The Villain Only Wants To Live a Buddhist Life
Chapter 255: Espeon's Infinite Potential (2 in 1)

Dark stretched out his hands, picked up little Eevee and put it on his knees. He scratched the skin under its chin habitually, and then used Normal Summoning Spell, which activated [Pride Ⅲ].

The symbol of [Pride] was red, but after turning it into a card, it was dark golden, and the light emitted was the same color.

The light of [Pride Ⅱ] tended to be darker and deeper.

The light of [Pride Ⅲ] was more towards golden, more brilliant!

When the light of [Pride Ⅲ] illuminated every corner of the bedroom with the surging magic energy, all the magical spirits were inevitably affected, and their eyes changed.

But only DemiDevimon grinned smugly, "It's the familiar feeling!"

...

In the center of the gathering of light, the symbol of [Pride] slowly appeared on Eevee-chan's forehead.

It raised its head slightly, and the surrounding dark golden rays of light converged into the symbol at a very fast speed.

As the light completed converging, the symbol gradually became hot, and the golden light became more and more brilliant.

It was like the blazing sun, shining high in the sky.

Suddenly, the golden light burst out again, covering Eevee-chan's body completely from top to bottom.

Its form also began to undergo dramatic changes in the golden light!

Its short limbs become slender.

The fluffy tail was forked at the end.

After the golden light gradually dissipated, a small cat, even smaller than Sylveon, came into view.

Eevee → Espeon.

"Sure enough, it's Espeon!"

Eevee became more slender and like a purple fairy after evolving into Espeon.

Its entire body was covered in soft purple short hair that felt velvety to the touch.

It was said that it could sense the movement of air by relying on its body hair to detect changes in the weather and the movements of its opponents.

Its forehead was inlaid with a red gemstone, and its slender cat tail was forked at the end, just like the legendary Nekomata.

Looking closely, one would find that the inner part of the gem had the symbol of [Pride] faintly preserved.

In order to understand the changes of Espeon more clearly, Dark had already taken out Eevee-chan's magic card.

He immediately injected a bit of magic energy into it and got feedback.

...

[Card name: Phantom Magic Beast (Espeon)]

[Type: Spirit Card]

[Level: ✪✪✪✪]

[Race: Bird & Beast-type]

[Attribute: Psychic]

[Magic energy : 2000]

[Attack: 1700]

[Defense: 900]

[Ultimate: Magic Bounce, Mindpower, Future Sight]

...

"Sure enough, three skills." As expected, Espeo was a 4-star orange card.

With the top magic value amongst 4-star magical spirits, the barely acceptable attack, and lame defense value, this magic card had its own characteristics.

But beyond the surface numbers, Espeon had extraordinary dexterity and speed.

And the three ultimate abilities it mastered...

To be honest, they were all magical skills!

The ultimate ability based on its hidden feature - [Magic Bounce], was a passive skill that could be called a cheat skill!

[Magic Bounce: When the magical spirit is on the field, they will continue to be in a magic reflection state, nullify some of the opponent's status magic that targets them, and reflect them back to the user of the skill!]

The so-called Status Magic was a skill that would not directly deal damage to the opponent, but apply abnormal status or status changes to the opponent, thereby changing the opponent's value or status.

The simplest example would be Bastemon's [Helter Skelter]; it belonged to this kind of status magic!

White's [Forbidden Love].

Emma's [Golden Treasure Chest].

And Sphynx Cat's [Shadow Tag] also belonged to the category of status magic!

This meant that Espeon, who had the passive skills [Magic Bounce], would be completely unaffected by these powerful moves, and could even reflect those moves back!

For first-year students who lacked the spell-breaking means, the magical spirit possessing this skill was simply the nemesis of the control party!

...

Dark looked down at Espeon curled up on his lap, stroking the soft short hair on its back, slightly puzzled.

The magical spirit that evolved under the action of [Pride Ⅲ] should be more energetic.

Like climbing to the top of the cat climbing tower and shouting "I am the great bright star..." or something.

It was rare to have a mild reaction like this Espeon.

But at an angle he couldn't see, Espeon was squinting its eyes and glancing at the rest of the magical spirits, and the pride in its heart was gradually accumulating.

Perhaps in the eyes of this Espeon, Dark's knees was the highest throne!

...

Although a little puzzled, Dark didn't think too much about it. He focused more on Espeon's ultimates.

For a magical spirit, the ultimate was its real soul.

A good ultimate could completely ignore the insufficiency of the stats.

Among Espeon's three skills, other than [Magic Bounce], the rest was pretty good too.

The second ultimate [Mindpower] was a psychic-type skill with extremely low power, but it had a wide range of practical applications.

[Mindpower: The target is hit by a weak telekinetic force. This may also confuse the target]

It was more like a psychic force, which could be used not only to attack, but also to move items normally!

More importantly, it didn't have a cooldown, it just would just consume mana every time it was used.

This was already a huge advantage.

And the third ultimate [Future Sight] was an ultimate that could literally be developed in depth!

[Future Sight: Predict the future and make the designated site fall into a future attack state. After 30 seconds, the future attack state is released, and the opponent in the field will be damaged by a special Psychic-type attack.]

[Future Sight] was no less powerful than [Hyper Beam].

If the "prediction" factor was excluded, it was literally a delayed trap-type skill from its description.

A trap would be set 30 seconds in advance, and burst out after 30 seconds, causing an area ​​damage to the enemy.

In special scenarios, this ultimate could often have unexpected effects.

For example, even if Espeon was sacrificed after it released [Future Sight], the magical spirit summoned by the opponent would still be attacked by [Future Sight] after 30 seconds.

...

On the other hand, [Future Sight] also meant that Espeon had the ability to "predict"!

If this skill could be developed in depth, it may even be possible for Espeon to have the ability of "future vision", relying on prediction to evade the opponent's attack in battle, thus making up for the lack of defense.

What's more, if Espeon could learn and master more knowledge, there was a high probability that it could become a real fortune-teller!

...

In general, Dark was very satisfied with Espeon's three ultimates.

For ordinary magical spirits, these skills could only be regarded as powerful ultimates, but for magical spirits with high intelligence, they were symbols of super potential!

Dark was even thinking about bringing little Eevee to the next astronomy class?

"Vee~"

Dark accidentally petted the cat a little harder, causing Espeon to suddenly protest slightly.

Clearly it was a coquettish protest, but there was an obvious trace of arrogance in its voice!

"Sure enough, [Pride] still made it arrogant." Dark felt relieved. "Since there's still some time left, let's test your skills!"

Thinking of this, Dark looked up at DemiDevimon and said, "DemiDevimon, come here."

DemiDevimon tilted its head and asked, "Is it finally my turn now? Today is a bit slower than usual."

Although full of doubts, DemiDevimon still flew to the lab table obediently.

Dark took out a [Pride Ⅱ], summoned a dark golden ball of light from it, and then shot at DemiDevimon.

"Is that it?" DemiDevimon shook its head, slightly dissatisfied. "I need more!"

...

With the gradual maturity of its mind and the multiple experiences of [Pride] infusion, DemiDevimon's ability to endure had increased significantly.

It was just [Pride Ⅱ] was still too weak for it.

Dark had noticed this aspect, but he didn't keep it in mind. After all, this was not the subject of today's research.

He picked up Espeon from his lap, turned it face out, and wrapped his arms around it.

Then he said to DemiDevimon: "Come on, use [Demon Hypnosis] on it."

"Eh? Can I really do that?" DemiDevimon's eyes lit up, and there was a look of joy in the depths of its eyes.

This Eevee had been glaring at it since it evolved, and it had been annoyed for a while now.

It didn't expect that the opportunity would come so soon and it would be able to punish Eevee in the name of the master!

"You can experience evolution in advance, but so what? I will let you see how powerful I am!!" DemiDevimon, who was thinking like this in its heart, suddenly spread its wings and flew high. Looking down at Espeon in Dark's arms, its eyes suddenly widened: "Demon Hypnosis!"

Immediately, circles of hypnotic ripples were released from its eyes. The corners of DemiDevimon's mouth curled up into a smile.

But the next moment, the hypnotic ripples bounced back at extremely fast speed as soon as they came into contact with Espeon, all of which were shot at DemiDevimon's head!

"Ah!" DemiDevimon was caught off guard and couldn't react in time; it fully took the damage of its own [Demon Hypnosis].

Its body shook in an instant, its mind went blank and then it fell from the air.

"Espeon, Mindpower."

Espeon opened its eyes, the red gem on its forehead glowing red.

DemiDevimon's body was lifted up just as it was about to fall to the ground.

But although it was in the air, it had been hypnotized to sleep.

"As I expected, [Mindpower] can be used to move objects, but not to attack." Dark nodded slightly and said, "Put DemiDevimon on the bed temporarily."

Espeon wanted to use Mindpower to lift DemiDevimon higher, and then pretended to accidentally lose its mental strength so that DemiDevimon would fall to the ground even harder, but since its master had already given the order, it could only comply regretfully.

"[Magic Bounce] and [Mindpower] have both been tested, then [Future Sight]." Dark thought for a moment, then put Espeon on the ground.

Although Espeon was reluctant, it still landed on all four of its legs.

It lifted its chin after leaving its master's embrace, looking at Sylveon and Gatomon with contempt and disdain. The arrogance that emerged in its heart had made it lose its previous humility and prudence.

In its fantasies in the past, it would sooner or later defeat these two magical spirits.

Especially Sylveon; it was its biggest imaginary enemy!

Gatomon on the cat climbing tower let out a slight snort. It, who was arrogant, could clearly feel Espeon's thoughts, but it hugged its chest and didn't feel threatened.

Sylveon appeared calm, only its ribbon rolled up threateningly and relaxed again.

"Mi." (Just you wait!)

"Vee!" Espeon's ears pricked up, and the ruby ​​on its forehead was already glowing.

But Dark placed his hand on its head just in time, making the light on its forehead become dim again.

While greedily enjoying the soft touch, Dark glanced over the magical spirits one by one, and finally landed his eyes on Hawlucha.

"Hawlucha, come here."

"Ah Cha!"

Hawlucha immediately spread its wings and showed off its muscles.

But Dark said: "Can you try shooting the [Feather Dance]'s feathers one by one?"

Hawlucha: "What?"

…

The power of [Future Sight] was too great, so naturally Dark wouldn't test it indoors.

What he really wanted to test was Espeon's "predicting" ability.

According to his memory, Espeon could use its thin and short body hair to predict the opponent's actions from the flow of air.

But this kind of seemingly very difficult move certainly could not be done by all Espeons.

However, if it was the Espeon that mastered [Future Sight], theoretically, there wouldn't be any problems.

After telling his thoughts, Dark got up and left, freeing up the space for Hawlucha and Espeon to do their best.

The two magical spirits stood one on each side of the room.

Espeon held its head high. Its temperament was elegant and noble, its long tail with split ends swayed gently in the air, and its hair was smooth out, feeling the flow of air.

Hawlucha was completely focused. Even if it was just an experimental contest, it would still go all out!

"Hacha!" With a soft shout, Hawlucha flapped its wings suddenly, gathering several feathers quickly, and then shooting one out.

The rest of the feathers on the other hand fell one after another.

This was obviously the performance of the lack of control of its own ability, but it had done its best.

Espeon subconsciously wanted to use [Mindpower] to block the feather, but the glowing ruby ​​on its forehead dimmed instantly as it recalled its master's words.

Then it tilted its head slightly to the left, causing the feather to fly over the side of its slender neck and fall to the ground due to the reduction of its remaining strength.

Before it could show a smug smile, Hawlucha had shot two feathers at the same time!

Tail flicked, Espeon took a small step, and once again easily dodged two consecutive feather shots.