy, and spirit, and take that final step.
Phantump was extremely vigilant. The moment Gastly approached, it would immediately unleash the powerful Frenzy Plant, and thick vines would spread across the entire floor.
"This Frenzy Plant covers such a huge area." Qing Wu's heart sank as he looked at the move covering the entire floor.
These Pokémon knew far too many moves. They would leave Gastly overwhelmed and consume a great deal of its stamina.
When Qing Wu's gaze landed on an injured Claydol, his heart gave a sudden thump.
"Oh, right. This isn't like the Dragon Island trial, where all ten Pokémon sent out were Charizard and immune to fire attacks. The five Pokémon sent out this time have types that counter one another, so they can