Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

"That disgraceful guy is back...?"

I took a step forward and let the light illuminate my face.

"Huh? Isn't that right? They look quite alike from behind?"

Without Ash's abnormal eyesight, Misty was able to see the person's appearance clearly, just as Ash had described.

Although his skin is also dark and his eyes are habitually squinted, upon closer inspection, his facial features are indeed somewhat different from Uncle Wuneng's, making him appear younger.

He looked at Xiaozhi and asked in a deep voice.

"Are you the challenger?"

Without much thought, Xiao Zhi nodded and enthusiastically introduced himself.

"That's right! I'm Ash from Pallet Town! I'm going to become the Pokémon King...!"

The man crossed his arms and interrupted Xiaozhi.

"Enough with the nonsense, I'm Brock, the gym leader of Pewter City."

Xiao Gang's words were concise and to the point.

"The rules for this match are one-on-one."

"However, your timing is unfortunate." Remembering the man, he took out a Poké Ball and weighed it in his hand. "Because right now, I'm in a pretty bad mood!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the Poké Ball with all his might.

"Go, Onix!"

"Roar--!"

A flash of white light appeared, accompanied by a deep, resonant roar.

A colossal creature, about ten meters long, suddenly appeared on the rocky ground. The moment its heavy body landed, the entire dojo trembled.

It was a snake-shaped Pokémon.

It is composed of several huge, grayish-brown rocks connected together, each section of which appears incredibly hard and heavy, gleaming with a cold, hard luster in the dim light.

That size, just by being there, brought a strong sense of oppression.

Ash's eyes lit up the moment he saw Onix's majestic and imposing figure.

Rugged! Sturdy! Powerful!

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! What a promising talent!

Upon seeing this, even Onix's rocky body tensed up.

He subtly shrank back.

The giant onyx felt as if it were sleeping in the mountains as a child and accidentally being targeted by a tunnel boring machine that was building a tunnel.

"I'll do it!"

Xiao Zhi, eager to try it out, immediately wanted to personally go up and taste it.

"Wait! Ash!"

After spending so many days together, Xiaxia knew exactly what was going on in Xiaozhi's head.

He immediately grabbed him and offered kind words of comfort.

"Trainers are not allowed to participate in gym battles!"

"Can't we go up...?"

Ash glanced at Onix with lingering regret.

Xiao Gang: "?"

Onix: "?"

What exactly are you feeling lost about?!

"Alright then... Pikachu..."

"Pickup!"

Pikachu responded and immediately jumped from Ash's shoulder onto the field.

Tiny sparks of electricity emanated from the electrical sacs on his cheeks.

Xiao Gang, stunned by the two's fancy moves, stared blankly at Pikachu on the field.

Use an Electric-type Pikachu to defeat his Rock/Ground-type Onix?

Isn't this completely countered by the element?

Seeing that this kid has Pikachu, I thought he wasn't a complete newbie, but this decision... is clearly a mistake that only a rookie trainer would make!

Normally, in accordance with his duty as a gym leader to guide trainers, he might even offer some reminders about type advantages and disadvantages.

But today... well, who told him to be in a bad mood!

"Charge them!"

Xiao Gang gave orders without any mercy.

With a roar, Onix unleashed its massive rocky tail, which swept fiercely towards Pikachu with a whooshing sound!

"Shh!"

It's not a special move, just a simple tail flick.

Given Onix's size, even without using any special moves, its sheer physical impact is enough to give smaller Pokémon like Pikachu a run for their money.

This is similar to a move that has no power.

You find the leaping Magikarp amusing, and you might even dare to hold it in your hand and play with it.

But if you saw the roaring whale king splashing water, probably no one who didn't want to die would dare to get close even a little bit.

This is the advantage that body size brings.

Looking at the massive rocky tail that was several times wider than its entire body, Pikachu dared not be careless in the slightest.

With a quick thought, the little boy used the rocks on the ground as a fulcrum, exerted force with all four limbs, and narrowly avoided the attack.

"boom!"

The spot where Pikachu had been standing was swept by the giant tail, and the originally uneven ground was instantly leveled, with pebbles flying everywhere.

One move missed.

The Onix didn't stop; its thick tail swung again, unleashing another powerful sweeping attack.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu leaped up and dodged again in a sorry state, its face grim.

Even clay figurines have a bit of temper.

What's more, Pikachu isn't made of clay!

His cheeks crackled with electricity as he unleashed his signature move—the 100,000 Volt!

A dazzling golden bolt of lightning pounced on the Onix like a thunder serpent.

But the originally powerful electric shock struck its rocky body, causing it no pain whatsoever. It vanished without a trace, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.

"Pikachu?!"

The mouse from the countryside was shocked.

Having never attended school like Ash, it was unaware that Electric-type moves were completely ineffective against Onix, which has the Ground type.

This is what happens when you lack culture.

Seeing this, Xiaoxia and Haixingxing on the sidelines became somewhat anxious.

"Pikachu shouldn't have been sent out! Ash's decision to send out Pokémon was problematic!"

But then Xiaoxia thought about it again. Ash's other Pokémon was a Caterpie, which had even less chance of winning against Onix, a Rock-type Pokémon with extremely high defense.

In comparison, Pikachu, being the strongest and fastest, seems to be the only choice.

Hearing Xiaoxia's words, Haixingxing nodded solemnly.

There is indeed a problem.

I think we should just send out the starfish to help our big brother out of his predicament!

Unlike the individual star below the stage, Ash remained calm and instead observed the battle situation with keen eyes.

"Pikachu, what you did won't hurt it, listen to me...!"

"It's over!"

Before Ash could finish speaking, Brock seized the perfect opportunity after Pikachu dodged and remained airborne, and shouted loudly.

Onix, use Iron Tail!

Onix retracted its hammer-like tail in front of it, then covered it with a metallic silver-white luster, and with immense force, it struck Pikachu in the air!

There's no way to avoid it!

Pikachu instinctively closed its eyes tightly, and could even feel the increasingly sharp wind brushing against its cheeks.

"Since we can't avoid it!"

Xiao Zhi waved his hand.

"Pikachu, then release your body and minimize the damage!"

Under the same force, the larger the area, the less pressure it receives!

Pikachu steeled itself and, following Ash's command, stretched out its body, which had been instinctively clenched, its limbs now extended.

"boom!"

Iron Tail made contact with the body, hitting it squarely, but Pikachu was taken aback.

pain.

But it didn't hurt that much.