"Next up, it's our turn."
With the final battle on the field coming to an end, the quarterfinals officially began.
However, to everyone's surprise, Lu Ze had drawn Su Qianyan in the very first match.
"What a shame. Neither of us got a bye."
Lu Ze shook his head helplessly, then stood up and looked at Su Qianyan.
"To be honest, I really didn't expect us to meet in the quarterfinals. I thought we'd run into each other in the finals."
Su Qianyan smiled and held out his fist toward Lu Ze.
Lu Ze also extended his fist and bumped it against Su Qianyan's.
"Ready to take a beating from the younger generation?"
"If you want to slap me onto the beach, that depends on whether you've got the strength."
Su Qianyan smiled as well, and the two of them headed toward the stage together.
Though it was called a battle to decide the top four, it was actually a seven-to-four round.
There was also one bye in this round, but it did not belong to either Lu Ze or Su Qianyan.
It belonged to an Elite Four from Saudi Arabia.
He was said to be Saudi Arabia's strongest Elite Four, and he was also ranked fairly high in the world.
Then again, anyone who had made it this far could not be weak.
Just like the fourth group Lu Ze was in, aside from Lu Ze and Su Qianyan, all the other contestants had at least two Master level Pokémon.
"I didn't expect those two to run into each other this early."
Seeing yet another civil war between Dragon Nation contestants, the audience below could not help but sigh.
"Who is that contestant facing Brother Xiao Ze? He looks so young. Is he really strong?"
Ash turned to Wang