In contrast, Du Cang's Pokémon had only suffered minor superficial injuries.
Du Cang walked up to the three of them and calmly said, "Hand over your Star Beads and your bags."
"Don't make me do it myself."
The three of them began trembling uncontrollably. Du Cang was simply too powerful; their resistance was like ants fighting an elephant—ridiculously futile.
Seeing this, they could only tremblingly hand over the Star Beads on their shoulders and their bags to Du Cang.
Du Cang first put the Star Beads into his own pocket, then poured out the Star Beads from the three bags.
After pouring them all into his bag, there were nearly twenty in total. This group was actually quite capable, or they would not have obtained so many Star Beads. Unfortunately, they had run into Du Cang.
Du Cang returned their bags. After taking them back, they hurriedly recalled their Pokémon and ran off.
Du Cang continued onward. Before they left, he had used his wristwatch to check and found that they had indeed not hidden any Star Beads.
Of course, very few people knew about this function of the wristwatch. Even among those who did, most would keep it to themselves rather than readily tell others.
A battle was taking place in a forest in another direction.
A Vulpix unleashed a massive Fire Pillar, making the air exceptionally scorching.
The Wigglytuff opposite it fired a Water Pillar, trying to extinguish the Fire Pillar.
However, the gap between them was too great. The flames evaporated the Water Pillar into vapor, and the remaining pillar of fire continued forward, striking Wigglytuff.
"Woo~"
After letting out a pained cry, Wigglytuff collapsed onto the ground, losing its ability to battle.
"Sigh, I lost."
"Senior student Xuan Xin's Vulpix is too strong. I'm completely no