Petting Mao Philia in Cat Lamp form, Bumping Cat Dula in Cat Lamp Girl form, Stroking horned Cat Xiudiya.
Jiang Han was blooming with delight. She nestled comfortably among the Cat Lamps, listening to the three cats of the coaching staff shower her with reminders:
"This time, we're mainly playing decisively to secure the win rate of the Transmutation stream. We can't let them play standard; otherwise, your tactical choices during the elimination stage will become difficult. We need to pull off some tactical deception, and spending a few Cat Gold Pawprints is well worth it."
Cat Dula delivered this speech as she flipped open the tactical handbook.
Since her human form had no cat whiskers, her whisker-twitching motion instead looked like an innocent little expression of pursed lips. A little aggrieved, a little cute. Her cat paws kept scratching at the booklet, making a soft rustling sound.
This cat's claws were a bit too long.
"Gold Cat Paw Marks can enhance a giant cat's abilities. At present, we cats have withdrawn one hundred Gold Cat Paw Marks from storage. Every time we enter the ladder, we consume one to grant Cat Lina the temporary specialty [Giant Cat's Slime Spell]. It provides +2 bonus Transmutation attributes and +4 Giant Cat Transmutation attributes—for a total of +6. That's comparable to the Transmutation specialties many old-school witches have accumulated."
Unfortunately, Cat Gold Pawprints could not be used in the arena, because the giant cats had objected and protested to the witches.
The witches had listened and stopped Cat Gold Pawprints from being allowed onto the stage as consumables.
It was not because Cat Gold Pawprints were so powerful that they deserved to be banned, though they were strong, they were not strong enough to warrant a ban or make matches boring, nor