I, Gary, Want to Become a Pokemon Master

"This is the Rhyperior, so impressive."

Yesterday at the Pokémon Center, Ash was very curious about what Rhyperior looked like. 

Now that he finally saw the real thing, he was immediately captivated by Rhyperior's imposing appearance.

"Rhyperior, it seems that you are not an ordinary Trainer and are qualified to challenge me," Blaine commented.

Blaine also has a Rhydon and knows very well what kind of Pokémon Rhydon is. Since Gary has a Rhyperior, the strength of this Rhyperior must reach the gym level.

After all, Rhydon must be level 42 to evolve into Rhyperior.

"Let me test your strength, Ninetales, Flamethrower!" Blaine gave the order first.

"Ninetales!"

Ninetales opened its mouth and sprayed a flame at Rhyperior.

"Stone Edge!"

Rhyperior raised its arms and pounded the ground. Bang! The ground shattered, and sharp rocks broke out of the ground. 

Flamethrower could not melt the rocks that broke out of the ground and was pushed back step by step by the rocks.

Ninetales immediately stopped the flame spray and dodged to the side, but under the control of Rhyperior, sharp rocks continued to emerge from the ground and chased Ninetales.

In Professor Oak's Laboratory, Gary told Rhyperior to practice Stone Edge well. Now it can construct rocks very skillfully and even track. 

If Ninetales wants to break the move, it can only use a more powerful move to detonate the elemental energy underground to interrupt this skill.

"Don't hide, use Fire Spin on Rhyperior," Blaine ordered.

Ninetales, who was running away, did not run away. It spit up a vortex of flames at Rhyperior. 

The flames seemed to have consciousness and surrounded Rhyperior. Stone Edge also hit Ninetales and knocked it away.

Looking at Rhyperior surrounded by the vortex of flames, Gary did not care and directly ordered: "Earthquake."

"Roar!!"

Rhyperior raised its foot and stomped on the ground. The shock wave spread out quickly. 

Ninetales did not dare to take the Earthquake head-on. The Stone Edge just now made it very uncomfortable. It immediately jumped high.

However, at this moment, Rhyperior suddenly charged forward, and the drill on its head began to rotate. 

A golden energy lingered around its body, forming a cyclone. This was the Drill Run skill.

Earthquake was just to force Ninetales to jump so that it could not move around.

"Use Flamethrower to stop Rhyperior," Blaine ordered immediately.

Ninetales in the air immediately used Flamethrower, but the flames were weak and could not stop Rhyperior at all.

Bang!!!

"Ninetales!"

With a wail, Ninetales was knocked out of the field by Rhyperior, fell to the ground, and its eyes swirled.

"Awesome." Ash was very shocked to see Ninetales defeated by Rhyperior because Ash rarely used such a regular way to win in his usual battles. 

Facing strong enemies, he basically won by surprise.

Brock and Misty also had sweat on their foreheads. 

They were not as ignorant as Ash. One battle was enough to show Gary's Trainer level, which was obviously superior to Ash's. The two sides were not on the same level at all.

Especially Ash kept shouting that he wanted to surpass Gary, which was a bit difficult.

"Very powerful Drill Run, but the battle is not over yet. My second player is it, go, Rapidash," Blaine sent out the second Pokémon.

"Rapidash!"

A neighing sounded, and a pale yellow fur horse was released.

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[LV45 Rapidash♂/Elite]

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Really high potential.

Compared to the gyms they had challenged before, it was hard to see Pokémon with elite potential, but the Pokémon Blaine had seemed to be at least elite, worthy of being a researcher specializing in strengthening Pokémon.

Because of the influence of the Fire Spin, Gary was unable to take back Rhyperior and gave the command first: "Earthquake!"

"Roar!!"

Rhyperior stomped the ground to trigger Earthquake.

"Jump up and use Sunny Day!" Blaine ordered.

Rapidash jumped up and jumped high.

"Drill Run!" Gary said.

When Rhyperior looked up, it saw that the sunlight in the sky became very bright, and it stung its eyes.

Gary was wondering what was going on, but when he looked up, he felt the same situation as Rhyperior, and the opponent was using the dazzling light to cover Rhyperior's vision.

The next moment, Rhyperior felt a shadow covering it and immediately opened its eyes and saw a pair of horse hooves attacking its face.

Bang! Bang!

Rapidash used a Double Kick to push Rhyperior back several meters.

"Solar Beam!" Blaine immediately issued a fatal command.

Rapidash fired Solar Beam, and a beam of incandescent light shot out of its mouth.

Boom!!

Solar Beam hit, and the effect was outstanding!!

"It's Solar Beam, Rhyperior is injured!" Ash said in surprise, not expecting Blaine's Rapidash to be so powerful.

"Rhyperior has both Rock and Ground attributes, and Grass-type skills are very effective against Rhyperior. It was hit by a Solar Beam and didn't fall down. This Rhyperior is already very strong," Brock said.

As a Rock-type Trainer, Brock knew the weaknesses of Rhyperior very well. It had low special defense and was four times weak to Grass. 

It was already very strong that it didn't get knocked out instantly.

"Oh, it didn't fall down." Blaine was also quite surprised to see that Rhyperior had not fallen down, but Rhyperior's condition was no longer good, and it could not fight anymore.

"It's over, Flamethrower," Blaine ordered.

The flame on Rapidash's back burned fiercely, and the flame of the end gushed out, turning into a fire snake and rushing towards Rhyperior.

"Dig."

Bang!!

Rhyperior quickly rotated its body and burrowed into the ground to avoid the flames.

"It's really difficult." Blaine didn't expect Rhyperior to Dig. It was obviously dying, so why not just lie down obediently?

Gary looked serious. He also knew that Rhyperior was dying, but it couldn't be taken back after being hit by the Fire Spin, so he could only fight to the death.

"Rapidash, pay attention to the movement underground. Once Rhyperior comes out, use Flamethrower to counterattack," Blaine said.

"Rhyperior, use Horn Drill to attack!" Gary also tried his best, intending to take down Rapidash in one shot.

Rapidash immediately became alert. Horn Drill is a one-hit KO skill, so it can't be taken casually.

Blaine was also a little nervous. If it was hit by the Horn Drill, it would definitely be knocked out instantly. 

Gary's Rhyperior could withstand Rapidash's Solar Beam, so its level must be higher than Rapidash's.

Bang!

The ground shattered, but the ground that shattered was not under Rapidash's feet, but behind it.

Rhyperior drilled out from the ground and rushed towards Rapidash.

Rapidash felt the movement behind it and immediately turned around.

The flames in its body roared out and swallowed Rhyperior.