The second group's matches began today.
These were matches where every participant had Intermediate Pokémon.
The all-team two-on-two matches were still quite entertaining.
At the very least, they involved more tactics than yesterday's one-on-one matches.
Though not by much.
Lu Ze spotted several promising talents among them, the kind where one look told you they had the makings of team-composition trainers.
But Lu Ze had no intention of taking on more disciples.
One disciple was already enough.
Besides, he seemed to have neglected that disciple lately.
But Fugui had already reached Elite Four level, so naturally, he no longer needed Lu Ze to teach him anything.
Once someone reached Elite Four level, they had to walk their own path.
And the Sandstorm Team had already taken shape.
In fact, when it came to Sandstorm Teams, Fugui had gone even further than Sui Yan.
Of course, in terms of team composition.
Because Sui Yan wanted to catch up to Lu Ze, he had begun placing greater importance on improving his Pokémon's strength.
Fugui was different. He had also told Lu Ze that he wanted to carve out a new path for the Sandstorm Team himself.
Lu Ze naturally supported that idea.
He just did not know what Fugui had been busy with recently.
Fugui probably would not be able to participate in the World Elite Four Rankings, but once it ended, he could challenge some of the lower-ranked Elite Four members and enter the World Elite Four Rankings that way.
He was strong enough for it as well.
When Lu Ze had returned two days ago, he had seen that Fugui's Excadrill had already broken through to the third stage of Elite Four level.
He also had a Tyranitar at the second stage of Elite Four level.
Team-composition lineups received bonuses