Everyone in Wings of Dawn had put in a lot of effort to equip themselves. Everyone's equipment was better than Lu Li's.
Apart from Skill Points and Enhanced Skills, they had invested a lot of money in their own players. Whether it was their own club trying to find ways to get equipment from Bosses or buying it from outside at a high price, they had reached a level that Lu Li and the others couldn't even imagine.
In the end, Ruling Sword was still too poor.
Although there was income from the Stronghold every season, and there was more or less income from other aspects, the expenses were also very high.
Elite groups, especially core elite groups, needed a lot of money to support. In this professional gaming era, there was no difference between this and a normal job. Not only did they have to pay salaries, but they also had to pay insurance for the elite players.
As a legitimate club, they also needed to take out a portion of their profits to pay taxes.
Considering that the equipment at this stage was just a transition, and the real competition wouldn't start until level 70, Lu Li and the others didn't spend too much effort on equipment.
There was no strongest profession, only the strongest player. This was a good saying.
However, if there was a difference in equipment between players who were equally strong, then the strength would really be unequal.
After Moonlight died, Elevenless was basically invincible. Although Alfreid's Forger set had flaws, it was still a top level 65 set of equipment.
Ruling Sword only took one point in this match, so they completely lost the match.
"It's actually not a big deal. We still advanced," Genhao San comforted everyone as they finished the match. He then explained, "Wings of Dawn paid a huge price to prepare for this match. That set of equipment was obtained from a private Instance Dungeon. All the Instance Dungeon scrolls on the market were taken by them, which cost them tens of millions."
"They spent so much money for a match?" Lu Li couldn't understand how these clubs played.
"Not only that, but they also recruited equipment from the entire club. As long as it was better than what the professional players were wearing, they wanted it. Anyway, it made the club complain. It wasn't until Dream 13 gave them a sum of money that they finally calmed down," Genhao San said with a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.
"But in the end, they still beat us," Lu Li said.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with what we're doing. It's better to develop steadily than to develop fiercely." Genhao San did not seem to care at all that they had lost a match.
Lu Li patted Genhao San's shoulder and said nothing.
With such a 'virtuous wife', it would seem pretentious to continue talking nonsense.
Of course, he couldn't spend money to get everyone's equipment like the Wings of Dawn. At most, he could rely on his memories from his previous life and know some quests or Bosses to help everyone improve as much as possible so that they wouldn't be able to fight back against a club that was weaker than the Wings of Dawn.
Ruling Sword's defeat caused the World Announcements to be filled with sarcastic remarks.
This was especially true for the teams that had been eliminated by Ruling Sword in the competition. They had seen Ruling Sword lose once. This really wasn't easy. Since Ruling Sword's debut, they hadn't lost even three matches.
What did that mean?
The Capital of Glory was a century-old club. When they were at their lowest point, they could lose every match. Sometimes, they couldn't even perform well against a medium-sized club.
Even when Xiao Mo was in charge of the Capital of Glory, the Capital of Glory was still a long way from being an invincible general.
The Wings of Dawn defeated the Demon King and became a hero in many people's eyes. Everyone was overjoyed and felt that the tens of millions had been worth it. In fact, they had spent more money than everyone had imagined.
The few investors behind them had thrown in a hundred million and claimed that if they still couldn't make a splash, they would collectively withdraw their investment.
Dream 13 was so scared that he almost peed his pants.
The Wings of Dawn's expenses were too high, and they couldn't rely on their own money. As such, more than a decade ago, they had accepted investments from about seven or eight large groups in the real world. They jointly contributed money, and the Wings of Dawn increased their own popularity to advertise the various products and services of these groups.
A few weeks ago, the Wings of Dawn's Stronghold, Thousand Needles, had been taken away by that old fox, Mowang Feng. The board of directors were extremely dissatisfied with the brothers.
As such, the Wings of Dawn had to do something.
As it turned out, the result this time was very good. Their own club had actually defeated the almost undefeated Ruling Sword. How could this not make the board of directors happy? As such, they waved their hands and continued to throw in money.
A new Stronghold War had begun.
This was the sixteenth Stronghold War. It seemed that they had been inspired by the Wings of Dawn. Many small and medium-sized clubs were madly throwing in money to obtain level 60 + equipment, trying to use their advantage in the Stronghold War.
Many people thought that this was the last craziness of the 60s.
In addition to throwing money at equipment, there was also the Jackal Tactics. After all, as soon as the Stronghold was taken, there would be people who would immediately take out a large amount of money to invest.
At the beginning of the year, the stock exchange released new rules and relaxed the examination of entertainment companies. This also meant that the gaming industry was really going to take off. The idle funds from the outside world were screening their targets.
Several of Ruling Sword's Strongholds were also under siege, but Lu Li wasn't afraid.
A few days ago, another Fel Reaver blueprint was produced. Six Fel Reavers once again joined Ruling Sword's battle array. This way, on average, each Stronghold would have a Fel Reaver guarding it.
The only thing that didn't satisfy Lu Li was that the way the blueprints were dropped had finally been found out.
On that day, Ruling Sword was farming Mo 'arg Engineers in half of the area. Without warning, the blueprints appeared in front of an ordinary team. They couldn't contain their excitement and shouted loudly.
Of course, it was found out by others.
These few days, the spawn point of the Mo 'arg Engineers was a bloodbath. Countless people flocked there, and Lu Li had to temporarily evacuate Ruling Sword's players.
As long as Ruling Sword's players were farming monsters on a large scale, there would be people fighting over them. They didn't even think about it. Ruling Sword had only dropped two blueprints in total. How could they know so many places that dropped blueprints?
Ruling Sword, who had just lost a match, seemed to have been thrown into the dust.
It turned out that the quality of Ruling Sword's equipment was so poor. Mowang Feng's evaluation in the commentary had deeply affected these hot-headed people. They infinitely exaggerated the effects of the equipment and came to the conclusion that it was better than nothing.
The next conclusion was that Ruling Sword was done for, and their Stronghold was destined to be divided.
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