Chapter 104: Magikarp Might Be Even More Ruthless Than Li Wei
“Wow, that Wang Mingda is troubling new students again.”
“He seems to do this every year.”
Nearby seniors who had already been at Magic University for a few years began discussing this notorious school team member.
“I don’t know what kind of perverted hobby he has. He’s already in his fourth year of university, right? Still bullying new students.”
“But his strength is indeed quite good. It feels like if that Li Wei doesn’t back down, he might suffer a big loss.”
“Indeed, the Pokémon he’s sent to the emergency room at the Pokémon Center aren’t few······ Should we go up and stop it?”
A senior student wearing a blue T-shirt said somewhat worriedly to the person next to her.
“No need. Today, the one who might suffer a loss could be that Wang Mingda.”
“Huh? Why do you say that?”
The senior student in the blue T-shirt was filled with surprise in her tone.
“The title of Rookie King really wasn’t something he inflated and self-proclaimed.
His strength completely crushed all the rookies who participated in this year’s provincial competition, and not long ago he also crushed a Grand Festival beginner main tournament.
And more importantly, don’t forget his background! The son of Tianyuan Gym Leader Li Yuan Sheng.
Think about the foundation of their family. How could he not have some ultimate techniques?
I’d say, today this Wang Mingda has definitely kicked an iron plate.”
“Makes sense!!”
“Moreover, when sparring with a junior, he definitely won’t bring out his ace. It’ll probably just be some elite level Pokémon. Li Wei should have no problem······ Huh????”
The senior student who had been seriously analyzing the battle situation suddenly let out a cry of shock.
This shocked cry wasn’t for any other reason, but because of Li Wei.
While these spectating seniors were discussing, Li Wei had already agreed to a friendly spar with this senior student Wang Mingda. After the two sides retreated to clear out a battle arena space, both released the Pokémon they would use for the battle.
Just as this senior student analyzed, Wang Mingda did not release his ace Pokémon. This time, the one he brought to spar with the ‘junior’ was a Sunflora.
Based on nurturing degree for strength assessment, conservatively speaking, it was at least a solid elite level Pokémon.
Originally, this senior student wanted to say that as long as Li Wei sent out his ace Riolu or that evolved Glaceon, this spar should have no suspense.
But what he never expected was that after seeing the opponent release the Sunflora first, the Pokémon Li Wei chose to battle with was actually a Magikarp!!!!!
“Magikarp???”
“My god, has Li Wei gone crazy??”
“Is he···· wanting to lose or·····”
The new students who came to ‘watch the fun’ nearby and the school’s seniors were all shocked speechless.
And similarly, Wang Mingda, as the one picking the fight, was also stunned by Li Wei’s action. After being dazed for a while and reacting, he couldn’t help but feel angry. He felt insulted.
This Li Wei was so arrogant, sending out a Magikarp to spar with him?
Who was he looking down on??
That Magikarp lying sideways on the ground, constantly jumping and making ‘Karoo Karoo’ sounds, was like taking a small knife and scraping his head, bit by bit eroding his sanity, making him feel unusually irritable.
And reacting the same way was the Sunflora in the arena preparing to battle. At this moment, the Sunflora was also extremely irritable.
“Karoo!?”
【Hello! I’m Magikarp! Excuse me, what kind of thing are you?】
“Karoo!”
【You look so strange, like a flower but not a flower and you even have hands and feet! Why are you so strange!】
“Karoo?”
【How’s your strength? You don’t look very strong. It feels like Older Brother Riolu wouldn’t even need to lift a hand to beat you.】
“Karoo Karoo!”
【Eh? Why are you swearing? Our trainer said that cursing opponents on the competition venue is a sign of incompetence! That’s not a good habit. You must change it! Be a civilized Pokémon! You can’t be like this!
Listen to me! Do you know Infernape? That kind of Pokémon has a very irritable temper! And that kind of Pokémon often can’t control its bad temper and literally gets so angry it dies!】
“Karoo?”
【Ah? Why am I mentioning Infernape?】
“Karoo!!”
【Of course I’m worried about you! You have a big head and small body. What if one day you get so angry you shake your head off! Too worrying!!
Also, do you never exercise every day? Otherwise, why are you still so weak after living so long!!】
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At this moment, everyone who understood the Magikarp’s words was dumbfounded, even Li Wei himself was stunned.
This···· wasn’t taught by me!!!
It had to be said that the straightforward and nagging Magikarp’s words spoken unconsciously during battle actually dealt tons of damage to the opponent’s Pokémon.
Ah this·······
“Fine, fine, fine.”
At the same time, Wang Mingda was finally enraged.
“Since you dare to send out this kind of Pokémon to humiliate me, you’ve definitely made the corresponding preparations, right?”
Wang Mingda said to Li Wei through gritted teeth.
Huh?
Humiliate?
Using Magikarp to battle is looking up to you, okay!!
Under this mindset, Li Wei blurted out,
“I hope you don’t fail to appreciate kindness.”
As soon as these words came out, the whole venue was in an uproar.
Everyone was shocked by Li Wei’s arrogance. Even the crowd who had been booing wildly when he revealed the Magikarp couldn’t help but straighten their attitude and start pondering what tricks this Magikarp had for this Rookie King to say such terrifying harsh words.
“1v1 friendly match, neither side can change Pokémon. The match ends when one trainer surrenders or a Pokémon is unable to battle.”
“Trainers, please note, 3, 2, 1, battle begin!”
Naturally, the one acting as referee was senior student A from the small team behind Wang Mingda.
After he announced the start of the match, the Sunflora took action.
“Ingrain, Seed Machine Gun!”
As Wang Mingda shouted the command, the Sunflora had already completed this combo. Clearly, the trainer and Pokémon had rehearsed this skill combination countless times in advance.
Originally, he planned to let Li Wei see what real strength was, make him personally shout ‘I surrender,’ so he wouldn’t be too arrogant in school afterward and would tuck his tail between his legs and behave.
But in the end, this Li Wei actually pulled out a sewer Pokémon like Magikarp to humiliate him!
He absolutely had to beat this Magikarp badly, let Li Wei know what cruelty really was.
At this time, Wang Mingda’s eyes were full of ferocity. He seemed to already see Li Wei’s despairing eyes and the broken figure of this Magikarp being carried into the Pokémon Center.
The Sunflora’s nurturing degree was very high. The released Seed Machine Gun really had that da-da-da blue fire flavor.
The seeds were like bullets, shooting toward the Magikarp’s position at extreme speed.
“Agility.”
“Ah???”
What thing?
Magikarp? On land? Agility????
As Li Wei gave the command, the surroundings were filled with shocked exclamations, including Li Wei’s little partners, all showing surprised expressions except Zhou Fengjue.
Seeing everyone around with jaws nearly dropping, for some reason he actually felt a kind of ‘pleasure.’
He felt like he was now a battle-hardened senior, watching these newbies here being surprised and emotional.
This subtle feeling wasn’t bad??
Looking at the Magikarp moving rapidly in the arena, even leaving afterimages, Zhou Fengjue exchanged a glance with the Grovyle beside him. The trainer and Pokémon’s eyes were both filled with the expression ‘Foolish humans, now do you know what true absurdity is?’
After the planned sure-hit Seed Machine Gun missed, Wang Mingda widened his eyes in surprise. Before he could formulate a follow-up strategy, the rapidly moving Magikarp had already appeared in front of his Sunflora.
“Hydro Pump!”
“What, it’s actually Hydro Pump?”
“Did he really pass the trainer exam!?”
At this moment, seeing the Magikarp rapidly gathering water attribute energy in its mouth, everyone couldn’t help but furrow their brows.
This Magikarp was just a bit bigger and its scales a bit shinier; otherwise, there was no sign of its training level. Even if it was only elite level, using a water-type skill against a grass-type Pokémon?
Without an absolute energy gap crush, wasn’t using Hydro Pump just watering this Sunflora?
While the surrounding crowd was frantically complaining about Li Wei’s terrible decision in their minds, the Magikarp’s Hydro Pump fired.
The real situation on site exceeded everyone’s expectations. The Sunflora rooted in the ground was instantly blasted flying and fell to the ground not far away.
Broken roots, dented ground, Magikarp with a half-smiling expression······
At this time, the Magic University students surrounding finally realized that this battle was gradually unfolding beyond their understanding.
“Sunflora! Stand up, use Absorb!”
The Pokémon being blasted flying obviously caught Wang Mingda off guard again. He hurriedly shouted the next command to his Pokémon, preparing to rally, recover status, and regain his attack rhythm.
But.
How could Li Wei let him have his way so easily.
“Magikarp, don’t let it get up! Eight-Stage Kick!!”
???
What was this now?
Only heard of Double Kick, this Eight-Stage Kick??
Even for a Fighting-type Pokémon it would be one thing, but this Magikarp on what basis?
And in the next second, with a shocking “Karoo!” shout, the Magikarp showed everyone present what ‘Magikarp’s Eight-Stage Kick’ was!
Eight-Stage Kick, full name Double Kick enhanced version: Splash + Double Slap + Rising Uppercut + Momentum Plus·Modified
Gather the power from high-speed impact at the waist, transfer after twisting to the tail, cycle and accumulate the force hitting the opponent, stack it, attack from ground rising to air to achieve combos.
At this time, the situation in the arena unfolded exactly as described in the Eight-Stage Kick annotation.
The Sunflora that hadn’t gotten up yet was dazed by the sudden tail slap from the Magikarp and never woke up again.
One after another continuous attacks, even in different directions. By the third strike, the Sunflora had already lost control of its own body and was mercilessly slapped flying into the air.
This tail’s force was much stronger than imagined. He was already an adult Pokémon and had seen Magikarp before, but what was this Magikarp??
Why was it so different from those in rivers and sewers?
Were ordinary Magikarp···· all this strong?
Flying in the air, looking at the Magikarp accelerating and jumping up from the ground, the Sunflora’s mind was filled with buzzing and stars besides full incomprehension.
But now, no one could answer his question.
Because, besides Li Wei himself and the Magikarp, they were all pondering the answer to this question.
“Magikarp! Final strike! Aqua Tail!!!”
At this point, even the spectating crowd completely gave up thinking about why the Magikarp could use a skill like Aqua Tail.
The Magikarp rising into the air gathered a thick water attribute characteristic stream-like blue energy on its tail, twisted its waist and flipped above the Sunflora.
Smack!
Aqua Tail fiercely hit the Sunflora’s body.
“Karoo!!!”
Unlike the Sunflora heavily smashing onto the ground, the Magikarp that perfectly landed and bounced a few times on the ground roared loudly, proclaiming its strength and perfect victory to all the surrounding audience.
This···· what Magikarp is this??
“The····· battle ends, the winner is····· Li Wei and Magikarp.”
The lackey acting as referee tremblingly announced the match result, and even the spectating students nearby let out a burst of shock.
What had they just seen?
The Magikarp called the weakest and most useless in nature, with type disadvantage, defeated a Sunflora!!!
This battle was like watching a movie, making their blood boil!
“That’s it?”
After victory, Li Wei raised his eyebrow and said to Wang Mingda, who had a green face not far away.
“I thought you were so strong. The school team third team captain is nothing more than this.”
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Unable to refute. In this school team where Pokémon strength reigns supreme, Wang Mingda couldn’t find any reason to retort Li Wei’s mockery.
And while the trainer was doing such inhumane things, the Magikarp also began its daily post-battle nagging.
“Karoo!”
【I told you you’re no good, right? You’re so weak, can’t take a beating.】
“Karoo Karoo?”
【Eh? Can’t get up already? You’re really no good. Wasted all these years!】
“Karoo?”
【You’re really lazy, not diligent at all. Look at you, bad temper and not hardworking. What achievements can you have in your life as a Pokémon?】
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To be fair, after listening to the full set of Magikarp’s nagging nearby, Eevee and Riolu actually felt that at times, the Magikarp might be even more cruel than Li Wei.
Karoo!!!!!
