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Chapter 128 Ling Feng vs. Du Juan, did you know? (6k)

When it was the Butterfly's turn to act, the slowing effect of the Archaeopteryx's paralysis allowed him to strike first with "Wind" once again!
That deadly pixelated airflow struck Archaeopteryx with pinpoint accuracy once again! Damage calculation, double damage effect triggered again, and Archaeopteryx's remaining health was instantly reduced to zero!
It let out a short, mournful cry and instantly lost its ability to fight.

[It was a steal! Absolutely a steal!]

[The Archaeopteryx is gone just like that?]

[Wait, why didn't Archaeopteryx finish off Butterfree on its second attack? It only managed to hit it a little bit.]

The viewers in the live chat were completely bewildered.

Ling Feng's explanation came at just the right time:
"Archaeopteryx's characteristic is weakness. When its HP is below half, both its Attack and Special Attack stats will drop by half. Combined with the damage reduction effect of Reflect, it certainly can't one-shot a Butterfree with half its HP remaining."

The viewers in the live stream then noticed a notification in the battle log that Archaeopteryx had triggered the Weakness ability, but no one knew what it meant. Now that Ling Feng explained, they all understood.

Just then, the cuckoo on the other side of the field also threw out a new Poké Ball and switched to a new Pokémon!

[Gym Leader Cuckoo has sent out a Crane!]

Amidst the heavy footsteps, a pixelated model of a crested dragon with a head covered in thick bone plates and a fierce look stepped onto the rocky terrain.

[Cranium! The grand finale! This guy can use Fire Punch!]

Rock and Fire, this combination is pure Bug-type powerhouse!

[This guy's got some serious presence, but I don't think the streamer could pull it off, hahaha.]

At the same time, facing the Cranidoth that appeared, Ling Feng did not hesitate to switch Pokémon and sent out Butterfree.

As expected, the Cranidos charged forward and swung its fiery claws hard, hitting the Butterfree that had taken its place.

A highly effective notification popped up, but thanks to the damage reduction from the Reflective Wall, Butterfly's stamina only dropped by less than half!
"Compared to Butterfree, Butterfree has higher durability, and it's currently at full strength. This isn't a Cranidos type, so it shouldn't be too difficult to defeat."

Ling Feng's voice rang out in the live stream, his finger already selecting the skill for the next round—Hypnotic Powder!

Butterfree flapped its large wings, scattering a pale blue powder that enveloped the Cranidoth. The skill hit!

The "ZZZ" pixel logo, representing sleep, appeared on the top of the dragon head on the skullcap, and the dragon instantly collapsed to the ground.

At the same time, a notification popped up:

The light wall has shattered!

The reflective wall is teetering on the verge of collapse!

The two walls are about to collapse completely, which means that none of Lingfeng's Pokémon can withstand another attack from Crassula!
[Wow, the wall disappeared so quickly? But it's still quite an achievement.]

Even though the cephalopod is asleep, it still feels very dangerous!

[Quickly take advantage of this opportunity to attack! There will be no more walls after this! What a great chance!]

[Output my ass, if we wake them up we'll just get wiped out. We need to think about the right strategy now.]

At this point, the chat in the live stream had become completely absorbed in the battle, seemingly even more anxious than Ling Feng himself.

Ling Feng, however, directly chose the next skill:
"Ultrasound!"

The Butterfly's wings emitted high-frequency vibrations that were difficult for the human ear to detect. The invisible sound waves impacted the sleeping Craniosaurus, causing it to see stars above its head.

The skill hit again!
The "ZZZ" sleep icon in its status bar did not disappear; instead, a rotating vortex icon symbolizing chaos appeared—the head dragon had fallen into a "chaotic" state!
[Holy crap? Can these two anomalies coexist?]

[This isn't right, is it? Shouldn't this game only allow for one abnormal state?]

[I've seen those two skills before; the hit rate is only around 50%. How did the streamer manage to hit them both in a row? What incredible luck!]

The viewers in the live chat were clearly confused again.

Ling Feng spoke directly:
"Chaos is a special abnormal status that can be resolved together with other abnormal statuses. In addition, my Butterfree's ability is 'Compound Eyes,' which can greatly increase the hit rate of skills. That's why there are situations where control skills hit in succession. There is luck involved, but it's not very common."

The viewers in the live chat immediately realized what was happening.

Does this feature still exist?

Wouldn't it be perfect as a support character?

Just then, the massive body of the Craniosaurus twitched and suddenly opened its crimson eyes.

It was lucky to wake up from its drowsiness in the first round, but the confusion state took effect immediately!
It shook its head irritably, let out a low growl that was hard to understand, and then—without warning—it slammed its hard skull into the game floor!

With a muffled thud, dust billowed up. The damage numbers popped up, and the Craniosaurus's health bar had clearly dropped significantly.

[The crested dragon went berserk! In its confusion, it attacked itself!]

As the new round began, Ling Feng naturally applied sleep powder to Butterfree again, putting Cranidoth into a deep sleep.

【Nice!】

[Self-harm plus sleeping again! Beautiful!]

[Three in a row, now it's even more secure!]

Ignoring the earlier incident, the audience had almost seen the possibility of victory, and the comments section was filled with urging Ling Feng to switch to his main Pokémon to finish off the enemy.

However, Ling Feng's actions instantly filled all the comments with question marks—he recalled the Butterfree that had just finished controlling the field, the red light of the Poké Ball flashed, and what appeared on the field was that timid-looking... Coward?!
【? ? ? 】

[Replacing the worm with a cobra?]

Not harvesting?

I'm finding it increasingly difficult to understand the streamer's actions... but this time I really don't dare to question them, I'm being honest.

The coward on the field seemed to be uneasy under the immense pressure, but the trainer's orders were everything.

It mustered its courage and used its tiny claws to vigorously stir up the sand and dust on the ground—"sand splashing"!
A cloud of sand suddenly splattered all over the face of the skull dragon, which had just finished self-harming and fallen asleep.

A gray light flashed across the headdress dragon's body, and a notification suddenly popped up:
The accuracy of the Cranipod has been reduced!

[The Cephalopods are in disarray!]

This time, the dragon with the skull cap didn't wake up. The new round started, and Ling Feng chose again: "Splash Sand!" Another sandstorm rose, and the effect and prompt that reduced the hit rate also popped up.

However, at this moment.

The Craniosaurus opened its eyes, and at the same time, it was completely freed from the effects of the chaos!
Its crimson eyes instantly locked onto the tiny figure in the arena—the coward!

Seemingly out of anger, it let out a roar full of fury, and with the force of its hind legs, its entire body, like a cannonball, slammed its head, covered with hard bone plates, into the cowardly worm—"Headbutt!"
The cowardly bug seemed to shrink back in fear, yet this seemingly inevitable strike only resulted in a cold, merciless notification:

[The Craniosaurus used its headbutt, but it missed!!]

At the same time, Ling Feng's voice rang out almost simultaneously with the appearance of the word "MISS," calm and decisive: "Insect Resistance!"

The cowardly worm mustered all its strength and released a weak insect-type energy wave—"Insect Resistance"!
The green energy wave struck the skullcap dragon's battered body precisely.

[The results are minimal! ]

Although the damage was extremely low, a message popped up along with it!
[Cranium's Special Attack has been reduced!]

The live stream chat was flooded with comments again.

[First you fall asleep, then things get chaotic, then your accuracy drops—do you even have any manners, streamer?]

Have you guys forgotten the streamer's name? The streamer's main selling point is good character, okay?

[This additional effect, while not very useful against Crassula, which excels at physical attacks, feels incredibly humiliating when it appears at this moment. If I were Cuckoo, I'd quit immediately.]

What happened next was exactly as expected.

When the fourth attack missed, and the Cowardly Bug's Insect Resistance hit it, the Craniosaurus finally let out a unwilling whimper and collapsed to the ground, losing its ability to fight!

The cheerful music started, announcing Ling Feng's victory in this gym battle!

At that moment, everyone suddenly realized something—in less than ten minutes, all three of Gym Leader Cuckoo's Pokémon had lost their ability to battle, while on Ling Feng's side, Pokémon remained safely in its Poké Ball the whole time, without even having a chance to appear.

The cowardly bug wasn't touched at all and remained at full health the entire time.

Both the hunting swallowtail butterfly and the giant butterfly still retain considerable fighting power.
Only the Sky-Covered Insect, after activating its double walls, was able to fall completely.
At that moment, as Ling Feng exited the battle screen, the entire live stream seemed to be paused.

A suffocating vacuum appeared for several seconds amidst the rapidly scrolling barrage of comments.

All the viewers, whether they had previously supported, questioned, mocked, or were simply watching the spectacle, seemed to be in the same state of mental lapse, their "CPUs" frantically processing the mind-blowing battle they had just witnessed.
And in the very next instant.

The dense text, filled with incredibly fervent emotions, almost completely covered the entire live stream room!

[That's... they won?]

[Holy crap? This was a one-shot kill?? Even Cynthia wouldn't dare say she got it in one take!!]

[You really beat the Rock Gym in one go?! Oh my god!] [And you only lost one... that's insane...]

【The anchor is awesome! 】

[A god of manners! A god of manners!]

Amidst the barrage of comments, Ling Feng calmly guided his character out of the dojo's main gate.

Two figures ran past him one after the other, and it turned out to be a member of the Devon Corporation whose documents were snatched away by the Rockets.

This is also part of the original plot, so Ling Feng naturally kept it.

He guided his character slowly upwards toward the dojo to proceed with this part of the story.

Meanwhile, he was thinking about his team composition for the future.

Since it's a challenge involving the entire insectoid type, every position must be carefully considered.

Now that we have the basic setup of four Pokémon—Butterfly, Beautifly, Safari, and Wimpy—our team's early-game strength is sufficient. So, the next step is undoubtedly to plan for the late game.

While Butterfree and Beautifly are quite strong in the early game, as the game progresses and the opponent's level and Pokémon's rank increase, their advantage of developing quickly as Bug-type Pokémon naturally disappears, and their disadvantage of having lower base stats will gradually become apparent. They can only be used as support Pokémon to assist other Pokémon and occasionally supplement some of their damage output.

However, having only the Armored Warrior evolved from the Cowardly Bug and the Babysitter Bug evolved from the Treasure Cocoon to provide backup for the team is clearly not enough.

If we're talking about who's the most suitable main damage dealer for a Bug-type team, aside from Beedrill, which he's already ruled out, one figure stands out as the only answer in Ling Feng's mind.

It has to be the Volcano Moth!

This is the most perfect Bug-type Pokémon in his mind, and it can even be said to be the only one among all Bug-type Pokémon that can be called a pseudo-legendary, with strength comparable to those pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

In the real world, if I remember correctly, there don't seem to be any Elite Four or Champion-level trainers who breed Pokémon like Volcarona.

Thinking about it, this is quite normal, after all, their understanding of Pokémon is far less than that of players in the original work and the real world, and Bug-type is a rather unpopular type.

Furthermore, the pre-evolutionary form of Volcano is extremely rare, and most people probably don't even know that Volcano exists.

Ling Feng knew that as long as he demonstrated Volcarona's power to the audience in the game, trainers would soon start to notice it and begin to raise it, but that was a matter for later.

Besides the main DPS in the team, a qualified team definitely needs Pokémon that can provide defensive support.

If we're talking about the type that Bug-type Pokémon fear the most, besides Flying-type, it's undoubtedly Fire-type.

These are two extremely common offensive types, and they represent a fear that is almost ingrained in the bones of Bug-type Pokémon.

For Fire-type Pokémon, Ling Feng's optimal choice is Araquos.

Araquos possesses extremely powerful abilities, along with excellent Water/Bug dual-type attributes, giving it a wide coverage and making it a reliable physical attacker.

Moreover, its Special Defense stat is quite high, even far exceeding that of Orpheus, the evolved form of Skybuzz, which can play a crucial role in certain situations.

When facing Flying-type Pokémon, a familiar figure immediately flashed through Ling Feng's mind.

If we're talking about the second strongest Bug-type Pokémon besides Volcarona, then without a doubt it's Scizor!

In fact, there's nothing wrong with listing these two side by side.

Scizor boasts excellent attributes, powerful base stats, and the Technician ability. Combined with Swords Dance and the priority move Bullet Punch, its power is truly astounding.

Aside from being afraid of fire, this guy could be considered a perfect Bug-type Pokémon.

And the Spider King, which we just mentioned, can undoubtedly help him make up for this weakness.

Thinking of this, Ling Feng shook his head slightly.

The Dripping Spider, the degenerate form of Dripping Spider, can only be encountered on certain water surfaces after the player has learned Surf.

As for Scizor's evolved form, Scyther, it's easier to obtain in the wild, but you'll still need to wait until you reach the Electric-type Gym.
So, let's tentatively catch these two Pokémon to add to our team.

That being said, if there are any other Bug-type Pokémon besides these two, Lingfeng would like to add them to the team.

So, here's a very interesting choice...
I wonder if anyone in this world has discovered the special characteristics of these Pokémon.
Thinking of this, Ling Feng's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Ten minutes later.

With his current team composition, he could easily take down even the Rock-type Gym in one go, not to mention the NPCs on the roadside and the Team Rocket member who stole the Devon Corporation documents.

Ling Feng pushed his way through the crowd, easily reaching the cave tunnel in the upper right corner of the gym. After helping the Devon Corporation members retrieve their luggage and Old Man Hachi's gull, he returned to Devon Corporation to complete the dialogue sequence and obtained a communicator that allowed him to contact NPCs. Then, under the watchful eyes of the live stream viewers, he began a lightning-fast sweep of the entire city of Kanatsu.

His actions were incredibly skillful, his goals were clear, and not a single step was superfluous.

Healing potions, Great Balls, TM/HM combos like Iai Slash and First Claw...
As Ling Feng successfully acquired the items one by one, the chat in the live stream began to buzz with discussion.

Is Kanaz the streamer's hometown? He seems so familiar with the place.

[I hereby declare the streamer the newly appointed King of Trash Collection!]

Holy crap, there's an NPC hidden here who gives you items? Unbelievable!

At this moment, while the viewers in the live stream were discussing, and seeing that every item in Kanaz City had fallen into his pocket, Ling Feng then controlled his character to walk towards the direction of Orange Blossom Forest.

Seeing his behavior, some viewers immediately became anxious, and the live chat began to refresh rapidly.

[Hey streamer, don't rush off! Don't you want your Mega Stone anymore?]

[Yes, hurry to that small room on the left and donate money to that old man. He can give you good stuff!]

Why did the streamer take everything, except the most valuable items?

However, Ling Feng shook his head and smiled slightly when he saw these comments.

"No rush, just wait."

—You don’t currently have any Pokémon in your team that can Mega Evolve. If you go to that man, you will randomly receive a Mega Stone for a Pokémon.

In Pokémon Emerald, you only get one chance to Mega Evolve in each battle. Later in the game, even a random NPC on the street can Mega Evolve your Pokémon.

In other words, you need at least one Pokémon in your team that can Mega Evolve, otherwise you will be at a natural disadvantage.

If you randomly get a Mega Stone of a non-Bug type Pokémon, then it's useless.

And most importantly:

Among Bug-type Pokémon, there are several that can Mega Evolve, including Pinsir, Heracross, and many others.

But Ling Feng knew very well that there was only one choice.

That's Mega Scizor!!
If Volcarona can be considered comparable to a pseudo-legendary, then Mega Scizor can truly be called a "bug god"!

So let's wait until we catch Scyther before getting the Mega Stone.

However, Ling Feng did not explain this to the viewers in the live stream. Instead, he went directly to the small room in the lower left corner of Orange Blossom Forest and took the watering can and the skill learning machine "Seed Machine Gun".

Then, following the path on the left, they found a Poké Ball in the tall grass above—it was the TM6 Tailwind.

As he left the cabin, Ling Feng didn't forget to take the tree fruits growing in the soil with him before heading straight into the Orange Blossom Forest.

He opened his backpack and used the TM to teach Butterfree the Wind Rush, gave the Seed Gun to Cocoon, and taught the Cowardly the Iai Slash. He then began cutting down trees on the right side of Petalburg Woods and entered that unexplored area of ​​Petalburg Woods.

At this moment, watching Ling Feng's series of actions, the chat in the live stream couldn't help but start discussing.

[Oh? So there's another path leading up to this flower shop?]

[Holy crap, this streamer's game pace is so fast! It hasn't even been two hours yet, and they've already reached this level. It feels like they're going to cover in one morning what other streamers do in three days!]

[Complete three days' worth of travel in one morning? Complete two days' worth of travel in one hour! I bought this game the night before last, and I still haven't gotten this far.]

[Nonsense, this streamer has obviously watched Cynthia and Kiju's replays. Otherwise, how would he know so much about the game mechanics? He even knows where the item rewards are in Kanaz City. He probably even checked out guides on the forums. Just wait, he definitely won't be so lucky later on.]

[Is the streamer really not going to use Mega Evolution Stones? He's not even reading the comments! He'll regret it when he gets wrecked by Thousand Miles's Mega Kangaskhan, hahaha.]

The live stream was still gaining popularity and generating a lot of discussion, but at this moment almost no one questioned whether Ling Feng could complete the challenge of clearing the game with an all-bug team, because his performance was simply too amazing.

At this moment, Ling Feng left the forest directly after obtaining the Miracle Seed, a portable item to enhance Grass-type moves, and some other miscellaneous rewards in the passage of Orange Blossom Forest, without rushing to enter the Forest Mansion.

The Pokémon in the Forest Mansion are all level 30 or higher, so now is clearly not the time to go. Even if you go in, you'll only end up getting beaten up and sent to the Pokémon Center, losing half your money.

Ling Feng, who hadn't lost a single battle since the start of the game, naturally couldn't accept losing such a huge sum of money.
Besides, I only placed a Rotom deep within the Forest Mansion as a reward. My team is all Bug-type, so there's naturally no room for a Rotom, and there's no need to rush.
And so, riding on Old Man Hachi's boat, Ling Feng successfully arrived at the location of the next dojo—Wudu Town.

As soon as he got off the boat, he went straight to the fisherman on his right and successfully obtained the item "Old Fishing Rod".

Although there are very few Bug-type Pokémon that can be caught with a fishing rod, he just remembered that Araven might be one of them, so maybe he could get it ahead of time.
If you can train Amanita before challenging the Fire-type Gym, the battle will be much easier.
Conversely, if that doesn't work, it might be quite difficult to deal with a Fire-type gym with an all-Bug team.

(End of this chapter)