Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 49 Death Crisis

The purple Arbok flew like an arrow, giving Qingyuan no chance to resist, and directly tightened its grip on the careless Qingyuan.

"Clatter!"

"Sha!"

Upon seeing this, Scorpion and Mantis cried out in alarm.

"sky……"

Qingyuan wanted to command Scorpion to help him out of the predicament, but he was tightly bound by Arbok and couldn't make a sound.

In just two seconds, Qingyuan's face turned purple due to blood rushing to his head.

He felt as if several mountains were constantly squeezing him from all sides, and he was about to be crushed into a pulp.

As the sounds gradually faded away, Qingyuan, unable to sense the scorpions, began to feel a little scared.

Feeling insecure, Qingyuan began to struggle incessantly, and Arbok, sensing Qingyuan's struggle, immediately tightened its grip.

"Clatter!"

Scorpio, after a brief moment of shock upon seeing the scene before him, suddenly flew into a rage.

It recognized this Arbok as the same Arbok that it had beaten up last night and stolen all the Oranges from.

I didn't expect this guy to be so persistent; he actually followed them for so long just to get revenge.

It didn't make a move until it switched places with Scorpio.

"Gora! (You're going to die!)"

Scorpion roared, its pincers flashing white light as it charged toward the Arbok.

"Sha!"

The Scyther beside it roared and slashed at Arbok's tail.

It wants to cut off the tail of the Arbomon, so that it will feel pain and lose its strength, thereby reducing the pressure on Qingyuan from the Arbomon.

"Cheers!"

The old man let out a miserable scream as the flying mantis's slash had already opened a gash in its tail.

Because of the pain, the old monster's grip on Qingyuan loosened slightly.

Qingyuan, who had been squeezed so tightly he could hardly breathe, was finally able to catch his breath.

"just……"

Scyther cleaved Arbok's tail in two once more.

Arbok let out another scream, but before it could finish, its voice abruptly stopped.

Scorpion had already clamped Arbok's neck with his pincers, and was using his other hand to repeatedly slash Arbok's head.

As Qingyuan felt the pressure on his body ease and realized that he could move his hands again, he quickly pulled a loop at the waist of his combat suit.

The next second, a huge balloon began to inflate his body.

Arbok's body, which was wrapped around him, was immediately flung away by the balloon.

Seeing this, Scorpion quickly grabbed Abo Monster by the neck and took off, taking Abo Monster away from Qingyuan's side.

"Cough! Cough!"

"Damn it, I'm never trying to save money again. I should have just bought a trigger-type one!"

Qingyuan coughed a few times, and after catching his breath, he looked at Abo, who was being hit on the head by Scorpion's pincers, and cursed.

"I almost lost my life trying to save a few tens of thousands of yuan. This deal was really not worth it!"

As Qingyuan cursed, he picked up a wooden stick, about the thickness of an adult's forearm, from the ground beside him.

He wanted to vent his anger by hitting that Arbok a few times.

When he got to Arbok, he realized that Arbok's head had been smashed flat by Gliscor.

The snake was completely dead.

But Scorpio seemed oblivious to this, and continued to frantically smash Arbok's head.

"Alright, alright, stop smashing it! The snake is completely dead, its head is rotten!"

Seeing this, Qingyuan threw away the wooden stick in his hand, took a few steps forward, patted Scorpion on the shoulder and said.

Hearing this, Scorpio stopped and buried his face in Qingyuan's arms, crying.

"Giggle! (You're all I have!)"

Looking at Scorpio crying in his arms, Qingyuan was stunned. He hadn't expected that he held such a high position in Scorpio's heart.

"Okay, okay, stop crying, I'm fine now!"

Qingyuan gently patted Scorpio's head, coaxing him like a child.

But to everyone's surprise, Scorpio did not stop crying after hearing Qingyuan's words.

Instead, she hugged Qingyuan tightly with her hands and cried even louder.

Seeing that his attempt to comfort her had backfired, Qingyuan gave a wry smile and stopped talking, simply patting Scorpio's head gently.

The flying mantis stood guard to the side, determined not to let Qingyuan suffer such a deadly crisis a second time.

Scorpio nestled in Qingyuan's arms and cried for a long time before stopping, leaving Qingyuan's clothes soaking wet.

Seeing that Scorpio in his arms had stopped sobbing, Qingyuan whispered in Scorpio's ear.

"Alright, stop crying. Scyther is still watching from the side."

Upon hearing this, Scorpio's body stiffened abruptly.

"Oh no, my image is completely ruined!"

After recovering from their fear, Scorpios realized that their actions today could have completely ruined their image.

Scorpio shook its head in Qingyuan's arms, and Qingyuan thought it was just being affectionate.

The next second, Scorpio did a backflip and flew out of his arms.

After landing on the ground, it gave Qingyuan a cold look.

Seeing this, Qingyuan was speechless and wanted to laugh. Why were these two so arrogant?

Thinking of this, Qingyuan glanced at the Flying Mantis.

When the flying mantis saw Qingyuan looking at it, it thought something was wrong and called out to Qingyuan in confusion.

"Sha?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just think you and Scorpio are both great!"

After saying that, Qingyuan gave the flying mantis a thumbs up.

Seeing this, the flying mantis scratched its head with its large scythe, feeling a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Qingyuan smiled, took out a dagger from his backpack, and began to dispose of Arbok's corpse.

He kept the head, snake skin, internal organs, and venom sac separately.

These are all excellent poison-type materials, but they were obtained by directly killing an Arbok.

This doesn't quite comply with the Alliance's regulations, so Qingyuan had to dispose of these things on the black market.

Qingyuan shaved off the remaining snake meat and bones, planning to cook a snake meat soup for himself that evening.

You should know that this Arbok almost killed him. Now it's dead, but Qingyuan hasn't retaliated yet.

So he had no choice but to eat Arbok's flesh to calm his inner anger.

Moreover, it was this Arbok that attacked him first and almost killed it, so Qingyuan felt no guilt whatsoever for eating its flesh.

Qingyuan's only worry now is whether the flesh of this Arbok is poisonous.

Because no preparations were made before killing Arbok, Qingyuan's only worry now is whether the toxins from Arbok's venom sac will seep into its flesh.

However, we have an antidote, and the peaches that Charmander and the others collected last night can help detoxify.

Qingyuan wasn't too worried about this issue.

After cleaning up the corpse of the monster, Qingyuan and Tianxie sat down to rest for a few minutes before continuing their journey.

Of course, Qingyuan didn't sit idle during his rest time.

He first treated the injuries Scorpio sustained from his brutal beating of Arbok.

He then drank another bottle of medicine to treat internal injuries.

After all, he was almost strangled to death by the old monster, and he wasn't sure if he had any internal injuries.

Considering that this was in the wild and injuries would be difficult to treat, Qingyuan drank a bottle of wound medicine as a precaution.