Then Die Here!

Early the next morning, Lu Ze, Sui Yan, and Tang Yunqin arrived at the World Youth Championships arena on time as usual.

Yet even after stepping onto the arena, Lu Ze remained bored.

Ever since he had defeated a legendary Pokémon yesterday, no one had come up to challenge him.

Everyone understood that Lu Ze had to be incredibly strong if he could defeat Moltres.

Those without enough strength would not challenge Lu Ze.

Those who did have some strength, including the ones with legendary Pokémon and the blond young man ranked first in the United States, all shared the same thought.

There was no need to challenge Lu Ze right now.

The reasoning was the same: even if they defeated Lu Ze now, he still would not be eliminated.

But things would be different once the Round-Robin Tournament began.

At that point, if they encountered Lu Ze and defeated him, Lu Ze would be eliminated.

Of course, that had been their thinking yesterday.

After the seeded contestants from every country reviewed yesterday's battles that night, they no longer dared guarantee they could beat Lu Ze in the Round-Robin Tournament.

Gondegma and Moltres had been careless, allowing Crobat to stack two Nasty Plot boosts before losing the match.

But that was where the problem lay. During their review yesterday, they had discovered something.

It was not merely Gondegma and Moltres being careless.

Lu Ze's Pokémon all had solid fundamental strength.

Setting aside their Elite Four level strength for the moment.

The strength they could display in battle was already formidable.

Crobat had only appeared once, yesterday, so there was only so much they could see.

However, it had faced the legendary Pokémon Moltres.

So even though there was limited information, repeated analysis by professionals had still revealed plenty.

For example,