Over the next few days,
the situation in the group battles gradually stabilized.
Prison Rock's morale seemed to have truly been completely crushed in the first battle.
Whether it was their strongest first echelon or the second- and third-echelon players matched afterward, they mostly lost more than they won against Nine Provinces.
As for the first echelon—they had not won a single match.
Starting with the group battles on the second day, Prison Rock's top players began demonstrating their tactics.
And what were those tactics? Well—frantically avoiding Lu Xiu.
That's right.
They would rather abandon the bonfires they had seized than remain in the same area as Lu Xiu.
If Lu Xiu went to Firelink Shrine, they would immediately turn around and rush into the Painted World. If Lu Xiu went to the Painted World, they would promptly flee to Oolacile—
Their strategy was simple: never meet her.
If I can't beat her, can't I at least avoid her?
This cowardly display deeply disappointed the Nine Provinces players who had been waiting in the livestreams, eagerly anticipating a bloodbath.
But Lu Xiu herself was quite happy to take it easy.
She watched the Prison Rock players rapidly retreat, then exchanged a glance with Prison Rock's number-one player, whose domain skill remained unknown. She had no intention of chasing them.
Because she had not come to the Painted World this time to kill Prison Rock players.
During the first group battle, she had heard that Prison Rock's Zane was being pursued by Gwyndolin.
Ever since then, Lu Xiu had been curious about Crossbreed Priscilla's condition.
Today was the perfect chance to see her.
After all, the arena period was about to end.
At first, Cheng Xiu had wanted to come with her.
But after discovering that the Prison Rock players were