Chapter 35: The Arrival of Chi Ri
“What alarmist talk!” Ze Yi stood up, patted the dust off himself, and looked at Shi Ying, saying, “S, go capture that brat and crush his last hope. As for the others, kill his last Snorlax!”
“Yes, Hunter King!” At that moment, Letter Hunter S immediately responded and decisively chased after Zhen Xing!
The remaining two Letter Hunters, along with Ze Yi, summoned new Pokémon and surrounded the Snorlax.
“Let’s go, help Zhen Xing!”
Chen Xi gave Shi Ying a deep look. If he hadn’t died, he probably would have become an amazing Trainer.
But the environment of Sinnoh didn’t allow for such advanced civilian Trainers to exist!
Ci Lang quickly nodded when he heard Chen Xi’s words. He didn’t want to participate in such a battle of gods.
Snorlax tearing apart Salamence—seeing too many of these battles would definitely give him nightmares.
At this moment, Zhen Xing was running wildly. He knew that the time Shi Ying had bought him couldn’t be wasted.
But he had only just run a short distance when he felt the Trainer behind him catching up.
At this moment, a rumbling sound behind him was incredibly powerful. Zhen Xing looked back and saw a Golem rolling towards him.
Hunter S, relying on his decent speed, followed behind the Golem, staring intently at Zhen Xing.
Watching the Golem roll, Zhen Xing knew very well that the move Rollout not only increased power but also speed as it continued to roll.
At this moment, he seemed to be quite a distance from the Golem,
but if he kept running, he would definitely be caught by the Golem, and then he would truly be doomed.
Zhen Xing decisively stopped, summoned his Bronzor, and commanded, “Seal!”
He saw a light blue glow shoot out from Bronzor’s eyes, launching towards the Golem.
When this glow landed on the Golem, the Golem, which had been rolling towards Bronzor, stopped rolling.
Because the Seal skill had sealed Rollout, it lost its method of movement.
A Golem moving on two legs, its speed among Small Elves could only be counted in reverse.
And since he decided to make a move, Zhen Xing intended to directly cripple the Golem.
Otherwise, if this Golem chased him again, even if he wanted to deal with it, it would be very troublesome.
So, as the Seal skill took effect on the Golem, Crobat’s wings flashed with a metallic glow and charged towards the Golem!
With Crobat’s astonishing speed, its Steel Wing struck the Golem, and in an instant, a large chunk of the Golem’s rock armor was shattered.
“It looks like this move heavily damaged the Golem! Next, we just need to…”
When Zhen Xing’s gaze fell on Hunter S’s face, he saw Hunter S reveal a smug smile of a successful scheme.
Zhen Xing’s heart trembled, and he suddenly shouted loudly to Crobat, “Go, fly away quickly!”
“Too late!”
At this moment, the Golem, which seemed to have shrunk a bit, moved with astonishing speed.
He saw it holding a sharp stone pillar in both hands and suddenly stabbed it towards Crobat.
Crobat had no idea that the Golem would suddenly possess such astonishing speed and was directly hit by Stone Edge, completely losing its ability to fight, its eyes spinning in dizziness.
“Crobat…” Zhen Xing took out a Poké Ball and quickly recalled Crobat.
Hunter S, who believed he had the situation under control, did not stop this and instead calmly watched Zhen Xing.
Hunter S said, “Bring out whatever other abilities you have! I’ll cripple your Pokémon one by one, so that after I catch you, you won’t cause any more trouble!”
“Why did your Golem gain such high speed? Golem doesn’t have the Sturdy ability!”
“Trying to get information out of me!” Hunter S scoffed, “Abilities can be compensated for with skills, such as Rock Polish.
Not to mention, the thick rocks on Golem’s body can naturally shed; it has a habit of shedding its skin every year.
Now that you know, just accept your fate!”
Hunter S waved his hand, and the Golem immediately lunged at Zhen Xing!
Zhen Xing looked at the pouncing Golem, his eyes filled with unwillingness.
Even though his Bronzor was a Steel-type Small Elf, the strength gap between the two Small Elves was simply too great.
He could only barely contend with Hunter S, and now that Bronzor was forced to collide with the Golem, he truly had no confidence whatsoever!
And just at this moment, Zhen Xing suddenly saw a Staryu the size of a palm appear in front of him!
“Staryu… it’s that guy!”
The moment he saw this Staryu, Zhen Xing seemed to understand, as he had seen this Small Elf before. And after seeing Staryu, Zhen Xing directly closed his eyes.
The next second, brilliant and dazzling light blinded the Golem and Hunter S.
By the time Hunter S adjusted to the light and opened his eyes again, the area was already empty!
“Damn it… they escaped?!” Hunter S looked up at the sky but didn’t see any trace of Zhen Xing.
But in reality, Zhen Xing, Chen Xi, and even Ci Lang were all inside a giant bubble created by a Staryu.
Everyone was enveloped by this bubble, and Staryu used its Protect ability to make the bubble’s color exactly like the surrounding objects.
At least in the short term, without some special techniques, it would be truly difficult to find!
“This battle system is as sneaky as you are!” Zhen Xing complained, “Can this bubble barrier move?!”
“Keep your voice down. This is just an illusion created by Bubble and Protect to deceive the eye! It’s only a derivative product of my Starmie’s tactical system.” Chen Xi corrected, “If it stays still, it’s fine, but as soon as it moves, it will definitely reveal a flaw!”
“What about its defensive capability!” Zhen Xing asked with a serious expression after hearing Chen Xi’s words.
“How strong do you expect a bubble’s defense to be!” Chen Xi said, “Can it withstand Doduo’s Drill Peck, or Beedrill’s Twineedle!”
A red-haired man far away in Kanto suddenly sneezed, feeling a strange chill.
Zhen Xing heard this and said, “If that’s the case, he won’t let us off easily!”
Chen Xi followed Zhen Xing’s gaze and saw the Golem gathering energy!
This was a level 62 rock-headed Golem, possessing Master level strength.
Even though his Torterra had reached level 45 and had completed its Charge system, greatly enhancing its defense, Chen Xi honestly lacked confidence against such a Small Elf.
But no matter how little confidence he had, he had to face it, because there was no room to retreat at this moment.
At this moment, the Golem swept the surrounding environment with Rock Blast. Hunter S knew Zhen Xing was a Psychic, so he just considered this to be an illusion cast by Zhen Xing.
He would simply sweep the surrounding area with attacks, and if he found nothing, then so be it.
This was indeed a lucky hit, but no one could deny that it posed a direct threat to the people in the bubble.
A rock grazed the bubble, and the entire bubble burst open, revealing the people it had been concealing.
At this moment, Chen Xi summoned Torterra and Staryu, already prepared for battle!
“No more hiding, mouse!”
Seeing so many people suddenly appear, Hunter S smiled coldly, not showing much fear.
Although he could tell that these few Small Elves seemed quite strong, with Hunter S’s eyesight, he could also determine that the strength of these two Small Elves was definitely lower than his Golem’s.
To be honest, if his three Quasi-Heavenly King main Pokémon hadn’t been completely lost in the battle with Shi Ying, why would he need a Golem to hold his ground?
Thinking of this, Hunter S said to the Golem, “Use Rock Blast on them!”
“Torterra, use Grassy Terrain to withstand Rock Blast! Staryu, use Bubble Beam to attack the Golem!” Chen Xi commanded.
Following Chen Xi’s command, Torterra directly used its massive body to block in front of everyone, withstanding the Golem’s Rock Blast!
Fortunately, Torterra had excellent inherent qualities, its own type resisted Rock-type attacks, and with the astonishing defense brought by its Charge system, even though the Golem in front of it could almost achieve a level-based crush, Torterra managed to hold on!
However, Staryu’s Bubble Beam had not even touched the Golem when it was directly blocked by a Rock Blast projectile.
Chen Xi was not surprised by this.
Because Staryu hadn’t put too much effort into Water-type skills,
and the level difference between Staryu and Golem was an objective fact.
Therefore, this skirmish gained no advantage, but it was acceptable to Chen Xi.
Because next, Torterra began to recover its status using Grassy Terrain.
For defensive-type Small Elves, this is what makes them most annoying; as long as they can’t be one-shot, they truly can’t be killed!
At this moment, not only was Grassy Terrain restoring Torterra, but the leaves on Torterra’s body also occasionally flashed with a golden glow.
This was Synthesis continuously replenishing Torterra’s status and restoring its stamina.
“Damn it…” Hunter S gritted his teeth at this sight.
If his main Small Elves hadn’t been completely lost, leaving him with only one Master-level Golem, how could he have fallen into such a passive situation?
“Golem, use Double-Edge!” Even in this situation, Hunter S had no intention of giving up.
Instead, he commanded the Golem, and the Golem, whose speed was boosted by Rock Polish, quickly charged out.
“I should have known to have Torterra learn Grass Knot when encountering a Golem. See if it wouldn’t fall to its death!” Chen Xi complained bitterly.
But at this moment, the Golem had already charged towards Torterra.
Although the Golem was entangled with Leech Seed along the way, as it ran, its entire body instinctively curled up into a ball, crushing the Leech Seed, and charging towards Torterra!
The wheels rolled, rumbling forward.
And the Golem’s momentum with Rollout grew stronger and stronger, its spirit becoming more powerful!
Hunter S believed that even if this Torterra’s defense was excellent, it would surely be unable to withstand the Golem’s Double-Edge attack.
At this moment, Hunter S was eager to see the tragic end of this Torterra!
Just then, a Small Elf the size of a palm jumped up onto Torterra’s head.
Hunter S didn’t recognize this Small Elf; the only thing he knew was that this Pokémon looked quite cute.
At this moment, Floette raised the gracidea flower in her hand and aimed it at the Golem, which was charging with Double-Edge.
In an instant, a green beam of light shot out from the gracidea flower, directly hitting the Golem.
The Golem, hit head-on by this Seed Flare, instantly disintegrated, losing its ability to fight and falling on its back.
A simple description of this scene would be: Holy cow, ruthless!
“Golem… Golem, get up!”
Hunter S could not accept this scene at all. How could his Golem have been defeated just like that?
Chen Xi breathed a slight sigh of relief; it was successfully resolved!
To be honest, it wasn’t difficult for Floette to deal with this Golem, but ensuring a one-hit knockout was the hard part.
Otherwise, if it didn’t die in one hit, and the Golem used Self-Destruct, then everyone here would probably have to be buried with it.
Therefore, Chen Xi patiently waited until the Golem launched its full-power attack,
which was when Hunter S had placed all his bets and was waiting for victory, the Golem’s vulnerability was at its greatest!
And all Floette needed to do was fire a Seed Flare that was guaranteed to hit at that moment!
And then, there was no ‘then’ for the Golem.
The Hunter S in front of them also realized something was wrong and prepared to escape, but as he turned and fled a few steps, several black feathers suddenly flew in, piercing him directly from behind. Hunter S struggled a few times, then fell down!
“Murder… murder…” Ci Lang couldn’t help but shout when he saw this scene.
Even Chen Xi was somewhat flustered at the sight, but Chen Xi knew that panic was useless.
At this moment, Chen Xi looked up in the direction the black feathers came from and saw a Trainer standing on a Honchkrow, looking down at them. This person’s gaze was cold and ruthless, making people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts!
“Chi Ri Priest…” Chen Xi breathed a slight sigh of relief upon seeing this person; at least it was someone he knew.
Moreover, the Chi Ri Priest and the Yuan Family didn’t have many conflicts of interest. The more he faced important figures, the more important his Yuan Family background became.
On the contrary, if he had truly encountered some desperate Spirit Hunter and killed him, then his death would have been unjust.
“Is he the Chi Ri Priest?” Zhen Xing’s expression was somewhat solemn when he heard Chen Xi’s words.
Chi Ri slowly descended on a Murkrow, coldly sweeping his gaze over Chen Xi and Ci Lang, finally settling on Zhen Xing, and asked, “Where is your teacher?”