Steelix is a Pokémon.
But Aegislash is not.
Having released "Gravity," Alakazam, holding a spoon, directly detonated the latent psychic power hidden within Steelix.
"Future Sight" erupts!
And at this moment, Beedrill, which had been poised to strike for a long time, also moved.
Its speed became extremely slow.
But now Steelix had no time to care about it.
Beedrill, surrounded by an earthy yellow aura, with its "Direct Charge Drill," also intervened.
The sound of friction became increasingly apparent.
Steelix's speed became even slower, seemingly about to stop.
Togekiss's "Air Slash" also landed at this moment.
The previous two attacks hadn't worked.
But this time.
Having spent too much effort combating Aegislash's "Gyro Ball" and Beedrill's "Direct Charge Drill," Steelix no longer had the focused willpower it once did.
Bang bang!
Finally.
Steelix fell into a "Flinch" state, its body abruptly halting.
At this moment.
It was the perfect time for the Pokémon to burst out.
"Illusion Space" was released by Alakazam.
With excitement, Aegislash stopped the "Gyro Ball."
The blue spectral sword slashed out, the "Holy Sword Slash" fell continuously.
"Direct Charge Drill," "Strong Mental Will," and "Wave Missile" also landed one after another.
When Steelix recovered consciousness, it only felt an intense pain both physically and mentally.
This was a pain it hadn't experienced for a long time.
However.
Just as it rose in fury from the pain.
It saw.
A large translucent blue sword, slashing down from above towards its head.
The "Holy Sword," having completed its "Continuous Slash" buildup, was already frighteningly powerful.
Togekiss also pitched in with a "Help," further enhancing the force.
Bam!!
With a heavy and powerful slash.
Steelix, having just lifted its head, was once again heavily struck to the ground, causing the entire ground to tremble, the surface to collapse inward, and fine cracks to spread outward centered on Steelix, like waves of dust that rose and instantly dispersed due to the shockwave.
Thus.
Steelix completely lost its ability to battle.
Aegislash, still holding a sword posture, breathed heavily, but in its bladed form's eyes, uncontainable excitement and joy were visible.
Click click click—
Before they had time to rejoice.
Due to the continuous friction and rotation of the "Gyro Ball," along with the impact of the final blow.
The ground began to collapse.
Pokémon quickly stood up.
Natsuhiko also seized the last moment to throw a Pokeball, capturing this immensely powerful and exceptionally rare Steelix.
Boom!!
Underground, actually already full of holes from Steelix's wanton excavation.
And as the ground trembled and collapsed.
What caught Natsuhiko's attention most was at a depth of about one to two hundred meters, accompanied by hot air currents, the flowing, bubbling silvery-white metal fluid moving like a liquid.
Interspersed with some sporadic dark yellow rock particles.
"Earth's Membrane," Natsuhiko murmured.
No wonder this Steelix was so strong.
Even though Steelix's defense power was inherently strong, it wouldn't be to the extent that an Elite Candidate Level Beedrill with considerable enhancement couldn't completely break through.
It turned out the "Metal Film" it used was "Earth's Membrane."
This is the same material with which Regigigas created Registeel's body.
More precious than the usual "Metal Film" in the natural environment.
As mentioned before.
The "Metal Film" in the natural environment results from the earth compressing, separating, and blending the metal elements and minerals in the soil and rocks.
This requires an extremely long time to settle.
Differing significantly from human-made "Metal Film."
And so-called "Earth's Membrane."
Actually just adds a bit more difficulty to that already complex process.
Replacing ordinary metal elements and minerals with rare metals and rare minerals.
The soil-colored small stones mixed in the metal fluid below are mineral rocks not yet fully compressed and formed.
Regions rich in ordinary metal elements and minerals aren't easy to find, much less those with rare metals and rare minerals.
Further, to enhance the material, a longer time and greater pressure are inevitably required.
Simply put, this "Earth's Membrane" is also a type of "Metal Film," an "upgraded product" of it.
This also explains why so many Rock-type Pokémon gather here.
Because to form this kind of "Metal Film," the prerequisite must be areas extremely rich in minerals, one of the best foods for many Rock-type Pokémon.
"Wow..."
The moment it saw this writhing liquid metal, Aegislash's gaze was instantly captivated.