The charge had created a mini earthquake as the ground began to shake from the fierce impact. Hector could see an exceptionally large Tauros leading a herd and coming towards them. They had set some traps as per Axel's instructions, but these traps were helpless and were torn down by the charge of these massive bulls.
Tauros was a problematic Pokemon to deal with. First of all, it was a normal-type Pokemon, which meant that it was only weak to fighting-type Pokemon and was also immune to ghost-type Pokemon.
However, that was not the only reason it was dangerous. Usually, if anyone had to choose between a physical attacker or a special attacker, any trainer would incline to the special attacker.
The reason?
They can be used from far away.
This was very essential and a competitive advantage during the tide battles.
But Tauros bypassed those advantages even in a tide battle. First of all, it had high defense and high speed. During the physical confrontation, it could beat most of the Pokemon. It had a thick hide that could tank most hits, and also powerful, pointy horns that could pierce the target.
Its speed was also commendable. Due to its speed, it could dodge most of the special attack moves, or it could just use its horns to defend against them.
Finally, its physical attack power was what distinguished Tauros from other normal-type Pokemon. It had a very high attack, and due to its recklessness, it was even more dangerous. A wild Tauros was feared because its wildness intensified its ferocity.
That was why, while facing a tier three king rank Tauros was a nightmare, and it also verifies why Axel sent out two pseudo-champion rank Pokemon to deal with it. It was not that Nidoking alone could not handle it, but the destruction that it would cause to the rest of the team members would be immense.
The exceptionally large Tauros was roaring and advancing at a rapid pace. Its speed was very high at the moment. The momentum that it had gathered was commendable. Then, suddenly, the ground erupted and formed a shield, attempting to block its charge.
The leader, Tauros, internally laughed from the pathetic defense and bulldogged it completely. The shield made from mud and rocks broke with almost no resistance. It did slow down Tauros, but that was all. Then suddenly, the leader Tauros disappeared as if it had never existed.
The crushing momentum that had made Hector nervous was now gone. All the Tauros charging towards them decreased their speed significantly, and they almost came to a halt.
Then another Tauros, who was a tier 1 king rank Pokemon gave a loud shout and started the charge again. The momentum, which was sky high, was crushed now, and the speed of these Tauros had already decreased significantly.
Hector looked back and saw their group of Tauros speeding towards them. Axel's Tauros roared as an electric current started to surround the ground. This was the movie 'Electric Terrain'. Suddenly, every Tauros and Bouffalant behind it used the same move, and the entire place was now filled with yellow electric current. For some reason, Hector could feel that the move 'Electric terrain' had been upgraded.
With a roar, the electric terrain surrounded the bodies of these Tauros, concentrating on their horns. Their speed increased as if that was even possible, and during the time of collision, Axel's Tauros used the move 'Earthquake'.
The move 'Earthquake' must have been upgraded too, because it only affected one direction. Tauros and his gang were not affected. With the 'Earthquake', some of the opposing Tauros collapsed, some of them flinched, and most of them had their speed cut by a considerable margin.
It was pretty comical to see 500 Tauros and Bouffalant running towards 3,000 Tauros, but their team was now at an advantage. Axel's Tauros made a great leap and used its horns to attack the opposing Tauros. All of them were using the move 'Wild charge', which was why all of them were enveloped in yellow electric light.
BANG!!!
The impact was harsh. It made a ringing sound as multiple Tauros were clashing with each other. Hector observed that their team was winning the clash by a significant margin.
Most of the opposing Tauros were in elemental rank, while Axel's Tauros and his gang were in pseudo-king rank. The flying-type Pokemon were also heavily invested in attacking those Tauros.
They were using special type moves like 'Hurricane' and 'Air Slash'. This had further disturbed the momentum of the target Pokemon.
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"Huh? Where am I?",
The tier 3 king rank Pokemon looked around to see where it had appeared. It had disappeared and came here in the blink of an eye. It surveyed the surroundings and found that it had traveled quite far from its original location. The tide battle was happening on the south side of where it was. There was just grassland, some trees, and rock around it.
Suddenly, it felt an aura of two powerful Pokemon. It turned around to see Nidoking and Alakazam waiting for it.
"Are you the one who teleported me here? I must say that both of you are strong, very strong.", said the tier 3 king rank Tauros.
"I don't like to chat to someone that I am going to kill soon. Let's finish this, Meg. Are you ready?", said Alakazam.
"Haha, it is an honor to fight two pseudo-champion rank Pokemon. Don't worry, I will not disappoint you. My name is Ashier, and I hope that you remember the name after it is all over.", said Ashier as it raised both of its front legs and gave a big roar.
ROOARR
Then it charged towards Nidoking and Alakazam.
Its horns began to glow as smoke started to emanate from them, and then they were suddenly on fire. Nidoking immediately used the move 'Earthquake' as it jumped into the air. Tauros, anticipating it, used its own 'Earthquake'.
GADANG!!! GADANG!!!
BOOMM.
The impact of the clash of both 'Earthquake' tore the ground to smithereens. It looked like it, even though it was a tier three king rank Pokemon, it had not lost the clash. It continued to charge towards Nidoking with significant momentum.
Nidoking immediately used the move 'Poison Ball' as numerous purple balls made of poison were directed at Tauros. Tauros managed to dodge most of the poison balls, but two poison balls hit it.
BOOOM
BOOM
The exploded poison balls created a gas made of poison and covered Tauros.
ROOOARR
Tauros gave a thunderous roar as all the poison gases were cleared in an instant. Nidoking saw that it was not poisoned. By that time, Nidoking had already used 'Sludge Wave'.
This was the move it had trained for a long time. The area effect of the move was huge and was going to instantly envelop Tauros. At that time, Tauros jumped high in the sky and used a powerful 'Hyper Beam' on Nidoking. Seeing the attack, Nidoking instantly used 'Dig' to go underground.
BOOOM
It was able to dodge the attack, but Tauros was coming down to use 'Earthquake' on Nidoking. The Pokemon underground would receive additional damage while dealing with 'Earthquake'.
BOOOM
Tauros was flung over as it crashed to the ground.
THUD!!!
The good news was that it had dodged the move 'Sludge wave', but the bad news was that its momentum had been disturbed.
It looked in the direction from which the attack came, and it saw Alakazam flying in the sky. Alakazam had used the move 'Focus Blast' on it. This was a fighting-type special move, and it was super effective against Tauros.
Also, Alakazam had maxed out its status move like 'Calm Mind', so the power of the move was very high right now.
Suddenly, a purple barrier was raised, and it covered Alakazam's whole body. Tauros knew that it must have used some barrier moves. It was now in a terrible position.
It got back and was now ready to attack again. It knew that it could not win against both of them, and it would die here today. However, it was not overly concerned about the consequences.
It had been trying to have a hearty battle for a long time, and finally it could have its wish fulfilled.
It let out a massive roar as its aura began to rise rapidly.
"Meg, it is using its pre-domain move, get ready.", said Alakazam.
Nidoking came from the ground and immediately used the move 'Mud bomb' on Tauros. As the move had been upgraded, the bombs made of mud stuck to Tauros' body, making it heavier and decreasing its speed.
By this time, Alakazam used the move 'Psychic domain'. It also used the move 'Rain Dance'. Now, both of their moves had been upgraded, and they were very deadly.
As rain started to fall, Tauros felt an enormous amount of pressure from the 'Psychic domain'. However, this kind of pressure was something it could handle on any day.
It roared and rushed towards Nidoking. Multiple copies of Tauros were created as it used the move 'Stone Edge'. Sharpened stones came out of the ground as they tried to pierce Nidoking and Alakazam. Both of them dodged the attack, but those multiple Tauros started to ride on those sharpened stones.
The speed of Tauros had increased dramatically, as 2 Tauros went for Alakazam while 4 of them went for Nidoking.
BANG!!
PUFFF!!1
Alakazam was extremely fast in using 'Teleport'. It dodged that attack, too, but Nidoking had to defend against the attack.
BANG!!!
Nidoking had already used 'Poison armor', which cracked and broke from the impact of four Tauros, but their attacks were blocked again by a purple barrier. Alakazam had used 'Reflect' and 'Light Screen' on Nidoking, too. But the defense of that barrier also could not hold the charge of Tauros, and the attack finally hit Nidoking.
Since the momentum and speed of the charge had decreased due to the two barriers, the resulting impact was not significant, but Alakazam was surprised to see the result.
Nidoking only had minor injuries, but a lower rank Pokemon had destroyed one armor and two barriers of higher rank Pokemons. This demonstrated the true power of that charge. Alakazam decided to finish this battle as soon as possible.
Tauros had incredible stamina, and if they played a long battle, then the battle might turn in Tauros's favor.
Tauros gave a mighty, happy roar as it charged towards Nidoking again.
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
BOOM
Multiple explosions happened on Tauros' body as it crashed to the ground again. This was 'Mud bomb', which was activated by Nidoking.
After being bombarded by those bombs, one would expect that Tauros would have difficulty standing up. But no. That was not the case.
It stood up and was ready for yet another charge. It fired up a powerful 'Flamethrower' towards Nidoking, who blocked it by using 'sand construct' and creating a shield. The power of 'Flamethrower' was not very impressive. It was a special attack that Tauros had very low mastery of.
It was only used as a distraction, and Tauros was successful in using it. While using the move 'Flamethrower,' it charged towards Nidoking. Nidoking had to focus on defense only, so it could not move or do anything.
By that time, Tauros legs slipped as it crashed to the ground again.
ROOOARR
It gave out a frustrated roar. It had been charging its whole life. How could it slip and crash to the ground? Of course, this was Alakazam using the move 'Puppetry'. After that, the raindrops suddenly concentrated on Tauros, becoming sharper and sharper. Alakazam then used the move 'Thunder'. Both the rain and thunder mixed to form a greater force, and it struck down Tauros.
BOOOMMM
This was one of the most powerful moves of Alakazam. The explosion of the attack destroyed the surrounding area. A pseudo-champion rank Pokemon who had used 'Calm mind' to maximum and also its pre-domain move to boost itself using this move on a king rank, Tauros might not have survived it.
As the dust cleared, Alakazam saw the state of Tauros, and its eyes widened from shock. Amidst the dust and smoke, Alakazam could see that Tauros was still trying to stand up.
Its body was riddled with scars, blood, and wounds. Some of the body parts had already come out, and most of its body was burned from the impact. Yet, there was a light in its eyes as if it had not given up.
"Ha.. haha…. I am amazed by how strong both of you are. I can see that you are not even serious while fighting me. That is what I have lived for.. HAHAA. Now, let me honor you by giving my best too.", said Tauros with a hint of excitement.
Alakazam sensed that something was amiss. Something didn't make sense. Even though it was considered that this Tauros was mad, why was it talking as if it was ready to go for the second round?
Its brain was figuring out every single scenario on how this situation might be bad for them. Then it dawned on me to a horrible realization.
"MEG!! RUN AWAY…. FAST!!"
BOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!
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