At that moment, Espeon seized the chance to run to a position not far from Gardevoir.
Looking at the positions of the four Pokémon on the field, Xinhai immediately realized that they intended to pincer Gardevoir.
The current battlefield made it difficult to use Teleport—the Dark Pulse aura continuously released by Krookodile spread through the entire arena like ripples on water, making spatial coordinates hard to sense.
This greatly restricted Yano Keisuke's Psychic-type Pokémon, but by the same token, it also affected Gardevoir. They could use this to deal with Gardevoir as well.
The moment Xinhai realized this, Gardevoir, who was connected to him in heart and mind, understood too.
It did not hesitate. Its red eyes suddenly lit up with a deep blue glow.
A Psychic attack became an almost tangible shockwave, slowing Espeon's charge. At the same time, Gardevoir was already running toward Alakazam.
Facing Gardevoir's Psychic, Espeon used its own Confusion to resist while violently pushing off the ground with all four paws, launching its body to the left.
The blue energy shockwave whistled past its side, nearly grazing the fur on its right flank before slamming into the energy barrier behind it and sending pale blue ripples spreading across it.
Seeing Gardevoir charge toward it, Alakazam narrowed its amber eyes slightly.
"Alakazam!"
The spoons in its hands vibrated at high frequency as dark purple energy spheres rapidly condensed at their tips one after another—Shadow Ball.
Five Shadow Balls shot from the spoon tips, tracing five arcs through the air as they fanned out to surround Gardevoir.
At the same time, Alakazam's eyes lit up with a deep blue glow. An invisible Psychic Field surged out like a tide, sealing off Gardevoir's left and right, leaving it nowhere to dodge.
Xinhai frowned slightly at the sight, but