Hu Die Lan

Chapter 478 Inside and Outside the Courtyard

“So, let’s do it?” After a moment of silence, the two said this sentence together, looking at each other.

Then came a firm nod. Once a decision was made, there would be no more doubt or hesitation. Gu Fei and Jian Gui were precisely this kind of person.

“I’ll take my side, you take yours. No need to kill them, just harass them for a bit, make it hard for them to pin down our direction, then pick a spot and scale the wall. What do you think?” Gu Fei asked Jian Gui.

“Mm, good.” Jian Gui agreed.

The two began to act. For the peripheral defenders, this was simply a disaster. For ordinary players, let alone Gu Fei, even Jian Gui was a master they could only look up to. Add to that Jian Gui’s newly acquired skill, “Mist Shadow Raid.” Although it dropped from a Mist Shadow Assassin, even the Mist Shadow Assassin hadn't used it before.

The skill started like a warrior's charge, granting the user movement speed and impact far exceeding their normal capabilities. For a thief who was already fast, it was ridiculously fast. Another feature was that the skill could be forcibly switched to stealth at any time during activation, and the movement speed would not be reduced in this state. Although the duration was only a short two seconds, it was definitely a super valuable two seconds. Imagine how troublesome it would be to approach at such high speed, and then suddenly disappear upon approaching, making it even more impossible to defend against.

Even Gu Fei felt this skill was very tricky after hearing about its characteristics. After all, people aren't machines, and their moves aren't so rigid. If they vary their attacks, Gu Fei wouldn't be confident in grasping every opportunity.

As a result, Jian Gui became an even greater nightmare for these poor players. A rapid figure suddenly rushed out of the mist. The speed was so fast that many were caught off guard. Jian Gui was even more committed to familiarizing himself with and practicing the skill, using the forced disappearance for two seconds every time. As a result, he attacked seven people in a row. Six of them didn't react at all, and the seventh reflexively protected his face.

But Jian Gui's understanding of showing mercy wasn't the same as Gu Fei's. He would go all out from the start, but when he realized that the enemy was clearly no match for him, he would stop pursuing them to the end. That was how the number one player understood showing mercy. Jian Gui didn't have Gu Fei's habit of deliberately controlling attack damage to avoid killing people.

As a result, five of the seven who came up were instantly killed. Among them were two warriors. Although they weren't heavily armored defense warriors, it was still a remarkable achievement. It was enough to show that this skill was a cross-level skill that surpassed the current standard. This powerful destructive force was already above Gu Fei's spell damage.

Such powerful destruction was like a stone stirring up a thousand waves. The Misty Flowers Guild channel quickly exploded with chatter, especially from the two warriors who were killed in seconds. The word "instant kill" wasn't usually associated with warriors, but now this thief killed them with one dagger, which made it hard for them to believe.

"Who is it?" Liu Feng San Tan asked, surprised and uncertain. To instantly kill a warrior, this damage was even higher than that Qian Li Yizui. Where did such a formidable enemy come from?

"A thief?"

"Extremely high damage?"

"Extremely fast?"

Piao Liu asked these three questions in a row. After receiving affirmative answers, he asked again: "Female? Red clothes? Very beautiful?"

The answer he received was: "Male, black clothes, extremely ugly!"

"It's Jian Gui!!!" Piao Liu quickly came to the conclusion.

"Jian Gui? That Jian Gui? When you talked about him yesterday, you didn't say his attacks were this outrageous…" Liu Feng San Tan said. When Piao Liu introduced Jian Gui, he often had a tone of sighing and regret, making people feel that this Jian Gui wasn't as good as he used to be, and didn't have the domineering aura of when he ruled the world.

"This… I'm not too sure either. He shouldn't be this strong… Unless he's had some kind of lucky encounter recently," Piao Liu said.

"Is that so… Then we…"

"He's here?" Liu Feng San Tan's words were suddenly interrupted by someone beside him.

Dressed in a fighter's outfit, he had been cooling off under a large tree next to them. It was the expert fighter Feng Xian whom Liu Feng San Tan had specifically invited back.

Liu Feng San Tan originally had no confidence in inviting this expert, but things turned out to be so unexpected. After contacting this person through a friend and mentioning that he wanted to ask him to help deal with that video mage, this person actually agreed very readily. Liu Feng San Tan, who couldn't believe things were going so smoothly, could only assume that martial arts practitioners liked to compete with each other, so this time, it wasn't to help their guild with some task, but just for his own challenge.

Sure enough, after Feng Xian arrived at the administrative compound, he showed indifference to all matters such as Liu Feng San Tan's guild meetings, core discussions, or defense arrangement.

"As expected, the sun is best here…" This was the only sentence Feng Xian said after entering the administrative hall. Afterwards, he slumped down under the tree, quietly waiting for the mage expert to appear.

After waiting in vain all day yesterday, Liu Feng San Tan was worried that this eccentric expert they invited from outside would be impatient. Who knew that the other party didn't mind at all, and still came on time after going online today, and continued to lean against the big tree without saying a word.

That lazy look, as if he was too tired to even lie down, made Liu Feng San Tan put a big question mark on this highly anticipated expert, and he already felt that he couldn't rely on this guy too much. This guy naturally wouldn't know about the previous discussions in the guild channel, but he heard a few conversations with Piao Liu afterwards.

"He's here," Liu Feng San Tan nodded, "But he's still outside the compound." Although what they were discussing was actually Jian Gui's situation, in fact, Gu Fei's harassment and Jian Gui's debuted at the same time, but it wasn't as shocking as Jian Gui's.

"I've harassed seven places already, what about you?" Jian Gui outside the compound was also sending a message to Gu Fei at this time.

"Eleven places," Gu Fei said.

"So fast…" Jian Gui exclaimed. He was already doing his best to be efficient, but he didn't expect Gu Fei to be even faster than him.

"It's more convenient for me, I don't need to attack. I just show my face in the mist, and they start screaming like ghosts," Gu Fei said.

"Oh…" Jian Gui understood, "Is it enough already?"

"Enough, where do we meet up?"

Jian Gui randomly chose a coordinate, and the two began to converge there. At this time, more than a dozen places that had been attacked began to gather manpower. Perhaps not for defense, but just to have more people to collect a little sense of security.

"I don't think this periphery is a defense, it's just a warning, letting the people in the compound know that we've arrived," Gu Fei said after meeting up.

"Mm, that's right," Jian Gui agreed with Gu Fei's judgment.

"So what's next?"

"Let's go! As long as they can't figure out where we'll break in, the goal will be achieved," Jian Gui said.

Gu Fei nodded. The two quickly found a suitable spot. Because of the harassment, the defense on the periphery was now very scattered, and there were many undefended loopholes. Gu Fei sighed, "The defense arrangement is still not in place! Don't be so scattered. I think it would be difficult for us to find this kind of dead spot to sneak in."

Jian Gui shook his head and said, "Some things can't be helped. They're just players in the game. Could they possibly have military-like discipline?"

"That's true," Gu Fei nodded.

"What's more, if they want to clearly grasp our movements, someone needs to sacrifice themselves. Game guilds can't issue that kind of order…" Jian Gui said.

"Uh, you're very clear on things!" Gu Fei said.

"Of course, I've been there before," Jian Gui laughed.

"That's right, I forgot!" Gu Fei smacked his head. He had almost forgotten that Jian Gui was also a famous guild leader back in the day. What wouldn't he know about these interpersonal relationships, rules, and regulations in guilds?

"However, if we had someone like Gongzi, this kind of arrangement would definitely be more perfect than theirs," Gu Fei added.

"Hehe…" Jian Gui chuckled dryly. That guy would naturally sacrifice cannon fodder without hesitation at this time, and he would always find an excuse that would prevent people from detecting the truth!

"Alright, let's go!" Gu Fei had already thrown out two grappling hooks, and a rope was handed to Jian Gui.

After that day's experience, Jian Gui wasn't too unfamiliar with this sport and climbed upwards skillfully.

*He's improving quickly…* Gu Fei thought to himself. Jian Gui wasn't so skilled that day. Did he practice in private these past two days? He cares about this kind of thing. This guy is actually unusually competitive!

Soon after, Gu Fei grabbed the long rope and followed Jian Gui up the wall together.

"It's actually so smooth…" Gu Fei, who had reached the top of the wall, was a little surprised and said to Jian Gui while retracting the grappling hook.

"What do you mean?"

"It's been two days. I thought they would have found a way to get over the wall, and then they would have also arranged guards on the wall," Gu Fei said.

"This…" Jian Gui also helped retract a grappling hook while saying, "Maybe only you think it's simple? How many people would know what this thing is and how it's made? This kind of claw hook doesn't exist on the market at all. What kind of mission did you find it in? If you didn't say it, I don't think even Brother You could guess it. Also, let's not talk about how to climb. I think it also takes some skill to throw this thing up and hook it properly. It's not that simple, right?"

"Uh, it does take a bit," Gu Fei admitted.

"So I said, even if someone has seen this thing with their own eyes, it's difficult to make it in the same way," Jian Gui said.

"Your analysis makes sense," Gu Fei said. Indeed, in this game environment, some problems need to be seen more clearly by game players like Jian Gui.

"So what's next?"

"Of course, we'll observe first," Gu Fei took out his telescope and began to observe.