stonecrandall Chapter 249 Scorpio VS Mud
Chapter 249 Scorpio VS Mud
"puff--"
The Phillips head slammed into Mud with a strange sound. Mud's body caved in, but it only took a few steps back before scratching its limp head as if nothing had happened, seemingly unaware of what had occurred.
"This feeling is so familiar..."
Seeing this scene before him, Xiao Zhi muttered to himself with a sense of nostalgia.
As expected, fighting Mud requires extra caution in this regard.
"Charge!"
“G...GLI!”
After seeing that its Phillips clippers hadn't harmed Grimer, Gliscor started to get anxious. However, it didn't hesitate to follow Ash's instructions. After all, it had already decided to say goodbye to its past self here, and it would be too unreasonable to hesitate any longer.
Scorpion trembled its small body and continued charging towards Muddy. Several Muddy creatures frowned, not expecting that even after they had shown a clear difference in strength, this guy still dared to approach them.
The five sludge monsters looked at each other, then nodded in agreement.
They began to wriggle around, though they were still hesitant to approach Ash and Pikachu, given their intimidating presence. Even without getting close to them, the Grimer could easily surround Gliscor.
Five Grimer swarmed around Gliscor. At first, Gliscor was pondering which Grimer to charge at, but when it realized that Ash hadn't spoken yet, it understood what it should do:
Maintain the previous decision.
"GLI!"
With his eyes closed and a determined heart, Scorpio jumped out when he was still a tiny bit away from the nearest sludge.
Ash covered his eyes with a hint of helplessness the moment Scorpio made that move.
This child is far too naive.
Unlike typical Flying-type Pokémon that can freely change their trajectory in mid-air, it doesn't have any backup plans for itself.
While Scorpio's behavior can be seen as overcoming their fear and avoidance of battle in a sense, this kind of unthinking and arbitrary action still needs to be corrected.
Just when Ash thought that Gliscor was about to be taught a lesson by the Grimer around him, a dazzling golden light suddenly flashed behind him. Turning around, he saw Pikachu using Thunderbolt in the air.
"This is... ah..."
Just as Ash was wondering what was going on, he realized in the next second why Pikachu had done that.
Turning our attention back to the battlefield ahead, we saw that the Grimer, who had been so aggressive just moments before, intending to teach the immobilized Scorpion a lesson, were now frozen in place, staring at Pikachu with some fear.
Ash thought Gliscor was going to be in trouble, but Pikachu resolved the crisis so easily.
Pikachu really knows how to take care of its companions.
"Don't just stand there! Quickly seize the opportunity and use the Phillips shears!"
"GLI?!"
It wasn't just the Grimer that were stunned by Pikachu's Thunderbolt; even Gliscor was caught off guard until it heard Ash's shout and realized what it should do.
“Gri!?”
Ash's shout alerted not only Gliscor, but also the remaining Grimer. The Grimer closest to Gliscor was about to attack when the X-Scissors landed directly on its abdomen.
Although it has some resistance to physical attacks, the damage caused by the cross-shaped shears is still real.
Feeling the scorpion's pincers about to sink into its body, Mud frowned. It was just about to swallow the scorpion's pincers when it realized that, having learned from its previous experience, the scorpion now knew how to break free from the predicament.
Just as the mud was about to close its sunken body and trap the scorpion, the scorpion's pincers suddenly exerted force again.
First, the pincers pushed forward, causing the mud's body to take another step back, and then quickly used this force to pull out its arms.
Scorpion instantly overwhelmed the first Grimer, but the remaining Grimer, realizing that Pikachu's Thunderbolt was just a bluff and that one of their companions had been attacked while they were distracted, also lost their temper.
Streams of dark purple sludge or hard lumps flew towards Gliscor from all directions. Seeing the Grimer members, now somewhat disorganized and attacking randomly, Ash felt a little relieved. He quickly waved his hand and said:
"Hide behind the stinky mud!"
"GLI!"
At this moment, Gliscor realized Ash's plan: to use Grimer as a shield. After all, it didn't have Pikachu's ability to intimidate all enemies with a single move. In this situation, self-preservation was the most important thing.
The scorpion stuck out its tongue excitedly, and its still-developing, relatively light body provided a basis for its agile movements.
The next second, Scorpion lowered its body and, before the Grimer in front could react, circled around to its back. Then, to the astonishment of the other Grimer, Scorpion smiled and shielded the Grimer in front of itself, while also peeking out to look at the other Grimer with a "thank you" gaze, as if saying thank you.
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P.S.: I originally promised to update daily at least, but my thesis advisor requires me to submit the first draft by the 28th, and I've only written 3 words so far. Plus, my finger joints have been really painful lately, so updates have slowed down...