He knows Pokémon better than me.

Chapter 4284 The Dungeon?!

The V-shaped flames swooped down, and all anyone could see was a dazzling golden "V" that sped across the sky above the castle.

Boom!

A terrifying wave of flames swept across the ground, terrifying the five or six bluffing demons. They were frozen in shock, their eyes wide open, unable to move, and were blown away by the heatwave.

The terrifying impact sent their bodies flying into the air, carried by the wave of fire.

Before they even landed, their eyes had already turned into circles, and they had completely lost consciousness.

However, Victini clearly hasn't mastered this move yet.

The shot hit its mark, but it was too late to stop.

"Picc?!"

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Bictini panicked.

The golden flames on its ears flickered, knocking over its targets, but its body continued to charge forward.

Boom!

Finally, Victini crashed into the stone wall of an ancient castle.

Immediately afterwards—

boom! boom! boom!

Several more heavy, muffled thuds followed.

Its small body, like a cannonball, crashed through several stone walls before disappearing into a pile of collapsed rubble and dust.

Xiao Zhi: "."

He scratched his head, chuckled dryly, and turned to look at Chibana.

"Hehe, it was all an accident."

There shouldn't be any need for compensation, right?

He knew Victini's signature move, Fireball, but this V-shaped fire impact was something he had never seen before.

It can only be said that it is indeed a mythical beast with unique advantages.

The power of that instant seemed to go beyond a simple fire-attribute move; it even briefly altered the surrounding climate.

"Pikachu."

On his shoulder, Pikachu nodded in approval with an air of composure.

It's almost as powerful as its voltaic attack.

Cibana's lips twitched slightly.

That's its power.

It feels even more terrifying than the Gigantamax Abyssal Blaze of Dan Emperor's Charizard!?

He glanced at the collapsed walls, then at the unconscious bluffers and trembling salamanders scattered on the ground, and finally just shrugged.

"Forget it, let's just leave the blame to them."

Anyway, these guys were the ones who started it.

After a while, everyone recovered from the burning sensation of dry mouth and throat, and the surrounding air returned to normal.

All the guardian Pokémon in the castle courtyard had fallen, and the surroundings finally quieted down.

The three landed smoothly and retrieved their respective Pokémon.

Ash looked in the direction Victini had crashed through; several stone walls were broken into pieces, and dust was still billowing out.

That saves a lot of trouble; there's no need to look for any entrance or gate.

So the three of them followed the collapsed opening created by Bictini and went directly into the castle.

After traversing several halls and rooms, Mary paused, glancing around in confusion.

"This place doesn't look like it's been neglected."

The room was indeed old-fashioned, and the floor showed obvious signs of age, but it didn't have the sense of desolation with thick layers of dust that I had imagined.

It appears that someone comes to clean it regularly.

Qibana was also taken aback for a moment, looked around, and scratched his head.

"strangeness."

Come to think of it, the last time he came here was the last time.

If I do the math, it must have been more than two years, right?

Back then, the castle was covered in dust after just a few steps inside.

Could it be that someone has secretly set up a base here?

They can bypass his management, mobilize the guard Pokémon in Motostoke, and even reuse this abandoned castle—

It seems like there's only that one left?

An image of a rather dashing and flamboyant middle-aged man involuntarily popped into his mind.

Guild Master Rose! After all, those bluffing Pokémon were originally bred by the Galar League. As a trainer specializing in Dragon-type Pokémon, he wouldn't deliberately touch Fairy-type Pokémon like that.

In fact, Loz basically calls the shots in the entire Galar League.

If it were Chairman Loz who secretly assigned a separate bluffing squad to guard this place, it would make perfect sense.

The three continued forward, and after passing through six or seven collapsed stone gates, Ash finally spotted Victini.

"How powerful is the V-flame? Even with the stone wall as a barrier, it still crashed through seventy or eighty meters."

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

In the pile of rubble ahead, Victini's small body was mostly buried, with only her head and one small hand showing.

He was covered in dust and dirt, and his ears were drooping, making him look quite disheveled.

"Picc, Piccolo!"

It struggled to push itself out of the pile of rubble.

Logically speaking, with Victini's strength, this amount of crushed rubble shouldn't be a problem.

But despite struggling for a while, it couldn't break free.

Ash quickly crouched down to help, and noticed a faint, weakening blue light surrounding the latter.

"I see."

Xiao Zhi nodded in realization. That made sense.

V-Blazing's power is a bit too much, not to mention that Victini hasn't fully mastered this move yet.

Such a powerful move must have side effects, which is reasonable.

It seems that after unleashing a V-Blaze, Victini himself will also suffer a significant power reduction.

Ash quickly "rescued" Victini from the pile of rubble.

Having just escaped its predicament, Victini immediately floated back up, dusted itself off, and then grabbed Ash's clothes and pulled him forward.

"Piccolo, Piccolo~!"

Its V-Blazing Blaze doesn't just randomly crash into anything; it specifically targets the places where the will to win is strongest!

Xiao Zhi looked in that direction.

Not far ahead, there seems to be a side door leading underground, and you can vaguely see steps leading down from the outside.

"I remember that place, it should be a dungeon, right?"

I do have some recollection of Cibana.

Wait a minute, a dungeon?!

He and Xiaozhi exchanged a glance, their eyes shining.

The three of them didn't say anything more, and became more careful as they walked down the side door.

The stone steps are narrow, and the walls on both sides still retain the original rough stone surfaces of the castle, which do look like the structure left over from the old era.

However, just after climbing the stairs—

Hey!

The overhead light suddenly turned on.

Then, one lamp after another was lit.

White motion-sensor lights illuminated the underground corridor one by one, making the originally dark passageway very clear.

Cibaner: "."

With electricity now available, this place has truly been completely transformed into a secret base!

"Pikachu~"

This saves us from using Flash; Pikachu's tail, which had just been charged, drooped down again.

Xiao Zhi walked at the front and discovered that there were individual prison cells on both sides of the long corridor.

Iron railings, stone walls, and enclosed small windows—this configuration isn't surprising in this ancient castle setting.

However, the floor had clearly been cleaned again, and newly installed wiring could even be seen in the corners of the walls.

At this moment, Mary suddenly stopped and listened carefully.

"Uh, did you guys hear anything?"

Xiao Zhi also quieted down, and from the depths of the underground corridor, a series of rapid and dense sounds could be faintly heard.

Da da da da—

The pace was very fast, with almost no pauses.

It sounds like someone is typing rapidly on a keyboard. (End of Chapter)