Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Xia Yan had no idea what Kona was thinking; he was simply directing the four Pokémon to quickly complete the cleaning task.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

"Roar--"

A sudden roar came from behind the hyperactive apes.

Upon hearing the sound, the hyperactive apes immediately became somewhat docile. They looked at each other and finally chose to slowly retreat to both sides, creating a path in the middle.

At the end of the road, there was a large tree.

There was a burly elf who looked about 70% like an hyperactive ape and resembled a gorilla. He was lying horizontally on the ground, supporting his head with one hand and picking his nose with the other.

Please excuse me, Wang!

An evolved form of hyperactive ape.

Seeing Slaking lying lazily on the ground, Xia Yan and the other Pokémon didn't dare treat it the same way they treated Lazybones.

"Yongji," Yongjila called softly.

Its intuition, born from its ability to foresee the future, told it that the spirit opposite it was terrifying, extremely terrifying!

It may appear listless, but it is actually accumulating power. When it explodes, it will unleash an exceptionally powerful destructive force.

Xia Yan's understanding of the Slave King is clearly much deeper than that of Yunjira.

Let me just mention one point.

Slaking is the only Pokémon among all the common Pokémon to have a base stat total of 670.

And let's look at other Pokémon with the same base stat total of 670, such as Groudon, the master of this space, and its arch-rival, Kyogre, the "Big Water Fish".

But they are all legendary spirits, mythical beasts!

Looking at those with even lower base stats, pseudo-legendary Pokémon from various regions all have a base stat total of 600, which is 70 lower than Slaking.

While race stats don't tell the whole story, they can still reveal some things.

Despite having such high base stats, Slaking possesses a very unique trait: "Sloth".

Laziness: If you use a move, you will enter a short rest period.

In other words, every time Slaking uses a move, he will need to rest for a period of time, and during this time, his opponent will seize the opportunity to launch a fierce counterattack.

Therefore, many people have a love-hate relationship with Slaking.

Therefore, it was given a rather fitting "affectionate nickname"...

"A half-step divine beast!"

Chapter 79 Who is the real powerhouse?

“Slave King.” Looking at the Pokémon, Xia Yan softly uttered its name.

Slacker, Hyperactive Slacker, and Slaking are three forms of Pokémon that represent three states: Sloth, Hyperactivity, and Sloth again, like an inescapable cycle.

Therefore, many trainers who like Slaking will not choose to let their Pokémon evolve into Apexis again after it has evolved into Apexis.

Wang Qiang may be strong, but this very trait of his is really annoying.

However, Xia Yan knew that among the Pokémon that trained Slaking, Hyperactive Ape, and Slaking, there was one person who had the most authority to speak on the subject.

That's Senri, the Gym Leader of Petalburg City in the Hoenn region!

Although he is a Gym Leader, he is actually a powerful trainer whose strength is no less than that of some of the Elite Four. As a trainer specializing in Normal-type Pokémon, Senri is very capable in training Pokémon, and he is best at training Slaking, Apexis, and Slaking.

His ace Pokémon is a Slacker.

However, Qianli's "Slave King" is different from other "Slave Kings" because it is not lazy at all.

What does it mean to be a non-lazy "leave king"?

With this lazy Slaking, Senri is enough to look down on most Elite Four level trainers, and even rival some Elite Four level trainers.

However, Senri is a family man and does not want to become one of the Elite Four and have to travel around without being able to take care of his family. Therefore, he only serves as the Gym Leader in Petalburg City, a conventional city in the Hoenn region.

No one knows how Senri managed to train the non-lazy Slaking. Even Senri herself, after training so many Slackers and Hyperactive Apes, only managed to train one non-lazy Slaking.

Therefore, many people are wondering what the characteristics of Qianli's "Slacking Off King" are. Is it "lazy"? If not, then what is it?

Some people have tried to conduct experiments to change Slaking's ability into other abilities, such as "Strongman".

As for the final result...

Anyway, Slaking is still not a popular Pokémon.

It is very strong, but its weaknesses are also obvious.

And now, right in front of Xia Yan is a "lazy" king of leave.

It lay under the tree, propping its head up, its lazy eyes sweeping over Xia Yan and his few elves before finally settling on the twin sword sheaths.

"sigh?!"

Noticing the gaze of the King of Leave, the twin sword sheaths twitched.

Danger!

"Snoring—"

Suddenly, Wang trembled, propped himself up on his knees, and slowly stood up.

Standing over two meters tall, looking down at the twin sword sheaths, a hint of excitement slowly surfaced in his lazy eyes.

"Snoring!"

He stretched out his large, calloused hand and beckoned to the twin sword sheaths.

"sigh!"

Shuangjian shook his head, took two steps back, and looked at Xia Yan with a pleading expression.

Xia Yan frowned.

Judging from Slaking's actions, it's easy to see that it has become interested in the Twin Scabbards. Perhaps it felt threatened by the power of the Twin Scabbards' Holy Sword Combo attack, or perhaps the damage caused by the Twin Scabbards to Slaking's hyperactive apes was too great.

What is the strength of this Slacker?

Xia Yan didn't know.

So he gave the double sword sheaths a look.

With a mournful expression, Shuangjianshe slowly turned her head, looked at the burly, muscular chest of the burly, absent-minded king, and swallowed hard.

But there was no other way; he had to bite the bullet and go for it, because Xia Yan had told him... to try cutting it!

Clang!

Let's try chopping it!

With a turn of the sword, the sharp blade, gleaming with a cold light, sliced ​​through the air, emitting a low, sharp sound.

A dark red aura surged, covering the entire body of the twin sword sheaths before quickly disappearing.

The sword dance moves were unleashed once again.

Immediately afterwards, a massive blue phantom holy sword expanded from its blade, and the third strike of the holy sword's combo was not yet finished.

Real combat is indeed the best way to improve strength. The Holy Sword Combo with dual sheaths, which was initially impossible to connect, can now barely maintain the duration of the third sword. How many days has it been?

The high-frequency, high-intensity battles within the alternate dimension forced it to quickly grasp the knack of combos and gradually learn and master them.

Of course, the rapid progress of the dual-scabbard is partly due to its dual-personality characteristic, which allows it to be used for two or even more purposes.

Otherwise, it would be either impossible or extremely difficult for other Pokémon to master such a combination of moves.

It can be said that this is a combination of moves that Xia Yan tailored to the characteristics of the dual sword sheaths.

Clang!

As the phantom of the holy sword took shape, the twin scabbards lost their fear, their gazes becoming calm as still water, and the blades cleaved down from above.

"Snoring!"

Sensing the threat posed by the Twin Swords technique, King Suga let out a low shout, revealing a hint of excitement that he hadn't shown in a long time.

They didn't dodge.

It clenched its massive fist, as big as a sandbag, gathered its strength, and wisps of fire pierced through the gaps between its fingers, instantly enveloping its fist.

Facing the double-scabbarded holy sword's consecutive slashes, he unleashed a "simple and unadorned" fire fist.

clang!!!

A crisp sound.

Slave King's eyes widened in surprise as a tremendous force surged from its arm, forcing it to take two steps back before regaining its footing.

The other sword sheath was not so easy to handle. Its body was sent flying backward, crashing solidly into a large tree before it barely managed to regain its footing and was unable to retreat any further.

But the impact it has had is not limited to that.

The area where its blade made contact with the Slave King's Flame Fist was completely red.

The dual sword sheaths felt the burning pain.

"Sakura!" Xia Yan called out in time, and Sakura immediately used her double sword sheaths to deliver aromatherapy, which slowly relieved the burning pain.

With a lingering sense of fear, he glanced at Wang, who had fallen back onto the ground, his eyes half-closed and still sleepy.

And then it lazily rolled over, turning its backside towards Xia Yan and the twin sword sheaths.

Master level!

Even among the guild masters, he is considered one of the more powerful beings.

Although the dual sword sheaths are still at the elite level, they have been enhanced with "Sword Dance" twice, and this is the third strike of the Holy Sword Combo. Even an ordinary Gym Leader-level Pokémon would not be able to withstand this strike.

But this "absentee king" only took a few steps back.

"Snoring—"

The Slave King, lying on the ground, waved his hand, and the hyperactive apes surrounding Xia Yan and Kona immediately scattered, seemingly ignoring them.

"What's going on?" Kona asked in a low voice.