Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

With astonishing speed, it crashed into the caterpillar that had just regained its footing!

Even with Ash's early warning, Caterpie still didn't have time to fully react and was caught off guard, getting hit hard by the impact!

"grumble!"

With a cry of pain, he was thrown off balance and rolled away.

"Hehehe! See that? This is a variation of the silk-spinning technique!"

They actually used silk-spitting to compensate for the Metapod's lack of mobility!

Xiaoxia was stunned by what she saw.

Generally speaking, spitting silk is used to disrupt the opponent's actions.

But this fighting style... doesn't seem like something people from the Kanto region would do!

In the Kanto region, the emphasis is on sheer strength and the ability to throw bricks; once they find a powerful move, they practice it relentlessly.

When it comes to fighting, it's all about the raw power of the moves, it's all about the energy blasts! It's all about the thrill!

I never do those fancy things.

This feeling... Xiaoxia pondered it carefully, and it was quite reminiscent of the Coordinators from Hoenn and Sinnoh!

Hmph, mediator!

In the words of the old people from Northeast China, they were no different from a group of jugglers!

"A green caterpillar!"

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but clench his fists.

Although he considered the armored pod to be full of flaws, with a single attack pattern and a lack of follow-up changes.

But the force of this impact was clearly not something that the still fragile caterpillar in his heart could easily withstand.

"grumble!"

But the caterpillar only rolled twice on the ground, cleverly dissipating most of the force, before stubbornly standing upright again.

Although his clothes were covered in dust, his eyes were still bright.

It's clear it has some skills to be able to eat so well in the evergreen forest.

Just like seeing a beautiful woman with disheveled clothes, Ash's Caterpie's tenacious performance made the bug-catching boy's eyes widen.

Out of respect, he chose to press his advantage!

"Huff~"

He was dressed in a heavy, gruff manner.

"Metallica, hurry! Don't give it a chance to catch its breath! Keep attacking!"

The armored pupa resorted to its old tricks once again.

The silken thread clung to the tree trunk in another direction, and the body followed suit, tracing an even faster trajectory in the air, once again attempting to crash heavily into the green caterpillar that had regained its footing.

"Get out of the way to the left!"

This time, Ash gave more specific instructions.

However, due to its body structure, the caterpillar is agile in moving forward and backward, but when it rolls to the left... it still can't create a safe distance.

"grumble……"

With a soft snort, he was sent flying again.

The armored pupa even had spare energy, quickly changing the landing point of its silk-spinning after the impact. Using the momentum of the recovery, it nimbly glided half a circle around the tree trunk, adjusted its posture, and prepared for the next attack.

"Huff~ Huff~"

Seeing this, the boy catching insects became even more labored and immediately shouted.

"It's over! Give it the final blow!"

Upon receiving the command, the armored pupa once again charged like a green cannonball, trailing white silk threads, towards the almost unsteady caterpillar.

"Ash!"

Xiaoxia couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, her palms sweating with worry for the green caterpillar.

Even the starfish stopped moving in alarm.

At this critical moment, Ash looked at the thread connecting Metapod and the branch.

"Caterpillars, we also spin silk!"

Xiao Zhi shouted loudly.

The bug-catching boy chuckled upon hearing this, assuming that Ash had lost his composure.

"Trying to dodge with silk now? Too late! Metapod has already picked up speed!"

He could almost see the CG of the little beauty... oh no, the caterpillar's defeat.

Before they could finish speaking, the armored pupa was already almost in front of the caterpillar.

"Avoid? Who said we were supposed to avoid it!?"

Ash's eyes gleamed, and he suddenly pointed his finger at the silk thread connecting Metapod to the branch.

"Caterpie, use Thread Shot on the thread it uses to move!"

"grumble!"

The green caterpillar understood immediately, and despite the pain, it tilted its head back and sprayed out a strand of silk.

At close range, it precisely stuck to the silk thread that served as a tether for the armored pupa!

"what?!"

The smile on the insect-catching boy's face froze instantly.

"No, it's alright! Metapod's strength is far beyond what Caterpie can match!"

He tried to stay calm and loudly encouraged the armored pupa.

Aside from mobility, Metapod, as an evolved form, completely outclasses Caterpie.

However, after spending a short time with Ash, Caterpie has clearly undergone a scientific baptism and is now half a culture bug.

It certainly couldn't fight against the weight and inertia of the Metapod head-on, but who says it was necessarily a head-on confrontation!

Just like if there's not enough time, foreplay can make up for it, and interfering from the side is also an option!

The green caterpillar forcefully tilted its head to the side and downward, using the silk it spun to apply a lateral pulling force!

The armored pupa, which was swinging at high speed, was suddenly pulled away by this strange force, and its flight trajectory was instantly deviated!

Even the malicious caterpillar secretly gave it a boost.

It's like a bowling ball that's been deflected and lost control.

It watched helplessly as it brushed past the caterpillar, then slammed headfirst into the hard rock next to it at an even faster speed!

Rock vs. Bug type!

"state--!"

A painful-sounding impact rang out.

Even the hardened shell of Metapod, however tough, is still no harder than solid rock.

The violent impact made it see stars, and it didn't even have time to let out a cry before it collapsed at the foot of the stone, its eyes turning into spirals, completely losing its fighting ability!

The insect-catching boy trembled as he looked at the armored pupa that had instantly lost its fighting ability, and then at the green caterpillar that, despite being covered in wounds, still had bright eyes and undiminished fighting spirit.

"You've got a real skill... you really have a real skill!"

"But this is for the best!"

The insect-catching boy retrieved the armored pupa, and instead of being disappointed, he showed an even more excited expression.

"Ariados!"

"Perfect! I also want to take this opportunity to test the power of this batch of poison!"

"It's soup! Soup!"

Xiaoxia couldn't help but correct them again, and the three of them reached a consensus.

He didn't say much.

Having absorbed all the soup and liquid on the ground, Ariados wobbled and crawled towards the insect-catching boy.

Its eyes were glazed over, black liquid dripped from its fangs, and its claws scratched the ground restlessly.

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Go that way!"

The boy who was catching insects suffered cardiac arrest and instinctively clutched a pocket on his chest.

Ariados shook his head vigorously, seemingly regaining some clarity, and turned his attention to Ash and Caterpie on the field.

"Use silk to trap it!"

Alidos raised his abdomen, and a long-accumulated, viscous, white worm silk shot out at an extremely fast speed.

The silk threads of the insects converge to form a web.

In an instant, it completely entangled the green caterpillar that had just won and hadn't even had a chance to catch its breath.

"Caterpillar, break free!"

The green caterpillar struggles desperately in the silk web, twisting its body and trying to bite through the silk threads with its mouth.

But this insect web is unusually resilient.

Even as the caterpillar struggled, the wrapping tightened, quickly enveloping it completely, leaving only its head sticking out and emitting helpless chirping sounds.

"Break free? It's useless!"

Seeing this, the insect-catching boy smiled confidently.

"My Ariados even has a top-tier diet specially formulated by someone I had someone prepare. The silk it spits out has undergone special training! It's far superior to ordinary Bug-type Pokémon!"

"Really? A bug catcher needs special ingredients? So particular?"