Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Because Gengar moved.

Without the slightest hesitation, it suddenly threw a punch forward—

But the fist, wrapped in ice, seemed to disappear into an invisible mirror the moment it was thrown, the entire arm and fist vanishing into mid-air.

It's not an afterimage, it's not an illusion.

Instead, it truly... disappeared.

at the same time--

A ripple suddenly spread through the air half a meter to the side of the rhinoceros.

A fist covered in ice emerged from the void and slammed solidly into the ribs of the rhinoceros!

"Bam—!!"

Ice shards exploded, and a chilling aura filled the air.

The massive body of the rhinoceros was knocked half a step to the side by the punch.

Fine ice crystals appeared on the hard rock skin, spreading outwards from the struck ribs, causing it to groan in pain.

"Um?!!!"

Xiaoxia's eyes widened, and her mouth opened into a lowercase "o".

"How did they do that!?"

She pointed to the center of the field, tapping her index finger in the air a few times, her face filled with disbelief.

"It's open!?"

"It's open..."

Unlike the ignorant and incompetent Xiaoxia, Xiaogang, though shocked, still managed to discern some of the underlying principles.

"No, it didn't open, it's a stealthy attack!"

"No, that's not right... This isn't an ordinary sneak attack!"

A typical spirit raid involves infiltrating the spirit world, moving to the target's side, and then reappearing.

But that last moment—

Gengar's body didn't move; it simply sent its fist into the spirit world and then extended it from another point!

"This is a space-level tactical maneuver!"

"It's sinister, so sinister!"

"Turning melee combat into ranged combat, and this is more difficult to defend against than any ranged attack, because you have no idea from which direction that fist will come out!"

Aside from Xiaoxia, who was still completely confused.

Now Mewtwo probably understands too.

The attack was carried out through the spirit world.

Mewtwo's pupils contracted slightly, and a look of seriousness appeared on its cold, hard face.

The Spirit Realm is the exclusive dimension for Ghost-type Pokémon, where space is distorted.

Just now, the moment Gengar threw its fist, it 'projected' the fist into the Spirit Realm, and at the same time opened a tiny exit next to Rhyhorn.

In other words, Gengar used the spirit world as a 'channel' to achieve long-range attacks!

This way, the fist can ignore distance and obstacles and strike directly from beside the target!

In the arena, Gengar shook its re-emerged arm.

He chuckled, a smile that was incredibly irritating.

Chao Meng's face was as still as water.

This Gengar is truly cunning, but its skill development... is indeed quite impressive.

To utilize stealth attacks to this extent requires profound combat experience and creative thinking.

However, the operation is indeed quite advanced.

However, the more advanced the operation, the more effort it requires.

Such a move is absolutely impossible for the opponent to use when they are distracted!

[Step forward and subdue them!]

202. Tremble before my hidden form!

The command was given in the mind of the rhinoceros, leaving no room for negotiation.

The rhinoceros with the horned horn was also decisive.

Although it, like Nidoking, doesn't have a good impression of Mewtwo, who often causes trouble for its trainers.

However, his own trainer had instructed him to follow his orders in gym battles!

Then there's nothing more to say.

He patted the spot where he had been hit by the ice fist and shook off the frost.

That punch did hurt a little, but that was all!

Rhyhorn regained its footing, its gaze still fixed on Gengar's lower body—this was Mewtwo's command: always keep your eyes on the lower half of the body, and the opponent's tricks will have nowhere to be executed.

"Ooh—!"

With a roar, it launched a fierce attack!

Rhinoceros lowered its head, its spiral horn aimed at Gengar.

Straight-through drill!

The earth trembled beneath its feet, leaving a deep footprint with each step, and gravel flew behind it, the entire field pulsating with its footsteps.

It doesn't need fancy skills; as a Ground-type Pokémon, what it needs is this overwhelming sense of power!

The battle broke out again, and Gengar used the same trick again.

Under Ash's command, a long-range Ice Punch was launched at Rhyhorn's leg.

A fist covered in icy blue energy appeared out of thin air and slammed precisely into the left leg of the rhinoceros.

One punch landed.

But it's clear that the Rhinoceros and Nidoking are not in the same league.

While this Ice Punch has a strong type advantage and can freeze Nidoking instantly, it deals very little damage to Rhyhorn.

It didn't freeze it, but it just made its body tremble, slightly deviated from its course, and didn't even slow down its speed by the slightest.

The power of numbers is on full display at this moment!

In addition, Rhyhorn is extremely fast, and Gengar even has to rack its brains to predict the opponent's position.

Every time Gengar raises its fist, before it can even gather its strength, Rhyhorn has already charged into its face.

It was either forced to interrupt its spellcasting to dodge, or it had to endure the unfinished Ice Fist.

After several exchanges, Gengar barely had a chance to use its ranged Ice Punch, and Rhyhorn seized the opportunity to knock it away twice with its horn.

"puff--!"

Gengar was smashed into the wall, creating another dent.

"How tragic!"

Xiaoxia turned her face away, unable to bear looking at her.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu, however, watched with shining eyes, holding up its Pokédex with its two little paws, aiming at the Gengar embedded in the wall, and earnestly recording its miserable state.

While recording, it also gestured with its little paws.

It thought Charizard would definitely be interested in this video!

After all, that guy and Gengar, as everyone knows, have never gotten along.

If we could show this horrific video to Charizard... maybe we could get a chance to ride a mouse in mid-air!

It has been envious of the fact that the fire-breathing dragon can fly for a long time!

It's not that Ash's mount is bad—although Ash runs very fast, flying is still cooler!

......

As expected, the battle on the field was completely one-sided.

The rhinoceros with the horned horn was relentless in its pursuit of power.

With both feet slamming into the ground, his entire body transformed into a moving battering ram.

Giving Gengar no chance to breathe, each attack was timed precisely the moment Gengar got up, using pure power and speed to rub Gengar to the ground.

Dust flew everywhere, and Gengar tumbled and crawled, facing imminent danger.

"This can't go on..."

Seeing Gengar passively taking hits, Ash's CPU was spinning wildly.

His eyes were fixed on every detail on the field.

The Rhyhorn's gait, Gengar's stamina depletion—all of these flashed through my mind at lightning speed.

In terms of raw power, Gengar is indeed inferior to its opponent.

The rhinoceros's rocky skin is incredibly durable and resilient; ordinary Shadow Balls are like tickles to it.

Its power was overwhelming; when that corner of its body rammed into Gengar, it almost sent it flying.

Gengar's most proficient Hypnosis spell is largely rendered useless due to the condition that "the opponent keeps their head down," and its ranged Ice Punch is disrupted by high-intensity suppression and S-curve drifting, disrupting its casting rhythm.

Techniques, hypnosis, tricks... none of these work on the Drillhorn Rhinoceros.

Since that's the case...!