Chapter 960 - Number One Warrior! (1/2)

Plenty couldn’t wrap his head around why the elites of the Evil Faction lost so badly to their counterparts of the Righteous Faction.

Plenty's confusion was understandable. When Nie Yan regressed to the past, he’d changed the dynamic of the two great factions. His influence on Bladelight, Sun, and the others was especially great. When Sub Legendary gear was still extremely rare in the game, they were already building towards their Legendary sets. This immense advantage only grew as time passed. When the Chaos Temple first released, Bladelight, Smoke Stub, Tang Yao, Sun, and several dozen other peak experts from Asskickers United entered with full sets of Legendary gear. While Fallen Angel was struggling to progress and continuously wiping on the temple outskirts, Asskickers United quickly slaughtered their way into the inner hall and snatched up all sorts of high quality loot. The gap grew even bigger after the release of the Sword of the War God. Because the stats of Fallen Angel’s main team weren’t high enough, they didn’t dare to enter this new dungeon at first. Meanwhile, Asskickers United started running it on the day of release and blitzed their way straight to the inner region. By the time Fallen Angel really started running the Sword of the War God, they were more than three months behind Asskickers United.

The difference in strength continued to widen like this! Logically speaking, the peak experts from the Righteous Faction and Evil Faction should be roughly on par in strength, with the latter even being slightly stronger even because of the innate skill advantage. However, the outcome was completely out of expectation. Smoke Stub, Sun, and the others were onesidedly dominating these arrogant top experts of Fallen Angel!

It was all the more humiliating for Fallen Angel, since they were the ones to propose this showdown. If things went on like this, they’d become the laughingstocks of both great factions!

It couldn’t go on like this. Plenty had no choice but to step in.

Another member was booted out of the competition. Fallen Angel only had three players left, which included Warlance, Godking, and an empty spot. That empty spot was saved for Plenty.

Warlance and Godking glanced at each other. “I’ll go up,” Warlance said after thinking for a moment. Godking would likely be matched up against Tang Yao while he would be facing Bladelight.

This would be Warlance’s second showing. In his first fight, he abused his class advantage to beat Dark Requiem, a truly shameful act. Just thinking of it caused his face to flush red with shame. It was a pity that hadn’t been enough to turn things around. Seven losses to only one win. They had three people left, Asskickers United nine.

Warlance really wanted to know how Bladelight and the others got so freakishly strong. Every single one of them were powerhouses! Previously, Fallen Angel had even reviewed the battle footage of the top experts from Asskickers United. Even if they weren’t assured of victory, they believed they at least had a 50-50 chance. Who knew these guys had hidden their strength so well!

Warlance had no idea how well he would fare against Bladelight. Originally, he was quite confident. However, after seeing the people on his side lose one after the other, he started doubting his chances of victory.

If they lost this competition, Fallen Angel would truly lose all face. They would never be able to raise their heads again.

The members from Fallen Angel weren’t the only ones in shock. Everyone was, even the players from Asskickers United. No one expected things to turn out this way!

“You know, I thought Fallen Angel and Asskickers United would be evenly matched, like a 50-50 toss-up on who would win. I never imagined Fallen Angel would be so much weaker!”

“Damn. I’m a fan of Asskickers United, and even I’m starting to feel bad for Fallen Angel. If the two factions go to war, Fallen Angel will just end up like Angel Corps back then, on the back foot as soon as the war begins.”

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The forums were also booming with discussion about the competition. Everyone had a new grasp on the strength of Asskickers United’s peak experts. Apart from Warlance scoring a victory and Soul Feather putting up a decent fight, the rest of Fallen Angel’s representatives had suffered humiliating defeats.

「I wonder if Plenty will come. If he loses too, that would be a scene.」

「Plenty is the Chairman of the Dark Council. If he does come up, it’ll be hard to say who will win this competition.」

「Hard to say my ass! Even if he comes, what’s the use if all his subordinates lose? He can’t stop Asskickers United alone!」

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Warlance walked onto the stage.

Bladelight smirked. “It’s finally my turn to go up!”

Bladelight stepped onto the stage and took position 10 steps away from Warlance. He asked with a small grin, “So, is Plenty really not coming?”

Warlance’s face flashed between anger and humiliation. He previously claimed that Plenty didn’t need to bother with a competition of this level. Now, however, they would have zero chance of victory without him.

“I admit, we vastly underestimated you lot. You have my sincerest admiration. In this match, I’ll give it my all. I hope we won’t ever meet on the battlefield!” Warlance drew the greatsword strapped to his back. It was a white bone sword blazing with soulfire.

Warlance admitted he’d misspoken. So, Bladelight dropped the subject. He focused his full attention on the battle. No matter what, he could not lose!

Simply by standing there, Bladelight gave off a domineering aura. Warlance’s pupils constricted. He knew the person before him was undoubtedly one of the strongest opponents he’d encountered so far!