Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

With so many female fire lizards plus this flame queen, the amount of pheromones produced should be quite considerable.

Another elven race that sustainably produces resources.

“Tell me where this is, what other races are around here, and what powerful elves are there,” Xia Yan said again.

This time, the Flame Queen Lizard was quite honest and told all the information it knew in detail.

During this time, some of the less seriously injured fire lizards slowly woke up. When they saw that Xia Yan and the others were still standing there unharmed, and that their queen, the Flame Queen Lizard, was looking respectful, they immediately understood what had happened.

The opponent consisted of only four elves, yet they swept away their entire massive clan.

Although the Night Thief Salamanders knew they weren't good at direct combat, their strength was enough to make them lose all will to resist, especially since even the Saurami Queen had submitted.

After waking up, they obediently stood behind the Flame Queen Lizard, lying on the ground and not daring to make any movement.

Xia Yan, who had just finished listening to the Flame Queen Lizard's story, had a rather strange expression on his face.

He made eye contact with Yongjira.

Yongjira said there was nothing wrong with its translation.

"So... even the Flame Queen Lizard doesn't know how to leave this intricate and massive tunnel. Could I have been directly teleported to this underground world of another dimension?" Xia Yan murmured.

Moreover, they learned from the Flame Queen Lizard that in the nearby tunnels, besides their own Night Thief Fire Lizard clan, there were also several Elf clans whose strength was no less than theirs.

For example, the dragonfly gopher group, with whom they have always had the most tense relationship.

Excadrill, being a Ground/Steel type Pokémon, is also adept at burrowing. In a tunnel filled with rocks and dominated by Rock and Ground types, it should have a natural type advantage.

That is indeed the case.

But then they ran into the Night Thief Salamanders.

As a Poison-type Pokémon, Salamence's Poison-type moves shouldn't pose much of a threat to Steel-type Excadrill. However, both Salamence and Salamence possess a unique ability that only they have in the entire Pokémon world: the Corrosion ability.

Corrosion is the only ability that can poison both Steel-type and Poison-type Pokémon. Although Poison-type moves still cannot cause damage, poison can. In addition, Salamence and Salandit are good at using tricks, such as releasing fragrant poison gas or even pheromone gas, which makes things very troublesome.

Furthermore, both the Night Thief Salamander and the Flame Queen Salamander are Fire-type Pokémon, making them very effective against Steel-type Pokémon.

However, Excadrill is not only a Steel-type Pokémon, but also a Ground-type Pokémon, and Ground-type Pokémon are four times stronger than Salamence.

Therefore, these two groups became mortal enemies, restraining and harming each other.

Besides the dragon-headed ground rat, there is also the relatively neutral giant rock monster tribe and the lava snail tribe, which is closest to the scorching magma area.

These are the four largest ethnic groups, and of course there are some smaller ethnic groups as well.

At the same time, the Flame Queen Lizard also said that at the deepest part of this tunnel, there is a very powerful elf who has lived in this tunnel for decades, and no group dares to provoke it.

even.

Because of the tradition of not being able to get close to it passed down through generations, they no longer know what kind of spirit that terrifying creature is.

All I know is that I must never get close, or I will die.

Xia Yan didn't care much about other elf groups, even the Dragon Head Grub, but this mysterious and powerful elf piqued his interest.

However, after fighting the fire lizard for several hours today, the elves were exhausted and in no hurry to explore other areas.

Xia Yan returned to the previously chosen cave with the Flame Queen Lizard and several elite Night Thief Salamanders.

The remaining fire lizards were left to recover on their own.

He couldn't afford to bear the burden of restoring such a large clan.

At most, we left a few patches of grass for the cherry blossoms to speed up their recovery.

Moreover, the fire lizard that steals the night thief must have its own way of dealing with things since it has been entrenched in this tunnel for so long.

Sitting around the newly lit campfire.

The elves ate to recover their strength, while the Flame Queen and Night Thief Salamander lay obediently to the side without making any moves. Xia Yan, on the other hand, stared at the sparks leaping in the flames, lost in thought.

There is wood here, but not whole pieces of wood; rather, it consists of dried-up roots of some unknown plant.

This suggests that they are currently located at an unknown depth underground, rather than inside a mountain.

However, we cannot be completely certain.

The fire lizard lacks the ability to dig, so it is unaware of the area outside the tunnel. However, the dragon-headed ground squirrel, which is very skilled at digging, may know some of the situation outside the tunnel, and may even know how to get there.

It seems we should definitely try and take on this group of dragon-headed gophers.

I looked up at the Flame Queen Lizard.

"Tomorrow, have your people spread out and find out all the tunnels, big and small, in this area. I need to know the distribution of all the elf tribes here, as well as the distribution of the tunnels."

Without knowing the exact location, you'll be like a headless fly.

There are so many fire lizards, and they're quite intelligent, so drawing up a map of the tunnel shouldn't be too difficult.

"hiss--"

The Flame Queen nodded repeatedly, glancing at the happy expressions of the Togekiss and the others as they ate the Energy Cubes, and swallowed hard.

Xia Yan wasn't stingy and threw a box of intermediate energy cubes at it.

Only when it recovers well can it function better.

The Flame Queen Lizard quickly caught it, its eyes filled with surprise.

"Also, we should mark out some of the rarer and more valuable items, regardless of whether they are guarded by elves or not," Xia Yan added.

Now that we're here, let's collect whatever valuable items we can find in this underground tunnel.

The Flame Queen Lizard quickly responded.

After eating a few energy cubes, its deep-seated resistance wasn't so strong anymore.

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Because it's underground, you can't see the sunrise or sunset, and you can only tell the time by using your phone.

Fortunately, Xia Yan's biological clock is mostly fixed.

I got up on time the next morning and nothing happened during the night.

After getting up, he wasn't in a hurry to learn about or explore the tunnel. He handed it over to the Flame Queen Lizard and the Night Thief Salamander, and then just waited for them to bring over a detailed map of the place.

He plans to train the elves for a while first.

Even if they participate in this trial, they cannot abandon their original training and cultivation; at most, they can adjust while fighting.

Strive to maximize efficiency.

The four little ones were all ready.

After a long period of honing his skills, Beedrill can now use sword dance moves to a level similar to that of Dual Scabbards, a result that Natsuhiko is quite satisfied with.

With mastery of sword dance moves, Beedrill can even win in fast-paced matches against others.

Its training focus will then shift to high-speed movement.

Xia Yan values ​​high-speed movement no less than sword dance, and when used well, it can produce remarkable effects.

Yunjira's main focus going forward is predicting the future.

This move was obtained from Jirachi and possesses a similar ability to Absol to foresee danger, but it involves more complex techniques and usage compared to the conventional ability to foresee the future.

Yunjira's occasional premonitions have helped Xia Yan resolve many crises and troubles, but its proficiency is not high.

If this can be explored in depth and applied to combat, combined with the flexibility brought by teleportation, Yongira can completely outmaneuver his opponents.

Togekiss's Fairy-type has awakened.

However, its use of Fairy-type energy is still quite clumsy, which is largely due to the fact that it has not used Fairy-type moves much before.

So the next period of time will be spent training it to control Fairy-type energy and use Fairy-type moves.

Although Natsuhiko doesn't plan to showcase its Fairy-type abilities in the upcoming "Lily of the Valley Youth Tournament," this is an unavoidable training direction in the long run.

When the Fairy type is officially announced, Togekiss, being a Pokémon already familiar with Fairy-type energy and moves, will undoubtedly shine and make some Dragon-type Pokémon feel what despair truly means.

The goal of the dual-scabbard was set beforehand. It has a very high level of proficiency in its own moves, and it can even be said that it has the highest level of move proficiency among Xia Yan's Pokémon.

Although the Holy Sword techniques were learned later, there is no doubt about his proficiency with combo attacks.

If Xia Yan can perfectly combine the combo attack with the Holy Sword technique before the "Lily of the Valley Youth Tournament", then it will become Xia Yan's main strength in the tournament.

That's right.

It is the main force, even Beedrill has to be ranked after Twin Sheaths.

Because if you don't want to reveal too much, it's best to show as little as possible.

At least until facing those true geniuses, the dual sword sheaths will be the only spirit Xia Yan is willing to show.

The combination of continuous slashes and the effect of the "Sword of Equality of All Things," along with the "no defense" characteristic of the dual scabbards themselves, allows for a swift team push with each strike, which is exactly the result Xia Yan wanted.

In this way, when he fights against those real geniuses, he can take the initiative with his information advantage, thus achieving a better ranking, attracting the attention of the league, and gaining a chance to become a gym leader.

Just as Xia Yan was training his Pokémon methodically, Safi'jiiva finally completed the task he had been given, delivering a map of the area that the tunnel-dwelling fire lizard could explore to him.

It indicates the distribution of all wild elf populations, as well as the locations of some valuable materials and items.

As fire lizards are adept at using tricks, this is a familiar task for them, so they get results very quickly.

Xia Yan scanned the map; without a map, this intricate underground tunnel would be even more maze-like than a maze itself.

However, he soon noticed that the area after the lava snail's territory was marked was gray and white.

That was an area that the Night Thief Salamanders were unwilling and dared not approach, because it was inhabited by elves whose power they had heard of since ancient times.

Apart from that, almost everything is drawn very clearly.

Looking at the map, Xia Yan felt a little more confident.

“We’ll start by acquiring these resources, and then focus our primary target on the Dragonhead Mole population,” Xia Yan said.

Upon hearing this, the Flame Queen Lizard immediately showed delight.

They'd love to face off against the dragon-headed gophers.

But Xia Yan wasn't so optimistic.

Unlike the fire serpent, the dragon-headed gopher cannot rely on the advantage of a confined space to win.