Red light flashed, and this time, the Pokémon summoned was actually a Slowking. That was no easy Pokémon to obtain.
Slowpoke had two evolved forms: Slowbro, which evolved through Shellder, and Slowking, which evolved through a King's Rock.
King's Rocks were scarce, and only the truly wise among Slowpoke could obtain one. Yet Slowpoke were famously dim-witted, with such slow reflexes that they might take more than ten minutes to react even after being kicked.
But once they obtained a King's Rock and evolved into Slowking, that lengthy reaction time improved, and their thinking began to sharpen.
Slowking were even known as the sages among Pokémon. Like Wise Ape, they possessed the highest intelligence of any Pokémon.
What surprised Xiao Ran was that his opponent had actually managed to evolve a Slowpoke into a Slowking. That was hardly any easier than Leaping Over the Dragon Gate.
Still, Xiao Ran was not afraid. Although this Slowking also had mid elite class strength, he had only sent out one Primarina so far. Besides, whether it could defeat Primarina, even with much of its stamina already spent, remained to be seen.
"Slowking, Amnesia!" Jane shouted. This was a standard opening move for sluggish Pokémon. Since they could not outspeed their opponents anyway, they might as well boost their stats first.
Moreover, while Amnesia greatly increased Special Defense, it also caused the user to forget certain things, making the start of a battle the best time to use it.
Seeing his opponent boost its stats, Xiao Ran remained unhurried. He had Primarina lay down Misty Terrain, then begin preparing Moonblast.
Slowking shared Primarina's Water typing, so continuing to use Water-type moves would be unwise. The Fairy-type Moonblast became the first choice here.
"Aoo~~" A pink ball of energy flew out. Slowking, having just used