As soon as that man's words fell, the ground suddenly surged again.
Wrapped in energy, Sandslash's claws were covered in dense power.
Emitting a sharp aura, it swung a claw straight at Professor Burnet behind Primarina.
A flash of fear passed through Burnet's eyes. As a professor, she did not fight often, and she had never experienced such a dangerous situation.
She wanted to stop the preparation for the Z-Move, but invisible energy had already begun flowing through her body.
With her physical condition, there was no way she could stop it.
Primarina at her side wanted to stop as well, but it was afraid that stopping abruptly would cause energy backlash and harm its trainer.
In this situation, Sandslash's Rending Claw was almost an unavoidable, guaranteed killing blow.
The trainers of Rhyperior and Sandslash bared their teeth in laughter, looking as if Burnet was already done for.
"Professor Burnet, just relax."
"I mainly came here to capture you alive."
"After all… if you die, who's going to research Z power for us?"
"Give up resisting, and maybe you'll suffer a little less…"
The Sandslash trainer wanted to say that Professor Burnet could suffer less pain, but before he could finish speaking, a burst of urgent beeping suddenly rang out from a nearby computer.
A blue light appeared, quickly illuminating the entire room.
That blue light rapidly condensed, forming a black and gray Pokémon.
[Danger detected for Professor Burnet. According to the main wife's orders, intervention is required.]
A mechanical electronic prompt sounded from Regirock's body. An icy blue glimmer flashed in its eyes as it scanned Sandslash and Rhyperior.
[Analyzing opponent attributes. Both have Ground-type attributes. Ice-type attacks are recommended.]
The moment the electronic prompt ended, Regirock extended its right fist. Vast Ice-type power gathered in its hand, forming a gigantic ice energy fist that slammed violently toward Sandslash.
Under Regirock's attack, the energy claws Sandslash had gathered were torn apart like rotten wood, unable to block even for a moment.
The massive fist shattered the energy claws and struck Sandslash hard, almost instantly emptying Sandslash's stamina bar.
"Re-Regirock?"
Seeing his Sandslash get instantly taken down in one hit, the Sandslash trainer cried out in fear.
After Eva arrived here, her way of doing things was exactly the same as Axel's. She practically didn't know what restraint meant.
Relying on Regirock's advantages, she crushed the Aether Foundation's repeated attempts to besiege the Sun and Moon Research Institute with thunderous force.
Because of this, before carrying out this mission, the Sandslash trainer already knew that the Sun and Moon Research Institute possessed Regirock.
So he carefully planned a sneak attack strategy, intending to win through tactics.
But he never imagined that the moment he made his move, he would run straight into Regirock.
Even more unimaginable was that this Regirock was actually this terrifying.
He was a trainer comparable to an Alola Island Trial Captain, yet the Pokémon he had carefully trained was not even a match for Regirock in a single exchange.
"Rhyperior, go! Use Hammer Arm and smash him to pieces!"
The Sandslash trainer reacted quickly, reformulating the most reasonable tactic.
Blue light bloomed once again in Regirock's eyes, forming a torrent of data that wrapped around Rhyperior.
[Rock-type attribute detected. Suitable for activating divine authority…]
The instant Regirock's words fell, the rocky armor on Rhyperior's body immediately became loose, almost falling off entirely.
Rhyperior looked at Regirock in terror, feeling like a soldier stripped of all his armor.
Although its speed increased greatly, its body became incredibly fragile, as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
The suppression of ordinary Pokémon by same-attribute gods was displayed to the extreme at this moment.
The Sandslash trainer's pupils widened. He was clearly terrified by this, but he knew that at this time, he absolutely could not panic.
If he panicked now, not only would today's mission likely fail, he might not even make it out alive.
He quickly spoke up, "Rhyperior, don't be afraid. This kind of thing isn't necessarily bad."
"Although you've lost your armor now, judging from the destructive power Regirock just showed, even with armor you might not be able to block many of its attacks."
"Now that you've lost the armor, your body is actually more flexible."
Rhyperior calmed down a bit and looked at its trainer with some doubt.
Is that really the case?
"Yes. Keep using Hammer Arm!"
With the trainer's renewed assurance, Rhyperior let out a furious roar and fully unleashed the Hammer Arm it had already activated halfway.
Crimson light spread over its hands. The muscles in its arms bulged, and a violent aura radiated from its body.
"ROAR!"
Accompanied by the roar, Rhyperior's arms slammed down fiercely, about to land on Regirock.
Suddenly, the blue light in Regirock's eyes disappeared. Ice crystals rapidly flickered around its arm, and almost instantly it condensed an Ice Punch, striking Rhyperior in the chest.
BANG!
Rhyperior's body was instantly sent flying backward, crashing into Sandslash and letting the Sandslash that had just barely recovered experience the harshness of society once again.
"How is that possible? That attack speed?"
The Sandslash trainer cried out in shock, unable to understand how a Pokémon like solid rock could erupt with such terrifying speed.
He had seen it clearly. Rhyperior was about to land its hit, and only then did that Regirock choose to act.
Under normal circumstances, Rhyperior should definitely have hit Regirock and dealt considerable damage.
But what actually happened was that Regirock "instantly cast" an Ice Punch and blasted Rhyperior away.
This was completely absurd.
At this moment, a tall Garganacl pushed open the door and bent down to walk in.
A little girl wearing a white research coat, with her hair tied in a bun, sat on Garganacl's shoulder, smiling as she looked at the equally shocked Professor Burnet.
"Professor, how is the Regirock I just modified?"
Professor Burnet ignored her own discomfort and hurriedly asked, "How did you do this?"
"I've seen Regirock's data before. His speed clearly isn't fast."
Eva glanced at the stunned Sandslash trainer and smiled brightly.
"This part is actually thanks to you."
"During this period, we've been researching Z power, and later I discovered that this actually overlaps with my own research."
"My research field is making all Pokémon faster, divided into three topics: thinking speed, command reception speed, and energy flow speed."
"The rapid activation of Z power essentially overlaps with my energy flow topic, and we've made huge progress during this time."
"On top of that, Regirock was built by Axel using special materials, so his thinking speed is extremely fast."
"With computing power comparable to a supercomputer, the command reception speed can basically be ignored."
"After implanting a chip yesterday, his current attack speed is simply unbeatable!"
At the side, Regirock put its hands on its hips and chimed in, [With the main wife's help, as long as the enemy gets close, they can only accept Regirock's beating!]
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