Chapter 667: Layered Mind Games
As the probing deepened, the layers of mind games escalated between the two sides!
In this round of interaction, it seemed that Gwyneth was one step ahead.
Alakazam had been avoiding Specter's close combat, giving the impression that she feared confronting him directly.
However, after copying Shadow Tag with the Trace ability and holding Ally Switch in reserve, Alakazam wasn't afraid of brief close-range contact at all.
On the contrary, she could use this momentary proximity to cause significant trouble for Specter!
After being pulled down, Specter immediately wanted to turn into gas and burrow into the ground to escape.
But Alakazam immediately grabbed him with Psychic!
Arthur was playing on the third layer, but Gwyneth seemed to be standing on the fourth!
"Mei, maintain the psychic grip! Don't let him turn into gas! Prepare to use Psychic!"
Seeing this, Gwyneth finally started her offense!
There are various ways to attack with psychic powers, not limited to straight-line impact. Maintaining the psychic grip, Alakazam could use a move to violently crush and squeeze Specter once the cooldown ended!
This way, even if Gengar turned into gas, he couldn't escape the lock of Psychic!
The idea was excellent.
But what she never expected was that Arthur was not beneath her in this exchange!
Arthur had been waiting for the moment Alakazam stopped teleporting and used an attack move!
"Specter, Sucker Punch!"
Just before Alakazam started using Psychic, Arthur decisively gave the order!
In this exchange, Gwyneth was on the fourth layer, thinking Arthur was only on the third, but in reality, Arthur was on the fifth!
During the probing phase, he had actually guessed that Alakazam's ability might be Trace!
Although Gwyneth's Alakazam hadn't had Mega Power for long and had shown her original ability in some previous matches.
But Arthur was never one to blindly trust intelligence.
He had a reputation as an "intelligence black hole." If his own Pokémon could undergo earth-shaking changes in just a month or two, why would he arbitrarily assume that others' Pokémon wouldn't improve?
He had actually guessed that Alakazam's ability would be Trace, but he played along, aiming to launch a Sucker Punch when the opponent stopped attacking!
Dark-type move: Sucker Punch. Applies a mark to the opponent. If it senses the enemy using an attack move, it can launch an instant surprise attack, striking before the opponent!
But if the opponent doesn't use an attack move within a certain period, the mark disappears, and the move fails.
The Sucker Punch mark lasts for a very short time, a split-second guessing game. If the opponent uses a non-attack move, Sucker Punch fails, and the user suffers a cooldown penalty, ruining the rhythm instantly!
High risk, high reward!
If Sucker Punch succeeds, it's an extremely fast priority move!
And a priority move with considerable power!
In an instant, Specter vanished from his spot, then appeared in front of Alakazam, his claws finally landing on the opponent as wished!
So you're the elusive LeBlanc? Let's see you run now!
A claw slashed down!
The outcome of the mind games finally began to show!
The commentators exclaimed in amazement.
"My god! The Kubfu player's Gengar successfully caught the elusive LeBlanc!"
In this back-and-forth probing and tug-of-war since the start, Arthur was ultimately one step ahead!
Alakazam was known as a glass cannon with high attack but paper-thin defense. Gwyneth's Alakazam, having maxed out mobility, hadn't trained much in durability.
So this was destined to be a thrilling match that could end quickly at any moment.
If Specter could land a few more effective hits like this, he might be able to take down Alakazam in just a few moves.
But Gwyneth wasn't a pushover either.
"Use the recoil to retreat!"
Although hit by the Sucker Punch, Alakazam's Psychic still exploded!
Heavily injuring Specter while Alakazam used the momentum to retreat.
High attack and high speed came with the fragility!
Gwyneth's Alakazam had poor defense, but her attacks were fierce!
This super-effective Psychic blast on Specter was also visibly effective.
Neither side could take many full-force hits from the opponent.
This was destined to be a game of instant kills between top assassins.
Once consecutive effective hits were landed, both sides would fall quickly.
But this premise wasn't easy to achieve.
"Mei, Ally Switch!"
In a blink, only a spoon was left in front of Specter.
In terms of mobility in the arena, LeBlanc was a magician who stunned the world.
After a fierce exchange, the two Pokémon soon returned to a cautious rhythm of chase and dodge.
And this time, Specter's pursuit became much more careful.
Knowing the opponent could also use Shadow Tag and easily break the shadow bind with Ally Switch, he didn't dare to stick close mindlessly like before.
The frequency of commands from both sides remained very high, but since then, direct skill collisions between the two Pokémon decreased significantly.
For several minutes, there were no fierce skill clashes!
Arthur tried to use Taunt several times to seal the opponent's mobility!
But unfortunately, as a top professional player, Gwyneth reacted extremely fast and was highly focused. She ordered Alakazam to turn away and dodge the taunting suggestion in time several times.
Then Specter tried Scary Face and Astonish, but the effects weren't great.
The match reached a stalemate for a while.
Until Arthur seized the opportunity for a sudden attack!
"Specter, Phantom Force!"
This time Alakazam didn't have time to use Kinesis to interfere beforehand.
Commentator Oracle got excited again, "This is a chance!"
However, Gwyneth was also very steady.
"Use Future Sight!"
Ordering Future Sight for a layout on the timeline, then taking out her Poké Ball without hesitation.
The moment Specter emerged from the void again, she recalled Alakazam directly.
Leaving Specter's claw strike hitting nothing but air.
"Actually, Alakazam should have had room to operate in this wave, but Player Gwyneth chose to play it safe and used her mid-battle switch authority directly."
After the fact, The Oracle could only seriously try to save face.
Although what he said was true, Specter only gained the first move after closing in with Phantom Force, and Alakazam indeed still had room to maneuver.
But Gwyneth made a safer choice.
It made sense logically.
But the effect presented made people want to sigh: "Oracle, Oracle, unlimited mana!"
Matches with The Oracle were always incredibly fun in the chat.
Sure enough, the chat was spamming again.
"Please stop manipulating the match!"
"Instant toxic milk, terrifying!"
"Arthur is having a hard time..."
But jokes aside.
Rationally analyzing, if the opponent switched Pokémon first, the initiative was still in Arthur's hands.
Arthur didn't lose out in this exchange.
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