Elf: Starting as the Fighting Gym Master, and being entangled by Nancy.

Chapter 390 Ancient Castle, Different Colored Burning Insect! A Different Colored Fire God Moth that wants to fight the legend!
"Li Xuan, look over there, aren't those members of Team Plasma?"

Cattleya's jade-like fingers slipped through Li Xuan's neck, and she pressed her entire body against him, whispering in his ear.

The action was somewhat ambiguous, but in reality, it was the loud howling of the sandstorm that forced Cattleya to get closer.

Of course, this also suited Cattleya's wishes.

"I am Kangkang..."

Li Xuan squinted and saw a large group of people moving forward ahead.

seemingly.

He really does look a bit like a member of Team Plasma.

Those outfits, which are clearly church-style, don't seem to be worn collectively by any organization in the Unova region except for Team Plasma.

Thinking of this, in order to avoid attracting attention, Li Xuan changed his flying Pokémon to Articuno.

"Reshiram, come back first. Gadriya, hold me tight."

Li Xuan then swept Gadria up in a princess carry, and the super ball hanging from his waist launched him forward.

“Ling…”

The arthropod spread its wings, and its calls were much weaker than usual.

Li Xuan leaped again and landed on the back of the Frozen Bird.

Compared to Reshiram, Articuno's spine is somewhat narrow.

This time, however, due to space constraints, Gadriya was unable to stay behind Li Xuan.

Therefore, he could only lean against Li Xuan's chest and feel the warmth emanating from him.

Swish.

On a face that Li Xuan couldn't see, Cattleya's little face was flushed red.

This was the first time he had ever been so close to Li Xuan.

and……

She nestled in Li Xuan's arms again.

It's really tempting.

Gadriya thought to herself, hoping that time would slow down a bit.

but.

"Ling!"

As soon as Li Xuan returned Reshiram to its Poké Ball, Articuno's cry was heard by almost every creature in the vicinity.

Even the members of the Plasma Team below stopped in their tracks and looked around in the direction of the sound.

"Articuno, swoop down and use Blizzard to trap them."

To avoid mistaking someone for someone else, Li Xuan thought it best to use a blizzard to cool things down and create a cage-like effect.

Moreover, blizzards can also lower the temperature.

Judging from how bundled up they were, they must have been sweating profusely.

This blizzard was clearly a timely help, a case of "doing good with bad intentions".

The articulated bird suddenly flapped its wings, and a gust of extremely cold icy wind swept away, instantly turning the yellow sand into a heavy snowfall.

One after another, icicles rose from the ground, surrounding the crowd below.

To be honest, the appearance of such a cold cluster of icicles made the suffering plasma team members feel much better.

For a moment, I thought we were going to sit down and rest.

So they simply sat down on the ground.

Puff puff……

The Articuno, flapping its wings, slowly descended, its arrogance undisguised, coupled with its subtle aura, making one want to worship it.

"It's Li Xuan from the fighting dojo in the Kanto region..."

An elderly pastor in a brown robe, wearing a tall brown hat and with his nose completely covered by a thick white beard, suddenly spoke.

"It's Li Xuan! We're doomed!"

"I heard that guy kills without blinking an eye, is that true?"

"I hope that Lord N will be able to find a decent place in the mortal world to bury our remains after we die."

The Plasma Team members below did not have any intention of resisting.

It seems that this is their innate personality, making them unable to muster any thoughts of resistance.

"Young friend Li Xuan, may I come down? I have important matters to discuss with you!"

The old man below had a strong voice, which sounded quite robust.

"Hmm, the seven sages of Team Plasma want to talk to me? I'd like to hear what it is."

Li Xuan jumped off the back of the Articulated Bird and looked at the crowd.

The Plasma Team consists of only four members, surrounding the Seven Sages in the center, which is quite in line with the Plasma Team's travel configuration.

“Young friend Li Xuan, I am one of our own. I am one of the Seven Sages of the Nature School, and my name is Rhodes.”

The old man's name was Luo De, which made Li Xuan raise an eyebrow slightly.

Rhodes, in Pokémon Black and White 2, left Team Plasma and formed the original Team Plasma Seven Sages.

The original Plasma Team is different from the Plasma Team.

This is a true organization established for atonement.

It means they have suddenly realized their mistakes and turned over a new leaf.

Upon hearing the other party's name, Li Xuan lost the will to fight.

Of course, the power of waveguides continues to be maintained in secret.

If Rhodes and his group have any improper thoughts, they shouldn't blame me for being ruthless.

Although Li Xuan is usually gentle and refined, he shows no mercy when he encounters members of evil organizations, especially those who want to harm him.

Whatever happens will happen.

"If you don't believe me, Master Li Xuan, you can call and contact our Wang, who is N. I think you two should know each other."

Seeing that Li Xuan remained silent, Luo De volunteered to let Li Xuan call N to confirm the situation.

Li Xuan also dialed the number.

Only after confirming that Rhodes was a clean sweep did his attitude truly improve.

"Mr. Rhodes, what is your Plasma Team doing here?"

Looking at the group of people with their large and small bags, Li Xuan wondered what they were up to.

"Quechices asked me to come to the Wilderness Scenic Area to find a ruin that is said to be related to the sun god."

Rod answered truthfully.

Solgaleo? Isn't that a legendary Pokémon from the Alola region?

Caldelia was well-informed, and whenever the sun god was mentioned, the image of Solgaleo's white lion immediately popped into her mind.

"Uh, no. It's actually our Unova region's Volcarona. However, it's said that its color scheme is different from the ordinary Volcarona, and it's also very powerful, so Ghetsis sent us here to search for Volcarona's whereabouts."

When this matter was brought up, Rod couldn't help but shake his head.

Quetzalcoatl is really something, sending Team Plasma to the Wilderness Resort in such a grand manner just for a Volcarona.

And they don't even provide funding.

Purely treating people like slaves.

In the past, there would definitely have been financial subsidies for this kind of travel.

But here's the thing.

Currently, Akroma is consuming an enormous amount of funds, and N also uses Quixote cards to tip for watching live streams.

This series of moves directly caused the Plasma Team to run into financial difficulties, and the already struggling organization was on the verge of bankruptcy.

This is also the main reason why the Plasma Team is divided into three factions.

There's no future in following Quixote.

The other two belong to the category of having meat to eat.

"A heterochromatic volcano? That sounds pretty good."

The color scheme of the heterochromatic fire moth flashed through Li Xuan's mind.

With its golden wings and orange-yellow antennae, it looked like the sun from afar, which truly suited Li Xuan's aesthetic.

"Master Li Xuan, do you wish to tame this heterochromatic fire moth? We can guide you."

Seeing that Li Xuan was somewhat interested, Rhodes decided to give away the heterochromatic fire moth as a favor.

Since they can't keep the Volcanoes even if they've subdued them, it's better to give them to Li Xuan as a favor rather than letting this guy, Quixote, use them. In the future, when Li Xuan looks at Volcanoes, he might even remember how good he was to him.

"That works too. We're like headless flies in this vast desert, so having a guide is quite helpful."

Li Xuan thought it was good. After recalling Articuno, he followed behind them with Cattleya.

at last.

After nearly half an hour, they arrived at a ruin.

There is only one entrance at the top, which is mostly covered by sand and dust.

Most of the ruins are below, but they are definitely buried by the desert.

This site is so integrated with the desert that it is difficult to connect it with the real site unless you observe it up close.

And just as Li Xuan had thought.

Along the dilapidated passageway in front of the ruins stood many Pokémon that resembled roly-poly toys and were painted in a bluish-gray color.

These are all Dharma baboons in the form of Dharma.

Their strength isn't particularly high.

It's roughly level 50, the level of a dojo.

Any one of the heroes in Li Xuan's team is at a level where they can dominate and kill everything.

“Master Li Xuan, according to the information we gathered before, the heterochromatic fire moth is down below. We’ll just wander around outside to avoid suspicion.”

Rhodes was aware of his organization's current predicament.

While it's not exactly a bad reputation, it's not exactly good either.

It's a mixed bag. Under these circumstances, Luo De felt he should avoid any appearance of impropriety with Li Xuan.

Otherwise, if the trainers in the Unova League see it, it will be difficult to explain.

After all, the internal structure of the Plasma Team is still largely unknown to outsiders.

"Alright, then we'll go in first."

Li Xuan waved his hand as a farewell, then led Cattleya into the ruins.

To be honest, the Unova region doesn't have much of anything, but it does have a lot of these ancient castles.

Besides the ancient castle in the Wilderness Scenic Area, there is another ancient castle in a place that is connected to the sewers of Flying Cloud City, or that can be reached from the south of Fanba City.

In addition, even the main base where the Plasma Team is located is an ancient castle.

It feels like you could stumble upon an ancient castle just a few steps away.

The episode with the most castles.

Inside the ruins, or rather, inside the ancient castle.

Rather than entering through the main gate, it feels more like entering through a window in the castle roof.

So the two of them continued their exploration downwards.

I didn't encounter many Pokémon during that time.

Li Xuan has tamed a cunning young man who catches his eye, nothing more to say.

Of course, this sly kid also teleported himself back.

It can't just run away with it... right?

Li Xuan was also feeling uncertain.

If this newly subdued rascal manages to slip away, then he'll have nothing to say. He'll have to go to Purple Garden Town another day to invite a highly respected spiritual medium to check if the fighting dojo is possessed.

Why did all the Pokémon run away while I was away?

Closer to home.

"Li Xuan, there seems to be a sand-hourglass-like sinkhole nearby. Be careful not to fall in."

Cattleya saw that many areas on the ground were beginning to spiral and intertwine, which looked rather dangerous.

This is a quick way to get to the next level.

but.

Because it was too dangerous, and with Cattleya by his side, Li Xuan thought about it and gave up the idea of ​​riding the "sand ladder".

"There's a staircase over there, let's go down together."

Seeing some steps in the distance, Li Xuan simply pulled Jia Deliya over there.

In an instant.

We've reached the very bottom.

The surroundings were empty, except for some wild Pokémon and the weathered sacrificial items.

"Did Team Plasma lie to us? Didn't they say they had Volcarona...?"

Caldelia was a little downcast, having thought she would see Li Xuan show off his skills.

As a result, I walked around and visited each floor several times.

Finally, when we reached the last floor, we didn't even see a single hair of the fire moth.

"No, there's no point in the Plasma Team lying to us. Besides, they're the Seven Sages, who are from the same faction as N, so there's even less reason for them to deceive us."

Li Xuan shook his head.

Although the waveguide power didn't detect anything.

However, the system detected that a burning insect was inhabiting the vicinity.

If there are burning insects, then there should also be fire moths.

Swish!
Suddenly, a silver-white thread shot out from the ground to Li Xuan's left.

After sticking to the ceiling, the floor also exhibited a spiral-like flow.

Li Xuan and Jia Deliya's expressions changed slightly.

Goodness, this is the last floor, can we still go down?
From the quicksand, a bug-like Pokémon with five golden tentacles slowly crawled out. Its body resembled a silkworm, with white fur around its head and emerald green pupils.

[Pokémon: Burning Bug (Odd Color)]

[Attributes: Insect, Fire]

【Level: 50】

[Characteristic: Flame Body]

[Moves: Omitted]

Different colored burning insects!
Li Xuan didn't expect that before even encountering the heteromorphic fire moth, he would actually see one of its pre-evolutionary forms.

Like most Pokémon in the Unova region, Volcarona's evolution level is particularly late.

Even among all Pokémon, it ranks among the top in terms of evolution level alone.

It takes a full level 59 to evolve into Volcarona!
In other words, it takes until the Burning Bug approaches the Elite Four level before it can evolve into the Volcarona.

The cultivation time involved is undoubtedly lengthy.

However, because of this, Volcarona has accumulated strength over a long period of time and possesses power that many Bug-type Pokémon do not have.

It's one of the few prestigious Bug-type Pokémon.

"It's a fire bug."

Cattleya raised an eyebrow slightly. Burning Bugs can evolve into Volcarona. If you don't encounter a Shiny Volcarona, catching a Shiny Burning Bug is pretty much the same.

"Hmm, not bad, clearly someone who has been honing their skills for some time."

Li Xuan became interested in subduing them.

A shiny Pokémon appeared right in front of me. Even if I didn't want to catch it, I should at least chat with it.

"Hello, how are you?"

Li Xuan glanced at the system shop, exchanged for the energy cubes that Bug Pokémon loves to eat, and then pretended to rummage through his backpack.

When he took out the energy cube, the Burning Bug's eyes changed from hostility to ingratiation.

It's like lightning and zebras; in all my years, this is the first time I've ever smelled such a rare thing.

It smells like a high-end product; I wonder if my dad has ever tried it.

Or, how about we ask this human if they can give us some?
Just a little bit is enough.

Thinking of this, the burning insect slowly crawled over.

Its emerald green eyes blinked, and it uttered a low growl.

"Whoosh." (Human, this food is so delicious, can you share some with me?)
The burning insects are rather naive and unaware of just how rare they are in human society.

Moreover, its father, a fire moth, often told stories about how humans worshipped their family.

Therefore, the burning worms felt it was perfectly reasonable to ask humans for food.

Of course, to show that he was being polite, the Burning Bug didn't act casually, but instead asked if the other party could give him a little bit of Power Cube.

"You want it? No problem, no problem. But could you answer a small question for me?"

Li Xuan shook the energy cube, handed it to the Burning Bug, and asked, "Is there a Volcano Moth down there with a similar color scheme to you?"

"Whoosh." (That's my dad. What do you need him for?)

The burning insect, with its clattering and gurgling, vaguely recounted its story with its father to Li Xuan.

After listening.

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Good grief, it's similar to the situation with Steven's ace Metagross.

Both are strong families with two different colored Pokémon.

What lucky guy!
"It's nothing, I just want to be friends with you guys. If possible, I'd like to take you out to eat something even better than this."

Li Xuan could tell that the Burning Worm in front of him liked to eat, just like Little Riolu.

"Mio!" (So what if I love to eat it!)
Little Rio jumped up, interrupting Li Xuan's thoughts.

"Ahem, I'm used to it."

Li Xuan coughed lightly, then looked at the Burning Insect again, waiting for it to continue.

"Whoosh." (Then come with me! My dad would really welcome you!)

The burning insect leaped into the quicksand and arrived at the hidden next level.

Seeing this, Li Xuan apologized to Cattleya, saying, "I can't carry you down in a princess carry."

"No, it's okay. I'll go down with you."

Seeing Li Xuan's apologetic expression over such a small matter, Gadriya moved closer and whispered in his ear, "We can carry you in a princess carry after we get out of here~"

"Alright."

Li Xuan gently pinched Jia Deli's nose, making her nose itch.

"You're so naughty, aren't you?"

Cattleya clenched her fist and gently punched Li Xuan in the chest.

Li Xuan just smiled and didn't say anything. He walked to the edge of the quicksand and went straight in.

……

……

An ancient castle, a hidden space.

"Buzz!" (Dad, Dad, I found a human! He said he wants to take us out for a good meal! He doesn't seem like a bad guy, and he has some really powerful fire energy on him!)
The Burning Bug was facing a large Pokémon named Chirp, which had three pairs of golden wings.

"Fire energy?"

The Volcano moth reduced the frequency of its wing flapping and lowered its compound eyes upwards.

Swish!
As the sand and gravel rolled down, Li Xuan stood unharmed on the ground.

Before the fire moth could make a move, Li Xuan stretched out his arms and caught Cattleya, who was following closely behind.

After doing all this, Vulcan Moth finally looked into Li Xuan's eyes.

"Wuhu!" (Humans, use your legends to fight me!)

Without a word, the fire moth spread its six wings, and golden flames gathered at the tips of its wings, much like the blazing sun!
The moment it saw Li Xuan, it knew a battle was inevitable!
(End of this chapter)