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"Caw!" Corviknight pounced again from the side, and Zinogre swung its hand at Corviknight.

It resisted for only a second before being knocked away, but it immediately flapped its wings to prevent itself from flying backward and charged again with a fierce attack.

Annoyed by the Zinogre's attacks, it once again sent the Corviknight flying, allowing Su Yi and his companions to escape its attack range.

On the other side, Swift Cat flashed past with the power of Shadowless Blade.

Stab it!

The Thunderjaw Dragon roared in agony as its left eye burst open, leaving a long, grotesque scar on its left cheek.

The Thunderjaw Dragon retreated in pain, its single eye on its right cheek filled with fear and hatred, before turning and fleeing into the woods in a disheveled state.

Xunmiao let out a low growl and turned to go and provide support to Su Yi.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon was currently entangled by the Odogaron, the Great Jagras, and the Tobi-Kadachi, and its injuries continued to worsen.

Forced out of its supercharged state, it is not in good condition and is gradually losing strength.

"Howl!" A furious roar came, and the three companion beasts immediately made way.

The next moment, a dark shadow rushed over with a faint light. With a tearing sound, the Shadow Blade pierced through the armor, bringing out a large amount of blood.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon was panting heavily, and its steps began to falter.

"Awooooo—!" Finally, after assessing the situation on the field, the Thunder Wolf Dragon let out a long howl and turned to flee into the forest.

"Chase!"

Su Yi took a deep breath, first putting away the heavily injured Anjanath and Odogaron, then the Great Jagras, Tobi-Kadachi, and the Pokémon, and then rode on Jagras to chase after them.

Not far away, the Black Wolf Bird was fighting two against one. Although it was beaten badly by the Fire Dragon couple, it was completely absorbed in the battle.

The wounded Thunder Wolf Dragon ran deeper into the forest, too exhausted to notice that the path ahead was unusual.

Crunch!

The Thunder Wolf Dragon was suddenly tripped by a large clump of tough vines that bounced up. It instinctively struggled to get up, but was immediately entangled by the vines that were intertwined on the ground, and the more it struggled, the tighter they became.

Su Yi, who was chasing behind, was somewhat surprised.

"We're here to help, meow!" Lumi suddenly popped her head out from the tree trunk and shouted loudly.

As if it were a signal, a dozen or twenty Forest Insect Cage Cats suddenly appeared around them.

Some of them spread out vine nets to reinforce the vine traps, while others grabbed a few vines to strengthen the restraint on the Thunder Wolf Dragon.

Because half of the Thunder Wolf Dragon's body was in the pit, it was difficult for it to exert force, and after a fierce battle, it had very little strength left. Although the vines were breaking one by one, it was struggling with great difficulty.

"Awoo! Awoo!" The Thunder Wolf Dragon struggled fiercely, letting out urgent roars.

"Swift Meow!" Su Yi said, and Swift Meow understood immediately, speeding up and rushing over.

Su Yi launched his Clutch Claw, hooking it onto the head of the Thunder Wolf Dragon. Then, he covered his mouth and nose with one hand while repeatedly throwing out tranquilizer balls for capture with the other.

The tranquilizer sphere ruptured, and the anesthetic smoke inside dispersed, then was inhaled by the rapidly breathing Zinogre. The Zinogre's struggles gradually subsided.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon gradually weakened and finally slowly closed its eyes.

"Phew!" Su Yi jumped off the back of the Thunder Wolf Dragon, let out a long breath, and felt extremely tired.

"Finally." Su Yi took out the Capture Ball, tossed it gently, and it landed on the back of the Thunder Wolf Dragon.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon's massive body transformed into light and was absorbed into the sphere.

"It's gone, meow!"

"Where did you go, meow?"

The Insect Cage Cats were extremely surprised.

Just as Su Yi was about to relax, the gently swaying capture ball suddenly began to shake violently.

Su Yi was startled and before he could react, the capture ball exploded with a bang.

"Awooooo—!" The Thunder Wolf Dragon let out a resolute roar. Then, the electric shell on its back suddenly emitted dazzling lightning. At the same time, countless Thunderbugs floated out, turning into dazzling points of light.

Rumble!

Crack! Crack!

A series of continuous electric explosions sent Su Yi flying, crashing heavily to the ground.

Su Yi coughed, and then everything went black.

"Su Yi Miao!" Lu Cao rushed over anxiously.

Enraged, the Swiftcat pounced, knocking down the weakened Thunder Wolf Dragon, and then slapped its head with a claw, leaving it barely alive.

After an unknown amount of time—a few minutes, or perhaps a dozen minutes—Su Yi slowly woke up, then felt an intense pain in his back and head.

"What happened? Oh right! Is everyone alright?!" Su Yi suddenly stood up and looked around.

Lucao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Su Yi wake up, and a group of Insect Cage Cats curiously surrounded Su Yi.

Su Yi looked at himself; his protective gear had been removed, and special ointment had been applied to the bruises on his body. Not far away, Xunmiao was guarding the motionless Zinogre.

"Could it be..." Su Yi walked forward with a solemn expression, then used his hand to check the Thunder Wolf Dragon's breath.

There was a faint airflow. Su Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He had been busy for a long time and was almost blown up by the Thunder Wolf Dragon's "backup hidden energy". It wasn't for the purpose of extracting materials.

However, the Thunder Wolf Dragon's extremely fierce behavior gave Su Yi a headache.

Su Yi first used a capture ball to capture the now-unrestrained Zinogre, then said to the Palicoes of the Bug Cage, "Thank you for your help. I have some urgent business to attend to and must return now."

Lumi stepped forward and said, "You helped us, Meow, the warrior who tamed the monster."

As she spoke, Lumi handed over something: "Here's a signal flare, meow. If you want to find us, just fire it into the sky under the Ancient Tree, and we'll come looking for you, meow."

Su Yi took the signal flare made of vines and an unknown material and said, "Okay."

After getting out of the cats' sight, Su Yi teleported back to the shed behind the base.

Su Yi first applied medicine to the companion beasts, then had Swift Cat guard his side, and released Thunder Wolf Dragon.

The Thunder Wolf Dragon was still asleep, and the Thunderbug was no longer on its back.

The final thunderstorm from the Thunder Wolf Dragon was probably a suicidal self-destruction of all the Thunderbugs on its body, driven by its own electricity.

"The problem is serious." Su Yi sighed, and together with Chansey, one sprayed wound medicine to treat the external injuries, and the other used healing waves to treat the internal injuries.

After a long while, the Thunder Wolf Dragon weakly opened its eyes, warily opened its sharp claws, and let out a feeble growl.

"You're badly injured, take your medicine first." Su Yi took out a Vitality Cube, but unexpectedly, the Thunder Wolf Dragon roared angrily at him.

Su Yi: "."

Su Yi sighed, put out a large bowl of roasted meat, and said, "How about we eat something?"

"Awooo!" The Thunder Wolf Dragon didn't even look, dragging its heavy body to hide under a big tree, and then collapsed again due to exhaustion.

Su Yi was extremely troubled. The Thunder Wolf Dragon needed Vitality Blocks, a medicine that could fundamentally restore its vitality, and proper nutrition to recover. If this dragged on, the consequences would be more serious than just developing chronic illnesses; it could lead to a shortened lifespan or even death.

"The situation I feared most has come to pass."

What Su Yi feared most was that not only would his companion beast not accept him, but it would also intend to resist to the end, refusing to eat or drink, and preferring death to submission.

This is from yesterday; there's also today's.

By the way, I wonder if any of you noticed the reference in the title of the previous chapter. It comes from the anime "Party Rogue Zhuge Liang". The Black Wolf Bird's equipment has elements of the Three Kingdoms, while the Cat's equipment is directly based on the strategist Zhuge Liang.

Chapter 167: All Growing

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Seeing the Thunder Wolf Dragon hide far away to the side, lying down to rest, looking listless, Su Yi felt rather helpless. Fortunately, it seemed to be just a minor injury, with no serious abnormalities.

There's no time to summarize what he's learned right now; Su Yi has important things to do.

As night fell in Orange City, Su Yi opened his Rotom phone and searched for the nearest Pokémon Center.

“What a fierce battle, Rotom,” said Rotom’s phone.

"It was a lesson for me," Su Yi said.

While throwing a group party is exciting, it's also a test of Su Yi's command abilities—whether he can accurately command multiple companion beasts simultaneously and maintain control over multiple battle situations at all times.

These are all issues that need attention; a single oversight could cause the battle to spiral out of control.

"Am I being too demanding of myself?" Su Yi said with a self-deprecating laugh. Back then, he even had to personally take charge, so there was no way he could manage to direct everyone.

Also, although pacifying monsters can increase the capture rate to some extent, the monster will still be awakened when you catch it in the ball.

Therefore, we must not let our guard down until the very last moment of subjugation.

Under the cover of night, Su Yi walked along the quiet path toward the Pokémon Center, his mind filled with thoughts of how to gain the approval of Zinogre.

"Sigh, it's not that easy. Xunmiao endured it for a long time back then," Su Yi sighed.

"Maybe it needs some time, meow, because compared to before when it only thought about what to eat next, now it might have to think about how to move forward in the future," Lucao said.

Su Yi looked down at Lu Cao in surprise. He said, "Aibo, you can actually say such profound things?!"

"Meow?" Lucao looked up, her bright cat eyes full of confusion.

“Well, your characteristic should be simplicity,” Su Yi said with a smile.

"Meow meow meow?"

At that moment, a shout rang out.

"stop!"

"Huh?" Su Yi looked up and saw a man and a woman dressed in uniforms similar to sailors running towards him under the dim streetlights, carrying a package.

Behind them, a woman with light purple hair followed with a cold expression.

“Ocean Team?” Su Yi frowned, recognizing the two people in sailor uniforms.

"Get out of the way! Don't get in my way!" the male member of the Ocean Team, who was carrying the package, shouted at Su Yi.

Su Yi's face turned cold, and he rushed forward, grabbing his small shield and shoving it at the man's face.

Ouch!

The members of the Ocean Team, who had just been so arrogant, peacefully fell asleep on the ground.