Chapter 124: Legendary Giant VS Dynamax Riolu
"Omm!"
Although the giant Registeel, striding with heavy steps, was slow, with a single stride, it could cross a very long distance.
It ignored the buildings blocking its path, simply lowering its head and charging towards the Riolu of a similar size.
Meeting change with constancy, Rio assumed a defensive posture, ready to receive Registeel's impact.
One moved with great momentum, though slowly; the other stood as still as a mountain.
The steel giant's two arms, also forged from steel, lifted. Its left hand clenched into a fist, swinging forward slowly yet heavily.
"Let's test Its strength..."
In a fight, one must first probe the opponent's speed and power. If they are skilled in speed but weak in power, one should adopt a fighting style of breaking skill with force, striving to suppress the opponent in a very small area, making it impossible for them to rely on speed to gain an advantage. And if one encounters a powerful but not fast opponent, one should avoid their spearhead, attacking from the side or at weak points, avoiding a direct clash of strength.
Different opponents require different strategies.
The Steel God Pillar before him was naturally not a Pokémon that excelled in speed, so Rio was also keen to test Its strength.
He crossed his arms in front, protecting his head, planted his legs in a horse stance, and even stuck his hard tail into the ground behind him to resist the opponent's first wave of punches.
"Boom—"
The massive fist slammed hard onto Rio's arms, staggering him.
However, Rio's heart was filled with surprise and joy.
"It seems this Steel God Pillar is not in a Dynamax state. Neither its strength nor the power of its moves has received the Dynamax enhancement."
He relaxed his arms slightly and let out a breath.
"But its strength is still quite great. If It uses a move, I still can't take it head-on."
Speak of the devil. Seeing that its punch was ineffective, the seven red dots on Registeel's face flashed. Then, the fingers on its hands were instantly covered with a layer of claw-shaped steel energy. It used both claws to stab at the slightly retreating Rio.
The signature move of a Steel-type Pokémon—[Metal Claw]!
Rio concentrated, watching intently. Seizing the right moment, he sidestepped to let the claws pass, then gently placed his own hands on Registeel's outstretched arms.
A sharp glint flashed in his eyes.
"Let me show you what's called using softness to overcome hardness!"
In the professional career of his previous life, Rio had also visited many famous masters, not only experts in modern combat techniques but also masters of many traditional arts. Rio had absorbed the essence of various fighting techniques from them, combining the strengths of a hundred schools to forge his own fighting technique. This was the capital that allowed Rio to stand out in the fighting world, which was full of experts.
And at this moment, facing the powerful but slow Registeel, and also having to consider not accidentally injuring the group of a girl and others not far away, then Tai Chi, with its principle of "using softness to overcome hardness, drawing circles to become a circle," was a very suitable technique.
His hands, placed on Registeel's arms, followed its momentum, pulling it around himself. Registeel's massive body was thus led in a circle by an incredible force.
The essence of Tai Chi is to draw a circle, using gentle techniques like pushing, kneading, and pulling to borrow the opponent's force to strike back.
It was perfectly suited for dealing with the powerful but not very agile steel giant.
"Omm, omm, omm!"
Registeel was naturally unwilling to be controlled like this. It lowered its shoulders, about to deliver a [Heavy Slam].
Rio, however, "gently" placed his right hand on the Steel God Pillar's hemispherical shoulder. He pushed with his left hand along its steel body, and pulled with his right, continuing to lead the Steel God Pillar in a circle.
After that, no matter how Registeel struggled, It could never escape that drawn "circle."
However, Rio also had no way to harm Registeel with an attack. Leaving aside the considerable level difference, there was also Registeel's "Body of Ten-Thousand-Times-Refined Steel" attribute. Rio, who had suffered a great loss against Metang, naturally knew how formidable it was.
If the "Hardness" talent of a Pokémon like Metang was already difficult to break, then let alone Registeel's intimidating "steel body tempered over tens of thousands of years."
The two giant Pokémon thus became entangled, neither able to do anything to the other.
But in their back-and-forth, it was the surrounding buildings and plants that suffered. For a moment, buildings collapsed, green plants snapped, crashing to the ground and kicking up a vast cloud of dust.
"Xiao Zhao, hurry up and figure out what to do! Getting entangled like this is not a solution! I can't hold on for much longer!"
Rio, while exhausting his mental energy to lead Registeel in circles, shouted to Míng Rìzhào in telepathy.
The girl opened her eyes. She looked at the two giant Pokémon, then took a deep look at Steven, who was fiercely battling Articuno.
"Rio, use [Max Strike]!"
[Max Strike], the Dynamax move that damage-dealing Normal-type moves transform into after a Pokémon has Dynamaxed.
Rio, having received his trainer's command, unhesitatingly pushed the steel giant away.
The dark red light on his body flared up. At the same time, several cracks opened up on the ground beneath Registeel's feet.
"[Max Strike]!"
"Boom!" A pillar of light shot out directly from the fissures, from bottom to top, catching the unprepared Registeel and causing it to be knocked backward, about to topple over.
Registeel's red dots flickered even more frequently.
"Omm, omm," It tried to stabilize its backward-tilting body, but for some reason, its movements became very sluggish.
The additional effect of [Max Strike]: lowering the opponent's speed, had taken effect!
By Rio's feet.
The girl, paying no mind to the flying sand and dust, waved her right hand forward.
"Chance! Rio, use [Max Knuckle]!"
"Awooo!"
Rio also seized the opportunity to let out a great shout. Brownish-red energy surged from his body, and in an instant, a giant fist appeared in the sky.
"Go!"
The girl was in high spirits, her tied-up ponytail swinging back and forth with the wind.
The giant fist cut through the air, striking heavily on Registeel's body.
"Boom—" Registeel's already off-balance body, suffering another blow from the sky, immediately crashed heavily to the ground. The buildings around it collapsed with a roar. Fortunately, the citizens had all been evacuated by this time; otherwise, this collapse would probably have caused a large number of casualties.
However, although Registeel had fallen, it still had the ability to struggle.
Of course, this was also within the girl's calculations, because she also knew that even a Dynamaxed Riolu, using a Max Move, couldn't completely defeat this legendary giant.
After all, the level gap was still a bit large.
Therefore, what she was truly pinning her hopes on was...
"Mr. Steven, please help with the final blow!"
The girl shouted towards the sky at the top of her lungs.
At some unknown point, a layer of dark red light had covered all of Steven's Pokémon.
"The special effect of [Max Knuckle], to enhance our side's attack power?!"
Rio saw through it at a glance, the state of Steven's Pokémon now.
"The real purpose of [Max Knuckle] was to buff Steven's Pokémon..."
While he was still pondering, Steven had already laughed heartily, flipped over, and jumped down from Skarmory.
"Perfect timing!"
Steven, who had been waiting for the opportunity, had his voice fall just as Skarmory shot out.
"Skarmory, [Brave Bird]!"
"Caw—" Skarmory also let out a high-pitched bird cry, then folded its steel-like wings, and the entire Pokémon, like a sharp arrow, shot towards Articuno.
The two birds collided and then were mutually repelled.
The original Skarmory would definitely not have been a match for Articuno, but after its attack was enhanced by [Max Knuckle], it could trade damage with Articuno, holding it off for a short while.
And it was precisely this short while of holding it off that gave Mega Metagross, which was originally the main force fighting Articuno, a bit of time.
"Mega Metagross, use [Meteor Mash] on Registeel!"
The Steel-type move, [Meteor Mash]!
Mega Metagross's four fists were all covered in a silvery-white steel light.
For a moment, like meteors falling from the sky, they traced splendid light trails in the air.
Bombarding Registeel's body.
Mega Metagross had naturally also received the attack buff from [Max Knuckle]. With this one [Meteor Mash], Registeel could no longer hold on.
"Boom—" The aftershock surged everywhere. The giant fell heavily to the ground, causing countless building debris to be shaken up from the ground, and then fall again.
"Omm, omm, omm..."
Registeel's red light dots flickered rapidly, and then slowly extinguished.
And from Its entire Pokémon body, a large amount of black mist gushed out. After swirling for a while, it also disappeared.
As the mist dissipated, the giant legendary giant slowly shrank, returning to its original size.
This incredible scene left Míng Rìzhào extremely surprised.
"Return, Mega Metagross, Claydol, Skarmory."
Steven, landing slowly with the help of Claydol's psychic power, recalled his Pokémon.
"Ah, Mr. Steven, what about Articuno?"
The girl was a little anxious. Although one big trouble was solved, there was still a difficult legendary Pokémon to deal with.
Steven shook his head and pointed to the sky.
That sacred bird, as if polluted by black ink, had surprisingly already vanished without a trace.
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