Because one Skorupi had been forced back, Drapion naturally would not stand by and do nothing for its child.
At this time Drapion began sliding across the ice and quickly closed in on Piloswine. Its pincers successfully clamped onto Piloswine's body. Piloswine also used all its strength to wrestle with Drapion. However, the ice surface was too slippery and there was no foothold, so neither could properly exert their power.
Encouraged by Drapion's success, the Skorupi became unusually excited and used Poison Fang again. However, this time their target was LaDipras and Tetsuya.
They leaped up from the ice and pounced toward Ditto and Tetsuya respectively.
"Come out, Golett. Use Fire Punch!"
If the Skorupi charging straight at him truly bit him with Poison Fang, even though the human body in this world had far greater resistance than that of humans on Earth, suffering such an injury would still result in severe damage. Without timely healing, there would only be death.
Although Golett had not yet dominated its body coordination very well and its own strength had not yet reached battle standards, it was still capable of blocking a single move from Skorupi.
After Golett came out, it directly swung its fist toward the Skorupi charging head-on and hit it squarely!
Golett's strength was still considerable, and Skorupi also had the Bug type, so Fire Punch had a type advantage over it. After being struck by flames, Skorupi immediately fell onto the ice and writhed in pain as it slid around.
Golett could not move even half a step on the ice, otherwise it would certainly slip and fall. This time, hitting Skorupi was entirely because the opponent had rushed forward to be struck. It still could not lower its guard.
"Ditto, use Water Pulse on this Skorupi."
Ditto once again used Ice Beam to force Skorupi back. Tetsuya pointed at the Skorupi that had been struck by Golett's Fire Punch and command. Since they were currently on the lake surface and Water-type energy was abundant, using same-type moves should be even more effective.
Ditto had trained under the glacier falls for more than a month after transforming into Lapras, and it had strong adaptability to Lapras's body.
Very quickly, a water sphere condensed in its mouth and was fired out, enveloping Skorupi within it.
The Skorupi that had just been struck by Fire Punch was once again assaulted by water. Struggling inside the water sphere and nearly suffocating, the water sphere suddenly burst apart, and Skorupi fell down, already fainted.
Tetsuya immediately threw a Poké Ball and caught one Skorupi.
The other Skorupi had never seen such a scene before…
It did not even know where its sibling had gone and was still standing there in a daze!
However, Drapion originally had a Trainer, but dissatisfied that the Trainer had blamed all responsibility for battle defeats on it and even deducted two days of its food as an excuse!
It killed its own Trainer in anger, destroyed its Poké Ball, escaped here, and through fighting came to know the ruler Tentacruel here. They developed feelings for each other and fell in love and these two Skorupi were born.
Now that one had been caught by Tetsuya, it immediately burned with rage. Using all its might, it tightly clamped Piloswine and flames coiled around its fangs as it prepared to use Fire Fang on Piloswine.
Seeing this, Tetsuya immediately issued a command: "Piloswine, Avalanche!"
Under such a passive situation, Avalanche would have twice its usual power and would definitely deal heavy damage to Drapion.
While the other Skorupi was still in a daze, Ditto did not need Tetsuya's command and fired another Water Pulse.
Now the other Skorupi also fainted inside the water sphere. After it burst open and fell onto the ice, Tetsuya once again threw a Poké Ball and caught this Skorupi.
With both Skorupi caught by Tetsuya, Drapion was already nearly crazed!
It glanced toward the water surface, preparing to have Tentacruel help…
Only to discover that the entire Tentacruel "legion" was still being suppressed by a single Swinub!
At this moment Drapion finally realized the danger…
It had to be known that the two leading Tentacruel were about as strong as itself, yet they were being pushed into a perilous situation by such an unknown Swinub. That meant it was also in great danger!
While Drapion was distracted, huge snowballs smashed down from above. If hit by such snowballs, it would certainly be knocked unconscious.
Drapion had no choice but to release Piloswine and slide away across the ice to leave the range of Avalanche.
"Icicle Spear!"
Drapion had not yet recovered from its shock when Tetsuya had already commanded a new attack.
Only the crisp sound of air being torn apart could be heard as sharp icicles shot toward Drapion. Drapion waved its pincers to counter them. After just managing to deal with one icicle, two more followed. After barely shattering them, the next two icicles struck Drapion squarely in the face!
The powerful impact of the icicles caused Drapion's head to spin.
Drapion once again used Pin Missile, but this time it did not remain in place. Instead, it charged toward Piloswine, its pincers thrust forward with flames swirling around them, and its fangs wrapped in fire.
All three parts simultaneously used Fire Fang.
Tetsuya nodded. In his eyes, this Drapion was at most a basic level fighter. Drapion's pincers and the curved blade at the end of its tail dealt more damage than its fangs. Drapion could use Poison Fang, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, and Bite. When Drapion's strength reached its peak, it could use four different moves with four different parts of its body at the same time. In "group battles" it could handle different opponents, and even one against four it could act with ease.
But now this Drapion could only use one move at a time. Its level was still far from sufficient.
"Piloswine, Icicle Crash. Retreat toward the shore while attacking!"
Facing Drapion's powerful charge, and a Fire-type move that had a type advantage over Piloswine, it could only rely on Icicle Crash to slow Drapion's advance. After all, they were currently on the ice surface, and Icicle Crash could not be inserted into ground for defensive purposes. That was why Tetsuya ordered Piloswine to retreat toward the shore. Fighting on the ground would allow much more flexibility.
Piloswine controlled icicles to fall from the sky and then began running toward the shore.
After recalling Golett, Tetsuya rode on LaDipras and instantly arrived at the shore. It had to be known that Lapras's ability to slide on ice surpassed even its swimming ability.
Having reached the shore first, Tetsuya once again had Ditto transform into Rapidash to guard at his side. In wilderness battles like this, one must first consider one's own safety before giving correct commands to Pokémon. Moreover, with Ditto transformed into Rapidash, it could assist Piloswine very well on land.
At this moment, Tetsuya could be said to be in a very safe position, closely watching the pursuit battle between Piloswine and Drapion.