The selection draw for the 1995–96 season knockout stage took place on New Year's Day, as though they wanted to save this thrilling competition for the holiday.
On television, Anjie and Lois Doty, a senior affairs officer from the Witch Agency, jointly presided over the drawing ceremony. A Lucky Cat Lamp used for the draw sat beside them.
The witches watching in front of their televisions, Jiang Han included, all immediately felt that Anjie looked especially pleasing to the eye today.
Anjie wore an exquisite long-sleeved dress in solid colors, composed of fifteen different shades of blue. Delicate printed gauze overlays on the skirt added refinement, while a red rose gemstone brooch lent it an air of nobility. A thin, elegant teal gauze outer robe, styled after Hanfu, further enhanced her graceful bearing and gave her a classical Chinese beauty.
It was quite an intelligent image, one that greatly appealed to the witches of the host nation.
Many foreign witches' impression of traditional Chinese clothing extended no further than the qipao. Yet Anjie's choice of a single outer layer that was neither jarring nor overpowering already carried a kind of mixed-blood beauty.
Anjie had not chosen an extravagant bonnet either, instead opting for a soft cap adorned with peonies, apricot branches, and an exquisite pearl chain hanging down beside her left cheek, with a sapphire phoenix pendant attached to it.
The gold-threaded floral trim and crinkled gauze at her cuffs were visible.
The red tights beneath her dress were also an almost colorless, ultra-light transparent red, laying an enticing flesh-toned veil over Anjie's fair skin.
Overall, Anjie's styling team must have put in an enormous amount of effort.
The Final Witch had not dressed in traditional Chinese attire. She had retained the overall European Continent Lolita-style look, but every aspect