User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Shin DxD 3 discussion/@comment-41.13.12.215-20190801100529/@comment-10330822-20190803025504

Lucky him he has three fights he needs to win if he hopes to face Issei in the finals, that's of course assuming Issei makes it there too. Both of them have it pretty rough, because its almost guaranteed Issei is fighting through Diehauser and Indra to get the finals, while Vali as to first beat Sun Wukong and then could end up facing Typhon or Surtr along the way.