Chapter 442: Jangmo-o's Debut
Hearing that Basalt was going to spar with Li Haifei, the relatives and friends present were immediately intrigued. Although they occasionally followed Basalt's matches in the Second Division League, the attention on the Second Division was still too small, and not many people watched it. Besides, how could watching a video compare to the shock of seeing it live!
The vacant lot beside Basalt's house, where Excadrill had dug trenches and holes two years ago, was just right to be used as a temporary battlefield.
"Xiao Hua, go for it!"
His mom appeared holding Carbink, firmly standing on Basalt's side. Behind her followed a wronged-looking Poliwag. Because of Carbink's appearance, his mom didn't cherish it anymore, only knowing to carry Carbink around to show off and listen to the compliments of her peers.
But who told Carbink to be rare! And its body was full of high-quality diamonds, sparkling in the sun ("bling bling"), and its body was small, just right to hold in one's arms. Crucially, Carbink was strong; Poliwag, barely at the Beginner level, couldn't catch up even if it whipped a horse. Damn, struck by a dimensional reduction attack!
"Poli~"
Poliwag expressed grievance, teary-eyed.
"Haifei, send out your strongest Pokémon, don't let Basalt look down on you."
Second Aunt gave Little Cousin a hinting look. If you can win against Basalt this time, you can brag about it for a lifetime! The opportunity is given to you, you must strive!
"Got it!"
Little Cousin puffed out her chest and threw a Pokéball first.
Red light flashed, and a Pokémon that looked like it was wearing a mask and a cape appeared.
This Pokémon's body was mainly green, with yellow feet, red eyes, and yellow eyelids. The flowers on its hands remained blue and red. Inside the bouquets on its hands were hidden thorn whips quenched with potent poison. On its head grew a white substance like the roses of its hair.
"Has the Budew back then already evolved into Roserade?"
Basalt was slightly surprised.
Little Cousin's personality was quite likable, so cultivating intimacy with Pokémon shouldn't be a big problem. Basalt thought Budew had likely evolved into Roselia, but he really hadn't considered that Li Haifei actually used a Shiny Stone to evolve it again.
Basalt frowned slightly, feeling it was a bit too early. Because Li Haifei was still an Intermediate Trainer, Roselia might still have untapped potential. However, he couldn't say anything about this matter; the boat had already sailed, and spilt water couldn't be gathered. Saying things that couldn't be changed would only make him annoying.
"Forget it, let's test Roserade's strength first."
Having made up his mind, Basalt released Jangmo-o.
"Jang-mo~"
Jangmo-o, clad in golden armor, appeared, instantly causing a wave of exclamations.
"Is this... Jangmo-o? The juvenile form of the pseudo-legendary Kommo-o?"
"Pseudo-legendary? Xiao Hua actually has a second pseudo-legendary?"
In the Pokémon world, although not everyone was a professional trainer, many people were not unfamiliar with the general situation of Pokémon. Especially pseudo-legendaries, almost standing at the top of the food chain, were objects of great pursuit by trainers. Never seen pork, but always seen a pig run, right? They all knew Basalt had a Pupitar. But this was their first time seeing a Jangmo-o.
"Wow, so handsome!" Qiqi's eyes shone. A dragon! A golden armored dragon!
On the other side, Little Cousin's gaze had gone dull. Asking her to fight a pseudo-legendary? Before the battle even started, she was already timid. After all, this was a pseudo-legendary! Even a cub couldn't be underestimated. However... being able to fight a pseudo-legendary, she could also brag to her classmates.
"Haifei, don't be afraid, fight according to your own rhythm."
Second Aunt was still encouraging Little Cousin. What was there to fear about a pseudo-legendary cub? Roserade was evolved with a Shiny Stone she bought with a huge sum of money; its strength wasn't weak. Relying on Roserade, Little Cousin's grades in class suddenly went from average to among the best.
"Rose~"
"Jang-mo~"
Roserade and Jangmo-o looked at each other, both erupting with amazing fighting spirit in their eyes.
Soon, the match began.
"Roserade, Venoshock!"
Little Cousin launched the offensive first.
"Rose~"
Hearing this, Roserade raised the red flower on its right hand. From the center of the flower, a pool of black-purple liquid sprayed out, attacking the Jangmo-o not far away.
"Red flower is the right hand, which means this is a potent poison."
Basalt raised an eyebrow. According to the Pokédex, the toxins in Roserade's two hands have different compositions: the right hand's poison is fast-acting, and the left hand's poison is slow-acting, but regardless of which side hits, the consequences are very severe.
But at the same time, Basalt also discovered Roserade's flaw. Its poison seemed extremely strong, but its control over elemental energy wasn't strong. Its Venoshock was just a pool of venom, not spreading like a net to increase coverage.
So Basalt only shouted one word: "Dodge!"
"Jang-mo~"
As early as the moment the venom appeared, Jangmo-o sensed it and prepared to evade in advance.
Everyone saw it exert force with its legs, not only dodging the venom invasion with extremely swift speed but also taking the opportunity to close the distance, emitting an extremely loud dragon roar from its mouth. Although small, it was majestic and not to be underestimated.
Noble Roar!
Instantly, two dim lights rose from Roserade, lowering both its Attack and Special Attack.
"Not bad, very fast reaction!"
Basalt praised. He knew Jangmo-o could dodge, but he didn't expect it to dodge so easily and smoothly, and even take the opportunity to use "Noble Roar" to weaken the opponent. It looked extremely experienced in battle; it must have challenged many Pokémon in the secret realm.
Facing the disadvantage in the initial clash, although there was a trace of panic on Little Cousin's face, she quickly shouted, "Sweet Scent!"
Sweet Scent, a move that uses a sweet aroma to distract the opponent, thereby lowering their evasion. Jangmo-o's dodging reaction was too smooth, unfavorable for landing moves, so she had to find a way to weaken it.
Coincidentally, Roserade was an expert in this field. Because Roserade's hunting instinct was to use the rich fragrance of flowers to confuse the enemy, lure the prey close, and then poison them down. The stronger the toxicity, the stronger the sweet scent. Once the enemy was intoxicated, Roserade would use its dancer-like body to swing whips covered in poison thorns to attack, mercilessly sanctioning with whips, and finally finishing the opponent with the poison thorn whips in the flowers on its arms.
"Taunt!"
Basalt responded unhurriedly, firmly grasping the rhythm of the battlefield.
After a Taunt, Roserade was furious, ignoring the trainer's instructions, directly giving up "Sweet Scent" and switching to "Magical Leaf" for a forceful attack.
Magical Leaf is like a small "Leaf Storm." There are too many leaves; simply dodging is a bit difficult. But if four or five clones are distributed in different directions to confuse the line of sight, it is operable.
Sure enough, Jangmo-o successfully used "Double Team" to dodge the Magical Leaf attack.
However, Roserade didn't give up and fired another Magical Leaf, but it was still dodged by Jangmo-o using the same move.
"This little guy, such strong battle intuition!"
A look of surprise appeared on Basalt's face. Twice in a row, Jangmo-o's Double Team created five clones. Roserade's Magical Leaf destroyed three clones once and four clones another time, but none were Jangmo-o's real body. Once could be luck, but twice, Basalt agreed more that it was a battle instinct or intuition. Jangmo-o truly lived up to being a natural-born warrior.
And taking advantage of the gap between two Magical Leafs, Jangmo-o had already approached Roserade. Jangmo-o did far better than Basalt expected.
"Dragon Breath!"
Basalt seized the opportunity to issue a command. Because he knew Little Cousin's Roserade had the "Poison Point" ability, he didn't want Jangmo-o to use contact moves.
"Jang-mo~"
Jangmo-o opened its mouth wide, spewing a cyan energy beam, small in volume but pure in quality.
Boom!
Dragon Breath hit, knocking Roserade back several steps before it barely steadied itself.
"Roserade, Giga Drain!"
Little Cousin got fierce.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
Underground, seven or eight roots with thorns suddenly extended, each as thick as a child's arm.
"Just this?"
Basalt shook his head with a smile. Compared to Cradily's Root Domain, Roserade's root control was simply unsightly, far inferior to Cradily in both quality and quantity.
"Jang-mo~"
Facing the sweeping roots, Jangmo-o dodged left and right, jumping to evade. Logically, roots extending from underground possess strong concealment and should be extremely difficult to guard against. But Jangmo-o's battle intuition was amazing, always able to predict the source of the roots in advance and prepare countermeasures.
After all seven or eight roots missed, Jangmo-o exerted force, jumping more than three meters high, then spread its arms to glide, using its tail to balance its body and control direction, rapidly attacking the opponent from the air.
Flying-type move: Aerial Ace!
Aerial Ace hit, and Roserade was severely injured. Because Flying-type moves were super effective against it.
This wasn't over. Aerial Ace was a strike with Jangmo-o's head and claws. After completion, Jangmo-o's tail didn't stay idle; it suddenly lit up with light and whipped fiercely.
Dragon Tail!
After a Dragon Tail, Roserade finally fell with swirling eyes.
Conversely, Jangmo-o landed steadily in an extremely chic posture, winning applause from everyone.
"Truly worthy of a pseudo-legendary; even a cub's strength cannot be underestimated. The majesty of a pseudo-legendary allows no offense!"
Everyone praised repeatedly.
"Jang-mo~"
Conversely, Jangmo-o also felt great satisfaction in its heart. Wasn't training day and night in the mountains for this moment? The world outside the secret realm was indeed wonderful. Only on the second day, it encountered a quite decent opponent like Roserade. There would be no shortage of powerful opponents in the future. Following Basalt was indeed the right choice.
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