No, arrogance must have played a part too.
The strongest member of the China Team could brutally trounce the Gods Team combined with the Mongol Army; the second strongest could successively thrash four powerhouses of the Gods Team; and the third strongest could snatch the head of Genghis Khan and return safely from the heavy encirclement of the Gods Team and the Mongol Army.
They must have never encountered any opponents, right? Even now, clearly while Xiangyang is at a disadvantage, the deployed combat force has no intention of returning... There must be a moral factor involved here, an unwillingness to abandon—
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