<h4>Chapter 786: Lose the Battle but Win the War</h4>
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Back at the Raptors’ battle camp, the other members from Team Raptors weed the victorious War Is Peace warmly, promptly congratting his victory and said, “Seventh brother truly is amazing! Quan Zhen Sect must be some dog sh*t guild, seeing that they could not even receive a blow from you.”
“That’s right! I initially thought that that bunch of people were as good as the rumours say they were. Clearly, they are just trash that thinks too highly of themselves. Seventh brother did not even have to do much to annihte that brat from Quan Zhen Sect.”
The yers from Team Raptors kept on praising War Is Peace, insulting and degrading Quan Zhen Sect at the same time. War Is Peace, however, wasn’t feeling happy about his victory. Frowning, he said to his other team members, “It isn’t as simple as it seems.”
“Seventh brother, you’re thinking too highly of them. Their reputation is merely a farce,” g Bearer Little Fly mocked and said in frustration. He was gloomy as he did not understand why War Is Peace treated those random ordinary yers as experts.
War Is Peace replied in a serious tone, “No, even though I managed to kill that brat easily, his skills were pretty decent. Furthermore, he was merely the first yer sent from the opponent’s battle team. Apart from us, you guys should know the role of the first yer sent from each team in apetition like this right?”
Only War Is Peace understood the capabilities of Vainglory as he had previously exchanged blows with him. Ignoring everything else, solely looking at Vainglory’s ability to cancel [Crushing Fist] mid-cast and following up with a [Lateral Kick], it was clear that the brat’s reactions were abnormally fast. Compared to any other experts like War Is Peace, he was notcking in the least... If it were not for the fact that hecked battle experience, the victor of the battle just now would have been uncertain.
Furthermore, inpetitions like this, the order at which yers were normally sent out was from the weakest to the strongest, in ascending order. If the weakest amongst them was a yer of Vainglory’s standards, how strong would the subsequent yers be?
Upon hearing what War Is Peace said, everyone thought that he was just overthinking the situation. However, seeing that War Is Peace was their boss, they didn’t bother arguing about it anymore. At this moment, a looming figure, holding onto an Obsidian grade shield and heavily equipped with ck armour, stood up and said, “Since that’s the case, I shall bring peace of mind to Seventh brother in the uing match.”
“En! Old Jin, you must be careful!” War Is Peace nodded and said.
“Don’t worry!” the burly fellow replied.
Vainglory’s ability among the yers in Quan Zhen Sect wasn’t the weakest. After witnessing Vainglory getting yed so badly, the pressure on Frost de, who was up next, was greater.
The hand that was holding onto his dagger was starting to sweat too.
Winning was a given for the yers from Quan Zhen Sect. If he were to lose here, Frost de would be looked down upon by the other yers from the sect, simr to Vainglory’s current predicament... However, Vainglory was still a child. Thus, everyone would save him some face. Frost de, on the other hand, was more senior and would definitely not be spared from their mockery.
“Frost, you’re nervous?” Everyoneughed after seeing Frost de’s expression.
“Bullsh*t! What do you think!” Frost de said as he wiped off the sweat on his forehead. Frankly, Frost de himself had experienced fighting on such a big scale before back when they had to face off with Void de’s professional battle team. However, Frost de was more nervous this time aroundpared to thest.
In the battle with Void de, everyone was fighting together and one could choose to retreat if things didn’t turn out as nned. Furthermore, with yers like Wang Yu to hold the fort, yers like Frost de were therergely to fill up the numbers. After all, in arge scale battle, an Assassin like Frost de couldn’t do much and could only focus on increasing his chances of survival.
However, the fight this time was on the arena and it was a frontal sh with the opponent... If Frost de was to run away for fear of losing the battle this time, not only would he throw his own face, he would also throw the face of Quan Zhen Sect in front of the other yers from Twilight City as well, even if the yers from Twilight City could not recognise that they were from Quan Zhen Sect for now.
Fearlessughed heartily, giving Frost de a pat on the back and said, “Don’t be nervous. It’s fine, just do what you do normally.”
“Saying is easy, clearly all of you have high expectations of me. Aren’t you afraid that I’ll lose?” Frost de said, not confident of himself.
“What are you saying? We are all brothers here. Don’t worry, we never had much hope for you...” Fearless shook his head and said.
“...”
Upon hearing what Fearless had said, Frost de was speechless. Seeing that everyone was stifling theirughter, Frost de said angrily, “F*ck all of you guys!”
At this moment, the system announcement rang once more.
<System notification: Round 2 of thepetition willmence. yers from both teams, please enter the arena.>
Following the system’s announcement, Frost de and the burly fellow from Team Raptors were teleported onto the arena and the battle promptlymenced.
“Eh? The second yer to go up is Golden Big Bird? What is Old Seven thinking?” Seeing the person that the Team Raptors had sent up, Darkorth Fisher rubbed his chin and asked, confused.
“Golden Big Bird? What kind of bullsh*t name was that?” Wang Yu mocked, after hearing what Darknorth Fisher had said.
Darknorth Fisher exined, “This man is called Abundance of Gold and his nickname is Golden Big Bird. He is the head of the 12 raptors from the Raptors battle team and is the number one expert under War Is Peace. To think that he would be sent on stage in the second round.”
“There’s nothing that isn’t to be expected. The War guy is rather talented. He probably knows that we n to lose the battle and win the war in the end, thus he is trying to suppress us in the early stages,” Fearless indifferently said.
“I see.” After hearing Fearless’ exnation, Darknorth Fisher promptly managed to understand the situation. Seems like War Is Peace knew that Quan Zhen Sect was not an easy opponent to deal with, thus, he nned to umte small win initially during the single PVP matches to increase the point gap in the earlier stages of thepetition.
Fearless, however, shook his head andughed, coldly adding, “Hehe. However, this brat has underestimated us... In order for him to employ such a tactic, the abilities of both parties must still be simr for it to work.”
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Even though Frost de’s skills werecking whenpared to the other yers from Quan Zhen Sect, that guy was a prudent and cautious man. The moment he stepped onto the arena, he immediately entered [Stealth].
Seeing that Frost de had vanished from sight, Abundance of Gold looked at his surroundings, before calmly walking over to the side of the arena. He stood on the same spot and waited for Frost de to make his move.
Seems like whatever kind of boss would have whatever kind of followers. The style of this guy was simr to War Is Peace. It was embarrassing to employ suchbat tactics and they were simply throwing the face of their battle team.
Seeing Abundance of Gold adopting his position at the side of the arena, Frost de instantly became gloomy.
An Assassin was a ss that excelled in stabbing their opponents behind the back. Now that the opponent had his back against a wall, what could Frost de possibly do?
A frontal attack was even more out of the question. Abundance of Gold was a Guardian and was equivalent to an iron turtle, same as that of War Is Peace.
However, War Is Peace had added all of his points into Strength. Thus, his physique was still rtively weak. If there was an opportunity, it was easy for a counterattack topletely turn the tables against him. Abundance of Gold’s job, on the other hand, hadpletely countered Frost de.
Apart from an attack from the back, regardless of any angle, Frost de had no way of eliminating Abundance of Gold. On the hand, if Frost de were to do a frontal assault, Abundance of Gold would definitely seize the opportunity. Just based on the damage output of a Guardian, Frost de would not even have the opportunity to escape.
Of course, a good Assassin would be able to y along and wait it out as the duration of [Stealth] was more than sufficient for scenarios like this. What Frost de had was time. The moment Abundance of Gold shifts from his current position, Frost de would initiate a surprise attack.