Gamino's next Pokémon was a Krookodile. It could not have been a better choice against Wen Xu's team.
Sure enough, Krookodile quickly finished off the badly wounded Mismagius. Along with using Swords Dance, its own Ability raised its Attack another notch.
Wen Xu, however, sent out Dusknoir.
Dusknoir's single eye shone as it immediately used Skill Swap, forcibly swapping their Abilities.
Even so, winning against a type disadvantage under these circumstances was extremely difficult. In the end, Dusknoir failed to defeat Krookodile and lost the ability to battle instead.
Krookodile regained its Moxie, but only after Dusknoir had lost the ability to battle, so it did not receive the Attack boost this time.
Wen Xu seemed to have fallen into a complete disadvantage. Mismagius, Chandelure, Dusknoir, and Mimikyu had all lost the ability to battle, while Gamino had only lost Volcarona and Kommo-o.
Two against four. A comeback from the brink really did seem like the stuff of legends.
Wen Xu's expression remained unchanged as she slowly took out her next ball.
Next, a Pokémon only 1.2 meters tall appeared, yet the resentment surrounding it was heavier than that of a vengeful ghost.
With a very distinctive head of hair, it looked somewhat like a Mankey overall. But there was far more to it than that. Its eyes were perpetually blood-red, and even its emotions were extremely unstable.
Looking at the laughably short fellow before it, Krookodile inexplicably felt afraid.
"This one's interesting," Cao Min said. "I remember it was already in its Complete Form when Wen Xu caught it."
"Annihilape?" Cheng Tian watched the Annihilape below, its resentment surging to the heavens, with keen interest.
This Pokémon's predecessors were the extremely common Mankey and Primeape, Pokémon with relatively little popularity. Partly, their own limitations were plain to see, and