Chapter 232: The Extremely Resistant Hydreigon
Dragonair watched Hydreigon, and Hydreigon watched it back. Hydreigon couldn't understand why it felt waves of intense power emanating from a Dragonair.
To test Dragonair's strength, Hydreigon launched the first attack. Its three heads simultaneously let out a roar, and from the mouth of each head, a blue-purple energy ball condensed.
Immediately after, the three energy balls all transformed into Dragon-shaped energy waves, roaring and howling as they surged towards Dragonair.
This was Hydreigon's Dragon Pulse. This Hydreigon was very powerful; it could actually fire three Dragon Pulses simultaneously.
Dragonair did not directly clash head-on with Hydreigon's Dragon Pulse. It flashed, using Agility to instantly disappear from its Original spot, reappearing behind Hydreigon the next second.
Before Hydreigon could react, Dragonair's body had turned into a blur. It used the Extreme Speed move, crashing directly into Hydreigon's body.
"Roar~~~"
Hydreigon let out a cry of pain, sent flying far away by the impact. After plummeting a considerable distance downwards, it finally stabilized itself while swaying.
Seeing Hydreigon fall into a disadvantage, the Stone Birds watching from not far away cried out in surprise. Seeing how strong Dragonair was, they now felt regret, regretting that for a moment's amusement, they had provoked a strong enemy they couldn't handle, and even dragged Hydreigon into cleaning up their mess.
Having won the first exchange, Dragonair intended to press its advantage. Golden energy balls suddenly appeared around its body. Under the terrified gaze of the Stone Birds, the golden energy balls transformed into streams of meteor arrows, shooting towards Hydreigon.
This was the move Thousand Arrows that Dragonair had learned from the Zygarde Core.
Although Thousand Arrows is a Ground-type move, it has a special ability: it can hit Flying type Pokémon and Pokémon with the Levitate Ability.
And Hydreigon's ability was precisely Levitate.
Hydreigon was also startled by Dragonair's imposing attack. Its three heads simultaneously moved forward, opening their mouths as wide as possible. As angry roars emanated, circles of sound waves spread out from it.
The arrows formed by Thousand Arrows collided with the sound waves created by the Boomburst move. Under the vibration of the sound waves, they began to dissipate into nothingness.
But Hydreigon's defense couldn't cover everything. A few scattered arrows still managed to hit it, and the intense pain made it involuntarily groan.
Under Dragonair's continuous suppression, Hydreigon now looked at it with eyes full of apprehension. It quickly flapped its three pairs of wings on its back, creating distance from Dragonair, while black radiance suddenly appeared in its eyes.
This was the Dark-type status move Nasty Plot, which can raise the user's Special Attack.
As Nasty Plot took effect, Hydreigon's aura indeed increased significantly. It glared fiercely at Dragonair, letting out an angry roar from its mouth.
At this moment, the remaining Stone Birds began to respond to Hydreigon, simultaneously letting out a series of noisy and annoying cries towards Dragonair.
The intertwined roars and cries stimulated Dragonair's head, making it buzz, and even its emotions became unstable.
The move used by Hydreigon and the Stone Birds was Snarl. While dealing damage to the opponent, it can also lower the opponent's Special Attack with annoying sound.
Dragonair couldn't stand the noise created by Hydreigon and the Stone Birds. The next second, it transformed into a blue-purple stream of radiance and disappeared from its Original spot.
The blue-purple stream of radiance streaked past Hydreigon and all the Stone Birds with lightning speed. For a moment, Hydreigon and the Stone Birds all let out cries of pain.
Under this attack, the Stone Birds all fainted, while Hydreigon, although it hadn't lost consciousness yet, plummeted from the Sky with a panicked expression.
The move Dragonair had just used was Core Enforcer, the second signature move inherited from Zygarde. After attacking an opponent who has already used a move, it nullifies the opponent's ability.
It just so happened that Hydreigon and the Stone Birds had just finished using Snarl together.
Hydreigon has wings and possesses the ability to fly, but its ability is Levitate, meaning it can easily fly into the Sky even without using its Flying ability.
Over time, their wings were no longer used to support flying, only serving purposes like acceleration and direction control during flight. As time passed, Hydreigon actually forgot how to fly using its wings.
Now that Hydreigon had lost its Levitate ability, it didn't know how to fly with its wings, so it could only fall.
Generally, Hydreigon with a Pokémon Trainer would undergo special training to address this weakness, such as temporarily eliminating or changing Hydreigon's ability using moves like Skill Swap, Simple Beam, Worry Seed, or Gastro Acid, and then teaching it to fly again.
This can effectively prevent Hydreigon from being at a disadvantage in proper battles.
Unfortunately, this Hydreigon was wild, and no one had told it what to do after losing its Levitate ability.
With a clang, Hydreigon crashed onto the aircraft's outer shell. It flapped its wings in a panic, but each time it flew less than a meter high before falling back down. There was none of the domineering pseudo-legendary posture it had just moments ago.
"Coo coo coo~ Ga... Coo coo coo~ Ga..."
Seeing this comical scene, the Tranquill hiding nearby and watching the battle almost choked on its own saliva from laughing.
Arrogant! Bullying others! Glaring at me! Try it again? Tranquill thought gleefully.
After trying more than ten times and still failing to fly again, Hydreigon finally gave up. It lay on the aircraft's outer shell, glaring fiercely at the Dragonair looking down at it from above.
It did not bow its head to Dragonair because of this. It looked up and spat out a red energy ball that rose into the Sky. The energy ball shot into the clouds at high speed and then exploded within the cloud layer.
Bai Feng, inside the aircraft, also saw this scene through the big screen. He inwardly thought, "Not good," but at this moment, Venus appeared on the big screen and asked, "Master, the aircraft is about to be subjected to a powerful attack. Should I activate the ultimate defense?"
"Activate it, quickly activate it!" Bai Feng said hurriedly.
"Yes, Master."
As Venus finished speaking, the Solosis in front of the Operating Console pressed a palm-sized blue button. A transparent energy barrier appeared around the aircraft, completely protecting it, and also covering the Hydreigon and Stone Birds right next to the aircraft.
After the red energy ball exploded in the Sky, countless meteorites fell from the Sky, crashing onto the aircraft one after another.
If not for the energy barrier protecting it, the aircraft would probably have been shattered to pieces by now.
The move Hydreigon used was the Dragon-type ultimate move Draco Meteor, and its power was extraordinary.
Although the aircraft was shaking violently at this moment, the energy barrier protecting it showed no signs of breaking. It must be said that Lysandre Labs' technology was truly impressive.
This wave was a victory for human high-tech against Pokémon moves!
After a while, the chaos created by Draco Meteor slowly subsided, and the energy barrier was also withdrawn by the Solosis.
Maintaining such a powerful energy barrier consumes a lot of energy, practically equivalent to burning money. Naturally, it's best to save as much as possible.
Seeing that its attack had no effect, Hydreigon was very angry. It roared, wanting to unleash another Draco Meteor, but how could Dragonair give it the opportunity?
With a flash, Dragonair used Agility to appear behind Hydreigon and struck it away with a Dragon Tail.
Without its Flying ability, Hydreigon was practically useless. It was unable to move easily and couldn't dodge Dragonair's attack. After being hit by Dragon Tail, it rolled several times on the aircraft's outer shell before barely stopping.
Of course, the second Draco Meteor it was half-brewing was also interrupted by Dragonair's Dragon Tail.
Hydreigon lay on the aircraft's outer shell, fixing its body with its wings and tail, and opened its mouth to fire a Dragon Pulse at Dragonair, but Dragonair easily dodged it using Agility.
Having used Agility multiple times, Dragonair's speed had reached its peak. It appeared behind Hydreigon again and struck it away with another Dragon Tail.
Hydreigon was truly tenacious. After taking so many hits, it still struggled to get up, but it was covered in injuries and panting heavily, looking like it was at the end of its strength.
Just as Dragonair was about to deliver the final blow to Hydreigon, several more Stone Birds appeared in front of Hydreigon, shielding it behind them.
Before, Hydreigon always protected them; now it was their turn to protect Hydreigon.
It was all their fault. If they hadn't been so reckless and disregarded everyone, relying on Hydreigon's protection, this disaster wouldn't have happened today.
"Roar!"
Hydreigon roared at the Stone Birds, signaling them to move aside, but the Stone Birds shook their heads tearfully, guarding Hydreigon with determined expressions.
At this moment, Bai Feng and Bai Ye used Teleport to appear on top of the aircraft. Seeing the Mother and Son, both Hydreigon and the Stone Birds showed wary expressions.
Bai Feng's hand held a Poké Ball, which he threw forcefully towards Hydreigon.
Hydreigon and the Stone Birds naturally knew what a Poké Ball was, and none of them wanted Hydreigon to be caught.
Just as the Stone Birds were about to knock away the Poké Ball Bai Feng threw, a square transparent cage appeared out of nowhere, instantly trapping all the Stone Birds inside.
This cage was the same one Bai Ye had used to subdue Lopunny before. With the strength of the Stone Birds, breaking through Bai Ye's cage's confinement was simply impossible.
Just like that, the Poké Ball landed on Hydreigon's body. Hydreigon transformed into a red light and was drawn inside.
Seeing this scene, the Stone Birds' eyes were about to pop out!
Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~
The Poké Ball shook gently. Bai Feng thought that in its injured state, Hydreigon shouldn't be able to break free from the Poké Ball's restraint. But with a loud bang, the Poké Ball broke, and Hydreigon reappeared outside.
Breaking free from the Poké Ball must have cost it a lot of energy. It lay sprawled on the aircraft's outer shell, its three heads panting non-stop, looking like it could pass out at any moment.
Seeing Hydreigon break free, the Stone Birds chirped excitedly, but before they could be happy for three seconds, they saw Bai Feng take out another Poké Ball and throw it towards Hydreigon.
A pseudo-legendary was still very appealing, and Bai Feng didn't want to give up easily.
Seeing this, the Stone Birds frantically attacked the cage Bai Ye had created, but it was futile.
With a red light appearing, Hydreigon was once again drawn into the Poké Ball.
Thump~ Thump~ Thump~
Radiance flashed on the Poké Ball. Only when the radiance stopped flashing would the catch be considered successful.
Unfortunately, under Bai Feng's hopeful gaze, the Poké Ball exploded again, and Hydreigon's figure reappeared outside.
Second catch failed!
Heh! I refuse to believe it! Am I short on a few Poké Balls?
Bai Feng took out a string of Poké Balls, intending to throw them over. Let's see how you break free this time!
Roar!!!
Hydreigon, using its last ounce of strength, let out a roar of resistance towards Bai Feng. After roaring, it collapsed directly onto the Ground.
The moment their eyes met, Bai Feng's throwing motion paused. In Hydreigon's eyes, he had just seen resistance and pleading.
Although it had no strength left at this moment, unable to even lift its head, Hydreigon still watched Bai Feng without blinking, its eyes clearly stating its unwillingness to be caught.
Sigh~ Bai Feng hesitated for a moment, then silently withdrew the hand holding the Poké Ball.
At this moment, another group of injured Stone Birds flew up from below the aircraft. These were the ones previously defeated by Tranquill. Since Tranquill hadn't finished them off, most of them had recovered consciousness by now.
The group of Stone Birds surrounded the injured Hydreigon and glared angrily at Bai Feng.
Hey! You have the nerve to glare at me? Wasn't it you who provoked me first? Bai Feng was amused by their anger.
"Mother, heal it!"
In the end, Bai Feng's heart softened. He pointed at Hydreigon and said to his Mother.
Although a pseudo-legendary was rare, he didn't necessarily have to catch it. Since it was so resistant, then so be it.
A melon twisted off the vine by force might quench your thirst, but it won't be sweet. He wasn't lacking water to drink, so he'd rather find a sweet melon to taste.
In fact, Catching a pseudo-legendary that couldn't Mega Evolve was not as valuable as him finding and cultivating a normal Pokémon that could Mega Evolve.
If he could obtain the corresponding Mega Stone, that Pokémon's cultivation value wouldn't be lower than a pseudo-legendary. For example, his Lopunny at Home could absolutely defeat this Hydreigon with ease.
"Gardevoir~" Got it!
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Bai Ye responded. Although it didn't understand why its precious son suddenly gave up on catching Hydreigon, it didn't ask further. It was just a Hydreigon; it was normal for its precious son not to be interested.
Bai Ye didn't approach Hydreigon rashly, but instead threw a Heal Pulse towards it from a distance.
As the pink light pillar landed on Hydreigon's body, Hydreigon's injuries recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a short while, the pain from its injuries had almost disappeared.
Suddenly receiving treatment, Hydreigon was completely confused.
(End of Chapter)