Mamoswine began its training, and a [Blizzard Vortex] roared out!
However, controlling such a powerful force of nature with that level of precision was simply as difficult as reaching Champion level. The vortex did not circle around the tree trunks as expected, but instead swept straight ahead, sending trees flying along the way and leveling everything in its path.
Tetsuya shook his head. "That's not how you do it…"
Just as he was about to explain the principles of the training to Mamoswine again, a dense barrage of Stone Edge stones came flying toward them.
It seemed they had provoked some kind of group…
"Drapion, you're up."
Drapion was currently dealing with a three-sided assault from Golurk, Ditto, and Houndoom. Upon hearing Tetsuya's command, it immediately leaped out of the encirclement. Pin Missile shot out, intercepting the Stone Edge. They crackled upon collision before falling to the ground.
However, the Stone Edge did not stop there. Instead, even more stones came flying, and Drapion's Pin Missile gradually became unable to hold them back and began to fall.
Golurk and Ditto tried to step forward to help, but Tetsuya stopped them.
"If Pin Missile isn't enough, intercept them at close range. Show me your moves."
Drapion swung its two pincers, sending Cross Poison forward. It tore through everything in its path with implacable momentum, ripping cross-shaped openings through the Stone Edge. Of course, this only bought time…
Stones quickly filled the gaps and came pouring down like a torrential rainstorm!
At this point, Drapion had nowhere left to retreat. Its two pincers and tail all began swinging, using Brutal Swing to form an impenetrable defense. No matter how fierce the Stone Edge attack was, it could not harm Drapion in the slightest for the time being.
This continued for more than ten minutes. Drapion had used all kinds of moves, yet despite the ferocity of the Stone Edge, it had not retreated a single step. Without powerful physical condition and the power of its moves to support it, maintaining this kind of defense would have been extremely difficult.
The Stone Edge assault finally began to decrease until there was none stones left.
All the Pokémon breathed a sigh of relief, but Tetsuya knew very well that the real battle was about to begin.
Sure enough, bursts of roars came from the direction the Stone Edge had been launched from, followed immediately by the ground beginning to tremble.
Drapion was already panting heavily, exhausted to the limit.
Looking into the distance, there were herds of Rhyhorn, so many that the end of the group could not even be seen, making their numbers impossible to estimate. It seemed the [Blizzard Vortex] just now had indeed affected this group of Rhyhorn.
Judging by their numbers, they could at least be considered a medium-sized group.
In an undeveloped forest like this, Pokémon groups were all quite large, which also made them all the more dangerous. Provoking any group at random could cost you your life.
The Rhyhorn were now charging wildly toward Tetsuya, but their energy certainly was not that abundant anymore. Using Stone Edge for mor than ten minutes had also consumed a great deal of stamina, not to mention Drapion, the "warrior" that had resisted the entire group for so long.
"Drapion, rest for a while. Spinarak, use Toxic Spikes and cover the area the Rhyhorn are advancing through." As soon as Tetsuya finished speaking, Miltank had already brought a cup of milk over to Drapion.
Spinarak used Toxic Spikes, covering the area along the Rhyhorn's path.
The Toxic Spikes scattered across the ground and seeped into the ground. As soon as someone passed over them, the spikes would stab into the foe, and once the toxins seeped in, they would inevitably be poisoned.
However, this small field of Toxic Spikes could not poison so many Rhyhorn. Fortunately, Rhyhorn were clumsy, and they were still some distance away.
Spinarak used String Shot to wrap silk around the trees on both sides, then continued laying Toxic Spikes forward from the area it had just covered, all the way to the feet of the charging herd.
The first Rhyhorn stepped on the Toxic Spikes, and its body trembled slightly, but the poison would not take effect immediately, so naturally, it paid no attention to it. The second and third Rhyhorn felt the same thing afterward, but none of them took it seriously.
"Spider Web."
Tetsuya now knew what to do. Spider Web ensnared the first Rhyhorn, immediately sticking it to the ground and leaving it unable to move.
However, Rhyhorn was huge. Although it had been restrained by Spider Web, its body struggled frantically, tearing the web free from the ground and dragging it forward with its body.
Across the field covered with Toxic Spikes, the Rhyhorn group's speed became slower and slower until finally, the first Rhyhorn collapsed…
One after another, another five or six Rhyhorn soon collapsed!
At this point, the Rhyhorn group began to panic and stopped their charge, looking around in all directions. After all, so many of their companions had fallen in succession, and they were now divided over whether they should continue.
Spinarak seized the opportunity while they were hesitating and spat out clumps of thick, sticky spiderwebs about the size of a palm. They landed patch by patch on the ground, directly along the Rhyhorn's path.
Tetsuya could not have been more familiar with this move, Sticky Web, an extremely useful field/crowd control move. Once stuck to it, even taking a single step became extremely difficult, and no matter how fast one was, that "speed" could not be brought into play.
In the end, the Rhyhorn made a decision.
Six Rhyhorn stayed behind to protect their six poisoned companions, while another eight glared at Tetsuya's Pokémon that had provoked them. With a loud roar, they forced their already poisoned bodies to move and charged forward.
However, before they had taken more than a few steps, the Sticky Web beneath their feet trapped them, leaving them immobilized.
This Sticky Web was nothing like the Spider Web from before. Once it stuck to their feet, they could neither shake nor scrape it off. Forget charging, even taking a single step was extremely difficult!
At this point, the Rhyhorn had become nothing more than meat on the chopping block.
Spinarak swung its forelegs, sending out a purple cross-shaped flash. The Rhyhorn were completely incapable of fighting back and could only silently endure Spinarak's newly learned move, Cross Poison!
This group of twenty Rhyhorn had practically been toyed by Spinarak alone. There was no way it could keep from getting excited, and now it was firing all kinds of moves at the Rhyhorn with reckless abandon.
Pin Missile poured down like a storm, with Cross Poison being unleashed intermittently as well.
Spinarak pressed its advantage in one burst, its excitement reaching its peak!
Although Rhyhorn had strong defensive capabilities, they still could not withstand such an unending barrage of attacks, especially with the poison continuously draining their stamina.
Finally, all eight Rhyhorn collapsed as well.
Tetsuya nodded. Although wild Pokémon were not particularly intelligent, this had basically demonstrated Spinarak's capability with poison, wearing its opponents down until they died.
Spider Web directly ensnared one of the six Rhyhorn that had stayed behind, and Megahorn followed immediately afterward.
Those that had stayed behind were already the timid ones. Combined with being poisoned and the eight Rhyhorn ahead of them already being incapacitated, their morale had completely collapsed. How could they possibly have any combat power left?
It collapsed as soon as Megahorn struck. Spinarak pressed forward, essentially fighting several opponents that would not fight back. After going through all of its moves, every last Rhyhorn had collapsed.
The [Badly Poisonous] variants definitely proved their worth. All twenty Rhyhorn had fallen, and the scene was unexpectedly tragic…