Pokemon: How Are You Cultivating Immortality in the Pokemon World?

Perhaps his luck had run out, the last half hour yielded nothing, which didn't surprise Lu Li.

"Let's call it a day. We'll camp over there," Lu Li said, patting the Tropius's neck.

The Tropius landed with Lu Li beside a small river.

The water flow wasn't strong; though wide, it was only about a meter deep.

Instead of Magikarp, there were a few Feebas in the river. When Lu Li released Milotic, its exquisite figure quickly attracted the Feebas's attention.

Milotic also noticed the Feebas in the river.

"Milo~"

("Is this the river I used to live in?")

Milotic asked.

Lu Li smiled and shook his head. "No, but the source should be the same."

Milotic nodded, seemingly understanding.

Charmander curiously lay beside the river, watching the Feebas in the water.

"Char~"

("Trainer, why are these fish so ugly?")

Lu Li: "…"

"Char~"

("Big sis was much prettier than them before, are they the same species?")

Lu Li: "…"

"Little Red! If you don't want a beating, come over here," Lu Li helplessly reminded.

Charmander finally noticed Milotic's increasingly dangerous gaze.

Milotic didn't like people calling Feebas ugly, and even more so when they mentioned its own time as a Feebas.

"Trainer, I think Charmander's water resistance training needs to continue," Milotic suggested.

"Char~"

("Wait a minute! I disagree!")

Before Charmander could finish speaking, Milotic smacked it into the river with its tail.

Fortunately, Charmander had learned to swim, otherwise the 0.6-meter-tall Charmander would have drowned in the meter-deep river.

Lu Li watched this scene helplessly.

Knowing it was in the wrong, the little dinosaur had no choice but to doggy-paddle back to shore.

Faced with Milotic's tyranny, Charmander chose to back down.

What could it do? Milotic was beautiful, hit hard, and had a type advantage.

Depressed, Charmander wanted to burn something, but after searching around and finding nothing flammable, it dejectedly came to Lu Li's side.

"Char~"

("As a trainer, are you just going to watch me get bullied?")

Lu Li asked with a smile, "What do you want me to do? Punish Little Beauty?"

"Char~" Charmander quickly shook its head.

"Char~"

("I mean, you should have stopped big sis.")

Lu Li: "Next time, definitely."

"This is the wilderness after all, be careful," Lu Li instructed the three Pokémon before starting to set up the camping tent.

After Lu Li set up the tent frame, he went inside to arrange the interior.

…………

"Trop~"

Tropius's roar suddenly rang out outside, and Lu Li, sensing the warning in its voice, quickly stopped what he was doing.

As soon as Lu Li left the tent, he saw Tropius and Milotic confronting a group of unfamiliar Pokémon.

This group of Pokémon was on the opposite bank of the river, looking aggressively at Milotic and Tropius, even shouting incessantly.

On the opposite bank were three Ludicolo leading a group of Nuzleaf and Lotad. Lu Li was quite surprised to see this group of Pokémon.

It wasn't that these Pokémon were particularly rare, but that this Pokémon group actually covered three evolution stages, and there was more than one fully evolved Ludicolo.

An ordinary trainer might not notice anything special about this scene, but as a breeder, Lu Li sensed the immense treasure hidden behind those three Ludicolo.

Nuzleaf need an evolution item, a Water Stone, to evolve into Ludicolo.

Water Stones are considered evolution items, similar to a type of natural gem. A Water Stone the size of a pigeon egg is worth about a hundred thousand on the market.

There were three Ludicolo on the other side. Anyone who knew how Nuzleaf evolved would understand the significance behind this.

After squeezing out the last bit of energy, Lu Li cast the Lingualism spell on himself.

After understanding what the leader Ludicolo was saying, Lu Li's face instantly darkened, and he even regretted spending the energy to activate Lingualism.

"Ludi~ Ludi!"

("The Pokémon on the other side, come over here! I've decided to take you back to be the clan leader's mate!")

"Ludi~ Ludi!"

("Our boss has taken a liking to you, it's your honor! Hurry up and come with us!")

"Ludi~ Ludi!"

(Our boss is the overlord of this river! If you know what's good for you, listen to us!)

This wasn't some wild Pokémon, this was a group of wild hooligans.

"Milo~"

("Can I attack?")

Milotic turned its head and asked.

Lu Li narrowed his eyes and sized up the Ludicolo. With his beginner breeder's eye, Lu Li could roughly gauge the leader Ludicolo's strength.

The leader Ludicolo had Elite-level strength. Having such strength in the outer reaches of the mountains meant it could indeed dominate the resources of a river.

No wonder those Lotad and Nuzleaf said their boss was the overlord of this area.

Elite-level strength, even in the human world, would make it one of the strongest trainers in a third-tier city.

"Looks like there's going to be a fierce battle in a while," Lu Li said, looking solemnly at the Pokémon on the other side.

His energy was already exhausted, and he could only exert limited combat power, but fortunately, Milotic and Tropius were in good condition.

"Charmander, when the fight starts, I'll leave that group of Lotad to you," Lu Li said casually.

Charmander nodded confidently.

Although Lotad were dual Water/Grass-type, the advantage was still on his side.

After instructing Charmander, Lu Li arranged, "Tropius, I'll leave the Nuzleaf to you."

Tropius nodded, looking solemnly at the Nuzleaf.

The Nuzleaf were all at the Ordinary stage, but they had a numerical advantage, so even Tropius wouldn't dare say it could win easily.

"Milotic, we'll deal with those three big ones," Lu Li said, coming behind Milotic.

But before the battle started, Lu Li decided to be polite first.

"Milotic, tell them that you're not interested in them."

"Milo~"

("I already said that, but it didn't work.")

Hearing this, Lu Li knew that this fierce battle was unavoidable.

"Tropius, use Leech Seed!"

"Milotic, use Twister!"

"Charmander, defensive line! Use Ember to knock down anyone trying to cross the river."

Lu Li issued battle commands quickly and succinctly.

As soon as Lu Li finished speaking, Tropius had gathered Leech Seeds and shot them at the Nuzleaf group.

Seeing Tropius launch a preemptive strike without any chivalry, the leader Ludicolo hurriedly organized its subordinates to retaliate.

However, they were just a group of wild Pokémon, and the leader Ludicolo was also a purely wild Pokémon, not so absurdly capable as to command its subordinates to perform synchronized skill operations.

Faced with the oncoming Leech Seeds, most of the Nuzleaf chose to dodge, while a small number of Lotad awkwardly used the lily pads on their heads to catch the seeds.

Seeing their fellow clansmen in disarray, and Tropius still continuously releasing Leech Seeds, the leader Ludicolo could only use Protect to block the incoming Leech Seeds.