By rights, an Elite Four member's first-string Pokémon should all have been above level 60, with the strongest required to reach level 70.
Could it be that, considering Desert City's unique location and its status as an Autonomous Region, the Pokémon League had deliberately lowered the assessment requirements for him?
After all, apart from the Four Top Elite Four, there were only a little over a hundred ordinary Elite Four members nationwide. They presided over individual provinces, and their strength varied.
And this Wei Wufeng might well have been the weakest of them all.
Still, that was normal enough. Holed up in a remote corner year after year, with no one to battle or exchange ideas with and spending every day indulging in debauchery, it was understandable that his strength had ended up so poor.
Although this was only his own guess, it was good news for him.
"Hah!"
Garchomp swooped down from the sky, instantly knocking Pelipper and Gliscor flying. Only Charizard reacted quickly enough to evade the fierce attack!
"Garchomp?"
Driven out of his mind by the grief and fury of losing his son, Wei Wufeng could no longer think about why this boy possessed a Pokémon like Garchomp. All that filled his mind now was the thought of killing him.
The Pokémon fought fiercely in midair. Despite facing three opponents alone, the ferocious Garchomp did not fall behind in the slightest!
Staring at Wei Wufeng on Pidgeot, then glancing at the Nightmare Gang members swarming toward him, Ye Qing began rallying support for himself.
Pointing at Wei Wufeng, he called out loudly to stir the crowd, "I was sent by the Pokémon League to investigate Wei Wufeng! This man has committed countless evils behind the scenes, ordering the Nightmare Gang to run wild and abduct women. Today,