Chapter 449 "Half-step Divine Beast"

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In a burst of growls, several white Pokémon swung their long arms and swiftly passed through the forest, appearing before Natsu and Lorelei's eyes.

The whole body is white, with brown eyes and chin circles, with a tuft of red hair on the head, long arms hanging from the tree, swaying branches, pouting mouths, one after another the sound comes out of their mouths, they seem excited uncontrollably .

Vigoroth.

Normal Type Pokemon.

Looking at them, both Natsu and Lorelei have Pokémon names that come to mind.

Vigoroth is an evolution of Slakoth. They will be in a very excited mood for a long time. Even when they were eating, they would not calm down.

Natsu is very familiar with these types of Pokémon, mainly because of their evolutionary type, Slaking.

"Seems to have entered Vigoroth's territory." Natsu said slowly.

Due to excessive energy, Pokémon like Vigoroth will go to some wild Pokémon to fight for a long time to exhaust their excess energy.

After all, no one can stand an endless challenge, even after falling asleep in the middle of the night, or when some predatory Pokémon are resting during the day, they have to face their abuse.

There is no point in fighting, because they tend to come out in groups, even if the group is beaten, they can quickly recover after a certain period of time.

But if you want to kill, you need to think about whether you can withstand Slaking's fury.

So, this type of Pokemon is like a bully in the forest.

"The person who left the mark lives in Vigoroth's territory?" Natsu was a little surprised.

Gosh, how strong can the thigh that resides in it withstand Vigoroth's abuse?

It is very likely that it is a battle maniac Lance, and of course it may be Shirona, his will to fight is actually not low, the probability of Steven is relatively low, his enthusiasm for fighting is not as good as wiping gemstones.

And living in Vigoroth's territory can also use Vigoroth as a barrier to isolate some unnecessary distractions, which is an excellent choice.

"That is a good idea." Natsu rubbed his chin.

"How?" Lorelei couldn't help but ask, staring at Vigoroth as they drew closer.

"Enter."

Saying that, Beedrill rushed forward to fight.

This Vigoroth's strength is not very strong, only one of them has reached the (elite) level, and the rest are only senior level, and Beedrill can harvest them all alone.

Natsu didn't choose to do that, but gave Lorelei more opportunities to play.

You can't really carry a load, can you?

More or less let her play the role, how to say she was the future Ice-Type Elite.

And Natsu had another good reason.

That's a good name for it: fight

Lorelei didn't think much of it, but really appreciated the opportunity to fight. She rarely goes into the wild, and she values ​​every fight with a Wild Pokémon.

No, after Natsu gives him a "chance", Lorelei directs her Cloyster to start harvesting this group of Vigoroths.

And during the fight, Lorelei will ask Natsu for advice.

However, even though Lorelei lacked field experience, her strength was still very strong, and her learning ability was also very strong. In just half a day, compared to the first time meeting Natsu in a different space, there had been significant progress.

In this way, Vigoroth's group suddenly lay on the ground "safely" to rest.

Defeating Vigoroth does not lead to more hyperactivity, after all, "rest" after losing a battle with another wild Pokémon is part of their life.

And Natsu and Lorelei were also able to enter Vigoroth's territory.

During that time, he found several groups, but they weren't very strong, and there was no need to use them to train, so Natsu let Lorelei continue fighting.

Unknowingly, Lorelei has become a thug to help him clear the mob.

And as he went deeper, he finally saw traces of several other Pokemon.

As an example.

Lying on the ground, or lying on a branch, looked like "no love", even if they saw Natsu and Lorelei breaking through their territory, at best, only their eyes moved to show "respect".

Slakoth and Vigoroth are two extremes, one being very lazy and the other being very active.

There are special researchers who have studied the reason for the change of Slakoth and Vigoroth, not only because of his change in Traits, but also because Vigoroth was too silent during the Slakoth period.

Of course, these are all conclusions without much foundation.

And seeing Slakoth, meant not far from the center of Vigoroth's territory.

The next Vigoroth also became stronger.

And, going much deeper, it was already a kind of provocation, and Vigoroth was no longer just the spice of ordinary life, and they began to show hostility towards Natsu.

Natsu couldn't help but join the fight as Vigoroth appeared stronger.

And the one he sent to deal with Vigoroth, was Doublade.

Normal-Type Vigoroth was only restrained by Fighting-Types, and among Natsu's Pokémon, the most proficient in Fighting-Type moves and the most powerful formidable power was only Doublade's "Sword of Equality".

And the hyperactive and aggressive Vigoroth, coupled with the power of (elite) level, is undoubtedly the best "honestone" for Doublade.

"Sword Dance." Natsu said slowly.

"Ouch." The dark red air was restless in his body, and the mastery of the Doublade Sword Dance movement could be said to have penetrated into the bone marrow, and completed the upgrade in a very short time.

"Fury Cutter Sacred Sword."

Facing the Vigoroth that was rushing in front, Doublade wasn't slow at all despite being slightly frightened.

"wooo!"

Vigoroth saw Doublade rushing over, and was so excited that he couldn't help it, gave a strange scream, and flames suddenly appeared from his waving fist.

This wild Vigoroth was clearly very experienced in combat. After learning that Doublade is a Steel Type Pokémon, he immediately use Fire Punch to fight.

Bang——

Doublade's body let out a sharp sound, and the virtual blue longsword met Fire Punch without hesitation.

Blue, blue, red, tricolor circles collided with the air.

Bang !!

Vigoroth and Doublade retreated at the same time.

"This is." Seeing the move Doublade used, Lorelei's eyes showed surprise.

Looking at Natsu, who looked as usual beside her, she felt a hint of admiration in her heart.

Combination moves are not so easy to learn and master.

Obviously, Doublade's sword was only the beginning, but Vigoroth on the opposite side had used up all his strength.

Soon, the second sword will come.

It was greeted by Vigoroth's Fire Punch again, but the result was completely different from what Vigoroth had imagined.

Bang!

In a brief contact, Vigoroth was directly slapped to the ground by a terrifying force.

What is going on?

Before Vigoroth could figure it out, he saw the shadow of the blue sword grow bigger in his eyes, and finally land hard on his forehead.

The next second.

Vigoroth lost his combat ability and lay still on the ground.

"Very strong."

Lorelei, who was behind, saw Doublade with the third sword, muttering with surprise in her eyes.

Switch your own Pokémon into Vigoroth, and the results may be similar, as Ice-Type Pokémon are also restrained by Fighting-Type moves.

And this Doublade's move "Fury Cutter Sacred Sword", its formidable power actually surpassed the extraordinary power category of ordinary moves.

Natsu's focus, however, was somewhat different from Lorelei's.

What he saw was a reddish-colored Doublade blade.

He couldn't help but frown.

Lining the Doublade should be on the agenda. The last time he clashed with Mudsdale, Natsu felt Doublade's lack of weight, this time he clashed with Fire Punch Vigoroth, Natsu saw Doublade's shortcomings in dealing with Fire Type moves.

And the faster he coats the Doublade, the faster the Doublade can adapt to the changes brought about by the coating, and when Doublade evolves into Aegislash, it won't have any ill effects.

Natsu thought about it, the battle continued.

As soon as the first Vigoroth fell, the second Vigoroth soon followed.

The difference from the first one was that this Vigoroth had just fallen to the ground and lost his combat ability after being just hit.

Successfully layering Fury Cutter and Sacred Sword to a third formidable power, plus the Fighting-Type restraint on Normal-Type Pokémon, and the blessings of the previous Sword Dance, it really wasn't a normal Vigoroth to resist.

However, since they entered a deep enough area, Vigoroth wasn't talking about wheel battles, it was hordes.

After Doublade tackled the former, a group of Vigoroths were red-eyed, and moved towards Doublade huddled amidst rising and falling growls.

In this situation, Doublade was more difficult to deal with alone.

But luckily, not alone.

Szze-

Beedrill moved his wings forward to Doublade's side and shared the pressure on Doublade, and Kadabra and Togetic also immediately offered to help.

Although there are only four of them, they cooperate very skillfully with each other, and the tacit understanding is also very high, it is difficult to break.

Lorelei next to him wanted to help, but seeing how all four of Natsu's Pokémon worked together so easily, she suddenly felt that her intervention might not only be unable to provide any help, but would also be a burden.

The most important.

"What a tacit cooperation, this feeling" Lorelei muttered.

She has a keen sense of Natsu's four Pokémon, the reason why they can work well together, and the movement and rhythm of the battle is very well connected, is because there is a "bearing" that is responsible for the smooth operation of the battle, even creating effects to speed up the operation.

And this "bearing" is Natsu's Kadabra.

"Is this the function of the 'core' that Pryce Elite mentioned when he came to the Academy to give open classes?"

This group of wild Vigoroths, Lorelei thought that if she wanted to finish it, she should be able to do it now, but the price wouldn't be small, and many Pokémon might get injured or even lose fighting abilities in no time.

There was absolutely no way Lorelei could be as calm as Natsu now, and even have spare energy.

Of course, partly because her melee experience is much lower than Natsu's, but most importantly her Pokémon doesn't have an existence that connects the whole team, which Pryce once said, called "core".

However, the "core" role is mainly reflected in full-scale battles and small-scale battles.

Lorelei suddenly realized that she finally understood why the Trainer of the academy faction had more knowledge and more tactics, was soft-handed, but once her strength reached a certain level, it was no match for the actual combat faction.

In today's Alliance, most of the staff and administrative workers were from the academy faction, while most of the field workers were from the battle faction.

Now he vaguely understood that it might be due to the existence of the "core".

Maybe the battle faction was weaker than the Academy faction at first, but if it was really at a later stage and growing up, It was hard to tell.

Lorelei also suddenly realized this through Natsu's battle, otherwise there were only general concepts taught by Pryce before, and she didn't know where to start.

looked into Natsu's eyes, becoming even more admirable.

Natsu of course didn't know what Lorelei was thinking, he just ordered the four Pokémon to complete the cleaning task quickly.

Everything seems to be going well.

"Roar-"

A roar suddenly came from behind Vigoroth.

Vigoroth who heard the voice suddenly calmed down a bit, looked at each other, and finally chose to slowly retreat to both sides and make a path in the middle.

And at the end of the path, it leads to a large tree.

A stocky Pokemon that looks like Vigoroth and looks like an orangutan.

Slaking!

Vigoroth's Evolution.

Natsu and some Pokemon don't dare to be lazy like Slakoth when they see Slaking lying on the ground.

"Yongji." Kadabra called lightly.

The intuition brought by Future Sight said that the Pokemon on the opposite side was scary, really scary!

Seems sluggish, but actually stacks up Stockpile. When it breaks, it will release an extremely violent destructive power.

Natsu's knowledge of Slaking is clearly much deeper than Kadabra's.

Just a little.

Slaking is the only normal Pokémon whose Species Strength has reached 670 points.

And take a look at Pokémon with the same Species Strength of 670 points and others, such as the owner of this space "Flyless" Groudon, and his nemesis "Fat Water Fish" Kyogre.

But they were all legendary Pokemon, Divine Beasts!

Looking at the lower ones, the Quasi-Legendary Pokemon Species Strength of each Region was only 600, which was 70 lower than Slaking.

While Species Strength isn't everything, it says something.

However, Slaking with such high Species Strength had a very special Traits, "Truant".

Truant: If you use moves, you will enter a short period of rest.

In other words, every time Slaking used a move, he would definitely need to rest for a period of time, and during this period of time, the opponent would seize the opportunity and deliver a crazy counterattack.

Because of this, many people love and hate Pokémon like Slaking.

Therefore, Slaking was given a very appropriate "nickname".

"Half-Step Divine Beast"

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(End of this chapter)