Pokémon: Master System

"It's our turn."

Xia Yu spoke to his Pokémon, took a deep breath, his smile vanished, and he looked solemnly at the two hairy crabs on the steep and precipitous rock face.

After watching for so long, my body's getting a bit rusty; it's time for me to be a hero and save the crabs.

However, just as Xia Yu finished speaking and was about to set off, the situation on the field suddenly reversed.

"This is..." Xia Yu's pupils shrank suddenly as he stared in disbelief at the distant cliff face, his face filled with horror.

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"boom!"

A tremendous roar echoed through the valley, the earth began to tremble violently, the towering cliffs began to sway gently, and countless rocks tumbled down the steep cliffs.

As the rock face trembled, the hairy crabs hanging upside down on it could no longer hold on. Their claws slowly loosened, and their huge bodies rolled down the rock face amidst the falling boulders.

Its hard body collided with the steep rocks, tumbled several times, and then crashed to the ground with a muffled thud, raising a cloud of dust mixed with gravel and sand.

However, at this moment, Zayed and the others had no time to pay attention to the two hairy cliff crabs that had fallen to the ground. They looked up at the mountain-like behemoth, swallowed hard, and their eyes were filled with shock and fear!

"Gurgle! This is... a hairy cliff crab?"

To everyone's astonishment, the rock face seemed to come alive. The rock layers covering the surface completely collapsed amidst a deafening roar, no longer just scattered rocks, but the entire mountainside overturned.

"Boom!"

Countless rocks fell, revealing their dark yellow rocky outer shells.

The gray-brown rock on the surface of the two hemispherical stone pillars on the mountaintop has peeled off like plaster, revealing two huge eyeballs!

Who would have thought that this steep rock face would actually be a huge hairy cliff crab, and that the pink secret seasoning that Xia Yu discovered was growing on its forehead.

Compared to the two hairy cliff crabs that fell earlier, this newly appeared hairy cliff crab is not just "huge" in size, but reaches an almost absurd scale.

Its towering silhouette casts a shadow that blots out the sky. From afar, it no longer appears as a Pokémon; it is a living, moving, ochre-brown mountain!

Even Team Rocket's iconic permanent Dynamax Pokémon are hard to match in terms of power compared to this newly introduced Crab.

As Xia Yu watched this scene, an absurd and frightening thought involuntarily surfaced within him.

If this newly appeared hairy crab were to gigant again, just how big would its size become?

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Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd, the true master of the rock wall slowly turned its two eyeballs.

The eyeballs embedded in the mountain-like head are as large as meteorites that have fallen from the sky. Their gaze is cold and devoid of any emotion as they scrutinize every Pokémon and every champion that surrounds them.

When its eyes swept over the crowd, a strange sense of awe and fear arose in their hearts.

"boom!"

Just then, amidst the rain, a dazzling bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds, illuminating the hairy crab's body and adding to its imposing presence, making it as majestic as a mountain, overlooking all living beings.

"Be careful." Zayed took a deep breath, his face ashen. He was still in shock from what had just happened.

Who would have thought that this steep cliff was actually transformed from a hairy cliff crab?

"Are we a match for this guy?" William looked up at the hairy cliff crab on the rocky mountain and said in a deep voice.

Although he didn't know how strong this newly appeared hairy cliff crab was, judging from the aura it was displaying at the moment, it was definitely far superior to the previous two master-level hairy cliff crabs.

Even just looking up at it, you can clearly feel the overwhelming suffocation and despair.

This hairy cliff crab... may very well possess quasi-god level strength.

Even if it doesn't, it's definitely not far off. Top-tier Master-level Pokémon would appear weak and helpless in its presence!

Zayed suppressed his fear, took a deep breath to ease his tense emotions, and then said in a deep voice, "This is both a challenge and an opportunity for us."

"If we can capture this hairy cliff crab... then our gains from this trip to the secret realm will be more than enough!"

After a brief moment of fear, Zayed's eyes gleamed with greed.

He is fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.

While everyone else was wary of the hairy cliff crab, he set his sights on this treasure of the rock wall, the hairy cliff crab, because risk is always proportional to profit.

Although facing this cliff crab, the treasure master of the rock wall, involves unimaginable risks and crises, the rewards for subduing it are also extremely considerable.

Hearing Zayed's words, the others looked solemn and puzzled. At that moment, they all had the same thought: Zayed had gone mad!

Even at this point, they still dare to plot against this Pokémon!

"How do we take it down?" William's hoarse voice rang out: "Let's not even talk about whether we can beat this Crab. To win against this Crab, we must all attack together and have all our Pokémon join forces. Only then will we have any hope of winning."

"But if we really send all our Pokémon to the battlefield, we will only hasten our demise... We don't even need this Crab to do anything. Xia Yu and Marshall, who are hiding in the shadows, are enough to tear us apart."

“I know.” Zayed’s madness gradually faded, replaced by a glimmer of clarity. He turned to the crowd and slowly said, “Of course I know. The more critical the moment, the more we must remain calm. Trying to subdue this hairy crab in front of everyone is like playing with fire!”

"We not only need the strength to defeat this hairy cliff crab, but we also need to be wary of sneak attacks from Xia Yu, Marshall, and others. We can't rely on ourselves alone. Only by stirring up trouble will we have a chance."

Zayed's expression turned serious as he spoke. He took a deep breath, paused for a moment, and then slowly said, "We... only have a chance if we spread the word about this place!"

"Although this means we have to compete with powerful champions like Xia Yu, Marshall, and even Levi and Elijah, only by pooling everyone's strength can we defeat this Hairy Crab and have a chance to capture it!"

"Hoo!" Zayed's eyes hardened as he spoke, his face grim. "But for now, we have no choice but to retreat!"

"Retreat!" Zayed looked up at Crabtree, the Pokémon that stood as majestic as a mountain, and then shouted loudly, "Let's retreat first, and come back after the news spreads!"

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