The group combination skill's effects were astonishing. A single use killed off most of the players from every country, even instantly killing some Dual Professions. After the skill was unleashed, the battle's outcome became clear. The various countries had almost no chance left; continuing to fight would only increase their casualties, so many began to consider retreating.
There was nothing they could do if the main forces of the various countries wanted to withdraw, but they had no intention of letting those elite experts escape. Fortunately, before the group combination skill had been used, those experts had been blocking Ye Luo and his group. They were thus all trapped by Hua Nong Yue's Space Teleportation Gate and could not leave for ten minutes. That was more than enough time for Ye Luo and his group to do many things, including wiping out every one of those experts.
If they failed to kill the elite experts from the various countries, those people might return to harass Ye Luo and his group when they attacked the Large Fortress. Of course, killing them, making them lose levels, and causing them to drop equipment would greatly weaken them as well. It would be much easier to deal with them again in the future.
Naturally, those elite experts had fairly good equipment, and most possessed quite a few pieces of Primordial God Grade Equipment. Even obtaining some of the equipment they dropped would further improve Ye Luo and the others' gear. It was far more efficient than grinding monsters or completing quests.
That was precisely why no one intended to give those experts a chance to escape.
Although Ye Luo and his group only had a hundred people and were at an absolute numerical disadvantage, most of the elite experts from the other countries had