Hot.
Scorching hot.
After entering this space, Xia Yan and Lance's first impression was that they had stepped into a sea of fire, sweat pouring down their bodies.
That was with Alakazam's Psychic-type power already isolating the surrounding heat.
Alakazam increased the intensity of its Psychic-type power, and only then did the scorching sensation ease somewhat.
They looked up.
All around them—on the ground, along the rock walls, and even overhead—vast amounts of fiery red lava flowed.
It was as though they had gone directly from an underwater world into a world of magma.
This place...
Was probably directly beneath Cinnabar Island, where Cinnabar Volcano connected to the earth's crust, and where the magma was most active.
Not far from this space was the area where magma flowed outward.
It was precisely because the surging magma had flowed out that this small yet scorching space had formed.
The Poké Ball at Xia Yan's waist opened on its own.
Larvesta appeared before Xia Yan, its face full of delight.
"Woo~ Woo~~"
Its cheerful cry rang out as it arrived in the environment it loved most.
Xia Yan gently rubbed the little fellow's head and looked toward where the bubbling magma flowed out through the fissures.
There...
Not only was there a large group of Water-type Pokémon outside attacking it, but quite a few Fire-type Pokémon living in the magma were also resisting them.
It was because the two sides had reached a stalemate.
That the ocean currents surrounding Cinnabar Island had been disrupted.
Still, the Fire-type Pokémon could not exactly be blamed.
After all, if the Water-type Pokémon outside charged in with the surging seawater, the loss would not simply be their territory, but the home they depended on for survival.
Once magma was washed over by seawater, no one could