Ye Feng released his four Pokémon.
Red-striped Pikachu, Rayquaza, Squirtle, and Shiny Gengar.
Ye Feng explained the situation to them and asked which one was willing to go down, but the four Pokémon fell silent at the same time.
In magma with outrageously high temperatures, even for fire-type Pokémon, only a select few could treat it like a playground and move freely.
For example, Magmar.
Red-striped Pikachu, an all-attribute powerhouse, naturally had no fear of this magma.
But it didn't want to go, for a simple reason: no one wanted to do extra work.
Rayquaza…
This fellow wasn't all-attribute, and it hadn't eaten any fire-type Pokémon, but with its divine beast physique, it could…
As for Squirtle…
It could manage with its body.
Shiny Gengar was also not afraid.
This guy, to put it bluntly, was a ghost.
So all four Pokémon could go, but not a single one wanted to.
"Whoever finds Groudon first will get more meat."
Ye Feng said.
But still, not a single Pokémon was moved.
"All of you, get down there!"
Seeing that none of them would go no matter what he said, Ye Feng thought, "You're getting too much respect!"
He kicked all four of them down, one by one.
"Ahhh!"
The four Pokémon screamed, their bodies plunging into the magma.
In the magma, visibility was low.
At this moment, Red-striped Pikachu, Rayquaza, Squirtle, and Shiny Gengar looked at each other.
'Boss Pi, what do we do?'
Squirtle looked at Red-striped Pikachu.
'What else can we do?! We have to search!'
Red-striped Pikachu aimed in one direction and began searching for the supposed silhouette of Groudon.
Seeing Red-striped Pikachu act like this, the other three Pokémon also found their own directions and started searching.
After about an hour of searching, they had practically turned the magma upside down without finding anything. There was no other option.
They could only return to land.
Ye Feng wasn't disappointed to see Red-striped Pikachu and the others return empty-handed.
Since it wasn't in Mt. Chimney's volcano, he would wait for Team Magma and Team Aqua to summon the two ancient Pokémon before making his move.
"Since that's the case, I should be going."
As Ye Feng was on his way down the mountain, he suddenly saw two large helicopters flying towards Mt. Chimney.
One was red, and the other was blue.
"Team Magma and Team Aqua?"
Ye Feng didn't pay them any mind.
Instead, he headed towards the location of the next gym, Lavaridge Town.
Lavridge Town: An excellent place for Pokémon hot springs.
Lavridge Town, as its description suggested,
was a town famous for its hot springs.
After all, it was a small town located below Mt. Chimney.
It had the natural wonder of volcanic hot springs.
There were many elderly people in this town and very few young people.
Ye Feng arrived at this small town but didn't go to soak in the hot springs, as hot springs without girls were imperfect.
He went directly to the Lavaridge Gym.
On the way,
he saw an old man wearing a vest going to the hot springs.
The old man saw Ye Feng and exclaimed in surprise:
"Young man, you're not from around here, are you?"
Ye Feng turned his head and said, "What nonsense are you talking? I am from here."
Old man: "..."
Old man: "Young man, are you here in Lavaridge Town to soak in the hot springs? The hot springs are very good."
Ye Feng ignored him and arrived at the Lavaridge Gym.
At the entrance, the old man looked at Ye Feng, then at the gym.
He didn't say anything, but after Ye Feng went inside,
the old man suddenly took out his phone.
He edited a text message.
The content of the message was:
Ye Feng has arrived in Lavaridge Town.
Lavaridge Gym.
"Coalossal! Use Flamethrower!!"
Inside the gym, a girl in her early twenties was excitedly training her Pokémon.
Ye Feng glanced over.
Wow, the gym leader here was a "visual kei" girl.
But she was good-looking, with a slender waist, only her hair was really "visual kei."
The girl saw Ye Feng and was very excited, "Great! Great! A challenger has finally come to the gym!"
"And this challenger is Ye Feng!!"
"Hello, my name is Flannery. I'm the gym leader here. Let me tell you a secret, I only recently inherited the gym from my grandfather."
Flannery's excited gaze made Ye Feng find the girl interesting.
She was full of energy.
"Ye Feng, come on, have a battle with me. I know I can't beat you, but I still want to test the strength of a Champion."
Flannery said happily.
Ye Feng: "Alright."
Ye Feng released Red-striped Pikachu.
"Wow, it's Pikachu, so cute!"
"In that case! Coalossal! Use Flamethrower!"
Flannery said.
Coalossal spat out flames, and Red-striped Pikachu, seeing the inferno, used Water Gun.
Flamethrower and Water Gun collided in a violent explosion.
Just as Flannery was about to give another command, she heard Coalossal suddenly scream.
Looking closer, they saw Coalossal being controlled by Psychic powers in mid-air.
It was slammed down, landing on its back.
With that, Coalossal couldn't get up and lost the battle.
"Oh dear, how embarrassing."
Flannery scratched her head and handed the Heat Badge to Ye Feng.
"To tell you the truth, you're my first challenger since inheriting the gym!"
"Mhm, keep up the good work."
Ye Feng took the badge and left.
Flannery was still happily seeing Ye Feng off at the entrance.
"Goodbye, Ye Feng! If you have time! Come play again next time!"
"Definitely."
Ye Feng waved back at her.
This feeling was peculiar.
This was the first time Ye Feng had defeated a gym leader, and the leader saw him off with a smile.
Perhaps because Flannery had only recently inherited the gym.
Newcomers were generally more enthusiastic about everything.
Ye Feng continued on his journey.
Meanwhile, at Mt. Chimney,
Team Magma and Team Aqua were locked in a confrontation.
The leaders were none other than one of Team Magma's "Three Flames," Heydarr,
and one of Team Aqua's "3S," Shelly.
If Ye Feng were present, he would surely recognize Heydarr as the one who was willing to sacrifice his girlfriend at the Ancient Ruins.
Heydarr: "Heh heh, Team Aqua, instead of finding your Kyogre, you're here. You're really asking for death!"
Shelly: "My mission is to stop you."
Heydarr: "Since that's the case, let's fight!"
The dozen or so people from both sides released their Pokémon.
They stood in opposition.
And at this moment, the world was not peaceful.
In Johto, Cherrygrove City, the Lance family.
Within the family, the mid-to-high-ranking members were now all from Clair's lineage.
At this moment, Clair's grandfather, father, and Clair herself had somber expressions in the room.
The reason was not other than this: last night, a group of mysterious individuals wearing a special "S" emblem broke into the Lance family's secret vault.
And rescued Lance.
Fortunately, Clair's father and the others arrived in time.
When Lance's father and grandfather were about to be rescued as well, a Flamethrower was directly used to send them to the heavens.
Originally, they intended to keep these two alive to interrogate them, but both had gone mad, and this was a good opportunity to kill them.