User blog comment:Ixarising/High School DxD Dream Battle/@comment-24421137-20140114074119/@comment-1359322-20140114075159

That was only because he had Ophis' snake, without it he's trash. Plus Cao Cao's BB basically guarantees that Shalba won't be able to defeat him. Cao Cao was able to fight on par with Vali you know.