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"What!!!"
Hearing Ash's words, Brock's expression also changed. Then he saw Pikachu use Iron Tail, but it didn't attack downwards.
Instead, it continued to jump higher, then twisted its body and swung its tail directly at the ceiling.
"That's it!!" Misty also looked at the ceiling. Beside the lights, there was a device on a metal beam.
Bang!!!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Pikachu's tail heavily struck the device on the beam. The astounding force of the impact split the device directly. At the same time, an explosion occurred, and smoke dispersed, but it was quickly blown away.
From the destroyed device, a splash of water rained down from the sky, as if it were raining. Water mist instantly enveloped the entire arena.
The device Pikachu destroyed was a fire prevention device inside the gym. This was something every gym was equipped with, to deal with sudden situations. Let alone Pewter Gym, even the Water-type Cerulean Gym had to be equipped with it.
The entire arena seemed to be raining. As the rainwater sprayed down, Onix's dry body was immediately soaked. Clearly, Onix didn't like this kind of weather.
The rainwater even made it feel very uncomfortable, and it let out painful wails.
Brock also frowned. He had been a Gym Leader for so long, and he had never encountered an opponent like this.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!!!"
Unlike the anime, he had helped Pikachu learn Iron Tail, but he hadn't honed Thunderbolt. In the anime, Pikachu learned Thunderbolt with the help of a waterwheel, forcibly charging itself with electricity.
Frankly, while it was a touching event, it was indeed a quick-fix method. In the anime, Misty also said it was taking a shortcut.
The anime didn't explicitly say it, but Ash, in his previous life, had heard people say since childhood that Pikachu's electric sacs shouldn't be casually touched.
Or that charging with a waterwheel might put a strain on Pikachu's body or shorten its lifespan. Although later on, judging by Pikachu's performance, it didn't seem to have any impact, Ash didn't intend to use this method again.
And according to the games, Thunderbolt was actually a very high-level move. Thinking about it, it made sense. Why was Pikachu called "Pikachu God"? In the games, Thunderbolt was learned at level 30-something, but it knew it from the start of the anime.
So, Pikachu's current Electric-type move was only Thunderbolt. Normally, Electric-type moves would have no effect on Onix.
It was only because the anime had a cheat that it could one-shot Geodude with Thunderbolt. Perhaps it was really as everyone complained: Pikachu God had a hidden ability of gigavolt voltage.
However, once the entire field was wet with water, it changed. Water conducted electricity, greatly amplifying the power of electricity.
Even if it was just Thunderbolt, in this kind of weather, it could possess the power of a ten-thousand-volt attack.
This was something incomparable to the games. After all, in games, type advantage was everything. If it had no effect, it had no effect. You couldn't use Rain Dance and suddenly make Electric-type moves damage Ground-type Pokémon.
Boom!!!
Lightning struck, and electricity flowed through the rainwater across the entire field to Onix's body.
Mooooooo!!!
Actually, it didn't cause much damage to Onix. What truly affected it was the rainwater, and the increased power of the electricity also hampered Onix's movements.
"Onix!!" Brock shouted worriedly.
Ash didn't waste this moment. He had stopped Onix's movement and seized the opportunity.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail!!"
Pi~~~ka!!!
Upon hearing this, Pikachu stopped discharging electricity. The electricity was still maintained by the rainwater. Pikachu took advantage of this and dropped from the sky. Metal glinted on its tail again. It unleashed Iron Tail with full force, using the power of its high-altitude descent.
Using the method Ash had originally taught it, it flipped and rotated its body while using Iron Tail.
Bang!!!
In the instant Onix couldn't move freely, Iron Tail directly struck Onix's head. A huge sound erupted, accompanied by an explosion.
Smoke filled the rainwater. Onix let out a wail, and its body fell from the smoke, crashing heavily onto the ground with a thump. The accumulated water on the ground immediately splashed.
"Alright!!!" Seeing this, Misty excitedly clasped her hands to her chest. Ash had actually defeated Onix with Pikachu.
"Onix!!!" Brock looked at the field, frowning. Onix listened to Brock's voice. At this moment, its eyes were closed, its brows tightly furrowed, and its head slightly lifted, as if it still wanted to fight.
However, just the continuously falling rainwater already made it difficult for Onix to even move. Ash looked at this scene, a little surprised. It hadn't fallen yet. But he had no intention of wasting time.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail again..."
Just as he was about to give the command for the final blow to Onix, suddenly, several figures appeared before him, blocking Ash's path, even charging aggressively at him.
Ash's expression subtly changed upon seeing this. He took a small step back to create distance from them. He saw several children looking at him with hostility.
"Don't bully big brother's hard-trained Onix!!"
The children stood firmly in front of Ash. Ash, seeing this, looked past the children. He hadn't expected the plot development to be different from the anime, yet the same things would still happen. He looked past the children towards Brock.
"Is this a Pokémon League rule??" Ash, of course, knew the Pokémon League had no such rule. He was just asking on purpose.
To be honest, he didn't know what the original Ash was thinking, but he was annoyed at being interrupted. Because he won by skill and strategy, not by luck like Ash in the original series.
Brock looked at this scene and heard Ash's words. He could tell that Ash was annoyed. He was touched by his younger siblings, but at the same time, he was also angry.
"Brother... Brother! I'm sorry... I... I couldn't stop them!" At this moment, Jiro, the eldest of the children, came behind Brock. He was the second oldest in Brock's family.
His personality was also the closest to Brock's. Although he was younger than Brock, he was very mature and would proactively help Brock share the work of taking care of his younger siblings. He had originally tried to stop them just now, but there were too many younger siblings, and he simply couldn't stop them.