Dong Lan was pure-hearted and kind, but she was also clever and perceptive. She knew what this battle meant to the Star City team, so after everyone offered her a little encouragement, she understood the stakes.
As for Han Jingjing, she hardly needed any persuading. She knew even better that this battle had largely arisen because of her. If she weren't the daughter of Star City's chief administrator, and hadn't been with the team this time, perhaps this battle wouldn't have happened at all.
To a certain extent, this battle was really a personal grudge that Yang Xiangchun had stirred up all by himself. He'd forcibly elevated a personal feud into a contest between two teams.
Put plainly, he was abusing his position for personal gain.
The Star City team had finalized its lineup so quickly that it was clearly beyond everyone's expectations.
It hadn't even been fifteen minutes since they went upstairs, yet the Star City team had already come back down and submitted its lineup.
By comparison, the Heng City team was still upstairs.
They didn't finally show up until nearly half an hour had passed. The group looked rather grim, and it was clear that settling on their lineup hadn't gone smoothly.
Jiang Yue glanced over and noticed that the tattooed man wasn't with the Heng City team.
The Star City team understood at once. The poisonous insect's hidden toxin must have flared up in the tattooed man, leaving him unable to compete.
The tattooed man was undoubtedly one of Heng City's main fighters. The grim expression on Captain You's face made it obvious that he was deeply frustrated by losing such a key member.
But now the battle was about to begin, and the lineup had to be submitted soon. There was no way he could