I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

"Uh, but why did you leave me here? I'm just an intermediate trainer." Ye Feng was tempted to slip away.

Although the Flame Emperor is very tempting, it is clear that Ye Feng has no chance with it. So what is he doing here?

"Intermediate Trainer?" Gu Ruyun looked at Ye Feng with a strange gaze, which made him involuntarily move his stool away a little.

"You should have at least six high-level Pokémon by now, right? What are you doing clinging to the intermediate trainer level? Are you planning to play dumb to fool others?" Gu Ruyun counted the six Poké Balls on Ye Feng's body and said disdainfully.

"Once Adorata evolves, I'll apply for the advancement assessment," Ye Feng said, scratching his head.

After capturing the powerful Togekiss, Ye Feng now has six Pokémon, which is more than enough in terms of both quantity and strength.

Now we just have to wait for Adolphin to evolve.

Kodora grew up eating energy cubes, and Ye Feng also bought the best food for it, so it was very nutritious and grew much faster than other Kodora. It never missed its daily training and battles.

Ye Feng recently discovered that Kedora has reached a bottleneck in its growth and is not far from evolving.

"Hmph, you'd better hurry up. When I was your age... uh, I was a year older than you, I was already a high-level trainer. What's so slow about that?" Gu Ruyun said disdainfully.

"...You're not much better than me, acting like I won't reach the advanced level in a year." Ye Feng was speechless.

"Hurry up and level up, otherwise it will be so embarrassing if people find out that I was defeated by a mid-level trainer," Gu Ruyun complained.

Good heavens, so that's why. Ye Feng was speechless.

But even if I level up, the fact that you were defeated by an intermediate trainer won't change... Ye Feng thought to himself.

However, he dared not say this aloud, or he would get beaten up.

While Ye Feng and Gu Ruyun were having a meeting in the tent, a sudden change occurred at the wetland.

Emperor Yan has appeared once again!

Chapter 227 The Flame Emperor Reappears

Upon receiving the message, everyone rushed over immediately.

Ye Feng also joined in the fun. Although he was only an intermediate trainer, his strength was far superior to that of ordinary advanced trainers. Moreover, with Gu Ruyun by his side, who would bother him for no reason?

In the center of the wetland, an elf covered in orange fur stood proudly with its head held high. Its cheeks had red six-pointed star-shaped structures, and the golden hair on its forehead resembled a clover. Behind it, wisps of white smoke swayed slightly in the wind. This was none other than the legendary Yan Emperor.

A small patch of land beneath Emperor Yan's feet, originally damp and soft soil, has dried up and cracked under the scorching heat emanating from him unintentionally.

At the same time, the air around it also showed a noticeable distortion under the influence of this scorching energy.

"Is this the Yan Emperor...?" Ye Feng borrowed a telescope from someone and carefully observed the Yan Emperor's appearance, which was exactly the same as he remembered.

If Emperor Yan is here, where are Suicune and Raikou, who are also members of Ho-Oh's guard? And where is Ho-Oh?

Bell Tower? Or Azure Sky Mountain? Does such a place exist in this world?

Or perhaps, these two places, which could both be the residence of Ho-Oh, also exist in some unknown secret realm?

Ye Feng looked around and found that a dense crowd of 1000 trainers were gathered around the edge of the wetland, their eyes fixed intently on Yan Di.

Across from the wetlands, large, dark shadows could be vaguely seen, presumably indicating that Russian trainers had received the message and arrived.

only···

Ye Feng looked at the location of Emperor Yan, and a subtle expression appeared on his face.

Emperor Yan had four hooves, two on each side, which were positioned precisely on either side of the border, with half of the hooves within China and the other half within Russia.

How should this be calculated? Should it be calculated based on China's or Russia's?

This is also why no one dared to act rashly when the Flame Emperor appeared for a period of time—if the differences weren't clear, the trainers from the two countries might start fighting directly.

"Master, what do we do now? This Emperor Yan..."

Four master trainers have arrived, and now two stand on each side of Gu Yangzhou.

The one who asked the question was Master Jing, the oldest among them.

"Let's wait and see." Gu Yangzhou had a bit of a headache. It's fine that the Flame Emperor has appeared, but why is he standing there halfway up one side?

"If it gets away again, who knows when it will reappear..." Master Jing frowned slightly.

"There's no way around it. Its current position is awkward. If we make a move now, the other side definitely won't just stand by and watch. If a fight breaks out, it'll be troublesome. It's just a Flame Emperor, it shouldn't be that serious." Gu Yangzhou shook his head.

"Besides, wouldn't it be embarrassing if we launched an attack hastily and drove Emperor Yan into Russian territory?"

It's still uncertain whether this Yan Emperor is one of the Three Sacred Beasts. If not, then although it's rare, it shouldn't cause a conflict between the two countries.

Russia is considering the same thing.

But if Emperor Yan were driven into the territory of one of the countries, that would be a different story.

Although Pokémon belong to the trainer who catches them, would you dare to go into their country's territory to catch one in front of thousands of people?

That's definitely suicidal.

Even a master-level trainer can't stop so many people.

Now, all we can do is keep a close eye on Yan Di to prevent it from escaping, and then pray that it gets tired of standing and walks away to one side on its own.

Ye Feng watched for a while, but quickly lost interest.

This Entei has nothing to do with him anymore; staying here is just a waste of time. He should find a chance to slip away early and go back to prepare his paper on Glaceon.

Just as Ye Feng's eyes darted around, looking for a chance to slip away, Emperor Yan made his move.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Flame Emperor first yawned, then turned its head and looked around—Ye Feng seemed to see a contemptuous smile on its face.

Amidst the low shouts of the Chinese trainers, Emperor Yan turned and took two steps forward, his entire body now within Chinese territory.

Just as Gu Yangzhou was about to give the order to take action, Emperor Yan suddenly jumped back and was back in Russian territory.

Just as the president of the Russian Association was about to give the order, Emperor Yan took two more steps forward and entered the territory of China.

And so, Emperor Yan moved forward, jumped back, moved forward, jumped back...

"??" Everyone was full of questions.

Why are you jumping around like this? Ye Feng was speechless.

Q: How many years would one be sentenced for repeatedly crossing the border?

Answer: Emperor Yan does not belong to any country, so his laws do not apply. (I'm not sure if this is correct, just take it as a joke.)

Ye Feng realized it, and so did everyone else—Emperor Yan was playing a trick on everyone present.

“This Yan Emperor…” Gu Yangzhou’s lips twitched, and he slammed down the hand that he had raised halfway.

"Damn, they really know how to play..." Ye Feng was speechless. How could there be such an elf?

Where's the Ho-Oh Guard? Where are the Three Legendary Beasts? Shouldn't they be dignified and serious? Ho-Oh will fire you if he finds out! I'm going to report you!

Or are you not a member of the Phoenix Guard? Just an ordinary Entei?

Regardless of what Ye Feng and the others were thinking, Yan Di ignored them and continued playing his game of jumping back and forth.

"Something's not right!" Gu Yangzhou suddenly frowned, realizing that things were not as simple as they seemed.

"What's wrong?" Several masters looked at him.

"I have a feeling that this Flame Emperor is trying to attract our attention, as if it's stalling for time." Gu Yangzhou narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the wetlands around the Flame Emperor.

Suddenly, his eyes narrowed!

Lightning flashed intermittently beneath Emperor Yan's feet, and with each leap, one of his feet would inevitably land on the lightning. Since the lightning was almost invisible, no one present noticed it.

If a bolt of lightning hadn't suddenly appeared in another place and hadn't been stepped on by Emperor Yan, Gu Yangzhou wouldn't have noticed this detail.

"There's something under the wetlands! Old Jing!" Gu Yangzhou shouted.

Master Jing's eyes narrowed, and he decisively released Dragonite, ordering it to use Hyper Beam at Entei's feet.

To everyone's astonishment, the thick beam of destructive light shot straight toward Emperor Yan.

The Russian trainers immediately stirred – were the Chinese going to make the first move? They all started pulling out Poké Balls.

Emperor Yan looked at the destructive beam of light shooting towards him, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes—he had been so careful to cover it up, even going so far as to make such an ugly scene, yet he had still been discovered?

Emperor Yan opened his mouth, and incredibly hot energy rapidly gathered within, unleashing a burst of purple flame that met the destructive beam head-on.

"boom!"

A violent explosion.

"Purple flames?" Master Jing's eyes narrowed. "Could it be sacred fire? Is this Flame Emperor one of the Phoenix King's guards?"

Sacred Fire? Ye Feng was startled. This Flame Emperor was indeed one of the Three Sacred Beasts.

Sacred Flame is Ho-Oh's exclusive move. Ordinary Entei cannot use it. Only the Entei in the Guard, or the one of the Three Holy Beasts, was taught this move by Ho-Oh.

This purple flame has also been described in legends.

As expected... Gu Yangzhou narrowed his eyes as he watched Yan Di, who refused to dodge the attack and chose to confront him head-on.

This Yan Emperor is stalling for time; it is protecting something beneath the wetlands.

What is it that deserves the personal protection of the Flame Emperor, one of the Three Divine Beasts?

Chapter 228 My Old Friend