Sato stopped wasting words the moment Shiny Arbok's attitude shifted—he immediately anded Gengar to attack!

  "Use Psychic!"

  Gengar's golden eyes fshed with bright blue light, and a powerful wave of Psychiergy surged toward the Shiny Arbok.

  However—the Shiny Arbok remained pletely still. Even with Psychic attacks directly hitting it, they seemed to have no effect at all!

  "Gengar, Shadow Ball barrage!"

  Sato's mind raced with possibilities—how was Arbok shrugging off a move that pletely tered it?

  Ten Shadow Balls streaked through the air in random, uable arcs, crashing onto Arbok's body—still iive!

  Sato carefully observed—whether it sychic or Shadow Ball, they seemed to slide off Arbok's body like water on a slick surface. It was as if the attacks simply couldn't stick!

  Meanwhile, Arbok remained motionless, watg Gengar and Sato coldly, as if it were mog them.

  "I told you—you ot escape."

  The telepathic voice echoed once again, making Sato frown deeply.

  Why was Arbok so insistent on this idea? He refused to accept this so easily!

  "Gengar, stay alert—fall back!"

  Gengar floated backward, eyes locked onto Belle, ready to ter any sudden movement.

  "Why run? Wouldn't it be better to stay?"

  Belle's ruby eyes glowed eerily red, and suddenly—the entire cavern trembled slightly.

  "Ahquake? No… it's Pokémon!"

  Sato instinctively pressed his back against the wall. The Luminous Pokémon around him began closing in!

  "Squeak!"

  A Luminous Sandshrew was the first to attack, its glowing green eyes devoid of fear!

  But it was only a Mid Ordinary Sandshrew. How could it possibly have the fideo attack a Mid Elite Gengar?!

  Boom! Boom! Boom!

  A storm of Shadow Balls filled the air!

  Though they had no effe the Shiny Arbok, they were extremely powerful against the luminous Pokémon!

  Each Shadow Ball instantly knocked out a e Pokémon, allowing Gengar to cut them down at an incredible speed!

  Ten mier—Gengar moved between the hordes of luminous Pokémon, but it could no longer afford to keep using Shadow Ball tinuously!

  The enemies were endless! They kept ing and ing, as if they would op!

  'No, something is wrong with these Luminous Pokémon!'

  Sato had already sent out Ariados and Pupitar—for horde battles, they were far more effective than Zoroark!

  Ariados used Sticky Web to trap enemies, while Pupitar's Rock Slide specifically targeted oints, making their teamwork highly effit.

  But ere there so many Luminous Pokémon?!

  Sato swiftly tered a surprise attack, sshing at a Murkrow mid-dive with his dagger, all while thinking rapidly.

  When he first arrived, there had only been a handful of Luminous Pokémon.

  Suddenly, Sato's gaze soward Arbok—it hadn't moved an inch. Yet its eyes were still glowing red—even brighter than before!

  'So Arbok is trolling them… If I want to put ao this, I'll have to defeat Belle first!'

  No matter what, he had to try—if ratacks didn't work, then he'd go for close bat!

  "Zoroark, use Sucker Punch!"

  Without hesitation, Sato threw Zoroark's Poké Ball—it burst open right in front of Arbok!

  A fierce aura of Dark energy surrounded Zoroark's hardened cws, as it swung straight at the golden-silver markings on Arbok's belly!

  Those markings—they were Arbok's greatest mystery, but also its weakest point!

  Arbok finally moved—its speed was astonishing! With a sudden recoil, it coiled its body back—then lunged forward, aiming to sink its fangs into Zoroark!

  A putrid stench filled the air.

  Even from this distance, Sato felt a wave of dizziness, though his Dark Energy quickly flushed it out, allowing him to recover.

  Not far away, the Shiny Arbok opes mouth—its two curved fangs were dripping with pitch-bck venom!

  The foul odor was ing from that poison!

  "Use Proteow!"

  Buzzz-

  Arbok's slender body coiled tightly around Zoroark's protective barrier—the moment its poisonous fangs touched the shield, white smoke hissed into the air, apanied by a corrosive sizzling sound!

  Such potent venom! It was s that it could even erode a Protect barrier!

  "Zoroark, use Night Daze to break free!"

  Sato's and was firm, and at the same time, he sharply noticed something—the Luminous Pokémon surrounding them hesitated ever so slightly in their movements!

  Arbok was definitely trolling them!

  "Zoroaark!"

  Protect transitioned seamlessly into Night Daze—a burst of pitch-bergy erupted from Zoroark's body, expanding outward with explosive force, shattering the fading Protect barrier and f Arbok off!

  If Night Daze weren't a signature move, sustantaneous execution would have been impossible—if Arbok had bitten down, the sequences would have been unimaginable!

  Le attacks were useless. Close bat was too dangerous, as Arbok bined bzing speed with lethal poison—this snake was far more difficult than Sato had anticipated!

  Arbok was now on the offensive. Even after being bsted away, Night Daze hadn't harmed it at all.

  It slithered across the ground at terrifying speed, closing in on Zoroark almost instantly—this time, it unched a Sludge Bomb!

  "Dodge with Agility!"

  Zoroark's body blurred, creating afterimages as it narrowly evaded the attack.

  The Sludge Bomb exploded upon impact, releasing a bck-purple toxin that spttered everywhere—the air instantly filled with traces of poison!

  Sato had already put on a mask, yet he still inhaled a small amount—a pierg headache shot through his skull, pain throbbing violently!

  The toxicity was terrifying—Sato knew he couldn't take this lightly any longer. He fully activated his Dark Energy, coating his entire body in bck mist.

  This was his first time unleashing his Dark Energy at full force—from a distance, he looked like a figure cloaked in shadows!

  Arbok froze in pce, eyes widening in shock as it stared at Sato. For the first time, fear flickered in its gaze.

  Its tongue flicked rapidly, hissing nonstop.

  "What… what are you? Are you truly human? Why do you possess the power of Pokémon?!"

  "The power of Pokémon?" Sato was momentarily stunned.

  Dark Energy abilities and Dark-type moves were simir yet distinct—at the very least, Sato couldn't use actual Dark-type moves.

  And the abilities he unleashed through Dark Energy weren't something any Pokémon had ever used before.

  Zoroark and Pupitar were beginning to breathe heavily—the airborne poison was affeg them badly.

  Sato had no choice but to recall Zoroark.

  At this moment, he felt a strange sense of relief—he had two Poison-type Pokémon with him!

  While the poison in the air was lethal, its tration was still low, meaning it had little effe Gengar and Ariados.

  The two stood protectively at Sato's sides. Though they had never seen Sato like this before, they could still reize his familiar st.

  "You fear my power."

  Sato took a step forward—Ariados and Gengar moved in sync. Across from them, Arbok instinctively retreated a step!

  A brief flicker of surprise fshed through Sato's eyes.

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