Elf: Rewriting the script, starting with Black Stocking Hanako

Following the direction indicated by the waveguide force, Jiang Chuan led Xiaoxia through the rocky mountains, his steps light yet his speed not slow.

The deeper you go into this place, the more oppressive it feels.

The air was filled with the smell of rock dust, and the gravel underfoot would occasionally vibrate, as if something enormous was rolling and crashing in the distance.

Xiaoxia followed behind Jiang Chuan, her hand unconsciously gripping the hem of his clothes.

The mountain path was so narrow that two people could barely pass by, almost touching.

"Is Jiangchuan... getting closer and closer?"

Xiaoxia lowered her voice, her tone slightly nervous.

"Yes, it'll be soon."

Jiang Chuan responded.

Every so often, he would stop, close his eyes, and let the power of the wave guide protrude forward.

The feedback was becoming increasingly clear.

Restlessness, anger, and a very obvious...pain.

Jiang Chuan frowned.

The giant rock snake's emotional fluctuations were more intense than expected.

The image fed back by the waveguide force was blurry, after all, there was a thick layer of mountain rock in between.

He could only vaguely determine the direction and approximate distance, but he couldn't yet perceive what exactly had happened.

However, one thing is certain.

This giant onyx is currently in a very unstable state.

In this state, any creature that gets close to it will be treated as an enemy.

Xiaoxia was very sensible and didn't ask any questions. She just followed behind Jiang Chuan, occasionally looking down at her feet to avoid slipping.

Pikachu perched on Jiang Chuan's shoulder, its ears standing straight up, and a rare look of alertness appearing on its bright yellow face.

We took another detour along the mountain road.

The three of them emerged from a winding, narrow path, and suddenly the view opened up before them.

Ahead was a precipice.

Jiang Chuan walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down.

Below is a huge valley.

Surrounded by mountains on all sides, with steep cliffs and a relatively flat bottom, it resembles a naturally formed arena.

At this moment, a chilling scene is unfolding in the center of the valley.

A giant rock serpent is frantically crashing into several caves at the foot of the opposite mountain wall.

Its size was astonishing.

A typical Onix is ​​considered quite long if it reaches ten meters, but this creature is several times the size of an average Onix, and its thickest part is even wider than the cave they had just passed through.

Its entire body is composed of bluish-gray rock, each section bulging like a small hill, with a cold, hard luster on its surface.

At this moment, the giant beast is plunging into several large caves below the opposite cliff, going in and out, its purpose unknown.

Every time it moved, the entire valley trembled.

Along the edges of the caves it had drilled through, large chunks of rock broke off and crumbled, raising clouds of dust.

Several of the openings had been partially destroyed by it.

But it's still drilling.

Xiaoxia arrived at the edge of the cliff, took one look, and was completely stunned.

"So thick, so big..."

Her mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were wide open, as if she had seen something completely beyond her imagination.

"The cave would have rotted away if it had been rushed in!"

"This is outrageous!"

Her voice was full of amazement, as if she couldn't process the shock before her without saying a few words.

Jiang Chuan turned his head and glanced at Xiaoxia, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Xiaoxia caught a glimpse of the smile on Jiang Chuan's lips and immediately realized what she had just shouted, her ears turning bright red.

She quickly took two steps closer, tugged hard at Jiang Chuan's sleeve, her tone both shy and anxious.

"Are you still laughing? Do you really think you can subdue such a huge onix?"

"If that thing hits you, you'd be dead!"

"Are you even listening to me?!"

Jiang Chuan smiled and patted the back of her hand.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine."

His tone was soft, yet it carried a certain certainty that inexplicably put people at ease.

Xiaoxia opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something more.

But Jiang Chuan had already taken a step forward.

"Wait here, don't come down."

After saying that, he jumped.

His body went straight over the edge of the cliff and plummeted downwards.

Xiaoxia's heart skipped a beat.

"Jiangchuan!"

Shiba, who was watching from a rock in the distance, was stunned by what he saw.

"Feed..."

He instinctively raised his hand, as if to call out to someone.

The cliff has a drop of at least seven or eight meters.

Jumping down those tens of meters below would be suicidal, wouldn't it?

But before he could finish speaking, his expression froze.

Jiang Chuan landed steadily on a protruding rock below.

He bent his knees to release the force, and then, almost without pausing, he lightly touched the ground with his toes and leaped towards the next rock.

The movements were clean and crisp, each jump as precise as if measured with a ruler.

With a few leaps, he easily jumped down the cliff face, which was tens of meters high.

When he reached the bottom of the valley, Jiang Chuan only bent his knees slightly, and stood more steadily than a pine tree.

Shiba stood on the edge of the cliff, his mouth still open.

His raised hand paused in mid-air for two seconds before he awkwardly withdrew it.

No.

Is this kid even human?

A cliff tens of meters high, and he jumped off in just a few moments?

What kind of physical fitness is that?

Shiba was startled to himself.

But then I thought about it again and realized that it didn't seem wrong at all.

If it weren't for this monstrous physique, he wouldn't have been able to knock himself out of the circle just now.

"Alright..."

Shiba lowered his arms, crossed his arms over his chest, and took a few steps closer to the edge of the cliff.

"Then I'll watch from here and see how you plan to subdue this monster."

His tone still carried a hint of stubbornness, but more than anything, it reflected a serious observation.

Xiaoxia lay on the edge of the cliff, and only after seeing Jiang Chuan land safely did she recover from the shock.

She cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted down.

"Jiang Chuan! Keep it up! Be careful!"

"I'll always be here watching over you!"

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu jumped to Misty's feet, barked at the ground, and stretched its tail straight.

Jiang Chuan glanced back up, smiled, and raised his hand.

Then he turned around and faced the giant rock serpent that was still going berserk in the center of the valley.

A surge of intense pain, like a tidal wave, came from the direction of the giant onyx.

Jiang Chuan frowned slightly.

Pain, very obvious pain.

This emotional response perfectly matches its current frantic ramming of the cave.

What is it looking for?

Or rather, it's trying to get something off its body.

Jiang Chuan did not rush to make a move.

He stood still, activating his superpowers, which slowly spread out like an invisible net.

The power of waveguides is responsible for capturing emotional and life fluctuations.

Superpowers are responsible for refining this information.

The two intertwined, and Jiang Chuan's perception gradually covered the entire body of the giant rock snake.

Head, neck, torso, tail...

He scanned it bit by bit.

Finally, in the middle and rear part of the Great Onix's body, Jiang Chuan detected another faint waveguide.

It's very faint, but it definitely exists.

It looked like something was stuck in the gaps in the giant onion's body.

Jiang Chuan sensed for a while longer and then made a rough judgment in his mind.

A slight smile appeared on his lips.

"I see."

If it's really as he thinks, then this giant rock snake is much easier to deal with than he imagined.

But now is not the time to get close.

The Onix was emanating an aura of near-Gym Leader level, and it was out of control, with rocks flying everywhere around it and its strength terrifyingly fierce.

We need to calm it down first, or rather—beat it until it's too weak to charge around.

Jiang Chuan's gaze darkened, and his fingers touched the Poké Ball at his waist.

He took out a ball and pressed it gently.

A red light flashed.

Blastoise, prepare for battle.

[Pokémon: Blastoise, Level: 50]

The ground trembled slightly the moment Blastoise landed.

It was already a Pokémon of considerable size, with a heavy cannon on its back gleaming coldly, and its limbs thick and powerful; standing there, it was like a small fortress.

But when it raised its head and saw the huge rock snake in the distance, the turtle's eyes widened noticeably.

What is that? It's so big!

It instinctively shrank its neck, but the next moment, it suddenly straightened its carapace.

Jiangchuan's Blastoise was a monster when it was Squirtle, and it wasn't afraid of large targets at all.

Blastoise growled, assumed a battle stance, aimed its cannon at Onix in the distance, and its eyes blazed with fighting spirit.

Jiang Chuan sensed Blastoise's emotional fluctuations and smiled.

"Good job, let's start with a test, a water gun."

The cannon on the water jet turtle's back retracted, and then a high-pressure jet of water shot out.

The water flow was extremely fast, whistling as it cut through the air, and struck the side of the giant onyx.

"boom!"

The water jet accurately hit the middle of Onix's body.

The water splashed and dispersed into a white mist in the sunlight.

The giant onyx paused for a moment as it charged.

It slowly turned its head, its eyes, made of dark mineral, fixed intently on Jiang Chuan and the Water Turtle.

Then, it seemed to be completely enraged.

The enormous body was pulled out of the cave, stirring up a gust of sand and gravel.

"roar!"

Its roar had a deep, grating sound, like rocks grinding together.

The snake coiled up, then suddenly shook its head and charged this way.

The speed was much faster than Jiang Chuan had expected.

However, Jiang Chuan did not retreat.

He stood still, calmly assessing the distance.

Blastoise stood in front of him, its cannon already recharged.

"One more shot, water gun!"

The second jet of water was launched.

This time, the giant onion neither dodged nor stopped.

It stubbornly resisted the current and continued to rush forward.

When you hit it with a water gun, it's like hitting a city wall with a water gun—it just wets the skin.

Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow.

Such high defense?

This Onix is ​​much more resistant to water-type moves than he expected.

While water does indeed counter ordinary rock and ground properties, the density of the rock on this creature's body is so exaggerated that ordinary water cannot penetrate it at all.

The giant onix had already charged close.

The enormous head was raised high, then slammed down.

"Get out of the way!"

Jiang Chuan gave the order.

Blastoise pushed off the ground with all four limbs, and its whole body slid to the side.

It was surrounded by an aura of thunderous power and was much faster than a regular Blastoise, barely managing to avoid the head-on collision.

The giant onyx slammed its head into the ground, creating a large crater.

Pebbles flew everywhere.

Jiang Chuan simply turned his body to the side, and several pieces of gravel flew past his face.

His gaze didn't change at all.

When Onix missed, it became even more agitated, flicking its tail and unleashing a powerful Iron Tail attack towards Blastoise.

Its tail, like a section of a train carriage, slashed across the road with a whooshing sound.

Blastoise didn't dodge this time.

It retracted its limbs into its shell, and at the same time, the cannon on its back sprayed water towards the ground. The entire turtle body used the reaction force to dodge to the side, barely avoiding the sweeping attack.

"Well done, Blastoise!"

Jiang Chuan praised him.

He knew Blastoise was hiding well, but that was just a delaying tactic.

Ordinary water guns are no match for this monster.

Seeing that its attacks had missed several times, Onix grew even angrier and slammed its entire body into the ground.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The ground looked as if it had been repeatedly pounded by a sledgehammer, with cracks spreading in all directions—a rockfall…

Jiang Chuan's eyes sharpened.

"Blastoise, charge forward!"

Blastoise roared, and with all four legs pushing against the cracking ground, it charged toward Onix.

Large chunks of rock fell from above, and Blastoise charged forward while using its water gun to smash the rocks blocking its path.

Although it was in a sorry state, it was still moving quite fast.

Jiang Chuan saw it all clearly from the side.

This giant onyx has incredibly high defense.

Ordinary skills can't break through the defense at all.

We have to use a killer move.

He made a decisive decision.

"Blastoise, Super Alloy Hydro Pump."

"Aim for its midsection!"

Upon hearing the command, Blastoise's cannon instantly glowed with a blue-white light.

It stopped, its forelimbs gripping the ground tightly, and the energy fluctuations inside the cannon barrel surged wildly.

"boom!"

A jet of water, several times thicker than before, shot out.

The water column's tip displays a metallic spiral pattern, spinning and tearing through the air with a sharp, penetrating quality.

This shot collided squarely with Onix's head.

The explosion was deafening.

The massive Onix was forced back several meters.

After the water splashed away, a noticeable dent appeared on its head shell.

"efficient."

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Jiang Chuan's eyes.

The super alloy water cannon itself has penetrating properties, making it extremely effective against opponents with high defense.

The giant onix was stunned by the attack. It shook its head, stood still, and prepared to charge again.

But as soon as it moved, Jiang Chuan noticed a detail.

Its waist suddenly twisted unnaturally.

It's like something is stuck between body segments, preventing it from exerting force smoothly.

The giant onion's posture became somewhat unsteady, and it even tilted to the side.

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up.

really.

"One more shot, Super Alloy Water Cannon."

His voice was extremely fast.

"Aim at that same spot again, the midsection!"

Blastoise roared, and the cannon barrel lit up again.

With this attack, Jiang Chuan used his superpowers to lock onto the target, pinpointing the exact location of the fluctuations around Onix's waist.

Energy gathers and bursts forth with a roar.

The water column sliced ​​through the air in the valley like a blue and white metal spear.

impartial.

Right in the middle of the Great Rock Serpent's waist.

This gave Onix no time to react.

The massive body was thrown sideways by the impact and crashed heavily to the ground.

The mountainside vibrated and hummed from the aftershocks of its rolling motion.

It rolled twice on the ground, its body convulsing as it curled up.

Then it raised its head and let out a long, extremely painful cry.

The sound echoed through the valley, making one's heart tighten.

…………

Shiba frowned.

He was an expert and could tell that the sound was the mournful cry of someone who had suffered a serious injury.

Onix has lost!

The giant onyx lay on the ground, its body still trembling slightly, but it could no longer stand up.

Jiangchuan signaled Blastoise to stop attacking.

Blastoise shook off the remaining moisture from its cannon barrel and let out a low growl, as if to say, "Done."

Jiang Chuan nodded at it, then strode towards the giant rock snake.