As the battle dragged on, Terrance noticed Starmie’s weakness, or rather, its lack of a crucial ability in battle.
Stamina!
Starmie displayed confidence in facing the attacks of the two Scyther, employing various moves to fend their attacks, appearing extremely relaxed.
Moreover, its constantly changing moves posed a significant challenge for the Scythers.
However, after just a few minutes of combat, Starmie revealed its weakness.
As an attack landed on Starmie, the ruby at the center of its body began to flash rapidly!
Seeing this scene, Terrance furrowed his brow slightly. Starmie’s core is generally red, and according to the explanation of the Starmie communication system, this may be a signal that it is relaxed or dormant.
But when Starmie is knocked unconscious from a blow, its core will darken and sometimes flicker, like a light bulb.
And when it flickers… that is, when Starmie’s stamina is low and its abilities have begun to decline.
“How long has it been…” Terrance shook his head. Despite it being daytime and only a few rounds of battle with not particularly high frequency, Starmie’s stamina had depleted to such an extent…
Observing the frequency of Starmie’s core flickering, Terrance deduced that its stamina would decline rapidly in the upcoming battle.
And if the battle continued, the likelihood of Starmie being defeated would infinitely increase.
“It’ll be troublesome to recover.” Terrance considered the possibility of capturing Starmie. If he were to capture it, he would have to plan intensive training focused on Starmie’s stamina.
But the difficulty… was immense.
Firstly, Starmie was already near maturity. To strengthen it, mere training would have limited effectiveness, necessitating the use of various supplements.
Training Pokémon during their growth period yields optimal results, which is widely acknowledged. If a Pokémon is too young or nearly fully developed, the effectiveness of training diminishes significantly.
“Due to its good talent and decent opportunities, it had a ‘smooth sailing’ in its growth, and it also easily dealt with various challenges via different moves. Due to the specialties of Water Type and Psychic Type Pokémon, escaping is also quite effortless…”
“This also leads to the absence of the brutality most wild Pokémon need to adapt to the natural environment, so whether it’s stamina or awareness… it’s difficult to keep up with the pace of these two Scyther.”
“Now, it’s only relying on various powerful and diverse types of moves to trouble the two Pokémon. However, once these two Scyther fully grasp Starmie’s battle patterns and style, the outcome will be clear.”
Watching the battle unfold, Terrance found it increasingly boring. Because if Starmie didn’t have any trump cards, the battle would undoubtedly unfold as Terrance anticipated.
“What about these two Scyther then.”
Although Terrance preferred the next Pokémon to be a Water Type, if there weren’t suitable options, other types were also worth considering.
The prerequisite being… they had to satisfy Terrance.
These two Scyther, one of them was already matured and was the main force in this attack, reasonably good in all aspects, with rich combat experience.
However, its attack patterns were too rigid, years of battles had led it to develop a fixed attack pattern, which was why Starmie hadn’t been defeated yet.
Whether it was the trajectory of attacks or the use of moves, they were imbued with a primitive essence, which undoubtedly made Terrance, with his Coordinator Eye, feel… uncomfortable.
His judgment was that this Scyther lacked intelligence, and in terms of intelligence, it was even inferior to this Starmie.
The strength of Scyther was merely accumulated experience from continuous battles. Relying on its excellent innate species and utilizing its powerful body, it dominated fights and achieved victory.
As for that young Scyther, although its strength was not great and its moves were still immature, it had potential for growth.
“I’ve to make a decision…”
Terrance hesitated. On one hand, this young Scyther didn’t evoke any excitement in him. On the other hand, while this Scyther still had room to grow… the effort required for nurturing it was no small task.
Moreover!
Scyther was very rare, and people seldom encountered it, so there were not many instances of capturing Scyther.
Terrance’s encounter with Scyther was undoubtedly very fortunate, and if he could capture a Scyther, then this trip wouldn’t be in vain.
But the opportunity to capture Scyther was scarce, not because it was rare.
Although scarce, the locations where Scyther appeared could still be determined, like the Safari Zone, where a group of Scyther inhabited, a fact known to most Trainers.
Many Trainers came to the Safari Zone specifically to capture a Scyther.
Of course, if one really captured a Scyther… the “Pokémon tax” to be paid would not be a small amount.
Whether one had the resources to bear the cost of nurturing a Scyther and the price of capture required careful consideration by the Trainer.
Furthermore, because Scyther lived in groups, this was the most difficult aspect of capturing Scyther.
Pokémon who live in groups, generally aside from those voluntarily following Trainers, if one were forcibly captured, the entire group of Pokémon would become angry and try to stop them.
Whether one had the ability to face a group of Scyther also depended on the Trainer’s strength.
But if it were a competent Trainer, they wouldn’t go to great lengths just to capture a Scyther.
So, Terrance hesitated. If he wanted to capture this Scyther, it would definitely require a lot of effort.
Moreover, there were two Scyther here. If one escaped, it might easily lead to trouble later on.
Terrance also wasn’t confident that he could persuade this guy in a short time so as to make him willingly accompany him.
Just as Terrance was considering, something unexpected happened.
The unexpected event didn’t come from the battle between Starmie and Scyther, but from elsewhere.
Not far from here, a loud rumble was heard.
Terrance looked up and saw that a small mountain in the distance was instantly covered with dark clouds, a deep black.
Rumble! Rumble!!
Within the dark clouds, thick electric currents permeated the air, the sound deafening.
Starmie, Scyther, Terrance… all stopped what they were doing and turned to look.
“What’s that…”
Terrance gaped, as if wanting to speak but hesitated. This effect… resembled the move Rain Dance.
But compared to the usual Rain Dance, this dark cloud accompanied by thunder added a touch of majesty to it, giving people a feeling of closeness to nature!
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