First Group Match!

As Mu Yun pondered, Wang He and the other teachers leading the teams emerged from the conference room.

Each of them held a small pouch.

"These are your serial numbers. Numbers one through ten correspond to different small battlefields within the hall."

As he spoke, Wang He took the ten number tags from the pouch one by one and distributed them according to the order of the school team selection battles.

Mu Yun received number 1, while Wu Tu received number 10.

After handing them out, Wang He briefly explained the group-stage rules again.

The twenty-two participants in each group would be randomly matched for five battles. Winners earned two points, losers earned zero, and draws earned one point. It was a very common scoring system.

In the end, the top three scorers would advance to the second round of selection.

"The matches officially begin at nine thirty. If there are no questions, head to your assigned battlefields and gather there," Wang He said at last.

Mu Yun and the others nodded, put on their number tags, and headed for their respective battlefields.

Battlefield No. 1 was located in the southwest corner of the City Battle Hall.

Although it was not as large as the hall's biggest battlefield, it was still considerably larger than those in ordinary battle halls.

Mu Yun roughly estimated that it was slightly larger than a standard small battlefield, around the size of two basketball courts.

Such a space was quite friendly to some larger Pokémon, ensuring they had enough room to move around.

As Mu Yun observed the battlefield, students from the other twenty-one high schools gradually arrived as well.

The most eye-catching among them was undoubtedly that girl with the lip piercings—Feng Ya.

As for the other twenty people, they were dressed normally, at