Time ticked by. Just as the referee was about to remind him to send out a Pokémon, Virgil released his third Pokémon. "Let's fight to the very end, Leafeon!"
His dejected face took on a new resolve, like a tenacious bamboo shoot after the rain, a tender sprout growing out of solid rock.
"Leaf!" Leafeon sensed its Trainer's determination as soon as it appeared. Facing Misdreavus, it raised its grasslike tail and long ears high, ready to fight to the last moment.
"Magical Leaf." Virgil stroked the Eevee on his shoulder, his eyes wary and tense.
Not far away, an almost imperceptible smile appeared on Dian's lips. He nodded slightly. "Good. Now that's a Trainer."
A true Trainer was always far stronger than anyone imagined.
"But it's still not enough." Watching the green storm materialize beside his opponent, he calmly waved a hand. "Misdreavus, Magical Leaf."
"Misdreavus~" The red beads around Misdreavus's neck and its Everstone glowed together. That eerie light actually turned a mesmerizing green, then condensed into lifelike green sword-shaped leaves.
With sharp, serrated edges and faint light flowing through their veins, each Magical Leaf resembled an exquisitely crafted leaf sword, gleaming with the chilling sharpness of Leaf Blade. Their keen edges cut to the bone!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
The two leaf storms collided in an instant. After a brief stalemate, Misdreavus's storm of sword leaves tore through at tremendous speed, heading straight for Leafeon!
"You learned Serperior's Magical Leaf? Looks like you haven't wasted your time." Dian nodded in satisfaction. Nothing made him happier than seeing his Pokémon grow. "Magical Leaf, Lucky Chant, Mystical Fire, Phantom Dive..."
He nodded slightly. As Misdreavus absorbed and integrated the energy of its evolved form, it would gradually master these moves it had previously been unable to learn.
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