"A quick Aerial Ace after DragonBreath-what a fine strategy!" Fantina said, dancing as a confident smile spread across her face. "Psycho Wave!"
At Fantina's command, Mismagius's entire body glowed blue. With a cry, waves of blue energy surged toward Archen, breaking straight through the white trails of light, stopping the attack, and knocking Archen to the ground.
Impressive. Ghost-types really aren't easy to deal with! Liu Qing thought.
"Surprised?" Fantina asked with a delighted laugh. "I have plenty more moves to show you!"
"Come back, Archen!" Liu Qing had realized that Archen would struggle to handle Mismagius's Psychic moves at its current level. Rather than let Archen suffer heavy damage and have its attack power halved, he decided to switch now. He took out a second Poké Ball and threw it. "Since you're using Ghost-types, Miss Fantina, I'll try one of my own. Chandelure, you're up!"
"Beautiful! This Chandelure's flames are simply perfect. Now, come! Let us battle!" Fantina said, swaying as she gave her command. "Mismagius, Dark Pulse!"
"Chandelure, Inferno!" At Liu Qing's command, Chandelure's flames stirred, and a spiral of deep-blue fire shot out. It collided with Mismagius's Dark Pulse and exploded with a bang.
"It seems their power is evenly matched!" Fantina said with a slight smile.
"Not necessarily!" As Liu Qing chuckled, the deep-blue flames burst through the smoke of the explosion and struck Mismagius directly. Mismagius grimaced in pain as the intense fire burned.
"How could that happen?" Fantina cried, immediately giving another command. "Mismagius, Psycho Wave!"
At Fantina's command, Mismagius's whole body glowed blue. Ripples of energy spread outward, driving all the flames back wave by wave. But at that very moment, Chandelure had already vanished from its spot.
"Where's Chandelure?" Fantina immediately looked around.
"Shadow Ball!" Liu Qing ordered calmly.
"Above us! When