"Leiming and Meowth, move back. This is a battle between Zubat and Kecleon." Qing Wu spoke to Leiming and Meowth.
In his previous life, Qing Wu had also owned an Arbok with Green Quality. It had been his main Pokémon, so he was extremely familiar with Arbok's behavior.
When Arbok hunched its body, flicked out its forked tongue, and slithered from side to side, it was preparing to attack.
Arbok had tremendous attack power. It could learn Farmer's Three Fists and Poison Fang, as well as moves like Iron Tail and Dig.
It was basically a Trial Participant killer, but Qing Wu was not afraid of Arbok now.
Inside Qing Wu's Wristband was a high-grade paralysis agent made from Mama Fruit. It could leave Arbok paralyzed for three whole days and nights.
Both Arbok had been jolted awake from their slumber, their eyes bloodshot.
"Kecleon, to your left, at a forty-five-degree angle. Use Rock Tomb!"
"Zubat, use Air Slash toward the direction at a forty-five-degree angle to your right!"
Qing Wu directly predicted Arbok's movements.
Sure enough, one Arbok was launched into the air by a huge rock bursting from the ground as it advanced.
The other Arbok was slashed until it was covered in blood by Air Slash.
"Kecleon, be careful not to come into direct contact with Arbok."
Although Kecleon was a Steel-type Pokémon, Arbok's acid would still injure it.
Repeatedly thwarted, Arbok grew even more furious. Suddenly, the patterns on Arbok's abdomen changed completely.
"Death Makeup Technique!" Qing Wu was shocked when he saw Arbok use this skill.
"Only Arbok with extraordinary talent can use Death Makeup Technique. What are these two Arbok?"
Sure enough, after changing its patterns, Arbok's speed suddenly increased considerably. Zubat, meanwhile, used Tailwind to evade Arbok's attacks.
However, Kecleon had always excelled at defense. Arbok soon reached Kecleon and opened its jaws wide at it.
Arbok bit down hard at Kecleon.
"Smack!" All four of Arbok's fangs broke off at once. Qing Wu seemed to see a classic scene replaying itself.
Apparently, an Ekans had once attacked Kecleon the same way, only for its teeth to break off all at once as well.
An Arbok without teeth was like a toothless tiger.
Some of Arbok's Poison-type skills had to be released through its teeth, and it would take at least three days for Arbok's teeth to grow back.
The pain made Arbok even angrier. Its tail turned silver, and it swept it toward Kecleon.
Unexpectedly, Kecleon leaped high into the air and directly avoided the Iron Tail.
"That's strange. Why has Kecleon's speed increased so much?" Qing Wu rubbed his chin as he watched the battle.
Qing Wu noticed several small rocks protruding from beneath Kecleon's feet.
"So that's how it is," Qing Wu murmured.
Kecleon used Rock Tomb on the ground. It relied on the impact of Rock Tomb to leap high into the air.
The airborne Kecleon was caught by Zubat's slender legs.
Zubat grabbed the several-kilogram Kecleon as easily as it would a sheet of paper.
The Zubat bomber was officially taking off.
The Arbok that had missed Kecleon was furious beyond reason. Its eyes shifted toward Qing Wu.
"Hiss! (Die!)" Under the effect of Speed Pattern, Arbok moved with a snake-like gait, its speed astonishingly fast.
It opened its enormous maw, preparing to swallow Qing Wu whole in one bite.
Just then, a heavy object fell from the sky and smashed Arbok directly into the ground.
Kecleon rubbed its head and lumbered off Arbok's body with a foolish, ironheaded expression.
It turned out that when Kecleon saw Qing Wu in danger, it had panicked and told Zubat to drop it onto Arbok's head.
Under the combined force of gravitational acceleration and its weight, Arbok took a devastating blow. It collapsed onto the ground and passed out.
"Go, Poké Ball!" Qing Wu threw out a Poké Ball. He was quite interested in Arbok's Death Makeup Technique.
Furthermore, Arbok was not low-level. Qing Wu had only defeated it this time by using a somewhat clever method.
"Oh no! The other Arbok is trying to run!" Leiming cried out from the side.
"It won't get away," Qing Wu said calmly. Arbok suddenly fell headfirst onto the ground.
Countless arcs of electricity burst from Arbok's body.
Arbok had actually become paralyzed.
"Looks like Mama Fruit's effects are pretty good. Go, Poké Ball!"
Qing Wu threw out another Poké Ball and captured this Arbok that could use Death Makeup Technique.
"I'll have to go back and study them." Qing Wu held the two Poké Balls and spoke calmly.
Leiming had watched the entire process of Qing Wu capturing Arbok. He could not help sighing at Qing Wu's strength.
Qing Wu actually saw a trace of admiration in Leiming's eyes. Pokémon training, Pokémon breeding, Pokémon medicine-making—
Which of these did not require decades of immersion to master?
Qing Wu was simply too powerful.
"All right, it's time to open the chest." Qing Wu glanced at the iron chest lying on the ground.
It was a very ordinary iron chest, but it seemed to be made of an alloy, which was why it had not rusted despite being buried underground for so long.
There was a delicate copper lock on the iron chest, but Qing Wu estimated that he could not open it himself.
"Kecleon, use Metal Claw!" Since he could not open it himself, he would borrow a Pokémon's strength.
Kecleon raised its claw, which glowed white. With a sharp snap, the copper lock broke in half.
Qing Wu opened the chest directly.
"These are TMs." Inside the chest were two discs and a stone burning with flames.
Qing Wu inspected them. The TMs were still perfectly preserved, and labels had been stuck onto them. They read Ice Punch and Fire Punch.
"I never thought it would actually be Farmer's Three Fists." This TM.
Qing Wu had once searched for it at the Exchange Office, only to learn that it was out of stock. Farmer's Three Fists was undeniably in high demand.
"There's also a high-quality Fire Stone. If I get a Fire Pokémon, I can have it absorb this. This was worth it." Fire Stones sold for a hefty price in the Underground Black Market. Even the lowest-quality Fire Stones started at ten thousand points, to say nothing of high-quality ones.
Qing Wu estimated that the Fire Stone in his hand could be exchanged for around fifty thousand points, but only an idiot would exchange a Fire Stone for points.
Team Rocket's points could be earned through trials. Exchanging items for points was another fairly common method.
Completing Team Rocket's bounty missions could also earn a certain number of points.
Qing Wu carefully examined the Fire Stone and discovered that its workmanship was extremely crude, as though it had been chipped directly from an ore vein.
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