Chapter 328: Master Li's Defeat!!
"She's planning to..."
Kenji's eyes widened as he stared at the puddles of bubbling, high-potency venom scattered across the arena. Combining that with the Sunny Day Drapion had just set up, a realization hit him like a lightning bolt.
Sure enough, as the artificial sun intensified, the temperature within the barrier began to skyrocket. Under the extreme heat, the toxic liquid didn't just sit there—it began to evaporate, releasing thick, spiraling plumes of purple mist that drifted into the air.
In a matter of seconds, the arena was no longer clear. A dense, violet smog blanketed the field.
What?! —
Li Songnian's pupils shrank to pinpoints. He stared at the rising fog in absolute horror.
Mega Alakazam's Teleport was a peerless tool for evasion, but it was limited by the physical boundaries of the arena's energy shield. There was nowhere to warp to that wasn't currently being saturated by the gas.
Because the barrier was a closed system, the toxic mist couldn't dissipate. The concentration was rising by the second.
"Hu..."
On the field, Mega Alakazam fired one more Shadow Ball, but its movements suddenly hitched. A look of intense pain crossed its face.
Looking at its exposed skin, Kenji saw a faint, sickly purple tint beginning to spread.
It was poisoned!!!
Mega Alakazam was the definition of a glass cannon with low HP. Worse, the Toxic status wasn't just a flat drain—it was a ramping poison that grew more lethal every second it remained in the system.
Grandma Liu was a Poison-type Elite Four member. The toxins synthesized by her Pokémon were several times more potent and complex than anything found in the wild.
If Mega Alakazam couldn't delete Drapion within the next few moves, its own body would give out.
In the waiting area, Kenji let out a breath of pure admiration.
Old wine really is the finest. In just a few moves, Grandma Liu had found the "checkmate" for an opponent with near-infinite mobility.
Before Mega Evolving, Alakazam possessed the god-tier ability Magic Guard, which made it immune to indirect damage like poison or weather.
However, upon Mega Evolving, its ability had changed to Trace. It had copied Drapion's Sniper ability.
While Sniper gave it higher crit damage, it had stripped away its greatest defense. It was now fully vulnerable to the very air it breathed.
Realizing the trap, Li Songnian abandoned his defensive playstyle. He ordered a desperate, all-out offensive. Mega Alakazam unleashed every high-power special move in its arsenal.
Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Ball, Charge Beam, Thunderbolt...
A kaleidoscopic display of destructive energy rained down on Drapion.
But Drapion had shifted gears. It went into a pure defensive stance, relying on its level advantage and heavy armor to weather the storm. It wove through the attacks, only taking glancing blows, dragging out the clock.
The poison was doing its work. The more Mega Alakazam exerted itself, the faster the toxins circulated.
Finally, the sorcerer's thin frame could no longer withstand the internal erosion. A flash of white light erupted from its body.
The Mega Evolution dissolved. Alakazam reverted to its base form.
Its ability shifted back to Magic Guard.
Under the protection of its innate ability, the agonizing pain from the toxins vanished. A mysterious energy suppressed the poison, preventing it from dealing further damage.
But suppression was not a cure.
The poison was still in its blood. If Alakazam tried to Mega Evolve again, losing the protection of Magic Guard would result in instant organ failure.
And in its base form, while immune to the damage, Alakazam had lost the massive stat boosts and the speed needed to challenge a Level 98 Drapion.
Furthermore, its stamina was almost entirely gone...
Knowing the match was over, Li Songnian didn't waste his partner's life. He silently recalled Alakazam to its ball.
His final Pokémon was a Bronzong.
But if his Ace couldn't touch Drapion, a Bronzong stood zero chance. Although its Steel typing made it immune to the toxic mist, Drapion was a Dark-type predator.
With a single, brutal Night Slash—boosted by its earlier +2 Attack from Fell Stinger—Drapion tore through Bronzong's metallic body as if it were cardboard.
Master Li had lost. It was a total shutdown—a clean 3-0 sweep by Grandma Liu's Drapion.
The result sent shockwaves through the internet. The "Elder Venom is a fraud" threads vanished instantly, replaced by a firestorm of speculation about her true identity.
A Level 15 seed just swept the Level 3 seed without breaking a sweat? No one believed she was a "newcomer" anymore.
On the forums, fans were digging through historical records, trying to find any veteran Poison master who fit the description. They listed experts from Huaxia, Kanto, and the International League.
Kenji scrolled through the posts briefly and smirked. They could dig for a thousand years and they'd never find her. In the eyes of the modern world, the woman sitting next to him had been "dead" for a century.
Grandma Liu would remain a ghost until she chose to reveal herself.
And Kenji knew her participation info was entirely forged. As a centenarian legend, she certainly had the "connections" to bypass the League's standard identity verification.
...
The Huaxia League Conference continued its brutal elimination process.
188 trainers became 94.
94 became 47.
47 became 24.
The "fodder" was gone. Only the elite of the elite remained.
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