Surviving After Facing Death

The completely passive Cain and his three teammates would definitely be defeated within half an hour.

Now their only option was to go all out. Cain told Morty his plan, as only Morty's Spiritomb was not bound by the Psychic web.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Morty asked.

"Do you have a better idea?"

The entire Psychic web was in an indestructible state. The only incomplete area was Gastly's position. Relying on the defense of its Night Shade, Gastly was still struggling, and the Psychic web had not yet completely eroded it.

This was the breakthrough point.

Unable to answer Cain's rhetorical question, Morty could only follow Cain's suggestion.

Still, the risk was too great, and it would definitely hurt their teammates. Cain's ruthless and decisive combat style made Morty's heart skip a beat once again.

"Spiritomb, move above Gastly and use Ominous Wind on Mismagius."

The Ominous Wind clashed with the Mystical Fire once again, with the ghostly blue flame pressing against the eerie wind.

Spiritomb quickly fell into a disadvantage.

Mismagius strengthened its power again, and the Mystical Fire gradually suppressed the Ominous Wind.

"Wait a little longer."

Cain and Morty stared intently at the clash between these the two forces.

Until Mismagius was at full power, and it seemed to be about to completely engulf the Ominous Wind.

"Now."

"Spiritomb, retreat."

Cain and Morty shouted almost simultaneously.

Under the pressure of the immense energy, Spiritomb's speed was twice as fast as usual. In a flash, it moved out of the range of the Mystical Fire's attack.

After Spiritomb's retreat, the power of the Ominous Wind naturally dissipated. Mismagius' maximum-power Mystical Fire poured down like a waterfall.

The raging fire struck Gastly, breaking open the Psychic web. The flames rapidly spread, causing the web to crumble. All the Misdreavus were struck the Mystical Fire, and their wails began to echoe. The Duskull and Drifloon were naturally affected, falling into a burned state.

"That move was ruthless." Raiyu couldn't help but click his tongue.

"What are you waiting for? Take action."

Morty and the others hadn't yet recovered from the intense scene when they were startled awake by Cain's shout.

The scattered Misdreavus were at their weakest now, as their psychic powers had backfired on them. Drifloon and Duskull began to reap the benefits.

Seeing the situation, the Mismagius Leader grew furious and launched a fierce counterattack against Spiritomb, putting it in imminent danger.

Cain's attention was completely focused on Gastly.

Gastly, enveloped in dark magic and fire, had become a massive fireball. The blue flames and black shadow exuded a strange terror.

"Gastly, break free!"

Cain shouted from the bottom of his heart, knowing that if Gastly escaped the flames now, it would only be severely injured; but if it stayed inside, it would surely be burned to death.

Suddenly, an opening appeared in the fireball, and Gastly emerged unscathed.

Gastly just used Shadow Ball!

Gastly had learned Shadow Ball, Cain finally felt a sense of relief. Gastly, known for its special attack, had just grasped a special attack move, and its abilities were slowly starting to show.

"Support Spiritomb, and return this fireball to Mismagius."

Spiritomb, already driven to the brink by Mismagius, would lose its fighting ability if no one came to its aid.

As Mismagius was using Power Gem to attack Spiritomb, Gastly sent a Shadow Ball, ambushing Mismagius from behind while it was busy attacking Spiritomb.

The remaining power of the dark magic Night Shade, combined with the power of Shadow Ball all struck Mismagius's back.

The burning flames and the Shadow Ball's attack caused Mismagius unbearable pain, letting out a piercing howl.

"Shadow Ball."

"Feint Attack."

Cain and Morty launched their final attacks simultaneously, and Mismagius fell.

There were still seven Misdreavus left on the field, and their spirits had somewhat recovered. Fantina's Drifloon had lost its last bit of strength due to the burning.

In the rain, Duskull's burn status triggered its potential and it learned Will-O-Wisp. The remaining seven Misdreavus were all hit by Duskull's Will-O-Wisp, and all of them were now burned.

Mismagius had lost its fighting ability, and the seven Misdreavus lost their backbone, with no desire to continue fighting.

Cain's Gastly had just learned Shadow Ball and was eager for practice. Shadow Balls were launched like a rapid-fire cannon, one after another.

Spiritomb's Ominous wind boosted the speed of the Shadow Ball, and the seven Misdreavus were easily defeated.

Did they succeed?

All four of them felt it was unbelievable.

The second floor of the Bell Tower was successfully challenged and passed in the first try for the first time in the history of the Ecruteak Gym.

Cain was somewhat bewildered by the victory as well. He had been fully absorbed in the battle and couldn't believe that they had won so easily. He and Raikou had challenged the first floor of the Brass Tower a total of eighteen times before they won, but the more difficult second floor was conquered in just one attempt.

"This victory is mainly due to Cain's tactics. Without him and his Gastly, we wouldn't have stood a chance," Morty sincerely praised.

"Our strength is not enough to succeed in this challenge; we only managed to use the power of the enemy against them," Cain said coldly, without any expression.

It wasn't that Cain intentionally dampened their spirits. If it weren't for the powerful Mystical Fire from Mismagius that broke the Psychic web and rebounded the psychic power of the enemy's Gastly army, the four of them would have had no chance of winning.

"No matter how we did it, we finally won. Let's get out of here. Our Pokémon are badly injured and need treatment as soon as possible."

With that, Morty led the three of them out.

Upon leaving the Brass Tower, they didn't find Yan waiting. Instead, Morty led the group to the study.

Yan had already left the Brass Tower, not believing they would succeed on their first attempt.

"What? The four of you made it through?" Yan exclaimed in disbelief after hearing Morty's report.

Yan still couldn't believe it and went to the Brass Tower himself to confirm. After getting confirmation from Mismagius, he sighed in admiration.

"It seems I'm really getting old. There are always talented people emerging. Come to my study and choose a (TM)," Yan remarked.

The four of them handed their Pokémon to the assistant Leo, who took them to the Pokémon Center for treatment.

This time, Cain chose his signature move "Sludge Bomb."

Raikou chose "Dark Pulse" for his Duskull to better deal with Ghost-type Pokémon in the future.

Morty chose "Snarl," which could lower the opponent's Special Attack, a very practical skill for dealing with special attack-oriented opponents. Currently, Morty's Spiritomb was the strongest, and he needed it to hold back the leading Pokémon on each floor of the tower. Morty was indeed a very rational person.

Fantina wasn't interested in the TMs offered by the Ecruteak Gym and casually picked one up: "Double Team," a self-protection move.