Chapter 318 Laplace and Dragonite
"The first requirement for entering the dragon cave is to pass through the powerful tidal vortex at the entrance or break through the strong airflow barrier. Basically, it only tests the trainer's strength."

Looking at the people who had already set off one after another, Zhulan analyzed thoughtfully.

Dorasena also added her own opinion in a leisurely tone: "I have heard of the dragon cave of the Dragon Clan. Most of the area there is caves and lakes. There live Pokémon like the Thorn Dragon Clan, Dratini and Haxorus, as well as some Pokémon that are closely related to dragons."

"But there are rumors that there is a passage somewhere in the dragon cave, which leads to the real core area of ​​the dragon cave. There, it is spring all year round, and ordinary Pokémon and many dragon-attribute Pokémon live in harmony. It is like a utopia~"

"Utopia!"

Alice, who was beside Zhulan, had a look of longing on her face and was already impatient to enter the dragon's lair and meet her new partner.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

The information that was just a legend to Doracena allowed Luo Mu to confirm one thing.

In the animation, behind the passage deep in the dragon's cave there is a place called "Dragon's Sanctuary". In Luo Mu's opinion, it is very likely related to the so-called hidden trial.

After a while.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people, a few of them decided to set off for the wide lake behind to find the entrance to the dragon's lair.

Doracena rode her Sonic Dragon, and Zhulan used Garchomp to carry Alice into the dragon's lair. After all, Alice's Dragon Head Rat and Fangya were obviously unable to carry her across the lake.

Several people planned to act separately, and Luo Mu did not rashly do anything unnecessary. After all, both Zhulan and Dorasena were already the top trainers in terms of strength.

Before leaving, Luo Mu took the time to take a look at Zhulan's Garchomp. Although he did not release his aura, his every move showed his powerful background. The smooth take-off action showed how powerful Garchomp's control over his body was.

This Land Shark is really strong.

Luo Mu and Dragonite both gave extremely high praise.

In fact, the entrance to the dragon's lair is not difficult to find.

Riding on the Dragonite flying at a constant speed, Luo Mu's eyes swept over the trainers who were flying up and down in the water in the middle of the lake looking for the entrance, and he sighed slightly.

The entrance is usually not at the bottom of the lake, where only aquatic Pokémon can reach it and there can be no air currents that block flying Pokémon, but the entrance is also not in the middle of the lake, where there is nothing.

The only places that can accommodate dragon caves are places close to land with plenty of soil and rocks.

At Luo Mu's request, Dragonite flew around the edge of the lake at a constant speed and soon found the entrance to the dragon's lair.

Looking at the strangely shaped and extremely deep entrance, Luo Mu exclaimed: "It's like a big open mouth, even the upper and lower sharp teeth are so lifelike."

Without Luo Mu's instruction, Dragonite approached the rock dragon's mouth that seemed to be able to choose anyone to eat. Sure enough, he saw a large whirlpool forming at the entrance of the lake below.

The power of the whirlpool is very strong. Many trainers who set out first in the darkness and were lucky enough to find the entrance are fighting against the attraction of the whirlpool with their Pokémon.

In Luo Mu's opinion, the geographical environment here should not be sufficient to form tidal waves. Thinking of the power of Xiao Zhuo's trump card, the Dragon King, which can cause huge tidal waves in lakes and seas, Luo Mu roughly guessed the answer.

"Boooo."

Dragonite also frowned and stared at the vortex below, as if there was something in the depths that made Dragonite unhappy.

Dragonite's reaction further confirmed Luo Mu's guess. After all, there is a distance between the sky and the bottom of the water, so there shouldn't be a fight between the Thorn Dragon King clan and Dragonite. It would be better for them to break through the turbulent airflow ahead in one breath.

Those air currents should have been created by some Flying-type Pokémon arranged by the Dragon Clan. After all, many Flying-type Pokémon are closely related to Dragon-attribute Pokémon.

"But, this level of strength is not enough to stop Dragonite."

As the voice fell, Luo Mu patted Dragonite lightly, and Dragonite just flapped its wings lightly, and its body flew forward a long distance as if it was pushed by a powerful force.

Then repeat this step to speed up the flapping speed of the dragon wings and increase the flying speed.

next moment.

Many trainers who were struggling to move forward with their flying Pokémon in the turbulent airflow against the strong wind suddenly heard a voice.

That's the howling of the wind!

Swah——

The mighty air current came from far away and before the crowd and Pokémon could react, it had already descended into the dark and humid huge cave.

The terrifying airflow brought by the orange-yellow figure actually dispersed the airflow in the cave directly. The people who were staggering all over the place only saw an orange-yellow figure breaking through the airflow that they had tried so hard to move forward but had not yet moved halfway, and they fell into complete silence.

In the dark corner of the cave, the flying Pokémon that were quietly creating air currents were stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

What was that thing that just ran by?
As they were stunned, the intensity of the airflow that had been reverberating at the entrance of the dragon's lair was greatly reduced. By the time the Pokémon reacted, some cunning trainers had already taken the opportunity to rush out of the range of the airflow in one breath.

The flying Pokémon suddenly felt something was wrong. If they let too many people pass at once, they would definitely be deprived of their dinner when they returned!
Just don’t do that kind of thing!
The flying Pokémon flapped their wings even harder, and air currents that were much stronger than before swept through the area again, causing many trainers to complain bitterly. Some trainers even chose to withdraw from this area and take the water route instead.

At this time, Xi Jiana, who was riding on the Violent Dragon, also found the entrance to the dragon cave. Looking at the violent airflow in front of her, she just said lightly: "Volcanic Dragon, go in directly."

Under the surprised expressions of the trainers, although there was no shock brought by the fleeting orange-yellow figure before, the figures of Shijiana and Dragonite strolling forward in the air flow were also very impressive.

It would be impossible to achieve this level without a strong physique and absolute control over the strong wind.

Xijiana was already used to the gazes from all around her, the only thing she didn't understand was why those people were looking at her with admiration.

As a successor, isn't it natural to do this?

Thinking of this, Xi Jiana lowered her eyes, her eyelashes like a cattail leaf trembling slightly: "It's not enough. In order to be excellent enough to be recognized by the Lord Dragon God, I need a stronger power."

"Since there is no Pokémon that can learn Super Speed, then we will capture the Dratini lineage in the Dragon Cave."

"Then I will become stronger through the hidden trials, find Rayquaza, and complete her."

The environment inside the dragon's cave is dark and extremely humid, and the passages inside are complicated. If you are not prepared, you may get lost inside.

But Luo Mu knew clearly how to find the entrance to the Dragon Sanctuary.

In the animation, after Team Rocket stole the Dragon's Fang from the Smoke and Ink Gym, they boarded a speedboat by the lake and entered the Dragon's Lair in one breath.

After advancing in the dragon's lair for a while, Team Rocket accidentally fell into a huge waterfall, and the place connected to that waterfall was the location of the Dragon Sanctuary.

Therefore, the key to finding the Dragon Sanctuary is the waterfall!

While maintaining a constant flying speed, Dragonite focused most of its attention on its ears, amplifying its hearing and searching for the sound of the waterfall rushing against the rocks.

This was not an easy task. The dragon's lair was much wider than Luo Mu had imagined. They had been in the dragon's lair for an hour, but he felt that he and Dragonite had not even walked half of the way through the lair.

However, Luo Mu did see a lot of wild Pokémon living in the dragon cave, such as Dragonite's original form, Dratini, whose big eyes were just as cute as Dragonite's, and Seahorse carried by Seasaurus, the little guy was also very cute. It seemed that because it had not evolved into a Thorn Dragon, Dragonite had no feelings for the pure water-attributed Seahorse and Seasaurus, except that he didn't like their similar looks to the Thorn Dragon.

But what surprised Luo Mu the most was that near a deep water area in the dragon's lair, he witnessed a small group of multiple Laplaces (dragon riders).

Pokémon like Lapras generally live in the ocean and move around in groups. Lapras can be seen in the dragon cave near the inland lake in Yanmo City. This makes Luo Mu wonder if there is a passage leading to the outside sea hidden in the deep water area where Lapras and others are.

Unable to resist the urge to fly, Luo Mu stopped temporarily and let Dragonite lower its flying altitude to interact with this group of rare sea elves.

This Lapras group currently appears to be composed of six adult male Lapras and two female Lapras. Among them, there is also a small Lapras that is well protected by the two female Lapras and is looking at Luo Mu and Kuailong curiously.

"Hey dear, do you want something to eat?"

Luo Mu did not hide his desire to use things to lure little Laplace over and let it touch him.

Lapras is a smart and kind-hearted Pokémon. At least the Lapras that Luo Mu encountered did not show much vigilance towards humans, perhaps because they are almost isolated from the world and do not communicate with humans.

When Luo Mu and Dragonite approached, they did not show any stress response or take any extreme actions, but subconsciously protected little Laplace.

Attracted by the fruit that Luo Mu brought out, the little Laplace, who was surrounded by people, looked at his parents with longing eyes.

The two female Lapras were also somewhat helpless. They usually did not go to the land on purpose. At most, they would just rest on the edge of some small islands, which gave them almost no chance to eat the fruits of the trees.

Not to mention that the tree fruits that Luo Mu brought out now were all ripened by fruitworms, and their taste and effects were X2 top-notch. In the face of such fresh fruity fragrance, it would be strange if little Laplace could resist himself.

Finally, the two female Lapras could no longer bear the request of their only offspring, so they let the little Lapras approach Luo Mu and Dragonite, and happily ate the fruits in Luo Mu's palm.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Mu was finally able to touch Laplace.

It is not known whether it is because little Laplace is still young or this species is just like this, but its exposed skin feels inexplicably moist, making Luo Mu feel it is slippery.

The gray shell on the back of little Laplace feels like the shell of a lobster that has just molted. It has a soft feeling, but it is clearly a hard shell.

It is obvious that it has not yet fully developed, let alone being able to carry people like an adult Laplace.

Satisfied, Luo Mu was in a good mood. He distributed many tree fruits to each Lapras. Taking the opportunity when Lapras' vigilance was almost zero, Luo Mu tried the feel of several other Lapras one by one. Generally speaking, the female Lapras felt smoother to the touch, and even the hard shell on the back was well maintained.

On the contrary, male Lapras may have some scars on its body due to fighting with other wild Pokémon. The hard shell on its back is even harder and has many scratches.

However, none of the eight adult Laplaces gave Luo Mu the same feel as the young Laplace, which reminded him of the three characteristics of Laplaces -

"Water Storage", "Hard Shell Armor" and "Moist Body".

The touch of Little Laplace is different from that of other Laplaces. Perhaps it is the effect of the hidden characteristic "Moist Body".

Just like Luo Mu's own Dragonite, because of its "multiple scales" characteristic, the dragon scales on its body are denser and stronger than those of its peers, and can also reduce more resistance during flight.

In this real world, different characteristics are not only reflected in the black font effects on the game values, but are also reflected in the Pokémon themselves.

The "Intimidating" Blazing Roaring Tiger, which is more ferocious than its peers, and the Serpentine Bear, which has a strong sense of dropped items and is obsessed with picking them up and taking them home.
Luo Mu, who got along well with Laplace by using food temptation, also tried the riding comfort of Laplace. Although it seemed that there were many protrusions on the hard shell on Laplace's back, it would turn into a Thousand Years Killing scene if one was not careful.

In fact, Lapras' back is incredibly wide, and those protrusions are for people to hold on to. Although it is a hard shell, it is actually not very uncomfortable to sit on. Although the riding experience is not as good as Dragonite, it should be more comfortable with the addition of a riding seat.

Before saying goodbye to the Laplace tribe, which had completely thrown its vigilance to the wind, Luo Mu specially reminded these intelligent and docile water elves that they should remain vigilant when they see humans in the future. After all, not everyone is like him, who would give away a lot of tree fruits just to touch a Laplace.

Most of them are poachers who are greedy for Laplace's bodies, or want to catch their entire tribe in one fell swoop.

After all, in the waters near Kanto and Johto, Pokémon like Lapras are extremely rare, and are not at all like the overly well-protected Alola region where they are overrun with Pokémon.

Seeing that the clever Laplace leader understood what he meant, Luo Mu said goodbye to them with a smile, then continued to ride on Dragonite and move forward firmly in a certain direction deep in the dragon's cave.

In fact, he did not waste time interacting with Lapras. Even though they were far apart from each other, Pokémon like Lapras were able to communicate through singing on the sea and gather together again.

Because of this, Laplaces have outstanding hearing. The two spiral structures on their heads that look like buns are used to amplify hearing.

In addition to being able to hear sound waves that humans cannot hear, Laplace and others can easily hear the violent rushing water of a waterfall.

At this time, Luo Mu and Kuai Long were moving towards the direction of the "sound of the waterfall" guided by Laplace and others.

This is a straight passage, and there are basically no forks in the road where you have to make two, three, or even more choices. About half an hour later, Luo Mu heard the sound of the waterfall violently washing over the rocks.

"Boooo!"

The opportunity to become stronger was getting closer and closer, even Dragonite couldn't hide his excitement and flew over the rushing waterfall in one breath.

In an instant, the eyes of Luo Mu and Dragonite were suddenly filled with bright sunlight, and above the vibrant vegetation and flower fields below, Pokémon that were not dragon-attribute Pokémon, such as Cottonseed and Butterfree, were flying leisurely.

A little further away, you can see young Pokémon like Flycatcher, Sharknado, and Squidward playing around.

I'm afraid that these Pokémon were collected from other areas and raised by the Dragon Clan using their own energy.

Luo Mu's sight quickly locked onto the most powerful and largest figure in the Dragon Sanctuary—

That's also a Dragonite.

That Dragonite was several times larger than his own Dragonite. Although it was not as big as the giant Dragonite at Zhenghui Lighthouse, it could still be considered a giant among Dragonites.

Let's call it Dragonite.

But when Luo Mu's gaze moved to a Pokémon with blood-red wings parked next to Dragonite, and the slightly familiar figure on the Pokémon, he showed a look of surprise.

Xijiana actually arrived before me?

The moment Luo Mu and Dragonite rushed out of the waterfall, Xijiana, Dragonite and even Dragonite noticed their arrival. The Dragonite, which had a good temper and was even more honest than Luo Mu's own Dragonite, tilted its head, as if it was a little puzzled that there were guests visiting today.

But Xijiana, who was asking about the content of the Dragonite Trial, clenched her hands slightly under the gray cloak. The person who came was actually him!

Luo Mu, the champion trainer of the Padia region, subdued the powerful trainer of the God of Fire. Even Shijiana, as the inheritor, had to acknowledge his great achievements.

But this does not mean that she will give up the opportunity to become stronger and continue to become stronger before the prophesied time arrives!

After Luo Mu and Dragonite landed on the flower field where Dragonite was, Xi Jiana, who had calmed down, put on a non-hostile smile on her face. She looked at Luo Mu who had rolled over from Dragonite and said, "I've heard a lot about you, champion Luo Mu."

"Just call me Luo Mu. No need to add the word 'champion'. I've retired now." Luo Mu blinked. He felt that he saw some kind of hidden hostility in the smile on Xi Jiana's face. No, it would be more appropriate to describe it as fighting spirit. "You are the inheritor of the Meteor People, Xi Jiana, right?"

Luo Mu remembered the girl's identity as the inheritor, and it seemed reasonable for her to show such a fighting spirit.

"Then please allow me to call you Mr. Luo Mu. May I ask if Mr. Luo Mu is also here for the hidden trial?" Xi Jiana nodded gently. When her eyes stayed on Dragonite behind Luo Mu, Xi Jiana closed her eyes slightly, then opened her eyes and said, "No, it seems that I said something insignificant."

(End of this chapter)