Pokemon: How Are You Cultivating Immortality in the Pokemon World?

The Arbok's trainer was a somewhat thin-looking young man with sun-darkened skin, appearing weathered by ultraviolet radiation.

Moreover, Lu Li noticed that the young man's hands were calloused, and his gaze was bright, filled with confidence.

“The genius of No. 1 High School, I've heard so much about you. I look forward to learning from you,” the Arbok trainer said with a cheerful laugh.

Lu Li smiled and praised, “A brave soul who dares to use Arbok as their starter Pokémon and can command it perfectly, you are the real genius.”

Even Lian Sheyi's smile froze. He felt like this person was subtly mocking him.

In fact, Lu Li was genuinely praising Lian Sheyi.

He knew Lian Sheyi's background. After all, Lian Sheyi was next to him when he received the poverty student subsidy, and his grandfather was there too.

Lian Sheyi lost both his parents at a young age and was raised single-handedly by his grandfather.

Lian Sheyi's family background could be said to be among the poorest of the poor. As for the Arbok in his hands, it was Lian Sheyi's opportunity. Without it, he wouldn't even have the qualifications to become a trainer.

So Lu Li really admired him. It wasn't easy for a commoner to reach this point.

He knew his own limitations. Lu Li had always been hesitant to admit he was a commoner genius because he had a cheat.

A cheater shouldn't try to pass himself off as a genius.

Lian Sheyi released his Arbok, and Lu Li narrowed his eyes, carefully examining the Arbok on the field.

Lian Sheyi had nurtured the Arbok very well. The Arbok's purplish-black skin indicated that its Poison-type talent had been developed to an outrageous extent.

“To think that Jin Huang came from little Qingyun No. 1 High School, and now I've even encountered this kind of Poison-type genius,” Lu Li thought to himself with admiration.

Lu Li also released Tropius.

“Tropius, this opponent is not simple, so be careful!” Lu Li reminded.

As the referee announced the start of the match, Arbok moved first.

Like an arrow released from a bow, Arbok instantly shot towards Tropius, its target being Tropius's neck.

“Attacking with a fatal strike right from the start, this Arbok seems to have experienced many wild battles,” Lu Li thought.

“Tropius, dodge!”

Lu Li used the god-like skill of dodging.

Arbok opened its mouth, and its long fangs shimmered with a light purple glow. From this alone, it was clear that Arbok's attack was not simple, and Lu Li wasn't prepared to let Tropius take it head-on.

Arbok's Poison-type talent was already far more developed than its peers, and coupled with its STAB Poison Fang, Tropius would definitely be poisoned if it took a bite, even if it wasn't seriously injured.

Hearing the command, Tropius quickly flapped its wings and flew up.

Missing its target, Arbok hadn't even landed when Lian Sheyi excitedly shouted, “Arbok! Take this chance, Poison Tail!”

Arbok's tail shimmered with purple light and slammed heavily onto Tropius's wing.

With its wing injured, Tropius lost its balance in the air and almost fell from the sky.

With Tropius's size, falling from the sky to the ground would definitely result in a second injury.

The wing that Arbok's Poison Tail had struck instantly turned purple.

Seeing this scene, Lu Li's heart sank. Tropius was poisoned.

“The poisoning rate of Poison Tail is this high?”

Silently complaining, Lu Li quickly shouted, “Tropius, let's use Leech Seed as well.”

Having just landed, Arbok didn't have time to react before Tropius's Leech Seed landed on it.

Tropius had been focusing on training Leech Seed. Although it couldn't be said to be a guaranteed hit, against an Arbok that hadn't yet entered its growth phase, Tropius's Leech Seed was definitely a 100% hit.

“Phew~”

Seeing Leech Seed successfully hit, Lu Li breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

Now the disadvantage had instantly been turned around, even gaining some advantage.

Compared to being poisoned, being seeded was definitely more uncomfortable.

After all, Leech Seed not only continuously drained HP, but also helped the opponent recover HP, while the poisoned state only continuously drained HP.

Seeing this scene, Lian Sheyi said dejectedly, “Leech Seed? You've been hiding this well.”

Lu Li also said dejectedly, “I originally wanted to save this move to deal with Jin Huang.”

Lian Sheyi retorted speechlessly, “So, I should feel honored?”

Lu Li: “……”

Lian Sheyi helplessly said to the teacher next to him, “Teacher, I concede!”

The referee teacher next to him also looked dumbfounded, and then couldn't help but ask, “Student, aren't you going to try a little harder?”

“There's no need,” Lian Sheyi shook his head.

If Arbok had been hit by other moves, he might have wanted to drag it out, but Leech Seed was different.

Arbok didn't have any recovery skills or skills to remove negative status effects, and Tropius could fly, so Lian Sheyi really didn't know how he could win.

Unlike other students still in their ivory tower, Lian Sheyi was a trainer who had truly experienced wild battles, so he was better at assessing the situation.

After Arbok was hit by Leech Seed, Lian Sheyi knew the match was over.

“Alright.”

The referee teacher helplessly announced the result of the match.

Seeing Lian Sheyi so decisively choose to concede, Lu Li also smiled and shouted, “Tropius, eat a Pecha Berry.”

Hearing the command, Tropius plucked a Pecha Berry from its neck and stuffed it into its mouth.

The effect of Pecha Berry is to remove the poisoned status of Pokémon. Different grades of Pecha Berry can target different levels of poison.

The Pecha Berries on Tropius's neck were of high quality, and could even cure the poison of Elite-level Pokémon.

Looking at the rich variety of Berries on Tropius's neck, Lian Sheyi's mouth twitched slightly.

“A Tropius with the Harvest ability, luckily I conceded early,” Lian Sheyi thought dejectedly.

In the Pokémon world, Tropius's Harvest ability allows the Berries on Tropius's neck to become more diverse, not just limited to one type.

Tropius had four types of Berries on its neck, two of each type, which meant that Tropius could be immune to at least four types of negative status effects twice during battle.

After Tropius removed the poisoned status, Lu Li took Tropius back to the audience seats.

Looking at Lu Li returning, Jin Huang said enviously, “Pokémon with hidden abilities are really enviable.”

Lu Li asked curiously, “By the way, what is your Aron's ability?”

Hearing this, Jin Huang instantly became vigilant and replied, “I'll tell you after the match.”

Lu Li: “……”

After only a few battles, Lu Li really couldn't tell what Jin Huang's Aron's ability was.

But one thing was certain, and that was that Arbok's ability was definitely not a hidden ability.

“Next is your battle with Lian Sheyi, how confident are you?” Lu Li asked curiously.

“What do you think?” Jin Huang rolled his eyes at Lu Li speechlessly.

Aron was immune to Arbok's Poison-type attacks, and the combat style Arbok had shown was all Poison-type moves. Jin Huang really didn't know how he could lose.

Lu Li also realized that he had asked a very stupid question.

Arbok was too badly countered by Aron. The next match was completely without suspense.

“What a pity.”

Lu Li sighed with some regret. He had originally thought he could see a dragon-tiger fight.