Chapter 264: The Youth From South Village Bullies Me For Being Old And Frail
Hearing his grandfather say this, Jin Longyu felt much better in his heart.
Jin Longyu, filled with envy, jealousy, and hate, gnashed his teeth and said, “A commoner is just a commoner, wasting a Pokémon Secret Treasure for nothing.”
A Pokémon Secret Treasure! Even his Jin Family would have to suffer great losses to obtain one.
Jin Longyu, feeling extremely unbalanced in his heart, urged from the side, “Grandfather, how about you help me teach him a lesson?”
“Did he offend you?” The old man looked at his grandson speechlessly and asked.
“No, I just simply feel upset. The Onix’s Pokémon Secret Treasure was clearly something I could use too, but now it’s benefiting him for nothing.” Jin Longyu said with a face full of jealous indignation.
After thinking for a moment, the old man nodded, “Alright, this kid is quite close to that girl from the Yu Family. It just so happens that I will teach him a good lesson today, letting this trash know that some people are not for him to covet.”
The Second Elder stepped forward and questioned, “Kid, do you know that Pokémon Battles are not allowed here?”
Hearing this, Jin Huang looked at the Second Elder in some confusion.
“This place…”
Before Jin Huang could speak, the Second Elder roughly interrupted, “Brat, shut up for this old man! This old man hasn’t even gotten to you yet.”
Jin Huang was just about to retort when Lu Li sneered, “I really didn’t know there was such a rule. Is this rule set by your Jin Family, or by you?”
Faced with such a direct question, the Second Elder’s facial expression turned cold.
The nonsense about no Pokémon Battles here was naturally made up by him, with the purpose of having a reason to make a move and teach Lu Li a lesson.
“Kid, your tone is quite arrogant!” The Second Elder’s tone was icy cold.
Lu Li directly spat out curses, “So what does this old man want to do?”
“Originally, this old man just wanted to remind you, but now this old man wants to teach you a lesson.” As the Second Elder spoke, he took out a Poké Ball.
“Teach me a lesson?”
Lu Li almost laughed out of anger, and at the same time guessed the old man’s purpose.
It was nothing more than not liking him and wanting to pull rank to teach him a lesson.
This could be seen from Jin Longyu’s indignant facial expression behind this old man.
“Although respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue, this phrase is obviously superfluous with you this old man. Less nonsense, come battle!”
The Second Elder, pretending to be furiously angry, took the opportunity to release his Pokémon, then roared, “Kid, you’re too rampant!”
If an unknowing person saw this scene, they would think Lu Li was the one who started trouble first.
Lu Li just glanced at it and saw through the opponent’s foundation.
An Elite Late Stage Aggron, and it looked quite sturdy, nurtured to a very high level.
Don’t look at the crises he encountered before, which were either Divine Beasts or Heavenly King Champions, but in fact, those were the minority.
In this world, Elite Level is the backbone strength, and in the eyes of ordinary people, Elite Level is already quite remarkable.
Just like the Second Elder in front of him, this old man probably spent a lifetime to reach this step, of course, it couldn’t be ruled out that the opponent might be hiding strength.
But it didn’t matter.
Thinking this way, Lu Li also released Tropius.
As for why not Milotic, because Lu Li always felt that battling against Milotic was a kind of reward.
“Roar~”
The Tropius that just came out of the Poké Ball let out a deafening roar.
“This…”
The Second Elder looked incredulously at the majestic Tropius.
As an Elite Level Trainer and a senior veteran, the Second Elder could tell Tropius’s real strength at a glance.
The incredulous Second Elder collapsed and questioned, “Elite Late Stage? How is this possible!”
“Wait!”
The Second Elder who reacted suddenly remembered the rumor from not long ago.
A commoner luckily entered the Alliance Treasure Vault and picked a Divine Item with Flying and Ground Attributes.
“Could it really be this kid?” The Second Elder thoughtfully glanced at Lu Li, and the greed in his heart surged like waves, one impact after another on his reason.
If I could get that Divine Item, and this kid definitely has other secrets on him, otherwise even snacking on Secret Treasures, Tropius couldn’t grow this fast.
Thinking of this, the Second Elder whose inner greedy flames burned higher and higher excitedly whispered, “Kid, I admit you have something, but… do you dare to bet with me?”
“A wager battle?” Lu Li tilted his head looking at the Second Elder, pondering what scheme the opponent was plotting.
Lu Li didn’t refuse, “How so?”
“Bet one item that the opponent possesses, it can be a Divine Item or a Secret Treasure.” When the Second Elder said this, his eyes were already full of greed.
Hearing the word Divine Item, Lu Li instantly understood.
So this old man was after the Divine Item.
But on what basis? Doesn’t he know I have people behind me?
Fine, with the Jin Family’s capabilities, this old man might really not know.
“I don’t know what good stuff you have, so I…” Lu Li was just about to refuse when he saw the Second Elder carefully take out a few items from his backpack.
Among them, the most eye-catching was a yellowish-brown gem, this yellowish-brown gem even had a name, that was Pokémon Secret Treasure—Ground Gem.
“This old man actually has such good stuff?” Lu Li looked at the old man in some surprise.
The Ground Gem was something he paid a great price to get from the black market, and this Ground Gem was originally reserved for Jin Longyu.
But for the Divine Item, the Second Elder could only grit his teeth and use it as bait.
Lu Li smiled and praised, “Looks like you do have good stuff on you.”
The Second Elder snorted coldly, disdainfully saying, “A noble family’s foundation is not something a suddenly enriched commoner like you can imagine. How about it? Do you accept this wager battle?”
Lu Li nodded and said, “If it’s 1v1, I can agree.”
This old man probably has a team of Elite Level Pokémon now, to avoid capsizing, Lu Li specifically chose 1v1 battle.
Seeing Lu Li finally agree, the Second Elder excitedly said, “Fine, this old man won’t bully you, I’ll let you go first in the battle later.”
“Jin Huang, you be the referee.” Lu Li said to Jin Huang beside him.
Jin Huang nodded, then voluntarily acted as the referee.
“I announce… the match begins!”
With Jin Huang’s announcement that the match began, Lu Li struck first, “Tropius, Leech Seed.”
Leech Seeds like a Gatling gun instantly swept toward Aggron.
After Aggron saw those Leech Seeds turning into a flood, almost the whole Pokémon froze.
“This is clearly Bullet Seed!” Aggron frantically shouted.
Seeing this scene, the Second Elder cursed, “Despicable kid, actually using a fake move to sneak attack a 70-year-old trainer like me.”
In fact, it was indeed Leech Seed, just the launch method was a bit special.
Aggron directly chose to tank it hard, because he knew he couldn’t dodge.
Aggron used Protect on the spot, but its Protect only blocked for a moment, because the Bullet Seed version of Leech Seed was continuous attack.
Seeing Protect broken, the Second Elder hurriedly shouted, “Use Dig to dodge!”
Perhaps because he was old, his reaction was too slow, by the time the Second Elder finished speaking, Tropius’s Leech Seed had already landed on Aggron.
After Aggron was wrapped by Leech Seed, the match result was basically out.
Seeing Aggron hit, the old man gnashed his teeth and said, “Damn it! Reaction speed too slow.”
As an old-brand trainer, the Second Elder quickly thought of a way to counter Tropius’s Leech Seed.
“Aggron, Rapid Spin!” the Second Elder shouted.
Seeing this scene, Lu Li laughed.
If Tropius’s Leech Seed could be shaken off so easily, then the Star Absorbing Technique tactic would be a joke.
Leech Seeds launched at Bullet Seed speed weren’t so easily shaken off.
Aggron using Rapid Spin did shake off some seeds, but not all.
Besides being fast-launched, Tropius’s Leech Seed’s biggest feature was being tough enough, embedding deeper after hitting.
“About enough! Tropius, Star Absorbing Technique.” Lu Li shouted.
Green energy instantly enveloped Aggron, those unshaken seeds quickly took root and sprouted, almost in the blink of an eye, Aggron wilted down.
Looking at Aggron that surprisingly hadn’t lost battle capability yet, Lu Li was also a bit surprised.
Aggron’s HP bar was actually still pretty good.
At the same time, Lu Li discovered another optimization direction for the Star Absorbing Technique, which was the growth time of Leech Seed.
If Leech Seed’s life absorption time could be a bit longer, Aggron would have been taken out just now.
“What evil technique is this? This old man hasn’t even attacked yet!” the Second Elder angrily questioned.
Lu Li’s mouth curved up slightly, then teased, “Wasn’t it your senior who said to let me go first?”
Second Elder: “…”
“Stepping back ten thousand steps, yes I let you go first, but can’t you respect the elderly and love the young?” The Second Elder immediately resorted to moral coercion.
Lu Li: “…”
“Using moral coercion in Pokémon Battle, no wonder you’ve been at this level your whole life.” Lu Li mocked.
As the saying goes, an old man not dying is a thief; the Second Elder didn’t feel embarrassed at all, after all, compared to a Pokémon Secret Treasure, face was nothing.
The Second Elder, full of unwillingness, reneged, “This round doesn’t count! If you have the skills, let’s go another round.”
“So… you’re planning to break your word?” Arms crossed, Lu Li looked at the Second Elder with icy cold eyes.
“Heh heh, kid, this old man is teaching you a lesson today!” The Second Elder smugly smiled, then countered, “As for the wager, who can prove it? This old man didn’t say anything.”
“That’s right! My grandfather just wanted to spar with you, didn’t mention any wager at all.” Jin Longyu beside him immediately chimed in.
Jin Huang, as the referee, looked speechlessly at this grandfather-grandson pair; he’d seen shameless, but this shameless was rare.
The most embarrassing part was that these two were from the same family as him.
Jin Huang wanted to say he didn’t know these two, but for justice and fairness in his heart, Jin Huang still stood up and said, “Second Elder, you proposed this wager, I heard it all just now.”
The Second Elder glared, angrily questioning, “Jin Huang! Which family’s kid is this?”
“Exactly! This traitor.” Jin Longyu also glared angrily at Jin Huang.
“Jin Huang, you leave here first. This matter won’t trouble you.” Lu Li said to Jin Huang.
Hearing this, Jin Huang hesitated to speak as he looked at Lu Li.
He really wanted to take this out and leave, but his conscience wouldn’t allow it, after all, he was the referee, and this matter was originally the Second Elder breaking his word.
Lu Li gently reminded, “Leave it to me.”
Lu Li never intended to have Jin Huang testify for him.
The opponent was indeed unreasonable, but the problem now was that reason was in his hands!
You won’t reason? Then I’ll reason!
Lu Li directly released Milotic and threatened, “Old thing, today you give this Pokémon Secret Treasure whether you want to or not!”
“Elite Peak!!”
The Second Elder gasped.
What to do? The Second Elder, filled with extreme fear, kept pondering countermeasures in his heart.
He only had four Elite Level Pokémon in total, but his main fighter Aggron had now lost battle capability, though it was two against three, the advantage was clearly on the other side.
After all, his remaining three Pokémon were only Mid-Elite Level, and this kid’s Pokémon were very abnormal, especially that Tropius, which almost defeated Aggron without injury.
“So you’re planning to rob by force this time? Don’t you know whose territory Qingfeng City is?” The Second Elder now had to bring out the Jin Family.
“Do you think I’ll be scared?” Lu Li sneered back.
The Second Elder didn’t think Lu Li would be scared, because he already sensed killing intent from Lu Li’s tone.
“Here.” The Second Elder darkly threw the Ground Gem to Lu Li, then dragged his grandson and turned to leave.
He was going back to tattle! Then call for backup!
Him, the majestic Second Elder of the Jin Family, robbed in his own territory?
Lu Li indifferently watched their backs, not worried at all about the Jin Family’s retaliation.
As long as the Jin Family Patriarch’s brain wasn’t pinched by a door, he wouldn’t cause trouble for him over this, after all, he was the one in the right.
After the two left, Jin Huang beside him also apologized with a face full of apology, “Sorry, Lu Li, I didn’t expect to run into this kind of thing.”
“This matter has nothing to do with you.” Lu Li patted Jin Huang’s shoulder to comfort him.
As a Jin Family member, Jin Huang not standing with Jin Longyu was already very appreciative of him.
Jin Huang just smiled awkwardly; after all, this matter was caused by him, if he hadn’t arranged a battle with Lu Li, this wouldn’t have happened.
“Alright, I’ll continue adventuring, you continue with your business.” After Lu Li finished speaking, he jumped onto Tropius’s back.
“Wish you Tailwind all the way.” Jin Huang smiled and waved his hand.
After bidding farewell to Lu Li, Jin Huang hesitated in place for a moment, gritted his teeth, recalled Onix, then headed toward the Secret Realm Entrance.
On Tropius’s back, Lu Li happily encouraged, “Tropius, you performed great just now! Almost defeated a same-level opponent without injury.”
Hearing this, Tropius let out an excited cry, then its wings flapped fiercely, and its speed increased another level.
