[Gluttonous Serpent: Steelix lives deeper underground than Onix, tempering its body with the immense pressure and heat below the surface, making itself even harder. It is equally greedy for hard minerals and can Devour all kinds of them to make its body even harder—especially metallic minerals.]
This "Steelix" had not disappointed him.
Not only had it inherited the Ultimate Move "Gluttonous Serpent," it had also inherited Onix's growth potential.
Steelix's base defense was currently displayed as 6,000 points, but it had actually already surpassed 8,000. If it continued to Devour even harder minerals, it could grow further.
Moreover, Steelix's ability to absorb metallic minerals was stronger than Onix's—perhaps he could seek a breakthrough in this area, finding metallic minerals to further increase the defense of either Steelix or Onix. Dark pondered this carefully for a while before looking at the next Ultimate Move. Gluttonous Serpent's second Ultimate Move was a Steel Type enhancement Ultimate Move—"Iron Defense"!
[Iron Defense: Steelix hardens its skin until it is as tough as iron, greatly increasing its own defense by an amount equal to 100% of its base defense. Duration: sixty seconds.]
Iron Defense was a defensive Ultimate Move of the same type as Harden and Defense Curl, but with a stronger effect.
For Steelix, whose base defense could grow, it could produce the terrifying effect of one plus one being greater than two.
This was undoubtedly a huge surprise. Dark continued checking with delight.
Steelix's last two Ultimate Moves were Sand Tomb and Heavy Slam.
Both of these Ultimate Moves had appeared before.
[Sand Tomb: Steelix can whip up a Sandstorm, trapping its opponent within the overwhelming storm, putting them in a restrained state and inflicting continuous damage. Duration: four to five rounds.]
[Heavy Slam: Onix charges at its opponent with its heavy body.