Zhang Heng felt the ground beneath his feet suddenly begin to shake violently, and caught off guard, his body instantly lost balance. He staggered a few steps, almost falling embarrassingly to the ground.
In a panic, he quickly squatted down, trying to alleviate the strong sense of weightlessness.
His heart rate accelerated rapidly, and various thoughts flashed through his mind: “What exactly is going on? How could there be such a huge commotion?” Just then, a guess surged into his mind: “Whose voice is that? It must be him! There’s even an Elite Four Drednaw here! But what exactly are they attacking? Why can an Elite Four Pokémon unleash such terrifying power, even making the entire Lake Heart Island tremble?”
With a heart full of doubt and unease, Zhang Heng, like an alert cat, slowly squatted down, hunched over. Then, he cautiously walked towards a patch of bushes ahead. With every step, he was extra careful, fearing that he might make a sound and attract attention.
After much effort, Zhang Heng finally reached the bushes. He gently parted the branches and leaves, and through the narrow gaps, he slowly moved forward, inch by inch. At the same time, he didn't forget to carefully place the precious egg in his backpack. Then, using both his hands and feet, he exerted tremendous effort to climb up a large tree nearby.
At this moment, Zhang Heng was like a hidden master, hiding behind the dense leaves, secretly observing the situation not far away, not daring to even breathe.
Zhang Heng focused his gaze and saw a figure in a standard light blue leather suit standing not far ahead. His face was gloomy and somewhat haggard. This person was indeed him. At this moment, he was fully focused on commanding the formidable Drednaw to launch a fierce attack on the Divine Beast Field.
A big question mark instantly flashed in Zhang Heng's mind: “Why is he attacking the Divine Beast Field? What benefit could he gain from doing so? Is he perhaps attempting to capture a Divine Beast? But how powerful is a Divine Beast? It’s certainly not something his Elite-level Pokémon can easily challenge!”
Just then, he issued a new command: “Drednaw, use the power of the C-rank ground gem, and hit it again with Quicksand Abyss!”
It turned out that Quicksand Abyss was a move Drednaw had previously used on the mudflat in the center of the lake. At that time, with just this move, Drednaw successfully trapped a Bastiodon, which also possessed Elite-level strength.
On Drednaw's broad and hard shell, a C-rank ground gem, emitting a mysterious light, was embedded.
As his command rang out, the gem slowly floated up from Drednaw's shell. Immediately after, with a crisp cracking sound, the gem instantly shattered, and the Ground-type energy contained within quickly gathered into Drednaw’s body.
Drednaw, empowered by the Ground-type energy, let out a low roar, then suddenly lifted its thick, powerful forelegs and stomped them heavily onto the ground where the Divine Beast Field was located.
In an instant, the originally solid ground seemed to suddenly transform into a surging sea of quicksand, beginning to collapse towards the center at an astonishing speed. The Divine Beast Field was thus firmly restrained, unable to move an inch, and the Divine Beast energy that was originally abundant within the field was continuously eroded in this Quicksand Abyss.
Quicksand Abyss, a Ground-type physical move, 35 power. Traps the opponent in quicksand, dealing damage and putting them in a bound state. The bound state lasts 4-5 turns, and Pokémon in a bound state continuously take damage and cannot be switched out.
Zhang Heng was suddenly startled: “There’s even such a use? Quicksand Abyss can actually be used like this! I remember when I played games in my previous world, I never even gave it a second glance. Who would have thought that Quicksand Abyss could effectively compress the space of the Divine Beast Field by changing the terrain! This operation is simply a stroke of genius, achieving the excellent effect of gradually eroding the Divine Beast’s power!”
He frowned, thinking to himself: “Not good! It seems the Water Blade Gang’s ambition is truly not small; their intention is already very clear. They actually want to break through this Divine Beast Field in one fell swoop and capture the Divine Beast within! Hmph, since that’s the case, I’ll just have to increase the pressure on them.”
However, at this moment, Zhang Heng found that he had very few trump cards he could use. Just as he was deep in thought, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him.
He quickly reached for his waist and swiftly pulled out Bastiodon’s Heavy Ball. Then, he nervously checked Bastiodon’s stat panel, hoping to find a way to break the situation.
Pokémon Name: Bastiodon
Type: Rock, Steel
Level: 63 (Elite Four combat power)
Potential: Elite Four
Tera Type: Steel
Nature: Adamant (Increases Attack, decreases Special Attack)
Ability: Sturdy
Held Item: Soothe Bell
Special Ability Boost: None
Learned Moves: Protect, Iron Defense, Take Down, Ancient Power, Heavy Slam
Egg Moves: Fissure
TM Moves: Drain Punch, Rock Blast, Facade, Sleep, Grassy Glide
Zhang Heng looked at the stat panel, then at Bastiodon’s move pool, and his eyes lit up. He said, “As expected of Uncle Luo, the move set is truly luxurious. Iron Defense plus Facade, Sleep plus Sturdy, and a risky Fissure. And this move, it should be enough to give Drednaw a hard time.”
His gaze grew increasingly fierce and sharp. He couldn't help but spit lightly, muttering, “Hmph, as expected, this C-rank item is of little use! Even the field unleashed by a heavily injured Divine Beast cannot be broken. This is truly a bit tricky!”
As he spoke, he quickly reached into the pocket of his black leather jacket. After fumbling around, he pulled out a gem glowing with a yellowish-brown light. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed another ground gem, but compared to the previous one, it emitted a more powerful energy fluctuation, clearly of much higher quality.
A triumphant smile appeared on his face, and he laughed loudly, saying, “Hahaha, as the saying goes, Heaven helps me! Isn’t this just like someone bringing a pillow when you’re sleepy! It’s a good thing I managed to snatch this S-rank ground gem from those guys at the Research Institute back then.”
However, just as he was gloating and speaking arrogantly, he was completely unaware that on a large tree about 10 meters behind him, a pair of eyes, shimmering with a strange light, were tightly fixed on him. At this very moment, he was oblivious to this, completely unaware that he had already become someone else’s prey.
Zhang Heng said, “Hehe, good, good! You old man, you finally brought out the ground gem! You made me wait long enough, today I should collect some interest first!”
Immediately after, Zhang Heng turned to look at Bastiodon in the Heavy Ball and said, “Bastiodon, the time for our revenge has come!”