No one had expected that, after entering the depths of the cave, they would encounter a Pokémon "current" like this and clash fiercely with it.
Fortunately, these Boldore were not particularly strong. They merely held an overwhelming advantage in numbers.
Of course, some of their evolved forms were among them, and those were stronger and did cause their Pokémon some trouble. But there were far fewer of them, so the trouble they caused was still quite limited.
Even so, Dawn and Cheryl found it somewhat difficult to cope.
Their Pokémon were relatively weak, after all, and they did not have very many of them.
Fortunately, they were only providing support. It was Xia You's Pokémon that truly held the center of the battlefield, facing the tide of Boldore head-on.
His Pokémon were like a sturdy embankment. No matter how fiercely the tide of Boldore surged, they stood firm, refusing to let the Boldore advance a single step from the front!
Unable to break through head-on, however, the Boldore flowed through gaps on either side and surged behind Xia You and the others. In mere moments, the group had become a lone boat in this "river," constantly resisting its pounding current.
Dawn looked up at the seemingly endless Boldore, sweat already running down her face.
"Xia You, how long do we have to hold them off here?"
She could tell that resisting like this would ultimately accomplish nothing.
But if they stopped, the Boldore would quickly engulf them. If it really came to that, they would be crushed flat.
Yet if they kept holding out, when would it ever end?
Although they had defeated more than a dozen Boldore, that was barely a drop in the bucket compared to their enormous numbers.
Besides, under this relentless onslaught, their Pokémon would soon