How about 'because we attacked' and 'because we allied with the Fire Cult'?Rex Feral said:Why are they even around? Why are they talking to us instead of being useful elsewhere.
We are not a helpless girl, we are dangerous, so don't give them shit for trying to put us down when we just put down one tenth of their fighters.
Rex Feral said:And they could have left us alone seeing we only protected some girls from those murderous brutes, and continue fighting the good fight with more dangerous cultist
We ARE 'the more dangerous cultist' around these parts. If you haven't noticed, they are not attacking the girls.
And all we gave them is a 'fuck off, I did it for lulz'.they come to us, ask us to explain ourselves
Then you are wondering why they are fighting us. You can't be serious.
The battle is chaotic and disorganized. The fighters are all over the place. There are a bunch of different group all doing different things. They are not helping each other because they are not an army and they do not know how to operate together. Plus, their high command is kind of busy right now, so everyone is doing what they want. They may not even be aware what the situation is in the other parts of the battlefiels - we only know what we know because we had a chance to look at the big picture from a vantage point. Down here, it is pure chaos.I think these guys just want to prey on the weak and get glory afterwards. If it were not so we wouldn't even have encountered them since they would be somewhere else, where they could make a difference.
I don't actually know how the battle is actually going, I just made assumptions based on what treave told us.
It's not all about Bai Jiutian, though. If you pay attention to Zhang Jue's challenge, we're supposed to prove we're better than all the eight sects, not just Huashan. Beating Bai Jiutian will probably work, but we shouldn't neglect other opportunities.We already have all the rep we need to challenge BJ, though.
There's enough of a crowd around to make sure Jing's deeds will be known. This would be a very high profile fight. Besides, we don't need them to be actively observing, and at the very least, the girls are watching.I mean, it's not like there's a crowd of spectators watching us to spread the word with C.
If we trounce them here and now and then defeat BJ, who is considered the best of the best of the best, then public opinion will be that, yeah, Xu Jing steamrolled over them and "fair odds" (this is a battlefield, where the fuck does fair come in?) wouldn't have helped them much.It's not all about Bai Jiutian, though. If you pay attention to Zhang Jue's challenge, we're supposed to prove we're better than all the eight sects, not just Huashan. Beating Bai Jiutian will probably work, but we shouldn't neglect other opportunities.
It still helps a lot. It means Jing has the awareness to face multiple foes at once and an understanding that enables him to see moves not just as a single fighter's attacks but as a joint effort to enable an ally's motions. So if Taishan 1 is setting up Taishan 5, then just by watching Taishan 1's moves, Jing can already guess what Taishan 5 is going to try because of this extensive experience.
No, right now, Vahista is. B3 didn't win though. Treave already said "don't think of future battles when planning this" so I'm going to go with that. If you're holding out for a BJ fight after D, I'm not sure we'll have that opportunity, and treave is definitely saying "don't count on it." Plus, while none of them are Bai Jiutian, all of them combined are probably considered a match for Bai Jiutian at the very least, so this is also going to give us some serious rep.
I like C because it establishes us as a giant badass motherfucker, and we really don't need to be on any more shitlists than we already are.
Rex Feral said:I don't actually know how the battle is actually going, I just made assumptions based on what treave told us.
I think this might be a good guess at how this is going to work out. With D we will probably win but at the cost of our reputation with them. C is the toughest option and while we can win, it also carries a greater risk of injuries. And I for one am really, really tired of Jing getting injured every single time he gets into a major fight. Fuck, they have declared their intentions loud and clear, striking first is not unfair. I mean if that is unfair, how the hell would them ganging up on us 7 to 1 be fair? Because they are more effective fighters that way? Well no shit, I bet we would be more effective as well if we had our girls to provide us backup. Just call it the "Claws of the angry harem" technique.If we go with D we probably incapacitate 3 of them at best, and continue fighting the Kunlun guy and a 4 man formation of Taishan. We deny the Taishan the advantage of using their favorite tactic, which they believe will kick our ass on its own, at the loss of reputation point (we probably go from -35 to -50)
If we go with C we will fight a 7 man formation and Su Liaojing. Which is pretty tough since both of them seem a about 3/4 of Jing's power level. And we fight them on their own terms.
Since the choices seem to be balanced, in the best case scenario, I think D will grant us victory at the cost of reputation and unorthodox points while C will grant us victory at the cost of an injury or two.
In the worst case scenario, D will grant us victory at the cost of reputation and an injury while C will bring us defeat.
That beating Vahista earns us more cred than beating Bai Jiutian, but neither of these are really options anymore, so vote C dammit and take what you can get.If Vahista is even of our generation, and LORD Zhang specifically said that we must be acknowledged as the best fighter of our generation, then we'll have to fight him. Nothing changes.
What's your point.
To elaborate: we still have six months left for the challenge so I'm pretty sure we'll get to fight them by the end of it. They would pwn us one-on-one right now anyway.That beating Vahista earns us more cred than beating Bai Jiutian, but neither of these are really options anymore, so vote C dammit and take what you can get.
About the Young Tigers tournament, or the Fire Cult's challenge?You call out Su Liaojing, saying that you will defeat him first before taking on the Taishan Seven. He is rumoured to be Kunlun’s best young fighter, losing only to Yunzi in the tournament: you will see just how good he is.
The first round of the tournament was divided into two sessions, with one taking place after the other. The matches in each session would take place simultaneously.
The matches in the first session are as follows:
Xumao vs Faceless
Yiqing vs Nie Shuixian
Wu Tong vs Mo Liuye
Su Liaojing vs Xuzheng
Zhou Xiaowu vs Gan Maqi
Gu Dipeng vs Yifang
Xuzhan vs Ma Youxuan
Xuzhu vs Yixing
The remainder of the matches are in the second session.
Nameless vs Shapeless
Zhu Cangxu vs Lantu
Xu Wanke vs Wu Yin
Xiaoxiang vs Gao Xiaoma
Li Mao vs Murong Yandi
Wu Jin vs Guo Fu
Yiling vs Man Tiger Pig
Jixuan Wuni vs Nie Mudan
Regarding negotiations, the moment you beat up their people it becomes a fight first, talk later scenario. Honor of the sect demands they at least try to avenge their fallen. And you don't exactly have the sort of reputation that encourages diplomacy.
Regarding acceptability of D, I said it would be acceptable to Zhang. As in, he won't kill you over it, and understands that it is ok in a real brawl. The orthodox sects won't be pleased though. And about killing Lingshu, that was only if you did some stunning poetry in her blood claiming responsibility aka amuse him by bringing stupid amounts of hatred down on your head.
Regarding reputation for beating the Taishan formation at it's best: considerable. It's famed as one of the most powerful formations for a reason. Even Bai Jiutian hasn't tried it before, though that doesn't mean he wouldn't succeed. Adding Su Liaojing into the fight will give you the sort of reputation that puts you as an equal to Bai even if they will not actually say you are better until you beat him.