Victory had long since been assured.
At those words, four cold snorts rang out from the crowd through gritted teeth.
"So that was why Wan Lan and Mu Bingge took us out before finding Wen Ling, while everyone was distracted by Lou Guanshan and Su Wuwei?"
Before the fighting began, the four of them had known better than anyone that, as the first-place finishers in the individual arena matches, they would be the first targets the Hold Up the Heavens Team eliminated.
But when they saw Lou Guanshan and the others charge toward He Chuan and Mo Yue, they had breathed a sigh of relief, thinking the Hold Up the Heavens Team had forgotten this was a Points Competition.
Yet in that very moment of relief, Lou Guanshan and Su Wuwei drew most of the others away, and Wan Lan and Mu Bingge arrived one after the other.
Without giving them a moment to catch their breath, the two seized the chaos and eliminated them outright.
The broad, burly contestant looked at Ye Buyu, clenching his fists until they creaked.
"Tell us. Was eliminating us incidental, or was it the core of your plan?"
"Of course it was the core," Ye Buyu said matter-of-factly. "And since it was the core of our plan, naturally, we couldn't let you notice."
Lowering the prey's guard before delivering a killing blow was something any hunter would do.
Everyone turned their heads back and forth between the four of them and Ye Buyu, looking for all the world like a bunch of rapidly swinging pendulums.
"Oh! I get it!"
A voice rang out from the crowd in sudden realization.
"The Hold Up the Heavens Team's main objective was the top six. So as long as they eliminated you four, then made sure everyone with