Child of Destiny

A single look at this unusual lineup was more than enough for David to realize what Shin was planning for this round. Sending a group of summoners for the round and letting them summon an entire army to overwhelm their opposition with sheer numbers.

David could already picture inside his head how much torture the other side would have suffered under the assault of such a huge army with only three of them.

He could not help but pity them for what was about to come, especially when they had chosen a battlefield with a not-so-complex but still complicated terrain.

It was easy to tell that they had chosen this stage to be favorable to them, especially when they were very familiar with everything. Unfortunately, the complicated terrain that was supposed to work in their favor became the biggest factor that could lead to their loss.

Given the data that they had gotten from Chaotic Luck’s last performance, the people who had studied his style realized the absurdly long distance where he could control his army. All he had to do was to continue hiding far from the center of the battle while supporting Akailu and his combat pets with his army.

As for Huahua, everyone could already tell the main reason why she was chosen despite being a complete rookie. She was supposed to enhance the stats of Akaliu, his pets, and the entire Legion of the Chaotic Sun with her totems while also increasing their numbers further with her ghost and spirit soldiers.

With the combined numbers of their army, it was not hard to imagine how torturous the battle would be for the side of the Hien Workshop.

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“We have been played,” said Heavenly Shield right after seeing the lineup of their opposition.

White Silver could not help but nod his head in agreement as he could also see that they were already at a complete disadvantage just by looking at the compositions of the teams. “No matter what angle we look at… this is a losing battle for our team.”

“Our only opposition is rushing the opposing side with brute force, killing their main summoners as fast as we can and preventing them from summoning more soldiers and increasing the size of their army.”

“After all, their army will only grow larger if we give them too much time,” he added with a helpless sigh. “Unfortunately, it will be hard to find them with such a complicated terrain.”

“Isn’t it such a broken lineup then?” said Pia as she also felt a little helpless from the side. “If they continue using this strategy, then their team with be unbeatable in Group Battles.”

But Heavenly Shield shook his head as he denied the idea. “It is not necessarily the case. Such a strategy can only work against team compositions like us, especially with our basic class composition.”

“If they are facing an opponent with strong firepower and powerful AOE (Area-of-effect) skills or spells, such a strategy will be useless.”

“Take Julius for example. If he is at least one of us, then blasting those skeleton soldiers will be quite easy. Adding a top-notch assassin, who can hide in the dark and take advantage of the complicated terrain of this stage, hunting down Chaotic Luck or Huahua will be much easier as well.”

“There is also Moyong Qi from the Wild Brothers. His Cannonier Style, bombarding this army with powerful blasts of his high-caliber guns and cannons can make this composition quite useless.”

“This is one of the reasons why they can’t always use this strategy,” he added as he could already see what the opposing side was thinking.

White Silver also nodded as he added further. “Moreover, their opposing team can also use the traditional 1-vs-1 group battle format, where the winner stays and the loser is out, to avoid fighting such a lineup.”

“There are many ways to deal with this despicable composition. It just happens that we are unlucky to be the first one to face it,” he commented full of helplessness.

“But it can also be because we are targeted by the opposing side, expecting us to go with the standard team composition,” said Heavenly Shield, implying that the strategist of the opposing team had most likely figured them out.

“So, what are we going to do? Give up and concede the match?” asked Pia dejectedly.

The match had not started properly yet, but they had already lost the round with the lineup alone.

“Of course not! We are going to give our best and lose with dignity. It is better than running away,” said White Silver with full righteousness.

“But it is still quite humiliating to lose miserably,” she said with a helpless sigh.

After adjusting their mentality, the trio formed the standard formation before rushing straight to the direction where they had predicted their opponent would be summoned.

They did not have to strategize that much for this match since there was nothing much they could do. They just hoped that they would be able to rush their opponent before they could summon their huge army and increase their size to an unstoppable level.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

But expectations would always be slapped by reality.

Unlike everyone’s expectation, the trio from the Empyrean Talons did not follow the usual ‘script’ and initiated an all-out attack right from the start.

They did not wait For their army to grow larger as they quickly charged ahead, heading straight to the opposing side.

From the look of it, they were planning to face their opposition head-on.

Swoosh!

Chaotic Luck was riding on the back of a huge skeleton falcon with a pair of blazing wings and a long tail made of fire. They flew across the sky, being the scout to find their opponents.

But he still did not stop summoning his legion of blazing undead despite this current task. He did not even hold back at summoning a huge number of blazing undead despite being in the sky.

The Legion of the Chaotic Sun was steadily advancing toward the direction of their opponent while being led by Akailu, who had already fused with his War Bear, along with the Shadow Wolf and Fierce Tiger pets.

Meanwhile, Huahua was currently riding the back of a huge skeleton giant that seemed to be made from the remains of a huge mammoth. This blazing undead would act as her main guard that would protect her from any harm alongside the sub-elites surrounding it.

Rumble!

Sensing the intense tremors of the ground, the trio from the Hien Workshop immediately assumed a battle formation, expecting an intense battle.

They did not expect that the opposing side would take the initiative to attack when they could just wait on their ‘base’ while steadily growing their army.

But the three quickly shivered when they saw the incoming Legion of Chaotic Sun, which greatly resembled a monster horde during a city defense event.

“F*ck!” Heavenly Shield could only curse out loud after seeing the army of the opposing side.

Even if he was dubbed the Grinding King, known for being relentless and very difficult to take down due to his steady, powerful defense, it was still impossible for him to withstand the incoming ‘horde’ by himself.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

He just finished assuming a defensive stance when a rain of fireballs suddenly came falling from the sky, bombarding them with powerful explosions.

Seeing that, he could not help but raise his shield and summoned a huge dome-like barrier that protected their team from the intense bombardment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

But he had underestimated the might of these fireballs, which contained the power of the sun.

The barrier did not last that long before it collapsed under the constant bombardment.

Heavenly Shield was about to activate another defensive skill when a huge ‘monster’ suddenly cast its shadow from above, pouncing straight at them.

Roar!

Seeing Akailu, White Silver planned to face him head-on but was stopped by Heavenly Shield. His job was to protect Pia, who would be the main target of their opponent, so he had to hold his ground.

Raising his shield, Heavenly Shield cast his version of ‘Shield Wall’ to block the incoming attacks while also warding off the Shadow Wolf and Fierce Tiger that suddenly came out of nowhere.

Roar! Roar!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Heavenly Shield was about to continue his defensive stance, but he suddenly noticed a formation of different spiritual totems surrounding them.

“D*mn it!” he could only curse a little more due to the perfect timing and positioning of these totems, which released a series of intense pulses that weakened their stats while boosting the opposing side.

Boom!

It was at this moment that the Legion of the Chaotic Sun had arrived.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Chaos quickly enveloped the entire battlefield as Heavenly Shield, White Silver, and Pia tried their best to defend against the opposing army.

They were still able to showcase their respective brightness, holding out against the unstoppable horde.

They still proved that they were not regular experts, who would bend down before such a predicament. They planned to continue fighting until the very end.

Unfortunately, their resolve and relentlessness were not enough to defeat the overwhelming force of their opposition.

It did not take long before Pia fell under the claws of the cunning Shadow Wolf that constantly lurked in the chaotic battlefield.

White Silver could do nothing against it as he was under the constant pressure of the combined forces of the blazing undead legion and ghost soldiers that Huahua summoned with her ‘Spiritual Gate of the Dead’.

Heavenly Shield was also unable to hold a hand as he was dealing with Akailu, who was holding anything back.

This match did not last that long as the result was immediately revealed to everyone. It was a crushing defeat and a complete victory.

The live audience and online viewers were unable to express their emotions properly due to how the match had ended.

They did not know if they would be impressed with the ‘despicable’ strategy of the Empyrean Talons or pity the trio from the Hien Workshop for such a torturous experience.

“Devious!”

That was the only word that everyone could think of after watching such an overly one-sided massacre.

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