Mo Da, Research Department Dormitory.
Fang Yuan and Glutton were sitting on the couch, leaning against soft cushions, and looking towards Luo Kuo.
"Let's begin," offered Fang Yuan after mentally preparing himself.
Glutton, however, was expressionless.
"Alright," a glint of light flashed through Luo Kuo's red pupils, and behind her, nine beige, smooth, and slender tails appeared faintly visible.
Hypnotism, activated.
Luo Kuo had brought with her the training method given by Thousand-year Gengar and instead of just relaying it to Fang Yuan, she thought it better to let Fang Yuan and Glutton experience it firsthand through Dreamland.
Hum~~
The next moment, Fang Yuan and Glutton found themselves on a battle arena.
Besides that, next to Fang Yuan stood a beauty in ancient attire, gentle and jade-like—Ninetales Luo Kuo.
Swiftly, the Dreamland changed... A plain Gengar and a sparring partner "Fang Yuan" appeared on the battle field.
Fang Yuan and Glutton understood that Luo Kuo was about to demonstrate the teaching content.
"First, I'll show you the training goals."
In the Dreamland, Gengar cackled eerily and merged into "Fang Yuan's" shadow…
Immediately following... Boom!
Seven or eight punches of Mixed Shadow Boxing surged out of the shadow, shattering "Fang Yuan" to pieces like a mirror breaking apart.
After "Fang Yuan" resurrected.
This time, a sharp claw made of shadow suddenly stretched out, swung through, and pierced directly into Fang Yuan's heart, splitting him into two halves along with it.
After "Fang Yuan" resurrected for the second time.
The shadow changed its combat style, and a dark purple Shadow Ball appeared out of nowhere from "Fang Yuan's" shadow, blowing him to death again.
Shadow Fist, Shadow Claw, Shadow Ball...
"I mean... can you not use my image as the demonstration object?" asked Fang Yuan with a face full of exasperation, looking at Luo Kuo.
This must be what Teacher Zhou Youyou was talking about, the second stage of the Shadow Contract, Dark Shadow Control, right?
However, after seeing himself die three times at the hands of a shadow, Fang Yuan suddenly felt a bit reluctant to let Glutton merge with his own shadow.
"That's possible," Luo Kuo nodded and replaced "Fang Yuan" with an Arcanine.
Gengar, still existed in the form of Arcanine's shadow.
In the Dreamland, Arcanine was looking around bewilderedly when suddenly, the shadow under its feet started changing like a black hole and instantly absorbed the Arcanine into it.
"Not bad," Fang Yuan's eyes lit up. The shadow combined with an inner different space, sucking the Trainer inside, then turned into a shadow and fled. Ordinary Pokemon couldn't possibly catch up.
However... after sucking Arcanine into its inner space, Gengar wasn't planning on running away but instead began to release various toxic substances to kill Arcanine instantly, following it with a "bang" as it self-destructed, obliterating any trace of the body. Then it resurrected by gathering the blown pieces of its shadow back together.
Fang Yuan's face darkened again... Alright, it seems that attacking is still the goal.
"The above is the foundation, which needs to be combined with the following techniques for use," said Luo Kuo.
The scene shifted, and Gengar and Arcanine reappeared on the field, ten meters apart from each other.
Fang Yuan and Glutton widened their eyes, wanting to see what other tricks the shadow could play.
Bang!!
Arcanine took the lead, using Extreme Speed to attack Gengar, its speed was extremely fast, even faster than Monferno's Lightning Armor, and its figure had already blurred.
However, just as Arcanine took a few steps forward, its body was suddenly anchored in mid-air, with two of its feet not even touching the ground yet.
"This is..." Fang Yuan and Glutton looked closely and noticed that the shadow under Gengar had stretched out at some point, fully contacting Arcanine's limbs and turning into Arcanine's shadow.
Gengar's body connected to Arcanine's body through the shadow, rendering Arcanine unable to move at all.
"In terms used by you Trainers, Gengar possesses the Curse Body Feature, which can put the opponent in an 'Anchoring Method' state, sealing off some moves."
"By using the shadow to activate the Curse Body Feature, the effect of Curse Body could be enhanced tenfold, directly sealing off the opponent's energy flow and bodily movements. It's like a development of the feature, and at the same time, it can disrupt and control the opponent's movements through hypnotism."
As Luo Kuo finished speaking, the move from before happened again. The shadow under Arcanine, like ripples, shot out a Shadow Ball and struck Arcanine's belly, blasting it away.
Meanwhile, Gengar stood on the other side, having not moved an inch.
Hiss...
Is it the same as the Step on Shadow Feature? Using the Step on Shadow Feature in advance... to think that controlling the enemy through shadows is an ability of Super Gengar.
"In addition, it can also use 'Curse' and 'Destiny Bond' moves directly on the enemy through the shadow, putting the enemy into an enhanced Cursed state," Luo Kuo said.
Whether it's Curse or Destiny Bond, if such a move hits, it can easily fight above one's level.
Using shadows for Curse is even more unpredictable.
In the Su province newcomer match, Jiang Ran from Nan University Middle School demonstrated a move with his Gengar, cursing through Different Space, where the Curse was certain to hit wherever the gaze fell.
While cursing through shadows may not be as unsolvable as cursing through Different Space, according to Luo Kuo, it seems that the cursing effect through shadows is even stronger.
The show of Gengar's abilities wasn't over yet, the shadows in its hands played out hundreds of patterns.
It spread out countless shadows centered on itself, binding the movements of multiple enemies at once, exerting group control, looking from above like a black Other Shore Flower.
Once its own shadow touched the enemy, it would ignite the shadow, using the shadow as fuel, casting Ghost Fire, instantly burning the enemy, creating a sea of Ghost Fire.
Or simply using the shadows as coordinates, within a certain range wherever shadows existed, it could move through space at will, enhancing the effect of Swap Field moves.
Now, Fang Yuan finally understood why the Thousand-year Gengar in the Sun and Moon Forest Secret Territory could easily beat Master Level Trainers.
Such terrifying shadow manipulation skills, combined with powerful Illusion Techniques, no wonder the Trainer Association feared it immensely, reluctant to provoke it.
"Loved it, loved it," Fang Yuan said.
Once Glutton mastered these abilities and perfected Black flame, combined with Dark Phantom for powerful attacks, Glutton would be invincible.
After evolving, a steady Master-level combat power.
"Oh wow~~"
Glutton scratched its head reluctantly. Although it was unwilling to make an effort, it seemed there was no choice now but to try! At least surpassing Monferno before slacking off again was necessary, or else even eating wouldn't be enjoyable – Monferno had been getting too inflated lately...
"Luo Kuo, what's the training method?" Fang Yuan asked.
"Here it comes." Continuing to play the video fox, Luo Kuo demonstrated the capabilities to Fang Yuan and Glutton, then started showing the training method.
The shadow training methods brought by the Thousand-year Gengar were condensed to the extreme; soon, Fang Yuan found they were much more efficient than those taught by Teacher Zhou Youyou.
In one month... maybe half a month, no... within a week, Glutton could get the hang of it.