Chapter 19 Don't You Ever Get Tired of Deceiving People?

The Broken Water Arrow and the others in the tavern were at a loss. Ye Xiaowu had been killed as soon as he left the priest academy, which meant someone was targeting him. They didn't need to worry about who it was just yet. The key was that he definitely couldn't send money over now.

"Let's go!" Broken Water Arrow gritted his teeth and led everyone out of the tavern.

"Huh? We can leave without paying? Is that okay?" Gu Fei mumbled behind them, annoying the veterans to no end.

The tavern keeper didn't stop them, but as the veterans headed out, he stood by the door and loudly announced the punishments for drinking without paying and breaking things without compensating. Gu Fei listened carefully, thinking he might need to know these rules.

System guards seemed to teleport in instantly. In any case, Broken Water Arrow and his group were intercepted by a large squad of system guards as soon as they left the tavern. Gu Fei also transformed into a spectator, squeezing into the crowd of other players to watch the excitement. Ordinary players hadn't seen such a large group of system guards, but Gu Fei had. Back in the Nightlight Village, Zong Heng Si Hai had been trampled by a squad like this. The veterans might be tough, but they probably couldn't handle this urban management brigade.

Everyone was pointing and watching, waiting for the show, but who knew the urban management brigade had no intention of taking action? Broken Water Arrow and his men were also calm, not even drawing their weapons. They already knew the rules from Ye Xiaowu: you only pay with your life for murder! They just owed a small debt; it wasn't worth dying for. The system guards were just putting on a symbolic show because the boss felt it was unscientific to simply empty players' pockets out of thin air!

The guards were announcing the rules again, giving all the players a deeper understanding of the tavern's regulations. Then, they began to forcibly collect fines. To make it realistic, the guards came over, grabbed people, and directly felt their pockets. The veterans still didn't resist; Ye Xiaowu had told them that resistance would only make things worse. This was all for realism; everyone should just cooperate. Anyway, the system guards wouldn't swipe anything else from your pockets.

The pockets of over a dozen people were searched, and then the system guards announced how much they had forcibly collected in fines, how much was still owed, and how it would be collected. The players were truly amazed.

This whole ordeal dragged on for nearly half an hour before the system guards completed their mission and withdrew. The veterans were finally free and hurried to head towards the priest academy. Gu Fei quickly darted out and stopped them, shaking his head, "If I'd known it would be handled like this, everyone could have come out sooner and not waited so long! I thought if you didn't pay, you'd be forcibly detained in the tavern by the system!"

"We'll spar again when we have time. We're in a hurry to save someone," Broken Water Arrow said with a dark face.

Gu Fei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Are you confused? Sparring was just a figure of speech. Aren't we enemies?"

The veterans exchanged glances. They had originally been numerous and powerful, feeling like they were the active party, able to fight or retreat as they pleased. How had the situation reversed? These two dared to provoke them and not let them go?

"Forget about me, even if I let you go, the audience won't allow it," Gu Fei said.

"Well said!" Applause erupted, the spectators' hands were red from clapping, and their goodwill towards Gu Fei, who was so considerate of their emotions, skyrocketed.

"Thank you, thank you," Gu Fei cupped his fist in salute to the crowd.

Broken Water Arrow and his men were also straightforward. They didn't want to say much in this situation.

"Cover, retreat." With that one sentence, the veterans put aside their annoyance with Gu Fei and Gu Xuan and quickly adjusted to combat mode, dividing into two groups. The mobile thieves and archers began to retreat, while the rest stayed behind to deal with Gu Fei and Gu Xuan.

But Gu Fei saw through their intentions. He waved his sword, creating a wall of electricity to block the retreating group's path, and charged towards them.

The veterans were depressed! More of this surreal stuff. They were starting to hate these things more and more.

"Can we break through?" The veterans hadn't seen a wall of electricity and wanted to try.

"No, you'll be paralyzed," Broken Water Arrow quickly said. After all, he had been with Ye Xiaowu for quite a while and knew a lot about Gu Fei's tricks. "That's his wall of electricity."

The veterans had also been briefed, knowing that Gu Fei had something called a "wall of electricity," but without seeing it, who knew what kind of skill it was? These uncles' knowledge of online games was truly zero. Even for such a common skill as Fireball, if you didn't show them, they couldn't imagine it. They were even more clueless than Gu Fei when he first entered the game.

"Go around it." Sniper God gave the order and walked to the wall, placing his hands in front of him. The others understood and rushed over to step on his palms. Sniper God lifted his hands, and the person used the momentum to jump up, grabbing the top of the wall and climbing over in a few moves. The whole process took less than two seconds. Then came the second person, the third person…

"Wow, professional!" Gu Fei exclaimed. By the time Gu Fei charged over, four of the five archers and two thieves were already up. The fifth person had a problem. He was middle-aged and overweight, and his beer belly blocked him when he tried to climb up. The belly was very elastic, and he was almost bounced off, but fortunately, Broken Water Arrow and the others grabbed him from above and dragged him up with great effort.

The man felt ashamed, and the others were also filled with emotion. "Government food isn't easy to eat!"

"Sigh, banquets every day," the man sighed. Sniper God and the other person didn't have time to go up and waved at them, "You guys go first."

After speaking, Sniper God ran while drawing his crossbow and firing at Gu Fei. To be honest, he really wasn't in the mood to use this crossbow; he thought it was too slow. But what else could he use that was more like a gun?

Broken Water Arrow and the five didn't hesitate and immediately retreated along the rooftops. Gu Fei didn't dwell on the five who had escaped, but he did regret using a wall of electricity to only stop two people. The wall of electricity was Gu Fei's most mana-consuming spell, using up almost half his mana.

The other veterans scattered, each finding cover and drawing their bows and crossbows to shoot at Gu Fei and Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan was a little at a loss for a moment. He was waiting for people to charge over and fight him hand-to-hand, but these people all scattered in all directions to play a gunfight.

"What's the meaning of this? We were hiding in the tavern, and now they're hiding? These guys are really holding a grudge, so petty!" Gu Xuan said to Gu Fei.

The two weren't close at this time, and Gu Xuan was shouting. The veterans could all hear him and were naturally injured inside! This was such a professional street fight; how could it become petty? Who's holding a grudge!!!

In a moment of bitterness, everyone focused their firepower on Gu Xuan, shooting wildly.

The veterans' movements naturally had their reasons. The range of fire they controlled was also quite broad. If they really had guns in their hands, eight Gu Xuans couldn't escape this circle, but in the end, they were betrayed by the game again. In reality, no matter who it was, the bullets fired from a gun would have the exact same speed. Moreover, even the firing speed of a pistol exceeded the speed of sound. Heroes in gunfight movies often listen for the sound to identify the position of bullets and dodge them. Isn't that nonsense? At that distance of twenty or thirty meters, the bullets were faster than the sound; the head would explode before the sound arrived, so what was there to dodge?

But in the game, the firing speed of bows and crossbows was far slower than the firing speed of even the slowest pistol. Moreover, because of different professions, different attributes, and different equipment, there were also differences in firing speed. To compensate for these differences, the veterans had to readjust their coordination routines, but they hadn't practiced to that extent yet. Everything was still according to their habits of using guns when they were in the army. They hadn't played for many years, so it was inevitable that they would be rusty. Adding in the differences created by the game settings, the coordination had many flaws. They themselves felt that the intersecting fire was chaotic and full of loopholes. They sighed as they watched Gu Xuan dodge and weave through the fire and hide behind a piece of cover.

Then, they saw the kid suddenly raise his hand and shout, "I'm hiding here and not coming out. If you want to hit me, come over here yourself."

"Damn, you're too lazy!" Gu Fei was depressed. He was still entangled with Sniper God and another archer who hadn't managed to escape. These two were a different story with bows and crossbows. They had the same profession, similar attributes, and similar equipment. Even if the firing speed was still not as fast as a gun, at least they wouldn't have the joke of "I've already shot to the destination, but yours is still halfway there" when coordinating. The two were careful to maintain their distance from Gu Fei, flanking him and putting Gu Fei in a difficult position. These two were archers with speed that didn't lose to him! He couldn't catch up by running.

Gu Fei had no choice but to dodge the two's attacks while killing the others. He wanted to find someone for close combat. He saw Mountain Splitting Axe crouching behind a pile of wooden barrels and thought, "This guy is enthusiastic about fighting. Let's find him."

But Mountain Splitting Axe's thoughts were different from Gu Fei's. He was enthusiastic about fighting because it was his best means of killing targets, his most powerful weapon to complete his mission. But now that he knew this weapon couldn't complete the mission, he certainly wouldn't use it again. If he went to fight Gu Fei now, it would make the other comrades who wanted to shoot at Gu Fei have many concerns. So, as soon as he saw Gu Fei moving towards him, this guy ran without even thinking.

"Sigh, why are you running too…" Gu Fei was depressed! He was pulling his hair! He thought he had found a group of good sparring partners, but these people didn't seem enthusiastic about these sports! They just liked to hide far away and shoot… It seemed that Dad was right; the most effective way to defeat an opponent was a gun! These guys who had been on the battlefield and killed people obviously understood this principle very well.

If it was just a simple footrace, Gu Fei would have no problem catching up with Mountain Splitting Axe. But now the others weren't decorations. Although there were some problems with their fire coordination due to the game settings, they could create many obstacles even if they couldn't kill Gu Fei. In this situation, Gu Fei couldn't catch up with Mountain Splitting Axe at all. Turning around to chase others would obviously only lead to the same result. He wanted to use Instant Movement to sneak up on one, but the veterans had been tormented enough by this skill in the tavern. It would be an insult to their intelligence if they still couldn't think of Gu Fei's trick. Instant Movement, five or six meters! Everyone remembered this data and wouldn't give Gu Fei the opportunity to approach anyone within this distance.

Gu Fei ran around the area, but he hadn't been able to use a single move for a long time. He accidentally took two arrows, but fortunately, they weren't from those two archers. The damage was low and not a big deal, but the depression in his heart was very similar to the veterans' in the tavern before.

"Control the situation, orderly retreat!" Sniper God was the most accomplished shooter and had fully realized that they needed to work together to bring style and level to their fire coordination in the game. If he had known, he wouldn't have listened to that Ye Xiaowu's nonsense about how the game required cooperation between professions, so it was best to choose a little of each… If they were all archers now, the situation would be much better. Although they were controlling the situation, it was still difficult to take down this Qian Li Zui. He was just obsessed with finding someone to chop. If he gave up this idea and wanted to leave, their firepower really couldn't stop him. There was a gap in mobility! This guy was quite mobile. If only they had all chosen archers, it would have been a waste of these guys' good skills… Sniper God repeated again.

The veterans followed orders, starting with the ones farthest from Gu Fei and retreating one by one. The first to flash were two priests, one of whom was Little Chen, who had been killed by Sword Demon that day. As soon as he turned his head, he saw a ghostly figure floating behind the other priest.

"Lao Wu behind you!!!" Little Chen shouted quickly.

The priest called Lao Wu didn't have time to turn around and was already grabbed by the head by the person behind him, who smashed him directly against the wall. Lao Wu's skills were even worse than Little Wu's. This guy was a cook. Little Chen would sometimes go on missions with the team, but it was obviously unnecessary to bring someone who cooked the food, so Lao Wu's combat skills were truly not worth mentioning. As a result, he was taken down and didn't even have time to turn around to see who it was before he was killed.

By the time the others turned around, Lao Wu was already gone. Gu Xuan stood there happily, and everyone was furious, "Weren't you hiding there and not coming out?"

"You're all so old, haven't you ever been deceived?" Gu Xuan sneered.

Gu Fei sweated. This was Gu Xuan's distraction technique. He often fell for it when he was a child and was tricked out of a lot of extra meals.

"Aren't you in a hurry to go to the priest academy? Isn't this the fastest way?" Gu Xuan smiled and quickly charged towards Little Chen. The veterans were only preventing Gu Fei from approaching them within five meters; of course, they had no scruples about the distance between them. Little Chen and Lao Wu were already preparing to retreat, and the two were very close. Gu Xuan used a Cema Meteor to directly kill. The others' arrows flew to rescue him, but Gu Xuan simply didn't dodge and ate a few arrows, dragging Little Chen over to use as a shield. The remaining firepower all shot onto Little Chen, and then he threw him against the wall, slamming him into a pile of white light. The two priests took the express lane to the priest academy just like that.

"Damn it!!" Sniper God jumped up in a rage and fired wildly at Gu Xuan. Gu Xuan shrank his head and hid again, not forgetting to shout again, "I'm really not coming out this time."

Would anyone still believe him? The veterans not only didn't believe him, but they also organized people to encircle and suppress Gu Xuan's hiding place. Old Lei and Da Lei, the two grenade throwers, bombed again, but then they saw the pile of burlap sacks under the wall begin to move. This kid Gu Xuan had burrowed into the pile of sacks. There was no top or bottom, and the spells were wasted again.

"Self-inflicted wound!" Sniper God was happy to see his actions. While continuing to control Gu Fei with fire, he moved towards Gu Xuan's hiding place.

There was a pile of sacks, and Gu Xuan's figure was nowhere to be seen. Everyone knew he had buried himself in the middle, but then it became awkward again. This was a game! These sacks couldn't be damaged by magic, and arrows couldn't penetrate them. If they wanted to attack him, they had to move the sacks away.

The veterans briefly exchanged information in the channel, and four people temporarily put down their bows and crossbows and surrounded him. Just as they got close, the pile of sacks suddenly exploded. Gu Xuan used the sacks as hidden weapons, kicking and punching them out one by one. The four people who had gone up were caught off guard. Gu Xuan jumped up, using Flying Swallow Kick to kick the wall, and flew directly to the rooftop in the same way as Bai Shi Jing Lun, sighing, "Can't you just stay still for a while?"

Sniper God angrily ordered everyone to fire, but Gu Xuan, who was already on the rooftop, took a few steps back and disappeared.

The four comrades who had been sacked were indignant and immediately went forward to form a human ladder again. Two people were sent up together. Just as they showed their heads, Gu Xuan appeared again, raised his left foot, and kicked one down. The other was shocked and didn't want to go up, but Gu Xuan reached out, grabbed him, and instead of pushing him down, he used a body slam to drag him up and throw him directly onto the rooftop.

The people under the rooftop didn't know what happened next. They just saw another cluster of white light rising from the rooftop.

The firepower was overly focused on Gu Xuan, and Gu Fei got a chance to kill him at close range. By the time the veterans reacted, it was too late. Gu Fei used Instant Movement to float in front of one person and raised his hand to chop. The veterans still had some skills and wouldn't be completely unprepared, so they dodged the sword.

Gu Fei had expected this. This sword was deliberately let him dodge. His left hand had already prepared a Palm Thunder and slapped it into the gap revealed by his dodge.

With a palm strike, lightning was released, but this person didn't die instantly. The Palm Thunder's pushing effect came into play at this time, and the person flew backward uncontrollably, directly hitting a brother who was standing not far behind him. Gu Fei was quick and used the remaining mana to quickly supplement with a Thunder Spell. Whether that person flying backward could stand firm was another matter. How could he dodge this? Lightning descended from the sky, and there was another white light.

At this point, Gu Fei had used up all his mana. Seeing that there was a very good corner nearby, he immediately flashed into it, took out some fruit, and ate it, while poking his head out to see what the veterans were doing.

At this time, Gu Fei and Gu Xuan were no longer in their sight. According to the principle that Gu Fei and Gu Xuan were active and they were passive, this was a good opportunity for them to immediately go to the priest academy. But after suffering such a blow, Gu Fei felt that they were very likely to impulsively stay and continue the shootout. As a result, he poked his head out and saw that the other side was leaving in an orderly manner.

"As expected of professionals, very calm!" Gu Fei praised, silently watched their evacuation route twice, and didn't jump out to stop them, but diligently finished the apple. The advantage of having less mana was that the mana recovery time was also less. Gu Fei saw that he didn't need to be perfect, and when he saw that his mana was almost replenished, he set off. According to his calculations, although he started a little late, he had plenty of time to bypass these people and intercept them once. Who told him to be a full agility mage?

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Recently, people have been asking me about Gu Fei's mana and the consumption of spells. I feel like I've introduced it many times in the text! But since people keep asking, I'll calculate it for everyone here again. "Falling Fire Wheels" and "Fire Tree" consume more mana than "Twin Flame Flash" at the same proficiency, but Gu Fei uses "Twin Flame Flash" very frequently, while the other two are used very little, so his "Twin Flame Flash" proficiency is very high, so his "Twin Flame Flash" consumes a lot of mana, equivalent to an area spell (because of the high proficiency, Gu Fei's Twin Flame Flash is also much stronger than ordinary mages), so Gu Fei's mana is enough for four Twin Flame Flashes or four area spells, and a little left over for a small spell like Lightning or Fireball. In addition, the Wall of Electricity is equivalent to two area spells. Instant Movement is also introduced in the text, the mana consumption is different, and the distance moved is different. Moving the maximum distance also requires nearly half of the mana, so the mana consumption of this skill will change depending on the situation. Well, that's roughly it.