I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Suo Cailing looked at the gold coins handed to him and was still a little tempted, but in the end he shook his head resolutely.

“Mmm…!”

"Okay, I'll keep it safe." Xu Li watched the Suo Cai Ling jump back into his treasure chest. He closed the treasure chest and was about to return to the watchtower when he suddenly remembered something and shouted, "Wait..."

"Hmm?"

The treasure chest opened and the money-seeking spirit popped its head out.

"I have a gift, too."

Xu Li took out a few pink marble-like balls from his arms and placed them in Suo Cailing's treasure chest, mixing them with the gold coins.

"This is a smoke ball. If you encounter an enemy, using it will give you a high chance of escaping... With this, you'll at least have a way to stay alive while you're out collecting gold coins."

"Mmm~!?" Hearing this, Suo Cailing's eyes suddenly lit up. He carefully hid the smoke ball under the treasure chest and pressed it down with a thick layer of gold coins. "Mmm!!"

"Haha...you're welcome, this is a gift exchange." Xu Li said with a smile, "I'm looking forward to what you'll look like after you evolve. Maybe we can meet again then."

"Hmm!" Suo Cailing nodded repeatedly. He looked at Xu Li with bright eyes, as if he wanted to remember Xu Li's appearance deeply.

The smoke ball was just a useless gadget in Xu Li's hand, and he didn't expect Suo Cailing to cherish it so much.

That's right. After all, if you are traveling outside, you are bound to encounter danger. Especially for Suo Cailing, who has no combat power at this stage, the first thing he will do when he encounters an enemy is to run away.

Xu Li wanted to give more, but unfortunately, he only had a few smoke balls in his hand.

"Goodbye, then!"

Seeing that Gu Jianbao had reluctantly run back from a distance, Xu Li waved to Suo Cailing.

"Mmm~!"

……

Riding on the ancient sword leopard, Xu Li clamped his legs around its soft belly and originally planned to return directly to Zhuotai City from West District 1.

But the baking desert next door instantly caught his attention.

Originally, it was just some minor noises, and Xu Li didn't pay much attention to it. Now, even from a distance, Xu Li could hear the violent collision, and the rock pillars that originally stood on the top of the desert shattered.

——You can see that the fragile structure after being eroded by wind and sand cannot withstand any violent impact at all, and it turns into pools of rubble and falls from a great height.

"Let's go over there and take a look..." Xu Li patted the ancient sword leopard's snow-white head, causing it to complain impatiently a few times, but its body honestly moved in the direction Xu Li pointed.

The terrain of the Honghong Desert is even lower than the West District 1 where Xu Li is. The Ancient Sword Leopard crossed the slope several times before finally approaching the Honghong Desert.

He could feel the air getting drier and the temperature around him rising significantly. Fortunately, Xu Li did not feel hot on the ancient sword leopard.

“Ahhh~!”

With a sudden leap of the ancient sword leopard, Xu Li entered the scorching desert that seemed to be clearly separated from the green plants next to it.

You can also see the chaos in the center of the desert.

In the center of the desert, chaotic dust is flying all over the sky, and the sand is surging like waves. Two huge spheres can be vaguely seen rolling in it. Each roll is accompanied by a new round of sand waves, which lift up the surrounding sand and form spectacular sand curtains.

"Oh..." Xu Li looked at the two frantic spheres thoughtfully.

……

"Nimmo! Sayo! No! We need to retreat! It's hard for us to defeat these two Pokémon whose owners we don't know!"

Piper wiped off the dust that had accumulated on her body, looked at Nemo and Sayo, who were gradually showing signs of weakness but were still fighting against the two Pokémon, and shouted anxiously.

His Pokémon had been completely defeated by the two Master Pokémon before him.

At first glance, both Pokémon look very similar to Donja.

But one of them grew a wild, bright red mane, and its originally sharp teeth had not only grown longer but also curved and extended to the top of its head, giving its entire body a wild beauty.

The other one exudes a metallic luster, and every component seems to have undergone high-tech transformation, like an alien scientific weapon in a Nature magazine.

At this time, they each curled up into a ball and rolled around recklessly on the scorching desert sand. A faint black aura emanated from their bodies, making them even more violent.

Majestic teeth and iron tracks.

"Spray flames!" Xiaoye commanded. The Burning Crocodile with the candle crystal on its head immediately spewed out a strong flame, burning the iron tracks, but it was still difficult to shake its iron body. She couldn't help but shout to Nemo beside her, "Sister Nemo! Let's retreat first! Otherwise... Burning Crocodile!"

Nemo's Surge Duck couldn't stop Majestic Fang's attack, and she rolled over mercilessly and crushed the Scorching Crocodile, which was spewing flames and was caught off guard.

After dealing with the Scorching Crocodile, the two paradoxical Dunjia turned their attention directly to Nemo, who was still struggling.

In less than ten seconds, the Surge Duck was run over and lost its combat capability.

There were only three figures left standing in this seemingly endless desert.

Nemo forced a smile: "Hehe...it seems like we can't escape anymore."

After all, in order to ensure the training of the adventure, she only brought one main Pokémon, but Garchomp was unable to deal with the two Tonkers and had long lost its combat capability.

And the Surgeduck and Scorchero just now were also their last Pokémon.

"wrong!"

Xiaoye quickly summoned Gulden, mounted him, and hurriedly shouted, "Everyone! Get on! We can definitely escape!"

Two paradoxical Dunjias were rolling over and were about to crush the three of them.

Gulden put Nemo behind him. In an emergency, Gulden, who was riding, did not have time to put Piper on the seat. He held Piper's collar on the back with his mouth and started to gallop, narrowly avoiding the incoming roll.

“Ugh~Ahhhhh~~”

"Hurry! Xiao Gu! Let's go!"

"Ah, gah!"

Accompanied by Papa's screams, Gulden raised a long trail of dust on the desert land. The speed was already fast enough, but unfortunately, there were two huge spheres behind it, which were getting faster and faster.

"Why are these two treasure owners still chasing us~~! They've already run so far!"

Bang!

With a loud collision, the three people on Gulden, along with Gulden, fell like a kite with a broken string, drawing four arcs in the air and falling heavily onto the soft sand pile in front of them.

But it was too late to rejoice.

Looking at the majestic fangs that were still rolling and attacking from behind, the suffocating shadow gradually covered them, making them open their eyes wide and their hearts almost beat out.

It seemed as if they were about to be crushed.

"I was wondering why Milton had such a sense..."

The Ancient Sword Leopard condensed a huge ice pillar out of thin air, and with the momentum, it slammed into the huge body of Xiongweiya. In an instant, Xiongweiya could no longer maintain the rolling state. The strong impact force made Xiongweiya roll to the ground, and let out an unexpected wail.

"I didn't expect to meet you here." Xu Li smiled as he looked at the three people on the ground.

A mocking electronic expression appeared in Milton's eyes as he pointed at Gulden who was lying on the ground.

Xiaoye blinked in disbelief before muttering, "Xu, Teacher Xu Li is in front of me? ... Am I dreaming?"

Is this his last fantasy before death?

Nimo quickly accepted the situation and laughed, "Hehe, it's Xu Li after all! I still haven't cultivated enough!"

After waving at Nimo and flicking Xiaoye's smooth forehead, Xu Li said, "Then you really need to have a better dream. Don't have such dangerous dreams in the future."

"Hmm..." Xiaoye covered her forehead with her hands and said in surprise, "It's really... Teacher Xu Li...!"

"Otherwise..." Xu Li asked, "What's going on with these two paradox species?"

"What's going on?"

"The black energy faintly covering them, is that what you encountered at the beginning?"

"That's right." Xiaoye obediently told the story about the treasure owner. "We're also surprised. They didn't behave like this when we dealt with the rock wall treasure owner before."

"So we solved it easily, and then we came here..."

Xu Li was a little confused.

The appearance of two Paradox Species was one thing, but what was even stranger was the black energy that coated them, strengthening them to an insane level. Therefore, even with Sayo and the others' abilities, escaping wouldn't be difficult.

Logically speaking, this kind of energy should not appear on the owner of the treasure.

Xu Li felt that this energy was somewhat similar to the energy emanating from the stake that sealed the Treasure of Disaster. It was an energy he had probably encountered before, but not often enough to recall it.

However, these two paradox species should have escaped from Area Zero in the center of Padia.

Did something happen there?

Xu Li blinked.

Just when Xu Li was thinking.

The ancient sword leopard and the ancient jade fish that Xu Li summoned later had already killed these two majestic teeth and iron tracks.

Chapter 152: Riko?

boom!

As the Ancient Sword Leopard fired another icicle, Xiongweiya struggled and let out a wail, then fell to the ground, along with another iron track whose body was burning red.

"Ah~!" After finishing the iron tracks, Gu Jianbao glanced at the ancient jade fish that returned to Xu Li and circled around him, and snorted softly.

But the ancient jade fish didn't care. It spit out a flame from its mouth, melting the heating plaster in Xu Li's hand, and then put it on Gulden's forehead, causing Gulden to shake his head in discomfort.

——When he was knocked away just now, the unfortunate Gulden hit the rock. Fortunately, he hit a blunt angle and almost had his head broken.

Looking at the dazed Xiaoye, Xu Li stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her.

"Come back to your senses!"

"Well……"

Looking at the two Paradox Pokémon that fell to the ground, Xiaoye still couldn't believe it. These two Pokémon that had forced the three of them into death were actually defeated easily by Teacher Xu Li.

Even without giving any instructions, Teacher Xu Li was obviously still thinking about something.

"Teacher Xu Li... is so awesome! And these two Pokémon!" Xiaoye couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah~!" The ancient sword leopard raised its head, accepted Xiaoye's praise, and its snow-white tail shook gently.

"Oh right!" Xiaoye suddenly remembered something and took out a petal of the glowing branch from her backpack. "This is the secret seasoning I got after defeating the Rock Wall Treasure Master. Dr. Olin said it can awaken new abilities in Gulliverton. I think Milliverton can use it too. I've been keeping one petal and want to give it to you, Teacher Xu Li!"

"Oh..." Xu Li blinked, remembering that he seemed to have mentioned it to Xiao Ye before, asking her to help save a clove of the secret seasoning. He didn't expect that she really kept it until now.

I couldn't help but ruffle Xiaoye's slightly curly hair and said with a smile: "Thank you!"

Xiaoye just pursed her lips, looking happy, and handed the secret seasoning to Xu Li.

Xu Li took the secret seasoning. Although he couldn't tell what it tasted like, he stuffed it directly into Millerton's mouth and let him chew it a few times.

"Ah~Crack~" Milton felt relaxed all over, new energy surged out of his body, his body flashed with electric current and trembled.

"By the way, what kind of ability is this?"

"It's the sprinting ability!" Xiaoye answered immediately.

"Ah, gah!"

Millerton shook his body excitedly to confirm Xiaoye's answer. He pushed Xu Li and the unsuspecting Xiaoye onto the seats and accelerated suddenly. Even in the soft sand of the hot desert, the speed was not affected.

Xu Li only felt the hot wind blowing towards him while driving at high speed. In his arms was Xiao Ye's slender body. She was pushed by the wind and leaned backward. Her soft body was almost completely leaning against Xu Li's.

Milton could only stand there in the sand, staring blankly at his trainer being carried away by Milton. Running on the soft sand was not easy for him, making it difficult to catch up. He couldn't help but touch the ointment on his head, feeling a little sad but unable to cry.

"Okay, okay..." After Millerton was almost released, Xu Li patted its head and let it return to its previous place and slowly stop.

Then he looked at the majestic fangs and the iron tracks lying on the ground.

"As for them..." Xu Li threw out two Poké Balls, and put Majestic Fang and Iron Tracks into them, "Let's leave it like this for now."

"Let's go to their cave. Do you know where it is?"

Piper shouted excitedly, "I'll lead the way!"

……

In a cave in the hot desert, a plant emitting red light grows quietly there.

Gulerton looked at Xiaoye coming down from Millerton with a resentful look on his face.

"This is the secret sour sauce! It's mentioned in both the Vermilion Book and the Purple Book that it's excellent for relieving fatigue." Pepper excitedly ran forward and said, "Let me show you some of the sandwiches I made! Get ready to eat!"

Soon, Piper casually sprinkled a handful of salt, and four sandwiches were ready.