Chapter 3.8

Duanshui Jian and Ju Shen had already rushed up from the left and right to protect Ye Xiaowu, constantly shooting arrows at Baishi Jinglun. These two seemed to be veterans who had experienced big scenes. They weren't frightened by the situation at all. Ju Shen looked at Ye Xiaowu's forearm, which had turned into a chicken wing, and exclaimed, "Wow, the bones are sticking out! It's so realistic!"

Ye Xiaowu had stopped howling at this point. There was a limit to the sensation of pain, and it was completely within the acceptable range. The first howl was because it was so sudden. Sometimes you involuntarily shout when you're suddenly pricked by a needle, right? The second howl was pure fright. Anyone would be startled to see their arm suddenly turn into such a state. Hearing Ju Shen mutter, he couldn't help but look down to take a closer look.

He saw the white bones sticking out from the flesh, still covered with fragments of skin and meat, a blurred mess. Ye Xiaowu suddenly felt a wave of nausea, and a system prompt sounded quickly in his ear: Player's abdominal pressure is increasing, stomach is reacting uncomfortably. If recovery is not possible within one minute, the game will be forcibly terminated.

This was because the game equipment could detect some real physical conditions of the human body. Back in Sunset City, the guild leader of Zongheng Sihai, Wu Shi Zhi Jian, had been severely warned by the system for his rapid heartbeat. Ye Xiaowu was in the same category as him, except one was the heart and the other was the stomach.

Of course, Ye Xiaowu was no stranger to this setting. He quickly turned his gaze away and took out a bottle of water from his pocket, taking two large gulps to suppress the nauseous feeling. Ju Shen looked at his actions in surprise. "What, did you scare yourself with the game you made?"

Ye Xiaowu was speechless.

"What... what do we do?" Duanshui Jian asked.

"This kind of serious injury can't be completely recovered with healing. You have to go back to the main city to find a system healing priest," Ye Xiaowu said. Heal was a level 40 skill for Light Priests, and it was very effective against continuous damage, such as continuously reducing health and maximum health points. But with an arm broken so badly, it couldn't be restored with just healing.

"But now health is continuously decreasing, and I can't make it back. Death will completely restore me. It doesn't matter," Ye Xiaowu added.

"Will bandaging the blood vessels help?" Duanshui Jian asked again.

"It will if the technique is correct," Ye Xiaowu nodded.

"Quick, call Xiao Chen over," Ju Shen said.

"Hang in there," Duanshui Jian said to Ye Xiaowu before sending a message. Of course, "hang in there" here didn't mean to persevere in spirit. Ye Xiaowu set his main hand to his left hand and kept waving his staff to restore his own health, while asking Ju Shen, "Who is Xiao Chen?"

"He used to be a medic in our team. We're too clumsy. Let's get him to come!" Ju Shen said with a smile, while continuing to fire at Baishi Jinglun.

Baishi Jinglun was suppressed by the combined fire of Duanshui Jian and Ju Shen, and couldn't get close for a while. At this moment, Gu Fei rushed over and asked excitedly, "Is it Fire Dragon Fist?"

"Yes," Baishi Jinglun nodded.

"I've heard so much about it!" Gu Fei said.

"It seems a bit too much..." Ye Xiaowu's priest robe was stained with blood, and there was a pool of it on the ground. Baishi Jinglun looked a little unbearable.

"Never seen blood before?" Although everyone would hold back in a martial arts competition, the nature of this matter was different. It was an activity of trying to kill each other, and there would be dire consequences if an accident occurred. Gu Fei had been stitched up and had broken bones before.

"I've seen nosebleeds," Baishi Jinglun said.

"..." Gu Fei was speechless. Kids often got nosebleeds when they fought.

"Look, this is obviously exaggerated in the game. No one can bleed this much. He should have died already," Gu Fei comforted Baishi Jinglun.

Hearing this, Ye Xiaowu spat out another mouthful of blood.

Unexpectedly, Ju Shen on the side agreed with Gu Fei's words, nodding and saying, "It's a bit exaggerated. Didn't you consider this when you made the game? There's a limit to the amount of blood a person has! Even if you can't stop the bleeding, you can't just keep bleeding like this!" Ju Shen said, looking at Ye Xiaowu's severed arm again, blood still spraying out!

Gu Fei nodded, "That's right, the human body is generally seven to eight percent blood by weight. Look at how skinny he is, he probably only weighs a hundred pounds. I'd say he's lost at least ten pounds of blood."

Ju Shen shook his head. "More like eight pounds, at most."

"Eight pounds is still a lot! I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he weighs a hundred and twenty pounds. We'll say he's got a bit more blood and calculate eight percent. That's nine point six pounds. Give him an extra four ounces and say ten pounds. Is it reasonable to lose eight pounds?" Gu Fei said.

"It's not reasonable. If he had ten pounds, he should have died after losing three pounds," Ju Shen said.

"See, he's lost eight pounds already. It's fake, all fake," Gu Fei said to Baishi Jinglun.

"You know so much about this!" Baishi Jinglun admired him greatly.

"A little bit," Gu Fei said pretentiously.

The three of them discussing Ye Xiaowu's blood loss obviously accelerated his blood loss. Duanshui Jian on the side rolled his eyes. While they were chatting, Ju Shen was still accurately shooting arrows at Gu Fei and Baishi Jinglun. The two of them were dodging while talking back. Mainly, Baishi Jinglun was hesitant to strike hard just now, and Gu Fei was enlightening him. Neither of them rushed forward. Now that the enlightenment was complete, Ye Xiaowu's serious injury was labeled as fake, shoddy, illegal and counterfeit, and Baishi Jinglun rekindled his fighting spirit.

"Let's go! Let me see your Fire Dragon Fist," Gu Fei encouraged.

As soon as the two of them moved forward together, it became more difficult for Duanshui Jian and Ju Shen to block them. But the two of them were archers, and they had a lot of practical experience. If they couldn't block, they would retreat. Retreating while attacking continued with the kiting strategy in online games. As a result, Duanshui Jian shouted again after retreating a few steps: "Damn, move the injured guy!"

"Damn it!" Ju Shen also saw that Ye Xiaowu was still standing there stupidly, and quickly went up to pull him: "Bro, follow the organization!"

"Don't, don't! It's interrupted, it's interrupted!" Ye Xiaowu shouted quickly. Who said it didn't matter if blood was spurting wildly? Wasn't his health constantly decreasing? He was relying on constantly restoring his health to stay alive. He couldn't even pull through it. Ju Shen pulled him twice, interrupting his healing spell. His health was plummeting.

"It's been interrupted long ago," Ju Shen thought he was talking about his arm.

"The skill, the skill is interrupted," Ye Xiaowu shouted.

Ju Shen wasn't a newbie in the game. He knew a little bit about the game settings and terminology. After a moment of stunned silence, he realized what Ye Xiaowu was talking about and shouted to Duanshui Jian, "Cover me, wait for the injured to move first."

Duanshui Jian took a step forward to meet Gu Fei: "I'll deal with him."

After all, Duanshui Jian had fought Gu Fei before, and he understood some of Gu Fei's attack methods, so he chose this difficult opponent. In Ju Shen's eyes, although Gu Fei was a master, he hadn't broken anyone's arm, at least. It seemed that Duanshui Jian left the ruthless task to himself by picking his opponent.

Ju Shen met Baishi Jinglun, feeling a little apprehensive. Although these soldiers were not professionals in the game, and they were only proficient in one type of attack, each of them had their own strengths. Ju Shen used to be a sniper in the team, and he was the best in the world at shooting. Although his close combat skills were not bad, Kai Shan Fu, who was one of the best close combat fighters in their team, seemed to have lost miserably to Gu Fei. It seemed that these fighting scientists were not just blowing hot air. Ju Shen knew that he was not as good as Kai Shan Fu, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy when he met such an opponent again.

But being uneasy was one thing, and taking action was another.

Being uneasy would only make Comrade Ju Shen more careful when taking action. If the theoretical gap could determine the outcome, then there would be no confrontation in this world.

Ju Shen swiped his hand in his pocket and pulled out a bright dagger. It wasn't some top-quality equipment, just a shape and specification that suited his liking. These people picked up the handiest weapon when they first entered the game when it came to adding points and choosing equipment, just like Gu Fei did back then.

Ju Shen was not Ye Xiaowu after all, and it was not so easy for Baishi Jinglun to break his arm as soon as he came up. Moreover, the Dragon Fist was not necessarily meant to break people's arms so absolutely. It also depended on the choice in actual combat. At this time, the two of them started fighting, with fists and feet flying. Baishi Jinglun responded with his bare hands without losing ground. Their PK was a real battle of practical skills. The weapons in their hands were less important than the equipment's stats. Ju Shen had a knife in his hand, and everyone thought that he was more lethal, but the damage of this knife was actually not as good as Baishi Jinglun's punch with his gauntlet. The two of them might have forgotten about this at this time.

At this time, Gu Fei was casually defusing Duanshui Jian's attacks, focusing half of his attention on Baishi Jinglun. He was amazed, thoughtful, and pondering from time to time. Duanshui Jian was quite depressed. He didn't feel that the gap between him and Gu Fei was so big when they fought before! But now it seemed that Gu Fei was defusing his attacks absentmindedly.

However, Duanshui Jian felt that this was a good thing. He didn't expect to solve Gu Fei one-on-one in the first place. He and Ju Shen just wanted to come over and stop these two for a while, and wait for Ye Xiaowu's injury to be dealt with. In this way, Gu Fei only focused on watching the two of them fight, and instead of quickly dealing with himself, he achieved Duanshui Jian's goal of delaying time.

And Gu Fei was simply watching Baishi Jinglun's Fire Dragon Fist. The opponent in front of him, the half-dead Ye Xiaowu, or the brothers whose situation was not so good, were all out of his sight at this time.

A group of people who were besieging the elite group and Jian Nan You's seven, changed their plan after receiving the news from Duanshui Jian before. Three archers were quickly transferred away, and then a priest suddenly turned around and went over there.

The archers' firepower was not at the same level as ordinary players. As soon as these three were transferred, the pressure on everyone was greatly reduced. In addition, they were a little disappointed: all the more difficult opponents went to deal with Gu Fei and Baishi Jinglun, while the relatively easy ones were dealing with a bunch of so-called masters.

The archers had a long shooting distance. The three of them turned their direction and entered the direction where they could attack Gu Fei and Baishi Jinglun without taking a step forward. The three of them immediately opened fire together, catching Gu Fei and Baishi Jinglun off guard. Duanshui Jian and Ju Shen also immediately tried to get out of the close combat situation and switch to long-range maneuvering.

But it was not so easy to retreat when facing opponents like Gu Fei and Baishi Jinglun. If you wanted to retreat, you had to take a hit or two as the price. Duanshui Jian was afraid of Gu Fei's magic damage, and Ju Shen saw the eight pounds of blood that Ye Xiaowu had lost, so naturally they didn't dare to pay the price so rashly.

Another priest took a detour and went straight to Ye Xiaowu. He was the medic Xiao Chen, whom Duanshui Jian had called to help Ye Xiaowu bandage his wound.

Ye Xiaowu saw the priest's intention and was full of expectations. He couldn't drag on for long by desperately restoring his health. Blood seemed to be infinite in the game, but mana was definitely limited.

Ye Xiaowu stared at the priest, and suddenly saw a black shadow appear behind the priest. Ye Xiaowu was shocked and shouted, "Be careful!"

There was fighting everywhere, so who knew who he was yelling "Be careful" to? Everyone subconsciously slowed down their movements, and some people saw the black figure rushing out like a gust of wind behind the priest Xiao Chen as they searched around.

This also revealed that although Ye Xiaowu was a game designer, he really didn't have much practical experience in the game. At this time, when danger was discovered in a big melee, who would yell "Be careful"? He should call the person's name directly!

"Xiao Chen!" The others who discovered the situation were much more experienced and directly called Xiao Chen's name.

Xiao Chen shuddered and quickly turned his head, but Jian Gui just happened to enter the disappearing stage of "Mist Shadow Sneak Attack", and there was no one behind him. Xiao Chen was a medic in the army. Although he needed to master some things appropriately, a person's energy was ultimately limited. Xiao Chen's main focus was on medical work. How could he expect to have high skills in shooting, fighting, and so on? These aspects could only be considered qualified, and he was not at the same level as other combat personnel at all, let alone the high-level ability of sensing murderous intent. He simply didn't have that intuition.

So, when Jian Gui disappeared, he immediately didn't know what happened. But soon, a figure appeared in front of him. Not one, but two!

This time, even Jian Gui was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that there was actually a thief lurking to protect this priest.

But Jian Gui had been lurking all the time, and then suddenly appeared. In an instant, he was already in front of him. This person was obviously not fully prepared, and his defense was very hasty. In fact, Ye Xiaowu had pointed out in advance that Jian Gui's "Mist Shadow Strike" was a skill that needed to be heavily defended against, and Duanshui Jian had also made a very targeted solution to this skill. He had already informed everyone how to defend against it.

But this method was not useful right now. That method was just for dodging, but Jian Gui's target was not him in the first place, so what did he have to dodge? At this time, he needed to block, to block the knife coming towards Xiao Chen, who was unaware.

This was a defense based entirely on reaction and experience.

It was not perfect, but it did not allow the damage of the Mist Shadow Strike to explode completely. However, the impact of the Mist Shadow Strike was still there, and the thief who appeared and the priest Xiao Chen behind him were knocked to the ground together.

Jian Gui did not hesitate at all. His target did not change at all. He used Swift Steps and immediately ran towards Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen got up to meet the enemy. Although he was just a medic, he knew everything a soldier should know. Shooting and fighting, his skills were originally above Jian Gui's.

But at this time, it was ruined by his profession.

He was a priest. He could shoot arrows, punch, and swing a knife, but Jian Gui completely ignored him.

How much damage could a priest do with these attack methods?

Jian Gui saw this and adopted the most barbaric fighting style in online games: trading a knife for a knife.

No skills, no dodging, just standing and fighting, where I hit you once and you hit me back.

Xiao Chen wanted to dodge Jian Gui's attacks, but against an opponent who ignored your punches, kicks, and knife swings, and just rushed up to stab you with a knife, it was really difficult to dodge all of the opponent's attacks. At least Xiao Chen didn't do it.

Jian Gui's "Eternal Lament" quickly chopped at his body. Although he took several punches and kicks from Xiao Chen, the conversion was completely disproportionate. Jian Gui quickly harvested Xiao Chen's life. It was too late for others to rescue him. The thief who had been knocked down by the Mist Shadow Strike with Xiao Chen had just gotten up and rushed in front of Jian Gui, stabbing him hard.

Jian Gui still didn't dodge. Although the person in front of him was no longer a priest, Jian Gui knew that a thief who had already been hit by the Mist Shadow Strike could not have much health left.

Jian Gui also stabbed back, and he started fighting with knives again.

The last time, he was fighting for damage, but this time, he was fighting for life.

Although the opponent had more practical experience than Jian Gui, Jian Gui had more online game experience than them.

This was a battle, but it was also an online game.

Jian Gui's experience was very accurate and reasonable at this time; while the opponent's experience ruined things at this time.

He stabbed Jian Gui's heart with a knife, thinking that Jian Gui would dodge, and then he would turn around and throw Jian Gui to the ground, and then dispose of him at will.

He wouldn't avoid a knife to the heart unless the other person was caught off guard. This was a deeply ingrained idea he had developed in his practical experiences. If he avoided, he would have a backup plan; if he didn't avoid, he would be killed instantly.

As a result, when he stabbed Jian Gui's heart with his knife, the other person also took the opportunity to stab him in the waist. Only then did he instantly realize a problem: "Damn, even if you stab someone in the heart here, you won't be killed instantly! You still have to do math problems!"

The math problem told him that his life was already zero, and he had to die. The expression on his face let people know that he was very helpless: he didn't not understand, nor did he not know how, he just needed to adapt...

A sneak attack killed two people in an instant. Jian Gui's results were obviously more advantageous than Gu Fei's. Yu Tian Shen Ming shouted ecstatically, "Jian Gui, you're so handsome..."

Huo Ran Yi on the side said, "Isn't the word 'handsome' too mocking for him? Does he mind?"

Everyone looked at him, and Huo Ran Yi quickly shrunk his neck.

Jian Gui didn't feel any pride at all. He knew that he was able to succeed because of luck. If he switched two other people and started over, the ending might be different. After taking care of the two people, Jian Gui immediately strode away. Many arrows had already been aimed at him. Jian Gui had long seen that it was useless for him to run around no matter how good his footwork was, so he had already calculated his retreat before taking action. At this time, after running a few steps, he immediately shrank behind a white stone, not even showing a foot.

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Section 3.8. I originally wanted to update another thousand words to celebrate, but I haven't been sleeping well these past few days. My eyelids are fighting each other, and I can't even find the keyboard... So, let's just make do with it. We'll talk about 3.8 again next year~~