The Great Thief - Chapter 277

Chapter 277
Regular matches were different to qualifier matches . Instead of an instant elimination system, the tournament was based on a point system . There were a total of three matches in the regular matches . Teams received a point for each win and required at least two points to advance to the next stage .


As such, when all hope seemed lost, they decided to accept defeat .
Rather than stalling this match, it would be smarter to conserve their energy for the next battle .
Dark Wind was dripping with cold sweat; he was completely caught off guard by their play style .
He held himself back from commentating about March Rain’s mispositioning, otherwise, it would’ve been embarrassing .
March Rain strayed off from the group and had no protection from her teammates .
However, this was all a trap that had been set up by the little priest . She purposely baited their strongest class to the ditch so that he would be separated from his group as well .
Without the healing from the Druid, Lu Li and Moonlight were able to quickly burst down the Warlock . It was only a matter of time before the rest of their opponents met the same fate .
Dark Wind calmly analysed Lu Li’s formation and play style, and acted as if he knew what had happened . Since he had also complimented Lu Li’s group before the match, no one suspected that he had misjudged the situation .
He proceeded to analyse some highlights from the fight and excitedly announced it to everyone who was watching .
The match had finally ended .
The system notified them of their win and they were teleported out of the arena .
Lu Li realised that their strategy had been exposed by the commentators to everyone and was bothered by the fact that it was no longer a secret . However, his mood quickly changed at the thought of the 1000 gold that they would receive at the end of the match .
He would probably receive a share of 200 gold from the winnings .
Although he couldn’t have the best of both worlds, he would choose the money if he was forced to .


One match equated to 200 gold and there were more than ten more matches to go .
However, he had other tricks up his sleeve such, as the escape active from his shoes, the ambush active from his gloves and the protection active from his chest plate . Additionally, he had yet to reveal his Perfect Grade Corrupted Fang to the world .
They were matched against three Mages in the next round, a raw damage output team .
Their strategy was to instantly kill-off the other team’s support and then clean up the rest of their opponents . This strategy was simple, yet very effective .
However, this was not the case against Lu Li’s team .
March Rain and the others were all level 26 and above . The three level 23 Mages had a level punishment against them, so their damage output was abysmal .
Seeing as they couldn’t instantly kill the healer, all they could do was pray for their lives .
The entire match was quite uneventful as the three Mages tried their best to stall it out . Dark Wind and Zhang Zhen continued to commentate and managed to talk throughout the entire match until the end .
On the 17th match, Lu Li faced-off against some old friends .
At first, he didn’t realise, because his opponents were all in Stealth mode .
Were they up against 3 Thieves?
They had just faced 3 Mages and now, they were up against 3 Thieves . What was up with all the weird team compositions?
A single-class team composition could sometimes be extremely strong, because the players complimented each other . However, they lacked the flexibility and adaptability when they were faced against a counter . The single-class team compositions were basically extinct before Lu Li’s rebirth .
The only remaining team that was composed of a single class was the Five Fireball Gods . However, they weren’t even close to the top 16 teams .


Lu Li’s team decided to carefully test the waters .
Moonlight left his original position and advanced cautiously, while March Rain followed closely behind . Lu Li activated his stealth and also followed closely to deal with anyone that tried to ambush their healer .

“Everyone must be wondering what is happening . Let’s take a look at our special view . ”
Zhang Zhen inputted some commands and the big screen revealed everyone’s position .
Much to Lu Li’s surprise, the opponents were actually two Thieves and a Druid .
The two Thieves weren’t just any ordinary Thieves; the spectators quickly recognized them .
Swirling Left Eye and Staring Right Eye!
“Ahh, how unfortunate for them,” Dark Winds laughed bitterly . As a professional commentator, he had to respect the players from major guilds .
The Imperial Secret Service wasn’t the biggest guild, but many people still wouldn’t dare to offend them .
The two commentators were stuck between a rock and a hard place . They had to keep things interesting for the viewers and had to make sure that they didn’t offend Imperial Secret Service at the same time .
As for the result of this match…
If Left and Right Eye could defeat Lu Li today, the Imperial Secret Service would regain the respect they once had .
Somehow, everyone in Dawn knew about how Lu Li had completely wiped out hundreds of elite players from the Imperial Secret Service .
The Imperial Secret Service had lost all their respect and was seen as a joke by many people .
And now, the two parties had met again in this tournament .
The three players from the Imperial Secret Service froze in place when they saw Lu Li . The expressions on their faces were hilarious and it was as if they had already accepted that this would be an impossible match to win .
That Thief is Lu Li right… it must been…
Why do we have to be humiliated again on the big screen!?
“We shouldn’t surrender… right…?” the Druid asked .
Every player from the Imperial Secret Service trembled at the sound of Lu Li’s name, especially after they had suffered that brutal massacre . Their hearts were filled with fear whenever Lu Li was mentioned .
Swirling Left Eye death-stared the Druid and angrily retorted, “Surrender your mum . Worse comes to worst, we’ll just die . ”
The Druid knew that their chances of winning were slim and had given up before the match had even started .
“Legend, wait until they are separated and ambush the Priest,” Staring Right Eye began to strategize .
“I don’t do enough damage; how can I kill the Priest? Besides, Lu Li would be close-by protecting his healer,” the Druid called ‘I’m a Legend’ said as he began tearing up . It was basically a suicide mission .
“That’s right, Lu Li will go and save the healer, and when that happens… hehe,” Right Eye laughed coldly .
His smiled reminded Legend of the big bad wolf .
Moonlight continued walking forwards further and further away from March Rain .
At this very moment, the Druid appeared and immediately attacked March Rain .
Priests wore cloth armour and had low defence . Therefore, they expected Druid to be able to solo-kill the priest .
However, the script did not go as the director had written . March Rain appeared to be under very little pressure; she was able to heal herself and even had the ability to return some damage back to the Druid .
Moonlight turned around and rushed back to March Rain for support .
The Druid was completely caught off guard because he thought that Lu Li would appear to help March Rain, but instead, it was Moonlight that supported his priest .
A healing Druid against a Priest and Warrior was a recipe for disaster .
It didn’t look good for the three stooges of Imperial Secret Service .
“Well, this is awkward . Right Eye has miscalculated and their strategy isn’t working,” Dark Wind explained . “The two Thieves are still in Stealth mode, but their Druid’s HP continues to drop . If they don’t do something soon, it could very easily turn into a 2 vs . 3 .
“If they came out and helped the Druid, they would be ambushed by Lu Li . ”
Zhang Zhen was impressed and clapped his hands, then continued, “As expected of Dawn’s best commander – Lu Li predicted their attack and reacted accordingly . ”
“Yes, they appeared to be in a dire situation,” Dark Wind commented .
In reality, the difference in skill and damage was so great that the Imperial Secret Service had no chance of winning, even if their strategy had worked out .
Left Eye revealed himself and immediately pounced onto March Rain, who had been self-sustaining her own HP .
Moonlight suddenly switched targets from the Druid and immediately dashed onto Swirling Left Eye, stunning him .