Sidney recalled Mightyena, a smile still on his face. He took out his second Pokémon Ball, casually tossed it in his hand, and grinned at Yong.
"What an incredible counterattack, Yong! You really are an opponent I need to give my all to defeat! Now, for my second Pokémon-this one!"
With a sharp cry, he sent the Pokémon Ball spinning into the air, where it burst into dazzling white light.
A streak of light shot out of that brilliance and landed on the field, gradually taking shape!
It was a familiar figure!
Its brown body resembled the trunk of an old tree, with a long, pointed nose and thick, snowy-white hair flowing from its head down its back. Its hands resembled palms, but each was actually made up of three green leaves.
Shiftry!
It was said to live quietly in the depths of undisturbed forests. This mysterious Pokémon made its home atop trees over a thousand years old, could sense its opponents' thoughts and anticipate their actions, and could even command fierce winds to drive away intruders.
Pokémon: Shiftry, Lv75... Type: Grass + Dark... Ability: Wind Rider: When Tailwind blows or it is hit by a wind move, it takes no damage and its Attack rises instead... Moves: ... Fusion Technique Skill: Assault Storm... Force Domain Power: Hurricane Aura... Origin Power: [Flying-type Origin]...
So strong!
Yong's gaze sharpened!
What shocked him was not his opponent's level, nor the fact that this Shiftry was an Elite Four-level Pokémon that had advanced perfectly, nor even that it had comprehended "origin power"!
Rather... its "force domain power" and "origin power" clearly belonged to the same domain!
The power of wind, [Flying-type Origin], and Shiftry's ability... Wind Rider!
Clearly, the "path" Shiftry had comprehended suited it extremely well. Every one of its