Behind them, a Gengar grinned and pulled faces before swiftly slipping back into the wall.
"Thanks for the compliment, but let's see how fast your reactions are!" Xiao Ran said grimly.
As his words fell, the Greninja above their heads leaped down, flinging three shuriken straight at their faces.
Faced with the lethal shuriken, the two remained unruffled. They simply grabbed the unconscious Arbok from the ground and used it as a shield, letting it take all three hits.
"Hiss!" Arbok shrieked awake, its eyes filled with pain and bewilderment.
"Looks like we won't be able to save this burial chamber!" Xiao Ran said regretfully. Red light flashed around him as he summoned Milotic, Primarina, and Diancie.
"Then so be it! These damned evil organizations!" Chen San said with anguish, but his hands never stopped moving as he summoned his own Pokémon one after another.
Butterfree, Mightyena, Dugtrio... the small burial chamber was instantly packed.
Tossing aside the half-dead Arbok, the two Hall members stared grimly at the opposing lineup. This place was too cramped. Even with all the Elite-class Pokémon they had, there was hardly room to maneuver.
"Murkrow, Mean Look!"
"Greninja, Water Shuriken!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Ling had already made her move while Xiao Ran and Chen San were still summoning their Pokémon.
Greninja pressed the attack, while the newly summoned Murkrow focused its gaze. Visible black light swept over the two men, sending a chill through them.
"Weezing, Protect! Then release Poison Gas!" A Weezing was summoned, blocking the shuriken with Protect while releasing vast quantities of poisonous gas.
"You two attack. I'll defend!"
Xiao Ran spoke immediately when he saw the poison gas.
Milotic and Primarina were both large, and their moves tended to cover wide areas. In a battle like this, they could