The blinding white light lasted for several seconds. During that time, apart from Larkspur and Asō Madoka, no one else could see what was happening inside the training ground.
What had happened within the light? How had the two fought? Most people had no idea.
Once the white light faded, however, only Lin Xiaolu remained standing, while White Thistle knelt on the ground.
White Thistle's Magic Armament had somehow fallen to her side, and her magical attire was blackened and torn. Clearly, her magic power had been almost completely depleted.
Even so, she continued to stare fiercely at Lin Xiaolu, the fighting spirit in her eyes undiminished.
Lin Xiaolu was not in much better condition either. She could still stand only because she had magic power remaining, while the magic particles drifting from her body proved that she had also been injured during the fight.
She rubbed her cheek with her glove, dispersing the lingering magic particles, then glared back without expression.
Was the battle still continuing? Or had the result already been decided?
If it was over, who had won?
Amid the confusion of the magical girls watching, Moko slowly raised a paw in the center of the field and announced loudly:
—"The second match goes to White Rose! Next, we'll proceed to the intermission!"
And so, this startling upset of a match came to an end.
Before this, even Asō Madoka, who had personally taught Lin Xiaolu Turbidification, probably had not expected this outcome.
Others might not have seen it clearly, but she had witnessed everything that happened in the white light—Lin Xiaolu had thrown the White Magic Power in her hand like a weapon, while White Thistle had frozen for an instant before immediately responding. Spell Formulas, Magic Armament, Turbidification—she had used every last one, her defenses