A spirit descends, Gardevoir is my childhood friend?

After packing up and having breakfast, the three spirits set off. Xinlinbao led the way, with Xiaolan and Cangyanrengui standing on either side of Lin Xiaolin.

As Lin Xiaolin continued on his way, an Arbok snake suddenly emerged from a grove of trees and stared intently at him.

Xinlinbao immediately stepped in front of Lin Xiaolin, and Lin Xiaolin took the opportunity to take a look. It turned out to be an elite-level Arbok.

Just as Xiao Lan and Cang Yan Ren Gui were about to step forward to help, they were stopped by Lin Xiao Lin's outstretched hands.

"Let's see how much Xiaobao has improved in the past six months, right, Xiaobao!"

"Chirp!"

Heartscale roared fiercely, staring intently at Arbok.

Heartscale Treasure charged straight at Arbok and unleashed a headbutt.

Arbok then extended its tail directly towards Jangmo-o, attempting to bind the tiny Jangmo-o.

But the next second he would regret it, as he was hit by Xinlinbao's headbutt and sent flying backward.

Heartscale immediately followed up with a Dragon Breath, and Arbok stabilized itself in mid-air, opening its mouth wide as the dissolving liquid hurtled towards Heartscale.

The dissolving liquid and the dragon's breath collided in mid-air and both dissipated simultaneously.

Suddenly, Arbok widened its eyes and stared fiercely at Jangmo-o, while Jangmo-o immediately closed its eyes and used Tackle to attack Arbok.

Lin Xiaolin was the eyes of Xinlinbao, using her mind to control its direction. Arbok tried to dodge, but it was too late; it opened its mouth wide and bit down.

The moment Arbok and Heartscale collided, Arbok was sent flying backward, its two broken teeth falling to the ground.

Heartscale gave its opponent no chance to breathe, and a dragon tail shot hit Arbok directly on the head. Arbok cried out in pain and passed out.

"Roar!" Heartscale, having defeated Arbok, smugly returned.

"Well done."

Lin Xiaolin praised Xinlinbao after a long time, even though Arbok had only recently broken through to the Elite level and had not received any trainer or professional training.

Generally speaking, a normal-level peak Pokémon could compete with that Arbok, but it certainly wouldn't be as easy as it was for Jangmo-o.

With its current strength, Xinlinbao has no problem dealing with elite-level Pokémon that have only recently broken through. Even if there are elite-level Pokémon that have been professionally trained by trainers, as long as they are not super effective against it, it can still put up a fight.

For example, Xiao Lan is as easy to beat as a child, so he's not even worth considering.

Lin Xiaolin estimated that if Xinlinbao and Cangyan Rengui were to fight now, the odds would be about 30/70. That's the strength of a pseudo-god in the early stages, which is not something that ordinary Pokémon can easily compete with.

Normally, no matter how powerful a Pokémon is, if you're at the average level, you won't last long against Azure Flame Blade Demon.

After walking and stopping several times, Lin Xiaolin estimated that he was probably nearing the inner circle, and the level of the elves was getting higher and higher.

Ordinary elite-level Pokémon are sent to Heartscale, and if they really can't win, they are switched to Azure Blade Ghost. Little Blue basically doesn't take action.

Since receiving Xerneas's gift, Little Blue can now hold his own against lords.

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Moreover, Xiao Lan is already capable of reaching the Lord level, but if she were to break through to the Lord level now, she would basically be useless.

The Fairy and Psychic type energy within Xiao Lan's body is enough for an ordinary Pokémon to break through to the Lord level. However, it's only enough in quantity; the refinement of the energy within her body is far from sufficient.

Moreover, his skill proficiency and mastery of skills are far from sufficient, and it's estimated that he will never be able to break through to the lord level in this lifetime.

Therefore, Xiao Lan's most important task now is to first master the skills, and then continue to hone the spiritual power within her until it is strong enough.

After two months of training, Azure Flame Blade Demon has fully mastered the Ghost-type energy within its body and is currently refining its Ghost-type and Fire-type energy.

Lin Xiaolin plans to start training the Azure Flame Blade Ghost's skills when she goes back home for the holidays.

Unlike Xiao Lan, the Azure Flame Blade Demon has a very solid and stable foundation. As long as it masters the energy within its body, it can start learning skills without having to go through the trouble of making up for its foundation like Xiao Lan did.

The biggest problem now is that Azure Flame Blade Demon has absolutely no chemistry with him. He has to shout to give orders, and he can't even communicate with Azure Flame Blade Demon.

This gave Lin Xiaolin a huge headache! But there was nothing he could do; that was the downside of capturing wild Pokémon—it took a lot of time to build rapport and trust.

This is why most trainers choose Pokémon eggs; any Pokémon hatched from an egg is a Pokémon they trust completely.

Fortunately, the Azure Blade is relatively obedient. Some wild Pokémon, when captured, would rather die than submit, and in the end, the trainers had no choice but to release them back into the wild.

Three days later——

Lin Xiaolin admitted that he had been arrogant, thinking he could walk through the entire outer perimeter of the Starry Forest in 20 days, but he only managed to walk a little bit outside the No. 2 warning zone in three days.

At this pace, completing one of the three planned routes within 20 days would be considered quite impressive.

(Current location)

Over the past three days, the number of elite-level Pokémon encountered has decreased, but after three days of battles, Heartscale Pokémon's combat experience has increased considerably.

After all, wild Pokémon don't explain the rules of the game; they'll attack without hesitation.

Lin Xiaolin was currently on a small hilltop, observing the surrounding situation.

Suddenly he seemed to notice something strange about a spot not far away. The rest of the area was lush and green, but this spot was completely bare, with no trees in sight.

Lin Xiaolin's curiosity drew him over to take a look, and without hesitation, he went straight down the mountain in that direction.

Three hours later, Lin Xiaolin arrived near that area.

To Lin Xiaolin's surprise, the closer they got to this area, the fewer Pokémon they saw. Especially during the last hour of their journey, they didn't see a single Pokémon!

Lin Xiaolin approached slowly with a nervous heart, with Cangyan Rengui and Xiaolan protecting her from the side.

Xinlinbao seemed to smell something and ran forward, and Lin Xiaolin followed suit.

It wasn't until we got to this area that we could see it clearly.

The trees in this area were all lying on the ground, scattered with holes and scorch marks.

A huge rock appeared before us.

Lin Xiaolin smiled bitterly. He already knew where he was. So this is it!

That's right, this is the Crocodile Organization's hideout. Lin Xiaolin recognized the boulder at a glance; the entrance is on one side of it.

The area was cordoned off by forest rangers, but there was no one around. It was very quiet, without the sound of any elves or humans.

Lin Xiaolin crossed the blockade and walked directly to the boulder. Sure enough, the entrance was on one side of the boulder, but it was now blocked by stones.

"Sister Xiaolan, please move these stones aside, I want to go down and take a look."

Xiao Lan nodded and immediately reached out and moved the rocks blocking the entrance, revealing an entrance about the height of a person. Xin Lin Bao and Cang Yan Ren Gui watched curiously.

"We don't know if there will be a landslide down there. If there's any movement later, Sister Xiaolan, please teleport us out together." Lin Xiaolin instructed Xiaolan before carefully walking down.

The association has probably already sent people to explore this place, and everything inside has probably been moved away, but Lin Xiaolin is still curious and wants to go down and take a look.

The stairs were damaged and completely dark, so Lin Xiaolin took out a flashlight.

As we slowly descended, the light from the flashlight clearly revealed numerous cracks of varying sizes on the walls on both sides and above us, likely remnants of the previous battle.

After walking for about a few minutes, we finally arrived at the underground. During our escape, we hadn't had a chance to see inside clearly, but now we could finally see everything inside.

This place is very large, at least the size of a football field, about three meters high, with a load-bearing column every few meters in the middle.

However, these pillars are now cracked or collapsed, with only a few still standing. Instead, there are many man-made hollow iron pillars, which Lin Xiaolin guessed were placed there when the association members came down to investigate. Now there's no need to worry about a landslide.

Walk along the right wall. When we escaped earlier, we came from the left. If I remember correctly, the left side should be the accommodation area, as it's full of dormitories.

Let's go check out the right side first.

Walking straight ahead along the wall, I saw room after room, all with their doors wide open, some even with the doors lying on the ground.

Lin Xiaolin entered the first room. In the center of the room was an iron gate made of steel bars as thick as an arm, which divided the room into two sides.

There was an office desk near the door, but it was empty at the moment.

The gate had been opened, and the inside was a mess; it seemed to be a place used to imprison elves.

After rummaging around the room for a while without finding anything useful, Lin Xiaolin left and went to the second room.

But unexpectedly, the first eight rooms were exactly the same, with no difference whatsoever, and now only the last room was left.

Lin Xiaolin entered the last room with a flashlight.

This room was twice the size of the previous room, and it contained ten incubation chambers. The chambers were now shattered, with glass scattered all over the floor.

Lin Xiaolin cautiously walked in. There was still a desk, but all the drawers were open, indicating that it had been completely ransacked.

Still hoping, I fumbled around inside the desk, but found nothing.

Lin Xiaolin was somewhat frustrated. He had come all this way underground and found nothing. It seemed like he had come all this way for nothing.

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Just as Lin Xiaolin was retreating, a loud 'boom' suddenly sounded behind her.

Lin Xiaolin was startled and turned around to see that the desk had been overturned.

Half an A4 sheet of paper that had been pressed down was revealed under the overturned desk. It seems that it was torn off when the desk was pressed down during the move because the move was in a hurry.

Lin Xiaolin picked up the half-sheet of paper. Because of the pebbles on the ground, most of the words on the paper had been crushed, leaving holes, and only some words could be vaguely seen.

[Biological Research Report on the Evolution of the Hot Monkey] [Unusual and Angry Monkey] [Requires research materials to prove the effectiveness of this research and to continue in the Second Alert Zone]

—Sent to Crocodile #18, Starry Forest