Master Craftsman of the Elven World

Chapter 402 My Stats Are Above Yours

One-Horned Rhinoceros, one of Giovanni's generals, possesses immense power despite not having evolved!
In other words, this one-horned rhinoceros's "level" far exceeds its own evolutionary level, and in terms of strength, it is far ahead of its kind, with no one able to compare with it!
When the Rhinoceros charges, the entire eighth area trembles violently, and energy phantoms condense like scorching horseshoes. If this attack hits, even a Pokémon with a body of steel will suffer severe damage!

Ding--

The green blade of light suddenly extended.

The one-horned rhinoceros sensed danger and swiftly dodged the flashing light. Its underdeveloped cerebellum obeyed its trainer's commands perfectly, narrowly avoiding the first attack!
But immediately afterward, a light blade emitting a pale green light swept across with the force of a thousand armies!

Sakaki: "Tch, a Sunblade!"

That's a rare, high-powered Grass-type move!

Moreover, the current situation is that... a clear, sunny day has begun?
Without any command from the trainer on the other side, the green humanoid Pokémon automatically appeared in the clear sky.

"But who do you think I am?"

The Rhinoceros's type is four times weaker than Grass-type, and if hit by Solar Blade, one hit is enough to render it unable to fight.

But at that moment, the unicorn's body suddenly began to glow, dodging the sweeping sunlight blade with incredible speed!
"Rock-polished, my one-horned rhinoceros is both strong and agile!"

"Tap hard."

Ground-based Stomp is also a very versatile skill!
I've seen Lightmoss many times, but when this one-horned rhinoceros unleashed it, it felt like an overwhelming, devastating blow!
It was as if an earthquake was being used, not a heavy stomp!

The rhinoceros stomped the ground repeatedly, shaking the battlefield, and then began to run wildly, attacking all the Pokémon around it!
Sakaki:

"By integrating the power of the earth into your body and becoming accustomed to this energy resonance, the power of your techniques will increase exponentially!"

"At the same time, my rhinoceros carries special [Soft Sand], which can multiply the power of ground-type attributes!"

Ground-type Pokémon possess attack power that towers above all others! Let me show you once again how to use them correctly!

"This time, it's not just a repeat of the past!"

The rhinoceros spread its four hooves, causing the entire eighth zone to tremble violently, as if skyscrapers were shaking!

This time, it's an "earthquake"!
Countless shockwaves covered the ground and surged into the sky. Stomping on a Pokémon will continuously reduce its speed, and then using an earthquake will cause massive damage!
Miss Skirt lost her balance on the ground, so Light Moss immediately recalled Miss Skirt and replaced her with Earth Turtle!

A massive green hammer roared as it flew over!

"on the left!"

Suddenly, Giovanni gave the order, and the rhinoceros immediately dodged, its powerful mallet striking empty air!
Light Moss: "Missed it?"

Sakaki: "Of course. Predicting the opponent's actions through vibration feedback, that's the 'secret of the earth'."

"Hmph, a Torterra, huh? Its appearance is quite unusual, and its Ground type... isn't that just what I'm looking for?"

Under Sakaki's command, the One-Horned Rhinoceros unleashed an earthquake while charging toward the Earth Platform Tortoise, its mouth emitting a tremendous amount of cold air!

Frozen teeth!
As a master of Ground-type Pokémon, Giovanni is well aware of the weaknesses of the Ground type. Therefore, when facing other Ground-type Pokémon of the same type, he naturally has thunderous countermeasures!

The shockwave on the ground spread into the air.

Is it a "stomp" or an "earthquake"?
Judging a move solely by its power is a mistake, as there may be other factors at play.
such as--

Magnitude!

Boom! The entire building shook violently as if it had been bombed by a high-energy bomb. However, the black skyscraper was constructed with the newest and most robust materials, and the entity at the top would not allow this challenging facility to collapse!

Compared to the Earthquake with a power of 100, the power of the Earthquake is not stable, and its power varies randomly between 10 and 150.

However, the one-horned rhinoceros is actually releasing seismic waves continuously with each of its gallops!

Gazing at its changing power, from the very first moment the tremors began, Giovanni realized the magnitude and power of the impending earthquake!

Then, choose the right moment to unleash this most powerful strike!
The opponent hit by the stomp will have their speed reduced, while the earthquake will make them unable to move and unsteady. Finally, the most powerful earthquake will finish them off!
If we can manage to hold on like this...
Just like that earthen platform tortoise
So, the final, sure-win move is "Frozen Teeth"!

"It's over, the second one."

The power of the earth completely sealed off the opponent's movements, and the scene of victory was already foreseen by him!

No one knows the ground better than yourself!

Boom!

The one-horned rhinoceros, with its skin harder than steel, collapsed with a thud!

Sakaki's expression suddenly froze. He saw green grass and a thin layer of energy appearing under his feet and abruptly raised his head!
"Grassy Terrain: For a certain period of time, all Pokémon on the ground recover a portion of their HP at the end of each turn, increase the power of Grass-type moves by 30%, and take half damage from Earthquake, Magnitude 6, or Stomp."

"Mr. Sakaki, the power of your Ground-type is truly astonishing!"

"However, I switched to the Earth-based Tortoise precisely for this moment!"

"The fact that you used Ice Fang proves that you only need to glance at it to know this Pokémon's weakness. No one knows the land better than you, but the reverse is also true."

"Ground-type attacks possess unparalleled offensive power, so there are countless people who believe that it can bring victory!"

The earth-platform tortoise roared and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a faint defensive array, resembling a tortoise shell, appeared intermittently on the battlefield, connecting the ground to the sky. It divided the area into two parts!

Sakaki: "That's... Wide Area Defense!"

Lightmoss: "That's right, puts our field into a wide-area defense state, protecting all our Pokémon from the effects of moves that target most of our team or the entire field!"

"This includes heavy trampling, earthquakes, and 'magnitude'!"

It's completely blocked!

Sakaki was utterly shocked!

In other words, the earth turtle was only injured once!
Even if the battlefield situation is one-on-one, the nature of these three moves does not change, so they can still be blocked by wide-area defense!

Most importantly, Wide Area Defense is not affected by the negative effect of "decreased success rate with consecutive uses", so it can be used continuously!

However, the success rate of using a single type of defensive move like See Through or Guard after using Wide Guard consecutively will decrease, but Wide Guard itself will not be affected!

"Interesting! You can actually execute tactical coordination of this level! Unicorn Rhino, you completed your mission beautifully!"

"Losing to him wasn't your fault, it was my problem. I won't rely on past power anymore!"

"Come, Nidoking!"

Nidoking is Giovanni's long-time partner and has been with him ever since he left the world of Viridian City.

In Master Pokémon, even Giovanni has special feelings for Nidoking. When asked if he would give it up, Giovanni would answer that he doesn't know the answer and it depends on the situation and conditions.

However, this Nidoking is not Giovanni's ace.

At this point, Giovanni's trump card should be the "Super Armored Rhino," which evolved from his Drillhorn Rhino.

In the World Championships, Giovanni even had Garchomp and Gliscor.

In the special episode, Beedrill holds special significance for Giovanni, but unfortunately, the Giovanni in front of him doesn't have that "peerless bug".

However, Lightmoss knows a Beedrill with powerful combat abilities.

As a veteran monster in the Kanto region, Nidoking's strength is undeniable. Although its species distribution is quite even, it once dominated the world.

Its distinctive features include skin as hard as stone and long horns. Be aware that the horns are venomous. It uses its powerful tail to sweep and constrict its prey, shattering its bones.

"How was that move?"

"Freezing beam!"

Before Giovanni gave the order, Nidoking already knew what move to use. Its internal energy circulated, and a swift and fierce sky-blue beam of light struck Torterra!
Bang! The effect was fantastic!

The Earth-Based Turtle steadied itself with a thud, and the shattered ice shards caused secondary damage. Because it had used Wide Guard repeatedly, it was unable to use Protect to defend itself!

When Giovanni saw that Torterra, which was four times weaker to ice, had actually taken the Ice Beam attack without flinching, he immediately realized something.

"Sour apple?"

Activated when attacked by an extremely effective Ice-attribute move, reducing the damage of one Ice-attribute move by half.

Guangtai shook her head: "No, it's not that kind of thing."

"However, my earth turtle has plenty of medicinal herbs on its body!"

The custard apple hasn't been included in the tortoise's "fruit encyclopedia" yet, so it can't bear fruit right now.

However, there are many other fruits and herbs besides these!
Incidentally, the grassland took another bite and regained some life.

After absorbing the nutrients from a resurrection plant, the turtle regained its strength and was able to continue fighting!

The white sacred tree on his back suddenly burst forth with light!

"The weather is sunny right now!"

Under clear skies, Sunbeam and Sunblade will be activated instantly! The recovery amount from photosynthesis will also be higher. Although the turtle itself has a special blessing, the recovery effect of photosynthesis will not be reduced even without clear skies!
Boom! The intense sunlight struck Nidoking, which roared as it blocked the attack. However, due to its Poison type, it was not weak to Grass. Just as it was about to counterattack, Torterra charged at it at an extremely fast speed!

boom!
Giovanni: "It's like gliding on the track. What is that move? There's such a strange move?"

As a master of the earth, this was the first time he had ever seen this move!
Lightmoss: "Grass Slide! If it's on a grassy field, it becomes a priority move!"

The earth-plated tortoise is not thinking about anything else now!
All I want to do is slide down the slide at full speed!

With its full power unleashed, the Grass Slide kept tumbling across the grassy field, leaving Nidoking completely helpless. Nidoking was also taken aback, never expecting that Torterra, with its bulky appearance, could be so fast!
Sakaki frowned at this moment!

While terrain-based skills sound powerful, there are plenty of ways to counter them in actual combat. For example, you can simply "destroy the terrain"!
However, this is a black skyscraper, and the sturdy new-era materials make it impossible for Giovanni to dismantle the floorboards, which puts Nidoking at a disadvantage!
Because this place is where the ground is restrained!

"In that case, Poison Spikes!"

Nidoking roared and began scattering poison spikes across the grassy field. These poison spikes would poison any Pokémon that appeared later, and there was another reason as well.

Real-world battles are not turn-based; the placement of Toxic Spikes is a given. Therefore, even Pokémon battling on the field can step on Toxic Spikes and get poisoned!
The first layer is poisoning, the second layer is deadly poison.

Therefore, when the grass slide hit Nidoking again, the purple-skinned monster finally seized the opportunity and grabbed Torterra!
A strong chill emanated from its body, causing large chunks of snow to be created out of thin air and break apart on the turtle's body!

Avalanche! If attacked by an opponent's move, it will deal double the power of the attack!

Because Nidoking is a monster-type Pokémon, it can learn a large number of powerful moves that are not its own type, such as Flamethrower, Ice Beam, and even Blizzard!
"exchange."

The turtle's weakness to ice is hard to erase. Although it used up a resurrection herb to restore its energy, the turtle was indeed quite tired.

In this situation, if you carelessly use "Break Shell" to lower your defense and increase your attack, you might not even have a chance to eat the Resurrection Grass!
"That troublesome earth turtle is finally gone!"

"Come on, if you don't want to get poisoned, send out your Steel-type Pokémon!"

Sakaki smiled; this was the moment he had been waiting for.

Under the probing challenge from the trainers in the previous area, the Steel-type strength of the Lightmoss has been fully revealed. Steel-types cannot be poisoned, but they are afraid of Ground-type attacks, which means it is advantageous to them!

Once you switch, you won't be able to send out any Pokémon other than Steel-type, and the so-called Grassy Terrain and Wide Guard will no longer exist!
That troublesome earth turtle is done for!

"Teeth soil~"

Torterra heard the evaluation inside its Poké Ball and nodded in agreement.

Even though I'm four times weaker to ice, the opponent also finds me troublesome!

That's enough of an evaluation. I could actually keep playing, since I have plenty of resurrection grass, and this isn't an official challenge facility.

Who said I brought props? I grew them all myself! If you don't like it, go ahead and grow some too!
Holy crap, I didn't bring any props at all!

"Get some rest, turtle."

"You're the next one!"

Ouch!

A roaring water dragon made a fierce appearance, shaking its head and eagerly awaiting the beating of the monster opposite it!
As for those nails...
Sakaki keenly noticed that the azure dragon was not poisoned.

No, there's something on its foot!
"One layer of [Dragon Shoes], in short, is a special cloth that can prevent certain moves from taking effect upon entering the field if worn on the feet."

"And the scientific name of this prop is—"

Platform boots!

Sewing suitable soles for the dragons is not easy, but fortunately, I have excellent sewing skills and had already prepared them for the whole team.

For characters like Deoxys, the easiest way is to just put on a pointed foot cover.

The water roared and surged, and a large amount of water began to swirl, gathering all the poison nails on the entire field together!
The move "Tide Whirl"!
While Tide Whirl doesn't remove spikes in the game, in reality, just like "Blast Field" disables terrain, Tide Whirl can also remove spikes from your own terrain!
then--

Facing the visibly shaken King Nido, Waves roared with its head held high!

The sunny weather triggered the Ancient Activity, increasing Special Attack!
The enormous whirlpool of water, with its unstoppable force and the surging waves, rose high from the ground, like an inverted waterfall reaching the sky, and then transformed into a monstrous wave covering the entire battlefield!
Secret technique: Surf!
Your numbers are indeed very impressive.

But my stats—are above yours!
"Don't think you can defeat my Nidoking so easily!"

"Charge into the huge wave! Use [Angle Drill]!"

A move that guarantees a kill; if it hits, victory is assured.

However, judging the opponent's movement range by the frequency of the earthquake, thereby indirectly improving the accuracy of the horn drill, is a unique skill of Sakaki.

As long as it stands on the ground, even if it's not a ground-based move, it will bring a tremendous sense of pressure to the opponent and generate unparalleled power.

Monster-type Pokémon, on the other hand, can easily withstand elemental moves like "water" and "fire," even those that are super effective against them. They can even harness these powers for their own use!

Disdain also appeared in King Nido's eyes.

Just surfing!

Watch me "drill" it open!

I will never let Giovanni down. As his second ace, I will not leave so easily!
How many adversaries have we faced over the past few decades?

Could it be that your Water Dragon possesses invincible power, just like the Charizard that young trainer has?

Surfing
I can do it too!

A blue-striped spiral aura, radiating a pale blue energy halo, enveloped Nidoking before he charged at the rippling water with his horn!

The waves and water were taken aback!
It cleaved the huge wave in two!

What power that is!
But if that's all, it's not enough!

The ancient water dragon puffed out its cheeks!

"Roar!"

Then, Nidoking saw a powerful cloud of "steam" that was even hotter than surfing!
The powerful steam explosion engulfed Nidoking, tearing its skin, corroding its body, shattering its will, and blasting its massive, kite-like body into the air!

"Garuru! Roar!"

The surging water roared!

I already told you my stats are better than yours!
You insist on not believing in superstition!

Steam violently propels boiling water at the opponent. In strong sunlight, the attack's power not only doesn't decrease, but actually increases by 1.5 times!
However, both the sunny weather and the venue are about to disappear.

After being stunned for a while, Sakaki suddenly shrugged his shoulders and burst into laughter!
"It's been so many years, but I'm back to that feeling of being cornered again! It's here!"

"That's what it feels like!"

"Hey! But Nidoking isn't fallen yet!"

In the instant that the moss and the rippling water looked over, Nidoking, who had been lying on the ground, shakily stood up and stomped the ground with his last bit of strength.

Because the angle drill missed.

So the final move is—

Stomp your feet!

Transforming regret into power, unleashing all the ground-attribute energy with the force to completely shatter the eighth area of ​​the skyscraper!
“Heh!” Nidoking’s lips curled into a sneer as he looked at the agonizing waves of water.

You water dragon, take my final blow!

Ultrasound!
The special ultrasonic waves spread throughout the area, and the shockwaves generated by stomping caused the water to become chaotic.

"That dragon should leave the stage now. Come on, next one, my ace!"

After Nidoking finished doing this, he collapsed and was taken back by Giovanni. The one who took his place was naturally Rhyperior!

It evolved using a strange tool. Its rock-like skin is composed of an unknown substance, so hard that even a famous sword cannot damage it!
The Super Armored Rhinoceros has an enormous body!
but
Kaguya Tekkaku's body was even larger!
【Ugh. It's my turn again! Ugh! This guy looks so scary! I really want to hide in a bamboo grove.】

Super Armored Rhinoceros: "."

Although I couldn't understand the other person's language, I could tell that they were saying they were scary.

TMD!

You're much scarier than me, okay?
How dare you mock me, the "Heavy Armored Tyrannosaurus Rex"? You've already met your demise!
Light Moss cheers for Kaguya

"Kaguya, don't worry, the Super Armored Rhino is a very easy opponent to deal with. You have to believe in your own strength!"

"From this day forward, you are a Rockets hero!"

[Huh? Fire, Rocket Heroes?!]

The Super Armored Rhinoceros also has a move that can kill in one hit, so the original plan was to finish it off with a "heavy charge," but that won't work now.

Then, Kaguya-sama, let Mr. Giovanni experience the true evil of humanity!

Sakaki waved his hand: "Power of the Earth!"

Although the special moves of the Super Armored Rhino are not very powerful, they are more than enough for long-range probing. At this moment, Giovanni was thinking the same thing!

That's a huge thing. If it were in the same area as before—{"I thought it was a speed bump, go tell my fully insured semi-trailer"}—and then a heavy impact hit it, even a super armored rhinoceros would definitely be flattened.

Therefore, the correct strategy is to probe from a distance, weaken the opponent with jet flames and earth power, and then seize the opportunity to use 100,000 horsepower + horn drill!

"They don't dare come closer, are they afraid of getting hit and killed?"

"Yes, this is to our advantage!"

"Alright, let's begin, use 'Parasitic Seed'!"

"Then... endless shrinking, air slash!"

The ability I once gained in the Tower of Heaven—the Seeker's Belief—is activated.

Project your beliefs onto your Pokémon to double the chance of triggering the additional effects of your moves!
I think it can shrink back!
Thank you so much!

The parasitic seeds entwining the super-armored rhinoceros is also a form of blue-silver entanglement.
(End of this chapter)