Spirit Dimension: Starting by Fooling Groudon Chapter 50

Unfortunately, it had no effect on Beldum.

Not only had the specially made Poison Sting failed to pierce it, but even if it had, poison would have been ineffective against Beldum.

P.S. This bounty hunter is definitely going to be dealt with. Definitely. Definitely!

"Greninja, Beldum, are you okay?"

Su Yi's expression changed.

His Pokémon were his partners. He couldn't let anything happen to them.

"Ku-ka! Ku-ka!"

Greninja shook its head, then warily scanned its surroundings.

After sensing no other movement nearby, Greninja leaped back up into the treetops.

It gazed farther into the distance.

In the end, it still didn't find anything, much to its disappointment.

Then it returned to Su Yi's side.

Su Yi had almost sent out Groudon just now.

But then he considered that the attacker might have accomplices nearby. Until he knew who was working with whom, bringing out Groudon recklessly would only expose it.

If the International Pokémon League headquarters found out, they probably wouldn't allow a college student to keep a Legendary Pokémon. It was far too risky.

Besides, there was no need to use Groudon for something like this. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been any kind of training for him.

He couldn't do anything about the Zhang Family yet, but a sneaky bounty hunter like this was no match for them.

Of the two silent Poison Stings fired at Su Yi, one had been sliced into powder by Greninja, while the other had been blocked by Beldum and fallen to the ground intact.

Su Yi used a twig to gently press the Poison Sting into it. The twig turned purple at a visible rate.

What a skilled bounty hunter. When the attack missed, they'd left immediately—decisive and efficient!

"Just you wait. I'll pay you back!"

He always returned a grudge!

With a thought, Su Yi stored the silent Poison Sting away in a separate corner of his Spatial Storage.

He'd make the person who'd ambushed him get a good taste of this thing later!

A taste of their own medicine.

This encounter also made Su Yi realize for the first time that he should hurry up and complete Main Quest 5. He needed to assemble a second Pokémon team as soon as possible and claim the Danger Sense reward.

If he had Danger Sense, he could have dodged this attack himself, even without Greninja and Beldum there.

"For the sake of my life, I can't hold back this time. I hope I run into some good Pokémon next."

"Also, I only encountered that ambush after using the Enhanced Good Luck Card. Does that mean that, under the card's influence, it was inevitable that Greninja and Beldum would stop the attack, and that I'd get an unexpected benefit from the attacker?"

Su Yi wondered to himself as he took Greninja and Beldum around to inspect the area, then checked the map he'd bought.

Beyond the cave ahead, there should be an area where grassland met rocky terrain.

Su Yi planned to take a look, but first, he'd treat this Rhyhorn.

He took out a Recovery Potion to restore its stamina and a Burn Heal to keep the wound from getting infected. He also prepared some ordinary Energy Cubes.

After tending to Rhyhorn's wounds, Su Yi woke it up.

When Rhyhorn saw that Su Yi had bandaged its wound and even fed it, it stuck out its little tongue and licked his palm.

"Good boy. You're all right now. Be careful of bounty hunters' traps in the future."

Things had been urgent just now. Su Yi hadn't even used Overcome Power, yet Rhyhorn had charged in.

Su Yi called the forest rangers in the Kunlun Mountains. After waiting there for a while and watching them take Rhyhorn away for treatment with his own eyes, he finally felt at ease.

The Pokémon rangers were directly under the International Pokémon League headquarters.

They weren't under the jurisdiction of provincial or municipal Pokémon Leagues.

"The Kunlun Mountains haven't seemed quite right lately. Be extra careful. We've been pursuing the bounty hunters too, but they're extremely cautious. If anything happens, please contact us immediately. It's our responsibility!"

The head ranger shook Su Yi's hand and spoke with him personally. He'd clearly recognized Su Yi as one of this year's two top scorers in the college entrance exams.

From the rangers, Su Yi learned where the Kunlun Mountains' most likely hidden dormant volcano was.

After parting ways with the rangers, Su Yi had just passed through the cave when Vibrava came over.

"Yi-yi~~"

Vibrava relayed what it had discovered with its Supersonic.

Su Yi nodded. Thanks to Spirit Language Mastery, he understood what Vibrava was saying.

Combining that with the information the rangers had given him, Su Yi finally pinpointed an area!

"If nothing unexpected happens, it's probably there. Bounty hunters, we're going to have some fun together over the next few days!"

Thinking of the bounty hunter who'd ambushed him, Su Yi's eyes turned cold.

Coming back to himself, Su Yi nearly forgot something.

"System, use the Skill Awakening Card for Confusion!"

[ Ding! Congratulations, host! Skill Awakening Card successfully used. Beldum has learned Confusion!]

"Huh?"

Beldum was floating in the air. When the Confusion skill suddenly appeared in its mind, it froze for a moment.

"Beldum, try using Confusion to control that half-meter rock up ahead."

At Su Yi's voice, blue light flared across Beldum's body.

Confusion!

"Crack, crack, crack..."

The half-meter rock floated into the air under Beldum's control.

"Good. Now keep controlling it and throw it at that big rock over there!"

Su Yi pointed toward a pile of rocks ten meters away, where many larger boulders lay.

"Hah!"

Beldum nodded and sent the rock flying toward the pile.

Crash!

Dust billowed into the air.

"Not bad, Beldum. Keep it up."

Confusion was a Psychic-type move!

"Bzz!"

Beldum was clearly delighted by Su Yi's praise.

Its body blazed with light!

"Is it evolving?"

Su Yi was delighted rather than surprised. He'd just been wondering why Beldum hadn't evolved despite reaching Lv. 20.

It seemed Beldum had been too focused on protecting him from that Poison Sting earlier.

Beldum's platinum-colored body transformed into a platinum-colored Metang!

The Magnet cells inside it kept dividing and then recombining.

"Metang, I'm looking forward to working with you."

Su Yi patted Metang's body and tried to lift it with both hands.

Man, it was even heavier after evolving!

"Pokémon": Metang [Shiny]

"Potential": Silver

"Level": Lv. 20

"Type": Steel, Psychic

"Ability": Clear Body

"Moves": Confusion, Headbutt, Iron Head, Iron Defense, Metal Claw, Pursuit, Bullet Punch

[Ding! Congratulations, host! Beldum has evolved once. Side Quest 3 complete. Reward issued: Stamina Enhancement Potion ×3!]

He'd gotten three Stamina Enhancement Potions!

Su Yi was just about to take them out and use them when his gaze suddenly shifted to the pile of rocks nearby.

"Rustle..."

A rustling sound came from the pile of rocks that Beldum had just struck with Confusion!

Suddenly, one of the "rocks" started moving and slowly turned toward Su Yi and Metang.

A Binacle!

Binacle was a Pokémon that lived among rocks. It was a Bug- and Rock-type Pokémon.

It had been sleeping in the pile of rocks when it was suddenly attacked.

Binacle charged toward Su Yi and Metang!

This Binacle had green potential and was at Lv. 25!

"Met!"

Metang charged forward without the slightest fear.

Angular rocks formed above the huge boulder on Binacle's back!

It was Rock Smash, a move specifically used to attack Pokémon that could fly.

Clearly, Binacle had seen Metang floating in the air and assumed it was a Flying-type.

"Use Confusion and send those rocks right back at it!"

When you went into the wild, you had to battle Wild Pokémon to gain Battle Experience and raise your level.

You couldn't refuse every battle.

Besides, Su Yi had picked lots of Berries in the Kunlun Mountains.

They were all Berries that helped Pokémon recover their stamina.

After defeating an opponent, leaving it some Berries was something Su Yi could easily do.

Binacle's Rock Smash sent the angular rocks flying toward Metang, but before they could hit, Confusion took control of them.

The angular rocks controlled by Confusion all fell onto the boulder Binacle was living in.

"Use Metal Claw!"

"Met!"

Metang was faster after evolving. Before Binacle could react, it rushed right up to it.

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After evolving, it no longer had just one arm-like claw. Now it had two.

Its Metal Claw raked hard across Binacle's body.