Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

But then Xia Yan's voice came from behind.

A green energy shield appeared around the Tentacles jellyfish's body, rendering the hippopotamus's "earthquake" ineffective.

It's blocked.

But nobody thought it was a good thing.

Why hand over the "holding" strategy so early?

The howling sandstorm caused some damage to the stinging jellyfish, but the purple glow on its body indicated that it had recovered some of its strength.

"It's 'black sludge'!"

Sharp-eyed students spotted the props carried by the stinging jellyfish.

"It's no use. This little bit of recovery isn't enough to resist the hippo beast's attack. The hippo beast is causing another earthquake!" Nakamura waved his hand.

Xia Yan's expression remained unchanged as he continued, "A stand-in."

The stinging jellyfish swayed slightly, and like a cicada shedding its shell, a substitute appeared in front of it.

It took its place in resisting the earthquake.

Although its Stand is gone, Tentacruel has not lost its fighting ability and is even continuing to recover its strength under the "black sludge".

Ok?

Everyone was stunned.

A bad feeling gradually rose in my heart.

This includes Nakamura.

The venom has already taken effect on the hippopotamus.

But the stinging jellyfish...

I can't believe it!

"Hippopotamus, another earthquake!"

"Hold on."

Xia Yan's casual words caused a stir in the venue.

"Holding on" successfully thwarted the "earthquake" once again.

Suddenly, everyone realized a problem.

If the hippopotamus keeps alternating between holding and not holding, wouldn't it be played to death?

However, there are always more solutions than problems.

Although Nakamura is relatively plain-looking, he is quite capable.

It quickly changed tactics.

"Hippopotamus, Invisibility Rock!"

Sharp pieces of rubble appeared on Xia Yan's side of the field, then vanished without a trace.

A simple rock-scattering tactic.

Xia Yan took out a Poké Ball.

"Hippopotamus, roar!"

But then I saw...

Before the hippo roared, Xia Yan recalled the Tentacruel and casually tossed out a Poké Ball, summoning a Rhinoceros that wasn't even at the Elite level.

Then it was roared back by the hippopotamus.

Read it first!

Xia Yan discerned Nakamura's intentions and switched the Pokémon ahead of time.

And then, appearing again...

Stinging jellyfish!

Everyone: "..."

Nakamura: "..."

Xia Yan remained unmoved, and simply said slowly, "The stinging jellyfish, misfortune never comes singly."

puff--

The stinging jellyfish that appeared was extremely fast, catching the hippopotamus off guard.

The effect of "misfortunes never come singly" is that the power of the move is doubled when the opponent is in an abnormal state.

With the added damage from the "venomous" poison, the hippopotamus was rendered unable to fight.

then.

Nakamura awkwardly summoned a Blastoise.

Xia Yan once again started with "highly poison".

Because of the "black sludge," the Tentacruel's stamina, which it had depleted by using "Substitute," has been fully restored.

Nakamura: "..."

He opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to command the battle.

He had already figured out Xia Yan's tactics.

But they don't know how to counter it.

What seemed like a simple alternation of "poison," "protect," and "stand" made him feel... 2

Vomiting — 1

Seeing that he had stopped giving instructions, Xia Yan shook his head inwardly.

Young people are still too weak to withstand pressure.

This is nothing.

He still has a Gengar that he hasn't used yet.

A simple "poison defense substitution" tactic.

He didn't even use many tactical variations.

They hadn't even really disgusted the other person enough to make them vomit, and they couldn't continue the fight.

However, since the other party was a student, Xia Yan decided to let him off the hook.

This signaled to the other party that the drill was over and they could go back.

Nakamura quickly slunk away.

But in his heart, he firmly remembered this tactic.

Pick up the microphone.

"With your abilities, I'm sure you've all figured out the core of this 'Poison, Defense, Substitute' tactic. The fact that this Tentacruel was trained by the academy shows that this tactic doesn't actually require high-level Pokémon; many people can imitate it and come up with quite a few complementary tactics."

Xia Yan looked around.

Many people felt nauseous, but they were also pondering Xia Yan's words.

"Of course, if conditions permit, using a 'Prankster' Pokémon as the core of a tactic is also an option."¹

Xia Yan spoke calmly.

But upon hearing this, and recalling the characteristics of "mischievousness," almost everyone instinctively shrugged, rubbed their arms, and tried to calm their goosebumps.

"There are many other tactics that can be combined, or rather, tactics that are slightly modified based on this concept. For example, a Sprite with 'Mischievous Heart,' cough, Whimsicott, could replace 'Toxic' with 'Leech Seed'..."2

Unscrupulous girlfriends sell substandard cotton!

Whimsicott is also one of the Fairy-type Pokémon that Xia Yan recently announced.

It's quite popular.

So everyone knows. (uu reading)

But knowing it is one thing, but after Xia Yan's explanation...

All the students who came to Silver Academy to attend the class today seemed to see a door to a new world slowly opening for them.

This is the end.

Xia Yan successfully paved the way for the "Poison, Defense, and Substitute" tactic to "run rampant" in the Pokémon world.

Coupled with his rather humorous teaching style, the students listened with exceptional attention this time.

If possible, try it out with a classmate who didn't attend after class.

after all.

It's better to be disgusted by others than to be disgusted by one.

True brothers are those who are disgusting together.

The college leaders standing nearby shook their heads in disbelief.

They felt that Silver Academy's reputation was about to be ruined from this day forward.

but.

Looking at Xia Yan in the center of the field.

These teachers couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He is an absolute master of teaching.

Chapter 249 Sakaki: Luring In to Kill

The secret vault of Silver Academy.

This wasn't Xia Yan's first time visiting a place like Miku.