Once the system's whistle signaling the end of the match sounded, the spectators in the stands finally began to come back to their senses.
"The match… is over just like that?"
"That's insane — the Shura team actually pulled off another flawless victory!"
Today's three matches had thoroughly shown everyone what high-level PK looked like. It was an entirely different dimension from the combat PK they were used to. Especially for the top-tier and second-tier guild experts, watching the clash between Jiu Xiao Long Yun and Bai Qingxue had been so nerve-wracking and exhilarating that they'd nearly forgotten to breathe.
One wrong breath and they might have missed the decisive moment.
Still, no one could deny that this match had completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
Practically no one present had believed the Shura team could win, let alone achieve a flawless victory. After all, the strength the E'jiao team had displayed was simply too overwhelming.
And this massive upset left plenty of people beating their chests in regret, kicking themselves for not having bet on the Shura team to win flawlessly.
After all, the odds for a flawless victory had been a staggering one to nine!
If someone had bet all of their guild's resources on it, the returns would have been absolutely unimaginable. Every player who had come to spectate hailed from a major guild — pulling out a few hundred pieces of top-tier equipment and rare materials or items was nothing difficult for any of them, and winning would have netted thousands.
Just thinking about it was enough to drive someone mad.
And after this match, the name "Shura team" would truly earn a place on every major superpower's priority watch list.
…
Meanwhile, after Jiu Xiao Long Yun stepped down from the arena, the Witch of the West,
She knew full well what Jiu Xiao Long Yun was capable of.
Others might not know, but she had seen it with her own eyes.
The Six-Fold Sword Radiance Slash he'd shown on the arena wasn't his true level at all.
In his burst state, Jiu Xiao Long Yun could execute the Nine-Fold Sword Radiance Slash. It might only be three more strikes, but those three strikes would have been enough for him to defeat Bai Qingxue. Yet Jiu Xiao Long Yun simply hadn't done it, and that was what had led to the E'jiao team's complete defeat in this match — an enormous embarrassment.
"You think too highly of me. Yes, I held back, but Bai Qingxue was holding back too." Jiu Xiao Long Yun turned to look at Bai Qingxue on the Shura team and shook his head with a bitter smile. "Don't forget — she's a top-class profession, same as you. Rather than revealing my Nine-Fold Sword Radiance Slash and forcing her to use her double burst, I'd rather save it as a trump card for Thunder Island. After all, Thunder Island is the Miracleguild's true objective."
Alice, the Witch of the West, was struck with sudden realization upon hearing this.
Everyone assumed the greatest advantage of top-class professions was that they had no weaknesses. What most people didn't know was that the truly fearsome aspect of a top-class profession was the ability to activate a double burst. That was precisely why she hadn't used it in her earlier match — she'd been saving it for the fight over Thunder Island, to give the other super guilds a massive surprise.
At the thought of this, Alice's gaze shifted sharply onto
"Could he also be a top-class profession?" Alice suddenly recalled the scene where Shi Feng had repeatedly cleaved apart the giant fireball. That absolutely could not have been accomplished with a single burst skill — they were all merely Tier 1 professions, not Tier 2.
If that were truly the case, then
It was nothing more than a newly risen guild from a kingdom, yet it already had two people who had obtained top-class inheritances — something even their own Miracleguild hadn't managed.
…
"Did they really just win like that?" In the VIP box, Zi Qiong watched Bai Qingxue, her eyes blazing with fighting spirit and unwillingness.
Her original greatest goal had been to defeat the Sword Madman Jiu Xiao Long Yun, but now a girl barely older than herself had beaten him to it first — and Bai Qingxue hadn't even gone through the systematic training of a superpower. That was a tremendous blow to her pride.