Chapter 956: Named in "Red"_3

Boom!!

As the Evolution Light finally dissipated, with the Eevee partner at the center, the Eevee's Special Operations Team, backed by the evolutions of Eevee representing Lightning, Water, Fire, Moon, Sun, Leaf, Ice, and Fairy, officially made their entrance.

"Bwoo!!" All nine Eevees cried out in unison, challenging Latias to a battle!

Nine different forms of Eevee left everyone dumbstruck.

Even Mewtwo wore a look of great surprise, incapable of comprehending how such a feat was achieved.

[Did I underestimate this little one who shares my own experiences...]

In a moment of bewilderment, Fang Yuan snapped his fingers.

"Eevee, Nine-color sublimation, Gather Top—"

This was not a Z-Move.

It was, in fact, a Combination Skill formed purely by the teamwork of eight evolved Substitute forms—the offensive version of the Nine-color Sublimation Gather Top.

Because of a deeper understanding of all elements after returning to the basics, the speed of unleashing this combination skill was worlds apart compared to the flawed version from before.

Almost instantly, the eight evolved Eevees floated up, each transforming into spheres of lights of different colors, in unison with a white light sphere of no attribute—or one might say, of a Normal attribute—in front of Eevee. The nine light spheres directly formed a rotating galaxy.

The complete form of the Nine-color Sublimation Gather Top had one advantage over a Z-Move: the revolving light spheres carried a significant devouring force during their assault.

"This is bad—"

Recognizing the severity of the attack, even Mewtwo felt threatened. While it was difficult to seriously harm it, injuring it was absolutely possible. Such a move was not something Latias could withstand.

The one who would perish wasn't Eevee.

It was Latias.

"Uh—" In almost an instant, Latias was bewildered, its movements restricted by the powerful devouring force of the Nine-color Sublimation Gather Top, as if invisible chains were pulling it. Having already reached its limit after so many battles, it became powerless to resist against this near-Legendary-level strike, just like the Pokémon that had previously faced it, unable to defend themselves.

Boom!!!

In the nick of time, Mewtwo chose to use the move Swap Field, exchanging its position with that of Latias. Facing this terrifying strike, it lifted its hand, creating a Telekinetic Protective Cover, and took the hit instead of Latias.

The violent wave motion caused a terrifying explosion. Even the Light Wall first created by Mewtwo to protect the field cracked all over, allowing some energy to escape.

The energy that spilled out was minor, but even so, the entire Blue Cave began to collapse, with chunks of rock falling continuously from above. The footage in the major live broadcast rooms briefly went to a white screen.

When the image returned, countless viewers were gaping, staring at what was displayed before them.

Fang Yuan still stood there.

The Substitute of Eevee had vanished, and its original form looked a bit tired, yet its gaze remained resolute.

In contrast, Mewtwo, floating in the center of the field, was now covered in dust.

"You did well," Mewtwo said.

"I concede this match on behalf of Latias."

As Mewtwo finished speaking, the whole world seemed to quiet down.

Mewtwo actually voluntarily conceded the match??

"Heavens!!! Is that Eevee? You're telling me that's Eevee??!" Cameron, completely astonished throughout the whole spectacle, spoke from the Alliance Forum Commentary Room.

From the moment Eevee appeared to its evolution, his expression had never returned to normal.

The previous battles were fine, but this challenge directly broke his composure and he reverted to his true self.

"If that's Eevee, I might as well go for a real-life solo battle with Mewtwo, right? How could Eevee possibly achieve this?"

"This is unscientific, it's not Pokemon at all."

Everyone, just like Cameron, watched the scene before them with greatly exaggerated expressions.

"Your new Twelve Branches... are they monsters?" President Fujiwara of Japan and several of the Ten Ninjas couldn't help but speak up.

They had actually... injured Mewtwo.

It wasn't a matter of whether they had drained Latias's energy or not, but that Mewtwo believed Latias absolutely could not withstand that move.

One could imagine how terrifying that move was.

Bang!!

Another piece of rock fell from the top of the cave.

Mewtwo raised its hand, began to repair the Blue Cave, and tried to suppress the ripples in its heart.

It looked at the panting Eevee and said, "This battle, you've won, but such a move must have drained all its physical strength."

Upon saying this, under Mewtwo's indication, the blue Latios slowly flew toward the battlefield.

"As long as you can defeat it, then you will have won the Mewtwo game."

At this moment, Mewtwo had become completely serious, suddenly realizing the trouble Fang Yuan posed.

This guy… was not as weak as he appeared.

If it didn't get serious, there might be an upset.

Mewtwo's words awakened everyone absorbed in shock and joy.

Originally, Eevee's win had given everyone hope.

But then, people quickly realized, on Mewtwo's side, there was a Legendary Pokémon that had not battled at all and was completely unscathed.

A Latios whose strength was definitely not inferior to Latias's but would only be stronger.

"I admit, I underestimated Eevee… but…"

Countless people looked towards Eevee, but, Mewtwo's words seemed not to be wrong.

That last strike had made Eevee seem somewhat weak.

Such a move was impossible to use a second time!

"Yes," Fang Yuan did not deny it, even with Vicinti's pre-charging, using such a Legendary Level Combination Skill, Eevee still had some difficulty.

Right now, Eevee truly wasn't faking it but was indeed drained from that one strike.

Of course, if Victini went to charge it up a bit, it could continue to battle.

But that would be too blatant, and Mewtwo would most likely be able to see Victini's invisibility, so it was better not to do so.

"So, you think it's over just like that?"

Fang Yuan took out a new Poké Ball, aiming in the direction of Mewtwo and Latios.

"Don't forget, we're limited to six Pokémon for this battle."

Mewtwo frowned, and the next moment, Fang Yuan pressed the Poké Ball.

"Waaah————"

In a battle cry full of fighting spirit, a fierce Flame of Will soared to the sky, and amid the flames, a Monferno, covered in flames around its limbs and radiating astonishing Heat Wave from its blue eyes full of unrivaled fighting spirit, appeared before Fang Yuan.

Step by step, Monferno walked towards the front, while Eevee shook the dust off its body and began to slowly walk back.

As the two Pokémon passed by each other, everything was communicated without words. From now on, leaving everything to Monferno was no problem—Eevee had complete trust in Monferno!

"Next, your opponent will be it, Monferno," Fang Yuan also had complete trust in Monferno.