Chapter 1 Someone Suggested Archers

Those who like to drink and sing have a subconscious resistance to archers, because their strongest opponents, the Zong Heng Si Hai guild (All Directions and Seas), are strongest with their archer formations. This is like two celebrities being embarrassed to wear the same outfit. Those who like to drink and sing don't like using archers as the main force to determine victory, as it would make them seem too much like Zong Heng Si Hai.

So now, when they were about to run out of ideas, someone finally brought up archers... This could also be considered part of the culture of the Dui Jiu Dang Ge (Drinking and Singing) guild. If it were any other guild, archers would have been put to use long ago.

Archers have a longer range than mages, and they can attack Gu Fei from positions he can't reach. Previously, because Gu Fei had deliberately stretched out their formation, the archers hadn't been able to group together, but now, they had long since huddled together with the guild's masses.

"Archers! Archers!" the guild members called out. When had the archers of Dui Jiu Dang Ge ever experienced such a feeling of being eagerly anticipated? But at this moment, no archer had time to get carried away. Like the thieves, they had barely escaped from Gu Fei's lightning. Now, suddenly being called upon by the guild, and considering their usual status, the archers all thought the guild was going to use them as cannon fodder.

The archers remained silent. Other players next to the archers, seeing archers beside them, immediately gave them a shove: "Hey, what are you spacing out for! They're calling you!"

"We know, no need to tell us," the archers said impatiently.

"Archers, gather and prepare for a volley," Ni Liu Er Shang (Upstream) finally spoke. The guild was in such a chaotic state, like a mass meeting. No matter how unwilling he was, he had to step up and take charge of the situation. Moreover, at this moment, everyone was united in wanting to defeat Gu Fei. Ni Liu Er Shang felt pain in his heart, but he couldn't go against the will of the people, so he had to bite the bullet and take the lead.

Putting aside everything else, the guild leader's voice was quite effective at times like this. Uninvolved people immediately quieted down and kept the guild channel clear. They saw Ni Liu Er Shang's orders flying up one after another.

The archers mixed in with the ranks finally began to move, quickly gathering together. Everyone saw that it was truly pitiful. Dui Jiu Dang Ge originally had over a hundred archers, but now only a few dozen remained. These were all the ones who had been cut down when chasing Qian Li Yi Zui (A Thousand Miles Drunk) with the thieves. In fact, the archers had suffered fewer losses than the thieves, since they didn't engage in close combat. None of the thieves who got close survived.

"Only this many people... is it enough?" some players couldn't help but whisper.

Even the archers themselves weren't confident. Ni Liu Er Shang, the guild leader, was also being quite perfunctory. He desperately wanted everyone to realize that Qian Li Yi Zui couldn't be defeated, so he was just fooling around. Seeing that people had gathered enough, he began to shout, "Prepare, fire!!"

The archers had gathered, but they still had to find their positions to attack. Right now, there were still many other classes blocking in front of them. How could they shoot arrows? With Ni Liu Er Shang's order, some people fired, while others were still looking for positions. It was a mess, and scattered arrows flew towards Gu Fei.

The only concern in Gu Fei's mind was the archers' arrow formation. He had also been wondering why Dui Jiu Dang Ge, now that everyone was gathered together, wasn't using the long-range advantage of the archers. Now the archers were finally starting to work, but the arrows they were shooting were too ridiculous. Gu Fei thought that even if he called the Hua Cong Nan (Flower Bed Men) over to shoot a wave, it would be better than this. Gu Fei dodged or flashed, avoiding every arrow. He also took the opportunity to throw out an area-of-effect spell. Dui Jiu Dang Ge chaotically dodged, and Gu Fei aimed at an archer, happily throwing lightning at him.

"Don't dodge, one of his area-of-effect spells can't kill anyone instantly!!" someone shouted in the guild.

"One can't, but what if he throws two at the same time?" someone questioned.

"Archers? Interrupt his spellcasting!!"

The archers were in tears. Interrupting meant hitting the target. If they could hit the target, why would they need to interrupt? They could just kill Gu Fei together.

"Tracking arrows, use tracking arrows!" someone shouted.

Immediately, streams of white arrows shot out from the Dui Jiu Dang Ge formation. When Gu Fei saw that they were tracking arrows, and in large numbers, he turned and ran. Archers are different from mages. Different archery skills have different shooting speeds and ranges. In addition, the archers' stat distribution also affects these stats. But in any case, a skill like tracking arrows, which has a 100% hit rate, will naturally be greatly limited in other aspects. Now Gu Fei had a thirty-meter head start, and then he sprinted and used Instant Shift. As a result, he naturally made the tracking arrows hang their heads in dejection.

When the people of Dui Jiu Dang Ge saw that even the archers couldn't do anything about Gu Fei, they were all dispirited. Taking advantage of the fact that Ni Liu Er Shang had just resurrected in the channel, someone immediately asked, "Guild Leader, what do we do?"

Ni Liu Er Shang was frantic. All they knew was "What do we do?", "What do we do?". In such a large guild, wasn't there anyone who understood human relations and knew to build a ladder for the guild leader to step down at a time like this? Ni Liu Er Shang glared at the brothers around him. These dogs usually hung around with him, but they didn't even know how to play the bad cop. Ni Liu Er Shang deeply felt his failure in talent development. He heard that in Zong Heng Si Hai, Dao Ying Nian Hua (Inverted Shadow) would often help Wu Shi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword) play the bad cop. His guild lacked such a talent!

Just as the few people beside Ni Liu Er Shang were wondering why he was glaring at them, a voice finally spoke up in the guild. Shan Zi Ling (Fan Tassel), it was Shan Zi Ling after all. Shan Zi Ling's loyalty to the guild was undoubtedly quite high. He considered issues from the guild's perspective. He realized that it was impossible to continue fighting with Gu Fei, but he hadn't guessed Ni Liu Er Shang's thoughts. He thought that Ni Liu Er Shang still wanted to fight Gu Fei, so he privately advised Ni Liu Er Shang. He didn't know that Ni Liu Er Shang had long had this idea, but he just couldn't bring himself to retract the battle order he had previously issued.

Shan Zi Ling was truly selfless. After being blocked by Ni Liu Er Shang in anger, he was still anxious for the guild. But Ni Liu Er Shang couldn't hear his voice. Shan Zi Ling was forced to publicly speak up in the guild channel: "Guild Leader, we can't continue like this..."

Shan Zi Ling repeated what he had said to Ni Liu Er Shang before, adding more sincerity to his words. Ni Liu Er Shang was overjoyed. Before Shan Zi Ling had finished speaking, he had already sent a message saying: "Shan Zi is right..."

Shan Zi Ling was stunned? What he said made sense? He had said the same thing before, why hadn't he reacted then? Shan Zi Ling was bewildered. He understood the situation, he understood the advantages and disadvantages, but he just hadn't understood people's hearts. He would never understand the guild leader Ni Liu Er Shang's crafty mind.

Now, being suddenly affirmed by Ni Liu Er Shang, Shan Zi Ling paused slightly and then continued: "I suggest we retreat."

"Qian Li Yi Zui is too arrogant, it's a bit unwilling to just retreat like this," Ni Liu Er Shang said.

Shan Zi Ling was anxious and was about to say something again, but Ni Liu Er Shang had already continued: "However, Shan Zi's analysis makes sense. Now is the city war period, it's more important to seize the time to earn points. Wasting time on Qian Li Yi Zui alone isn't worth it. Let's retreat first, go back and focus on the city war. There will be plenty of opportunities to settle the score with Qian Li Yi Zui in the future."

Shan Zi Ling was quite puzzled. What Ni Liu Er Shang said seemed the same as his original intention, but there were also differences. Shan Zi Ling did raise the point that the city war was very important, but he meant that the city war was crucial, and Qian Li Yi Zui had the ability to single-handedly disrupt their city war, so they shouldn't provoke him. How did it become, in Ni Liu Er Shang's mouth, as if it was a magnanimous gesture?

Ni Liu Er Shang's language trap was only here. While he was pretending to be magnanimous, he also said that this score would be settled in the future. But if everyone thought carefully about it, what score was there to settle? Wasn't it just that during the city war, Gu Fei was on the defending side, so the two sides became opponents? Once the city war was over, this score would naturally disappear. Did they still need to settle it? At that time, they could sit down with Qian Li Yi Zui, have a drink, shake hands, and be good friends for generations... Ni Liu Er Shang had already planned to this point in his heart.

For many guild members, Shan Zi Ling's analysis was reasonable, and the guild leader's speech was also dignified. In addition, everyone couldn't think of any way to deal with Qian Li Yi Zui, so they all defaulted to it in the end. Even so, no one was embarrassed to leave with their heads held high. Everyone retreated silently with their heads down.

How could Gu Fei know all this? Just now, their archers had forced him back. Gu Fei was thinking that if they chased after him, he would use the same trick to drag out their battle line and shock them one by one. Who would have thought that they wouldn't chase, but turned their heads and continued down the mountain. Gu Fei didn't know why, so he quickly chased down, throwing a few more spells from thirty meters away.

There were also some hot-tempered people in Dui Jiu Dang Ge. Seeing that Gu Fei was still relentlessly attacking, they angrily shouted to kill him again. But now that they had reached this point, Ni Liu Er Shang wouldn't allow anyone to provoke a war again. He immediately used the city war as an excuse, asking everyone not to pay attention to Gu Fei anymore.

"Are we just going to let him shock us to death one by one?" someone said indignantly.

"Don't be surprised, if it's strange, it will defeat itself," Ni Liu Er Shang said with a profound tone.

And this saying was really on the right track for Gu Fei. Gu Fei chased and attacked for a while. Seeing that Dui Jiu Dang Ge was completely ignoring him, without any reaction, he knew that the other party had silently softened. Should he continue chasing? Gu Fei believed that if he continued to pester them, Dui Jiu Dang Ge would definitely be unable to endure it again and desperately retaliate against him. As enemies under the rules of the city war, they should kill each other to death. Even if Gu Fei did this, it was understandable. But how could Gu Fei refer to any game rules? In his opinion, doing so would be too much of a bully. He finally stopped and watched Dui Jiu Dang Ge leave slowly.

Ni Liu Er Shang breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Qian Li Yi Zui would endlessly take points from their guild. Now it seemed that as long as you didn't provoke him, he was very sensible. Seeing that everyone in the guild was dispirited, Ni Liu Er Shang felt that he still needed to say something to encourage them. So he sent a message in the channel: "Qian Li Yi Zui didn't chase after us, right? Haha, he doesn't dare to bully people too much!"

"Uh, I think it's not that he doesn't dare, it's just that he doesn't want to, right?" Shan Zi Ling said.

"#￥％……&" Ni Liu Er Shang really wanted to strangle Shan Zi Ling. Did he not know that this was just self-deception? Did he not know that Qian Li Yi Zui just didn't want to, not that he didn't dare? Did he need to say it out loud? Why was this person so annoying? Ni Liu Er Shang bared his teeth, wanting to bite someone.

Gu Fei stood on the hillside, watching Dui Jiu Dang Ge gradually move away. Beside him, Hua Cong Nan and Gui Tong (Ghost Pupil) and others gradually approached.

At first, they wanted to hide in the mountain forest and make some arrangements. As a result, halfway there, they turned back and took a few glances at Gu Fei's battle. The more they watched, the more they felt that something was wrong. They thought that Gu Fei would only delay some time at most, but the more they watched, the more they felt that Dui Jiu Dang Ge was really going to be in trouble.

Especially when they saw Gu Fei using spells at the limit of a mage's thirty-meter range, they had the same thought as Dui Jiu Dang Ge: Ah, this guy is a mage after all!

Everyone approached. Gu Fei turned his head, pointed behind him, and said: "They left."

There was silence. Everyone didn't know what to say. Praise? Admiration? Amazement? It seemed that none of them could express the feelings at this moment. In the end, it was still Shu Huo Qiu (Count Fireball) who was the most shameless. He rushed forward in one step, grabbed Gu Fei's leg, and said: "Brother Zui, I've decided to break away from this group of shameless guys. Please accept me into your mercenary group. I'll carry your equipment for you in the future!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, let go quickly," Gu Fei shook his leg, but couldn't shake him off. Fireball was howling like crazy.

"Who's going to kill this shameless guy?" Gu Fei was helpless.

No one spoke. Everyone actually had the impulse like Fireball, but the point was that their skin wasn't thick enough! The Hua Cong Nan all expressed their admiration.

Gui Tong and other outsiders watched this farce, feeling both amused and annoyed. Fireball was still unwilling to let go. Gu Fei dragged him towards Gui Tong, took off the two rings on his left and right hands, and said to Gui Tong: "They're really good things."

"Yeah," Gui Tong nodded.

Gu Fei was reluctant, but finally mustered the courage to ask: "Are you selling them?"

"No," Gui Tong said.

Gu Fei was helpless and had to hand them back. Gui Tong didn't hesitate, took them and put them back on his finger.

"Where did you get them?" Gu Fei asked.

"Quest chain," Gui Tong said.

A quest chain meant that it was not repeatable, so there was no need to ask him about the details of the quest.

"It seems like there isn't this kind of equipment on the market?" Gu Fei said.

"I haven't seen it," Gui Tong said, still being quite rigorous.

"Equipment that restores mana, right? Brother Zui, we'll help you keep an eye out," Ying Zuka Yue Zai (Sakura Mound Moon Boy) said.

"Thank you," Gu Fei said.

"What are we doing now?" Mang Mang De Mang Mang (Vast Expanse) asked.

"Oh no! My quest," Gu Fei smacked his head.

"What quest?" everyone asked.

"To find an NPC. Before, the Shu You Hun (Tree Wandering Souls) group cheated. They've already gone somewhere with the NPC. I have to go find them," Gu Fei said.

"Oh, do you need help?" Ying Zuka Yue Zai asked.

"No need," Gu Fei said. He didn't want to get help from the Hua Cong Zhong Yong Sheng at this time, because he knew that it would make these guys look bad. The guild players in Cloudrise City would despise them. Although they seemed not to care, that was their business. Gu Fei couldn't not take it into account because of this.

"Alright, you guys have fun, I'm going," Gu Fei said.

"Brother Zui, I want to follow you!" Fireball was still hugging his leg!

"Let go! Don't force me to cut you!!" Gu Fei raised his sword.

Fireball knew that Gu Fei always meant what he said, so he had to let go. He tried hard to squeeze out tears, but still couldn't.

Outside Cloudrise City, on the shores of Yun Jiao Lake (Cloud Suburb Lake), a group of people were rushing, looking very anxious. But despite their anxious looks, their pace was so slow, and this slow pace brought them nothing but pain.

No one wanted to be so slow. They wished they could move like they were flying, but there was no way. There was an NPC traveling with them, and the NPC didn't take their feelings into consideration at all. It was just walking slowly like this.

"Grandpa Ji Er Ji Nuo (Gilgino), can you walk faster!!!" Although a player knew that communicating with the NPC was useless, they used this method to vent their emotions.

"Yin Feng (Print Wind), how is it over there?" someone asked.

"They've all been wiped out by Dui Jiu Dang Ge," Yin Feng said. "However, they probably didn't notice our arrangements."

"What about Shu Xia (Under the Tree) and the others?"

"They won't come over. That would only make them more likely to be targeted. We can only rely on ourselves here for the time being. Everyone be careful," Yin Feng said.

"Haha, as long as the disguise over there isn't exposed, and this place is far from the city war battlefield, no one will find us," someone said.

"Let's hope so! This NPC has led us so far. Where is he taking us?" Yin Feng muttered.

"Hey, Yun Jiao Lake, what a good place! Everyone be careful not to step on anyone," someone said with a lewd smile.

There were indeed countless people in the grass, but as long as they didn't encounter someone like Gu Fei who was causing trouble, the infatuated men and women here would never come out to be curious about anything. But at this time, there were two pairs of eyes staring at this group of people without blinking. And under the two pairs of eyes, the noses were also breathing heavily.

"Good kid, he ran really far. You're not really planning to go thirty miles away, are you?" Jiang Jin Jiu (Bring in the Wine) said.

"How could that be! This is fine. I said, why are you following me?" San Shi Li Wai (Thirty Miles Away) said.

"Coincidence," Jiang Jin Jiu said.

"Did you see that group of people?" San Shi Li Wai said.

"I saw them."

"Do you recognize them? That's Yin Feng," San Shi Li Wai said.

"Is that the Yin Feng who's messing with the quest?" Jiang Jin Jiu asked.

"Yes. The main culprit of the trouble right now. It turns out that the pit over there was just a cover. The NPC has been led here by them," San Shi Li Wai said. "Hurry up and notify the guild!"

"Are you sick? You're going to notify the guild that Yin Feng is at Yun Jiao Lake? How do you know? You saw them! But the problem is that we should be chasing Qian Li Yi Zui in Yun Ling, right? Are you clairvoyant?" Jiang Jin Jiu said.

"This..."

"Don't include me if you're going to talk," Jiang Jin Jiu said.

"The quest is a big deal! If I talk about the quest, the guild leader might not blame me," San Shi Li Wai said.

"Hehe, if the quest can be snatched back, then the guild leader might give you credit. But the problem is that there doesn't seem to be this setting, right? I think the guild leader will eliminate you and Yin Feng together. Do you still want to talk? I'm going to leave first," Jiang Jin Jiu said.

"Uh, let's see..."

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