The ex-soldiers continued their careful search, moving the tables and chairs as they slowly cleared the entire tavern into a plaza. Some of the players who had entered the tavern were shocked, not knowing what was going on. Not having a place to drink was not a big deal. At the very least, it could not be compared to not having a place to grind. Thus, none of them were particularly upset about this, and instead, they were curious to see what these men were up to. Thus, they saw more and more players standing around the corners of the tavern, and the ex-soldiers were finally nearing the end of their search. In such a small area, there was no need for them to move anything else, as they could tell that there was no one inside.
"Not bad. You didn't embarrass us bros," another man said as he patted him on the shoulder.
"Thousand Miles Drunk?"
"Who else could it be?!"
"Look at this." Gu Fei showed him the Windchaser's Emblem. "I have a completed 'Bounty Mission' on me right now, so I can just tap it and teleport away if I want to leave."
"Cool Apple is over there. I don't see him appear." Ye Xiaowu was already prepared for this!
Everyone was already certain of this inference, but they did not show it on their faces. Instead, they were certain that Gu Fei had already left, and those men who were originally guarding the entrance had already left, looking like they were about to evacuate.
"It's just four spells. Even if all of them hit, he shouldn't have died, right?" Broken Water Arrow asked Ye Xiaowu. Ye Xiaowu was much more experienced when it came to calculating the numbers.
"I just got the Mages to throw their spells, and I think I heard them shout something about throwing a bomb," someone said.
"Do you have enough money?" Broken Water Arrow asked.
"Where is he hiding now? Do you guys see him?"
Gu Fei did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Is taking a hostage useful?"
Unfortunately, the tavern was extraordinarily large. There were tables everywhere, and every single one of them was a possible hiding spot. The ex-soldiers' eyes gleamed as they searched all around, and all they could see were the legs of tables and stools. These men were no longer young, and they were no match for the younger generation in certain aspects.
"Look at how clueless you are. Who says that someone who hasn't left or died must still be around?" Gu Fei said.
"Eh? I heard that you went to the local fire department after your retirement? "someone asked.
"Forget it. Let's do this first!" Ye Xiaowu said. What would happen if he did not have enough money? The average person might not know this, but Ye Xiaowu was well aware of the rules. Actually, it would not be a big deal. 'Then I'll just directly use your pocket. If it's not enough, I'll just use it until it's enough. What can you do to the System?'
"Did anyone see that white glow?" Broken Water Arrow asked the people beside him. He did not see it.
"Sigh … Experience …" Ye Xiaowu sighed. This was yet another misunderstanding stemming from his lack of experience. Based on common sense, Gu Fei would of course be behind that table, but since there was such a surreal thing as' Blink 'happening in-game, the ex-soldiers were once again set up by the game's setting, and the two comrades sacrificed their lives in vain. Even Ye Xiaowu had not anticipated such a situation when Gu Fei had darted behind that table. Experience was an accumulation of experience. If one had never experienced a scene before, they would have to rely on their imagination to make judgments. Naturally, there would always be things that they did not think of. A person's imagination was limitless. Take Gu Fei's use of Blink this morning as an example, Ye Xiaowu had not expected him to do such a thing.
Cool Apple had actually fulfilled Ye Xiaowu's request earlier in the day and shared his experience of PvP with this bunch of ex-soldiers. However, what he shared was basically the same as what the average gamer would experience when exchanging blows with Gu Fei. It was worlds apart from what he had experienced when exchanging blows with Gu Fei! When it came to exchanging blows with Gu Fei, these ex-soldiers would rather rely on their actual combat experience. As for being fooled by Gu Fei's Blink, they could only learn from their mistakes and slowly grow through actual combat.
"It's fake …" That was when a player beside Gu Fei whispered to him, "We'll pretend to leave and wait for you to appear before coming back for us."
"Could it be that the two of us have already blasted him to death?" Old Lightning and Thunder asked.
These ex-soldiers continued to maintain their suppressive fire on Gu Fei even as they sent a few men who were adept at melee combat toward the table Gu Fei was hiding behind. When they got close, the two Warriors gestured for them to stop firing. The two men pulled out their swords and bent over, nodding to each other before suddenly Charging toward the wooden table.
"How did you get that?" The man stared with wide eyes.
"To accumulate PK points," Gu Fei said as he was about to leave. All of a sudden, a burst of white light appeared in the tavern, surprising everyone. Something like this would most commonly appear when a person disappears, and a burst of white light would appear in a place where no one was around. This was something that would only be seen when players logged in from log-off zones. After all, teleportation scrolls were not widely available, so it was not something that could be seen everywhere.
"A single Twin Incineration insta-killed two Warriors. Who do you think it is?"
"Ahhh! That's my idol!"
The two men immediately understood and shook their heads. "Nope."
"What the hell?" Broken Water Arrow was astonished. That was when Sniper God came over and whispered a few words to the two men. The two men were stunned. Meanwhile, the other ex-soldiers were unable to find Gu Fei even after searching the tavern. Just as they were feeling helpless, Broken Water Arrow suddenly sent a message on the mercenary channel. "Everyone, take note. The target might very well be among the crowd!"
Meanwhile, Ye Xiaowu and his men were really just faking their retreat. Aside from the Thieves who had stealthily set up an ambush, the others were also paying attention to the situation inside the tavern as they left. Now that the burst of white light appeared, those who had yet to leave immediately stopped in their tracks and turned their heads to look.
Ye Xiaowu recalled Gu Fei's attack from before and was astonished as well. At first, he thought that Gu Fei had used two Twin Incineration consecutively, but when he thought about it carefully, he realized that there were no signs of a break in that burst of flames. How could a single Twin Incineration not disappear after two rounds? How was that possible? Ye Xiaowu did not understand just how much skill Gu Fei had used in that one round, so he naturally could not make sense of it no matter how hard he racked his brains.
"Negotiation failed. Negotiation failed. Prepare to attack. Prepare to attack!" This bunch of ex-soldiers had also formed a mercenary group, so they were using the mercenary channel as a wireless communication device as Broken Water Arrow sent this message. When the men outside received this message, they immediately broke through the door and entered. There were those with bows, swords, and staves in their hands, and they fanned out to surround Gu Fei.
In the time it took for them to move around, Gu Fei's Blink's cooldown was over, and no one knew where he was once more.
Gu Fei was already prepared for this, so when he saw these men raise their hands and leap up, he swept past a table and flipped it over to use it as a shield. The sound of metal clanging rang out endlessly as the wooden table was turned into a porcupine on the spot. Gu Fei snuck a peek outside and saw that the two entrances to the tavern had already been professionally sealed off. As for the back door … This was just a system store in the game, and everything that was sold was automatically generated. Of course, there was no such thing as a delivery channel, so there was no such thing as a back door. These two entrances were the exit, and there was no third option aside from them.
The two men nodded and said, "Wait a moment. I'm reloading my ammo." This meant that their skills were on cooldown.
Gu Fei chuckled. Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down and slowly pulled out his Moonlit Nightfalls from his dimensional pocket.
Hearing Gu Fei's praise, this man curled his lips in disdain and said, "There are only two exits. You didn't leave or die, so I don't even need to use my brain to know that you're still around."
Everyone ignored him. Gu Fei suddenly made his move, thrusting his sword toward Ye Xiaowu, who was closest to him. Ye Xiaowu's two moves were not enough to dodge Gu Fei's sword, but Broken Water Arrow had been on guard this entire time. The moment he saw Gu Fei raise his hand, he immediately flipped Ye Xiaowu over, causing the two men to fall to the ground. Normally, such a crude dodge would only result in Gu Fei catching up and trampling him to death! However, the situation was different now. The ex-soldiers' encirclement was more or less complete, so when they saw Gu Fei make his move, someone immediately yelled, "Fire!" No matter what job class they were, these men would always have a bow or crossbow at hand, so they immediately fired at the same time.
The players in the tavern were already looking over in shock when Gu Fei flipped the table, so they naturally understood what was about to happen now that so many men were charging in with such ferocity. In an enclosed space like a tavern, watching the commotion unfold was not the best form of entertainment. The chances of a Mage's spells, an Archer's arrows, or even a Warrior's Cyclone's Charge were all too high. Thus, most of the players immediately made a run for it the moment they realized that something was amiss. The few who would die if they did not join in the commotion huddled in a corner, trying their best to make space for these men to make their move.
"Actually … Do the two of you have PK Value?" Ye Xiaowu asked a simpler question.
"Where did these guys come from?" The players gathered in the corner whispered to each other as they discussed this.
The wooden table was of course unable to withstand the combined Charge of the two Warriors, so it was sent flying. The two men were stunned as well. They clearly saw Gu Fei hiding behind the table, yet they could not see any trace of him at all. Before they could even recover from their shock, they suddenly felt a wave of heat wash over them as they heard their companions exclaim, "To the left!" The two men quickly turned to the left, but Gu Fei was already upon them with his Twin Incineration, unleashing a 720-degree Double Kill. Even though these ex-soldiers were more skilled than the average player, seeing how Southern Lone Blade, War Without Wounds, and the others had bullied them, one could tell that their equipment was actually very average. While most Warriors would invest a portion of their stat points into Physique, these ex-soldiers were more willing to put them into Agility. In comparison, the HP of these two men was slightly lacking compared to the average level 40 Warrior, so they were all cleanly wiped out by Gu Fei's powerful move.
"Ha ha! How interesting."
"Remove the obstacles!" Broken Water Arrow said as he asked Ye Xiaowu, "Is that okay?" Broken Water Arrow did not know if the system would have any opinion on the arrangement of the tables and chairs in the system's shop, but the system did not seem to have any reaction even after Gu Fei had flipped over so many tables.
"Should we approach?" the others asked. These ex-soldiers with plenty of combat experience had been dealt with time and time again in this game. When they realized that the knowledge they had was sometimes not properly applied in this game, they gradually began to hesitate. Now that they saw the enemy lying in ambush, everyone was momentarily unsure if they should approach despite being in a large group. Everyone had seen Gu Fei's attack just then, and that one roll of his could take down two circles of players. Everyone was now huddling together and not wanting to get wiped out by him.
"The system will compensate us for any damages later," Ye Xiaowu said.
Gu Fei had not been exposed this entire time, and even after they had finished checking all the areas, they still could not find him anywhere. Where did he go?
"How was it? Did he make any contributions? "
"The tables and chairs here are too densely packed. It doesn't meet the fire safety requirements at all," one of the ex-soldiers complained.
Old Lightning and Thunder stepped forward and tossed out their magic staves. Two Descending Wheels of Flames blasted toward where Gu Fei was hiding.
"Nope." Everyone shook their heads.
"Fine. Since you insist …" Ye Xiaowu was silent. The door to the tavern opened as people rushed in one after another. Gu Fei casually glanced at them and recognized them as the ex-soldiers who had ambushed them this morning.
They were already chatting, yet there was still no sign of Gu Fei.
Everyone was in a daze. They were constantly on guard to prevent Gu Fei from injuring anyone as they searched, so it was impossible for Gu Fei to change his position while they were searching. Furthermore, taking into account Gu Fei's Blink that allowed him to teleport five to six meters away, they had already cleared out a five-meter-wide empty space from the very start of their search. If Gu Fei were to Blink at this time, he would either be completely exposed in this empty space or continue to Blink in an area that had yet to be searched.
Broken Water Arrow nodded to everyone. These men continued to search for Gu Fei's whereabouts even as they moved the tables and chairs to the side. With more and more empty spaces like this, it would not be easy for Gu Fei to continue playing hide and seek.
"Alright, I won't chat with you anymore. They're all leaving." Gu Fei began to squeeze his way out of the crowd.
"The distance of Blink should be around five meters!" Ye Xiaowu quickly informed everyone. Everyone's expression froze as they immediately expanded the area's radius by five meters and searched with their eyes, but they still could not find any trace of Gu Fei.
"Who's that guy they're chasing?"
"He's moving on foot after Blink," Broken Water Arrow sighed. "But he's still inside this tavern."
"I've never seen him before. I don't recognize a single one of them." There were some among the crowd who boasted that they were famous in this city, but he did not recognize a single one of the players in front of him.
"That's right!"
Ye Xiaowu felt a little guilty. This tavern was huge, and he was well aware of how exorbitant the system was when it asked for money. If he were to really demand compensation, would he even have enough money to pay for it?
"You're not that simple to be able to see through that!" Gu Fei had indeed blended in with the crowd of onlookers, and it was inevitable that he would be spotted by the people around him the moment he appeared. However, the main quality of these onlookers was that they did not mind watching a good show. Besides, Gu Fei was currently alone, while these people were in a gang. None of them understood the grudges between them, so they would definitely lean toward Gu Fei, who appeared to be the weaker party. Thus, when Gu Fei blended in with them to hide, those who knew were all secretly laughing, and not a single one of them made a sound. This was especially true for the one who was currently talking to Gu Fei. He had been chatting with Gu Fei from the start, and the two had a great time chatting.
After dealing with the two men, Gu Fei did not give the others a chance to attack him as he directly dove into the pile of tables by the side. There were so many table legs that no one would notice that there was someone hiding among them if they were not paying close attention. But this time, Gu Fei was doing this right in front of everyone's eyes, so they were naturally able to clearly see his position. But before they could even open fire, Gu Fei's shove and kick caused several tables to flip over in an instant. He was squatting behind the tables, so no one could see his exact position.
"Nope. I have no idea where he teleported to after that Blink."
"Expand the encirclement and surround him from both sides!" The ex-soldiers had already discussed a new battle plan by this time. Instead of shrinking the encirclement, the encirclement expanded, and after increasing the radius of the encirclement, the two groups of men were already on the left and right sides of Gu Fei's hiding spot. In the end, when their gazes landed on that spot, they immediately broke down, "He's gone again!"
Everyone was stunned. They did not disturb the normal players, so everyone was free to come and go as they pleased in the tavern. However, when they saw them doing their job, no one was tactful enough to take up a spot to drink. They either left or stood by the wall to watch the show. At the moment, the area around the wall was filled with people, and this was indeed a spot that none of them had paid attention to. If Gu Fei had hidden behind a table a second time and used his Blink to blend into the crowd, it would still be possible.
"Bounty Mission a hundred times. How long would that take?" Hearing Gu Fei's explanation, this man's eyes widened even more. In the eyes of most people, 'Bounty Mission' required a lot of effort and effort. Who would be willing to do such a thing if they did not need to clear their PK points? This man had never had the honor of earning a PK Value after playing this game for so long.
"What else can we do?" this man asked.
"He won't die," Ye Xiaowu asserted. He was aware of Old Lightning and Thunder's Spell Damage, and he had been keeping an eye on Gu Fei for so long. He was also very clear about Gu Fei's equipment and stats. Old Lightning and Thunder's four spells were definitely not enough to kill Gu Fei.
These players were discussing this even as they searched for Gu Fei's figure among the tables and chairs.
"Bomb!" Broken Water Arrow turned around and shouted to Old Lightning and Thunder. These ex-soldiers were deeply ingrained in their thinking, so it was very difficult for them to completely abandon their understanding of the game and adapt to the game. Instead, it was better for them to rely on the concepts they were familiar with. For example, everyone who fired arrows was called Open Fire, while the Mage's AoE bombardment was called Bomb Toss.
"There was a sea of flames at that time, so even if a white light appeared, it would be covered," someone said.
When the two heard this, they immediately cast their Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno together. That pile of tables and chairs that had been toppled left and right like a junkyard were set aflame. Broken Water Arrow was very displeased. "Can't the two of you use Bomb Toss and Landmine in tandem?"
The fan-shaped encirclement kept the players huddled in the corner within their protective range, at the same time leaving a safe path for the players who wanted to escape. The three men organized the players to quickly evacuate, treating this as a terrorist incident as they evacuated the crowd.
"If he's not dead, could he have used his Windchaser's Emblem?" Broken Water Arrow wondered.
"Use a Landmine," Broken Water Arrow suggested. Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno's AoE spell was called a Landmine. Ye Xiaowu felt that the Hunter's Trap was more like a Landmine, but these ex-soldiers all agreed that it was a proper trap and was different from a Landmine. The AoE spell of Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno could barely be considered a Landmine.
"I've set it up once before. Level 3," this man chuckled.
"It's Blink …" Ye Xiaowu finally realized what had happened. When Gu Fei flipped the table, everyone thought that he was hiding behind it, but who would have thought that he would actually use Blink to appear behind a nearby table? Everyone's attention was on that table, so no one noticed this. By the time the two Warriors got close enough to flip the table over, Gu Fei, who was lying in wait, insta-killed them.
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