A long and narrow cave path from east to west, there are three more figures today.
"Is this the blazing trail next to the magma in the core of the earth? It's really hot..."
Ash took the lead and walked at the front, sticking out his tongue with Pikachu to enjoy the heat.
At this moment, they were actually at the inner edge of Chimney Mountain. The temperature was unusually high, and the scene before them seemed to be covered with a layer of dim red filter.
From time to time, white smoke steams out from the surrounding rock walls.
However, this Chimney Mountain is also very weird. Although the temperature here is high, it is not like the desert they passed before. Even stepping on the sand is unbearable.
"Well, this is the fastest route to Fuyan Town..."
Fuyan Town is at the other end of Chimney Mountain, surrounded by dense forest and mountains. It seems to be isolated from the world. Only the Chimney Mountain road can travel through it.
You can take the internal flame trail, or you can take the mountain trail directly on the surface...but the distance of the former is shorter.
"Speaking of which, this volcano... really won't erupt?"
Walking in the flaming path, looking at the heat coming out from time to time, Xiao Lan panicked for a while.
The most feared end of the rock wall is the extremely hot rolling magma.
"It's not a big problem. Geological experts here have said that there will be no eruption in Chimney Mountain for at least 50 years."
Xiaogang's words made Xiaolan relieved.
However, Xiaozhi next to him frowned.
He remembered that when he was still in his hometown, some experts seemed to have said that the Honglian volcano would not erupt within decades... As a result, the volcano erupted on a large scale, and even Groudon, who was sleeping in the magma in the center of the earth, was swept up into the sky.
.
Those experts seem to be from Nibi City?
But it's really not a big problem, he has the fire captain Yan Emperor in him.
Even if the magma really pours back now, Emperor Yan can still protect the three of them and leave safely.
"That's okay."
Hearing this, Xiao Lan was completely relieved and her pace gradually became more normal.
However, inside this flaming trail, the cave tracks are complicated, and there are paths extending to both sides every ten meters.
"Just keep walking along this main road."
Xiaogang copied the map and said calmly.
From time to time, a few figures crawled around, and even in this extremely hot environment, there were still wild Pokémon living there.
Most of them are fire-attributed, but the six-tailed and strong chickens can't stand the heat of the flames all year round...
There are more heat-resistant existences like lava snails, fire camels, duck-billed fire dragons, etc., which can even take a shower in lava.
...
The three of them walked for more than an hour, and they reached the exit about a hundred meters away. The width of the cave suddenly increased a lot, like a small square inside a volcano.
"Wuwu~!!"
At this time, Xiaozhi suddenly heard a burst of crying coming from the front.
This voice appeared in the flaming path, and there were even echoes from all around, which seemed quite curious.
The three of them looked at each other and quickly walked forward.
It's just that the source of the crying is not a human being... but a turtle.
An orange turtle with a black shell.
He has an orange-brown body, his limbs are firmly planted on the ground, and he has swollen eyes like an old man.
The back is covered with a thick black and gray turtle shell that looks like fine steel, and is hollowed out to form five fiery red depressions, spewing heat outwards.
Wow wow wow!
However, this turtle did not sense the approach of several people, and was still crying loudly, with two water jets coming down from the corners of its eyes like fountains.
This was the first time Xiaozhi saw this kind of Pokémon, and he quickly took out the illustrated book.
"Didi. Coal Turtle, a fire-type Pokémon, also known as Groudon Jr., burns coal in its body and can produce powerful heat energy."
Xiaozhi: "?"
What does Groudon mean?
Wow wow wow!!
Moreover, the amount of water produced by Coal Turtle's Fountain Tears is more like that of a water-type Pokémon.
"that..."
Xiaozhi pretended to get closer and ask the latter why he was crying.
When walking in, Xiaozhi also noticed that the hollow marks on the back of the coal turtle's bumpy back were not the neat five pentagons in the official portrait given in the picture guide.
In the middle, there is a depression shaped like an animal's head...it seems to be traces of being dug out by humans.
"And this look looks a bit familiar...?"
I don't know if it's an illusion, but Xiaozhi always feels that the hollow in the middle looks like...
Groudon?
...
"Wuwu!!"
"Wuwu!!"
But before Xiaozhi was completely close, several scolding sounds suddenly came from the other side of the cave.
Xiaozhi took a closer look and saw that there were several wild Pokémon on the other side.
Lava snails, gas bombs... and a yellow closed-eyed camel with a green hump.
Xiaozhi quickly took out the illustrated book to investigate.
"Didi. Slowpoke is a slow Pokémon. Even if it is hit, it will not notice it. It stores boiling magma in its body. However, Slowpoke has not yet evolved and cannot trigger its own volcanic eruption."
In the center of several wild Pokémon, there is also an upright Flame Pokémon. Its yellow body is covered with red flame-like patterns, and there are several wisps of flames rising from the end of its slender tail and between the eyebrows of its head.
"A duck-billed fire dragon...?"
Xiaozhi's eyes narrowed, and this Pokémon seemed to be the boss of this group of wild Pokémon.
"Wuwu!!"
"Hooray!!"
Charmander and a group of Pokémon kept scolding Coal Turtle, and the latter also cried even more exaggeratedly amid the bursts of scolding.
Xiaozhi and three others: "?"
They couldn't understand Pokémon language at all and had no idea what they were yelling at.
But it looks like they are jointly squeezing out a certain Pokémon?
"Roar!!"
Even the boss of them, the duck-billed fire dragon, opened his mouth and spit out a pillar of blazing flames, hitting the coal turtle directly.
puff...!
It's just that the flames are not very effective. When they hit the coal turtle, they just explode and spread out in all directions.
Coupled with the coal turtle's own weight, it only forced the latter half a meter back, which was no big deal.
"Ouch!!"
This scene also made the duck-billed fire dragon completely angry. It immediately flew forward, and a ball of flames was already ignited on its raised fist.
Fire fist!!
The duck-billed fire dragon punched the coal turtle in the head, but although the latter's movements were slow, it shrank its shell very quickly.
The soft head was empty, but the duck-billed fire dragon couldn't stop its movements. It just continued to punch forward and hit the hard shell of the coal turtle.
Boom boom!
"Ouch...!"
After making a dull sound, the duck-billed fire dragon let out a rather miserable wail, holding his fists and turning blue.
"Amazing durability...!"
Seeing this, Xiaozhi couldn't help but admired.
But why do these guys attack the latter...
Moreover, this coal turtle also looked hesitant, its eyes half-closed and evasive.
I want to resist, but I don't dare to take action.
"Wu..."
The coal turtle looked at the duck-billed fire dragon in front of him in panic and let out a low cry.
