Chapter 90

However, Su Yu would not give him such an opportunity.

"Lairon, use Earth Power!"

[Earth Power: Release the power of the earth beneath the opponent's feet.]

Earth-yellow energy enveloped Lairon's body.

He launched an attack straight into the center of the rocks.

The Croagunk, halfway up its climb, felt alarm bells ringing in its heart.

This was its trait, a sign that its Danger Sense had activated.

Although it sensed the danger, the Croagunk had nowhere to dodge at that moment.

It was firmly trapped and sealed within the central rocks.

"Bang! Bang!" The Croagunk punched the rocks again and again.

However, the solid rocks did not budge in the slightest, standing as firm as Mount Tai.

Subsequently, an earth-yellow light ignited at the center of the rock prison.

With a "Boom!", a massive sharp stone shot up from the ground, stabbing toward the Croagunk that was halfway up its climb.

At that moment, the Croagunk could only watch helplessly as the sharp stone drew nearer and nearer.

"Bang!"

Earth Power struck the Croagunk directly, sending it flying into mid-air.

085: Destination, Lord Drapion!!

However, this would not become an opportunity for the Croagunk, but rather an opportunity for Su Yu!

"Lairon, use Rock Throw for the final attack!"

"Lai!" One by one, sharp rocks shot up from the ground, gathering around Lairon.

Carrying earth-yellow energy, the sharp stones rotated around him like protective amulets.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The sharp stones shot toward the Croagunk hovering in mid-air.

[Rock Throw: Attack by stabbing the opponent with sharp rocks.]

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!" Piece after piece of sharp stone slammed violently into the Croagunk's body, then turned to dust and vanished in mid-air.

With no foothold in the air, the Croagunk was hit by every single Rock Throw!

Subsequently, it crashed heavily onto the ground.

[Lairon defeated Croagunk and gained 430 experience points!!]

"Well done, Lairon."

Throughout the entire battle, Su Yu had maintained the initiative.

After trapping the Croagunk with Rock Tomb, Lairon unleashed a continuous barrage of attacks like thunder.

He beat the Croagunk until it didn't know which way was up.

Even though the Croagunk's level was similar to Lairon's, lacking a Trainer, it fell quickly when facing a well-trained Pokémon.

After defeating the Croagunk, Lairon ran over to it and began searching for something.

When Lairon returned to Su Yu's side, he handed over a broken tooth.

Su Yu hurriedly checked it.

[Razor Fang: When a Pokémon holding this item uses an attack move that does not normally cause flinching and deals damage, there is a 10% chance the target will flinch.]

Seeing the item's name, Su Yu felt a slight disappointment.

He had thought it was a Dragon Fang.

As it turned out, it was just an ordinary Razor Fang.

A Dragon Fang is a Dragon-type secret treasure.

Whereas a Razor Fang is merely a common item.

Aside from evolving a Gligar into a Gliscor, it had no other use whatsoever.

However, Su Yu soon felt he was being too greedy.

How could one possibly obtain a Dragon Fang just by casually entering a secret realm?

A Razor Fang was quite good anyway; at least it was a new acquisition.

Su Yu took out his phone and checked within the Item Trading Center.

The price of a Razor Fang was around 1.5 million.

It was even slightly more expensive than ordinary Evolution Stones.

That was already considered quite excellent.

Taking the Razor Fang, Su Yu patted Lairon on the head.

"Lairon, you did well."

"Lai!" Lairon's fierce eyes instantly softened upon Su Yu's touch.

After packing away the Razor Fang, Su Yu continued taking Lairon to train levels.

It had to be said, Lairon's combination of Rock Tomb followed by a set of skills was indeed convenient.

Many wild Pokémon had absolutely no counter against this move.

They could only struggle before turning into experience babies for Su Yu.

[Lairon defeated Lickitung and gained 400 experience points!]

[Lairon defeated Houndoom and gained 430 experience points!]

[Lairon defeated Breloom and gained 380 experience points!]

……

After grinding a massive amount of experience and letting Aggron familiarize itself with its own strength and skills,

Su Yu returned to his camp.

By now, night had fallen.

It was time to rest.

Su Yu sent out Aggron and Luxray.

"You two take turns keeping watch over the surroundings; if anything happens, wake me immediately."

After giving these instructions, Su Yu fell asleep.

The night passed very peacefully; Su Yu encountered no Pokémon attacks.

Early the next morning, he crawled out of his tent.

He checked the time, then looked at the map.

Su Yu then summoned Luxray.

"I'll be counting on you now; let's head to our destination without delay."

Saying this, Su Yu climbed onto Luxray's back.

"Howl!"

Luxray lifted its head, then charged forward with Su Yu on its back.

Deep within the Green Hide Secret Realm.

In the morning forest, the air was fresh, filled everywhere with a fragrant scent.

Dewdrops gathered on the emerald-green grass, unable to resist sliding downward.

Many Pokémon also began venturing out at this time to forage for food.

Starting their day's activities.

This originally quiet and peaceful scene was disrupted by a man moving with the speed of wind and lightning.

Riding a black, lion-like Pokémon, he darted continuously through the secret realm.

From time to time, the man startled the Pokémon playing nearby.

Causing them to flee in panic.

This man was Su Yu.

At this moment, he had already been traveling at high speed within the secret realm for several hours.

He was getting closer and closer to his destination.

"Luxray, hold on a little longer; we'll be there soon."

Su Yu soothed the Pokémon beneath him.

"Howl." Luxray nodded and continued charging forward at full speed.

At this moment, Su Yu had already reached the depths of the Green Hideout Secret Realm.

This area counted as undeveloped territory.

Many Pokémon leaders could be seen here.

Most of them were level 35 and above.

Sometimes, upon seeing Su Yu, they would even initiate attacks proactively.

Relying on Luxray's high-speed movement, Su Yu constantly dodged them.

He had no time to wear himself out fighting these Pokémon head-on.

Otherwise, he would certainly have taught them a severe lesson.

Soon, relying on its extremely rapid speed, Luxray carried Su Yu to their destination.

It was beside a cave located halfway up the mountain.

Su Yu and Luxray went straight to the entrance of the cave.

As soon as they stopped, Luxray could not help but begin panting heavily.

Such a long run had indeed consumed a massive amount of his stamina.

"You've worked hard; go into your Poké Ball and rest for a while."

After speaking, Su Yu returned Luxray into his Poké Ball.

Subsequently, he took out another Poké Ball and released a Pokémon.

"Salamence!" Iconic blood-red wings appeared; this time, it was Salamence.

There might be some powerful Pokémon inside the cave.

Therefore, Su Yu released Salamence first to prevent any accidents.

"Salamence, trouble you to accompany me inside."

Su Yu said as he turned on his flashlight.

"Salamence!" Salamence gave Su Yu a reassuring look.

Nodding, Su Yu entered the cave with Salamence.

"Ding!"

The cave was extremely quiet; one could even hear the sound of water droplets falling from the ceiling.

Su Yu proceeded cautiously, not being greedy, exploring inch by inch.

The surroundings consisted entirely of hard rock, and the cave itself held nothing strange.

However, the cave's structure was tight and secure, clearly indicating that a Pokémon lived there.

After walking to the depths of the cave, Su Yu finally encountered its owner.

It was a Pokémon currently in deep sleep.

It possessed features of both a scorpion and a bat, with a body entirely grayish-purple.

Its ears, arms, and abdomen were red, and its eyes were tightly closed.

Behind this Pokémon lay a huge black bat wing, completely separate from its hands.

It was precisely the Pokémon Gliscor!

Su Yu checked this Pokémon's attributes.

[Name: Gliscor (Ground, Flying)]

[Gender: ♂]

[Level: Lv.37 (Gym)]

[Ability: Hyper Cutter]

[Potential: Gym]

[IVs: HP (25), Attack (31), Sp. Atk (27), Defense (25), Sp. Def (28), Speed (26)]

[Moves: Guillotine, Ice Fang, Thunder Fang, Fire Fang... Night Slash, Screech]

[Description: Hangs from branches by its tail to observe prey. Seizes an opening to attack from above.]

It was actually a level 37 Gliscor.

No wonder there were hardly any other Pokémon around.

They were likely afraid of Gliscor's strength and dared not approach his territory.

At this moment, the sleeping Gliscor seemed to sense someone spying on him.

Instantly, he opened his yellow eyes from his deep slumber.

As a wild Pokémon, his perception of auras was naturally extremely keen; otherwise, he could not have grown safely to this point.

After waking up, Gliscor's eyes locked firmly onto the direction where Su Yu stood.

At this moment, neither he nor Salamence were hiding, exposing themselves directly to Gliscor's sight.

However, despite his great strength, he did not dare to act rashly.

After all, right beside Su Yu stood a Salamence radiating a powerful aura.

Thus, Gliscor could only stand in place and stare at Su Yu.

"Ahem, hello Gliscor; we have come to your cave to find one item. I wonder if you could bring out the treasures you've collected; I will only take one of them."

Su Yu spoke directly, proposing a negotiation.

However, upon hearing Su Yu's words, Gliscor became instantly furious.

Not only do you intend to take my belongings, but you also expect me to offer them up with clasped hands!

You simply do not treat me like a Pokémon at all.

Even a Pokémon has its temper!

Thus, the entire body of the Scorpio King radiated killing intent.

Witnessing this scene, Su Yu also realized that the matter would need to be settled through battle.

"Since negotiations have failed, let us proceed. Salamence, use Dragon Pulse."

Hearing the command, Salamence immediately condensed an energy sphere and launched it toward the Scorpio King.

"Scor!"

The Scorpio King roared fiercely, crossing its claws to form a cross-shaped slash that struck out against the Dragon Pulse.

"Boom!"

The two moves collided, emitting a tremendous sound that caused the entire cave to tremble.

From within the smoke, a black figure darted out.

Like a shadow, it charged directly at Salamence.

The Scorpio King actually intended to engage Salamence in close combat!

Its claws were now glowing with white light as it struck directly at Salamence.

"Salamence, use Protect."

A milky-white shield appeared before Salamence.

The Scorpio King's claws slammed onto it, shattering the barrier instantly.

However, the power of its move had now been spent.

"Now, use Iron Tail."

Salamence's tail transformed into hard steel; with a flick of its body, it lashed the tail at the Scorpio King before it.

"Bang!!"

The Scorpio King, having not yet recovered its strength, was struck directly by the Iron Tail and sent flying backward.

However, the Scorpio King quickly adjusted its posture mid-air.

Then, with a sweep of its claws, sharp rocks flew out from around it.

It was precisely the move Rock Slide.

"Salamence, use Iron Tail to smash the rocks," Su Yu ordered once again.

This time, Salamence's four-to-five-meter-long tail turned black and hard once more, lashing directly at the incoming stones.

"Crack crack crack~~"

— Author's Notes —

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