"The round of sixteen draws two match formats, with three possible combinations in total. We drew team battle plus individual Elimination Round. As long as we win the team battle and take out three opponents in the individual Elimination Round, we win. Conversely, if they want to pull a round back, they have to eliminate all of us before three of theirs are knocked out..."
"Though that's impossible," Meng Hongchen said with a shrug.
"If they really do pull a round back, we'll have to settle the outcome with Two-Two-Three."
"So..."
Meng Hongchen looked around. "Who's going up for the individual Elimination Round?"
"Leave it to Nan Qiuqiu." Xu Cheng glanced at the reserve member. As the daughter of the Earth Dragon Sect's leader and its current strongest fighter, a Soul Emperor, she hadn't entered the competition representing the Earth Dragon Sect, but rather the Sun Moon Imperial Academy's Reserve Team.
Come to think of it, they had rather shortchanged her. Although she had shown her face earlier, she had only appeared around the edges, overshadowed by the main team members. Someone who would have been a core fighter on any other quarterfinalist team had ended up with such a negligible presence.
"Me?!!"
Nan Qiuqiu had been idling away in boredom, sitting on a stool and swinging her slender legs. She suddenly looked up, her eyes wide.
"Then we'll leave it to Qiuqiu." Meng Hongchen smiled gently.
"Good luck. Don't disgrace our Sun Moon Empire."
"O-okay."
Nan Qiuqiu suddenly felt a mountain of pressure bearing down on her.
She had only wanted to coast along and slack off. Who would have thought...
The team battle went just as expected.
Leading a group of reserve members, Ning Tian smashed the Proud Sword Sect's formation into a rout. They barely stopped