"Yip!"
With a crisp, ringing cry, Magic Beast: Espeon burst into icy blue light, instantly shift-evolving from Espeon into Glaceon!
In that instant, it whipped its head toward Demon of Law: Visage. Without needing Dark to say a word, it immediately unleashed its Ultimate Move—"Mirror Coat"!
Magic Beast: Espeon's "Magic Bounce" was a permanent passive that could reflect transformation-type Ultimate Moves targeting itself.
Meanwhile, Magic Beast: Glaceon's "Mirror Coat" could reflect an opponent's spell attack back at double the power!
However, the prerequisite for "Mirror Coat" to take effect was that it had to withstand the opponent's spell damage.
In other words, it couldn't be instantly killed by a single spell.
Demon of Law: Visage was a nine-star Magic Spirit with a name, and its Ultimate Move, "Ultimate Dark Spell," was tremendously powerful.
Magic Beast: Glaceon had 3,500 Defense and 3,500 Magic. This meant that unless "Ultimate Dark Spell" dealt more than 7,000 damage, it was absolutely impossible for it to instantly kill Magic Beast: Glaceon.
But using his own nine-star Magic Spirits as a reference, Dark judged that the odds of Magic Beast: Glaceon being instantly killed were not low.
Thus, while having Magic Beast: Espeon shift-evolve into Magic Beast: Glaceon, he also summoned and activated Triangle Defense.
Triangle Defense had 3,000 Defense and 3,000 Magic, for a total of 6,000.
With Triangle Defense acting as a buffer, the chances of Magic Beast: Glaceon being instantly killed by "Ultimate Dark Spell" immediately dropped to virtually zero.
At the last moment, Dark adjusted his position and stood behind Magic Beast: Glaceon.
Then, in the very next second, Demon of Law: Visage finished gathering its energy and abruptly unleashed "Ultimate Dark Spell"!
It was a pillar of black light condensed from dark energy.
In an instant, it pierced through half the