They had originally thought Sky City's third-phase mission would be a chaotic battle against the other servers—most likely the Chinese Server against an alliance of other servers. They had not expected this phase to consist of one-on-one elimination matches, with the winners advancing until only the final server remained. While Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others were surprised, they were also exhilarated, because they were confident they could emerge victorious in the end.
"One-on-one matches are undoubtedly fair. This prevents one server from being targeted by all the others. It's quite appropriate for the Intelligent System to use this method to determine the final winner in a mission like this." Dongfang Mingxing smiled faintly as she spoke, clearly determined to win this mission.
"It is only relatively fair. Absolute fairness is difficult to achieve." Yan Hua Yi Leng said calmly, "Because we may still be targeted by the other servers. For example, the opponent we face may do everything possible to wear us down, while the opponents of other servers may deliberately hold back. In that case, our eventual victory may not come easily."
That was true. The Major Servers, especially servers like the Japanese Server, did not want the Chinese Server to gain control of Sky City. Their alliance could still manipulate the one-on-one matches. For instance, if the Japanese Server encountered an allied server such as the Korean Server, it could simply surrender, allowing the winning server to preserve its peak combat strength.
However, things would be different if those servers encountered the Chinese Server. They would use every possible means to exhaust the Chinese Server, because the greater its losses, the lower its chances of obtaining control over Sky City.
Hearing this, everyone nodded. They had also realized the problem, but they were not overly concerned.