Chapter 123 Strategy

Kai Shanfu was shocked. Although he wasn't a top player in the game, he understood the basics of magic attributes and damage calculation. Gu Fei's prediction was correct. A fighter who could withstand two of his Twin Flame Flashes must have fire resistance equipment. But now, Gu Fei switched to lightning magic, rendering the fire resistance useless.

With a flick of his right hand, the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword was back in his grip. Although the Palm Thunder was cast empty-handed, a weapon was still needed to enhance the spell's damage. Gu Fei raised his hand and feinted a sword strike. Kai Shanfu, true to his word, had no knowledge of swordsmanship and couldn't discern the feint, so he dodged with utmost seriousness.

Gu Fei smiled, retracting his sword. He stepped forward, and his left hand unleashed the Palm Thunder.

Kai Shanfu was focused on guarding against this very move. He immediately hunched over, his arms positioned defensively, one reaching for Gu Fei's wrist, the other ready to grab his shoulder.

"Careful!!!" Ye Xiaowu shouted from the boulder, but it was too late. Gu Fei smiled slightly at Kai Shanfu and said, "I'm a mage!" As soon as he finished speaking, the Palm Thunder erupted from his palm, striking Kai Shanfu squarely in the abdomen. An immense electrical current surged through Kai Shanfu's body, causing sparks to fly everywhere like a lantern. As his health plummeted, Kai Shanfu had only one thought: Damn, I've been tricked again.

In a normal fight, Kai Shanfu would have perfectly dodged this palm. But this was a game. Gu Fei's Palm Thunder didn't have to make contact with the body. The gathering was merely the process of the spell forming. For a normal mage, it was still a 100% ranged attack. But Gu Fei was already holding the lightning in his hand.

So, when Kai Shanfu dodged the palm, the spell was released, effectively lengthening Gu Fei's arm suddenly. How could Kai Shanfu dodge that? He was hit squarely.

Ye Xiaowu understood the key point, but his warning came too late. He knew some of Gu Fei's skills, but how could he know how Gu Fei would use them? For example, Gu Fei instantly teleported into the air and struck Kai Shanfu with his sword. If he could have predicted that, he would have warned Kai Shanfu in advance.

"Sorry, I didn't have time," Gu Fei apologized. Then, without any hesitation, his sword flashed, swiftly finishing off Kai Shanfu's remaining health. Gu Fei hadn't forgotten that this wasn't a duel, but a PK between two groups. He could have played around with Kai Shanfu, but the rest of the elite group and Jian Nan You's team were in a bad situation.

The damage from this group's arrows was inconsistent. Most of them posed no threat to these experts. But they quickly realized this and quickly adjusted their positions, focusing their fire on the elite group and Jian Nan You's seven-member team.

When more than a dozen arrows were focused on one person, the damage was not to be underestimated.

"Damn, they're targeting me again!!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming watched the opponent's movements, desperately trying to hide in the team. Jian Nan You heard him and quickly moved in his direction to take the brunt of the attack. With his sword and shield, he could withstand this barrage of arrows. But then Jiao Shui shouted, "No, no, it's me, it's me over here."

Jian Nan You quickly turned towards him.

"Me, it's me!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming yelled.

"Jiao Shui's side!" Han Jia Gongzi shouted, "Healers, heal Yu Tian."

"Ah, I'm going to die..." Yu Tian Shen Ming watched as several arrows flew towards him. No matter their class, these guys were incredibly accurate. Although they didn't have the arrow speed of an archer, it was extremely difficult to dodge. If it was just one or two, Yu Tian Shen Ming thought he could handle it, but with so many arrows coming at him, Yu Tian Shen Ming didn't know which one to dodge.

*Pa pa pa pa pa pa!!*

Yu Tian Shen Ming was hit by six arrows on the spot. The opponents reloaded and launched a second wave of attacks extremely quickly. The second wave of arrows followed closely behind. Yu Tian Shen Ming had no confidence in his fragile body and was hit by another six arrows. Having taken twelve arrows in total, Yu Tian Shen Ming closed his eyes, thinking he was about to die. But the feeling of being wrapped in a healer's recovery spell was so warm and comforting. Yu Tian Shen Ming opened his eyes and saw that he was still alive, exclaiming, "Damn, survived twelve arrows, that's awesome."

Everyone rolled their eyes. Han Jia Gongzi glared at him and scolded, "Pay attention to their classes."

The opponents would suddenly attack together and then suddenly scatter. This time, they divided into two groups, one attacking Jiao Shui's side and the other attacking Yu Tian Shen Ming's side. The group attacking Jiao Shui's side was composed of professional archers, while the group attacking Yu Tian Shen Ming's side was just a mishmash of random classes. With the healers supporting him, Yu Tian Shen Ming could withstand the damage. But Jiao Shui's side, without Jian Nan You's support, might have been wiped out.

You Ge had finished compiling the opponent's data and was now introducing them to everyone: "Three archers, two knights, two warriors, two mages, two healers, three thieves, two fighters, fourteen in total. The classes are well-balanced. Oh, Qian Li and the others are facing two archers, one healer, and one fighter. Ah! Qian Li killed the fighter!!"

You Ge was introducing the opponents when he saw Gu Fei resolve Kai Shanfu with a Palm Thunder followed by a flurry of sword strikes. He turned his head and rushed towards them. You Ge exclaimed excitedly, "Qian Li is coming to support us."

Han Jia Gongzi's expression didn't improve much. He frowned and said, "What's the use of him coming?"

"Let's break through and retreat!" With equal numbers, but suppressed by the experts, everyone had to admit the fact that they were at a disadvantage, even though they didn't want to. They couldn't find a suitable opportunity to counterattack.

"We can't escape," Han Jia Gongzi said in a low voice. "Didn't you notice? No matter what class they are, they've all added agility."

"It seems like it..."

"Their teamwork is too skilled," Jian Nan You, who was skilled in teamwork, also expressed his admiration.

"Professionals," Han Jia Gongzi concluded.

"What do we do then?" The members of the elite group realized the seriousness of the situation because even Han Jia Gongzi had rarely sounded so pessimistic.

"These people have extremely strong combat skills, but they don't seem to be very familiar with the game. That may be our only chance," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"How do you know?" Everyone asked.

"They don't use their class features and are just playing with bows and arrows. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?" Scorn, eternal scorn, even in pessimistic times.

"What do we do?" The few were chatting idly, but in the time it took to say these few words, they had blocked two more rounds of attacks. Everyone was moving, but they couldn't escape the encirclement. As Han Jia Gongzi said, they had all added agility, so their overall mobility was better than theirs. Their team had slow-moving warriors and healers, so that was their speed. This was the legendary bucket effect: no matter how high a bucket is, the height of the water it can hold is always determined by the lowest plank.

"When things get really bad, we'll have to sacrifice the pawns to protect the king," Han Jia Gongzi said, stating the worst-case scenario.

"Damn, who's the pawn, who's the pawn?" Zhan Wu Shang muttered.

Han Jia Gongzi glanced at him: "I'm also a pawn."

Several of the slow planks, like Zhan Wu Shang, were stunned. That's right, although Han Jia Gongzi was always arrogant and bossy, he was indeed a weakness in this situation. He used a golden ratio of intelligence and spirit to build his healer, but he didn't have any agility, so he was also slow.

"Should we switch agility equipment?" You Ge suggested. Classes like Yu Tian Shen Ming, Jiao Shui, and Hei Shui must have a lot of agility on their equipment. You Ge meant that they should switch equipment with each other to increase the speed of the slow ones.

"It's not very useful, we can't manage it," Han Jia Gongzi shook his head and looked at everyone: "Actually, most of us are slow."

Everyone looked back and saw that it was true! There were only two classes that mainly played agility in the game, archers and thieves, so slow-moving classes were actually the mainstream. Agile classes were less than a third of the total. That's why everyone had the same mobility in normal team battles. It was unprecedented to be completely suppressed in mobility like this.

"Everyone, calm down and consider the pros and cons of both sides," Han Jia Gongzi said, "They put points into agility, so they have mobility, but in terms of output, both damage output and support output will be greatly limited. You Ge, have you calculated their current damage output?"

Since the opponents were using bows and arrows for ranged attacks, he couldn't use Appraisal, so You Ge could only estimate the opponent's damage by asking everyone how much damage they took from an arrow. While others were actively fighting, You Ge was frantically organizing and calculating in his notebook.

"Almost, but it's not complete yet," You Ge said.

"Qian Li might be our breakthrough," Han Jia Gongzi said, "Everyone noticed Hei Shui's situation just now. If it's close combat, these guys will probably be even stronger. So there's one thing I can't figure out, why are they being patient and playing around with us like this? If they swarmed us, we might have been defeated by now."

"That's not necessarily true, right?" Zhan Wu Shang waved his giant sword, having been shot around and unable to fight back, he was already full of anger.

"Bai Shi Jing Lun was just defeated by the opponent's fighter," Han Jia Gongzi said simply, and everyone was speechless. How terrifying was Bai Shi Jing Lun? Jian Nan You and the others knew better. Their team had been completely defeated by Bai Shi Jing Lun in an instant.

While everyone was discussing tactics, Gu Fei had already rushed over to help. But obviously, the opponents didn't want Gu Fei to join up with them and diverted their firepower to intercept him.

The coordination of their firepower was unimaginable to ordinary players. It could be said that they could achieve the same level as the Hundred Archers Formation of Zong Heng Si Hai with just a few people: completely sealing off your space to dodge.

An arrow came straight at his chest. To dodge, he could only go left, right, or lie down. But the opponent had already released arrows in the directions he might dodge, so dodging in those directions was like sending himself into the arrows.

For ordinary people, this was a big problem. But Gu Fei was different. These arrows shot by ordinary non-archer classes had no attribute bonuses or skill bonuses. No matter how accurate their archery was, the arrow speed was still the same. For Gu Fei, the more accurate they shot, the easier it was for him to knock the arrows down. Otherwise, random shots would be more troublesome.

The Dark Night Flowing Light Sword danced like a cloud of purple mist. Those guys were extremely quick at reloading and shooting. So, the flying arrows were knocked away one by one, scattering like flowers around Gu Fei. Gu Fei dodged when he could, blocked when he couldn't, and took an arrow when dodging and blocking weren't possible. As long as he aimed at the opponent, Gu Fei didn't care about the arrows shot by mages.

"Damn!" Looking at this monster rushing over so unrestrained, Han Jia Gongzi and the others couldn't say anything else.

"Ordinary class's shooting poses no threat to Qian Li Yi Zui. Leave him to the professional archer class!!" At this time, Duan Shui Jian sent a message to everyone and jumped off the boulder.

Bai Shi Jing Lun had been studying the situation below for a long time, but couldn't find a way to get up while facing Duan Shui Jian and Ju Shen's attacks. Gu Fei wanted him to attract the attention of those two, so after he accomplished the goal of killing Kai Shanfu, Gu Fei waved to him and signaled him to run together.

Bai Shi Jing Lun didn't run as fast as Gu Fei. After running a few steps, he heard a landing sound behind him. Duan Shui Jian and the others had jumped off the boulder. Bai Shi Jing Lun immediately turned around and rushed back to meet them.

He had also heard Gu Fei's scolding of Kai Shanfu, and it was a bit of an epiphany.

Gu Fei was right. With Bai Shi Jing Lun's kung fu, his martial arts skills were definitely above Kai Shanfu's. His defeat was purely due to lack of experience. To be honest, the game was a great opportunity for people like him to accumulate practical combat experience. A sword strike under the crotch, like Gu Fei's, would probably never have a chance to be used in real life, but in the game? Such moves could be used without any scruples, since they didn't cause any real harm to people.

Bai Shi Jing Lun wasn't as flexible as Gu Fei. Moreover, he came to the game because his students were having trouble with some difficult opponents in the game, so they coaxed their coach into helping them solve the problem. Game accounts were rare, and Bai Shi Jing Lun, being a frugal child, couldn't bear to waste it, so he followed these people and messed around in the game.

His original intention for entering the game was different from Gu Fei's. So Gu Fei had already thought about and realized the problem that he hadn't paid attention to. Now, after hearing Gu Fei say this, he suddenly understood: That's right, kung fu can be rampant in the game, and there's no need to worry about many things!!!

Bai Shi Jing Lun, having seen the light, heard the sound behind him, and like Gu Fei when he first entered the game looking for a fight, he excitedly charged forward.

Jumping down from a stone several meters high was nothing in the game, but it required some balancing skills to land steadily. Duan Shui Jian and Ju Shen had no problem, of course. They landed very skillfully, rolling on the spot to dissolve the force of the fall. But Ye Xiaowu was a refined person, how could he know these things? After jumping down, he stomped his legs, trying to stand firm, and was immediately pushed back by the impact of landing. He staggered forward.

This was nothing. Most players would jump down from a height of several meters in this silly way. But the problem was that Bai Shi Jing Lun was charging forward, and Ye Xiaowu's stumble and lunge was directly into his arms.

Bai Shi Jing Lun was anxious to find a human sandbag, so how could he be polite? Seeing the unbalanced Ye Xiaowu reaching out his right hand, not knowing what he wanted to grab, he immediately went up, lifting and dropping with his left hand, raising his shoulder and dropping his elbow with his right arm.

"Ah!!!!!" Ye Xiaowu screamed like a pig, and the entire White Stone Forest was shaken. The players who were fighting monsters, PKing, and grouping couldn't help but stop their actions. Bai Shi Jing Lun was also startled and quickly took a step back, vigilantly watching Ye Xiaowu.

The pain in the game wasn't just reduced, it also had a limit. When the pain reached this limit, no matter how much you tossed and turned, you wouldn't feel any more pain. Ye Xiaowu had reached the limit of pain, which was extremely unbearable. For the first time, Ye Xiaowu hated the realism he had once been so proud of. This pain was too real. My arm must be broken, Ye Xiaowu thought, turning his head to look at his right arm.

He saw that the forearm, which was impossible to bend, had grown into two sections on his arm. Half of it, including the elbow, was still sideways, while the other half was drooping and folded in like a chicken wing. His arm was really broken!!!

"Ah!!!!!" Ye Xiaowu screamed again, this time from fright. His entire forearm was covered in blood. Even the chicken wings sold in supermarkets, whether fresh or frozen, were washed clean of blood.

"I'm fucked, his arm is in three sections..." Zhan Wu Shang and the others could also see it.

"Too fucking ruthless," Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered.

Gu Fei could also see it clearly, and he was also gasping for air. The Gu family's specialty was the Dragon Fist, and one of the Dragon Fist's techniques, the Fire Dragon Fist, was a secret technique of the Gu family. Not only was Gu Fei unable to use it, he had never even seen it. Because this fist technique was extremely skilled in combat, using offense as defense, every move and every style was clear and powerful. The attacks were either striking acupoints or breaking bones. In layman's terms, being hit meant either internal or external injuries were inevitable. Such a fist technique would never be used in sparring unless the person wanted to die. The Gu family also followed the trend of the kung fu world. This fist technique was only practiced at home and was never used in sparring or competition. It was just too easy to cause serious injuries. If you didn't aim for injuries, then the fist technique had no meaning.

I didn't expect this kid to use the Fire Dragon Fist! Gu Fei was excited! This was something he would never have the chance to see in real life. After weighing the importance in his heart, Gu Fei immediately turned his head to watch Bai Shi Jing Lun fight.

"If you guys die, I'll avenge you," Gu Fei didn't forget to express his intentions to the brothers he had abandoned.

"Damn!!!" Everyone gave him the middle finger.

＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝

The first week ended perfectly, without any breaks! Fist pump