Pokémon: Hard work pays off, moves can be upgraded infinitely.

Outside Zhao Family Village, inside the woodland.

Bingbing stared intently at the cave entrance, her snow-white body slightly lowered, her pale blue limbs gripping the ground, and her six fluffy little tails held high.

"Awooo!!"

With a delicate shout, the energy within her body was rapidly mobilized by Bingbing, transformed into ice-attribute energy, and gushed out.

Despite her low level, with the help of the Blizzard skill, her proficiency with the Fine Snow move has reached a perfect level.

Consequently, she was able to mobilize energy much faster.

huh~~

As energy was mobilized, a slight chill suddenly appeared in the forest, where the sunlight was gentle and the temperature was pleasant.

Immediately afterwards, gusts of wind and snow gradually condensed around Bingbing's body, turning into snowflakes the size of a thumb.

With a whoosh, the snowflakes transformed into long snakes, flying straight towards the cave entrance.

"What?!"

The sentry rats that followed Mu Yun were startled to see the small Bingbing unleash such powerful fine snow.

Unexpectedly, this seemingly harmless little guy is actually quite powerful.

"Sentry Mouse, be careful, Digging Rabbits might appear at any moment!"

Seeing the Sentinel Rat, Mu Yun wasn't too surprised, since the rat hadn't bothered to conceal its movements as it followed him.

"What?!"

The sentry rat nodded, its crouching body instantly straightening up, like a watchtower, alert to its surroundings.

Seeing this, Mu Yun didn't say anything more and focused all his attention on Bingbing and the cave entrance in front of her.

Although Bingbing's moves were quite powerful, her level was not high, so he had to be vigilant at all times and pick her up the moment the Digging Rabbits appeared to prevent her from being ambushed.

huh~~

Large gushes of ice and snow, like water bursting from a dam, surged into the cave.

About two minutes later, Mu Yun keenly sensed a faint tremor coming from underground.

If nothing unexpected happens, the digging rabbit in the burrow should have reacted.

"Bingbing, come back!"

Mu Yun immediately shouted.

"Awoo!"

Upon hearing this, Bingbing immediately withdrew her surging energy, leaped back to Mu Yun's side, her body trembling slightly, clearly indicating that she had expended a considerable amount of energy.

"Eek!!"

Not long after Bingbing jumped back, an angry voice came from the hole in the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a pair of broad, arm-like brown ears emerged from the hole.

It was none other than Mu Yun's target this time—the Digger Rabbit!

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【Sprite: Digger Rabbit】

Gender: Male

【Attribute: Normal】

[Level: 19 (Normal)]

【Characteristic: Cheek Pouches (Restores additional stamina by using any tree fruit)】

[Moves: Impact, Stare, Lightning Flash, Consecutive Slaps, Mud Throw, Mud Shot]

[Item to bring: Raw corn]

[Potential: Average]

[Racial stats: 237]

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Although Diggerbunny is good at digging, it is not a Ground-type Pokémon. It only gains Ground type when it evolves into Diggerbunny.

"Eek!!"

When the digger rabbit, covered in snowflakes, saw Mu Yun and the five elves around her, it immediately showed an angry expression.

They clearly didn't expect that such a small group of people would dare to cause them trouble.

"Eek! Eek!!"

As soon as he peeked out, his ears bent down quickly, striking the ground rhythmically like drums.

It looks like it's sending some kind of signal.

Then, Mu Yun felt the ground beneath his feet tremble more and more noticeably.

Before long, more and more digging rabbits broke out of the ground, forming a ring that surrounded Mu Yun and his group.

Most of the Digging Rabbits are around the same level as the Digging Rabbit that called out, exceeding level 15, while some are a bit lower, only around level 10.

It seems they've noticed there aren't many people coming, so they're preparing to send out their entire force.

"Hey, stubborn!!"

Just as Mu Yun was about to signal Xiao Du and Bo Feng to make their move, another deep, rough shout rang out.

Suddenly, a burrow several times larger than the pits dug by the other digging rabbits appeared.

Then, a large, grayish-brown figure jumped out of the hole and landed on the ground with a thud.

It is the evolved form of Digger Rabbit – Digger Rabbit!

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【Sprite: Digging Rabbit】

Gender: Male

[Attribute: Normal + Ground]

[Level: 29 (Senior)]

【Characteristic: Huge Power (Doubles the power of physical attacks)】

[Moves: Impact, Stare, Lightning Strike, Consecutive Slaps, Mud Throw, Mud Shot, Tilling the Ground, Stomp, Double Kick, Scent Detection]

[Item to bring: Oranges]

[Potential: Senior Level]

[Racial stats: 423]

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The plump Digger Rabbit held a corn cob in each hand, eating as it looked Mu Yun and the elf beside him up and down.

That relaxed and carefree expression seemed to convey a sense of certainty of victory.

"A veteran-level peak, and with the hidden ability Huge Power, no wonder Sentinel and the others can't do anything with you."

Looking at the data panel of Digging Rabbit, Mu Yun understood.

The increased physical attack from Hercules, plus the 50% power bonus from its own type, means that when ambushed, a regular Pokémon of the same level will have a very low win rate unless it knows a ground-shaking move like Earthquake.

Unfortunately, Mu Yun's elves are not ordinary.

"Little Doku, gather your energy and attack the Digger Bunny with the 'Cross Scissors' attack! Namikaze, attack the rest of the Digger Bunnies with the 'Air Blade' attack!"

Mu Yun had no intention of discussing with the digging rabbit. Upon seeing the main character appear, he immediately gave the order.

"Hiss!"

"Pop!"

Xiao Du instantly gathered his energy at an extremely fast speed, then his arms flashed with bee needles, and he rushed towards the digging rabbit.

The wind gust immediately flapped its wings, and sharp wind blades shot towards the surrounding burrowing rabbits at an extremely high frequency.

"What?!"

When the Sentinel Rat saw Mu Yun's sprites launch an attack, it immediately used its Glare to slow down the Digging Rabbits' defense.

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[Gaze: A Normal-type move that uses a sharp gaze to reduce the opponent's defense by a certain amount. The extent of the effect depends on the level difference between the two opponents.]

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"Hey, stubborn!!"

The Digging Rabbit seemed surprised that Mu Yun would act so decisively when outnumbered, and was clearly taken aback the moment Xiao Du attacked.

But as the leader of this tribe, a ruthless character who could force the entire Zhao family village to seek help out of desperation, how could he not have some tricks up his sleeve?

After a slight moment of surprise, he made a move instantly.

The enormous ear, resembling an arm, dug into the ground, and ground-based energy poured in, instantly turning the loose soil into a dark, sticky paste, much like mud.

It's a Ground-type move—Mud Shot!

"Hey, stubborn!!"

The digging rabbit waved its ears in turn, and it began to throw out uniformly sized shovels of mud in an attempt to intercept the attacking little rabbit.

His most common tactic is to slow down his opponent by shooting mud at them, and then follow up with a series of slaps.

With his strength, which far surpassed that of his clan since childhood, he did not believe that any elf in Zhao Family Village, which he had sent back many times, could withstand his repeated slaps!

Unfortunately, this time his opponents were not those untrained ordinary Pokémon.

Seeing the mud splattering towards him, Xiao Du remained calm. After scanning the trajectory of the mud with his crimson eyes, he effortlessly and smoothly dodged all the mud and arrived in front of the Digging Rabbit.

"Hey, stubborn!!"

Seeing that its attack had missed, the Digging Rabbit, feeling humiliated, roared angrily, its internal energy surging wildly and forming a bright white light at its ears.

Take this! A barrage of slaps!!