The Great Thief - Chapter 303

Chapter 303
Actually, the Xin Xin Mercenary Guild wasn’t the sole cause of their suffering .


If it weren’t for the Peacetime Dynasty’s repeated losses, their points wouldn’t have been low enough to
warrant their elimination .
Drizzle Court, Gale Legion, Azure Guard and Glory Capital were all involved in their elimination .
They should probably take their complaints to the Brotherhood Guild instead .
There was actually one important reason as to why the Peacetime Dynasty had been eliminated so early .
They had two core members of their team – Song of Sorrow and Hot Twitch . These players were also
their top players . However, Hot Twitch (the Hunter) was stolen away by the Brotherhood Guild for 2 . 6
million dollars .
As such, they had no choice but to substitute in a different hunter for Hot Twitch . The new player wasn’t
as strong as their star player, and the team’s synergy was destroyed .
What happened to the Peacetime Dynasty was upsetting, but had no bearing on the following matches .
The next match involved the Xin Xin Mercenary Group against Purple Lunar Paradise .
Purple Lunar Paradise was ranked 12 th , with their star players Dark Destroyer (Warrior) and Lone Smoker
Long (Warlock) . Their Druid, Mini Meow, was also quite famous because she was cute and ranked
among the top ten on the beauty rankings .
Dark Destroyer was a long Warrior veteran and had been famous for nearly a decade .
Lone Smoker Long, on the other hand, was on par with Hornet’s Nest and was in contention for the title
of ‘number one Warlock player’ .
It was Purple Lunar Paradise’s Warrior, Warlock and Druid composition against the Xin Xin Mercenary
Group’s Warrior, Thief and Priest .
Purple Lunar Paradise had unexpectedly decided to send out Lone Smoker Long .


This wasn’t what the audience wanted to see and many of them began to boo .
Lu Li stood among the stands and bitterly shook his head . It seemed as though they had worked out
Moonlight and Lu Li’s sending-pattern and were taking advantage of it .
Even so, he restrained his to change players .
Although the Magic Professions had some advantages over Warriors, Lu Li still had full confidence in
Moonlight .
Moonlight was incredibly skilled with his Charge, had many damage reduction skills and had strong skills
like Whirlwind . It wouldn’t be easy to defeat him .
Additionally, it wasn’t as though Moonlight had never beaten Magic professions before; he had actually
done it on more than one occasion .
But having said that, Lu Li’s heart sank when he saw the scene .
Lone Smoker Long must have had many bonus Agility points and his shoes must have been exquisite . He
was surprisingly much faster than the Berserker .
He also had two escaping skills that were actually Special Effects .
One of them appeared to make him slip forwards . It looked amusing but was actually quite effective .
The second created a shadow four yards in front of him, which he could then teleport to .
These weren’t Warlock Skills, so they must have been Special Effects from equipment . Lone Smoker
Long obviously spent a lot of time in refining his equipment set .
However, because he had prioritized mobility, his attack and defense attributes were quite average . His
damage was irritatingly pitiful .
Moonlight was hit by him and only lost a few dozen HP . Even the Warlock’s damage over time skill only
dealt a little bit of damage on each tick .


He was using his speed to engage in guerilla warfare, repeatedly attacking his slow opponent to slowly
wear him down .
Lu Li shook his head bitterly . He could only praise Lone Smoker Long for playing this kind of alternative
Warlock .
This match turned out to be the longest individual match of the Shadow Cup Tournament, lasting for 47
minutes .
In his previous individual matches, Lu Li’s opponents could only last for 4 or 5 minutes . In fact, the victor

was mostly determined in one minute .
Moonlight eventually lost the match by a narrow margin .
Lone Smoker Long was almost out of HP as well .
"Sorry, I lost . "
Moonlight had a sad expression on his face . All experts had a sense of pride and he really didn’t want to
lose this match .
"It’s just one match; don’t worry about it . We’ll get it back on the next round . "
In the group round, Lu Li and Moonlight didn’t hesitate . They rushed at Lone Smoker Long the moment
they saw him .
This happened so quickly that Purple Lunar Paradise’s Warrior Dark Destroyer and Druid Mini Meow
were unable to react .
Lone Smoker Long’s expression turned dark – did they really hate him that much?
He had to run away; he had no other choice .
Fortunately, he was very mobile and was almost able to shake off his pursuers .
However, there was no way that he could outrun Lu Li .
Lu Li cast Sudden Thrust, then applied a Slow poison with a few slashes of his dagger .
After this, Lu Li stepped back and let Moonlight deal with him .
Lu Li had to go back to save March Rain . While he and Moonlight were chasing down Lone Smoker Long,
Mini Meow had cast Creeping Vines on March Rain and binded her . She then worked with Dark
Destroyer to try and quickly kill her .
Lu Li activated his cloak’s effect and appeared behind the Warrior, then stunned him with Cheap Shot .
He then aggressively attacked, rapidly bringing down the Warrior’s HP . However, with Mini Meow
healing him, Lu Li was unable finish him of on his own .
March Rain took this opportunity to return her HP to full .
Now that Lu Li had achieved his goal, he turned around and frantically attacked Lone Smoker Long .
The player, who was also considered one of the most handsome men, could only helplessly run away .
His HP was dropping too quickly even for his Healer to keep up .
Who allowed him to run such a non-meta build?
The rest of the group round wasn’t particularly eventful . Lu Li used his speed to restrain Lone Smoker
Long and used Gale Steps to avoid Dark Destroyer’s Whirlwind . Moonlight then cast Whirlwind in
response to this and quickly killed Lone Smoker Long with Lu Li .
After Lone Smoker Long died, Lu Li turned and mercilessly knocked Mini Meow out of the match .
The third match pitted the Xin Xin Mercenary Group against the Great Qin Empire . They were a very
united guild, but they had been unable to cultivate any star players . As such, the results could easily be
imagined .
At this point, the Xin Xin Mercenary Group had already qualified for the top 16 .
Their fourth match was against the 18 th -ranked East Sea Fleet . Despite the fact that Lu Li’s team had
already qualified, they still mercilessly knocked their opponents out from their precarious position .
On the current leaderboard, the Xin Xin Mercenary Group placed fourth with 47 points .
Glory Capital, Blood Red War Flag and Drizzle Court placed before them with the full 48 points .
Drizzle Court had been quite lucky . They didn’t face any particularly strong opponents and they had
Water Fairy to carry the individual rounds . Their Mage, Deadly Green Orange, was also an expert . He
had managed to defeat Song of Sorrow .
Behind them were the Gangnam Royals at 46 points, Wings of Dawn at 46 points and Peerless City at 45
points . The remaining final-16 teams were Seventh Heaven, Azure Guard, Gale Legion, Stellar Union,
Majin Temple, Purple Lunar Paradise, Gods of Dusk and Brotherhood .
There were six Evil Faction teams and ten Light Faction teams . The proportion was quite similar to what
it had been previously .
Although the Gods of Dusk weren’t ranked very highly, they had managed to hold their own with their
unnaturally strong player, Wood Fearing .
There were still many people lamenting about Peacetime Dynasty’s elimination as they were predicted
to make it into the top 10 of the tournament .
Blood Red War Flag had three teams in the top 100, but unfortunately, only one had survived .
Glory Capital had masters like Sorrowless and Blood Dagger on their team, so their journey had been
smooth sailing .
The Xin Xin Mercenary Group was the dark horse of these final 16 teams . They had subverted the
expectations of the players about who would be in the top 10 .
As Lu Li, Moonlight and March Rain became more well-known, so did the other members of the
Mercenary Group .