[Notice!
Member Evan Lane, Card Number 12138, please proceed to the second-floor battle arena for your match!] Wiping the sweat from his cheek, Evan Lane recalled the visibly unwilling Snivy into her Poké Ball, left the training area, and hurried toward the battle arena.
After all, this was an official match.
The proper formalities still had to be followed, so Snivy could only be wronged for a moment and return to her Poké Ball first.
When he arrived at the competitors’ tunnel, a gaunt middle-aged man walked toward him from the opposite side.
The withered-looking man raised his eyes.
Seeing Evan’s young face, delight appeared on his own.
“Another rookie Trainer here to hand over points.
Looks like this match is locked in!” As the two stood in their respective positions, the host’s passionate voice spread throughout the entire arena.
“Oh?
A very unfamiliar competitor!
What kind of battle will he bring us today?
Let’s wait and see!” “Come out, Poochyena!” “I choose you, Snivy!” As white light flashed, two Pokémon appeared at opposite ends of the battle arena and stared each other down from afar.
“It’s one of the Unova starters, Snivy!
That’s a very rare Pokémon here in the Arcadia Region!” Unbothered by the heated atmosphere around him, Evan watched as Poochyena’s information appeared before his eyes.
Name: Poochyena Gender: Male Type: Dark Ability: Quick Feet Effect: When affected by a status condition, Speed increases by 50%.
Known Moves: Tackle, Howl, Sand Attack, Bite, Roar, Swagger, Taunt, Mud-Slap, Crunch Egg Moves: Astonish, Yawn Rank: Mid Intermediate Evolution Progress: 51% Evan quickly swept his eyes over the move list.
Fairly standard.
Aside from needing to pay attention to the Quick Feet ability, he would have to be careful about when he used Glare.
“It hasn’t learned Protect?
In that case, Snivy, Iron Tail!” Snivy did not hesitate at all.
She quickly closed in on Poochyena, white move-light flashing over her tail.
Poochyena was not frightened away by the charging Snivy.
Dark-type energy gathered in its mouth, and it also rushed toward Snivy.
“It’s the Dark-type move Bite!
Neither Pokémon has a type advantage here, so who will come out ahead in this first clash of moves?” On the stands, the host was actively stirring up the audience’s emotions.
“Jared’s Poochyena has a pretty high win rate in the Intermediate field.
This newcomer won’t lose in one exchange, right?” “Please, look at how scrawny he is.
He’s probably some rich family’s young master sent here for experience.
Most likely still a rookie Trainer.” “Exactly.
Jared is a ruthless old hand.
I bet on Jared this time too!” As the moves collided, dust rose in all directions.
After letting out a whimper, Poochyena was sent flying backward.
“What?!” Shock appeared on the gloomy-faced man’s face.
However, before Jared could react, a green energy sphere like a seed flew out from the smoke and shot toward Poochyena.
“It’s Leech Seed!
Competitor Evan Lane’s Snivy has such fast reaction speed.
She’s trying to further suppress Poochyena’s condition!” Evan’s gaze remained calm.
It had been a long time since any Pokémon dared to clash head-on with Snivy’s Iron Tail.
After another week of training, not only had the power of Snivy’s Iron Tail increased, but her move pool had also been updated.
Name: Snivy Gender: Female Type: Grass Ability: Contrary, Hidden Ability Known Moves: Tackle, Wrap, Protect, Leech Seed, Growth, Giga Drain, Leaf Blade Egg Moves: Glare, mastered; Magical Leaf, mastered; Iron Tail, mastered; Grassy Terrain, mastered Rank: Early Intermediate Evolution Progress: 92% With a bang, Leech Seed burst open and clung tightly to Poochyena like an octopus.
Because of the opponent’s Quick Feet ability, Evan did not really plan on using control moves that would speed Poochyena up.
Leech Seed, which could continuously deal damage, was also a good choice.
“Poochyena, use Sand Attack to disrupt its vision!” Hearing its Trainer’s command, Poochyena ignored the wounds on its body and kicked the ground with all four limbs.
Sand instantly spread across the entire field.
“Useless.
Snivy, lock onto Leech Seed’s position and use Magical Leaf.” After a long period of training, Snivy’s sensitivity to scent could already be used in actual combat.
After pausing for nearly a second, Snivy opened both arms.
Green leaves formed from Grass-type energy shot toward the front-left direction.
“Poochyena, dodge it!” Hearing that, Evan looked up at the sky and felt speechless.
Who do you think you are, Ash?
You think “dodge it” is a move?
Before long, the sand completely scattered.
Poochyena lay in the sandy field covered in small cuts, already unable to battle.
“The winner is Competitor Evan Lane!” The match ended very quickly.
Although this Poochyena knew many moves, most of them were basic moves.
The number of situations it could handle was too limited.
Moreover, this Jared had clearly come here to try his luck and farm points in the Intermediate field.
If that was the plan, he should have kept his Pokémon’s strength at the very limit of Intermediate.
Seeing Jared recall his Pokémon and take the Poké Ball for treatment, Evan also prepared to leave.
At that moment, the host stepped onto a hoverboard and came in front of Evan.
He held out the microphone and asked, “Now then, Competitor Evan Lane, will you choose to continue battling, or will you stop here?” “If you continue battling, the points you earn from the next match will be twice the previous match.
However, if you lose, all the points you earned earlier will be cleared!” Hearing this, Evan froze.
So there was this kind of mechanic too?
“No wonder it felt familiar.
Isn’t this basically a gambler trait from an auto-battler?” He looked at Snivy’s condition.
She had only released a few moves and consumed some stamina.
She had not really suffered any injuries.
Without hesitation, Evan nodded and agreed.
The emotions of the surrounding audience were also stirred up.
“Good!
We will now begin matching your next opponent!” Another four matches followed in succession.
Facing her opponents, Snivy was no longer as completely relaxed as before.
Things became more and more strenuous, but her evolution progress also began to climb step by step.
Evan could already feel that Snivy was only missing one opportunity before evolving.
An opportunity to face a powerful enemy.
“I choose to continue challenging!” As Evan’s words fell once again, the audience on the entire second floor was completely ignited.
Evan had already completed a five-win streak.
If he won one more match, he would obtain a full 31.5 points!
Based on the battle arena’s point value, he could already exchange them for items worth around $8,000.
Evan did not have to wait long before a muscular man with tattoos on his arms arrived opposite him.
Putting aside his shiny bald head, just the tattoos on his arms and the scar on his face gave people the impression that he was not someone easy to deal with.
“Kid, your Pokémon doesn’t have much stamina left, does it?
I really didn’t expect you to keep challenging!” The scarred man threw out the Poké Ball in his hand.
A Pokémon with a dark gray body, a red crest, a yellow gem embedded in its forehead, and sharp claws for hands appeared before Evan.
Feeling the aura emitted by the Pokémon in front of him, Evan understood.
After four rounds of battles, he had finally encountered a “professional” point farmer!