Pokémon: Going Against the Current

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This is not the first time that a flying mantis has been beaten away by its companions. Originally he was not like this. When they were still young, he was the elite among this group of flying mantises. At that time, the flying mantises of the same generation as him had very few special skills. They could only gather energy, stare, and continuously slash. Special moves, and he is the one who is most proficient in using these special moves.

But everything changed later. As time went by, the companions gradually learned wing attacks, splits, shadow clones, lightning flashes, and high-speed movement. Some even learned cross scissors, and their strength became stronger day by day. But he was still treading water, unable to learn stronger moves. Although he has become more and more proficient in the moves he learned in the past, such as continuous slashes, and he is indeed slowly getting stronger than before, but it is useless. So what if he is more familiar with these basic moves? Still growing in strength with his previous companions.

He eagerly hopes to learn more powerful moves to make himself stronger and catch up with or even surpass his companions. For this reason, he became very impatient, but the more impatient he was, the less able he was to learn new tricks. Countless near misses gave him hope, but the constant near misses brought him despair.

He gradually felt disheartened and began to degenerate. He knew that if his strength could not keep up with his companions, what awaited him would be the expulsion of the species.

Finally, one day he became frustrated and took the initiative to leave the tribe. Rather than passively letting the tribe expel him, it would be better for me to leave on my own initiative.

However, he had only been away from the tribe for half a day when he saw a scene he would never forget, and this scene changed the trajectory of his life.

That day, for some reason, the whole forest was noisy, and it was no longer peaceful as before. At that time, he had not been far away from the tribe, but he had already felt the cruelty of the law of the jungle. Without the protection of the tribe, with his current strength, the jungle was still very dangerous for him.

Although the Flying Mantis is at the top of the biological chain in this jungle, there are still elves stronger than them in this vast jungle. Ordinary elves are destined to be ruled and even hunted by them, and there is basically no possibility of turning over. Because these are already determined the moment you are born. Although the natural gap can be made up for by nurture to a certain extent, if you don’t have a strong population protection in the jungle, how can you get nurture?

What's more, when the natural gap reaches a certain level, even if you work hard, if you don't have enough adventures and opportunities, it will be difficult to surpass the natural overlord. And if these adventures and opportunities are given to elves with outstanding talents, they may be enough to cultivate several strong men of the same level.

But the scene in front of him refreshed his understanding of the world. A green onion duck, which was at the bottom of the jungle and was preyed on in rare quantities because of its delicious meat and its own seasonings, unexpectedly changed the normal amount of green onion duck. The jungle warriors were too frightened to act rashly.

Flying Mantis didn't know why the strong men in the jungle would besiege a mere green onion duck, but he knew that that green onion duck had extremely terrifying strength, and this strength absolutely did not rely on others, but completely relied on his own efforts. acquired. Because of the way Green Onion Duck went, no one could help him. No chance or chance would allow him to obtain this power easily.

With a green onion in my hand, no matter how many troops you have, it will be difficult for me to get in. If the green onion of the Green Onion Duck is in the hands of other creatures, then it is just a relatively hard plant rhizome. Only in the hands of the Green Onion Duck, it is A weapon that can cut through obstacles.

Flying Mantis only saw the Green Onion Duck, which they usually looked down upon, holding a green onion. The attacks launched by the jungle warriors did not reach within five meters of him. They were all cut off by the green onion in his hand, turned into little bits of light, and dissipated away. . Several large-billed birds attacked him directly, but in the end they just let out mournful screams and continued to bleed. He slashed them to the ground with four swords instantly, and they died with no eyes open.

Those big-billed birds couldn't figure it out until the moment they died. Isn't the green onion duck their food? Why was he killed by a green onion duck? How could he gain such powerful strength?

The green onion duck slowly walked towards the elf who was attacking him at a unique pace.

In the end, the elves who besieged Green Onion Duck died and fled. Green Onion Duck alone frightened all the elves who attacked him and walked away. And he only used two moves from beginning to end, sword dance and continuous slashing. The continuous slash was the move he was most familiar with. Although there were some differences, based on his understanding of the continuous slash, he still recognized this trick at first sight.

Continuous Slash is a skill whose power increases as the number of hits increases. If it can hit continuously, the power of the move will be unimaginable. But this is impossible. Others will not stand and let you hit them. As long as they dodge once, then all the energy you have worked hard to accumulate will be destroyed, and the power of consecutive slashes without accumulating energy after several previous cuts will be useless. It's powerful, but far less direct than using skills like Cross Scissors. Because skills such as high-speed movement, lightning flash, and shadow clones can easily interrupt your energy storage, making it difficult for you to exert the power of continuous slashing.

Green Onion Duck's terrifying strength shocked Feitian Mantis, and his fighting method shocked Feitian Mantis even more. It turns out that this is the real power of continuous slashing, it turns out that this is the correct way to use continuous slashing. Since continuous slashing has this power, why should I learn other tricks? I can defeat all the magic in the world with just one move.

He bowed deeply towards the place where Green Onion Duck left, and then turned back to the group. He no longer forced himself to learn new skills and began to practice continuous slashing hard. He believed that even a Green Onion Duck could do it. He, the Flying Mantis, who was far superior to the Green Onion Duck in every aspect, could do the same?

However, things were not as simple as he imagined. In the beginning, his continuous slashes were indeed rapid, but after he practiced to a certain level, there seemed to be an invisible barrier in front of him, blocking him from moving forward. This barrier blocked him for a long time, so that he was unable to break through the four instantaneous swords, and the power of the two instantaneous swords was not very powerful, and he was expelled from the tribe due to lack of strength.

Only then did he truly feel how terrifying it was for the green onion duck to reach that level. But he did not give up. He set a goal for himself, which was to fight the green onion duck and defeat him with his own consecutive slashes. For this reason, he has been practicing hard, practicing consecutive cuts, and being diligent and sincere. He believes that he will be able to break through that limit.

As spring passed and autumn came, time passed. Apart from eating and sleeping, the wandering Flying Mantis concentrated all his energy on the connection of continuous slashes. Finally, he lived up to his characteristics of a technical master. Two years later, he finally broke through during a practice. , he used the four swords in an instant that he had dreamed of. Then, as if he had an enlightenment, his strength began to improve by leaps and bounds. He quickly mastered four swords in an instant and six swords in an instant, and incorporated glare and energy gathering into them, which greatly enhanced his strength. And due to the frequent use of gathering energy, he gradually explored the edge of sword dance, and believed that he would be able to master it soon.

At the same time, although he focused all his energy on continuous slashing, due to countless battles in the jungle, he learned some special fighting skills. He could move extremely fast with pure physical strength, and even stay in place. The afterimage is not caused by skills such as high-speed movement, flash of lightning, and shadow clone, because the Flying Mantis does not have any attribute energy, but it is better than skills such as high-speed movement, flash of lightning, and shadow clone.

At this time, he thought that he should be able to catch up with the green onion duck before long.

Soon after, he came to a new place, where new enemies and new challenges should appear, making his strength even further.

He was a little tired from the long journey, so he rested on a big rock. Just when he had almost recovered his strength and was about to get up and leave, a human walked up to him. The Flying Mantis looked at the human, and he saw the persistence in the human's eyes, which was the same as his, so when the human proposed a fight, the Flying Mantis agreed to him.

When the Flying Mantis fought against the Bibi Bird, the speed of the Bibi Bird really shocked him. The last time he saw such speed was a certain powerful Bibi Bird, and he was the overlord of that territory.

The Bibi bird actually attacked him directly. The Flying Mantis first lowered his defense with glares, and at the same time used Qi gathering to strengthen its own attack power, condensing all its energy and spirit, just waiting for the Bibi bird to step into his attack range. .

call out!

Bibi Bird attacked him at an extremely fast speed, and at the same time, he used Yan Hui to make the trajectory of his attack difficult to predict. However, none of this is a problem for Flying Mantis. Within his domain, he has absolute control. Bibi Bird is very fast, but his sword swing is even faster.

The moment Bibi Bird stepped into his attack range, he instantly swung out four knives, blocking Bibi Bird's way of survival. But what surprised him was that Bibi Bird seemed to know the danger in advance. After using all his strength, he actually dodged his attack. This was the first time that he was dodged since his continuous slashing success.

Later, the Bibi bird no longer dared to get close to him and kept using tornadoes and air blades to kite him. However, the Flying Mantis was very calm in his heart. While defending against the air blade, he kept exploring the Bibi bird's attack habits and directions. Not long after, he finally got his chance. He left an afterimage on the spot, and his body flew in front of Bibi Bird at an extremely fast speed.

Facing the Bibi bird that hurriedly used its strong wings, he slashed it with six swords in an instant, one sword, two swords, three swords...

When the sixth sword was struck, the Flying Mantis was shocked. He felt that his sword was slower. He understood that he was tired and had wasted too much energy just now. Now his physical strength could no longer guarantee the peak speed.

His sixth sword failed to hit Bibi Bird. He was hit by Bibi Bird's air blade first, causing his body to move. The next moment, several air blades attacked him. He was hit hard by the air blades. He could no longer maintain his flight and fell heavily to the ground.

He has never considered defense. Attack is the best defense. However, if his attack fails now, then defeat is waiting for him. Sure enough, a powerful air blade struck him, and he was already at the end of his strength.

In the end, he stood up with difficulty and took a deep look at Bibi Bird and the human. He had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the practice of continuous slashing, but ignored the importance of physical strength for continuous slashing, which resulted in his failure to make the last slash just now. .

Flying Mantis smiled bitterly when he thought of this. .

Sure enough, my own practice is still far from enough!

But is this really because he has not practiced enough?

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