Pokémon: Master System.

Chapter 204 Flying Explosion

Aerodactyl rammed Gallade like a missile, sending it flying and rolling several times on the ground before finally managing to stop.

The Flying-type STAB boost, combined with the high damage of Brave Bird and its type advantage against Gallade, allowed Aerodactyl's Brave Bird to instantly cripple Gallade, leaving it barely alive.

However, at the same time, Gallade's pain-sharing move also fell on Aerodactyl. The strange Ghost-type energy was activated, splitting the stamina of both of them. Gallade took stamina from Aerodactyl and healed Gallade's injuries, allowing the originally near-death Gallade to slowly recover.

The fossil pterosaur's face showed a pained expression; it felt its strength draining away, yet it was powerless to stop it.

"Roar!"

The wounded Aerodactyl's ferocity was further aroused, making it even more savage, staring intently at Gallade as if it were watching its prey.

"Roar!"

Aerodactyl let out a huge roar that echoed throughout the cave. Then it flapped its wings, flew to the top of the cave, circled around, and charged at Gallade again.

At the same time, Flying-type energy once again gathered on Aerodactyl's body, almost instantly enveloping its entire body. The dense Flying-type energy resembled a pale blue flame, emitting a dazzling light.

Clearly, having succeeded in its first attack and tasted success, the fossil pterosaur wanted to repeat the same trick and unleash the divine bird strike once again.

"Gallade, protect me."

After the brief respite, Gallade successfully used Protect, erecting a shield of light in front of her.

"boom!"

Aerodactyl flashed past like lightning in the darkness, crashing directly into the light shield erected by Gallade.

The immense power caused the light shield to shake violently, making Xia Yu wonder if the shield he was holding might not be able to withstand the divine bird's fierce attack.

But in the end, it was clear that Xia Yu had worried too much. Although the light shield that was formed was shaking violently, it was still unbreakable and successfully blocked the fossil pterosaur's divine bird attack.

It has to be said that this defensive skill is truly divine; it can defend against anything. Unless your strength far surpasses mine, all beings are equal.

"Gallide, now's the time! Counterattack now! Use Ice Punch!"

Once the defense is secured, it will be a perfect opportunity for Gallade to launch a counterattack.

Upon hearing Xia Yu's command, Gallade did not hesitate at all. It took a step back, put its hands in an attacking stance, and extended the blade on its elbow, forming an ice blade made of ice-type energy.

With a burst of speed from its feet, Gallade launched itself forward, swinging its elbow blades to slash at Aerodactyl.

At the same time, ice energy surged forth, filling a large area before them, and slashed towards the throat of the fossil pterosaur.

After suffering repeated setbacks, Gallade stopped holding back and went all out, aiming straight for the Aerodactyl's throat.

"Roar!"

The fossil aerogon reacted quickly, opening its mouth and gathering flames. In the blink of an eye, the flame energy enveloped the aerogon's sharp teeth, which then bit down hard on the ice blade.

"Fire Fang!"

The clash between the Flame Fang and the Ice Blade resulted in a draw, with sparks flying everywhere and neither able to gain the upper hand for a moment.

Just then, Aerodactyl suddenly flapped its wings wildly, seemingly trying to take Gallade into the air with it.

Gallade, noticing Aerodactyl's actions, reacted swiftly, swinging its other hand's Ice Blade and slicing directly into Aerodactyl's wing!

It instantly tore open a huge wound, and blood gushed out. But the blood was immediately frozen by ice energy as soon as it hit the air. The ice energy spread and instantly froze most of the fossil aerodra's body.

"Roar!" The fossil pterosaur, writhing in pain, let out a desperate, agonizing roar, its eyes gleaming with ferocity, its nostrils flaring as it launched a frenzied counterattack.

It suddenly stretched out its claws, kicked Gallade away with one claw, and then flew to the top of the cave.

Because of its injured wing, the fossil aeroda's flight speed was significantly reduced, but even so, it showed no intention of fleeing. Instead, after circling in the air, a surge of flying-type energy rose from its body, enveloping it and radiating a brilliant light.

Ferocious Pokémon like Aerodactyl will fight to the last moment, preferring to fight their enemies rather than run away.

"Bird Slam!"

"Roar!"

The fossil-like Aerodactyl swooped down from the sky at high speed, crashing into Gallade like a meteor and illuminating the entire cave.

Xia Yu frowned. Without being able to defend against the Aerodactyl's Divine Bird Strike, Gallade was truly helpless.

Looking at the fossil pterosaur in front of him, Xia Yu suddenly remembered a famous tactic from his previous life: flying explosion.

The Flying Bombing Tactic refers to using a bunch of Flying-type Pokémon to bombard the enemy in turn, breaking through their defenses and forcibly tearing apart their lines of defense.

This tactic is a purely brute-force tactic. It became popular because many trainers would build their teams' defensive synergy to ensure the team's overall strength.

While perfect zone defense means a team has strong overall defensive capabilities, it also means that it won't be able to effectively defend against attacks of a single attribute.

This gives some extreme violent elements an opportunity; as long as they break through the enemy's defenses against the Flying-type Pokémon, they can directly overwhelm the enemy team.

Of course, besides Flying Blast, there are also skills like Ice Blast, which is why Flying Blast is so famous.

The main reason is that Flying-types have the powerful move Brave Bird, and Flying-types only have resistance to Rock, Steel, and Electric types, but no type immunity.

Now Xia Yu was experiencing the feeling of facing the Flying Explosion Tactics in his previous life. He knew the opponent's tactics, which were to keep using the Divine Bird Strike, but he just couldn't stop it.

Fortunately, Gallade has a despicable move called Destiny Bond, which is a truly divine move!

"Fate Shared, Gallade!" Fate Shared is practically a foolproof move.

I don't care about any of your messy tactics, I'm just going for the ultimate one-for-one trade, just like the Big Bang tactic.

The divine bird slammed into Gallade, but Gallade's Destiny Bond move had already hit Aerodactyl first, connecting their life force.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Gallade was sent flying, crashing into a wall, losing its ability to battle, and collapsing to the ground unconscious.

At the same time, the fossil pterosaur also lost its strength and struggled to resist, but it was powerless and eventually collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Without hesitation, Xia Yu threw out a Poké Ball, capturing Aerodactyl and gaining Gallade in the process.

"Let's go, we need to get out of here quickly." Xia Yu picked up the Poké Ball and immediately prepared to leave this dangerous underground world. After Gallade lost its ability to battle, they also lost the right to continue exploring the underground world.

Unless Xia Yu reveals that Iron Warrior is the Pokémon.

However, at that moment, a pair of scarlet eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness, staring at the two of them. A huge sense of oppression came over them and instantly surged towards Xia Yu, Zhao Ruohan, and their Pokémon.

The immense superpowers seemed poised to crush the two of them!

"Metrogross!"

Chapter 205 Leaving

Xia Yu was terrified the moment he saw the Metagross, but then he was overjoyed.

I finally waited for you, but fortunately I didn't give up.

Happiness is hard-won, which is why we cherish it all the more.

Xia Yu was almost in tears; he had finally seen a living Metagross.

Metagross has many nicknames, such as Steel Crab, Alloy Cross, and Steel Cross. Xia Yu's favorite names are Alloy Cross and Steel Cross, which sound quite imposing.

Metagross, a pseudo-legendary Pokémon in the Hoenn region, not only boasts top-tier looks with its metallic shell and an X-shaped cross on its face, giving it a cool appearance, but it is also incredibly powerful and capable of Mega Evolution.

Since its debut in the games and anime, Metagross has always been Xia Yu's favorite Pokémon. Its cool appearance and pseudo-legendary strength make it hard not to love.

The most distinctive feature of Metagross is its intelligence. They have exceptional brainpower and calculation ability, as well as extremely high IQ. Almost all Metagross Pokémon have a rational and ruthless personality.

They are like computers, rationally handling every situation they encounter, using standardized processes and formulaic thinking to deal with any unexpected situations, and solving problems in the most ideal and advantageous way.

Otherwise, Metagross wouldn't have waited until Gallade and Aerodactyl were both severely injured before reappearing, as that would have been the best time for it to make its move.

Metagross's personality is divided into two extremes. Most Metagross are cruel and ruthless, especially fond of torturing their prey. They like to chase and tease weak Pokémon, then use their huge size to press the prey down, use their four arms to form a metal cage to trap the prey, and then slowly eat it.

This type of Metagross is even more ferocious. In addition to feeding mainly on minerals, it also likes to eat the flesh and blood of other Pokémon as snacks and desserts.

Another type of Metagross is gentle and kind. They like to help weak Pokémon and only eat metal, stones and other similar things. They do not hunt prey.

Seeing the Metagross emerge from the darkness, Xia Yu forced himself to calm down. This Metagross was at the near-champion level, and its strength was extraordinary.

According to Xia Yu's analysis, the Metagross he was facing was clearly not the kind of Pokémon that was kind; there was a 99% chance that it was a vicious Pokémon.

At this moment, it was looking at Xia Yu and Zhao Ruohan with a cold expression, slowly wearing down their patience and bringing them a great sense of pressure.

"Xia Yu." Zhao Ruohan looked at the giant golden monster that had appeared, her heart heavy.

She suddenly called out Xia Yu's name, took out her Poké Ball, held it in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "You go first, I'll stall for time."

Just now, Xia Yu's Gallade had already achieved a one-for-one trade with Aerodactyl in the previous battle. Without Gallade, Zhao Ruohan really couldn't think of any way for them to deal with this newly appeared Metagross.

In the darkness, Xia Yu couldn't see Zhao Ruohan's expression, but he was still quite surprised when he heard what she said. He never thought that Zhao Ruohan would say such a thing.

Xia Yu was completely bewildered. What was going on? Why did it suddenly become so emotional? It felt like a life-or-death separation.

"What are you doing..." Xia Yu was interrupted by Zhao Ruohan before he could finish speaking.

“If we stay here together, we’ll all die. It’s better for one of us to cover the other’s escape first, so there’s still a chance of survival. Xia Yu, you go first. Your survival is more useful than mine.” Zhao Ruohan’s tone seemed to carry a hint of resolute determination: “After all, you are a Pokémon Professor.”

Looking at Zhao Ruohan's appearance and listening to her words, Xia Yu found it somewhat amusing. How could it suddenly seem like a life-or-death separation? Yet, he still felt a touch of emotion.

For Xia Yu, who wields the Iron Warrior, the situation before him is not a hopeless one.

However, Zhao Ruohan was unaware that Xia Yu possessed a champion-level Iron Warrior. Now, facing this near-champion-level Megalodon, it was undoubtedly a desperate situation with no chance of survival.

Anyone who stayed would die, but she resolutely gave Xia Yu the chance to live.