The birth of a champion had always been something fantastical. Setting aside the distant past, Ji Haijun's journey to winning the first season of the Eileen Cup had been astonishing enough.
Further back, there had once been an elite witch who seized the championship of one of the two major invitational tournaments while surrounded by a host of formidable rivals.
A rookie witch winning a championship had always been possible, and that was the very manifestation of a miracle.
But today was even grander, more legendary, because two miracles had occurred in the same edition.
Ji Haijun had reached the finals once again.
Jiang Han had entered the finals for the first time.
The witches who found it impossible to accept could only persuade themselves to do so—though in truth, it took only an hour or two before they became willing to accept it—that one champion would emerge from Jiang Han and Ji Haijun.
Most witches would probably cast their vote for Jiang Han...
Jiang Han winning was better than Ji Haijun winning. If Teacher Ji took her second championship, that would be yet another utterly unacceptable thing.
Thus, a considerable measure of collective will gathered around Jiang Han, hoping she would stop Ji Haijun.
On the other hand, there would always be witches unwilling to see a young girl like Jiang Han take the championship. This was called the [trash theory]. If a witch far younger than oneself won the title, it made one feel like complete trash, and so resentment arose.
But no matter what, the ones who decided victory and defeat were still the two witches in the arena.
That was the charm of witch duels.
In 1972, everyone had hoped Kraken would win, yet her opponent mercilessly shattered that plan.
In 1976, another Grand Slam