Hearing this, the Beedrill leader circled around Aaron excitedly, buzzing with clear enthusiasm.
Then it darted in front of him and readied itself for battle.
A faint smile tugged at Aaron's lips as he looked at the Beedrill leader.
"So… you want me to beat you first before I catch you?"
"Alright—let's begin."
"Sceptile, get ready."
"Scepti!"
Sceptile stepped forward, a sharp glint flashing in its single eye as it let out a low growl.
"Bzzz!"
A sharp buzz cut through the air as the Beedrill leader launched a stream of purple venom from its tail stinger.
Venoshock.
"Sceptile—Wood Release: Wood Barrier."
"Sceptile!"
Sceptile brought its hands together and slammed them onto the ground.
Rumble
The earth trembled as a massive wooden shield surged up in front of it, blocking the incoming venom.
Sizzle
White smoke rose from the shield as the poison spread across its surface.
Seeing its attack fail, the Beedrill leader immediately swung its twin stingers, a white glow flaring at their tips.
With a sudden burst of speed, it bypassed the wooden shield and charged straight at Sceptile.
Twineedle.
"Sceptile—Dual Chop."
"Sceptile!"
A faint red glow flared around Sceptile's hands as it struck forward.
Bang! Bang!
Two sharp impacts rang out.
The twin stingers clashed against Sceptile's hardened strikes, sparks flying as both were forced apart.
"Sceptile—Leaf Blade."
"—tile"
Two sharp, pale-green blades formed along Sceptile's arms as it rushed forward.
"Bzzz!"
The Beedrill reacted instantly, its stingers glowing with a deep purple light.
Poison Jab.
Clang—!
The two attacks collided with a sharp, metallic impact.
A powerful force shot through Beedrill's arms, sending it flying backward.
"Sceptile—Teleport, then Leaf Blade again."
Aaron didn't let up.
"Sceptile!"
In a flash of green, Sceptile vanished and reappeared right beside Beedrill.
Before it could react—
Boom!
The Leaf Blade struck cleanly.
Beedrill couldn't withstand the blow at all.
Boom!
It was slammed into the ground, its eyes spinning as it lost consciousness.
"Go—Poké Ball!"
Aaron grinned as he threw a standard Poké Ball.
Click.
The Poké Ball opened, pulling Beedrill inside.
Beep.
After a brief shake, it stilled.
Beedrill was successfully captured.
Aaron walked over, picked up the Poké Ball, and smiled.
"Beedrill, welcome to the team."
The Poké Ball trembled slightly, as if acknowledging him.
"Ding~ Congratulations! Mission completed: Capture Beedrill."
"Ding~ Rewards obtained: Spiritual Pressure Infusion (Shinigami-Modified Version) (Skill Card) ×1, Pokémon Candy (Elite) ×1."
The system notification rang in his ears.
Aaron smiled in satisfaction and immediately fed the Pokémon Candy to Beedrill.
Its strength rose to Elite (Early Stage), bringing it up to par with the rest of his core team.
He then opened his system inventory and examined the new skill.
[Name: Spiritual Pressure Infusion]
[Type: Special]
[Power: Status]
[Attribute: None]
[Description: Usable only by Pokémon. Activates powerful Spiritual Pressure within the user's body, enhancing all attributes.
Effect 1: Greatly boosts all stats. Speed and Attack increase by 3 stages. HP, Defense, Special Defense, and Special Attack increase by 2 stages.
Effect 2: Spiritual Pressure can merge with Pokémon moves, granting them the "Spiritual Pressure" attribute. This increases move power by 50% and nullifies type disadvantage multipliers (adjusting them to neutral 1×), while retaining type advantages. When attacking Ghost-type Pokémon, move power is further increased by 100%.]
(Note: Only one of this skill, Haki, or Sage Mode can be active at a time.)
...
Aaron drew in a sharp breath.
So this was Shinigami-modified Spiritual Pressure… Reiryoku compressed into raw Reiatsu.
The effects were absurd.
Setting aside the massive stat boosts and increased move power, the most important aspect was the complete negation of type disadvantages.
For example, if Beedrill used a Bug-type move against a Fire-type Pokémon, the damage would normally be reduced.
But once infused with Spiritual Pressure, that disadvantage was completely removed, turning the damage into neutral effectiveness.
And the most outrageous part, type advantages still remained.
Completely unfair.