Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

From the faint glimpse of pink shimmering light, Xia Yan knew that Diancie had come down with him.

"Pokkiss".

Pokkis immediately understood.

With a flap of its wings, the swirling air currents carried Diancie to a smooth landing.

After landing, Diancie patted her chest, looking terrified.

But amidst the fear, there was also excitement and a sense of wonder at the unknown.

Bling-bling pink eyes curiously looked around.

Xia Yan hadn't expected that Diancie would come down with him.

However, he didn't say much.

Having one more or one less Pokémon doesn't make much difference.

After withdrawing his gaze from Diancie, he looked around.

Just like above, there are towering cliffs everywhere, only the rocks here are darker.

A narrow path stretched into the unknown.

hum-

As Xia Yan observed his surroundings, the Zygarde Core on his back once again emitted a faint glow.

Xia Yan had a sudden thought.

he knows.

This means we've sensed the presence of Mega Stones again.

The core is still very dedicated and responsible.

After testing, it was found that the core was pointing in the direction of that narrow passageway.

"Is everything alright?"

After checking on the elves' condition, Xia Yan led the way into the passageway.

Tianxi followed at the back, looking around curiously, occasionally tapping here and touching there, and even picking up a stone from the ground, smacking her lips and taking a bite.

As a result, he spat it all out after only chewing it a couple of times.

The stones here do show a decent amount of minerals, but compared to the level of something like Diancie, who usually consumes crystals, it's still quite a bit lacking.

In such a quiet environment, no matter how hard you try to conceal the noise, it will be impossible to hide it.

So Xia Yan simply didn't use his superpowers.

The sound of footsteps, "patter, patter," echoed in the abyss.

Such a commotion.

It's not easy to avoid attracting the attention of the wild elves living here.

Especially when approaching the location of the Mega Stone under the guidance of the core.

Ta-da-ta-da...

Slowly

A few crisp, delicate sounds rang in Xia Yan and the others' ears.

When Xia Yan saw the Mega Stone embedded in a crevice in a cliff in the distance, he also saw the Pokémon that was making those noises.

A hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Its brown, hemispherical shell, four short, jointed legs like an insect, and two round, red spots under the shell are quite deceptive, but in fact, the two inconspicuous little black dots on its back are its eyes.

Fossil helmet!

The ground was covered with fossil helmets.

And those two bipedal elves, their bodies the same color as the fossil helmet, somewhat resembling mantises, but their hands wielding two gleaming, sharp scythes.

"Sickle helmet".

Xia Yan was surprised to find fossil helmets and sickle helmets so deep underground.

Swish swish swish—

But hearing the faint sound of flowing water, Xia Yan understood.

This is the habitat of the fossil spirits Helmeppo and Helmeppo, who live underground.

The two scythe-helmets looked at Xia Yan and his elf with rather unfriendly expressions.

The fossil helmets, however, were quite timid. Upon seeing Xia Yan and his group approach, they retreated to create space, their bodies already in contact with the water, ready to retreat at any moment.

"The physical attacker of the Rain Team."

Xia Yan looked at the two scythe-shaped helmets and sighed with considerable interest.

However, those two scythe-armored helmets weren't very strong.

You can tell by looking at the Greninja frog next to it; it just leans against the rock wall with its head down, striking a pose.

"Tokis, Ibrahimovic."

Upon hearing this, Tokiskov took the initiative and attacked first.

Togekiss's eyes gleamed with a cunning glint, and it unleashed two bright white, crescent-shaped blades. Eevee, on the other hand, put on a pitiful expression, blinking its eyes and squeezing out tears.

The two menacing Kabutos, who looked quite formidable, had never seen Eevee so pitiful before, and were momentarily lost in their own world.

Thud—Thud—!

However, Tokiss's "Air Slash" is not so easy to deal with.

The two scythe-armored helmets that had been hit immediately went into a state of "shrinking".

The next second, Ibrahimovic darted out.

Tokiss continued to unleash "Air Slash" without stopping.

Having seen countless Pokémon, it could easily handle these two Scythe-Helmets by controlling them both.

The main reason is that these two Kabutos live underground and rarely encounter other Pokémon. They are surrounded by Kabutos or Kabutos, so they lack combat experience and skills.

Compared to a battle-hardened Pokémon like Togekiss, it seems too inexperienced.

Even Baby Dragon and Goo-Goblin were called by Xia Yan to practice against Kabuto.

They drove the fossil helmets into a frenzy of escape.

"Buyi—!!"

With a shout from Ibrahimovic, he "imitated" Tokiss's "Aura Sphere" and stepped on a scythe-shaped helmet.

Another scythe-shaped helmet also fell to the ground by Pokekis's "wave missile".

After both scythe-armored helmets lost their fighting ability without any doubt, the fossil helmets scattered and disappeared into the shallows of the surrounding underground river.

Fortunately.

Some of the Baby Dragon and Sticky Baby were still kept.

For Xia Yan...

The fossil helmet and sickle helmet elves are perhaps more valuable for collecting and selling.

After all, the fossil revival device of the League has only been invented recently, and the price of fossil Pokémon is still very tight.

The obstruction from these sickle-helmeted and fossil-helmeted individuals was merely a minor collision on Xia Yan's journey.

But Diancie's bright eyes were filled with longing.

So that's how elves fight.

The battle ended in a few swift and decisive moves.

Wow, he's so handsome.

Thinking of this, Diancie couldn't help but rub her hands together, looking eager to try.

In the Kingdom of Little Diamonds, Diamond is treated like a precious gem, so there's no chance for it to fight.

Now, the warm and humid little flower, the silly princess, is actually starting to feel like fighting.

Xia Yan didn't care much about Diancie's thoughts.

They simply removed the Mega Stone embedded in the rock crevice.

The round stone felt slightly cold and had a faint glow when it landed in my hand.

Another Mega Stone whose origin is unknown.

This is the third one that Zygarde Core helped find, and the fourth one that Xia Yan obtained after arriving in the Carlos region.

Click——! !

But after the Mega Stone was removed, the steep rock in front of them emitted a crisp yet deep, loud sound, like the roar of thunder.

Followed by.

The dense patterns on the rock resemble a spider web.

"Ku!"

The squinting Greninja suddenly straightened up, staring nervously at the rock wall that was about to crack.

What could rouse it is certainly not the seemingly dangerous rock that is about to crack, but rather something behind this rock wall.

However...

The most pressing issue now is dealing with the rocks that are about to collapse.

Xia Yan slowly took two steps back, landing right on the stunned Diancie.

Under her questioning gaze, Xia Yan helplessly grabbed the silly princess's hand and shook his head inwardly.

This adorable diamond princess.

They don't even know to hide when there's danger.