At the serpentine bends, Pidgeot overtook them again with an outrageous trick.
Despite reaching their best form ever, they were back on the brink, struggling to survive.
Lilligant now released her concentration beyond one hundred percent, not just because she had taken a blow to her confidence, but because she was mentally exhausted.
Shen Qi had experienced something similar. Back when neither his skills nor his race car were very good, using the [Wish Necklace] was effectively a way to boost his Mental Concentration. The drain and overexertion of his Mental Power were easy to imagine.
Lilligant's condition was not that severe, but she had no [Love Savings Bank] to fall back on.
"Lilligant, we haven't dropped out of the top five yet."
They had started fifth and were still fifth, so they had not fallen behind.
In reality, failing to advance on the first lap despite the enormous advantage of the [Global Eye], and remaining in the same position, counted as a failure.
But as long as there was still hope of advancing, that was enough!
Defending against the car behind would be easy in the tunnel section, and Shen Qi had the "Magnet Rise" tactic for the serpentine bends.
If they held this position to the finish, they would advance to the finals.
In Mt. Moon Tunnel, the T2 Driver who had fallen back from fourth on the grid launched a fierce assault, and Lilligant defended repeatedly.
After leaving the tunnel, Lilligant continued blocking. After two consecutive blocks, she could no longer hold the other car back and let it pass.
The Flower Crown... dropped to sixth.
The intensity of a T2 Race was on a completely different level from T3.
Lilligant had only experienced one last year, when she had been eliminated in the first round. The