Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 186 Instant Kill, the Scorpion King's One Claw Leading to Victory!

"Come avenge your little brother! Scorpion King, show your big brother spirit and secure victory in this battle!"

Looking at Ariados in the arena, Qingyuan fiercely threw out Gliscor's Poké Ball.

"Greek!"

With a flash of red light, the Scorpion King appeared on the battlefield with a fierce expression.

It was only because of Ariadne's poison darts.

Scorpio King's fierce expression lasted only a moment before being replaced by a look of utter bewilderment.

Looking at the toxins that were crawling up his body from his feet, Scorpion King was full of doubt.

Since stepping on the ground could cause poisoning, why didn't Qingyuan warn himself?

"What are you all standing there for? Use your acrobatics!"

Seeing that Scorpion King was standing still on the ground, Qingyuan quickly shouted instructions.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's command, Scorpion King no longer cared why Qingyuan hadn't warned him that he would be poisoned if he landed on the battlefield.

He did a backflip and jumped, soaring into the air.

It wasn't until it felt the heat radiating from its feet outwards that it remembered.

Qingyuan told it that it has the property of poison therapy and is not afraid of poisoning.

Thinking of this, Scorpion King's gaze towards Ariadne turned wicked.

"Greetings! (My dear grandson, your Scorpio King grandpa is here!)"

Scorpion King stuck out his tongue and shouted excitedly, then used acrobatics to charge towards Ariadne.

"Alethos Missile Pin!"

Even after seeing that Scorpion King was already poisoned.

Aju remained completely unfazed, still giving Ariados serious instructions.

And Ariados truly lives up to its reputation as an elf trained by ninjas.

Even when provoked by the Scorpion King, it showed no anger whatsoever.

He remained as calm as a killing machine, showing not the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Furthermore, they are able to perfectly follow Ah Ju's commands.

"Oh dear!"

Ariados shouted, and then began to condense missiles that shimmered with a bright white light, attacking the Scorpion King.

However, like the Swallow Return, acrobatics is inherently a very flexible offensive skill.

Once activated, it is generally uninterruptible unless the user makes a mistake.

Scorpio King, who has been performing acrobatics since his Scorpio days, would certainly not make such a mistake in a battle.

Although it was much larger than it was during its Scorpio phase, it still possessed a high level of skill in acrobatics.

It still managed to dodge Ariados's missile attack perfectly.

"Get out of the way!"

Seeing that the missiles were unable to stop the Scorpion King's attack, Aju immediately ordered Ariados to stop the missile attack and dodge it.

"Ah ri ya~"

Perhaps due to prior training, upon hearing A-Ju's command...

Ariados stopped the missile attack very quickly.

It was best to graze the edge of Scorpion King's acrobatic attack.

"Greek!"

Seeing the attacking target quickly dodging ahead, Scorpion King tried its best to increase its flight altitude.

That's how he avoided crashing into the ground of the enemy battlefield.

Looking at Ariados, who had dodged with an almost teleportation-like movement.

Qingyuan's brows, which had been smoothed out by the appearance of the Scorpion King, furrowed again.

Something's not right. Ariados is a spider. You're saying it has a good jumping ability?

Qingyuan could admit it, after all, there were so many long legs to show for it.

But your speed is excessive; dodging the Scorpion King's acrobatic moves is like teleportation.

Do you think you're a Psychic-type Pokémon? Just use Teleport to dodge!

Poison-type Pokémon, just stick to using poison, why bother with all these fancy tricks?

Despite feeling helpless towards the cunning and manipulative Ariados.

However, Qingyuan's eyes never left Alidos's figure for even a moment.

Through Qingyuan's continuous observation, he soon learned the secret of Ariados's ability to teleport.

Unbeknownst to them, the entire battlefield had been covered in spider silk by Ariados at some point.

The spider silk was covered by dust, and Aju also commanded Alidos to use the Poison Spikes skill.

Therefore, Qingyuan focused all his attention on the poison shards and did not notice Alidos's little trick of spraying spider silk all over the field.

"Hey, I knew Ariadne wasn't Casey, how could she teleport!"

"So they were 'skating' on spider silk in the arena!"

"Scorpion King, unleash a sandstorm! Destroy all of its spider silk!"

Now that the problem has been identified, Qingyuan is no longer worried.

After all, it's just a small setup, let alone damaging it.

Even destroying the entire arena would be more than enough for Qingyuan and Scorpion King.

After all, they had a total of nine ways to destroy the site, nine ways!

"Greek!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Scorpion King let out a shout.

A sandstorm suddenly arose from the ground, blowing poison powder, poison darts, and spider silk all over the field.

As a Bug/Poison type Pokémon, Ariados also showed a ferocious expression as it faced the flying sand and stones that were constantly attacking its body.

"Did you notice? As expected of a player who has earned five badges, their strength is not to be underestimated!"

Looking at the sandstorm that was rising in the field, A-Ju also praised Qing Yuan with a satisfied expression.

"Since tactics aren't working, let's go head-to-head! Ariados, use Super Corner Shot!"

But then Aju turned around and coldly gave orders to Ariados.

Qingyuan, who was just about to be modest towards Aju, almost had his back hurt by Aju's sudden change of heart.

"Oh dear!"

Upon hearing Aju's words, Ariados quickly gathered energy, enlarged the cherry horn on its head, and then leaped towards the Scorpion King.

"Who's afraid of who? Scorpion King, use the Guillotine Scissors!"

Seeing this, Qingyuan also shouted back without backing down.

"Greek!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Scorpion King's right pincer quickly glowed with white light, and then it roared and charged towards Ariados in front of it.

"boom!"

The collision between Alidos and Scorpion King produced a deafening roar.

With the aid of poison healing, Scorpion King did not dodge at all when facing Ariados's Super Horn Strike.

He simply let Ariados's head smash into his body.

This is why Scorpion King's guillotine successfully struck Ariadne's vitals.

With just this one blow, Ariados was brought to the brink of death.

"Greetings! (The ultimate victor is none other than yours truly!)"

Looking at Alethos, whose head was clamped between his pliers and who lay there like a dead dog.

The Scorpion King let out an extremely arrogant roar and then threw it directly to the ground.

"puff!"

Alidos fell to the ground like a rag doll, his body hitting the ground with a dull thud.

"Ariados is incapacitated; Scorpion King is victorious!"

Seeing this, Aya promptly announced the result of the match.