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

Ye Feng released his mental power and floated up to the astonishment of the others. He looked up at the distance where a thick cloud of smoke was rapidly approaching.

"Brother Cui, a large number of elves are heading towards us!" Ye Feng shouted.

"Quantity?" Cui Yangming's heart tightened, and he looked up to ask.

Ye Feng glanced at them and roughly counted in his mind: "There are about fifty of them. Judging from their appearance, their strength is around the intermediate level, and there are no high-level combatants."

Cui Yangming's thoughts raced.

Fifty wild Pokémon are more than enough for this team to handle, but there's no need.

We've only just entered the secret realm and haven't yet established a firm foothold. Nobody knows what we'll encounter in this undeveloped place, so there's no need to waste our energy here.

"We will retreat for now," Cui Yangming ordered.

Cui Yangming was an experienced and well-known association trainer; otherwise, he wouldn't have been qualified to lead this mission as captain. Therefore, no one, including the other senior trainers, questioned his orders, and they quickly retreated in a direction away from wild Pokémon.

Ye Feng naturally had no objections. After quickly landing, he released Arcanine and called Ning Xian and Bai Siyu to ride on it. He then used his telekinesis to create threads that wrapped around Arcanine's waist, letting it carry him.

Ye Feng's Arcanine was significantly larger than the average Arcanine, and its increased size naturally meant greater strength. Therefore, it carried two people while pulling one, making it easy to keep up with the main group.

The reason Ye Feng didn't release Togekiss or Articuno was that, under the current circumstances, moving in the air would easily make him a target and attract aggro. If those Pokémon were to keep an eye on him and chase after him, it would be quite annoying.

Furthermore, no one else released any flying spirits, indicating that Ye Feng's judgment was correct.

Apart from the two researchers, there were no weaklings in this team, so they quickly shook off the wild Pokémon and arrived at a seemingly safe place.

"Everyone take a break. You few, go and keep watch around the area," Cui Yangming ordered, pointing out a few people as he spoke.

The people whose names were called quickly dispersed with the elves to be on guard.

"Brother Cui, what do we do next?" Ye Feng asked.

Cui Yangming thought for a moment and said, "Based on the information we have so far, the elves in this secret realm seem to be in a state of constant flux, making it easy to encounter groups of elves." He then looked at Ning Xian.

Ning Xian had personally entered this secret realm and stayed for half a month, so her words were more practical than any information.

Ning Xian nodded.

Cui Yangming continued, "In that case, we can no longer establish a temporary base as we used to. We can't stay in one place for too long, lest we be surrounded by a large number of elves."

The last time they came in, Lei Jie, who was in charge of protecting Ning Xian, used the same strategy.

However, they were too few in number and suffered losses as soon as they entered. Even with the correct strategy, they faced all sorts of dangers. If it weren't for Articuno, they would probably have been wiped out.

Although the team is large enough, it also means that if an accident occurs, it will be an unprecedented crisis. After all, without sufficient confidence, those wild Pokémon will not be foolish enough to rush up and die.

Ye Feng agreed, and no one else objected.

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Next, following Cui Yangming's strategy, they took turns shooting and moving to different places. If they encountered a few Pokémon, they would drive them away, and if they encountered many, they would retreat to save energy and collect resources along the way. They arrived at the place where they had encountered the mysterious Pokémon earlier without any major incidents.

“That’s it,” Ning Xian said, pointing to a rock in front of her.

Back then, that mysterious spirit stood right here, commanding all the heroes. Ning Xian still vividly remembers its domineering presence.

Ye Feng stepped forward, circled the rock, and then released Gardevoir and Togekiss. The two Pokémon sensed the rock together, but unfortunately, they found nothing.

Many days have passed since then. Given the frequent movement of elves in this secret realm, any traces left behind would likely have been destroyed.

"It seems we're in for a needle in a haystack," Ye Feng sighed.

The operation is expected to last a month. This secret realm is not small, and it will take a considerable amount of time just to search it once, not to mention finding a small Pokémon. Moreover, that Pokémon certainly won't stay in one place.

"Let's search this area thoroughly and see if we can find any clues," Cui Yangming suggested.

The group dispersed and began searching for useful clues, but unfortunately, they found nothing by nightfall.

While everyone was busy, a figure suddenly appeared on a small hill in the distance.

If Ning Xian could see it, she would definitely shout in surprise—this figure is none other than that mysterious elf.

The mysterious elf's eyes gleamed with an odd light as it gazed at them from afar.

"Hmm?" Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat. He felt a gaze on him, but when he looked up, he didn't see anything. He turned to look at Tokiss and saw only a bewildered face.

"Dr. Ye, what's wrong?" A trainer asked, puzzled, after noticing Ye Feng's strange behavior.

"It's nothing, maybe it's just my imagination," Ye Feng said, shaking his head.

The trainer said "Oh," and continued searching with his head down.

Ye Feng frowned slightly.

After his mental strength rose to a certain level, he became more sensitive to things like sight, and he was quite certain that the feeling he had just experienced was not an illusion.

"Pokkiss, expand the range of the waveguide, don't overlook any details," Ye Feng whispered to him.

Pokkis nodded to indicate that he understood.

Chapter 462 Night Raid, King Thorn Dragon's Exclusive Z

After searching for two more days, I still found nothing.

Night falls, when everyone is soundly asleep.

Around the camp, a few figures moved around from time to time, and small Pokémon hovered in the sky; they were trainers and Pokémon on night watch.

In the center of the camp, Tokkiss's head drooped slightly, as if he were dozing off.

A trainer walked by, and Togekiss suddenly woke up, realizing that it had been distracted, and quickly released its Aura to scan the area.

Nothing happened... After scanning the area, Pokkis breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to lower his head to continue dozing off when he was suddenly startled.

At the edge of the waveguide's detection range, a large number of Pokémon suddenly appeared. What terrified Togekiss was that these Pokémon had somehow formed a circle and were rapidly closing in on the center.

The central location is where the camp is located.

“Kiss!” Pokkis shouted.

"What's wrong, Pokkis?" Ye Feng rubbed his eyes and crawled out of the tent, his clothes neatly arranged, clearly indicating that he had been sleeping fully clothed.

"Kees! Kees!" Pokkis waved his hands (wings) to report the situation to Ye Feng.

"What?" Ye Feng's pupils shrank. They were surrounded? When?

No, that explains why I felt like we'd encountered fewer sprites these past few days than Ning Xian described. Were they waiting for this moment? To launch a big attack when we let our guard down?

Could it be that the elves in this secret realm have a leader? Otherwise, how could they be so... adept at military strategy? Is it that mysterious elf?

While Ye Feng was lost in thought, the others had already gathered around.

"Ye Feng, what's going on?" Cui Yangming asked.

Pokekis's loud voice just now woke everyone up.

"There's no time to explain, we..." Ye Feng said anxiously, but before he could finish speaking, the ground trembled violently, and at the same time, fireballs, water columns, and lightning bolts rained down on the camp from afar.

Cui Yangming's expression changed, and he shouted, "Enemy attack!"

"Boom boom boom!"

The sudden attack caught everyone off guard.

Fortunately, the enemy launched their attack from a great distance to ensure the effect of a surprise attack, so it was almost inaccurate. In addition, Togekis's advance warning gave everyone some preparation. No one was injured in this attack, but most of the camp was destroyed.

However, it goes without saying what would have happened to those still sleeping in the tents if Pokkiss hadn't warned them.

"Prepare for battle!" Cui Yangming shouted.

"Bang bang bang!" A series of explosions rang out, and more than twenty Pokémon were immediately dispatched. The trainers commanded their Pokémon to go in different directions to fight the enemy.

"Togekiss, protect them both," Ye Feng ordered, throwing out Articuno's Poké Ball before leaping onto it. "Articuno, let's go."

With a long cry, the articulated bird flapped its wings and soared into the sky.

Ye Feng looked down and his pupils suddenly contracted—even a cursory glance revealed that the ground was teeming with wild elves, rushing towards the camp in a massive swarm.

"How can there be so many? Have all the elves in the entire secret realm come?" Ye Feng murmured.

Ye Feng then threw out the Poké Balls of Gengar and Gardevoir. In this situation, Articuno, Gardevoir, and Gengar, all of which can fly, can play a greater role.

"Gardevoir, Moonblast, Gengar, Shadow Ball barrage, Articuno, Ice Beam!" Ye Feng shouted the order.

The power of the moon was particularly conspicuous in the darkness. A thick beam of light descended from the sky, instantly blasting away a group of elves, and several elves fell to the ground on the spot.

Gengar's Shadow Ball, when used at this moment, disappeared without a trace, leaving only a whooshing sound followed by a series of explosions;

Articuno's Ice Beam is even more powerful; with its near-legendary strength, it can freeze a large number of Pokémon in an instant.

Ye Feng observed them for a moment and thought to himself: These elves aren't very strong, probably only around mid-level, but...

Although the attacking elves were not very strong, they were almost overwhelmed by the group's attacks. However, there were simply too many of them. As soon as one group was defeated, another group would immediately take its place, seemingly endless.

Trainers with Flying Pokémon saw Ye Feng wreaking havoc in the sky and quickly released their own Flying Pokémon to imitate him.

"This can't go on." Cui Yangming looked down at the battlefield, his brows furrowed.

There were too many wild Pokémon, making the battlefield chaotic. Trainers couldn't send out too many Pokémon, otherwise they wouldn't be able to command them.

With this shift in power, Ye Feng's side, despite being stronger, found themselves at a disadvantage and struggled greatly.

Ye Feng glanced around and noticed that several intermediate trainers, whose Pokémon were injured, were relatively weaker.

This can't go on like this!