"What?"
"No way!"
"Holy shit!"
"Seriously?"
Patroclus Johnson, Afduo Jiyoushika, Masaya Okubo, and several other Elite Four members whom Lu Ze had defeated before were staring at Lu Ze in the arena with stunned expressions.
Or rather, at Sirfetch'd.
When they had just seen Lu Ze's Crobat get defeated, schadenfreude had appeared on their faces as well.
It was the sort of mindset that said, "So what if you beat me? You still can't defeat a Master-level Trainer and will stop before the top four."
That gloating feeling had nearly made them laugh in front of all the viewers.
But upon seeing this scene now, they could no longer laugh at all.
Not only them—even the smile on the blond old man's face, which had been there moments ago, vanished.
"From this moment on, he will officially become our opponent, an opponent on equal footing with us."
Seeing this, Ludwig spoke seriously to the blond old man beside him.
"Understood."
After a moment of silence, the blond old man nodded to show that he understood.
"So this is Master level?"
Angula stared blankly at Lu Ze and Sirfetch'd in the arena.
They were clearly the same age, yet the gap between them had now become something utterly unreachable.
That feeling truly did not sit well with her.
Ambrose saw this scene as well, though through the livestream.
Even so, his expression became somewhat unsightly.
Lu Ze had never considered him an opponent to begin with, and now he had successfully broken through to Master level!
Now, Lu Ze would be even less likely to see him as an opponent!
Furious, Ambrose slammed his fist down on the table in front of him.
Meanwhile, in the arena, Lu Ze was also somewhat astonished when he saw Sirfetch'd's aura change the moment