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Swampert suspiciously looked at Qingwu, Can my stomach illness really be cured? He only needs me to entrust my children to him, no no no. Swampert fiercely shook its head. My children are my life's continuation; I can't just give them away like this. At most, I'll just starve like now. Anyway, I'm used to being hungry.
But the human in front of him, unflustered and smiling, continued to speak relentlessly to Swampert: "Don't you want to? You have this illness, and what if your children inherit it? Can you bear to let them suffer, to starve like you do?" Qingwu spoke to Swampert with heavy emphasis.
In fact, Qingwu knew very well in his heart that this Swampert had a production abnormality. This abnormality was not hereditary, so these Pokémon eggs would not inherit Swampert's illness. Qingwu was merely saying this on purpose to get Swampert to agree to let him take its children.
After Qingwu spoke, Swampert had many hesitations.
Truthfully, it also had concerns in this regard, which was why it had been reluctant to hatch its children after producing these Pokémon eggs. But it didn't want its children to experience this kind of hungry life day after day, year after year, not even being able to sleep well, and being forcefully woken up by hunger.
Swampert had once made a wish: as long as its strange illness could be cured, it was willing to pay any price. But now that someone who could cure its illness appeared, it hesitated.
Swampert was very clear about its stomach acid's digestive ability. Even if this human tried to poison it, Swampert's stomach acid could easily break down the poison. That's why Swampert had managed to become the leader of this clan by relying on its abilities.
"How about this, I'll give you the antidote first. If you think there's no problem, we'll talk about the rest." Qingwu then handed the indigo potion to Swampert.
"Just a moment, and you'll know if I was lying." Swampert took the potion with its fin-like hand and then raised its sandbag-sized fist, smashing a rock weighing nearly a ton into countless pieces. It was a warning to Qingwu, don't try any tricks.
Swampert swallowed the liquid from the indigo potion in one gulp. Swampert only felt a cool liquid flow down its throat, and then its stomach, which had been churning for days, stopped its strong cravings for food.
"Kamou?" Swampert rubbed its belly. That's it? Just like that? Swampert was confused.
"How is it, effective?" Qingwu smiled at Swampert, completely unfazed by the immense pressure emanating from Swampert's body. Swampert patted its belly, indicating that it was fine.
Just then, an alarm from Swampert suddenly came from afar. Large groups of terrified Mudkip scrambled out of the lake.
Marshtomp immediately protected the Mudkip and slowly retreated. Swampert said nothing and charged forward. At the same time, it rallied the remaining Swampert to jointly resist the enemy.
"Is this an outside invasion?" Qingwu saw the shark fins rising from the lake in the distance.
"So it's the Sharpedo clan attacking!" Coincidentally, Qingwu had seen Swampert battle Sharpedo last time. This giant Sharpedo left a deep impression on Qingwu.
Not only did the Sharpedo clan attack, but countless three-colored Carvanha leaped out of the water, looking ferocious. The sky suddenly clouded over. What was sunny turned cloudy. Dark clouds completely obscured the sun's radiance. The surroundings grew dim, reaching out, one couldn't see five fingers, like deep night. The direct collision of the dark clouds produced thunderous roars. Silver snakes danced, illuminating Sharpedo's surface, which was twisted and contorted. Swampert guarded the Mudkip, roaring in fury.
"Come out, Golbat, Aron, Squirtle!" Qingwu released these three Pokémon.
"Golbat will accompany the Marshtomp to protect the Mudkip. Aron will carry the Mudkip and Marshtomp into the mountain cave on the lake island to protect them. Squirtle will guard the Mudkip clan." Qingwu quickly ran to Swampert's nest, carefully placing Swampert's Pokémon eggs into his backpack. Qingwu actually found a mysterious water drop and a high-grade Water Stone beneath the Pokémon eggs.
At this moment, a fierce wind raged, blowing the Mudkip away from the ground. If Golbat didn't grab the Mudkip, the Mudkip would surely fall into Sharpedo's mouth, becoming Sharpedo's meal.
"Golbat, use Hurricane to counter these fierce winds!" Qingwu shouted at Golbat.
Golbat desperately flapped its wings, creating rows upon rows of wind walls. Only then did it safely send the Mudkip clan into the cave.
At this moment, a mist descended from the sky, illuminating the twisted faces of Swampert and Sharpedo as they glared at each other. All the Swampert present knew their leader had not yet eaten and was still suffering from its stomach illness.
Heavy rain began to fall with a pitter-patter, forming dense, crisscrossing water lines. The water level of the lake quickly rose, soon submerging part of the land on the lake island.
It turned out Sharpedo had planned to use the Rain Dance skill to net the entire Swampert clan, which had occupied the lake island for several years. The Sharpedo leader showed a sly smile. This battle had been planned for a long time. The last fight with Swampert was merely to test its depths. This Swampert leader's body seemed temporarily alright. This time, the Sharpedo clan caught a batch of Pokémon that could use Rain Dance. They threatened these Pokémon's safety to make them use their ultimate Rain Dance move.
The Sharpedo leader led all the Sharpedo and three-colored Carvanha. Their goal was to completely invade the lake island, which was the most chakra-rich place for Trial Island's water system.
"This is a bit bad," Qingwu said, leading the Mudkip and Marshtomp into the cave. This cave was a refuge dug by the entire Swampert clan to prevent external attacks.
Qingwu stood at the mouth of the cave, watching the distant battle. Qingwu also noticed that the lake water had gradually submerged a portion of the lake island's land, allowing Sharpedo and the three-colored Carvanha to move more freely.
"What a pity, I don't have any Electric or Grass-type Pokémon," Qingwu felt somewhat regretful. Otherwise, by relying on the power of Grass and Electric-type Pokémon, he could utterly defeat Sharpedo and the three-colored Carvanha.
"Grumble grumble," Qingwu heard the Mudkip making grumbling sounds in the mountain cave. He knew they hadn't eaten yet and were being attacked by Sharpedo and the three-colored Carvanha. This was the best time to rally the Mudkip clan.
Qingwu pulled out a large bag of Energy Cubes from his backpack and handed them to Squirtle. "Squirtle, distribute these Energy Cubes to the Mudkip and Marshtomp. I believe you can do this work." Qingwu was currently in the midst of a fierce battle and naturally had no time for these things. At this moment, Squirtle was sent out to comfort the Mudkip.
"Golbat, the Swampert defending outside also seems to be exhausted from hunger. It's up to you," Qingwu took out a bag of Energy Cubes and gave them to Golbat.
Golbat looked at the storm outside, hesitated, then flew into the rain without hesitation.
With the protection of its Air Slash ability in the "wind-riding" state, the rain outside had very little effect on Golbat.
The sensitive Swampert leader heard Golbat flapping its wings. The Swampert leader felt something was thrown into its mouth, and lightly chewed it, finding it was something it had just eaten not long ago.
Its body temperature, which had dropped due to the rain, gained vitality after eating this thing.
So the Swampert leader roared loudly, telling all the Swampert to open their mouths so that Golbat could accurately throw the Energy Cubes into them.
Golbat moved extremely quickly, like a ghost. It made its small movements without the overly sensitive Sharpedo detecting them. Instead, the Sharpedo thought these Swampert suddenly looked like they had taken medicine, becoming energetic.
The Swampert raised their sandbag-sized fists and furiously punched Sharpedo's head.
"Snap!" The Sharpedo leader saw that the situation was bad. It opened its bloody maw and roared at the three-colored Carvanha and Sharpedo that were not moving in the vicinity. It signaled them to attack the Mudkip's refuge first, trying to threaten Swampert by endangering the Mudkip clan's lives.
Swampert was surrounded and intercepted by Sharpedo, only able to watch as countless three-colored Carvanha and some Sharpedo swam towards the cave.
Although the current lake water only submerged a portion of the lake island, for the three-colored Carvanha that used Water Gun, this wasn't a problem at all.
Qingwu, seeing the current situation of the three-colored Carvanha and Sharpedo using Water Gun through the lightning's glow, then spoke to the Marshtomp that had recovered its physical strength. The Marshtomp here were generally around Level 30, considered the mid-level strength of the Swampert clan. Against the Sharpedo also around Level 30 and the three-colored Carvanha around Level 20, they could still repel this wave of attacks if trained properly.
"Marshtomp, use Ice Beam!" Swampert was a good leader. Qingwu took a glance. Basically, all the Marshtomp on the field were taught Ice Beam, this exceptionally precious skill.
"Don't worry about consuming your stamina after using skills. Trust me." Qingwu said to the Marshtomp. The Marshtomp felt exceptionally at ease after hearing this.
"Golbat, you use Air Slash to cut off their Water Gun skills!"
"Aron, use Rock Tomb to seal them off! Knock back the Sharpedo and three-colored Carvanha that are on shore!" Qingwu ordered Aron similarly.
The Sharpedo leader looked at the increasingly fierce Swampert leader, a smug smile on its face. It had also given the Swampert clan a big gift! Who knew how surprised they would be when they found out?
"I lost!" Qingwu truly regretted why he didn't bring an Electric or Grass-type Pokémon. If he had, he could have just thrown a few thousand volts around. His experience was definitely climbing!
The Swampert leader was more than ten levels higher than the Sharpedo leader, but it couldn't withstand the large number of Sharpedo. Sharpedo could win by sheer numbers.
As the Marshtomp and Swampert collectively used Ice Beam, countless three-colored Carvanha and Sharpedo were frozen in blocks of ice.
Sharpedo was a bit better; it moved slightly, and the frozen ice block then cracked into pieces.
Sharpedo successfully broke out of the ice, but the three-colored Carvanha didn't have this ability. Frozen in the ice, their eyes were moving, but their bodies were completely unable to move.