Chapter 44 The Collapse

"No, still haven't found him." Sword Demon replied to Gu Fei's message, "How is it? Can you still hold on?"

"More than hold on," Gu Fei said.

Castles wouldn't appear in this area, but pyramids were indeed possible. Right now, rocks were piling up higher and higher, and Gu Fei, holed up inside, was getting more and more comfortable. He had built countless safe houses out of these temporary rock structures, and no matter which corner he was in, spells from above or below couldn't hit him. Thus, Gu Fei became even more brazen, poking his head out everywhere, and reaping the lives of any stray, pitiful players from Zenith Four Seas that he found.

"How many have died?" Unsworn Blade was nestled in the crowd of guild members, neither too far forward nor too far behind, in a very middle-of-the-road position, dodging the boulders flying overhead, and asking the player next to him who was responsible for such battle statistics.

"54 people..." The player's expression was quite ugly. 54 people! Compared to the thousands in Zenith Four Seas, it was of course a very small proportion, but considering that the opponent was only a single person, even if it was the heaven-defying powerhouse Drunken Like a Thousand Miles, the people of Zenith Four Seas would still find it embarrassing.

"Hold on!!" Unsworn Blade encouraged morale in the channel.

The entire guild was in tears. They had over a thousand people fighting one person, and the guild leader's instruction to them was actually "hold on."

"Reflection, quickly think of a solution." Unsworn Blade was best at dumping messes on Reflection of the Age.

Wasn't Reflection of the Age also constantly trying to think of a solution? To be honest, the threat of the catapults wasn't that great anymore. The rock shelters weren't only for Gu Fei to use. Zenith Four Seas players could also avoid some of the boulder attacks by squeezing into rock crevices and such. This kind of dodging had gradually become an instinct, relying on the gaps between positions to dodge. This method, on the other hand, was no longer usable. The original gaps were now filled with boulders, and some players really had no place to stand, so they climbed on top of the rocks.

Reflection of the Age also lived up to his reputation as Zenith Four Seas' strategist. As he watched, he really came up with an idea, and waved his hand to call out in the channel, "Strength classes, come forward."

"What for?" the strength class players asked. Obeying the commander without question was a thing of the past. From just now on, everyone had to ask exactly what Reflection of the Age meant by everything he said.

"Push the boulders! Doesn't Drunken Like a Thousand Miles not want to come out? That's fine, then he'll never come out. Everyone move the boulders, fill in all the gaps that can be filled." Reflection of the Age hadn't been this confident in a long time. This time, he was full of confidence in his idea. The other guild players really agreed with this concept. Some strength types had already started working hard, pushing the boulders around them from high to low, from back to front, from left to right, concentrating them towards a unified central location. No matter where Gu Fei was, if he didn't move, he would eventually be squeezed in the middle by the boulders.

"Arrow formation team, mage team, pay attention! Fire immediately if you see Drunken Like a Thousand Miles's tracks, don't worry about who's around him. Brothers who are sacrificed because of this will receive 100 gold coins of compensation afterward." As Reflection of the Age said this, the players worked even harder. The system catapults were now helping them, continuing to help them reinforce the structure and adding bricks and tiles to their hands.

The Zenith Four Seas players were working enthusiastically. It had to be said that this method was really effective. Gu Fei was originally trying to survive in the cracks, but Zenith Four Seas' move was making these cracks smaller and smaller. Some places were simply inaccessible. Gu Fei clearly felt that his space to move around was shrinking. Although he had also killed a few people, the other side didn't pay much attention to his attacks now, focusing on implementing their plan.

"Can't go on like this!" Gu Fei thought to himself, wanting to break through, but unexpectedly, all directions turned into dead ends, blocked by boulders. Gu Fei had no choice but to climb upwards. When he poked his head out, the archers and mages that Reflection of the Age had arranged in advance saw him immediately. After a shout of "There!", arrows and spells flew over. Fortunately, Gu Fei reacted quickly enough and quickly retreated to find a place to hide. Then he heard a "boom" and even the light in front of him dimmed a lot. Gu Fei looked up and saw that the boulder next to where he had poked his head out suddenly rolled, and a collapse began. Gu Fei didn't dare to stay and quickly changed directions to find a way out.

In just a short while, two more of the original several directions that could be taken were blocked. Gu Fei sadly sent a message to Sword Demon, "I played too big, I might not be able to get out. I've used up all my teleportation scrolls."

"I think they're the ones who played too big," Sword Demon replied.

"What?"

"This pile of blocks is a little too dangerous," Sword Demon said.

"Oh?" Gu Fei was in the middle of the mountain. Players watching from the outside could all see how much of a piece of trash this thing built by Zenith Four Seas and the system working together was.

"What? It'll collapse?" After listening to Sword Demon's description, Gu Fei carefully observed from the inside and found that the boulders were stacked precariously in some places. The movement of one part would affect the whole body. If any boulder was really impacted, this tofu-dreg prison would definitely collapse.

All the players could see it, so how could Zenith Four Seas not know? But this was exactly what Reflection of the Age was pursuing. At this point, it was almost time, and he had ordered a retreat. Next, he would wait for the tofu-dreg structure to collapse and bury the shameless scum Drunken Like a Thousand Miles alive.

But man proposes, Heaven disposes. The system really didn't give Reflection of the Age any face. Just as he ordered the retreat, an inconspicuous boulder flew over and hit a very fragile part of the structure.

Actually, it would be a bit unfair to blame the system. Because where the system's boulders hit was, to some extent, controlled by the Zenith Four Seas players. Every boulder wasn't thrown randomly, but aimed at a Zenith Four Seas player. Reflection of the Age's considerations were ultimately not thorough enough. If he had considered this point and made full use of the positioning of his own people, he could have actually had the system send the boulders to the positions they wanted. And at this time of retreat, they shouldn't have only cared about their own convenience, but had led the boulders to this fragile area.

This was an oversight by the commander. So in the process, this kind of mistake didn't just happen to one person. Three consecutive boulders fell from the sky and hit more fragile parts. Those Zenith Four Seas players who were climbing and jumping to retreat suddenly felt a violent shaking under their feet. The usually stable ground began to move.

Looking down, there was no ground at all. Most of them were standing on boulders. The three collisions just now caused three boulders to shift, so several boulders in higher positions lost their support and tumbled down. They hit the boulders below, creating more shifts and more loss of support...

Like pushing over dominoes, only the direction of pushing was more and the force was transmitted in all directions.

The rumbling sound was endless. Boulders rolled down, some suddenly fell directly. The original high-stacked "pyramid" suddenly began to collapse. Which of the players still standing on it could maintain their balance? Everyone staggered and fell downwards. And some boulders that rolled down from high places gained more momentum as they rolled. In the blink of an eye, they were already bouncing outwards. The Zenith Four Seas players were like bowling pins, all waiting for these huge bowling balls to jump over and crush them.

"Damn, this is really unlucky!!" The location where Reflection of the Age was also had a bowling ball flip over. He complained while dodging. He didn't realize that he had made a mistake, and thought that he was just too unlucky.

The collapsing rock pyramid raised dust high into the air. In addition, the system was ruthless enough, and the players on the tower were already in this state, but they still seriously threw boulders at them! Stone on stone, the dust flew straight into the air, covering up the tragic situation of the players. Outsiders didn't know, but Unsworn Blade was constantly receiving news of players being smashed to death and returning to the camp to revive. In the blink of an eye, 28 people had died, and the number was still rising.

In this kind of disaster, the players really had no way to resist. The players in the outer circle had already begun to evacuate the position spontaneously without listening to commands. Zenith Four Seas was in chaos. Reflection of the Age couldn't care about so much anymore. At this time, he only had one thought in his mind: In this situation, that shameless and despicable Drunken Like a Thousand Miles should be dead, right?

Just as he was thinking this, he saw a blurry shadow in the dust raised by the collapse, as if it was flying in the air. Reflection of the Age immediately had a very ominous thought in his heart, staring at this figure. The figure happened to be moving in his direction, looking shaky. Reflection of the Age's heart followed the shaking. Finally, he saw the figure emerge from the dust. Reflection of the Age spat out blood three meters away. The ominous premonition came true. It was really that Drunken Like a Thousand Miles who couldn't be killed no matter what.

Gu Fei used Instant Shift to dodge the moment of the initial collapse. Afterwards, relying on his abnormal body coordination and balance, he jumped out on those rolling and falling boulders. Facing this situation, how could Reflection of the Age not spit blood?

"Is this still a human?" Reflection of the Age felt sadness rising from his heart, watching Gu Fei making incredible jumps.

This was indeed not something that humans could do. Gu Fei was also performing above his level, borrowing strength to jump from one moving boulder to another, without stopping at all. After a series of jumps, Gu Fei's balance was completely broken. This time, the jump wasn't strong enough, and he couldn't step on the target he was looking at.

Reflection of the Age was immediately invigorated. If he fell directly to the ground, he would soon be covered by the rolling boulders and would eventually die.

Reflection of the Age excitedly clenched his fist, but just at this moment, a boulder fell, and a figure flashed out in the air behind it, stretched out its arms, floated over, and hugged Gu Fei. The two floated in the air, shaking and shivering, but still didn't fall.

"I'll be damned!!!" Reflection of the Age roared. He didn't know what this thing was, but it could even fly. Was this game even remotely balanced?

Gu Fei was about to fall, and in his panic, he didn't bother to sense any murderous aura. He only reacted when this person hugged him. He turned his head and saw that it was none other than Gui Tong. Gu Fei was a good and upright young man. He would naturally feel uncomfortable being hugged by a woman like this, and subconsciously struggled a bit. Gui Tong was just a mage, how much strength could she have? She had specially equipped a lot of strength equipment for this moment, so she could barely support Gu Fei in the air. But since hugging Gu Fei, the mana consumption of her Flight spell had started to increase. Gu Fei was still moving around, and the two of them sank downwards together, and the mana bar dropped by a notch.

"Don't move!" Gui Tong was also anxious. If they fell now, they would both be finished.

"Quick, put me down." Gu Fei also realized the problem and didn't dare to move again, but still said embarrassedly.

"You're quite feudal." Gui Tong saw Gu Fei's discomfort.

Gu Fei was also helpless. The person had come to save him, not to flirt with him, so what else could he say? Gui Tong had flown with Yan Xiaozhu using the Flight spell before, so she had a bit of experience. After Gu Fei stopped moving, she managed to control it. But the mana consumption was very fast, and she had to quickly find a place to land.

Reflection of the Age collapsed for a while, and then reacted. He suddenly drew his bow and shot an arrow at the two of them.

The arrow hit Gui Tong's shoulder. The girl's arm trembled and she almost threw Gu Fei away, but she gritted her teeth and persevered.

Reflection of the Age called for reinforcements in the guild, but at this time everyone had become refugees fleeing from a natural disaster, and no one paid attention to him. Reflection of the Age wanted to cry but had no tears. This was such a good opportunity. If he could mobilize the arrow formation to fire a wave of concentrated shots at the sky, the two of them would turn into white light without landing.

No one paid attention to his orders. Reflection of the Age had to try his best himself, shooting another arrow towards the sky. Gu Fei aimed at the arrow's trajectory, wanting to block it, but knew that such a big movement might be more troublesome for Gui Tong. Reflection of the Age was also cunning. Seeing the stance of the two, he knew that flying depended on the woman. As long as he killed her, Gu Fei would naturally have to fall, and then be drowned by the boulders. So this arrow was specifically aimed at Gui Tong.

Although Gui Tong was a Five Little Strong member, even if a mage was strong, their defense and health were just that. Unless they added constitution to the mage in an unorthodox way. Gui Tong wasn't unorthodox. At this time, she had taken two arrows, and her health had dropped by half. Reflection of the Age wasn't just someone who could come up with ideas! He was also a top archer on the archer charts, and his equipment was also very strong, not much worse than the Five Little Strong members.

"I'll count to three and throw you off," Gu Fei said.

"Then I didn't come for nothing." Gui Tong didn't want to.

"Counting to three before throwing you off, this is obviously a tactic! One," Gu Fei said.

"Two!" Gu Fei counted.

Gui Tong prepared while flying.

"..." Gu Fei was silent.

"Where's three?" Gui Tong asked instead. One and two were finished, but the pause was too long. Gui Tong had taken two more arrows.

"Okay, three." Gu Fei watched Reflection of the Age shoot another arrow and finally counted to three.

At the moment Gui Tong let go, the arrow arrived. Seeing her health, she was thinking if it would be a tragedy. Gu Fei, still in the air, slashed out with his sword and knocked the arrow away. Then he fell downwards.

Reflection of the Age was overjoyed. He didn't know that Gu Fei was actually released by Gui Tong herself. In his eyes, Gui Tong couldn't support the arrow, and Gu Fei had to take action to block the arrow. So the movement was too big, and Gui Tong finally couldn't hold on, so he fell.

Below Gu Fei were jumping boulders. Falling on them would basically mean death, but Gu Fei called Gui Tong to let go at this time of course had a plan in mind, his Instant Shift cooldown had ended.

Instant Shift!

Gu Fei, before landing, activated Instant Shift. The person immediately floated forward six meters, stepping on a boulder flying forward. And this time Gu Fei didn't jump anywhere else, because he saw very clearly that the direction of this rock was very much in line with his wishes. One, two, three, he had been waiting for such a mount.

Reflection of the Age still wanted to shoot another arrow to kill Gui Tong conveniently. But just as Gu Fei was about to land, a shift in the people was missing. Reflection of the Age was immediately panicked, looking for Gu Fei's location, while noticing a boulder was smashing towards him, and quickly moved to the side to dodge.

Reflection of the Age dodged the boulder, but as he pulled his bow and dodged to the side, looking around for Gu Fei's trace for aiming, he saw that after the boulder landed, a figure had flown out.

Aiming at Reflection of the Age's head, Gu Fei stepped over with both feet side by side. Reflection of the Age was directly stepped on to the ground. In order to relieve his anger, Gu Fei made such a difficult move. He also didn't stand still and stumbled after stepping on Reflection of the Age's face. But then he had slashed Reflection of the Age with a sword, and shouted, "Are you done yet!!"

Reflection of the Age saw that there were his own brothers around, but at this time, they were only focused on fleeing the scene in a hurry, and no one even glanced at him. He felt extremely sad. Gu Fei got up and was preparing to give Reflection of the Age a quick end with a sword. Gui Tong's voice came from above, "Be careful."

Gu Fei looked up and saw a boulder was smashing towards this. Gu Fei quickly pulled away to dodge. Reflection of the Age was still lying on the ground at this time. When he turned his head and discovered the boulder, he had already made close contact.

"Run quickly!" Gui Tong shouted at Gu Fei.

"I know!" Gu Fei turned around and ran, but he didn't run as wholeheartedly as Zenith Four Seas' brothers. He often picked on people to bully. Gui Tong didn't have the burden of Gu Fei, and her mana was enough for her to fly another distance, so she wasn't flustered. The two, one in the sky and one on the ground, with the boulders galloping behind them, escaped from the disaster site.

The damage suffered by Zenith Four Seas was heavy. Although they had been running, how many people could have Gu Fei's movement speed? The system's boulders had a range, but at this time, these rolling boulders didn't have a range. As long as the inertia was still there, they would roll all the way, crushing countless Zenith Four Seas players to death. In the end, even the spectators who were standing too close were affected by this impact.

Gu Fei looked back and felt that it was really tragic. At this time, Gui Tong's mana was exhausted, and she slowly fell from the sky.

"You appeared just in time," Gu Fei said.

"I just came to see, I didn't expect to be able to save you," Gui Tong said.

"Where's Sword Demon?"

"He and Xiaozhu are looking for Unsworn Blade!" Gui Tong said.

"Oh, then go help quickly," Gu Fei said.

The two turned around to leave, traversing through a chaotic crowd of players. There were several pairs of eyes staring at the two of them in the dark. Because the scene was too chaotic, even if Gu Fei noticed, he wouldn't pay too much attention.

"They are going to look for Unsworn Blade, are they worried about Unsworn Blade?" Han Family's Young Master asked Gu Xiaoshang next to him.

Gu Xiaoshang pursed her lips, "My mood is a little complicated."