<h4>Chapter 1208: Treacherous Quan Zhen Sect</h4>


    The yers from Quan Zhen Sect knew their limits well and they did not hastily rush into battle.


    Upon the battle tform, the yers arranged themselves in a twoyered circr formation.


    Wang Yu, Crotch Lord and Boson and two other Assassins stood on the outer circle to protect Fearless and Spring Halo who had long-ranged jobs.


    Without saying, in terms of strategy andmand, Fearless was a peerlessmander.


    The ten of them were equally bnced in the formation, each having a specific role in offense and defense. Due to the nature of the circr formation, it gave off an impervious aura to their opponents.


    Purity’s original n was to divide and conquer. She did not expect her opponent to already anticipate that move and take preventive action.


    As soon as the match started, the yers from Quan Zhen Sect quickly rushed towards the centre of the battle tform.


    Thirteen Ji and Nian Liuyun nced over at them and immediately lunged towards Wang Yu ording to their n.


    As they were midway, there was a ck circle that appeared underneath the feet of the Quan Zhen Sect members. Following that, [Dark Barrier] was enacted and they were safely protected.


    “F*ck!”


    Thirteen Ji and Nian Liuyun quickly assessed the situation and frantically retreated.


    However, they were unfortunate that Wang Yu was standing in front of the formation.


    This duo had spent so much effort contemting on how to separate Wang Yu from his team but it turned out that Wang Yu had no intention to in the first ce.


    Wang Yu growled in a low voice, his arms barrelling forward past the boundary of [Dark Barrier]. With both hands, he grabbed Thirteen Ji and Nian Liuyu and mmed them backwards.


    “Boom!”


    The two were dragged into [Dark Barrier] and were rooted to the ground.


    These two could not even trouble Wang Yu when they did not have their movement impaired, much less needed to be said about their current predicament.


    Raising his clenched fist, two streaks of white light dissipated into nothingness. Without a span of less than a minute, Quan Zhen Sect had already scored two points.


    “This...”


    Seeing the tragic end of Thirteen Ji and Nian Liuyu, Purity’s team flew in a frenzy.


    Damn, they did not expect that [Dark Barrier] could be used in such an ingenious manner.


    [Dark Barrier] had a root effect so if anyone were to be caught in it, there was only one oue for the yer — Death!


    This was the most tant way of catching yers who were unprepared off guard.


    Fortunately, the duration of [Dark Barrier] was only 8 seconds. When the effect of the skills disappeared, a figment of a dragon materialised. Long Ze made use of this opportunity to close the distance between them.


    Spring Halo sniggered as he mmed his staff into the ground, instantly creating a protective field of thorns and thistles around his team.


    Under this sudden change in circumstances, Long Ze leapt and stabbed straight at Frost de and Crotch Lord.


    Crotch Lord executed a taunt skill and Long Ze found himself forcefully drawn to his shield.


    At this instant, Frost de raised his de and imed Long Ze’s life.


    “Hahaha!” Fearlessughed heartily and taunted Purity, “The rest of you cane at us, if any of you is still alive after this, it will count as my loss!”


    Purity heard his taunts and her emotions caused ayer of frost to cover her face.


    Since Purity’s team were all Pugilists, they were all melee yers.


    As long as Spring Halo was in the fight, these melee ss yers had no way of breaching their defence. Any attacks they made would be futile.


    Purity squatted in ce as she collected her mental state for a brief moment. She instructed the remaining yers, “All retreat for the moment, y by ear.”


    As soon as they heard her instructions, the remaining Pugilists flitted to the edges of the battle tform.


    Fearless continued his incessant taunts, “Do you think you are safe just because you have retreated?”


    Spring Halo immediately followed up as he muttered the words [Poison Nova].


    “Swoosh!”


    A ring of poison mist drifted throughout the tform.


    Due to the small size of the battle tform, Spring Halo’s [Poison Nova] had an effect of aplete map AOE skill.


    There was no area of the map that was safe so one by one the Pugilists sumbed to the poison. Their HP bars were trickling down by the second.


    At this point, MIng Du, Yang Nuo and Ling Longmeng began their long-range barrage.


    Since the Quan Zhen Sect had upied the centre of the tform, their long-range attacks could reach anyone on the tform. There was no shelter that the Pugilists could seek that could protect them.


    Furthermore, since they were already poisoned, their movement speeds were already impaired. They were a bunch of walking corpses.


    The Pugilists’ main strength was their agileness and unmatched mobility.


    However, this advantage was curtailed by their opponent’s strategy and they simply became moving targets.


    Even Boson and Crotch Lord fired their cannons indiscriminately in the distance, causing these Pugilists to run for their lives.


    These Pugilists felt extremely wronged and frustrated. They wanted a hand to hand, melee brawl with their opponents but could not even close the distance between them.


    Seeing that her team was systematically taken down, Purity felt an unprecedented sense of loss that welled up in her heart.


    Her initial n was to make use of an advantageous terrain to kill the yers from Quan Zhen Sect but in the end, that very fact paved the way for her loss....


    If she had some long-ranged sses on her side... If she did not choose the Pugilist tform.


    Purity’s mind went through many alternative oues of this battle but she jolted herself back to reality.


    “Ai...”


    The crestfallen Purity heaved a final sigh as she conceded defeat.


    <System Notification: Team A Murder Of Crows wins 14:4 against Team Pugilists Don’t Cry. They have won the amateur grouppetition and obtained qualification for the Profession Team Competition.>


    The final oue of thepetition was way out of people’s expectations. The audience did not expect that such a shameless team coulde out victorious over Team Pugilists Don’t Cry to im the first ce in thispetition.


    The professional yers, however, saw this oue from a mile away. They had already identified the same weakness as Fearless had in Team Pugilists Don’t Cry.


    Firstly, there was a problem in the teamposition. Before any battle even started, they were already at a disadvantage because all the members were Pugilists.


    Secondly, there was an attitude problem with the team. They wrongly believed that individual strength was the main determinant in the oue of a battle.


    Even if this team qualified for the professional scene, they would be annihted in the first round.


    ...


    There was the awards ceremony that wasing up next. The yers from Quan Zhen Sect went up on the podium to collect their awards under the hum of the audience and the runner up team.


    After a meaningless congrattory speech, the host turned excitedly towards Wang Yu and asked, “Team Leader Iron Bull, did the results of thispetition exceed your expectations?”


    “Hm...” Wang Yu was caught off guard, “Not really... I’ve always thought that based on our strength, first ce was within our grasp.”


    The host, “...”