He knows Pokémon better than me.

Fun fact: Onix's Special Attack stat is on par with BeeCee's.

While Beari is also a physical attack type Pokémon, its special attack is at least above average.

Splash! Splash!
The icy breath directly dispersed the dragon's breath and struck the giant rock snake. The cold air spread rapidly across the rock surface and froze into an ice shell, making it look like a snake-shaped ice sculpture that suddenly stood in the tunnel.

The effect is outstanding!

But Onix was not defeated in one blow. Its rocky body twisted and turned in the ice, its frozen shell was forcibly cracked, and ice fragments fell everywhere.

"Rock Roar!!"

The giant onyx broke free, arched its body, and let out an even more frenzied roar from its throat; the red light in its eyes still hadn't faded.

Seeing this, Douzi's expression also became serious:

"In that case, let's use the icicle strike!"

The tundra bear let out a low growl and brought its paws together in front of it.

The moisture in the air quickly condensed, forming a thick icicle between its palms, with a sharp tip like a spear!
The tundra bear sank its body and hurled the ice spike with all its might!
The ice spike traced an icy blue path through the air, accurately striking the head of the giant rock snake that had just broken free from its frozen state.

Crack!
The ice cone shattered, scattering countless ice shards everywhere. A cold mist filled the cave, and tiny ice crystals fell like snowflakes.

The effect is outstanding!

This time, Onix collapsed heavily in the center of the tunnel, motionless and unable to fight.

The tunnel fell silent again. Adek gave Douzi a thumbs-up, his expression full of admiration.
"Douzi, well done!"

If he and Shaka had trained their dogs at this high intensity for a year and a half, their results probably wouldn't be any worse than Alice's.
Unfortunately, this girl wasn't very interested in becoming the strongest trainer.

For Douzi, Pokémon battles are a form of exercise to relax during work breaks, not his main job.

Then, Aldak looked at the Onix lying on the ground and stroked his beard:

"So, is this abnormal berserk behavior completely random?"

It has little to do with attributes?
The three didn't linger long and continued deeper into the tunnel. During their journey, they encountered wild Pokémon that attacked them, and each took turns sending out their Pokémon to defend themselves.

They are all powerful trainers, and they don't feel any pressure in this place that intimidates the platform staff.

However, as the number of wild Pokémon encountered increased, some subtle patterns began to emerge.
"Tauro, use Rage Bull!"

This time, the opponent was a dragon-headed ground squirrel. Aldak's black Tauros spewed fire mist from its nostrils, stomped its four hooves on the ground, and the whole bull charged out like a cannonball!
A deep red wave of flames surged from its body, creating an astonishing aura!
The enraged dragon-headed ground squirrel was equally determined. It clasped its claws together, curled its body into a ball, and began to spin rapidly, charging forward like a giant drill.

Straight-thrust drill!

The two forces collided head-on in the center of the tunnel, the sound of metal rubbing against force was deafening, and sparks kept flying at the point of impact.

"Kenmoo—!!"

Despite the disadvantage of being a Bull-type, Tauros roared and was still furious, sending Excadrill flying and embedding it in the rock wall.

Meanwhile, at another bend in the rocky path, Ash was also engaged in a similar battle.

"Ichthyosaur, quickly create some distance!"

Before me was a small, big-mouthed creature, cute in appearance, but with the same familiar red, menacing glint in its eyes.

Crunch!

The enormous black jaws extending from the back of its head were constantly snapping shut, the teeth grinding together with a chilling sound, as it lunged directly at the ichthyosaur!

Although it doesn't have the Strength trait, the bite force of the Jaw is in no way inferior to the bonus effect of the trait.

Sizzle, pop!
It is even quite intelligent; when facing a ichthyosaur, lightning suddenly bursts from between its teeth.

Lightning Fang!
Lightning crackled along the edge of the monster's jaws, sending sparks flying through the air, causing even the Dracovish to change its expression. Ash immediately commanded:
"Create distance! Use primal power!"

The ichthyosaur retreated quickly, its movements appearing somewhat flustered and comical, before raising its head and letting out a low growl:
"Gills~!!"

Energy condensed around it, and several huge rocks appeared out of thin air, which it then hurled away!

Maw of Venus opened its jaws and bit into the flying rocks one after another.

Lightning flashed and darted between the teeth, and the rocks cracked with a dull thud as they were bitten, sending up clouds of dust and debris.

Amidst the chaotic smoke, Ash suddenly spoke:
"Gill bite!"

The words had barely left his mouth!

The ichthyosaur had already rushed forward under the cover of the smoke and dust, opening its primitive jaws. Water energy rapidly converged between its sharp teeth, forming dense water bubbles.

The next moment—

The ichthyosaur bit down on Maw of Nautilus's enormous jaws.

Crack!
The water vapor exploded between his teeth, and the big-mouthed baby let out a scream. His body was thrown away by the huge energy of the water flow, rolling several times on the ground before finally coming to a stop in a sorry state.

A powerful forehead, a preemptive strike, and a jaw bite—its strength is terrifying!
Even though Water-type attacks only deal onex damage to Mawile, but...
Instant kill!

"Hehe, it seems the primitive jaws of the ichthyosaur are still a bit more powerful~"

Ash smiled smugly. Of course, if it's Mega Mawile with its Huge Power ability, that's a different story.

The wild Pokémon that inhabit the underground tunnels of Goldenwheel Town are of a fairly high level, so it's a good opportunity to train his Galar team along the way.

He looked to the other side, where Alder's black Tauros had also finished off his opponent.

The three exchanged glances, each vaguely sensing the pattern.

"Along our journey, we encountered Pokémon that went berserk and would actively attack humans."

Douzi counted on his fingers:

"Kadola, Excadrill, Onix, Sableye, and Frog."

Xiao Zhi nodded:

"Yes, they are all Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution."

Of course, Adolphin and Onix need to evolve one more time.

Adek, recalling Carlos's previous request, couldn't help but sigh:
"As expected, it's related to Mega Evolution."

Maybe people from that company have already come to investigate?
But what does Mega Evolution have to do with ordinary Pokémon? This kind of evolution requires the demanding conditions of "Key Stone" and "Mega Stone".

"Oh right, I remember encountering someone before who could use advanced technology to control several Pokémon to Mega Evolve at the same time."

Suddenly, Ash raised his hand.

However, the side effect is that those Pokémon will appear to be in great pain and become extremely agitated and aggressive.

"The advanced technology that person used back then seemed to come from the Kingdom of Azot that Mr. Adek just mentioned."

He remembered.

In that sense, the Kingdom of Azot is quite similar to the old Golden Wheel Town; both are technologically advanced mechanical towns.

Could it be that they've also developed some strange device related to Mega Evolution here? (End of Chapter)