Li Ang had made his escape, but what he left behind would not vanish so easily.
At the competition site, Katerina managed to advance to the quarterfinals with some luck and then encountered an opponent who had expended too much energy in the quarterfinals. After a fierce battle, she surprisingly made it to the finals.
Katerina was well aware that if it hadn't been for the sudden withdrawal of the Japanese contestant, Takaoka Yuichi, she probably would have been eliminated in the quarterfinals and never had a chance to compete in the finals.
However, she still hadn't figured out why the Japanese contestant had suddenly withdrawn. He was about to take the stage, and he had even taken the other contestants from his team with him.
