The other Pokémon: Torterra!
Pokémon: Torterra (Light Purple)
Gender: Male
Level: 84
Types: Grass Ground
Ability: Overgrow
Held Item: None
Egg Moves: Growth, Body Slam, Double-Edge, Earth Power
Basic Moves: Earthquake, Wood Hamr, Tackle, Withdraw, Absorb, Razor Leaf, Curse, Bite, ga Drain, Leech Seed, Synthesis, Crunch, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm
Learned Moves: Frenzy Plant, Grass Pledge, Seed Bomb, Worry Seed, Iron Tail, Stealth Rock, Iron Head, Block, Superpower, Stomping Tantrum, Snore
TM Moves: Toxic, Protect, Solar Beam, Rock Tomb, Rest, Energy Ball, Stone Edge, Grass Knot, Sleep Talk
Torterra, a Grass- and Ground-type Pokémon, also did not take damage from the sandstorm. Although it did not receive the evasion bonus that Cacturne had, simply being immune to the sand already minimized Tyranitar’s advantage.
Because of this, Jacob was not rely soone who appeared carefree and contemptuous of others. In reality, he was rough on the outside but ticulous on the inside. After hearing from Irene that Cain was an Elite Four and seeing his Tyranitar, he made this decision.
Grass-type Pokémon counter Rock-type Pokémon extrely severely.
Moreover, they were two level 84 Grass-type Pokémon, only one step away from breaking through the first barrier of the Champion level.
Most importantly, Cain did not even know whether these two Pokémon were Jacob’s trump cards.
As for Tyranitar’s sandstorm being countered, Cain was not overly worried.
If the enemy had chosen this place to open a spatial rift, they had undoubtedly prepared everything in advance.
Irene’s Steel-type Pokémon did not fear the sand, and Jacob’s Grass-type Pokémon would not be affected by it either.
For a short period of ti, Cain did not dare summon more Pokémon, as he did not know whether doing so would trigger an ergency response from the enemy, causing them to call in more reinforcents.
This Jacob was different from Brad. Nurous Poké Balls were tied to the belt around his waist; the two he had thrown were only a small part of his arsenal.
Soone who had lived here for twenty-five years was, in itself, a prodigy of the League. Moreover, unlike Brad, the resources Jacob could access must have been far greater.
Because of this, Cain believed that he must certainly have a signature Pokémon.
However, he was not worried that Jacob’s strength would be excessive. What kind of person would carry so many Pokémon?
One possibility was soone with abundant resources, capable of training additional Pokémon and whose team composition required carrying so many—like Cain himself.
The other was that each individual Pokémon had difficulty breaking through higher limits, and that the only way to increase strength was by increasing quantity.
Cain assud Jacob belonged to the second type.
This place was rich in resources, not only material ones but also Pokémon. But it was not as abundant as one might imagine, since high-quality wild Pokémon were extrely rare. Moreover, not everyone was like Cain, with special training thods capable of improving a Pokémon’s potential during breeding.
There were even people who, due to a poor understanding of a Pokémon’s type, ended up reducing its potential during training—sothing quite common.
That was why, before becoming trainers, everyone had to undergo specialized training, at least to have a basic understanding of so common Pokémon, even if only superficially.
To train any Pokémon, it was essential to understand it well.
This was what made it so difficult for civilian trainers to beco powerful trainers.
Returning to the point, with Light Purple–quality Pokémon and no special training thods, reaching this stage was already Jacob’s limit.
Thus, Cain considered the second possibility more likely.
The enemy did not give him much ti to think. Just as Cain planned to probe them, the other side also wanted to test the limits of his capabilities and did not summon additional Pokémon.
"Cacturne, Ingrain! Torterra, Razor Leaf!" Jacob ordered, directing his two Pokémon to launch their attack imdiately.
Cain’s eyes shone with psychic power, and through telepathy he issued orders to his two Pokémon.
Tyranitar had only recently crossed the barrier into the Champion level, and Aggron had not even reached that level.
Cain was at an absolute disadvantage, so he could not take the enemy’s techniques head-on.
The appearance of those two Grass-type Pokémon had greatly weakened the desert sandstorm, but under Tyranitar’s deliberate control, the sand rose again, and with far greater force than before.
However, the device that originally might have been destroyed by Tyranitar’s sandstorm had been improved this ti and showed no change.
The massive blades of leaves launched from Torterra’s shell whistled through the air, but before reaching Tyranitar and Aggron, they were successfully blocked by Tyranitar’s sand shield and the shield ford by Aggron’s Stone Edge.
This probing attack produced no results, but Tyranitar’s sandstorm grew increasingly dense.
On the other front, the battle between Irene and Steven had also begun.
It seed deliberate: Irene and Jacob wanted to separate Cain and Steven and defeat them one by one.
After a brief initial test, the battle beca fierce.
Tyranitar as the main force, Aggron as support.
Under Tyranitar’s control, the sandstorm completely enveloped Cain and Jacob, as if within already poor visibility, an almost airtight do of sand had ford.
Gradually, the color of the sand began to change, though at a slow pace. To use red sand, in Tyranitar’s normal state, was sowhat difficult.
The enemy’s constant Energy Ball attacks forced the red sand to be used defensively before it could take shape.
However, even though the red sand had not yet fully consolidated, the sand do was already ford, and Cain had nothing left to hide.
With the enemy holding advantages in typing, level, and even abilities, if Cain did not take action, this would beco a slow death.
"ga Evolution! Tyranitar! Aggron!" Cain roared in a low voice.
Double ga Evolution!
Although this would not cause a qualitative change that allowed Tyranitar to surpass the first barrier of the Champion level, it would allow Aggron to temporarily reach that level. In this way, Aggron would no longer be a burden, and Tyranitar’s red sand could finally appear.
ga Tyranitar!!
ga Aggron!!
"TYYRRANNN!"
"GRRAAHHH!"
"Oh? This special evolution looks quite similar to the so-called divine power infusion of the Sacred Church that Irene ntioned, though it seems to have so differences. Is this your hidden card? Not bad," Jacob’s eyes glead as he looked at ga Tyranitar and ga Aggron.
With ga Tyranitar’s long roar, red sand erupted frantically from the ground and mixed with the yellow sand that filled the sky.
The red sand seed contagious: yellow was devoured by red at a breathtaking speed.
In just a few monts, all the sand turned a deep crimson.
It was not only a change in color, but also in temperature.
The special ability of Cain’s Tyranitar: Sandstorm Dominion — Dominion of the Red Sand — reappears!
(End of Chapter)
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