Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 182 Showdown with Master Aju of the Shallow Red Pavilion!

"You're the first one I've decided on, Morus!"

Hearing her younger sister urging her, Aju threw out the first Poké Ball.

As the red beam of the Poké Ball flashed by, a large purple Moth appeared on the battlefield.

"Ah Feng~"

Looking at the Moroth in the arena, Qingyuan didn't rush to throw out his Pokémon.

Instead, he quietly took out his Pokédex and scanned it.

As Qingyuan scanned, an electronic voice soon rang out.

The Morus moth is nocturnal, becoming active at night and preying on small insects attracted to streetlights. It attacks by vigorously flapping its large wings and scattering a poisonous powder. Its wings are covered in scales, and with each flap, it disperses this highly toxic powder. The different colors of the scales on its wings suggest varying degrees of toxicity; concentrated scales cause poisoning, while diluted scales cause paralysis, resulting in different effects.

Upon hearing the description of the Pokémon encyclopedia, Qingyuan frowned and pondered for a while.

He then pulled a Poké Ball from his waist and threw it into the arena.

"Since your main attack method is powder, then I choose you! Charmeleon, bring me victory!"

"roar~"

Carrying towering flames, Charmeleon made a very flamboyant entrance onto the battle stage.

When it comes to fighting, this guy always comes up with a lot of weird and wonderful ideas.

Perhaps Charmeleon is more suited to acting than Scorpion King.

"The match begins now!"

Seeing this, Aya waved the command flag in her hand and withdrew from the battlefield.

"Let's attack first! Charmeleon, use Flame Vortex!"

Upon hearing this, Qingyuan waved his hand and commanded Charizard to seize the initiative.

"Move at high speed to avoid it!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Aju showed no impatience, but calmly gave instructions to Morumo.

"roar~"

Charmander roared, and a streak of orange-red fire shot from its mouth toward the Morus moth.

Moro remained unusually calm as it watched the incoming fire.

It emitted a pale pink light and appeared in another part of the battlefield the next second.

Only a lingering afterimage remained, surrounded by the Charizard's vortex of flames, before slowly dissipating.

Upon seeing this, the Charmander's eyes sharpened even more.

The relaxed posture that was originally due to the opponent being an insect is no longer present.

Instead, they displayed a sharp and aggressive stance.

"The Morus moth has scattered poisonous powder all over the field!"

Looking at the Charmeleon, which was completely different from before, Aju's expression remained unchanged.

It simply waved its hand to direct the Morus moth to release poisonous powder.

"Ah Feng~"

Upon hearing Aju's words, Moro let out a soft cry.

A large cloud of purple powder was launched from its wings and scattered across the entire area.

Qingyuan frowned upon seeing this. Such a large area of ​​poison powder not only ensured that it could suddenly inflict poison status on unsuspecting Charmeleons.

If Qingyuan hadn't directed Charizard to clear the area, the second Pokémon he sent out would probably have also been unexpectedly poisoned.

He truly deserves to be called the future Poison-type Elite Four member.

This trick is really hard to deal with, but I don't know why it feels familiar.

Forget it, I'll deal with it after I've finished.

"Charmeleon, use a smoke screen!"

Looking at the poison powder scattered all over the field, Qingyuan loudly commanded the Charizard.

"roar~"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Fire Dinosaur roared.

Then, plumes of black smoke were expelled from its nostrils and mouth.

The scalding hot and thick black mist effectively prevented the poison powder from entering the Charizard's mouth.

Moreover, the black mist that filled the entire area could effectively block the Morus moth's vision.

"Mormoth Ultrasonic Wave, Charizard Found!"

Seeing this, Aju waved her hand and shouted at Moro.

"Ah Feng~"

Upon hearing Aju's command, the Moro moth let out a cry.

Then it vibrated its wings and emitted invisible sound waves that shot into the black mist.

"Charmeleon uses Flamethrower!"

"Roar!"

As soon as Qingyuan finished speaking, the Charizard roared and spat out a ball of flame from behind the Moromoth.

After leaving Charmeleon's mouth, the flame rapidly grew larger and shaped, eventually shooting towards Moromoth's back in a starfish form.

"Moromoth, use Protect!"

Upon seeing this move, a slight ripple finally appeared on A-Ju's usually calm face.

"Ah Feng!"

"boom!"

The successful defense was used by the Morus moth.

The massive, fiery explosion struck the pale green protective shield with a deafening roar.

In the end, it turned into wisps of smoke and disappeared into the air.

After Moromoth withstood Charizard's massive fiery attack, it too turned into scattered fragments and disappeared.

"Flame Jet!"

"Air Blade!"

Qingyuan and Aju issued their orders almost simultaneously.

"boom!"

Because Charmeleon was well-rested, it was able to use its Flamethrower much faster than Moth.

However, as Aju's spirit, Moro is clearly not someone to be trifled with.

The air blade was launched just one second slower than Charizard's flamethrower.

This resulted in both sides being hit.

Due to its twice-weak fire resistance, Moro suffered more severe injuries than Charizard.

The entire moth lost its balance and fell from the sky.

"Charmeleon, use your Flame Fang!"

They knew that Charmeleon wouldn't be rendered unable to fight by a single air blade.

So, before Moro could react, Qingyuan quickly commanded Charizard to launch an attack.

"Roar……"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Charmeleon quickly ran towards the Moro.

However, when he arrived in front of the Moro, a scene that made Qingyuan collapse appeared.

Just as Charmeleon used its Flame Fang, a special energy directly dispersed the energy that Charmeleon had gathered in its mouth.

Charmeleon used Flame Fang, a move with a 100% success rate, but it failed.

Have they fallen into a state of fear and hesitation?

Upon seeing this, Qingyuan's expression turned extremely ugly.

He never expected that even after all this, he would still encounter such an unlucky situation.

In this world, the state of shrinking back can take many forms.

However, the two most common and frequently occurring forms are the Charizard form in front of us.

Because Pokémon are naturally bold, Charmeleon will flinch when it becomes timid.

They won't be afraid to attack or retreat in fear.

Instead, just as Charmeleon was about to attack, a surge of energy interrupted its attack.

This caused Charmeleon's skill to fail.

Another common scenario is that when faced with a timid elf, the elf will cower in fear and dare not attack.

"The Morus uses a venomous blast!"

Although Charmeleon's attack failed because it became timid.

But Ah Ju wouldn't let this great opportunity slip by.

With a wave of his hand, he commanded the Mormoth to launch an attack on the Charizard that was right in front of it.