Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 182 Strategic Moves

They followed along, basking in the reflected glory.

However, Violeta herself was on the national leaderboard, so she didn't need to ride anyone's coattails. That was the fundamental difference between her and them.

Violeta wasn't just a small-time leaderboard player, she was a major player on the leaderboard.

This meant that Violeta's skills were truly formidable!

Seeing the ID "I'm Your Sixth Uncle" made Zelena and Hattie furious.

They still remembered when they had encountered Violeta in a game. In a solo match, Violeta had humiliated them, making them call her "daddy," and she still had the recording of that moment! Hattie gritted her teeth. "We have to make her lose miserably at the college competition!"

Then Hattie turned to Zelena, annoyed. "How could you not know anything about this? Didn't you know Violeta played games?"

Zelena remained silent.

She wished she had known.

But when she returned to the Blake family, it was already Violeta's senior year summer, and by then, Violeta had stopped playing games.

After starting at Toland University, Violeta focused most of her time on professional training.

The one who eventually won the college competition championship was Hattie.

So, in Zelena's eyes, the biggest rival at the college competition was Hattie.

life, Hattie successfully recorded an MV, matching Violeta's popularity at

"Forget it. This time, I must win

realized she couldn't rely too much

deal with Violeta, she'd have to rely

She wouldn't let Hattie hog all the glory. She had

wanted the championship, but did that mean she didn't want

Ha...

could only be

find out which studio Hattie had hired. She secretly bribed the studio owner, who, under her instructions, made sure the

was set, but it had

her false hope of victory,

arranged for a hacker to leak damaging

of her major rivals would be out of

championship wide open for

Zelena

preliminary rounds

University first needed to advance ten teams before competing at the

the day of the preliminaries, Violeta's team won fifteen matches in a row, becoming the first team

Hayden and his team, but

skill level of a

sense and mechanics were absolutely

teams also

was the second to advance,

preliminary round lasting a week, they secured three of the ten available spots on the first day,

planned for Violeta to be bogged down by negative news during