The four Graveler's Rock Tomb did not cause much obstruction to Golett.
Emerging from the shattered rocks, Golett waved its fists, indicating that it had not been affected much at all.
Tetsuya nodded. However, this failed assault was indeed a severe blow to their momentum. It seemed this group of Golem was not merely valuable as food expenses, but also had excellent training value.
"Gengar, this time assist Golett. Use your psychic power to control the direction of Golett's High Horsepower. Make sure to avoid Graveler's attacks."
After speaking, Tetsuya ordered Golett to continue attacking with High Horsepower.
Golett's spirit was not shaken in the slightest. Once again, it rolled its body forward and charged toward the Graveler Clan!
The Graveler repeated the same tactic. The Graveler stepped forward again, and Rock Tomb rose from the ground.
"Gengar!"
At this moment, red light suddenly flashed from Gengar's eyes. Its psychic power attached itself to Golett's body, slightly altering the direction of Golett's High Horsepower and easily avoiding the interception from Rock Tomb.
The current Golett seemed as though it had activated the Sharingan!
It could even predict the direction of Rock Tomb, successfully avoiding the repeated interceptions again and again.
The momentum of High Horsepower combined with Gengar's psychic power suddenly shot into the sky. The Graveler were all stunned by the Golett before their eyes, blankly staring at the soaring Golett.
Booooom!
Golett smashed down into the Graveler group. The three Graveler in the center were immediately struck senseless and collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
However, Golett had now entered the encirclement of the Graveler.
Two fists could not contend against four hands!
Not to mention that the bizarre species known as Graveler had four hands…
"Golett, use Drain Punch to hold them off. Piloswine, Gengar, go!"
Piloswine and Gengar had been waiting for this moment.
With a flick of its chubby hand, Gengar hurled a Shadow Ball straight at the leader, Golem. The dark energy carried a suffocating aura, and Golem also sensed the approaching danger, not daring to relax in the slightest.
It stomped both feet and let out a roar!
Sharp stones rose all around its body. Golem then pushed forward with both hands, the stone blades cutting through the air with fierce momentum!
Amid the crackling explosions, the sharp stones turned into stone powder, while the energy of the Shadow Ball also dispersed.
Golem was just preparing to counterattack when it suddenly lost sight of Gengar.
Suddenly, seven or eight Shadow Balls flew toward it from all directions. Just blocking the previous Shadow Ball had already nearly drained all of Golem's strength. How could it possibly deal with seven or eight more at once, especially when they were coming from different directions?
Panicking, Golem violently stomped the ground with both feet, sealing itself inside Rock Tomb.
Trying to block seven or eight Shadow Balls with only a single layer of rocks was simply too naive.
At this moment, Gengar had already emerged from another dimension.
Continuous explosions rang out as the rocks were blasted into ashes. Using its psychic power to sense the Golem within the dust cloud, Gengar hurled a Sludge Bomb into the dust.
It seemed the previous strike had not completely caused Golem to lose its combat ability. Gengar followed up with another Sludge Bomb and made no further moves.
When the dust finally settled, Golem had already lost consciousness…
Tetsuya threw a Poké Ball and first caught this leader.
With Golem caught, the remaining Graveler instantly lost their backbone. The reason they had been able to rampage so tyrannically throughout this mountain area was entirely because of Golem's tremendous power.
In the past, no fewer than ten humans like Tetsuya had attacked their clan, but all of them had been defeated. Almost none of those battles had even required Golem to make a move. Relying solely on the offensive and defensive coordination of the ten Graveler, they had already beaten those people until they completely lost their bearings.
Now that their leader had been subdued so quickly by a single Gengar, these Graveler only wanted to flee for their lives!
From now on, they only wanted to hide inside caves, keep their heads down, and live as ordinary Pokémon…
With their psychological defenses shattered, the Graveler's combat power naturally dropped drastically as well.
Golett seized the opportunity to attack, knocking out one Graveler with a single punch. Now only five Graveler remained.
Piloswine's Icicle Spear shot through the air, and the Graveler instantly curled up their bodies and used Rollout.
However, the Graveler were using Rollout to escape…
The five Graveler rolled downhill, covering more than ten meters in the blink of an eye!
"…"
"…Gengar, bring them back."
After Tetsuya spoke, Gengar flew out, while he himself had already taken out five Poké Balls and caught the five Graveler lying on the ground.
The five rolling Graveler were secretly celebrating their successful escape from Tetsuya's claws~
Suddenly, they felt as though a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on them.
They had been rolling happily just moments ago, but now they could not move even the slightest bit!
Controlling five Graveler at once was still somewhat strenuous for Gengar, especially under the powerful momentum of the downhill slope. However, it had successfully restricted the Graveler's movements.
"Golett, High Horsepower. Piloswine, Icicle Crash."
Golett and Piloswine moved out together.
Piloswine shook its body, and the moisture in the air rapidly condensed. Rows of icicles crashed down directly onto the Graveler. Although the Graveler struggled desperately to break free, Gengar's psychic power firmly restrained them, leaving them no choice but to suffer the smashing impacts of the icicles.
Just as the icicles finished falling, Golett also arrived. At that instant, Gengar withdrew its psychic power. Under the fierce charge of High Horsepower, two Graveler were sent flying and crashed onto the ground, unable to battle.
"Use Drain Punch to finish them."
As Tetsuya spoke, he was already walking over, Poké Balls prepared in his hands.
At this moment, two layers of energy already covered Golett's entire body, while the third layer had spread across its entire chest. It moved as agilely as a Mankey.
Before the Graveler could even react, Drain Punch had already knocked them unconscious. The remaining three Graveler did not cause Golett any trouble at all before they were all defeated.
Tetsuya merely went through the motions, throwing Poké Balls and catching two Graveler.
Today could be considered hitting the jackpot. Looking at his increasingly powerful Pokémon, although he was trapped in this "prison", it could not "imprison" the heart within him that longed to pursue his dreams. "Cough…"
One day, the entire Shadow Team would be trampled beneath his feet…
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The next day, he continued advancing toward the Shadow Team camp. Fortunately, Tetsuya had also caught two Dodrio.
A year and a half had already passed, which also meant that half of his time on this island had already gone by.
By the time he arrived at the grassland before the camp, quite a few people had already arrived and were training their Pokémon. In total, only thirty-eight people remained. Even if all of them gathered here, this grassland still appeared very spacious.
After arriving at the Shadow Team area, Tetsuya registered the thirteen Pokémon he had caught. He planned to exchange them for supplies after this elimination round ended before leaving. The food in his possession was still enough to last for another week, so there was no need to further increase the burden of his backpack.
While registering Tetsuya's catches, the Shadow said, "Tcht, you're that confident you won't be eliminated?"
"No. I am confident that I am the strongest."
Tetsuya spoke calmly. There was indeed no need for him to hide anything in front of these people. If the Shadow Team members here had a level comparable to those who had kidnapped him outside Mt. Silver back then, then he was already strong enough to defeat them.
"Hm." 'Bakayaro!'
The Shadow snorted coldly, thinking to himself that no matter how strong Tetsuya was, he was still just a kid.