Lilith ultimately gave no one a chance, winning through successive Dragon Transformations.
Of her thirty-one matches, she suffered narrow losses to Jiang Han and Annie Caldwell, edged out Nanazawa An, and finished with twenty-nine wins and two losses—fully demonstrating just how terrifying a great witch's ability to crush weaker opponents could be.
The second round began with Jiang Han, who would play thirty matches in turn.
But since she had challenged Lilith first and secured one minor point—the most crucial point of the dark horse match—her pressure plummeted.
The commentators, too, awakened from the tedium of [Why has this bird-person transformed into a dragon thirty matches in a row?] and roared with renewed passion:
"Next up! Miss Jiang Han of South City's Rainy Night Club, the woman who created today's dark horse miracle! Let's see whether she can stay dark all the way to the end!"
After being announced, there was an equipment adjustment period of roughly four or five minutes.
Back then, Eileen had used those four or five minutes to pop champagne at the opening. Jiang Han knew that quite well; she had watched that footage more than once, practically memorizing every detail of [Eileen Pops Champagne].
Naturally, Jiang Han would not use that time to pop champagne. It was for the far more important task of preparing her equipment.
The intricacy of witch equipment was beyond what ordinary people could imagine: all kinds of runes, inlays, specialized protections, even different armor plates and dismantled dragon scales. The various triggers on a staff had to be prepared as well, and different treasures had to be taken out and equipped.
Both oddities and treasures occupied a certain amount of a witch's magic power, so they had to be selected carefully.
Take Miss Lin Zhaojun, the pinnacle in the