After two and a half days of training, Piloswine had finally adapted to the sound frequency of Metal Sound. Now the moment for the decisive battle with Bronzong had finally arrived.
Piloswine's momentum was overwhelming, its two legs constantly stomping on the ground. The defeat from two days ago had to be settled today!
When Bronzong faced Piloswine again, it was naturally somewhat uneasy. After all, Metal Sound was already ineffective against it. What move could it still use this time? Moreover, seeing Piloswine so full of confidence, it unconsciously revealed a trace of fear…
Under Tetsuya's command, Piloswine once again used Freeze-Dry to freeze the Grass field. After forcibly enduring one of Bronzong's Gyro Ball attacks, the entire field was already completely visible, and all the grass had been flattened.
This time Bronzong's Gyro Ball was more powerful than it had been two days ago. That was not surprising. Now it could only rely on this one move, so once it seized the opportunity it naturally had to go all out.
Piloswine had already prepared itself to take that hit. Without any additional command it had already begun running in the Hail.
Bronzong immediately lost its bearings. Piloswine could already move freely across the field, and the Snow Cloak Ability had activated.
With no other choice, Bronzong used Metal Sound again. However, Piloswine did not appear, and it naturally gave up hope. It seemed Piloswine had truly completely adapted to Metal Sound.
While Bronzong was hesitating, it was already struck by several Icicle Spear attacks!
Bronzong wanted to judge Piloswine's position based on the direction the Icicle Spear had been launched from, but they came from three different directions, making it even more confused.
With Metal Sound no longer effective, Bronzong had no good moves left. It simply used whatever moves it knew and attacked wildly in the Hail.
Tackle, Confuse Ray, Hypnosis, and Confusion could not find or spot Piloswine's position at all. Only when it used Psywave could it faintly sense heat moving within the Hail.
It could be completely certain that this was Piloswine.
Tetsuya had also been observing Bronzong the entire time, until after it used Psywave he suddenly noticed a calmness different from before.
He knew very clearly that Psywave could detect life that was hidden. Using this move to capture invisible Pokémon truly had no way to counter it. The only option was to launch a strong assault when the opponent used Psywave. Bronzong had already found Piloswine's position and would definitely look for an opportunity to attack.
"Piloswine, be careful. Bronzong is about to attack!"
At this moment Bronzong once again used Gyro Ball and attacked toward a direction within the Hail. If Bronzong's perception was correct, Piloswine should be in that direction.
"Piloswine, use a row of ice pillars to resist first, then confront Bronzong head on."
Tetsuya had already made his predictions. After this sequence of moves, Bronzong should no longer be able to stand up.
A row of ice pillars fell from the sky and embedded themselves in the ground, blocking Bronzong's attack path. At this moment Piloswine's figure also appeared. It seemed Bronzong's perception had not been wrong.
Gyro Ball successfully broke through the row of ice pillars, but the energy of Gyro Ball had already been exhausted. Everything was within Tetsuya's control.
Bronzong, which had broken through the ice pillars, had already collided with Piloswine. For the moment their strength was evenly matched, and the contest of power was on!
"Avalanche."
This was exactly the moment Tetsuya had been waiting for.
After being damaged, the power of Piloswine's Avalanche move doubled, and at such close range…
Huge snowballs fell from the sky. Bronzong instantly felt stunned. Taking the opportunity, Piloswine had already separated from Bronzong. Two snowballs had already smashed Bronzong to the ground, and the following snowballs buried Bronzong into the snow pile, forming quite a snow mountain.
Now Tetsuya's objective had already been half accomplished. Bronzong had already been knocked to the ground by Avalanche, which could be said to be intimate contact with the ground. Now the Levitate Ability could no longer help Bronzong resist Ground-type moves.
"Hn. Earthquake."
Tetsuya could finally call out the move. Piloswine stomped both feet fiercely onto the ground. Powerful seismic waves raged across the field. The snow "mountain" rapidly collapsed under the vibration of the quake until the Bronzong buried by Avalanche was revealed, already having lost its combat ability.
After three days, Piloswine had not only defeated Bronzong but had also overcome the effect Metal Sound had on it. In the future, under the Snow Cloak Ability, it would have one less nemesis.
Now Bronzong's mission was completely finished. Tetsuya quietly returned it and exchanged it for Magcargo.
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There was no need to think about what state this Magcargo was in. Tetsuya ran another trip to the Pokémon Center for it. His time was already running short. Pryce had already called, and two days later he would personally come to pick him up.
Therefore he had to help this Magcargo recover its condition as quickly as possible so it could achieve the best training effect.
After handing Magcargo to Nurse Joy, he once again brought Piloswine to the central plaza, hoping to find one or two Trainers to spar with.
The central plaza was still lively. Travis's Snorlax still existed as an unbeatable presence. It seemed he was doing quite well in this city.
However, earning so much money here would inevitably arouse jealousy. It would not be long before someone caused him trouble. Only by moving between different cities to earn a sum and then changing locations could such income be maintained. Otherwise, if one person showed too much prominence in a single city, true expert Trainers would naturally appear to stop him.
After all, the Trainers who appeared here were generally quite limited in level.
There were usually only two kinds of people. One kind truly needed the TMs in Travis's hands. The other kind wanted to train their own Pokémon. Trainers whose strength far exceeded Travis would not act at all. Why waste one thousand Pokédollars to obtain two TMs that were useless to them?
As for reselling them… one had to be even more cautious!
Ordinary people would not take that risk. After all, this was monopolized by the League and concerned the income of the League executives. The private resale of TMs was strictly forbidden, and anyone caught would be severely punished.
During the entire afternoon he only encountered two Trainers with Fire-type Pokémon. Both were Slugma, and their level was very low. They almost caused no damage to Piloswine at all. He could only feel helpless. Although this place was very close to the Magcargo valley, they should at least catch slightly stronger Slugma.
After retrieving Magcargo from the Pokémon Center, Tetsuya returned, because Ditto was still alone undergoing special training at the Battle Park.
Magcargo, which had recovered at the Pokémon Center for an entire afternoon, finally regained its vitality. Unfortunately the staff at the Battle Park truly lived like civil servants and did not work overtime at all, so Tetsuya's plan to begin battle training that very night was completely ruined…