Chapter 426: Ghost Secret Realm (2)
When Dong Jiancheng, the president of the Hebei Provincial Alliance, saw Li Shining leading ten national team members to the provincial alliance center building, he was shocked and hurriedly went out with his men to greet them. Li Shining's rank was much higher than his. As one of the ten elders, he was a member of the country's highest council.
He originally thought that Li Shining would send Zhang Zhengying alone to provide support, but unexpectedly he brought the entire national team. With one legendary player, five legends and five top masters, this team is not afraid of even the dangerous S-level secret realm.
"Elder Li is coming here in person, but you didn't tell me in advance so that I could prepare to welcome him!"
"Don't bother. I'm training these juniors in the Trial Realm. They're all trainers from the Alliance, so they'll naturally go wherever they're needed. I heard that you've opened a new Phantom Realm, and 15 trainers have already gone there and never returned. So I'll just leave it to them. It'll also give them a chance to train themselves."
Dong Jiancheng glanced at the ten people behind Li Shining, all of whom were famous trainers in China. He called out their names one by one: "Wang Qiyi, the King of Freedom; Li Yunfeng, the King of Dragon; Wang Ruoping, the King of Water; Zhang Zhengying, the King of Ghost; Ding Wenchang, the King of Super Power; Sun Chengwu, the King of Fighting..."
The people whose names were called shook hands with Dong Jiancheng one by one. When it was Sun Chengwu's turn, Sun Chengwu scratched his head awkwardly and said, "President, please forgive me for making fun of you. I am no longer the king. I can only be regarded as the former king."
"Haha, in my mind you will always be the fighting king. These ones are..." Dong Jiancheng didn't know the other four people in the second team. This is the celebrity effect. Even if you are very strong, as long as you are not at the top, few people will know you.
"These masters are the best in this year's King of Kings competition and form the second team of the national team." Li Shining briefly introduced Wu Tianqing, Liao Guochao, Xie Shangfang and Wang Changlin. "Let's not waste time here. Take us directly to the secret realm. After all, human lives are at stake and rescue time is urgent."
"Elder Li is right," Dong Jiancheng turned around and waved his hand. A middle-aged man ran up and said, "Zhihao, you come and lead the way for Elder Li and the others. I'm leaving the mission to you."
"President, rest assured. Leave it to me." Xue Zhihao released his flying mount Pidgeot after saying this. "The secret realm is not far from here. Everyone has a flying mount, right? It will only take ten minutes to fly there."
"Lead the way." Li Shining released his Dragonite, and the people behind him also released their flying mounts.
Ten minutes later, everyone landed in the water control village. The scene before them was indescribably strange. The village, which should have been peaceful, was now covered by a layer of gray fog. The sun tried to penetrate it, but it could only cast mottled and weak light and shadows. It was as if the whole village had been stripped out of the normal world and immersed in a gloomy atmosphere. In the thick fog, one could faintly hear the cry of a baby, and strange laughter echoed in the sky.
"No way! It's only been a day and this place has been affected like this!" Xue Zhihao was also shocked to see the situation in Zhishui Village. "The impact of the Fengdu Ghost Realm in Sichuan Province on the outside world is probably just like this."
"That's not so exaggerated." Zhang Zhengying from Sichuan Province said, "The netherworld of Fengdu Ghost Domain Secret Realm affects an area of hundreds of kilometers. The ghost attribute energy released by this secret realm is indeed rich, but its impact range is not large, only covering 7 or 8 kilometers around Zhishui Village. This means that this secret realm should be a small secret realm, but the internal energy is abundant, and it is very likely that there are ghost resources above level seven. Growing up in a secret realm with such rich energy, the elves inside are probably not weak."
As the only trainer specializing in ghost-type here, Zhang Zhengying is the expert here.
"Where are the villagers here?" Wang Qiyi looked around. Everything here was empty. There was not even a single person in broad daylight.
"They've all moved away. They all left yesterday." Xue Zhihao said, "When the secret realm first appeared, haunted incidents began to occur in the village. I guess it was some naughty ghost-type elves who turned invisible and went to other people's homes to cause trouble. The villagers' lives were troubled, and fog began to emerge from the secret realm the next day. We contacted the neighboring village and asked all the villagers to go to the shelter there first. After solving the problem of the secret realm, we will find a way to solve the problem of relocating the entire village."
Xue Zhihao led everyone to an ancient well while talking. The stones around the well were covered with moss, and glowed with a faint green light against the gray fog. As everyone approached, a piercing chill came from the well, carrying a decayed and old smell that made people shiver.
"This well is the entrance to the secret realm. There may be other entrances and exits that have not been detected yet." Xue Zhihao said, pointing to the ancient well.
Wang Qiyi looked at the old well and nodded: "The entrance is a well, it's really like a horror movie."
"It's so spooky and scary, I don't want to go in." Wang Ruoping hugged herself and smiled bitterly. As a woman, she is naturally afraid of ghosts and the dark. The trainer's Pokémon is very powerful, but the trainer himself is timid.
Xie Shangfang, who is also a female trainer, nodded and indicated that she was reluctant to jump into this well.
"Pikapi!" The Pikachu on Wang Qiyi's shoulder also pouted, meaning that it didn't like this well either.
"Trainers need to constantly explore unknown secrets in order to grow and improve. You are all veteran trainers. Can this little horror atmosphere scare you?" Li Shining looked at Wang Ruoping and Xie Shangfang with a stern look. The two felt ashamed and dared not look directly at him.
"I'll go down first and lead the way for you." As he said this, he held Dragonite's Poké Ball and stepped into the well first and disappeared into the dark well. Dragon King Li Shining has the protection of legendary Pokémon, which makes him both skilled and courageous.
"I should be the first to take the lead!" Zhang Zhengying quickly jumped in.
Afterwards, everyone followed in. The moment they entered the secret realm, they seemed to have stepped into another time and space. There was a chaotic darkness all around, with a few faint blue lights floating around like ghosts occasionally, faintly outlining some vague outlines, like the remains of an ancient building, or like the twisted limbs of a monster.
From time to time, I could hear faint whispers in my ears, like someone was whispering an unknown secret in my ears, or like painful groans and shrill screams intertwined, making me shudder. The ground under my feet was not solid, but a soft and elastic material. With every step I took, I could feel it trembling slightly, as if this dark land had its own heartbeat.
"This is Netherworld Soil," Zhang Zhengying looked down at the strange ground beneath his feet. "This kind of soil is a very good resource for ghost-type elves to cultivate. I didn't expect that the entire secret realm is covered with this kind of soil. No wonder the ghost-type energy is so abundant. This is a treasure land!"
"Don't sigh for now, we need to save people. Any suggestions on which direction to go?" Xue Zhihao followed in. He looked around blankly. The thick fog made it impossible to see the direction clearly. There were no reference points and it was easy to get lost. He turned back to confirm the entrance and exit where everyone came in, but found that there was also a vast expanse of white behind him. He didn't even know where he came in from.
"Don't worry, my friends can figure out the way here." Zhang Zhengying said as he threw out six Poké Balls. He released all his main forces, namely Cursed Doll, Wind Ball, Night Skull, Gengar, Dream Demon, and Clay Giant. "My friends, there is a mission today. We have to find the people who entered the secret realm before. There are 15 people in total. Everyone, help me find any clues."
After that, the ghost elves scattered and used their own tracking methods. After a while, the wind ball floated from the sky and said something to Zhang Zhengying: "Buzz~"
"It said that the people before went in this direction, Loto." Wang Qiyi's mobile phone Rotom consciously came out to translate the words of the Wind Ball, and an arrow lit up on the screen pointing in a direction, "There seems to be a forest over there, Loto."