Tianming Mountain.
A certain cave.
A huge stone wall shimmered with purplish-red and bluish-purple ghostly lights.
Professional Trainer Zhuang Rui stood in front of the Spiritual World Gate and glanced at the Purification Charms around it that had been burnt by purple flames, taking a deep breath.
After the arrival of a Spirit World Mystery, a main entrance would typically appear.
As long as the main entrance connected to Earth space, the Ghost-type Pokemon from the Spirit World Mystery could easily come to Earth, thanks to their special ability to traverse dimensional spaces.
It's not necessary to only go through the main entrance, as Spirit World Gates could open anywhere on Earth.
In other words, Tianming Mountain was now completely connected to a Spirit World Mystery.
This was even more dangerous than the sudden arrival of a Super Miniature Secret Realm, giving the guarding Trainers no time to react.
"These talismans were suddenly burned by purple Ghost Fire, and based on the situation at the time, it's very likely that a powerful Pokemon with enough strength to break through the seal appeared in this Spirit World Mystery," the guarding Trainer said with a grave expression.
"However, Trainers from the Spirit Realm have recently explored this place. How could a powerful Pokemon suddenly appear here?"
The Spirit World is an extremely large Secret Realm, very special, because it does not merge with Earth space but merely connects to it. The group of Trainers responsible for the Spirit World in Hua Nation is led by Jiang Li, the Champion of the Four Heavenly Kings, and belongs to the "Spirit World Lineage." Periodically, Trainers proficient in Ghost-type will come to explore the Spirit World and reinforce its seals.
The Trainer Association has the means to seal the entrance to the Spirit World. Once the main entrance of the Spirit World Mystery is sealed, the passage connecting it to Earth space is severed.
Naturally, the Pokemon inside can't escape.
Moreover, during the exploration, Trainers also check for individuals within the Spirit World Mystery with enough power to break the seals. If such individuals are found, they are captured and taken out to stabilize the Spirit World.
It hasn't been long since the Trainer Association's last exploration of this Spirit World Mystery, and it's illogical for a Ghost-type Pokemon powerful enough to break the seal to appear so suddenly.
"Get a few Professional Trainers with Ghost-type Pokemon here, and also search inside the Spirit World," Zhuang Rui ordered.
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"I want to help too."
"I notified you to evacuate."
On the other hand, Fang Yuan and Tang Sheng began to argue.
Among the students, except for a few who became ill after reaching the Muhai Mountain Range and did not participate in the Tianming Mountain training assessment, the rest were in Tianming Mountain.
Fang Yuan was there for personal reasons.
In the middle of the night, he should have been resting in his tent, but Teacher Tang Sheng brought such news.
Fang Yuan had a very serious expression, indicating he too could help.
At this point, the training on Tianming Mountain had already ended.
Most of the students had received the message to return and were waiting to be escorted down the mountain by the instructors, and next, Tianming Mountain would be sealed off overnight.
Aside from three unlucky students who had gone missing, the rest had not encountered any danger.
Tang Sheng came here intending to take Fang Yuan down the mountain, but Fang Yuan insisted on joining the instructors to search for the missing students.
Fang Yuan quickly put on some clothes, his thoughts clear: why should he evacuate when his classmates were in trouble, and he clearly had the ability to lend a hand? To leave would be inhumane.
There was one more thing; it seemed that he didn't need to wait for approval anymore—he could now access the Spirit World Mystery.
Tang Sheng, "I'll be damned..."
To court death is to die, and in Tang Sheng's eyes, Fang Yuan was just a bear child seeking death.
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Now, the total number of students confirmed missing on Tianming Mountain was three.
Though this number might seem insignificant, the training base mobilized many Trainers to search for them, including Professional Trainers, and even Zhuang Rui, a Master Level Trainer, deployed several Pokemon to join the search team.
As for himself, he was guarding at the main entrance to the Spirit World. He would have to wait until Trainers specialized in dealing with the Spirit World from the Trainer Association arrived before he could leave.
In the dark night, base instructors and Mo University teachers were continuously searching Tianming Mountain, exchanging information with each other.
With so many people, and the ability to utilize the power of Pokemon, thoroughly searching every blade of grass and tree in Tianming Mountain was not a difficult task.
However, after a lengthy search, everyone still had not found the missing three students.
"They could have been lured away from Tianming Mountain by the Illusion Technique of a Ghost-type Pokemon, or they might have been dragged directly into the Spirit World."
Fang Yuan held a flashlight; above him, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster was shining its body, acting like a big light bulb, illuminating the surroundings.
Next to Fang Yuan stood another Trainer, an instructor accompanied by a Big Wolf Hound.
Naturally, Tang Sheng was not at ease letting Fang Yuan search alone. Although Fang Yuan's strength was no less than some Professional Trainers, he still lacked experience, so he greatly needed someone to accompany him.
However, Old Tang himself had to go arrange things for other students...
And so, Fang Yuan paired up with one of the instructors from the First Police School, and as luck would have it, this instructor happened to be the Trainer of the foolish Big Wolf Hound.
In the pitch-black surroundings, the eyes of the Big Wolf Hound were exceptionally bright, which would likely startle a normal person.
But now, within this brightness, there twinkled a sense of grievance. After being coaxed by Fang Yuan, it was evident that the Big Wolf Hound received a stern scolding from its Trainer, though judging by its running speed, it probably hadn't had its legs broken.
"Do you have confidence in finding them?" The instructor was surnamed Wang, and under these circumstances, their primary goal was to find the missing people.
But Old Wang had not expected that Fang Yuan actually had a very clear target all along, clearer than any of these instructors.
"No... but we've got to try anyway."
Fang Yuan took a breath and stopped, looking around.
This place had previously been visited by a Ghost from the Spirit World... he observed the area for a long time, his gaze intense.
Unfortunately, perhaps too much time had passed, and there were no clues left here.
"Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, keep on searching."
Among Fang Yuan's four Pokemon, the Sun Eevee accompanying him could use its Predictive Ability to search for special Ghost-type Pokemon.
The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, having previously absorbed Spirit Realm's Radio Waves, was somewhat sensitive to the Spirit World Mystery. If a Ghost-type Pokemon had run out of the Secret Realm somewhere, it could sense the connection between the Spirit World and Earth within a certain area, which was the Spirit World Gate.
As for the Glutton, although Fang Yuan did not know what it was searching for, after roaming around Tianming Mountain, the Glutton seemed to sense something amiss, acting spooked as if it was being attracted by something.
Fang Yuan took this to mean some sort of mutual sensing between Ghost-type Pokemon.
As for the Fierce Fire Monkey... it was warm and bright when let out to follow by his side.