"Cheap Tactics" Combo

"What?" Qian Daoliu's gaze sharpened.

The gap in their levels was so enormous—he was a Demigod now.

It was one thing for his attack to be forcibly redirected, but the opponent had actually survived a direct hit?

Before he could think further, pink light flashed over Chansey's body. Its size suddenly shrank by a full circle, making it even harder to lock onto.

At the same time, its stubby arms began to swing rhythmically, and a fierce "momentum" began to rise.

Swords Dance! Its Attack was greatly boosted!

Meanwhile, the purple-black mist surrounding Spiritomb churned violently, and the eyes within the fog gleamed with cunning.

Nasty Plot! Its Special Attack was greatly boosted!

"Can't give them time!" Qian Daoliu's combat experience was immense, and he instantly realized that his opponents were stacking buffs.

His gaze turned cold. The giant angel phantom raised its sword again, golden-red divine flames gathering at its tip.

Facing these bizarre Pokemon, he decided to eliminate one first.

He no longer held back. Raising the Sacred Sword high, he gathered an even more blazing, concentrated Angel Holy Light, turning it into a Judgment Spear capable of purifying everything as it locked onto that "troublesome" rag doll once more!

This time, he used even greater divine power, determined to kill it in a single blow!

The Judgment Spear arrived in an instant! Its power far surpassed the previous light slash!

"Riiip!"

Mimikyu's Pikachu disguise cloth was completely torn apart, revealing the black body beneath, made entirely of shadows and resentment and covered in stitch-like cracks.

It let out a piercing wail, like a child crying and a broken doll malfunctioning at once. A deep crack appeared across its body.

Its Disguise ability had been broken, blocking one fatal blow.

At that moment, its aura was so weak that it seemed a gust of wind could scatter it. It was truly a flickering candle in the wind!

Qian Daoliu casually slashed his sword, intending to finish it off.

But Mimikyu blocked it with Protect.

"It's still alive? What kind of monster is this?"

Qian Daoliu was completely numb. That doll clearly looked so weak, yet he was a Demigod.

If it were a Titled Douluo from Douluo Continent, let alone taking his attack head-on, merely enduring his pressure without kneeling would already count as extraordinary talent.

Yet this bizarre doll before him possessed the power to forcibly draw attacks toward itself and was this hard to kill. It was utterly ridiculous.

Even looking at Mimikyu, which was already a flickering candle in the wind, Qian Daoliu still did not dare let down his guard. He continued attacking at full strength to ensure the next strike would take it away.

However, just as Qian Daoliu believed his next attack would deal with this troublesome "taunt" unit, a glimmer of scheming "cunning" flashed through Mimikyu's pitch-black eyes.

Trick Room!

Soundless ripples spread from it, sweeping across the entire arena in an instant! The structure of space seemed to be flipped and twisted by an invisible hand!

Within this newly formed domain, common sense was overturned. The slower one was, the more likely it was to gain priority!

Qian Daoliu's terrifying Demigod-level speed had instead become his greatest burden!

He felt the space around him turn into solid amber. Every movement became incomparably heavy, and even the angel phantom's sword swing became abnormally slow! Meanwhile, under the rules of Trick Room, the three Pokemon opposite him appeared to move "smoothly"!

Almost at the exact instant Trick Room took shape, Chansey, which had just completed Swords Dance, "moved"!

To onlookers, its movements even carried a hint of clumsy "slowness," but beneath those twisted rules, that "slowness" was faster than perception itself!

White light compressed and condensed wildly around Chansey's hand. Its entire arm and fist turned into brilliant silver, radiating pure physical destructive power so extreme that it made souls tremble!

Mega Punch!

Under Trick Room, it struck second yet arrived first!

Qian Daoliu only saw a tiny pink dot in his vision suddenly blur and vanish. The next moment—

"Boom!!!"

It was not the roar of an explosion, but an incomparably muffled crash, as though continental plates had collided!

An indescribable, pure, savage force capable of shattering mountains slammed squarely into the Sacred Sword and Qian Daoliu's crossed arms as he hastily raised them to block!

"Crack!" The holy shield did not last even an instant before shattering! The Angel Holy Sword gave a shrill cry, its blade bending!

Qian Daoliu himself was struck as if head-on by a divine mountain, hurtling backward at a terrifying speed far beyond the speed of sound!

He smashed straight through several layered energy barriers at the edge of the arena, tumbling and ricocheting through the air, leaving behind a string of sonic boom clouds and spatial ripples before finally crashing heavily into the barrier dome thousands of meters away and slowly sliding down!

The sleeves on both his arms had been shredded. His flesh was torn and bloodied, while the Sacred Sword flew from his grasp and embedded itself in the distant ground, trembling with a hum.

His blood and qi churned violently in his chest. Sweetness rose in his throat, but he forcibly swallowed the blood back down. His eyes were filled with shock and fury!

Huge Power Chansey! Its physical attack power was doubled!

Combined with the boost from Swords Dance and Trick Room's absolute priority, it unleashed a heaven-shaking blow that surpassed the limits of its level and was enough to threaten a Demigod!

And the arena's "cheap tactics" combo had only just begun!

The battle changed in an instant.

The moment Qian Daoliu was sent flying, the Odd Keystone that had been floating in the air all along suddenly released an explosion of purple-black mist.

Spiritomb used Destiny Bond, locking onto Qian Daoliu.

An extremely dangerous premonition surged through his heart. Qian Daoliu did not hesitate in the slightest and used his strongest method.

Hovering in midair, he suddenly closed his eyes. The six wings behind him slowly folded inward, wrapping him within an incomparably condensed mass of holy light like feathers.

His chest heaved violently. Beneath the skin all over his body, countless fine golden divine patterns emerged, resembling circuit diagrams. The patterns spread along his veins throughout his body, flashing with rhythmic light.

A solemn statue of the Angel God appeared behind him.

Qian Daoliu opened his mouth and slowly exhaled a breath of flawless pure white, containing boundless vitality and sacred power.

Streams of golden Turbulence ravaged the arena.

Ninth Soul Skill, Angel's Breath!

Seeing the violent golden Turbulence, Spiritomb showed no fear and charged directly into it.

Qian Daoliu's expression changed slightly. His instincts told him that he absolutely could not attack that bizarre Pokemon now.

After becoming a Demigod, he had completed the evolution of his martial soul. His ninth soul skill was no longer merely an offensive soul skill; it could also be converted into healing power.

The breath condensed in the air without dispersing, swiftly becoming a palm-sized, lifelike angel phantom that fluttered gently around him. Then came the second breath, the third...

He exhaled Angel's Breath nine times in succession, forming nine little angel phantoms that orbited him like satellites, scattering droplets of healing light.

The holy light enveloping Qian Daoliu's body became even more condensed and heavy, like a layer of flowing golden crystal armor, gleaming with an inviolable sacred radiance.

What had originally been an offensive soul skill became a sustained recovery effect for his injuries and Soul Power, greatly enhancing his defense and endurance while granting a certain degree of damage reduction.

It also enhanced Angel Domain, allowing him to suppress his opponent's power.

This was his ultimate life-saving and sustained-combat technique, yet he had not expected to use it so quickly.

At the same time, this power completely dispersed Destiny Bond's cursed energy.

Having completed his enhancement, Qian Daoliu returned to peak condition, his aura not diminishing but growing even stronger.

Seeing that Destiny Bond had been broken.

Spiritomb used Nasty Plot again to raise its Special Attack. The gap in their levels was simply too great; against a Demigod, without sufficient stats, some moves would struggle to display their proper effects.

Qian Daoliu instantly felt a chill as he watched Spiritomb's aura continue to rise.

Recalling the strange energy that had previously entered his body, his expression changed. He understood that he had to end the battle quickly!

But when Qian Daoliu turned his gaze back toward the arena, he saw a scene that made his blood pressure soar even higher.

That tattered doll, which had just been on its last legs and looked ready to shatter at any moment, suddenly began to glow green. Its injuries started to recover—Recover.

Chansey took a Light Egg brimming with life energy from the pouch on its belly and pressed it against Mimikyu.

With both effects stacked, the horrifying crack on Mimikyu's body healed at a visible rate. Its listless aura swiftly recovered, and in the blink of an eye, it was lively and energetic again!

Even more outrageous, Mimikyu somehow pulled out another Focus Sash identical to the previous one and skillfully "put" it on.

It replaced its held item right on the spot.

Qian Daoliu: ???!!!