The resentment of being cuckolded was truly terrifying…
Even though Nidoking's hands had already been frozen stiff, it still smashed apart the ice pillars with all its might and rushed out.
The current Nidoking had already fallen into madness!
Nidoking fiercely slapped both palms against its own chest, stimulating through pain, and its attack power also sharply rose.
Beedrill… right now in Nidoking's eyes there was only Beedrill, this villain that had made it…
"Kiiiinnng!"
Hyper Beam!
Under its savage rage, Nidoking had actually learned a new move…
A thick yellow beam swallowed toward Beedrill!
Beedrill's pride did not require others to interfere, so the other Pokémon merely watched this battle. Naturally, Haunter had its own matters to handle, using the poison and toxins of the Nidorino and Nidorina to stimulate its Poison Core.
Facing the overwhelmingly powerful Hyper Beam, Beedrill abandoned the speed it took pride in. Its twin stingers crossed in front of its chest, where light green Bug-type energy gathered.
X-Scissor!
With Beedrill's aptitude, learning this move now was nothing unusual.
Using X-Scissor to resist Hyper Beam, Beedrill vibrated its wings, forcefully pushing the power of X-Scissor forward.
Hyper Beam was split into four rays of light, while Beedrill continued advancing.
At this moment, no matter how powerful Nidoking was, Beedrill would not fear it. Hyper Beam had recoil effects, and the current Nidoking stood frozen in place while X-Scissor left a cross-shaped mark on its face.
Taking advantage of the instant Nidoking's body stiffened, Beedrill used the deadly killing move "[Fatal Pursuit]", once again sending Nidoking crashing onto the ground. If Nidoking had not been so tough and thick-skinned, this move alone would have been enough to take its life.
Nidoking had already gone insane. Frenzied anger had caused it to lose all reason, claws and horns attacking together.
"Thrash" was no longer merely a move now, but a desperate life-and-death struggle!
The current Nidoking was very dangerous. If Beedrill still acted arrogantly and fought it head-on, it absolutely would not gain any advantage.
"Beedrill, Double Team!"
Beedrill did not dare disobey Tetsuya's command. Vibrating its wings at high speed, it instantly created more than twenty clones. However, Nidoking had already become blinded by slaughter. One punch destroyed one clone, and every time it eliminated a clone it would let out a loud roar, as though it had taken revenge.
"[Twin Fury]."
Another round of Draco Meteor-like assaults followed. Nidoking's body was already covered in blood, yet it discovered that the Beedrill before its eyes seemed impossible to finish off.
Gradually, it recovered some of its sanity, its eyes filled with despair.
At this moment, Haunter had already dealt with all the Nidorino and Nidorina. Its abyss-like eyes stared at Nidoking…
"Haunter, I'll leave it to you."
At Tetsuya's command, the energy within Haunter was already waiting to erupt. Psychic burst forth, its power terrifying!
Nidoking let out a muffled sound before collapsing.
Afterward, Haunter blasted open Nidoking's abdomen. Poison and toxins poured out, splashing onto the position of Haunter's Poison Core. Haunter revealed an extremely sinister expression, showing that the effects this time were quite good.
Next came Nidoqueen…
After dealing with this group, Tetsuya looked at Haunter with expectant eyes. Although white light surged around it, it still failed to complete its Evolution. This time, Tetsuya had already started to panic.
During these past two months, it had become very obvious that the Poison-type Pokémon within the poisonous forest were becoming fewer and fewer. Clearly, they had already begun scattering and fleeing in all directions.
It had been difficult enough to encounter a gathering place of Poison-types here. If they scattered apart, then the difficulty of catching them would definitely increase greatly. His chances were dwindling.
It was already May now, and the summer solstice would be in early July, which was after this half-year elimination round. In other words, Tetsuya still had two months left. He absolutely had to make Haunter evolve, otherwise he would have to wait until next year before establishing the [Shadow Contract].
Now the food supplies had run out again. Tetsuya had to catch some Pokémon in exchange for food. Having been on the island for a year and a half, those Pokémon that were easy to catch had almost all been captured already. The Pokémon left now were either extremely powerful or highly skilled at escaping, greatly increasing the difficulty of catching them.
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Temporarily leaving the poisonous forest, Tetsuya began his "catch 'em all mode".
In order to avoid wasting time, he made use of Houndoom's powerful sense of smell.
After searching through the forest for two days, Tetsuya had only caught two Sandslash, and that was after exhausting every possible method to force them out from their caves.
Two Sandslash, this amount of food expenses was nowhere near enough for two months!
Although somewhat anxious, there was nothing he could do about it. Eating was a necessity, and he still had to continue searching for food expenses.
Right at lunchtime, beside a small lake, Tetsuya took out the food. Piloswine, Golett, and Houndoom started eating first. Ditto was still drinking milk inside the backpack. After releasing six Gloom, Beedrill also very consciously moved over.
Naturally, Haunter did not need managing, while Tetsuya himself only ate two compressed biscuits before feeling full…
After Tetsuya finished eating first, he tidied up his backpack. The Pokéfood had already bottomed out, and his own food supplies were also nearly gone. Of course, these were all secondary matters.
The important treasures were still inside the hidden compartment~ ( • ᴗ - ) ✧
Only half of Golett's food supplements remained as well. What he had prepared originally was enough for three years, just enough to last until the end of this "island experience".
The two books about Golett's origins and food formula, along with Pryce's "Ice-type Pokémon raising guide", made a total of three books. Although he had already completely memorized them, several of the key methods were simply too important and could not tolerate even the slightest mistake. They were also the core focus of his future tactics.
Patting off the dust, Tetsuya carefully stored them away again.
'Ghostly Crystal…'
Tetsuya took out this crystal-clear Gem and wiped it clean. To be honest, he truly looked forward to finding out exactly what use this thing had, 'For it to be worth Matsuba IV valuing it so highly…'
The glow of the Ghostly Crystal attracted five Murkrow.
Pokémon like Murkrow were especially sensitive to shiny objects. The moment Tetsuya put away the Ghostly Crystal, all five jumped out and began performing perfectly synchronized dances while constantly muttering sounds, attempting to draw his attention.
"…"
This truly was a tactic Murkrow commonly used. They liked sparkling objects, and they were full of tricks, often guiding travelers astray.
However, these little tricks seemed somewhat childish in front of Tetsuya.
The Murkrow were dancing enthusiastically, their eyes occasionally glancing toward Tetsuya's position.
Tetsuya smiled slightly. "You're choosing the hard way." Walking over to Piloswine's side, he patted Piloswine's body and quietly said, "…Take down those five Murkrow."
Piloswine casually approached the Murkrow.
The Murkrow thought their tactics had succeeded, so they danced even more energetically!
Suddenly, Piloswine's Blizzard roared outward. The five Murkrow, completely unprepared, were swept directly into it. The overwhelming Blizzard had only just begun when the Murkrow collectively fainted, spinning around within the Blizzard with swirled eyes.
Tetsuya caught all of them. Now his food expenses finally had a solution~
The Murkrow inside the Poké Balls were all extremely unwilling to accept it!
How had they fallen for this human's trick…? Were humans not usually the foolish targets they deceived!!!!?