The Bull-Headed Warrior / Luring Them In
"By the way, the Monk Master always traversed water at great speed before, so he didn't use such a sneaky move."
Charging across the water requires a lot of energy, and the dying Monk Master could no longer do so. Moreover, due to the slowing effect of the water flow, his final strike was much slower than his previous actions; otherwise, the hidden force might not have been able to catch up.
A-Si glanced at the grayed-out Pokémon Card and felt a little regretful that he hadn't been able to unleash the full potential of his main Pokémon.
That's right, the Monk Master is one of his main Pokémon. Although it's only Five-Star with low base stats, it can still demonstrate formidable combat power when paired with its exclusive Spell Card "The Lone Fighter".
"The Lone Fighter" grants the Monk Master powerful resistances, making him immune to battle damage and unaffected by the opponent's Pokémon's abilities. Combined with his superior martial arts skills and the ability to activate his moves twice during an attack, he is no less formidable than other main Pokémon.
Unfortunately, I was so caught up in the excitement just now that I focused all my energy on the battle and forgot to refine the Spell Card, so I couldn't unleash the full potential of the Monk Master.
"A spectacular battle."
A loss is a loss, and A-Si isn't sore loser. He offered a compliment, though it was unclear whether he was praising You Zhi or You Zhi's spirit.
He placed the Monk Master's Pokémon Card into the void, replaced it with another, and said, "Next is the second one, go, Black Eater Shark!"
[Black Eater Shark (5-Star) Water]
[Lineage: Water, Fighting-type]
[Level: 30]
[Attack Power: 2100 (2310)]
[Defense Strength: 1300 (1430)]
[Fish-Type, Polymerization: "Deepsea Cutter" + "Murderous Sludge" + "Warrior of the Sea"]
With a flash of light, a black shark with powerful arms appeared in the pool.
Others might think this Pokémon is stronger than Monk Master, since it certainly looks menacing and intimidating. But You Zhi glanced at it with his cheat code and knew that this Pokémon was a gym reserve.
That's normal. If the opponent summons all their main Pokémon to fight him, what about the other challengers?
To reiterate, the dojo master's task is to test, not to compete for victory.
However, A-Si himself did not take the matter lightly just because he had sent out a backup elf. He immediately commanded, "Use Waterflow Rend!"
The Black Eater Shark gathers water on its body to form a shield, then charges at its opponent with great speed in the pool than on land.
If it were any other challenger, A-Si might have commanded the Black Eater Shark to attack the trainer directly, intimidating them while also knocking them down. But after the previous encounter, he wouldn't do something so futile.
The Dark Magician Girl did not back down and took the initiative to meet the attack head-on, abandoning her staff and attacking with her fists. However, she was outmatched in strength and was knocked away.
You Zhi ignored him and focused on crafting the Spell Card.
A-Si hurriedly said, "Great opportunity! Charge in and use Crunch!"
If another Dark-type skill were to be used at this moment, the already heavily injured Dark Magician Girl would definitely not be able to withstand it. However, the Black Eater Shark stood frozen in place, without launching any further attacks, with several arcs of electricity flashing across its body.
"Thunder Punch! You actually let that Dark Magician girl learn the Thunder Punch!"
When A-Si first saw the Dark Magician Girl in close combat, he thought it was an improvisation. Now that he saw it, he felt even more puzzled, realizing that she was naturally skilled in close combat.
You're a magician, why aren't you studying magic properly? What are you doing practicing martial arts?
"I activate 'Spell Absorption,' then I activate 'Fiend's Curry.'"
You Zhi activated two Spell Cards in succession. The second card, being an E-rank card, was actually used to activate the effect of the first one.
A cup of curry sauce appeared out of thin air and was poured into the Dark Magician Girl's mouth, restoring a negligible 200 points of health. However, the Spell Absorption effect was triggered, and a red light surged into her body, restoring 500 points of health.
A-Si recognized "Spell Absorption" and immediately abandoned the idea of using martial arts in conjunction with the Black Eater Shark for a pincer attack. Instead, he crafted Spell Card. If he didn't quickly eliminate this perpetual Spell Card, his opponent would continuously regenerate health.
As he had predicted, the Dark Magician Girl retreated at every turn, using her Thunder Punch to paralyze the Black Eater Shark when she couldn't dodge. Her tactics were mainly to delay the enemy. Meanwhile, You Zhi took the opportunity to forge a large number of E-rank Instant-Activation Spell Card, such as White Hole, Mars, and Thunderclap, which continuously triggered the Spell Absorption effect.
Under the healing power of the red light, the injuries on the Dark Magician Girl disappeared at a visible speed, and she regained her full energy.
"I unleash the Mystical Space Typhoon!"
As soon as A-Si finished crafting this versatile Spell Card, he immediately activated it. A fierce Mystical Space Typhoon swept by, and the Spell Absorption shattered instantly.
Before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the other person say, "I've been waiting for you to use this card. I'm activating 'Toon World'."
A cartoon fairy tale book appeared on the field, and immediately the Dark Magician Girl radiated the light of evolution.
[Toon Dark Magician Girl (6-star) Dark]
[Genealogy: Psychic]
[Level: 30]
[Talent: Ferocity]
[Attack Power: 2000 (2000)]
[Defense Strength: 1700 (1700)]
[Spellcaster, effect: omitted]
A completely new form of the Dark Magician Girl appeared on the field. Her art style became more rounded and youthful, and her body structure was no longer symmetrical and perfect, sometimes large and sometimes small.
At that moment, the Black Eater Shark spewed out a high-pressure cutting jet of water, but the Toon Dark Magician Girl twisted her body and easily dodged it.
Then, the Toon Dark Magician Girl smiled slightly, and her arm suddenly stretched out as if she had eaten a rubber fruit, crossing a distance of more than 20 meters to hit the Black Eater Shark. Lightning flashed between her five fingers, and she used her penetrating ability to ignore defense and severely injure it.
Chapter 189 Battle Ox
Activating the Toon World requires 1000 HP, so You Zhi must first use Spell Absorption and restore the Dark Magician Girl's life force.
Furthermore, the Toon Dark Magician Girl has a negative characteristic. "When the Toon World is destroyed, she exits her Toon Form." Therefore, "Spell Absorption" also serves to trick the opponent into using spell destruction cards, making it a dual-purpose card.
A-Si quickly realized this, but unfortunately, it was too late to change anything.
Facing Toon Dark Magician Girl who can ignore body joints, the Black Eater Shark would have a hard time hitting her, not to mention that she also has a piercing ability that ignores defense.
With three clean and swift Thunder Punch, the Toon Dark Magician Girl easily defeated the Black Eater Shark, securing her second kill.
"Is it really impossible to balance martial arts and Spell Card...?"
A-Si didn't think much of the Black Eater Shark being defeated. After all, it was just a backup Pokémon. Against Toon Dark Magician Girl who looked like an ace and had an attribute advantage, it wasn't surprising that it was defeated so easily. What he cared more about was the restrictions he had suffered in the battle.
To unleash Airborne Force, one must exert all their strength, making it impossible to simultaneously focus on Spell Card, and vice versa.
If the trainer could enter the battle, that would be fine, but directly engaging the opposing trainer and preventing them from creating Spell Card, thus restricting them to their position, would prevent them from doing so.
A-Si recalled You Zhi's approach: using one hand to Spell Card and the other to Pebble Shot. Although this would cause some interference and wasn't as efficient as focusing on one thing, it did allow him to do both.
"Looks like I'll have to learn this stone-throwing technique when I get the chance."
Picking up a stone and throwing it is something even elementary school students can do, but launching a stone straight like a coin and hitting it precisely where you aim is not an easy task and requires specialized training.
As A-Si made up his mind, he summoned his third spirit.
[Enraged Minotaur (4-star) Land]
[Genealogy: Fighting-type]
[Level: 32]
[Attack Power: 1700 (2210)]
[Defense Strength: 1000 (1300)]
[Beast-Warrior-Type, Effect: While this card is face-up on your field, when Beast-Type, Beast-Warrior-Type, or Winged Beast-Type monster you control attacks Defense Position monster, inflict battle damage to your opponent for any excess ATK.]
A Minotaur warrior wielding a battle axe appeared on the field, bellowing at the sky with high morale.
"I'll activate this equipment Spell Card again."
[Instant Cast Spell: Axe of Despair]
[Effect: Increases the ATK of 1 Spirit by 1000. When the equipped Spirit is returned to the Pokémon Card, this card can be returned to the hand by sacrificing it.]
When A-Si realized that the Black Eater Shark was doomed, he was already forging Spell Card. At that moment, a flash of light appeared, and the Minotaur's ordinary axe was replaced with an axe with a blue human head on it, and its attack power increased by 1,000 points.
The audience erupted in uproar, because "Axe of Despair" was a very famous equipment-type Spell Card. Its effect was simple and brutal, directly increasing attack power by 1,000 points. Even a weak elf could instantly transform into a powerful being with this axe, not to mention that it could be recycled and reused.
The only drawback is that it's a weapon-type equipment card, unlike those energy-type equipment cards. It can't be used by elves without arms, but for Minotaur are already skilled with axes and have piercing properties, it's undoubtedly the strongest equipment.
The Enraged Minotaur charged menacingly at the Toon Dark Magician Girl. Instead of retreating to create distance, the girl met him head-on, condensing her spiritual energy into a sharp blade that formed a large cleaver on the surface of her magic wand, and launched a direct attack.
The Penetration property is undoubtedly more advantageous than the Piercing property, but the Minotaur with the Axe of Despair has a higher attack power than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and its damage output is not much worse. With the Toon Dark Magician Girl at less than half health, she cannot withstand two attacks.
"But it's pointless if you can't hit it."
You Zhi felt that his side had the advantage this time, so he did not use the Pebble Snipe, but instead kept an eye on A-Si to prevent the other party from interfering in the battle between the Pokémon.
Faced with the oncoming giant axe, the Toon Dark Magician Girl shrank back, shrinking into her body, causing the axe to miss. However, her attack was unaffected, and she continued to swing her magic wand, imbued with Psycho Cut, at her opponent.
With a loud bang, both elves were forced back. The Enraged Minotaur was injured by the Psychic Shock, and the Toon Dark Magician Girl was not much better off, with a cut on her body that almost severed her in half.
"What's going on? Axe-blade aura?"
You Zhi subconsciously thought about it in the direction of martial arts fantasy, but he quickly realized that the worldview was wrong and that elves could not possibly learn such profound techniques.
The next moment, his profound knowledge of Pokémon led him to the answer based on the wound, "A move that guarantees a hit, Aerial Ace?"
Aerial Ace is a Flying-type skill that ignores evasion and is guaranteed to hit. Unless the opponent is not on the field, the attack method is a slashing energy.
A-Si praised, "Good eye. It seems your basic knowledge is very solid. We other gym leaders have already experienced how troublesome the Toon Monster are from Whitney, so we naturally thought of a way to deal with them."
No matter how much the Toon Monster contorts its body, it is powerless against this sure-hit skill.
You Zhi said expressionlessly, "Then let's add another layer of protection. I'll activate 'My Gagaga Shield'."
The Toon Form Dark Magician Girl is still Spellcaster, and can be paired with the Gagaga Shield" which has a self-healing function. However, the " Gagaga Shield" is an effect protection, not a defense enhancement, so even penetration is powerless against it.
A-Si watched as the Toon Dark Magician Girl, wielding a shield in one hand and a staff in the other, held her own against the Minotaur in close combat, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of magician are you?!"
"Who cares what kind of discipline it is, winning is the only thing that matters."
The two elves cautiously initiated the battle. With the support of their special abilities and Spell Card, both sides had high offense and low defense, and could not afford to make mistakes. While attacking, they also paid extra attention to defense.
Both You Zhi and A-Si chose to stand aside and focus solely on crafting Spell Card, leaving the two elves to their own devices.
Suddenly, the Toon Dark Magician Girl used her Gagaga Shield to block the opponent's Swallow Aerial Ace, and then threw the shield over.
The Enraged Minotaur was caught off guard by this turn of events and was unable to dodge. He was hit on the head and immediately fell into a brief state of dizziness.
The Toon Dark Magician Girl seized the opportunity, gripped her magic wand with both hands, and unleashed the full power of its Psycho Cut, slashing fiercely at her opponent. If it hit, the attribute advantage and piercing ability would allow her to empty the opponent's health bar in one fell swoop, since the opponent was only Four-Star spirit with not much health to begin with.
At this moment, A-Si said, "Now! The Minotaur evolves!"
Chapter 190 Deception
[Minotaur Centaur (6-star) Land]
[Faction: Fighting-type, Ground]
[Level: 32]
[Attack Power: 2000 (3067)]
[Defense Strength: 1700 (1757)]
[Beast-Warrior-Type, Polymerization: "Minotaur" + "Centaur"]
In the dazzling light, the Enraged Minotaur instantly transformed into a strong elf with the upper body of Minotaur and the lower body of a horse.
In terms of actual combat power, the evolved Minotaur Centaur lost its piercing ability and might not be able to win in One for One fight against its previous form. However, after evolving, it went from Four-Star to Six-Star and its health increased by half, successfully withstanding the inevitable attack from the Toon Dark Magician Girl.
One wrong move, and a fatal counterattack will follow.
The Minotaur Centaur was struck by the Psycho Cut. Although its hind legs gave way and it collapsed to the ground, its forelimbs gripped the ground firmly. It immediately roared and swung its axe in a fierce attack.
The earlier act of throwing the shield created an excellent opportunity to defeat the enemy, but now it has become a foolish act of shooting oneself in the foot.
Without the shield's protection, the Toon Dark Magician Girl tried to twist her body to dodge, but the opponent still used the sure-hit Aerial Ace. The invisible blade of energy pierced through the air, passing right through her body and draining her remaining life force.
With an expression of resentment, the Toon Dark Magician Girl's figure gradually dissipated.