Boom!!
Heracross's large horn attacked Dodrio, and the immense force was transmitted to the ground through Dodrio's body, causing the ground beneath Dodrio to tremble.
When the dust cleared, Dodrio lay on the ground, motionless, with the eyes of its three heads spinning in circles.
"Dodrio loses its ability to fight, Heracross wins," the referee announced.
"Stone Edge?"
Falkner felt deceived by Gary.
Even though Falkner had never bred Bug-type Pokémon, he knew that Heracross could not naturally learn Stone Edge.
Heracross is a Bug and Fighting-type Pokémon.
How could it learn Rock-type moves without a Trainer teaching it?
But just now, Gary said that this Heracross was captured in the Heracross Forest not long ago.
Capturing a Pokémon that can immediately master Stone Edge seems too far-fetched.
However, deception is also a tactic.
If anyone is to blame, it's Falkner for being too naive and easily believing Gary's words.
If Gary knew Falkner thought of him this way, he would definitely protest his innocence.
He really had captured Heracross not long ago, only about ten days at most.
"Next, I will use my trump card Pokémon." After losing two battles in a row, Falkner was too embarrassed to say anything pretentious.
"Pidgeot, I leave it all to you," Falkner said, not wasting any more words as he sent out his third Pokémon.
Great!
[LV40 Pidgeot/Quasi-Elite]
Falkner finally sent out his trump card Pokémon, which was at level 40.
When Gary saw Pidgeot's level, he finally understood why, when Falkner and Ash had fought, Pidgeot had launched so many effective attacks on Charizard but failed to defeat it.
It turned out that its level was too low and had been left there for a long time.
Gary thought of his agreement with Ash again.
If Ash was not allowed to use Pikachu and Charizard, he would definitely lose this first battle, and he didn't know if it would delay Ash's journey.
There didn't seem to be any disasters that endangered the world in the Johto Region.
The only thing related to the Legendary Pokémon was Celebi.
Although Celebi controlled the power of time, the scope of influence was not large.
At most, the vegetation in a city would be destroyed.
"Heracross, use Leer," Gary suddenly ordered. Don't think too much now win the game in front of you first.
Heracross used Leer on Pidgeot, and Pidgeot used Gust to attack Heracross.
Fortunately, Gust was not very powerful. After Heracross was blown a distance, it lost its power.
"Is it too weak?"
Seeing that Heracross was not seriously injured by Gust, Falkner immediately changed the order and said, "Pidgeot, use Wing Attack."
Pidgeot rushed towards Heracross quickly, very fast.
"Heracross, use Aerial Ace," Gary said.
Heracross used Aerial Ace, utilizing its acceleration skills to increase its speed, and fought with Pidgeot in the air.
After several rounds, it did not lose.
Even though Pidgeot's level was a little higher than Heracross, the strength of the two sides was evenly matched, and neither could take advantage.
It was difficult to tell the winner for a while.
"Heracross, use Dig!" Gary suddenly ordered.
Hearing the command, Heracross immediately rushed to the ground, and before Pidgeot could catch up, it went directly underground.
"You can even Dig."
Falkner hadn't expected this move, but he was sure that he had just been tricked.
This Heracross was definitely not a Pokémon that Gary had just captured it must have been bred for several months.
"Come out from underground and use Stone Edge!" Gary ordered.
From the battle just now, Falkner's Pidgeot doesn't have any special attack skills.
"Heracross!!"
Heracross emerged from the ground and used Stone Edge to attack Pidgeot in the sky.
Pidgeot used its superb flying skills to dodge Heracross's attack and flew out of the attack range, but with such skills, Pidgeot's attacks couldn't hit Heracross.
"Pidgeot, forcefully break through Stone Edge, use Brave Bird!" Falkner ordered.
"Pidgeot!!"
Pidgeot cried out, quickly rose into the air, and then leaned down.
The violent wind power lingered around its body, and the air faintly made a sound of being cut.
The wind power lingering on Pidgeot turned into a violent red, and the speed of the charge became faster.
"Heracross, use Endure to resist this move, and then use Counter to counterattack," said Gary.
Heracross did not move, lying directly on the ground, with its back armor facing the sky, its arms protecting its head, taking a defensive posture.
With a bang!!, Pidgeot slammed into Heracross's side, knocking it out.
Heracross was immediately hurt, and a layer of red light appeared on its body, allowing it to withstand Pidgeot's attack.
And because Pidgeot used Brave Bird, it suffered from the recoil of this skill, and its body emitted blue arcs, which made Pidgeot unable to move for a while.
"Heracross!!"
Heracross endured the weakness of its body and used all its strength, covering its body with red light, and rushed towards Pidgeot.
Bang!!
Counter rebounded the damage Heracross received twice, directly knocking Pidgeot out, and it stopped when it hit the wall outside the field.
Pidgeot fell to the ground, suffering the recoil of Counter, and had lost its ability to fight.
Heracross was still barely standing on the ground, but its life was like a candle in the wind.
It would be extinguished if blown.
"Pidgeot has lost its ability to fight, Heracross wins!"
The referee announced: "The three Pokémon of the gym leader have all lost their ability to fight, and the challenger Gary wins."
Falkner was in a bad mood now.
He could accept the defeat, but he couldn't accept being defeated three in a row. "Heracross, come back and rest."
Gary also quickly took back Heracross.
To be honest, Gary didn't expect Heracross to be able to win three in a row, after all, he was fighting against a Flying-type gym.
He just kept fighting until the end, so he tried to win three in a row, and he didn't expect it to work.
However, this was also thanks to Falkner.
If Falkner was not in a hurry to decide the winner and slowly wore down the opponent, Pidgeot could still defeat Heracross.
If Falkner used Pidgeot early, Heracross would not be able to win three in a row, after all, Heracross would have to do its best to defeat Pidgeot.
"Congratulations on your victory. Your Heracross is well-trained. This is my gym's Zephyr Badge. Take it." Falkner walked up to Gary and handed the badge to Gary.
"I accept it." Gary took the badge.
[Ding! Mission completed, rewards have been distributed to the space backpack.]