Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 13: Taming the Scyther!

Because he was in a good mood after beating up the samurai boy, Qingyuan was happy to stay in the Viridian Forest a little longer.

So after leaving the samurai boy, Seigen switched from the main path to the side path.

Perhaps being in a good mood does indeed bring good luck.

Before Qingyuan could take more than a few steps, a green mantis that stood upright with two huge, sharp blades appeared before him.

"When did I become so lucky?"

Qingyuan looked at the flying mantis in front of him and said with some doubt.

First, a Scorpion with exceptional talent appeared out of nowhere, and now they've encountered a Scythe on the outskirts of the forest.

Given its rarity, you'd never find a trace of this creature unless you ventured deep into the Viridian Forest.

And now, Qingyuan has actually found this guy on a side road next to the main road from Viridian City to Nibi City.

This place can already be considered the outermost edge of Viridian Forest.

The probability of encountering a Scyther here is the same as the probability of finding a Gold Bead on the streets of Viridian City, which is the same as the probability of finding a Gold Bead in Viridian City.

"Am I also a chosen one?"

Such a thought arose in Qingyuan's mind, but he quickly shook his head and looked at the flying mantis in front of him.

"Never mind, if Heaven gives it to us and we don't take it, we'll only suffer the consequences."

"They've practically delivered this to my doorstep; it would be ungrateful of me to refuse it!"

"Scorpion, attack! Use the combo attack!"

Qingyuan waved his hand and pointed at the Scyther in front of him, giving instructions to Scorpion.

"Clatter!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion nudged Qingyuan's shoulder with its tail, using the momentum to fly towards the flying mantis in front of it.

"Sha!"

Seeing the scorpion flying towards it with its pincers flashing a milky white light, the mantis showed no fear. Its two scythes glowed with the same milky white light as the scorpion's pincers, and it charged towards the scorpion with a loud cry.

"Bang! Bang... Bang!"

The two objects collided with a muffled thud, followed by several more collisions.

Scyther perfectly parried Scorpion's combo attack with its own combo attack.

After exchanging a few more blows, seeing that they couldn't gain the upper hand, they tacitly distanced themselves from each other.

"Scorpion uses mud shooting!"

Seeing that Lianzhan was unable to defeat the Scyther, Qingyuan directly commanded Scorpion to kite the Scyther.

"Clatter!"

Scorpion roared, and ground-type energy gathered around him, forming clumps of yellow mud that shot towards Scyther.

"Sha!"

Seeing the mud balls flying towards it, the Flying Mantis's twin blades flashed white light again, cleaving each mud ball in two with a single strike.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Scyther was defending against the mud shot, Qingyuan quickly said.

"Scorpion, use Quick Attack!"

"Clatter!"

Scorpion, its body radiating a milky-white light, charged towards the Scyther.

"Sha!"

Just as the mantis finished cutting down the last clump of mud, the scorpion flew right in front of it.

In the moment of crisis, Scyther only had time to hold his twin blades horizontally in front of him to defend himself, hoping to reduce the damage from the Flash of Light.

"boom!"

Scorpion's lightning bolt struck Scyther perfectly, but because Scyther was already prepared, the impact was negligible.

Scorpion's attack didn't send it flying; it only knocked the Scyther back a few steps.

Seeing this, Qingyuan's expression turned serious.

Judging from that move, this Scyther is definitely a veteran of countless battles.

This made Qingyuan like him even more; he had originally planned to capture him and exchange him for money.

Now, Qingyuan has completely abandoned that idea. Subduing this battle-hardened flying mantis will definitely greatly increase his strength.

The flying mantis was unaware of Qingyuan's thoughts; all it knew was that this little dwarf had managed to injure it.

This enraged it, so after regaining its balance, it immediately launched a counterattack.

With a flick of its right scythe, Scyther summoned several identical Scythers around it.

"Clatter!!!"

Scorpio had never seen such a formation before and thought the mantis could create clones, so he was immediately startled.

"Scorpion, calm down! These are just illusions. Smash them with mud!"

"Clatter!"

Hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion calmed down and launched a mud ball wrapped around its body at the Flying Mantis.

Of course, the mantis was no pushover either. Just as Scorpion was startled, it completed its shadow clone and quickly gathered energy, its body enveloped in milky-white energy, as it charged rapidly toward Scorpion.

Scorpio's mud shot shattered the afterimages one by one, and only then did Scorpio calm down.

Although Qingyuan's command of Scorpion was timely, Scorpion still suffered from a lack of combat experience.

It was stunned for a moment before it launched a counterattack, which resulted in the mud shot shattering part of the flying mantis phantom.

However, several flying mantises still rushed in front of it.

Scorpion remained calm under pressure, using a series of consecutive slashes to shatter several flying mantis phantoms.

However, caught off guard, it was hit by Scyther from the right.

"Clatter!"

A sharp pain shot through Scorpio, causing him to let out a scream.

However, the pain aroused the scorpion's ferocity. Despite the pain, the scorpion wrapped its tail around the mantis's knee joint.

Although the entanglement wasn't as tight, it still slowed down the Scyther's movements for a while.

"Well done, Scorpio! Use the combo attack like that!"

Upon seeing this, Qingyuan's initial worry immediately turned into excitement.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion no longer hesitated and slammed its milky-white pincers down on the Flying Mantis's head with all its might.

The Flying Mantis quickly crossed its twin blades to block, but Scorpion revealed a wicked smile upon seeing this.

The left pincer, which had shown no energy gathering moments before, suddenly gathered energy, turning milky white, and struck the Scyther's chin from below.

"Sha!"

The Scyther was sent flying backward by the attack, letting out a miserable cry.

Scorpio released its tail and was about to retreat when it heard Qingyuan say.

"Scorpion, now's the time! Use the Cross Poison Blade!"

Upon hearing the command, Scorpion reacted quickly, performing a backflip, its pincers forming a cross, creating a purple blade in front of it, and using gravity to slash at Scyther.

The mantis was a little dizzy from being hit on the head. Just as it was about to get up, it saw the scorpion descending from the sky with its pincers crossed in a cross shape.

Before the Scyther could react, it was struck hard in the chest by Scorpion's cross-shaped venomous blade.

"boom!"

The Scyther, which had just stood up, was knocked to the ground again.

Due to the gravitational pull of Scorpion, the Scyther kicked up a lot of dust when it fell to the ground.

Scorpio was completely unaffected and flew out of the dust with a few backflips.

Seeing this, Qingyuan no longer cared whether the Scyther had lost its ability to fight, in order to prevent the Scyther from escaping.

He threw in a red and white ball, and luckily, the ball caught the Scyther and started making noise.

"Ding-dong! Ding-dong! Ding-dong... Ding!"

After the Poké Ball made a sound for a while, a notification sound came from indicating that the Pokémon had been successfully captured.

Upon hearing this voice, Qingyuan could no longer contain himself and picked up Scorpion, shouting.

"Hahaha! It worked! Scorpio, you're amazing! Hahaha..."