Target: Beedrill

Chapter 18 Target: Beedrill

Xia Mu only has one week left.

Xia Mu could only do his best to make his Pokémon strong enough.

This is why Natsuki didn't choose Ghost or Dark types.

Firstly, naturally, Yuandao Island doesn't have it.

Secondly, Bug-type creatures grow faster, making them the preferred choice.

To be honest, he's already struggling enough with breeding Growlithe and Riolu, so trying to breed more difficult ones at the same time would be incredibly stressful.

Of course, Natsuki will consider catching a Gastly Pokémon in the future.

Regardless, Gengar has the potential to reach the champion tier.

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In the forest.

Xia Mu set off in the same direction as yesterday, but followed a different river towards Crescent Lake.

Round Island is not small. Although the forest area is not as large as the forest on the mainland, even after spending ten days exploring, Xia Mu has only walked through half of the area.

Following the river is also to allow the red Gyarados to relax and, incidentally, to battle and gain some experience points along the way.

Just like yesterday, Riolu and Growlithe will defeat any wild Pokémon of a higher level they encounter to gain experience points.

It's worth mentioning that the improvement in strength is not just a little bit.

This is not only because the level is getting higher and higher, but also because of the maximum effort values.

After going deep into the area for a long time, about an hour later, Crescent Lake came into view.

The three little ones all leveled up by 1.

Xia Mu attributed the rapid level increase to the level 40 Great-Beaked Sparrow from yesterday.

At least Riolu and Gyarados must be, otherwise how could they level up so quickly by just fighting wild Pokémon that are only around level 10?

A red Gyarados is possible, since it's the lowest level, only a little over level 20.

The higher the level, the harder it is to level up.

Otherwise, if Riolu had helped Magikarp evolve yesterday, it wouldn't have only leveled up by 1 despite all the grinding.

Growlithe must have accumulated a lot of experience points yesterday, but missed out on the experience points for Finch.

Otherwise, Growlithe should have leveled up by 1 yesterday as well.

It seems that, just like being on the verge of death in a game, it was excluded from the scope of shared experience points.

"It's really hard to find. If all else fails, we'll have to venture deeper into the dense forest to search," Xia Mu muttered to himself.

Along the way, there were indeed many unicorn beetles among the trees and grass by the river, but judging from their appearance and characteristics, they were of inferior quality.

Along the way, we encountered several Caterpie with good potential, as well as an Arbok that was huge and had an excellent personality.

Natsuki, however, was not interested in Arbok.

Normally, one could capture and train a Poison-type Pokémon to have one to use.

After all, a well-trained Poison-type Pokémon can be quite formidable in pure battle mode.

Although Arbok isn't particularly powerful, with its base stats being rather poor, it's undeniable that as the first proper Poison-type Pokémon in Generation I, its gameplay was quite troublesome at times.

For example, Xia Mu once played a game where he would start with Intimidate to make the opponent back down and lower their attack, then use Orochi's Gaze to paralyze the opponent, and then use Toxic Spikes to spread negative status effects across the field. One poison and two poisons would be enough to take down Arbok in one go unless the opponent launched a direct attack, which is almost impossible.

Because if you really want to use this disgusting fighting style, you will definitely carry a Spirit Sash just in case. When your HP is full, even if you are hit by a fatal blow, you will survive with the last bit of HP.

Even if you're unlucky and get attacked twice and forced to retreat, you've still successfully laid out poison darts. What follows will be an even more brutal war of attrition, leaving your opponent speechless and questioning their existence.

Of course, against a normal opponent, with a bit of luck, Arbok can easily take on three opponents at once.

As long as the giant snake's glare paralyzes the opponent and renders them unable to move, then Arbok will dominate the battlefield.

Poisoning is Arbok's strength; giving it a Protect or Substitute move to wear down the opponent makes it even harder to counter.

Xia Mu remembers that this strategy was later slightly modified and became the standard for other Poison-type Pokémon, because later Pokémon had better base stats and abilities.

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Closer to home.

At this critical juncture, Xia Mu will not be catching ordinary Pokémon, as that would make his time even more precious.

After resting for a while by Crescent Lake, Xia Mu fed the three little ones some Energy Cubes, then rode a red Gyarados and searched for the location of the Beedrill swarm in the dense forest.

Of course, the areas he searches for are all different, otherwise the bee he encounters would definitely be ones he has seen before.

Xia Mu was very lucky.

Led by the red Gyarados, they found a nest of Beedrill in just over ten minutes.

Because of the attack of a powerful enemy, the giant bee swarmed together, numbering as many as twenty or thirty, and there were also many unicorn beetles and iron-shelled pupae hiding in the trees and grass.

A major battle is inevitable.

This is the cruelty of nature: the survival of the fittest.

It's not like Xia Mu can just say he won't fight and then stop.

Wild bee bees are extremely terrifying. They live in groups and won't tell you that they'll let you go if you don't provoke them.

If they target you and perceive you as a threat, the swarm of bees will definitely riot and attack you.

The encyclopedia entry that Natsuki received from her father states that if you encounter a Beedrill queen in the wild and do not have the ability to protect yourself, you must escape quickly, otherwise your life will be in danger. If there is a pond or similar place, you can use the water to avoid danger.

There's no way to hide.

Xia Mu was looking for a colony of giant bees, the more the better, so he could take his time choosing.

Faced with the provocation of the Beedrill swarm, Natsuki did not hesitate to send Growlithe to the front, Riolu to assist in the attack, and Gyarados to control the field.

Before acquiring the red Gyarados, Xia Mu would always take the initiative to command the two little ones to attack. Now that they have the red Gyarados, not only is his safety greatly guaranteed, but Growlithe and Riolu can also be more daring in their actions.

A fierce battle.

Faced with an attack from twenty or thirty Beedrill, Growlithe not only had a stat advantage but also a level advantage.

A level 36 Growlithe has reached the high elite level.

Even the regional overlords in the forest are only at this level; the highest level is around level 40.

At least Xia Mu has never encountered anyone above level 40.

Of course, excluding the Delidra from the day before yesterday, it's not a Pokémon from Tsuburaya Island.

In fact, level 58 was indeed the highest level Xia Mu had encountered since arriving in this world.

However, level 58 is not considered high for Dragonite, since Dragonair needs to reach level 55 in the game to evolve into Dragonite, which is the requirement for pseudo-legendary Dragonite.

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