"Tch."
Glutton made a face and disappeared from his spot in the instant the Water Gun was about to hit, reappearing on the other side of the field where shadows from a previous battle had been left, rendering the Water Gun attack futile.
Water Gun was fast, but not faster than swapping fields.
This time, Blastoise didn't react in time, and its shadow was suddenly seized by Glutton!
In a flash, Blastoise, like the spirits before it, found itself pinned underfoot by its shadow controlled by Gengar, struggling to move!
"This Gengar can teleport at will upon shadows..." The tide of battle turned in an instant, and Qingwu immediately spoke with grave concern.
This was much more difficult to deal with than Empoleon, which had previously shown a reaction speed brushing against the top tier.
As one of the most elusive Ghost-type Pokemon, Gengar had its reasons: aside from lacking physical strength, its various methods were extremely tricky. Even if its physical strength didn't grant it an advantage over other Pokemon, it could make up for it with a combination of moves like Hypnosis and Dream Eating.
One might say that, apart from legendary and Phantom Elves, the Gastly Clan truly deserved the title of Ghost Overlord.
"It's not over yet." Qingwu was not panicked.
Unlike Wutian's spirits, this time Glutton's shadow hadn't completely immobilized Blastoise.
"Carme!!!!"
With a roar, the Torrent still flowed within Blastoise's shell lines, indicating that, even immobilized, Blastoise could still execute its ultimate move; it was merely a matter of speed.
And Blastoise itself was much stronger than Aggron and a few other spirits before it.
Under the struggle with High-speed Rotation, the shadow binding Blastoise began to stretch like a rope on the verge of snapping.
With Blastoise stepping forward, it marked the complete breaking of Glutton's Shadow Fixing Method.
"Carme!!!!" Blastoise roared again as the shadow completely dispersed, twisted uncontrollably, and then gradually dimmed.
"Pray for Rain."
The expressionless Qingwu knew that his opponent was fast, so they had to create a rainy domain.
Perceiving the rain, he combined Zen Headbutt with Rain Dance, infusing the power of thought into each raindrop, ensuring that every drop falling on the field was closely connected to Blastoise's senses.
This top-tier Rain Dance technique could be used not just as a regular Rain Dance but also as a Perception Skill. Any energy fluctuations apart from Blastoise's would obscure the rainwater, enabling Blastoise to detect Gengar's movements immediately.
Both the Breaking Shell Torrent technique and the Perception Rain technique were formidable. Qingwu's training expertise was among the top in the Japanese team, which is why Fujiwara Haruka, Juzhen Ye, Longqi, and others believed that Qingwu wouldn't lose to anyone of the same level.
With the shadows dispelled and Perception Rain coalescing, shifting from a Shadow Realm to a rainy domain, there was a wave of cheers from the Japanese side.
However, just as the Japanese team thought that the Shadow Realm had been broken and Qingwu was about to turn the tables, Blastoise's Rain Dance abruptly ceased.
In that moment, Qingwu's face went deathly pale.
Copious Water energies, in an instant, fled chaotically like headless flies, the few rain droplets that had managed to fall evaporated swiftly, and instead a scorching breath blanketed the area.
Sensing this heat that drove the rain away, a visibly shaken Qingwu immediately looked towards Glutton.
"Heh heh heh~~~~" At that moment, Glutton shook its head as if in deep thought, thinking that would be the end of the Shadow Realm? Not so simple.
Faced with Glutton's taunting, Blastoise's spirit was instantly chilled. The surge of searing heat, which even burned the Perceptive Rain, paralyzed it from moving.
Different from the immobility caused by Shadow Immobilization, this paralysis was a reflex of the spirit when faced with extreme threat—an instinctive response—put simply, Blastoise was momentarily frightened into immobility, unable to react swiftly.
Boom!!
Above the field, Gengar's arms, previously lowered, slowly lifted, and with its sinister laughter, the shadows scattered around Blastoise instantly solidified into black flames.
The intense waves of heat swept through as Glutton, in a thought, set off a maelstrom of black flames!
The Shadow Realm instantly became fodder for the black flames. Now, Blastoise was confronting a terrifying sea of black flames that burned life and soul with Shadow Power.
Although a Water-type Spirit, Blastoise could distinctly feel that this flame was different from normal flames and simply wasn't something Water flow could withstand.
"Finish it."
Facing Fang Yuan's command, Glutton didn't hesitate and immediately wrapped Blastoise in the black flame domain, swiftly engulfing it in dark fire. In a moment, Blastoise's soul-wrenching screams of agony spread throughout the arena.
"Use Mirror Coat now!" Qingwu quickly ordered, yet the Mirror Coat that Blastoise had desperately mustered proved useless against the black flame, unable to dispel this Special flame, and soon it shattered like glass under the scorching blaze.
Qingwu was sweating profusely, issuing commands for Rapid Spin, Freeze Flame, and coating the flames with Water Ring, but all for naught.
Ultimately, as the life energy within the Water Ring was burned by the black flame, the Water evaporated, and Blastoise was spent.