Chapter 27: The Long-awaited Battle And The Gains From It!
Ekans had already recovered under the school doctor’s treatment, and the match between Jin Huang and Lian Sheyi thus began.
In the audience seats, Lu Li’s facial expression also became increasingly excited along with the match.
Poison Fang, Poison Tail, Leer, Bite!
Ekans was clearly only in the newborn stage, but it had two inherited skills, and it had also learned two skills in the newborn stage, although these two were the most ordinary basic skills.
But in a small place like Qingfeng City, Ekans’s skill pool could already be described as luxurious.
Reality is not a game; in games, you can only bring four skills to battle, but reality has no regulations on the number of Pokémon skills.
And Jin Huang’s Corphish did not disappoint either.
Double-Edge, Superpower, Tackle, Harden, plus Mud Shot; Corphish’s skills were even more numerous than Ekans’s.
“Luckily this kid faced Lian Sheyi first, otherwise he might really have been tricked by his Mud Shot.” Lu Li touched his chin and thought gratefully.
Although Mud Shot’s damage is not high, it has a very annoying functional effect, which is to lower the Pokémon’s hit rate.
However, Tropius knows Magical Leaf, so he didn’t need to worry about Mud Shot hitting the face, but although the lethality of mud hitting the face is not high, it is disgusting.
The match result was obvious; Lian Sheyi could only stop at the top three in the end.
If placed in an ordinary third-tier small city, Lian Sheyi would absolutely be the well-deserved first, but unfortunately, this year’s Qingfeng City was not normal for him.
The cheating transmigrator, the Pokémon World protagonist with a colored name, Lian Sheyi, who was the protagonist with the comeback script, obviously could not compare to the previous two.
Lu Li, sighing in his heart, helplessly watched Jin Huang walking over here with a smug facial expression.
After coming to Lu Li’s side, Jin Huang said gratefully, “Luckily there was type advantage; Lian Sheyi’s Ekans was very abnormal, his poison didn’t seem like that of a newborn stage Pokémon at all.”
“I knew that long ago, but Lian Sheyi’s luck was pretty bad, happening to run into your Corphish.” Lu Li said with some sympathy.
Jin Huang nodded deeply in agreement; if it weren’t for the type advantage, he might really have flipped.
While the two were resting, Lian Sheyi brought his already treated Ekans over to Lu Li’s side.
Lian Sheyi said in a hoarse voice, “Are you free after school? There’s a matter I want to chat with you about alone.”
Lu Li nodded; for a genius trainer like Lian Sheyi, he was still very willing to make friends with him.
Jin Huang was not awkward beside them, but smiled and reminded, “Time is about up; next is our time.”
Lu Li nodded; before going on stage, Lu Li did not forget to turn around and say, “Then we’ll chat after school.”
Lian Sheyi narrowed his eyes looking at Lu Li’s back and whispered softly, “What an enviable talent, junior breeder…”
He and Lu Li were both regular visitors to the school library, but only Lu Li became a junior breeder; although he hadn’t fully taken the certification yet, it had been recognized by the school’s homeroom teacher education bureau.
Jin Huang, with fierce fighting spirit, excitedly looked at Lu Li and said, “Lu Li! I’ve wanted to battle you for a long time; I hope you go all out.”
“Of course!”
Lu Li gently threw out the Poké Ball.
Tropius took the field.
“Let’s go too! Corphish!”
Jin Huang also released Corphish, then shouted loudly, “Corphish, Harden first! This time we’ll fight a war of attrition.”
“That won’t do! Tropius, we use Sweet Scent too.” Lu Li commanded with narrowed eyes.
If comparing stamina, Corphish definitely couldn’t beat Tropius, but Lu Li still wanted a quick battle.
Purely in terms of attributes, Tropius still had a slight advantage, but the problem was that Jin Huang’s Corphish was clearly main Steel Type.
Seeing Tropius use Sweet Scent, Jin Huang quickly changed tactics: “Corphish, rush over and use Tackle!”
“Tropius, dodge, then watch for his follow-up attack.” Lu Li quickly reacted.
Lu Li, who had been tricked once, certainly didn’t forget this was the real world, and Pokémon battles were not turn-based.
Tropius chose to fly up to dodge and stayed vigilant against Corphish’s follow-up attacks at all times.
Corphish, who missed, suddenly threw a clump of mud backhand; Lu Li, who had read it ahead, had already made Tropius prepare.
But due to size issues, the attribute mud block thrown by Corphish still grazed Tropius’s wing, but Corphish’s Mud Shot didn’t cause too much damage.
Seeing this scene, Lu Li’s facial expression darkened.
Even with anticipation, even with preparation, but because Tropius’s body was too bulky, Tropius still got hit, though luckily it was just a graze, not a precise hit to the face.
Moreover, Mud Shot is a Ground Type skill, and the damage it caused to Tropius was almost negligible.
“Looks like after going back, it’s necessary to focus train Tropius’s flight technology.” Lu Li silently noted this in his heart.
Tropius’s speed was indeed a bit disappointing.
“Tropius! Leech Seed.”
Lu Li went straight for the killer move.
Jin Huang quickly commanded, “Corphish, use Mud Shot to knock off those seeds.”
Jin Huang, who had long guarded against Leech Seed, had obviously prepared countermeasures from the start.
“Use ranged attack to block it? Can it be played like this?”
“Damn! Why didn’t I think of that earlier!”
“It’s different when there’s an elite trainer at home; this commanding ability, this coping method, it’s simply a dimensional strike.”
In the audience seats, some students saw this scene and discussed animatedly.
Lu Li frowned.
“Being able to knock off seeds with Mud Shot, looks like Leech Seed’s power is still not enough.” Lu Li noted this point in his heart again.
Real battles and game battles are two different things; Lu Li felt he had learned quite a bit from this battle.
The so-called Leech Seed power not enough was not the power after activation, but the position when launched.
If Leech Seed’s Grass-type Energy is solid enough and fast enough, Leech Seed can actually pass through that mud block made of Ground Attribute.
“Tropius, continue Leech Seed.” Lu Li, whose first strike failed, continued commanding.
Jin Huang shouted, “Corphish! Knock off as many as come; remember the frisbee game we played at home?”
Lu Li watched this stalemate scene thoughtfully; actually, he now had many ways to end the battle.
For example, using spiritual power to tell Tropius to mix Razor Leaf in the middle of Leech Seed, or having Tropius use Growth on the fallen Leech Seeds on the ground, then forcibly changing the arena environment.
But these all relied on cheats; Lu Li didn’t want to cheat and bully people in this novice area.
After all, it was just ten thousand or so yuan; Lu Li, already a multimillionaire, said he had to stick to principles.
Lu Li helplessly changed the battle method and commanded, “Tropius, let’s use Magical Leaf.”
Jin Huang shouted, “Corphish, try to block with a skill; if not, tank it.”
This was the sorrow of not having defensive skills, but Lu Li didn’t relax his vigilance; after all, Corphish still had Superpower.
This thing could be called a comeback miracle, especially for meat tank type Pokémon like Corphish, it was a divine skill among skills.
