He knows Pokémon better than me.

Ash quickly pulled out his Pokédex:

"Beep beep! Tauros (Patias Form - Flamebringer), Fighting, Fire type, can breathe out high-temperature breath, and its heated horns are extremely hot. Enemies pierced by it will suffer burn pain!"

Xiao Zhi was stunned for a moment. He understood the differences in regional forms, but now why did the concept of "xx kinds" suddenly appear?
"Oh~ it's not a Shiny Tauros after all, it's actually quite handsome~!"

Douzi sighed in amazement. Even the breath that this Tauros exhaled with a cold snort was sparking, which was quite cool.

"Hehe, this is the Tauros I subdued half a year ago~"

Alder smiled. He already had an afro-haired buffalo, and seeing Iris gradually growing stronger, he had enough time to train new Pokémon.

So I traded a Padia Kentairo with a friend from another city.

Don't be surprised, the Angry Bull's explosive power is in no way inferior to the Unova Buffalo's Afro Assault!
Then Adek stepped forward, squatted down, and examined the Kodora that had been knocked away.

Kodora fell backward to the ground, her limbs twitching slightly. Her armor still bore the scorch marks from the fire, and she was completely unconscious.

Adek reached out and touched its head armor, examining it closely. After a few seconds, he stood up, his expression noticeably more serious.

"It certainly doesn't seem like a normal situation. However, there's no way to determine the specific reason right now."

He looked up into the deeper part of the tunnel, where darkness stretched out before him, with no end in sight.

"Now we can only keep moving forward."

The three regrouped and continued deeper into the cave through the tunnel. As for the Kodora...
It's not a big problem. Once I'm fully awake, I can just gnaw on some of the surrounding rocks.

After walking for a while, the three of them gradually realized that this tunnel seemed to be the main passage of the entire underground cave.

The tunnel width remained at seven or eight meters, and small openings began to appear in the rock walls on both sides, like branch paths.

Some of the cave entrances still show traces of Pokémon activity, and most of them are probably cave-dwelling Pokémon.

Just then—

"Zzzzz!!"

A piercing drilling sound suddenly came from the rock wall next to us, like an electric drill spinning wildly.

The next second, a huge figure suddenly emerged from the rock wall.

Rock fragments flew everywhere—it was an armored Tyrannosaurus Rex!
It is nearly two meters tall, its entire body is covered with thick gray stone armor, and the drill horn on its nose is spinning at high speed, making a piercing friction sound.

As soon as the armored tyrannosaurus emerged, it saw three people standing in the passage.

"Roar of the Rhinoceros—!!"

It growled and stomped its feet heavily on the ground, looking ready to charge and attack at any moment.

Douzi stepped forward, raised his hand to stop Adek from making a move, and grinned confidently:
"Mr. Ardek, leave this to me!"

boom!
She tossed a Poké Ball with her backhand, and a red light fell, revealing a burly Tundra bear with saliva frozen into forked ice spikes as "beards."

As soon as it appeared, the entire tunnel seemed to cool down a bit.

"Prepare for battle, Björn!!"

Douzi raised his hand and pointed, still habitually giving his Pokémon a nickname.

Ice Bear stood in front of her, raising its strong arms, its broad back resembling a wall.

"Uh"

Ash smirked. Douzi really likes these muscular Pokémon.

However, upon sensing the chill emanating from the tundra bear, the armored tyrannosaurus suddenly paused, and its horn-bursting motion gradually stopped.

next second.

It suddenly turned around and, without hesitation, aimed the drill bit at the rock wall next to it.

Sizzle—!
The drill horn spun rapidly again, quickly drilling through the rock, and the armored tyrannosaurus hurriedly burrowed into the rock wall.

In less than a few seconds, only a hole with falling rocks remained on the spot; the Ironclad Tyrannosaurus had completely disappeared.

"Huh?" Douzi and Dongyuan Xiong looked at each other, wondering if they had been scared away by their domineering aura.
Adek stroked his chin. He had been carefully observing the armored tyrannosaurus rex, whose mental state seemed perfectly normal.

This is the right way for wild Pokémon to meet strangers—

If it sees something smaller than itself, it will try to attack.

But if they see something larger or more imposing than themselves, they will immediately run away.

They did not lose their minds.

"That's strange."

Unable to figure out the situation, the three had no choice but to continue along the main tunnel.

For the next stretch of the journey, they encountered several more wild Pokémon, all of which were common in Unova caves, including Rock, Ground, and Steel types.

However, Aldek soon discovered a strange phenomenon.

Not all Pokémon will attack them.

Most wild Pokémon would run away as soon as they heard their footsteps.

Only a few Pokémon will charge forward with red eyes and launch a surprise attack.

At first they thought it was related to attributes—

For example, neither the armored tyrannosaurus nor the rumbler that rolled out of the rock crevice attacked them.

The dragon-headed gopher and the previous clown became extremely agitated upon meeting and charged forward to attack.

These are all steel-based!

"Could it be that only Steel-type Pokémon have been affected in some way?"

Douzi couldn't help but speak up.

But this conjecture was quickly refuted.

They encountered several steel-type gear sets and gear monsters, which floated in mid-air, spinning their gear-like bodies. Upon seeing the three of them, they immediately fled into a small hole nearby.

There was also a nut dumbbell hanging on the rock wall. When it sensed someone passing by, it immediately tucked its body in and pretended to be dead, sticking to the rock wall without moving.

Only after Pikachu's light gradually faded into the distance did the nut dumbbell resume extending its thorny vines, swaying leisurely on the rock face.

There was absolutely no intention to attack!
"Is it unrelated to attributes?"

Adek scratched his head; it was the first time he had ever seen such a strange place.

The next one to attack them was a wild rock snake.

At first, his body was pressed against the corner of the wall, and he looked like a pile of ordinary rocks. But as the three people approached, he immediately propped himself up.

"Rock roar——!!"

Its eyes turned bloodshot and filled with hostility. It roared repeatedly and unleashed a powerful vortex of air at the three of them.

Dragon's Breath!

This time it's not a Steel-type Pokémon.

Douzi quickly counterattacked:

"Bjor, let's use Ice Breath!!"

Her tundra bear also opened its mouth wide, spewing out a stream of icy blue energy breath, the cold air surging like a torrent freezing the air.

The two energy breaths collided violently in mid-air!
Boom!

The dragon-attribute cyclone and the icy breath rippled against each other, and the aftershocks of energy spread outwards.

The air currents churned, and a chill permeated the air, causing loose rocks to fall from the cave ceiling. (End of Chapter)