Pokemon: Daily Intelligence Updates

#184 - Gambling on stones

The underground black market in the west is vast, with a wide range and a large flow of people, but it is a paradise for gambling stones.

Everywhere you can hear the sounds of cutting, cutting, cutting, and rising, rising, rising.

The selected gambling stones will be placed under a high-pressure water gun for cutting.

Those whose ore is cut and collapses are in agony.

The most common here are fighting-type精灵.

Xia Mu curiously looked around, each stall piled up with stones like small mountains.

The stall owners were loudly greeting customers.

"Hey, uncle."

An old man suddenly appeared at a stall next to him, waving to Xia Mu.

"Are you calling me?"

Xia Mu then remembered that he seemed to be dressed as a middle-aged poacher.

"Yes, that's right, I'm calling you. Are you interested in the ore on my stall?"

"I can give you a cheaper price."

Xia Mu's eyes fell on the ore on the stall.

In his eyes, he could see clearly the things inside these ores.

[Waste ore.]

[Waste ore.]

[Intermediate Thunder Stone ore.]

[Elementary Fire Stone ore.]

Overall, the value of the ore is not great.

The price marked for each ore far exceeds the original value of the ore.

It can be seen that this stall owner is a super ruthless person.

Xia Mu didn't speak, turned his head and left directly.

"Hey, this guy, I originally wanted to get rich with him."

"Really has no vision."

The old man muttered a few words, and then began to solicit the next customer.

Xia Mu walked around the entire underground black market, and he found that there were still many treasures here.

It's just that the marked price of the ore is very expensive, which is no different from directly buying the same type of treasure.

But gambling stones, the most important thing is excitement.

People who come here have dreams of getting rich overnight, and they become extremely狂热.

Xia Mu did not find the lightning-shaped ore, wondering if it had not been delivered here yet.

Just then, the sound of a bell ringing came from a distance.

The crowd put down the ore in their hands and flocked to a place, even the stall owners who were originally guarding the stalls did not guard them.

They also followed the crowd towards that direction.

"Is there any activity?"

The DNA of the Yanhuang region began to stir, and the Yanhuang people's love of watching the excitement appeared.

Xia Mu followed the large部队 to a square.

The square was already crowded with people watching the excitement.

Xia Mu randomly picked a place in the square, he sat in the audience席, looking forward to the start of the activity.

At this time, a host came out from a distance, and the lights converged on him.

The host wore a mask and held a microphone in his hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening."

"The weekly竞技 competition has begun again."

"According to the old rules, we will select three lucky viewers to fight with the black market's trainers using the精灵 we provide."

"As long as you win the game, we will give you a piece of ore for free."

"However, the rules will be a little different from before."

"In the past, we ranked according to积分 to see who had the highest积分 and who would pick the ore first."

"But this time it's different."

"Each successful challenger will have three pieces of ore to choose from."

"Okay, now I will draw the lucky viewers for this event on the spot."

A string of numbers appeared on the big screen immediately.

"Please invite player number 569 to enter the arena."

At this time, Xia Mu found that all eyes were on his seat.

He looked at his seat number, and it was indeed number 569.

"Wow, I can even draw this, it seems I have to buy a lottery ticket."

"However, it's not impossible to use精灵 provided by others to fight."

Xia Mu leisurely walked down the audience席 and came to the arena.

At this time, a tray appeared on the arena platform where he was.

The tray contained six精灵 balls.

The精灵 in the精灵 balls are Scyther, Victreebel, Magneton, Magmar, Starmie, and Pidgeot, corresponding to Bug, Grass, Electric, Fire, Water, and Flying respectively.

These精灵 are all cultivated very generally, and Xia Mu's final gaze fell on Starmie.

Because among these six精灵, only Starmie is a green qualified精灵, its psychic talent is excellent, and there will be attribute bonus when using psychic skills.

Xia Mu chose this Starmie.

And the trainer on the other side chose a Vileplume.

[精灵 Name: Vileplume]

[Gender: Female]

[Potential: Green Qualification]

[Characteristic: Chlorophyll]

[Level: 35]

[Attribute: Grass]

[Skills: Growth (Mastery), Petal Blizzard (Mastery), Solar Beam (Mastery), Vine Whip (Mastery), Absorb (Mastery), Mega Drain (Mastery), Leech Seed (Mastery), Ingrain (Mastery), Razor Leaf (Mastery), Giga Drain (Mastery), Poison Powder (Mastery), Sleep Powder (Mastery), Rage Powder (Mastery), Stun Spore (Mastery)]

[Tutor Skills: Petal Dance (Mastery), Grassy Terrain (Mastery), Double Team (Mastery)]

[Evaluation: This is a Vileplume evolved from a high-level Leaf Stone. It is good at Farmer Three Powder and other skills, and it also masters skills like Petal Dance. Its Poison talent is stronger than its Grass talent.]

"Vileplume?"

"Wow!"

Isn't this obviously not wanting the opponent to win at all?

Xia Mu watched with both eyes, the opponent's trainer only chose Vileplume after he chose Starmie.

However, this Vileplume's Poison talent is stronger than its Grass talent.

And Starmie's psychic talent is stronger than its Water talent.

This also means that Starmie completely wins Vileplume in psychic attributes.

So if this round is well planned, it may not necessarily lose to Vileplume.

[精灵 Name: Starmie]

[Gender: Male]

[Qualification: Green Qualification]

[Characteristic: Magic Coat]

[Level: 34]

[Attribute: Water + Psychic]

[Skills: Hydro Pump (Mastery), Confusion (Control), Water Gun (Mastery), Light Screen (Mastery), Water Gun (Mastery), Psychic (Mastery), Aqua Jet (Mastery), Psybeam (Control), Rapid Spin (Mastery), Recover (Mastery) and other skills]

[Tutor Skills: Thunderbolt (Mastery), Swift (Mastery)]

[Evaluation: This is a精灵 that has undergone special training and learned psychic meditation. It is good at teleporting and creating illusions. Its psychic talent is stronger than its Water talent.]

The key is that this Starmie has mastered more skills than Xia Mu imagined.

"Okay, both sides of the competition have chosen their competition精灵."

"Then we can start the competition."

"Three, two, one, the competition begins."

The host gave an order, and both of them gave commands to the精灵.

"Starmie, use meditation to increase your combat power."

Star blue light appeared on Starmie's body.

"Bellossom, use Razor Leaf."

The opponent wanted to test Starmie's strength.

Immediately, streaks of green leaves, each a meter long, wrapped around Bellossom.

Countless green leaves shot out, slamming towards Starmie.

"Dodge it, don't stop meditating."

Starmie was exceptionally obedient, as if it had been friends with Xia Mu for many years.

It spun rapidly in mid-air, dodging the impact of Razor Leaf.

The Razor Leaf attacks all passed through Starmie's afterimage, then flew back like boomerangs.

A green light flashed in Bellossom's eyes as it manipulated the Razor Leaf to attack.

"Use Water Gun."

Starmie spun rapidly, unleashing Water Gun.

The water gun fired in bursts in mid-air, landing on the broad leaves.

The leaves were cut into pieces by the high-pressure water gun, falling from the sky like dancing butterflies.

There was a withered, desolate feeling.

"Very good, Starmie, well done."

Layers of water flowed around Starmie, as if it had been plated.

This was the Water Veil skill used by Starmie.

"Bellossom, use Stun Spore."

"Dance Petal Dance while using Stun Spore."

Bellossom stood on its toes and began to dance gracefully.

Countless pink petals soared into the sky, mixed with golden powder.

"Starmie, use Double Team."

Starmie created a dozen clones floating in the air.

Bellossom couldn't tell which clone was the real one.

Petal Dance floated in the air, gravitating towards Starmie.

In the blink of an eye, a dozen figures were covered in petals.

The clones burst like bubbles, and the petals fell from the sky like rain.

"Strange, where did Starmie go?"

The opposing trainer was puzzled.

"Starmie, use Psychic."

To deal with Bellossom, a Pokémon that excels at using recovery skills, you must strike with one hit and take down the opponent directly.

Purple light gathered on Starmie, which also deactivated Starmie's Color Change ability.

Seeing Starmie's actions, the opponent felt a faint sense of unease.

He only remembered at this time that Starmie was also a Psychic-type Pokémon, which had a restraining effect on Bellossom's Poison-type.

"Crap, if Bellossom is hit by Psychic, it might be taken down directly."

"No, that can't happen."

"Bellossom, use the most powerful Leaf Storm."

Upon hearing the command, countless Grass-type energies surged from Bellossom's body.

Fallen leaves gathered in the air, forming a huge tornado.

The violent tornado floated in the air, with leaves gathering in it, forming sharp blades.

"Bellossom, Leaf Storm."

"Go."

Seeing that Leaf Storm was ready, countless green leaves suddenly shot out, rushing towards Starmie.

At this time, Starmie's Psychic was also ready.

Purple energy, like a roaring dragon, converged with Leaf Storm in mid-air.

Leaf Storm was forcibly torn apart, and countless fallen leaves fell from the sky, crashing to the ground.

Bellossom was also hit by the purple psychic power, its body thrown into the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

It slammed to the ground with a thud, directly losing its ability to battle.

"Here comes the first winner, let us congratulate this winner."

The moment Bellossom was defeated, the host hurriedly shouted into the microphone.

"Please, contestants, choose your ore."

The host clapped his hands, and three beauties directly pushed up a small cart.

The small cart was piled with red cloth, symbolizing good luck.

The host tore open the red cloth.

The first ore was like a majestic dragon, squatting on the ground with its legs crossed.

[Dragon Stone]

The second ore was like a bamboo.

[High-Quality Dark Stone]

The third ore was Xia Mu's goal tonight, a high-quality Thunderstone, something that could help Pichu evolve.

Moreover, the entire ore only had a thin layer of stone on the outside, and the rest was Thunderstone.

Jackpot, jackpot.

[High-Quality Thunderstone]

If most of the Thunderstone is left after Pichu evolves, it will be left for Pikachu to use.

After all, Xia Mu wasn't sure if Pikachu would be willing to evolve into a burly Raichu.

According to the Pokémon Professor's investigation, more than 50% of Pikachu are unwilling to become Raichu.

They felt that Raichu's form was not very good-looking.

Anyway, they are all yellow mice, so it is better to meet people in the best form.

"I choose this ore."

Xia Mu said, pointing to the ore.

"Do you want to cut it open on the spot?"

The host said diligently.

Cut it open on the spot to see what treasures are inside.

This is also one of the few hobbies of stone gamblers.

"No, I have other uses for this ore, so I won't cut it open. It's the same if I cut it open when I get back."

Xia Mu knew the principle of not revealing wealth.

"Alright, since you don't want to, we won't force you."

"This ore is yours."

The beauty sent the cart to Xia Mu.

The host wanted to see Xia Mu's joke, to see how Xia Mu would transport the ore out of the underground black market.

The ore was an extremely conspicuous target, and many people would be staring at this huge ore.

Although the underground black market does not allow black eats black, once you leave the scope of the underground black market, those who harbor ill intentions will take action to snatch the ore.

After all, the ores rewarded by the underground black market arena are not ordinary products.

Xia Mu did not stop, but found a corner and quietly released Beldum.

As soon as Beldum was released, it used Protect and floated in the air.

After using Psychic to scan the ore and confirming that no one had tampered with it, Xia Mu quickly put the ore into the storage space, and then followed Beldum to use Teleport, disappearing before his eyes.

Not long after, several people found this place, looking at the empty cart, the leader stomped his feet fiercely.

"Damn it, the little fat sheep ran away."

"Could it be that there really is a treasure in that ore?"

At this time, Xia Mu had safely returned to his room. In order to avoid being tracked, Xia Mu also asked Beldum to use Teleport a dozen times in a row.

"Phew, the raw materials for Pichu's evolution have been gathered."

"Next, I can let Pichu evolve into Pikachu."

Xia Mu muttered to himself.

At this moment, an important message was sent over.

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