[Perish Song status. If they failed to escape the range of Perish Song within three rounds (30 seconds per round), or dispel the Perish Song status through other means, Magic Spirits affected by Perish Song would enter a near-death state. Non-Magic Spirits would lose all their magic power.]
Although [Primarina]'s [Perish Song] had been adjusted from the original version to target magic power rather than life, if the target was a creature that fought using magic power, the price of exhausting that power was still death!
However, the ways to dispel the Perish Song status were not actually difficult.
The simplest was to escape the range of Perish Song—though that range was broad, it was certainly smaller than the range the song itself could carry.
Another method was to completely block the transmission of sound.
[Perish Song] was an Ultimate Move that took effect entirely through song. As long as the transmission of sound was completely blocked, it could be easily dispelled.
But completely blocking the transmission of sound was not easy.
While an opponent could employ corresponding measures to counter it, Dark could likewise use corresponding measures to break through them.
If used properly, [Perish Song] would inevitably become an unexpected trump card.
After [Popplio], Dark had waited until he left Claire's dormitory before conducting an evolution experiment on the [Dreepy] accompanying [Dragapult].
As a result, that [Dreepy] had actually evolved into [Dragapult]!
Moreover, this [Dragapult]'s template was almost exactly the same as the original [Dragapult]'s.
Not only did it possess [Dragon Darts], [Infiltrator], [Dragon Dance], but also [Draco Meteor]!
This meant that if, one day, Dark could make it evolve using only psychic power, then with just one [Dragapult], he could create a Dragon army with no upper limit to its numbers!
Just thinking about it was terrifying.