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    It did not take that long for the Wild Brothers to crumble completely under the repeated pressure that Alucard was constantly giving them. They started to lose their confidence after suffering in the battle, especially when they had tried doing everything, yet they still failed to achieve any results.

    Moyong Qi was the one who was suffering the most in this battle. Even if he still had a somewhat strong mind, he was still losing himself in front of such adversity, especially when he was constantly being targeted throughout the entire battle.

    Losing against someone strong was fine, but being humiliated in such a manner where the opposing party was constantly targeting the weakness of every technique and strategy that he had.

    He was not sure if it was the plan of the Empyrean Talons, but he was sure that they were targeting him on purpose.

    In the end, even if he had showcased his true abilities, he was still being suppressed repeatedly as his style was completely countered by his opponents.@@@@

    They were unable to find a way to break through the ’defense’ of the opposing side, so they could only ’passively’ try looking for another way to win. However, given the current state of the battle. It seemed like an impossible task, their morale could not help but drop sharply.

    Moyong Han had also noticed that his reliable big brother was struggling hard just to keep up with the face of their opposing side, which was something he had never seen before, especially when the three of them were working together.

    What was even more demoralizing about their situation was even his second brother, Moyong Gui, seemed to have also lost his will to continue the battle.

    "What-... what went wrong?" he could not help but ask himself this question as he was also starting to become affected by the mood of his two elder brothers.

    While he was still struggling to accept the ’outcome’ of this battle, which was somewhat disappointing for their side, everything had already ended before he knew it.

    Both Moyong Qi and Moyong Gui understood that it was useless to continue with the battle right now as it would only further wound their pride and affect their future mindset during a battle. If it indeed happened, then they would be nothing but a mere ’cripple’ in the eyes of their organization and such.

    They had to take a step back now before everything was too late. Even though the seed of psychological trauma was already planted in their hearts, it was not to the point that it could turn into a long-lasting poison that would slowly erode their minds.

    Their youngest brother was still somewhat ’pure’ in this aspect, so he was not much affected by the psychological attack that their opponents had sent them.

    "We give up!"

    "We concede!"

    The two said almost at the same time as if they had already planned this ahead of time.

    Moyong Han was still trying to understand their current state, but his elder brothers had already decided that it was not worth continuing with their meaningless struggle.

    "Ah!?"

    He was still in a state of confusion when the system had already pulled his body and thrown him out of the battle arena alongside his brothers.

    All the spectators watching this match were also somewhat caught off guard as they were still too immersed in the current state of the battle.

    Regardless, they still broke into an uproar after seeing the huge words displayed right above the battle arena.

    The result might be a little lackluster compared to what they had expected, where the Wild Brothers would come up with an amazing strategy for a comeback or use their strongest combination skills. Meanwhile, the opposing side would also try their best to stop the three from doing that or respond with a powerful move of their own.

    But unfortunately, their fantasy was utterly shattered by reality.

    "Yet you are telling me to go all-out aside from some of my hidden cards," complained Leonard from the side.

    Shin turned to him as he gave the latter a weird look beneath his mask. "Everyone knows you anyway, so what’s the point in hiding your cards? Moreover, you are influenced by Arthur and upload quite a lot of battle clips on your channel regularly."

    "There is no point in hiding those cards that everyone has already seen, am I right?" he added with an exaggerated tone.

    "Tsk! At least, it pays some extra income for me," refuted Leonard.

    Alice, on the other hand, remained silent on the side as she hesitated whether she should say something. She was still in an awkward relationship with Shin and Cloe after what happened earlier.

    Even if they had somewhat thrown the issue at the back of their heads, Alice still felt somewhat uncomfortable with the situation. All she could think right now was the face of that cute little dragon girl.

    Her mind somewhat wandered in some place and time that she would never dare to imagine before.

    But whenever she looked at Shin and Cloe, she could only heave a helpless sigh as an uncomfortable feeling tried to squeeze inside her chest.

    Meanwhile, the last member, who was chosen to be the sixth man for this round, stood still in a corner.

    Samael, who was supposed to be not an official member of the team up until recently, was unable to calm his mind and heart.

    Not only this would be his debut on the professional stage, but he did not how he would calm his mind. Moreover, the shoes that he needed to fill in this lineup were from Arthur and Owen’s position, so the pressure on him was too heavy.

    Seeing the pale face that Samael was making, Owen could not help but walk over and pat the latter’s back. "What’s there to be too nervous about? It is not like you will mess up with those monsters supporting you on the stage."

    "But that is also the very reason why I am like this," refuted Samael as he sighed helplessly. "What if I am unable to fulfill my role in the team and mess up everything? What do I have to do?"

    Hearing that, Owen could not help but grin as he asked. "Do you want to hear something that will calm your mind?"

    Samael did not say anything; he just repeatedly nodded his head.

    Owen smirked as he continued. "Just engrave this in your mind-..."

    Samael’s expression was serious as he waited for advice from a senior in the field. He knew that he had to put it in his heart so that it could help him in the future.

    But what he heard next made him stare blankly in the air.

    "Do you see those guys? Do you know how much of a monster they are? Even our healer is a witch in her own right."

    "With them being on the same field and working together, do you think that you still have the chance to perform on the stage?"

    "Kid, don’t be too delusional. Your role for this match is nothing but a decoration."

    His words might be quite harsh in a sense but indeed helped Samael calm his nerves down.

    Sometimes, reality was cruel, but it was also quite comforting in some ways. It just depended on how you looked at the situation.

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