Chapter 138 Properties of Shadow Ball_1

"Let's begin,"

Teacher Zhou Youyou said.

"OK, Eevee, try using the Shadow Ball you learned in the Ghost House again,"

Fang Yuan then spoke.

"Bwoo!!"

Eevee looked around the environment. Despite its confusion, it obeyed the command.

Shaking its head, it concentrated seriously and a black-purple sphere formed in front of it. The sphere grew from the size of a marble to the size of a palm... This was already the limit for Eevee.

"As expected..."

Watching the Shadow Ball in front of Eevee, Teacher Zhou Youyou nodded and said, "That's enough."

As she finished speaking.

A phantom appeared beside Teacher Zhou Youyou, and a round deep-purple Pokémon emerged from her shadow!!

The temperature in the room dropped several degrees instantly. The Pokémon "whooshed" through Teacher Zhou Youyou's body and arrived in front of Eevee.

It startled Eevee quite a bit—there was indeed something odd about this room!

"Hee hee~~"

Gengar, with its red eyes and grinning mouth, displayed a sinister smile and motioned with its finger. The Shadow Ball in front of Eevee was hooked towards it and then swallowed by Gengar into its body.

"Bwoo???!!"

Seeing this, Eevee took a step back, shocked at Gengar. What was going on with this guy?

"Teacher Zhou?..."

Fang Yuan too was startled by the sudden appearance of Gengar and asked instinctively.

"Mm..."

Teacher Zhou Youyou looked at Fang Yuan and Eevee and said, "I just wanted to confirm something, but now it's certain. Your Eevee has not fully mastered the Shadow Ball..."

"Which means, there are still risks in its Shadow Ball Move—"

…

Mo Da, the battlefield.

Teacher Zhou Youyou, Fang Yuan, Gengar, and Eevee arrived here.

This time.

Teacher Zhou Youyou had Eevee release a Shadow Ball again and instructed it not to shoot it out, but to keep it concentrated in front of itself.

Eevee did as told.

However, unlike the last time... a second after the Shadow Ball formed, it suddenly expanded for some unknown reason, the energy scattered all around, and "boom," it exploded.

"Bwoo!!"

Eevee was scared by its own Move as the Shadow Ball blew up, throwing Eevee in the air and it tumbled on the ground several times before stopping.

Fortunately... the Shadow Ball did almost no damage to Eevee itself, just covering it with dirt.

Standing up, Eevee looked uneasily at the spot where the Shadow Ball had exploded.

"What's going on?" Fang Yuan was startled.

"No rush, let's try a few more times. This time, have Eevee attack Gengar," Teacher Zhou Youyou said with a smile.

"Alright... Eevee, you heard her."

Eevee blinked its eyes, nodded and called out, then concentrated again to form another Shadow Ball.

Swish!

After Eevee launched the Shadow Ball, it flew towards Gengar, but before it could hit Gengar, the Shadow Ball suddenly exploded midway through.

Eevee: "???"

Fang Yuan was somewhat dumbfounded.

"Do you see now?"

"Your Eevee hasn't mastered the essence of Shadow Ball. The Shadow Balls it forms aren't the most stable structure. That's not how Eevee should use Shadow Ball." Teacher Zhou Youyou laughed, "Gengar, show it a demonstration."

"Heh~~" Gengar nodded, then conjured a Shadow Ball with both hands and held it. He tossed it upwards, and as it fell, the Shadow Ball bounced like a basketball, demonstrating many tricks in his hands.

"A true Shadow Ball will only explode upon violent collision, the shockwaves instantly triggering the Shadow Ball to detonate from the outside in, damaging the enemy and eroding their energy."

"But your Eevee's Shadow Ball explodes shortly after formation due to unstable internal energy. In this way, even if it happens to strike the enemy, it can't inflict significant damage. With bad luck, it could even harm allies or itself. Also, such a Shadow Ball cannot erode the enemy's energy!"

Erosion effects?

Is that referring to lowering the opponent's Special Defense?

Fang Yuan was taken aback, saying, "Then how can I teach Eevee to use Shadow Ball correctly?"

He looked at Gengar, juggling with Shadow Balls, and was speechless. After all, the Shadow Balls created by Eevee were truly unstable... In the animation, scenes even included Pikachu lying on top of Shadow Balls, using them to fly, and stepping on them like platforms—

"Leave that to Gengar, it will teach your Eevee. Don't worry, it won't take too long." Teacher Zhou Youyou said, "Consider this compensation for ending your Ghost House experience early."

"Moreover, Eevee's understanding of Shadow Ball has also been influenced by that Dream Demon and the Ghost House. Seeing it use Shadow Ball in such a manner, my OCD really can't handle it."

Fang Yuan's mouth twitched. So, it was OCD?

"Bwoo..."

Meanwhile, Eevee looked displeased.

It had finally learned Shadow Ball and now they were telling it that it learned incorrectly? Eevee was very unhappy!

The next moment, Eevee was dragged away by Gengar.

"Bwoo—"

...

On the other side.

"Teacher Zhou, does the use of Shadow Ball require a stable structure?"

Fang Yuan followed Teacher Zhou Youyou, asking.

Just now, he had thought of an important issue.

If the energy structure of Shadow Ball must be very stable, then wouldn't his hope for Eevee to learn Spiral Shadow Ball be dashed?

"Why would you ask that?" Teacher Zhou Youyou asked, surprised.

"Because sometimes changing the form of a move can unleash greater power."

"Take Ice Punch for example. If you only wrap cold air around the fist for the attack, it's too one-dimensional. But what if you shape the fist into a blade with water flow and cold before striking? Wouldn't the attack be more powerful?" Fang Yuan used one of Xiaozhi's tactics, a variant of "Ice Water Jet," as an example.

"Oh?"

Teacher Zhou Youyou looked at Fang Yuan carefully, her view of him changing. It was rare to see such awareness in a New Trainer.

"What you said is correct, but unfortunately, for Shadow Ball to achieve the best effect, it must have a stable structure. Perhaps you have some ideas, but each type of energy is different, with vastly diverging forms and properties. Water and Ice can easily change forms, but that doesn't mean Ghost Energy can too. After all, Water and Ice have existed on Earth since ancient times, while Ghost Energy is a new type of energy brought from Secret locations. You can't treat them the same."

"You'll understand all this once you start studying 'Pokémon Energy Science' in college."

"Every type of energy has its own ways and requirements for control. What you proposed about changing the form of Shadow Ball exists only in theory, and as of now, no Trainer's Pokémon can do that, not even Ghost-type Pokémon, to say nothing of Eevee. Right now, you should focus on Eevee becoming skilled in the use of Shadow Ball, instead of having impractical ideas."

Because she didn't want Fang Yuan to take a wrong path, Teacher Zhou Youyou shared quite a lot.

Fang Yuan was silent, looking at Eevee being dragged away by Gengar, scratching his head.

He knew each type of energy behaved differently, but he was truly ignorant about the specific properties of Ghost Energy... He was inexperienced.

Does that mean, the idea of the Spiral Shadow Ball is completely impossible?

Fang Yuan wasn't quite content with that.

"I understand, thank you," Fang Yuan replied to Teacher Zhou, but in his heart, another bold idea sprouted.

If it's only a matter of different controls and requirements, there should be other ways. Suddenly, Fang Yuan thought of a method to enhance energy control.

What if Eevee's main body and Substitute created the same Shadow Ball together? If one body controlled the rapid spin of the Shadow Ball's energy and the other maintained the overall structure's stability, could they find a balance? Could they improve the stability of the Shadow Ball and successfully alter its form?

This method couldn't simply be called multitasking, but rather a variant technique of multitasking.