Why Did Poison-Type Moves Hurt So Much?

"Twineedle plus Poison Sting?"

Liu Hesheng frowned slightly at Mu Yun's command, seeming puzzled.

Ceruledge had quadruple resistance to Bug-type moves and double resistance to Poison-type moves. Why use those two moves?

"Ceruledge, meet it with Bitter Blade!"

Unable to figure it out, Liu Hesheng stopped dwelling on it.

Whatever Mu Yun was thinking, all Liu Hesheng had to do was attack.

The flames in Ceruledge's eyes flickered, and the fiery swords on his arms blazed once more.

Ceruledge could learn many moves, but he seemed to have an innate gift for Bitter Blade.

With a sword and without one, he was like two different Pokémon. Even his bearing changed completely.

Liu Hesheng's grandfather called it the Sword Heart Clarity State, a gift akin to a human becoming one with their sword.

The gift did not directly raise his level or any particular stat. It simply made the blades extensions of his arms, moving wherever his will directed them.

"Gwei!"

Ready for battle, Ceruledge fixed his gaze on Xiao Du. As Xiao Du rushed in, Ceruledge swung his swords to meet him.

Clang!!

Metal rang against metal once more.

This time, though, Ceruledge felt far less force behind the Bee Needles. Or was he imagining it?

The blow was weaker than any of the previous exchanges, even the first.

As he puzzled over it, a faint sting spread through his arm where it touched the Bee Needle. It felt almost as though his skin had been burned.

It was a strange sensation, one he had never felt in his life.

He looked down. Dark-purple liquid was dripping from the silver Bee Needle, and wherever it touched his deep-purple arms, it left a faint burning sensation.

Poison?

That was Ceruledge's first thought.

He had fought Poison-type Pokémon before, but this was