After defeating Zuo Jie, Liu Qing traveled and trained his Pokémon while occasionally battling trainers he met along the way. Before he knew it, he had already passed through Olivine Town and was engaged in a Three-on-Three battle with a fellow traveling trainer at the park in Pewter Town. At this moment, his opponent was down to the very last Pokémon, Absol. Facing Archen's final Aerial Ace, the opponent found himself in a desperate situation!
"Absol, quick, use Ice Beam to stop it!" Under the anxious shouts of a trainer named A Feng, the already exhausted Absol gradually gathered ice-blue energy. Yet just as it was about to release the attack, Archen's strike arrived. The formidable power of Aerial Ace hit directly, and Absol cried out as it was sent flying, crashing straight into the fountain at the center of the park and losing its ability to battle.
"That trainer is so strong!"
"Yeah, pulling off a three-sweep-it's been so long since I last saw such a suppressing battle!"
"A trainer this powerful... the only one I've ever seen like him is that powerhouse in the forest, the Ascetic!"
The battle in the park attracted a large crowd of tourists who stopped to watch. The rounds of enthusiastic applause and discussions drifted clearly into Liu Qing's ears. Upon hearing a small fraction of the crowd mention the Ascetic in the forest, Liu Qing could not help but take note. He recalled Archen and headed to the Pokémon Center.
"Nurse Joy, excuse me, do you know if there are any powerful trainers in the nearby forest?" After handing Archen and a few other Pokémon over to Nurse Joy, Liu Qing inquired about the information he had just overheard at the park.
"Are you asking about Mr. Yinghao, the one with