Chapter 60. A tough battle

In the grass, a pair of scarlet eyes stared at Cyan, but he was not aware of it at the moment.

Suddenly, a black, silvery object shot out from the grass.

Cyan had no time to react and was about to be hit. In an instant, Butterfree reacted first. It stretched out its hands and opened a circular green ripple behind Cyan.

Hold on!

"There's a Pokémon sneak attack?!" Cyan reacted immediately, turned around, and said, "Butterfree, use Air Slash to force it out!"

"Bah!"

White sharp blades shot towards the grass.

At this moment, a half-red and half-black tail immediately came forward and smashed all the Air Slashes into pieces!

"Scare!"

This attack also revealed the prototype of this sneak attack Pokémon.

"Seviper!" Cyan shouted.

As a famous wild hunter in the Hoenn region, it is common to stare at trainers passing by.

"This Seviper's aura is almost reaching the intermediate level. It is a formidable enemy. Everyone, be careful!"

Cyan reminded aloud, and then gave the order: "Butterfree, use Gust, confuse ray with Sableye, and Ponyta, use Ember!"

Being targeted by Seviper, running away wasn't an option. At this moment, Cyan's only choice was to defeat it!

"Bah!"

"Eye!"

"Yu!"

The Gust assisted the fire, and Ponyta's Ember became even more powerful with the blessing of Gust, while the Confuse Ray, which was originally slow, also attacked Seviper at an extremely fast speed.

Faced with the attacks from three Pokémon, Seviper didn't feel scared and instead screamed.

Its big mouth opened, and a thick red energy quickly condensed.

Flamethrower!

"What, this Seviper can actually use Flamethrower!" Cyan's face changed drastically. "No, everyone quickly disperse, Ponyta use Protect, Sableye, distance yourself with Mean Look!"

Ponyta opened its defense in front of Cyan and successfully blocked the flames. However, having just learned Protect, it was still difficult for it to block an attack from an intermediate-level Seviper. Though not injured, it lost a lot of stamina.

While Ponyta resisted the Flamethrower, Sableye's Mean Look successfully hit the Seviper. For a time, Seviper could no longer use its Flamethrower!

Seviper, with rich combat experience, didn't know why it couldn't use the flames but didn't panic. Twisting its body, it quickly gathered black energy on its tail.

"Be careful, that's Seviper's Poison Tail!" Cyan ordered, "Butterfree, Supersonic! Sableye, use Shadow Sneak! Ponyta, interfere with Ember!"

Seviper was fast, but under the interference of Shadow Sneak and Ember, its movements were tightly restricted. Butterfree's Supersonic successfully hit, and Seviper fell into a brief confusion.

"Good opportunity, Butterfree, use Psychic!"

"Bah!"

The pink Psychic energy hit Seviper, and the psychic-type attack caused considerable damage to it.

Seviper screamed in pain, then its confusion state was lifted.

"No! Sableye, use Confuse Ray again!"

The angry Seviper suddenly increased its speed, directly avoiding the Confuse Ray.

It knew Butterfree was the biggest threat, so its first target was directly aimed at Butterfree.

Opening its mouth wide, a Lick quickly stretched out toward Butterfree.

"It's Lick! Butterfree, fly up, wrap its tongue with String Shot! Sableye, Shadow Claw!"

Because Butterfree had practiced String Shot hard during this period, its silk was tough. Seviper was unable to retract its tongue in time, and due to its rapid approach earlier, Sableye was finally able to launch a close attack. Its large hook-like claws quickly attacked Seviper. The snake could only use its Poison Tail to counter.

But with its sight blocked, Sableye turned to avoid the poisonous tail, and its Shadow Claw scratched Seviper's body.

"Good, Sableye, don't stop the Shadow Claw! Ponyta, use Flamethrower!"

The damage of Ember was too low, so Cyan opted for a stronger attack. Even though Ponyta had just learned Flamethrower, its first attempt was successful. The orange flames hit Seviper, and the effect was excellent.

But the Seviper, in pain, suddenly broke free from the Silk Shot restraints. After retracting its tongue, it opened its mouth wide at the attacking Sableye.

Bite!

Sableye had no time to dodge and was bitten on the shoulder.

"Hold on, Sableye! Keep attacking with Scratch! Butterfree, take the opportunity to use Psychic! Ponyta, attack Seviper's body with Ember!"

Sableye endured the pain, continuously scratching Seviper's face. Seviper, in pain, released Sableye, but it didn't notice Butterfree and Ponyta's attacks hitting it again.

"Good opportunity! Butterfree, increase your Psychic power!"

Finally, under the continuous attacks from the three Pokémon, Seviper let out a furious howl.

Seviper had a breakthrough in strength at this moment, reaching the intermediate level!

"Uh-oh, Seviper just broke through! Everyone, be careful!"

After the breakthrough, Seviper shook off the effects of Mean Look and used Flamethrower at Butterfree again, much stronger than before.

"Butterfree, be careful! Protect!"

But it failed. Butterfree had already used Protect once earlier, and having just learned it, failed to use it this time, being directly hit by the flames!

"Butterfree!" Cyan's heart sank. "Ponyta, go catch Butterfree!"

"Yu!"

Ponyta immediately ran toward where Butterfree had fallen.

"Damn it! Sableye, use Disable to seal Seviper's Flamethrower!"

Despite this, Seviper was confident. After taking down the biggest threat, Butterfree, it just needed to finish off Sableye, and victory would be within its grasp!

Seviper rolled up its body, and the Wrap attack tied up Sableye.

Seviper's favorite move was the pleasure of slowly strangling its prey!

But what it didn't know was that Sableye is a ghost-type Pokémon and immune to normal-type moves.

Sableye's body disappeared, emerging from the ground behind Seviper.

"Sableye, Shadow Claw!"

Seviper, unaware that its proud attack had no effect, was hit by Sableye's Shadow Claw.

At that moment, a pink Psychic attack struck again.

It was Butterfree!

It hadn't lost the ability to fight and landed a critical hit on Seviper when it was least expecting it!

At the same time, Ponyta's Flamethrower hit as well!

Seviper, hit by the three major attacks, finally couldn't bear the damage and collapsed!

"Go, Poké Ball!"

Cyan took the opportunity to throw a Poké Ball. This Seviper was the most powerful Pokémon he had defeated so far, and with Flamethrower in its move set, it would sell for a good price.