Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Of course, Xia Yan's preliminary training on the Unicorn Electric Network was also indispensable. After repeated training, what the Unicorn lacked was only an understanding of electric energy, an energy that was not its own attribute.

At that moment, amidst the shift from anger to Xia Yan's calming and reassuring words, Unicorn took that crucial step.

Furthermore, the timing and opportunity of the sniper's attack were perfect, striking at the crucial moment when the sniper was launching its final straight-line attack with Quick Attack.

When the Spearow was less than a meter away from Natsuhiko, the electric net successfully struck the Spearow.

Although the current on the net isn't very strong, Electric-type moves are generally quite effective against Flying-type Spearow.

"clean!!!"

All that could be heard was a scream from the Fiery Sparrow. This short distance of one meter, which was only a fleeting moment in the Fiery Sparrow's eyes, became an insurmountable chasm for it, making it impossible for it to reach Xia Yan.

The electric current stimulated the finless jay's muscles, and the spider web stuck its feathers together, greatly restricting its mobility.

"Spitting silk".

However, this Fiery Sparrow lived up to its reputation as the leader of several Fiery Sparrows. Its body was strong enough that even with the limitations and constraints of electric current and spider webs, it was still able to struggle and fly.

However, given its current state, it is clearly no longer able to avoid the attacks of the unicorn beetle.

A thread shot out, continuously coating the Fiery Sparrow's body, further restricting its already strained form.

It tightly wrapped the Fiery Sparrow.

"Poison needle." Xia Yan looked at the struggling Lie Que and uttered two words calmly.

The unicorn beetle's venomous stinger struck without hesitation, penetrating the Fiery Sparrow's body and inflicting poisoning.

The Fiery Sparrow struggled a few more times, its resistance growing stronger, its eyes glaring at Xia Yan and the Unicorn Beetle, filled with resentment.

"What a pity. This Spearow isn't bad. I didn't prepare any Poké Balls, otherwise, not only would I have caught it, but it would have fetched a good price on the black market," Xia Yan thought to himself.

With his current resources, he's barely able to raise even one Weedle, so he definitely won't consider a second Pokémon anytime soon.

Besides, although this Spearow is good, it's not the kind of Pokémon he prefers.

The unicorn was a choice made out of necessity.

However, he later discovered that although Weedle was a very ordinary Pokémon, through exploration and training, he also discovered its unique characteristics and talents.

With dedicated training, they will definitely not be weak.

This further confirms the saying that there are no useless Pokémon, only useless trainers.

This gave him more options.

"Hang it up. If it's still alive when we come back, we'll take it back," Xia Yan said to the unicorn beetle.

The unicorn beetle nodded and used its silk thread to hang the immobilized finches from a relatively high branch.

"It seems this dense forest is much more troublesome than I imagined..."

Xia Yan took out a small energy cube, which had been pre-cut, and presented it to the unicorn beetle.

Always maintain peak condition.

"But is there some reason why wild elves are gathering in the dense forest so frequently?"

Elves have a strong sense of territory, which means they will not easily leave their territory, but the competitive relationship between elves is also very simple.

If an elf defeats the original owner of this territory, the defeated party will withdraw and never return.

The spirits in the dense forest have been swept away at least a dozen times, so why are they still so persistent?

"Perhaps it's a new batch."

It's not impossible.

Let's put this question aside for now.

"Weedle, take a good look and search carefully. Spearow are fierce elves with a strong sense of territory. They must have collected a lot of good things or be protecting something. We can't miss these."

Xia Yan reminded.

"Waaaaah!!"

The little unicorn nods its head repeatedly, its eyes lighting up at the mention of something good.

He looked around furtively.

The dense forest wasn't very large, so the territory that the five fiery sparrows could occupy was even smaller.

soon.

Xia Yan, who was exploring with the unicorn beetle, discovered a nest built high up in a tree.

"Ugh."

The unicorn beetle pointed its tail at its nest above, as if it had discovered a new continent.

"This should be the place. Go up and take a look."

Xia Yan placed his hand on the tree trunk, and the unicorn beetle climbed up his arm and entered the somewhat rudimentary-looking nest.

There were some things piled up haphazardly inside.

The unicorn beetle wandered around inside a few times, leaving behind quite a few things in the process.

But when it saw something hidden in the corner at the very bottom of the nest, its eyes widened and its mouth began to water uncontrollably.

Xia Yan, who was below, heard the commotion above suddenly stop and guessed what had happened. He asked, "Did you discover something?"

Then, a unicorn beetle appeared at the edge of its nest, carrying a small, thumb-sized, dark purple ball in its mouth.

"Let me see." Xia Yan beckoned.

The unicorn scurried down, placed the item in Xia Yan's palm, and obediently stayed to the side, its bright little eyes gazing at the object in his hand.

Xia Yan carefully brought the eyes closer, squinted, and gently sniffed.

A pungent, fishy stench filled my nostrils.

It is oval in shape with blunt, rounded ends, a smooth skin, and is slightly flattened overall. It grows laterally and appears to be dark purple on the outside, with a viscous purple liquid flowing inside...

A strange light flashed in his eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, this... should be the venom sac of a snake spirit, right?"

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Chapter Seventeen: The Unicorn Beetle's Strange Reaction

The venom sac of a snake-like spirit.

The snake-like Pokémon that can appear in this area are either Ekans or Arbok, and they are all Pokémon with rather violent personalities who like to attack humans.

However, given the strength of these five Spearow, they probably couldn't handle the evolved Arbok, so it's highly likely that it's Arbok.

They preserve this venom sac, probably because the scent emitted from it can repel mosquitoes, snakes, and ants in the wild.

After all, in the wild, besides elves, there are also these common creatures.

Both Ekans and Arbok are Poison-type Pokémon.

Previously, Xia Yan had been reading books about Bug-type and Poison-type Pokémon, thinking about how to improve Weedle's Bug-type and Poison-type abilities.

When reading about Poison-type Pokémon increasing their Poison-type energy, I came across information on how to increase the toxicity of Poison-type Pokémon.

Poison-type Pokémon can increase their toxicity and power by consuming the vital organs of other Poison-type Pokémon, namely the venom sacs where Poison-type Pokémon store toxins.

However, this method of improvement was not accepted by the alliance, so the book only briefly mentioned it without going into detail.

Xia Yan knew there was such a method, but he didn't know how to do it.

Just to be on the safe side, he put it away.

Let's see if we can find some detailed operational information later, and then try to get the unicorn beetle to eat the venom sac to enhance its toxicity.

The poison-type talent of the unicorn beetle was already revealed in its anger just now, and Xia Yan felt that it was necessary to explore it further.

Seeing that the venom sac had been put away, the unicorn beetle looked pitiful.

It almost swallowed it whole just now; if it hadn't wanted to show Xia Yan, it probably wouldn't have been able to take it out of the nest.

Seeing its expression, Xia Yan smiled and patted its little head. "What are you upset about? It'll be yours sooner or later. But this thing is dangerous. Eating it without preparation might not be a good thing for you. It could even be dangerous. Just bear with it."

"Woo~~" The unicorn beetle could only droop its head helplessly.

"There might be other good things here. If it's something you can eat right away, I won't stop you," Xia Yan comforted him.

"Huh?"

"real."

He picked it up and continued walking through the dense forest in his assigned area, clearing out any potentially dangerous spirits.

Apart from the five Spearow causing a little trouble, the other Pokémon were indeed not difficult to deal with.

Apart from a short rest during lunch, I didn't take any breaks during that time.

The sun was setting in the west.

Looking at the still quiet forest, the tranquility of the forest was not broken by the appearance of Xia Yan and the Unicorn Beetle.

At the very edge of the deepest part of the dense forest.

"That should be about it. It's getting late, we should head back."

After clearing out the dense forest, he should have made quite a bit of money today, plus the unexpected snake gall, so overall it was pretty good.

Tomorrow, I'll go on another trip to the Forest of Abundance with the chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) kid, Kenji. That should solve the problem of finding energy cubes and Pokémon food for the Unicorn Beetle during this period.

"Oh, right, and that fiery sparrow hanging in the tree. Check if it's still alive when we get back. If it is, we might be able to exchange it for some money."

After muttering something, Xia Yan suddenly noticed that the usually quiet Unicorn Beetle was staring at his back.

Noticing its unusual behavior, Xia Yan raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong?"

"Waaah..."

The unicorn beetle let out a low cry, its eyes fixed on the dark depths of the forest.

As the light dimmed, visibility in the forest decreased.

Faintly, one could even see a faint red glow shining through the trees.

"Waaah..."