Yesterday, laughter and cheer; today, silent as the grave.
Even Boss Cat remembered she had to fight in the death bracket and shut herself away, off training somewhere who knew where.
Little Li went without saying—only one word could save her: [Train]. She still had to watch Teacher Ji and Teacher Yu's expressions. If those two sisters showed no mercy when stomping weaker opponents, Little Li would simply die a natural death. The only premise for any theoretical chance of qualifying was this: [Either Teacher Yu or Teacher Ji must lose five matches, and then Little Li must win every match to qualify, leaving Teacher Ji and Teacher Yu to fight overtime.]
Alesha also had to fight in the death bracket, risking her life against Boss Cat and the others.
In the enormous Cat Book House, only Jiang Han remained, along with a great swarm of her Cat Lamps and three plump Giant Cat retainers.
Cat Dula was helping Jiang Han think of a solution.
"Meow-ao, Cat got all the recordings of your seven wins and nine losses. Let's watch them together. Maybe Cat can think of a way to solve this."
Jiang Han silently lit her cat pipe and took a deep drag, feeling the power of the leyline energy tea fill her with vigor. Only then did she nod heavily.
"..."
"..."
She rated her own matches as "despair-inducing."
When she won, she had no idea how she had won.
When she lost, she had no idea how she had lost.
Both sides had twenty thousand mistakes apiece, probably because they had been assimilated in this pool.
The fights dragged on horribly.
You put up shields, then I put up shields. We attacked while transforming, occasionally hurling impassioned fireballs and Flame Bursts into each other head-on; other times,