After casually taking the Pokéfood from those three dummies, his food supply for the next month was also solved. It was truly like pie falling from the sky!
Now there were more than a dozen Exeggutor at the entrance of the valley. Those three people just now must have also fallen under Exeggutor's Hypnosis. Looking at the layout of the entire valley, it had clearly already formed an independent "faction", and the leading Pokémon must have very high intelligence.
Pokémon like Alakazam or Metagross were very likely!
What he needed to do now was to quietly deal with these dozen Exeggutor. The only one who could do it was Haunter.
Ditto also had to take action. Two Haunter would have a higher success rate.
"…Ditto, Transform into Haunter."
At this moment, Tetsuya hid in the bushes and quietly said to Ditto.
Two identical Haunter appeared in front of Tetsuya. "In a moment, use Night Shade to conceal your bodies, then take advantage of the moment when the Exeggutor are confused to use Hypnosis. Make sure all of them fall asleep."
After Tetsuya spoke, Haunter and Ditto nodded. Immediately, a mass of black shadow enveloped their bodies as they drifted toward the Exeggutor.
The Exeggutor swayed their bodies. Suddenly seeing two unknown "creatures", they looked around in confusion. For a moment, they had no idea what to do and all stared at these two strange beings.
At that very instant, waves of hypnotic energy spread out from the two shadows. Unknowingly, the Exeggutor also felt their eyelids grow heavy, swaying on the verge of collapse before quickly falling down.
At this moment, Tetsuya rushed out. "Haunter, can you drain all of this vitality!?"
After all, it would be a pity to waste such good "resources".
Haunter nodded. Draining vitality could be done in any amount. If there was more, it would be quickly assimilated into its body. If there was less, it would maintain the body's basic needs.
Haunter activated Night Shade, covering two Exeggutor at once.
The Exeggutor were too weak. The draining speed was very fast, and with Haunter's current strength, it became even more effortless.
In just half an hour, more than a dozen Exeggutor had all withered.
Back then, when Haunter drained the vitality of that Ninetales deep in the mountains, it took a full day and night. Thanks to its vitality, Haunter's strength underwent an extraordinary transformation. Now absorbing these weaker Pokémon was as easy as drinking water.
Haunter moved its body slightly and quickly digested all the vitality.
To avoid making too much noise, only Ditto and Haunter followed him as he advanced deeper into the valley.
The stream gathered into a lake. By the lakeside, more than a dozen Girafarig were guarding the water. Around the lake were more than twenty Berry trees, and on each tree there was a Xatu guarding it.
More than a dozen Girafarig and more than twenty Xatu. It was almost impossible to deal with them silently.
Fight or retreat.
This was a serious question…
Having reached this point, the choice was naturally to fight. Although Tetsuya acted cautiously, he was not so timid as to fear these wild Pokémon.
Plans and tactics had to be prepared in advance.
Tetsuya released all his Pokémon and first implemented his set of tactics.
Then he split them into groups.
Ditto's main task was naturally to protect him.
Beedrill and Haunter, who could fly or Levitate, would deal with the Xatu.
Piloswine, Houndoom, and Golett would deal with the Girafarig.
"Golett, you go in first. Use High Horsepower on those Girafarig. After breaking through, focus on protecting yourself and try to hold them back."
Tetsuya began the first step of his plan!
Golett, fearless, leaped out directly, curling its body.
High Horsepower carried an unstoppable force. Wherever it passed, the ground trembled.
The Girafarig detected the intruder and began to cry out. Various Psychic-type moves were launched.
Golett dodged left and right. Although it was struck by some moves, with its Ground-type energy barrier and its own energy for defense, they failed to stop it. During its rolling movement, it also reflected sunlight, and the Bright Powder on its body shone brilliantly💫. The Girafarig were dazzled and could not open their eyes.
Golett then leaped up and smashed toward the nearest Girafarig!
At the moment Golett launched its attack, Tetsuya's follow-up move had already arrived.
"Beedrill, Toxic Spikes. Houndoom, Smog, Inferno."
The field formed once again, the "Inferno Domain".
The Xatu were still standing on the trees watching. After all, there was only one Golett. More than a dozen Girafarig should be easily dealt with…
However, it was precisely this ordinary Golett, waving its fists with Shadow Punch, dealing with the attacks of the Girafarig. Although it was already in a dangerous situation, it had persisted for so long without suffering any substantial damage.
Piloswine was constantly observing the movements of the Xatu. As long as they made a move, it would immediately use that Blizzard combination to intercept, followed by Beedrill to finish them off.
"Charge, Houndoom, Double Team, Beat Up."
A long howl shook the sky. Taking the lead, Houndoom, along with seven clones, charged into the [Inferno Domain].
Flames and poisonous mist all converged onto Houndoom.
Eight masses of toxic fire charged toward the Girafarig. At this moment, Golett also saw Houndoom charging over.
"Golett, use High Horsepower and charge forward!"
Receiving the command, Golett rolled again. The Girafarig were dazzled once more, and Golett easily broke through their encirclement, reaching the other side of the Girafarig.
Still confused by Golett's sudden disappearance, Houndoom had already arrived.
Eight strikes of [Blightfire Assault] instantly took down eight Girafarig!
At this moment, Golett turned back. With one punch per Girafarig, two Girafarig fell in response. The once imposing Girafarig group was reduced to only six.
Only then did the Xatu realize something was wrong and rushed in from all directions to provide support.
"[Blizzard Cyclone]!"
Piloswine had been waiting for a long time. The Blizzard of this beast was far from simple. Mixed with Icy Wind and Freeze-Dry, it roared out. The dozen or so Xatu that descended first were swept into it, while the remaining around ten Xatu were forced by the extreme cold to not advance even a step.
"Beedrill, Haunter, give them a hand."
Beedrill flapped its wings, and more than twenty clones flew out, forming a swarm-like assault with overwhelming momentum!
Haunter was even more efficient. With a flicker, it disappeared, and invisibly fired six Shadow Ball.
The Psychic-type Xatu had very weak resistance to Ghost-type moves. With a single hit, Haunter smashed them into the Blizzard.
Facing such a swarm, the Xatu on the other side also launched an attack, eliminating seven or eight of the clones.
But that was all they could do. Beedrill's swift and decisive attacks smashed the remaining few Xatu on that side into the Blizzard.
Now it was Piloswine's time to act.
Under Tetsuya's command, Beedrill and Haunter also went to support Houndoom and Golett, only to end the battle quickly.
It was hard to imagine such a scene. More than twenty Xatu were caught in Piloswine's "Blizzard". Even flapping their wings was useless. Some even curled up their bodies to keep warm. The temperature inside was extremely low, and the cold was not something ordinary Pokémon could withstand.
Then the Blizzard formed into a tornado, continuously grinding and colliding. The more than twenty Xatu were dragged along in the tornado!
What could be seen were only their green feathers. As the tornado converged into one, a massive [Blizzard Vortex] rotated in the air.
Piloswine exerted all its might to control this powerful Ice-type energy. Inside the vortex, the Xatu were like clothes spinning inside a washing machine.
With Piloswine's final exertion, the [Blizzard Vortex] flew out and dissipated from Tetsuya's sight. Those more than twenty Xatu had absolutely no chance of survival.
After using such a powerful move, Piloswine was naturally exhausted. Tetsuya promptly recalled it into the Poké Ball.
Golett jumped up and down, Shadow Punch creating fierce momentum!
Houndoom was like a beast on the hunt, Crunch delivering lethal blows.
Haunter and Beedrill had come to help, but found that there was no need for them to intervene. The remaining Girafarig were all cleanly dealt with by Golett and Houndoom.
However, Tetsuya would not let them off so easily.
"Haunter, do it!"
As the more than ten Girafarig lying on the ground turned into dried corpses, Haunter once again shook its body in satisfaction~