With Dugtrio down, the referee immediately announced the result.
After the match, the four of them left the battlefield and returned to the preparation lounge.
With Xiao Wei making the introductions, Zhang Cheng got acquainted with An Feng and Wei Shi. They then sat in the lounge, chatting as they watched the matches.
The matches that day were quite exciting. After several rounds of elimination, all the Trainers remaining were formidable.
Most of the Pokémon sent out were above level 25, and there were even quite a few starter Pokémon among them.
After they finished watching, Xiao Wei suggested that the four of them have a meal together to get to know one another better.
Zhang Cheng had wanted to decline, but Xiao Wei insisted that he join them.
In the end, Zhang Cheng agreed. After all, he and Xiao Wei were teammates, and it would have been awkward to keep refusing.
The four of them went to the finest restaurant in Town and ordered plenty of dishes, discussing all sorts of Pokémon-related topics as they ate.
After the meal, Zhang Cheng said goodbye to the other three and returned to the Inn.
Once he was back at the Inn, Zhang Cheng let all his Pokémon out and brought out energy food, feeding them generous amounts.
After settling his Pokémon, Zhang Cheng quickly washed up, then lay in bed pondering his life.
The semifinals were tomorrow, and every team that had made it this far was extremely strong.
As the Pokémon he faced grew stronger and stronger, Zhang Cheng felt an urgent need to improve his own Pokémon's fighting strength.
But with matches to compete in every day, he had little time to raise their levels.
The only way to grow stronger was evolution. At that thought, Zhang Cheng took