Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Overwhelming
Is this a Caterpie?
As Caterpie knocked Electrike away and collapsed the brick wall.
Both Old Man Aaron and Gordon, the owner of Electrike, had the same thought in their minds, and their faces were full of astonishment.
Although Mark's Caterpie looks much larger than ordinary Caterpies, it is still a Caterpie no matter how big it is.
In the turn-based game of Pokémon, Caterpie has the lowest total racial stats of all Pokémon, even lower than Magikarp's 200 points, with only a pitiful 195 points, and the number of moves it can learn is also pitifully small.
It can be said to be the garbage among garbage.
In the real world, the strength gap caused by racial values is even more obvious.
Taking the attack racial value as an example, Caterpie's attack racial value is 30, and Charizard's attack racial value is 84. In the game, Charizard's physical attack is 2.8 times that of Caterpie.
But in the real world, Charizard's physical attack effect is at least dozens of times that of ordinary Caterpie.
I'm afraid that Charizard can knock a group of Caterpies to the ground with just a wave of its claws and a few flaps of its wings, and Caterpies will not be able to break the defense of Charizard even if they attack with all their strength.
In the real world, the strength gap caused by the total number of racial values increases exponentially. The higher the total number of racial values, the more obvious the gap.
For two Pokémons with the same level of training, even if the difference in the total racial value of the two Pokémons is only a dozen points, the difference in their strength will be several tens of times.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Starter Pokémon and the "quasi-god" Pokémon with a race stat of 600 are sought after by many trainers.
With the same elite, senior, and master-level strength, these Pokémons with high racial value are inherently stronger than Pokémons with low racial value, and it is also easier for them to break through.
In fact, although Old Man Aaron was optimistic about Mark's Caterpie, he was also optimistic about Butterfree that evolved from Caterpie. He never expected that Mark's Caterpie could show any combat power now.
After all, Caterpie's racial value is too low, and it can only be barely seen after evolution.
And even if Caterpie evolved into Butterfree, Old Man Aaron never considered letting Mark make it the main Pokémon.
Butterfree's racial stat of 395 is far higher than Caterpie, but it is still too low. Even if it becomes a master-level Pokémon in the future, it will probably only bully Pokémon below the senior level.
When facing a true master-level Pokémon opponent, Butterfree still has to play a supporting role.
Yes, the auxiliary position.
While Arceus closed a door for Butterfree, he also opened a window for this Pokémon race with low racial values, that is, the extraordinary genetic move library.
[Mysterious Guardian] prevents abnormal effects, [Tailwind] accelerates all friendly forces collectively, [Butterfly Dance] stacks buffs, [Teleport] dodges attacks, [Hypnotic Powder], [Poison Powder], [Paralysis Powder], [Angry Powder], [Ultrasonic Wave], and [Charming] ruthlessly control the field and provide abnormal states such as sleep, poison, paralysis, confusion, and fascination, and [Pollen Ball] can also heal friendly forces while attacking the enemy.
In addition, Butterfree can also learn weather control moves such as [Pray for Rain] and [Sunny Day].
If Mark could specialize a few of these auxiliary moves during Butterfree's growth, Butterfree's auxiliary abilities would become even more outrageous.
But now…
What was the situation of Caterpie's [impact] at this time?
How could Caterpie's [impact] make such a big noise?
As far as he could remember, this Caterpie had practiced [impact] on the black heavy stone in his yard not long ago.
At that time, although Caterpie's [Impact] showed signs of being a specialized move, it was only a sign of it.
While thinking, Old Man Aaron realized something.
…
"Elite Caterpie?"
Old Man Aaron and Gordon from the Thunder Group exclaimed at the same time.
Although the two of them had a lot of things on their minds, in reality the time that passed was only a moment.
One of the characteristics of the so-called elite Pokémons is that Pokémons specialize the moves they master, causing them to produce special changes that cannot be replicated by other Pokémons.
Taking [Jet Flame] as an example, by taking tree fruits, injecting genetic reagents, and undergoing special training, the method of specializing the jet of flame can be specialized into [Jet Flame (Compressed Flame)], [Jet Flame (Flame Whip)], and [Jet Flame (Giant Fireball)].
At this time, Caterpie has obviously specialized in the [Impact] move, and it seems that it is specialized in increasing the power of the move.
"hiss?"
Hearing the voice of Old Man Aaron from behind, Caterpie, who was originally planning to chase and kill Electrike, stopped and turned around.
He found that Old Man Aaron seemed to be praising him, so he struck a classic muscle-showing pose.
"No wonder the boss has high hopes for him. He actually cultivated Caterpie to the elite level. He is really good. However, an elite Caterpie is still just a Caterpie!"
Gordon from the Thunder Group had a ferocious look on his face.
If it was an elite-level Butterfree, he would be a little scared, but what about Caterpie, even if it reached the elite level?
Old Man Aaron also discovered something at this time, and his pupils shrank slightly.
"Oh no! That Electrike hasn't lost its fighting power yet. Caterpie, stop standing there! Get out of here!"
In Old Man Aaron's sight, a golden electric light came from behind, and Caterpie that was posing towards him slightly turned sideways, and the electric current just brushed past the side of Caterpie's face.
Electrike that was buried in the bricks and stones stood up from the ruins, growling loudly.
Blue-purple electric light lingered on its body surface, and with the surge of electricity, Electrike's mane spread out, and the dust on its body kept falling off under the action of the electric current, making crackling sounds.
Gordon waved his fingers, and the two Magneton understood what he meant and launched a sneak attack on Caterpie from the side.
The three pairs of magnetic poles of the two Magneton interacted with each other. Under the action of the magnetic field, the two Magneton cooperated to generate a huge golden lightning net. This was the [electrical grid] move that Old Man Aaron helped Mark find the move learning device for these days but couldn't find.
However, the huge [electrical grid] that fell from the sky only cast an emerald green afterimage.
——Caterpie that had just posed to show off its muscles has disappeared.
"Shadow Clone? No, it's more like Lightning Flash, the second specialized move?"
Old Man Aaron frowned, his eyes quickly scanned the battlefield, and suddenly discovered something.
Mark's Caterpie had now appeared diagonally above the thunder beast.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, Caterpie had already fallen from the sky and launched another [impact], knocking the regrouped Electrike to the ground.
Old man Aaron, who was watching the battlefield, inexplicably felt that Caterpie's [impact] had a sense of both hardness and softness.
Old man Aaron opened his mouth halfway, looking increasingly surprised, and Gordon from the Thunder Regiment finally realized that something was wrong with the battlefield situation.
It can only be said that Gordon's control over the battlefield situation was obviously far from satisfactory.
To be specific, he just couldn't keep up with the rhythm. When he realized that Magneton's [electric grid] had failed, Electrike had already been knocked to the ground by Caterpie. When he discovered the abnormality and turned his eyes to look at the Electrike who was knocked to the ground, Caterpie had disappeared again.
"Magnemite, cover Electrike, no, form a defensive formation..."
[Impact (Quick Hit)]!
[Impact (Quick Hit)]!
[Impact (Quick Hit)]!
Three emerald green afterimages were followed by the sound of three metal collisions. The three Magnemite closest to Electrike fell to the ground one after another, and then the two Magnetons were knocked away by Caterpie.
Bang!
Gordon didn't see clearly how Magneto and Magnemite were attacked, but he saw Caterpie falling from the sky again and finishing off the twitching Electrike. With this collision, Electrike was completely motionless and passed out.
"Electrike..."
Then, just as Gordon was staring with disbelief on his face, a sound of breaking through the air was heard.
Gordon turned his head subconsciously and saw a huge fist in front of him.
Bang!
Mark punched Gordon in the nose, knocking him to the ground. Then, without slowing down, he kicked the other Electrike next to Gordon, hitting it on the forehead accurately.
Boom!
[Impact (Powerful Attack)]!
A emerald green shell followed closely, perfectly connecting with Mark's flying kick, and volleyed at the kicked Electrike!
Electrike that was bombarded spun irregularly in the air for more than ten meters before falling to the ground.
Gordon's second Electrike shook its body and tried to stand up from the ground, but unfortunately it fell to the ground as soon as it stood up and fainted...