Miss Diantha's fifth Pokémon, Gourgeist!
As everyone knew, most Ghost-type Pokémon could travel between reality and another world, and Gourgeist was one of them!
Just like Dusknoir's banishment, Gengar's Shadow Tag, and Mismagius's Dream Entry, Gourgeist had an innate ability of its own.
Spirit Seizure!
All of these targeted spirits, and, like the innate abilities of its Ghost-type companions, this one also carried the power of a curse!
Of course, Yong wasn't intimidated by that. What concerned him more was that this Gourgeist had actually grasped the "Grass Origin"! And its Grass typing did give it a tremendous type advantage over Swampert...
With the blessing of its "Rock Solid" talent, Swampert's weakness to Grass-type attacks had been halved. Yet when facing attacks empowered by the "Grass Origin," the high resistance granted by its system talent seemed to affect only the power of the move itself, rather than the amplification provided by "Origin Power."
Yong silently weighed this in his mind.
He respected his opponent, but he did not fear it.
Swampert... had no need to fear any opponent!
In the Guest Seats, Caitlin looked at Gourgeist with a hint of puzzlement. She leaned toward Cynthia's ear and whispered,
"Nana, Miss Diantha clearly studied Yong before this battle. She's very well prepared."
Cynthia smiled.
"As a powerful Trainer, isn't that only natural? Learning about your opponent is one of a Trainer's basic skills."
"No... I mean, Miss Diantha seems to have started paying attention to Yong quite some time ago!"
Cynthia froze, then noticed the mischievous smile on her friend's face. Realizing what Caitlin meant, she shot her an exasperated glare and said coolly,
"If you could focus your attention on training your Pokémon, your strength wouldn't still be stuck at this level!"
"Hehe..."
Caitlin stuck out her tongue, then raised