The Nine Provinces held a strong advantage.
But Prison Rock had not yet been driven into a corner.
After being put through the wringer in Lu Xiu's instance, the Nine Provinces players found the enemies in Prison Rock's instances stiff and full of openings. Even so, the home-field advantage was real.
Prison Rock's players knew their own instances far better than the newcomers from the Nine Provinces did.
Hiding in the shadows, they used their knowledge of the terrain to break line of sight, draw aggro, and lure opponents into environmental hazards.
That gap in home-field knowledge kept Prison Rock afloat.
They barely steadied themselves in the regular arena matches, avoiding a total rout.
But barely was the key word.
They were still at a major disadvantage.
As the Nine Provinces players launched a sweeping counterattack, Prison Rock continued to lose far more matches than it won.
Watching the Nine Provinces claim one new area after another, Prison Rock's leaders finally lost patience.
They began cutting their losses.
They would go straight for recapture matches!
The Nine Provinces' nine percent bonus to all attributes was already making a huge difference!
They could not let this continue.
The Prison Rock Royal Court ordered its very best Chosen Players to abandon the regular arena matches entirely.
In short, they would let Jian Li and the others push forward and seize area after area while committing all their core strength to recapture matches.
They had no choice.
They had to do something!
Otherwise, Prison Rock's mid- and lower-tier players would break.
Who could stand losing every single day?
Before long, system announcements began popping up one after another: Prison Rock had initiated recapture matches.
These Chosen Players were no Lu Xiu. They could not kill a defender the instant they met one, and