The scorching sun was practically baking the sand until it smoked. The burning sand beneath Ye Qing's feet left him unbearably hot and restless.
A whirlwind rose over a distant dune, sweeping up yellow sand that danced like a fairy.
"Cha!"
Suddenly, Infernape's expression changed. With a thump, he drove a foot into the sand!
Amid the flying yellow sand, a dark blue scorpion was kicked into the air, its long venomous tail gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
Pokémon: Skorupi (Level 33) Potential: E+ Status: Healthy Gender: Male Type: Poison/Bug Ability: Battle Armor (Protected by hard armor, it cannot take critical hits.) Held item: None Egg move: Poison Tail Basic moves: Bite, Poison Sting, Pin Missile, Bug Bite, Poison Fang, Venoshock Move tutor: None TM: None Notes: Skorupi live on dry land and hide in the sand to ambush prey.
"Skorupi?"
Zhang Siyu took out her Pokédex and quickly scanned the scorpion that had been lying in ambush beneath the yellow sand.
By then, Ye Qing had already finished reading Skorupi's information and ordered Lairon to attack.
Facing such a small fry, Lairon charged forward on all fours like a young calf, kicking up yellow sand.
Skorupi raised his two large pincers. The pincers on his tail snapped shut, purple venom dripping from them.
Aside from relatively high physical defense, Pokémon like Skorupi were abysmally weak in every other respect.
Even without special attack moves, Lairon could still knock him flat with brute force.
"Head Smash!"
"Dor!"
Lairon roared. Lately, he had felt as though his body was about to rust!
White light flashed atop Lairon's head. A mass of rocks gathered into two sharp stone blades embedded in the top of his head!
"This Lairon inherited Head Smash?"
Zhang Siyu pressed her soft pink lips together, feeling