Ning Zitong explained further before Lou Cheng could reply.
"You must have seen the club's past matches. The main fighters are usually the Dragon King, Long Zhen, and myself. But I'm not young anymore, so I'll have to start making choices. I need to conserve my strength for one or two title tournaments every year. Heh, I've only attended Master Battle and Battle of the Kings this year. Plus, I rarely participate consecutively in the pro matches. Most of the time, I take turns with Lü Yan."
Most top-tier pros, with the exception of monsters like Dong Baxian, Lu Yongyuan, and some others, rationally give up on many battles when they reach forty. They conserve their power for half, or even an entire year, to fight for the ultimate honor.
Only by doing so do they have a higher chance of advancing past formidable foes. But even so, their efforts often go to waste as they fall to the Dragon King or Warrior Sage.