The Elimination Rounds Begin!

The next day.

Inside the Evergreen Battle Stadium.

It was the sixth day of the Provincial Tournament and the first day of the round-of-32 elimination matches.

Mu Yun looked over the information Wang He had given them.

Eight groups, thirty-two contestants. Most were local students from Evergreen City. Fewer than ten came from the other eight cities.

There was no helping it. The students representing each city were its best, but the students representing the provincial capital were just as exceptional.

And their average strength and financial resources were clearly greater.

In particular, many carried Pokémon Treasures that accelerated growth, so their Pokémon were generally higher-level.

As a result, only Mu Yun and Wu Tu had made it out of the Songjiang City team. Wu Tu had barely scraped through in fourth place in Group F.

That was only because Group F had relatively few contestants from Evergreen City.

Group A, where Liu Jianhao and Zhao Hailong had been placed, had the seemingly unbeatable Liu Hesheng, plenty of other Evergreen City students, and apprentices from the city's local City Gyms.

Gyms were divided into four tiers according to the size of the city they occupied and their own strength.

From lowest to highest, they were County Gyms, City Gyms, Provincial Capital Gyms, and National Gyms.

County Gyms were located in county-level cities and were nearly always the strongest force there.

City Gyms were found in most small and midsize cities. They were stronger on average than County Gyms and likewise ranked among a city's strongest forces.

Some City Gyms were located in provincial capitals, but their strength was insufficient to qualify them for a higher tier.

Provincial Capital Gyms, as the name suggested, were large Gyms located in provincial capitals. Only Elite Four Level Trainers who had placed in the