"Everyone, come out. Get ready for today's battle."
Beedrill, Scizor, Golisopod, and the other Pokémon appeared around him and dispersed into the surrounding forest.
They lay in wait nearby, ready to react swiftly and counterattack if any Pokémon attacked them.
As for Eichi himself, he would act as bait, luring the wild Pokémon in the forest into attacking him.
He had now completely concealed the affinity brought by Bug Force.
At this moment, he was nothing more than an ordinary Trainer. Any wild Pokémon that saw a Trainer trespassing into the forest would attack.
Sure enough, just as he had expected, several Dugtrio launched a sneak attack on him from underground before long.
Dugtrio were best at ambushing from beneath the ground. Most people found it difficult to keep their attention focused underground.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late to dodge.
But Eichi's reactions were exceptionally sharp. He had already discovered them the moment they were about to attack. They still had a long way to go if they thought they could ambush him.
Beedrill and Golisopod reacted quickly as well. After their master swiftly dodged, they immediately followed up with attacks.
In less than thirty seconds, the Dugtrio were all defeated and fled in panic.
Over the next hour, they encountered five waves of ambushes in total. The attackers' levels were not too far apart, but they were all powerful.
There were also quite a few of them. The final wave was even a group of Rhyhorn and Tyranitar attacking them.
Though their levels were not particularly high, generally only at Elite and Gym Leader level, there were simply too many of them.
Besides them, other Pokémon joined the Rhyhorn, Tyranitar, and Rhyperior in attacking.
There were too many enemies, so Eichi's side could only