"We're close. I can sense quite a few people up ahead!"
As Caitlin finished speaking, the others faintly heard voices coming from ahead.
Behind them, Lance had dealt with the two men and caught up.
Chen Shi smiled. "Then let's go, everyone. Let's see what's going on in there."
Without waiting for a response, Chen Shi strode forward.
Cynthia, Pheobe, and Steven immediately followed.
Leon followed without a word.
"These guys really have some guts!" Lance said with a laugh before hurrying after them.
Seeing this, Diantha and Caitlin followed them inside without hesitation.
Before long, they noticed that the air around them was growing hotter and hotter, and a faint red glow appeared ahead.
After walking a little farther, they emerged into a vast underground cavern.
In its center lay a pool of scorching, molten lava.
In one small corner, more than twenty people lay with their hands and feet bound, their mouths stuffed with something.
Every one of them looked utterly bedraggled.
Most importantly, among them, Chen Shi even spotted Lorelei, dressed in red...
But she looked miserable now, her face pale and a trace of blood lingering at the corner of her mouth.
"Well, well, come take a look, everyone! Look what I found! Aren't these the League's great geniuses?"
"We hadn't even gone looking for them, and they came straight to us!"
On the other side, a Team Magma member froze briefly when he saw them, then burst out laughing.
At his words, all the Team Magma members gathered around gambling turned to look.
"Holy shit, it really is them! These people seem to be the League's very best geniuses. What do you think would happen if we captured them all...?"
"Heh, I bet the League would do everything it could to get them back. We'd