Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

They were taken back outside the castle.

After they left, the entire castle began to shake irregularly, and a lot of sand quickly fell off.

next second.

As Xia Yan retreated from the castle gate, he saw the disheveled little monk emerge from the sand, followed by a giant green onion duck that kept waving its green onion and cutting through the sand's bindings and tracking.

It's Anci!

"Xia Yan, run!"

Anci rushed past him in a disheveled state, leaving behind a single sentence.

Xia Yan saw that An Ci was tightly gripping a red shovel in her hand.

His expression changed instantly, and he roughly understood what had happened. He shouted, "Get rid of that damn shovel in your hand!"

Chapter Eighty: Lord of the Sand Fortress

Rumbling--

A large amount of sand collapsed, and as the sand fell, the true appearance of the castle slowly appeared before Xia Yan and An Ci.

"shovel?"

Anci looked down at the red shovel in his hand, and after hearing Xia Yan's words, he realized what was going on.

He turned around and hurled the shovel in his hand at the crumbling castle.

However, just as he threw the shovel, Xia Yan suddenly saw the black cloth tied to the end of the shovel like a rag, which kept flying and swaying as the shovel was thrown.

A multitude of thoughts flashed through my mind in an instant.

With a gritted teeth.

"Casey, stop that shovel!"

"Kexie—"

A bright blue light shone in Casey's eyes, and the shovel that was flying in mid-air came to an abrupt halt as it slowly approached Xia Yan.

"Didn't you say you lost it? How come you picked it up again?" A disheveled Anci came to Xia Yan's side.

Xia Yan, gripping the shovel, stared intently at the black cloth at the end.

A gentle touch reveals its icy texture.

"It really is!" Xia Yan was somewhat surprised and delighted.

At first it was just a guess, but after touching it, he was fairly certain of his guess.

"What is it?"

Anci was somewhat wary of the shovel.

He was exploring the area when he suddenly spotted a red shovel in the black and white world.

As if possessed, I picked up the shovel.

But soon the sand from the entire dune rushed toward him like crazy, completely enveloping him.

And there were constantly attacks from the sand by sprites. These sprites were like clay figures, they could not speak and seemed to have no emotions, but they could cooperate with each other as well as machines.

Even with his considerable strength, being trapped in the sand and facing these incredibly coordinated mud figures, he was unable to escape for the time being.

Just now, when two of the clay figures left their encirclement, he finally seized the opportunity to break free.

Then I saw Xia Yan.

If Xia Yan hadn't reminded him, he would have even forgotten that he was still tightly gripping the red shovel that had put him in danger.

Something seemed to influence his thinking, causing him to naturally ignore the presence of the shovel.

Therefore, seeing the shovel in Xia Yan's hand, he was somewhat wary.

Xia Yan didn't answer An Ci's question. Instead, while trying to untangle the black cloth tightly wrapped around the shovel, he asked, "How did you get in?"

Upon hearing this, Anci's face showed helplessness.

"Do you remember when I told you that I was helping that homeowner solve some strange incidents?"

"so?"

Xia Yan kept his head down, slowly untying the restraints and peeling the black cloth off his head. His careful movements and the changing surroundings caused sweat to bead on his forehead.

The castle on the other side had completely disappeared, leaving only a tiny castle that was many times smaller.

Sand-Eating Lord!

The body is composed of three parts: the middle part is the main body, the two sides are the hands, the door is the mouth, there are pink and blue stones above the mouth and on the head, and there is a noticeable hole on the top of the head.

Standing with it were a row of about twenty clay figurines, and a clay giant that looked very much like the clay figurines but was much larger than them; it was an evolved form of the clay figurines.

Their eyes were glowing red as they stared intently at the shovel in Xia Yan's hand.

Anci glanced at the changes over there and swallowed hard. "Why don't we leave first? It doesn't seem like a good idea to discuss this here."

dong dong dong-

As soon as he finished speaking, gas spewed from the feet of the clay figurine and the clay giant opposite him, and they slowly floated up.

"Hiss!"

The Beedrill stood solemnly in front of Xia Yan, ready for battle.

"Xia Yan..." An Ci called softly.

Before he could say anything, Xia Yan shouted, "That's enough!"

He then completely separated the black cloth from the shovel in his hand, and then threw it violently, planting the shovel into the sand.

Then, the sand around the shovel slowly crept and moved rapidly toward the Sand Eater, eventually plunging upside down into its head.

"rustle--"

Sand Eater felt a long-lost connection with the shovel, and happily squinted his eyes, making a sound.

As it made its sound, the clay dolls and clay giants that were preparing to attack in the sky paused and slowly returned to the Sand Eater Lord's front.

Lord Shishabao's gaze lingered on Xia Yan and An Ci for a moment, as if he were pondering something.

Finally, the sand surged and slowly enveloped the Sand Devourer, the clay doll, and the clay giant, disappearing from Xia Yan's and the others' sight.

But without the Sand Devourer's support, the space between the two dunes lost its anchor, and sand from both sides swept towards them in a massive, overwhelming rush.

Fortunately, Xia Yan was prepared.

Casey's superpowers enveloped them, and with teleportation activated, they left the dunes before the sand could completely envelop them, returning to the edge of the forest they had been on before.

Back in a safe place, Anci plopped down on the ground and let out a long sigh of relief.

The big green onion duck that was next to him did the same, lying directly on the ground. It had used all its strength to protect Anci.

Xia Yan put the struggling Togepi back on the ground.

The little guy's sly eyes darted around, and a mischievous grin spread across his face.

After a long while, An Ci finally recovered and asked, "Xia Yan, what just happened?"

Xia Yan rolled her eyes at him, then sat down on the ground, kneading the black cloth in her hand. No matter how she squeezed it, she couldn't leave any marks.

"People bring you a shovel, hoping you can help them untie the black cloth on it, but instead, you hold onto it and won't let go."

Anci was taken aback.

He hadn't really thought about it that way.

The main problem was that he didn't know whether the black cloth was originally on the shovel or was attached later.

Of course, it was also because his consciousness was affected when he gripped the shovel.

This is one of the inherent abilities of the Sand Eater Lord elf.

The Sand Eater manipulates adults to build sandcastles, enhancing its imitation capabilities and defensive strength. One of the tools it uses to manipulate them is this shovel.

Just like how Sand Dune would control the children who grabbed the shovels on its head and help it build a sand pot.

However, Anci was very determined. Not only could the Sand Lord not get him to help him remove the black cloth, but he also couldn't control him. So, in order to retrieve the shovel, he had no choice but to wrap Anci up.

Xia Yan, on the other hand, learned his lesson and kept Casey's superpowers enveloping him.

As for those clay figurines and clay giants...

They might be mutually supportive and protective of each other, like Lord Sand Eater.

Clay figurines and clay giants are said to be the crystallization of ancient human wisdom, spirits created by ancient people.

However, their activities rely on a special energy core to operate, and the Sand Eater can absorb the essence of humans or elves, also known as life energy, which can be used to replenish the energy core of the clay dolls and clay giants.

Of course, these are all reasonable guesses made by Xia Yan based on the information he knows.

He didn't tell Anci his intention either, otherwise many things wouldn't make sense.

"How...how did you know it wanted me to untie the black cloth? Do you know those elves?" Anci asked blankly.

"Guess."

Anci: "......"

He almost believed it.

"By the way, what is this black cloth...?" Anci asked, watching Xia Yan playing with the black cloth.

Xia Yan's eyes flashed. The appearance of this black cloth made him basically certain of the world they were in.

He said slowly, "It shouldn't be anything simple. Let's call it... the Cloth of the Spirit Realm."

Chapter 81 The Legend of the Phoenix King

"The Cloth of the Spirit Realm?"

Anci repeated the name that Xia Yan had seemingly chosen casually, and it did seem to fit.

“So, this really is the spirit world…” Anci exclaimed.