Chapter 328 Encirclement and Annihilation

On a rooftop dozens of meters away from the Priest Academy, Young Master Han was observing the Priest Academy with binoculars. Two meters behind him, Yutian Shenming scrambled laboriously onto the roof, leaping and bounding over to Young Master Han's side to demand the binoculars. "Quick, let me see."

"See what?" Young Master Han refused.

"I want to see his expression, hurry!" Yutian Shenming desperately snatched the binoculars and immediately looked toward the Priest Academy. Normally, at this distance, you could find someone without binoculars, but Yutian Shenming's purpose, as he said, was to see Ye Xiaowu's expression after being one-shotted by his arrow.

"Hahahaha, look at him, so scared he doesn't dare to come out." Yutian Shenming gloated, seeing Ye Xiaowu cautiously standing behind the Priest Academy's door, peeking out timidly, which greatly satisfied him.

"I'm going back to ambush him!!" Yutian Shenming excitedly returned the binoculars to Young Master Han, but after taking two steps back, he stopped at the edge of the roof, momentarily stunned.

"Left," Young Master Han said without turning his head.

"Tch, I know, no need to tell me!" Yutian Shenming jumped off the roof and ran towards his sniping position on the left.

"I don't think he dares to come out," Young Master Han said to Brother You beside him, putting down the binoculars.

Brother You casually grabbed the binoculars and looked around for a moment, muttering, "Then let's keep going!"

"Yeah, you keep an eye on him, I'll go make arrangements." Young Master Han turned and jumped off the roof, then walked down a street. Jian Gui, Zhan Wushang, Bai Shi Jinglun, and the Jian Nan You Seven were already waiting there. As soon as they saw him, they immediately came up and asked, "How is it?"

"Smooth. Everyone, get ready!" Young Master Han said.

"Damn, Qian Li is really fierce!" Everyone muttered and dispersed. Young Master Han had predicted early on that Hongchen Yixiao would definitely be sent to the resurrection point by Gu Fei, which everyone didn't quite believe. After all, those veterans were skilled, and Hongchen Yixiao might not directly participate in the battle. However, Young Master Han's prediction was based on the fact that the two sides would definitely talk face to face, and after the talks broke down, with Qian Li Yizui's straightforward nature, the first thing he would do would be to directly chop at the nearest Hongchen Yixiao. Everyone could see that Hongchen Yixiao was very similar to Brother You; he knew a lot, but his actual combat ability was just so-so. It was basically impossible for him to avoid Qian Li Yizui's sword.

This prediction did have too many variables, and the facts proved that if Gu Xian hadn't appeared, it would have been difficult to say whether Gu Fei could have killed Hongchen Yixiao. But in any case, ambushing the Priest Academy was the best choice among several resurrection points. Firstly, Hongchen Yixiao had a high probability of being killed as deduced above; secondly, that team was gathered because of him, so using him as bait was also the best choice; thirdly, compared to those veterans, he was the weakest and easiest to bully.

It would have been more convenient to seek cooperation from Gu Fei on this matter, but Gu Fei had always shown an attitude that he didn't need their help, which everyone found helpless, so they didn't inform him.

To set up an ambush, it wasn't enough to know that the opponent would come to the Priest Academy, they also had to know which route they would take, which required them to know where they would meet. So as soon as Gu Fei came online, these guys inquired where they were meeting, but Gu Fei didn't say. Helpless, they had to make other arrangements. They took the lead in ambushing near the Priest Academy, waiting for Hongchen Yixiao to arrive.

Hongchen Yixiao appeared as expected, and the Jian Nan You Seven, who were originally highway robbers, were experts at tracking and effortlessly followed him. They originally planned to send Hongchen Yixiao back to the Priest Academy as soon as they found out which tavern he was in, but just as they arrived at the Baimo Tavern, before they could see Hongchen Yixiao enter, they were killed by a martial artist at the door with a few punches and kicks.

Young Master Han saw Hongchen Yixiao at the Priest Academy again and thought it was done by Black Water, who was responsible for tracking, but when he asked, he found out that another Cheng Yaojin had emerged. Black Water didn't recognize Gu Xian, so he couldn't say where he came from, and everyone was confused for a while. So they didn't act rashly at the Priest Academy and allowed Hongchen Yixiao to leave again, while Black Water was ordered to find out what was going on.

Black Water was still hesitating whether to go into the tavern to take a look, when he saw the martial artist enter the tavern. Black Water wanted to follow him in, but before he could get close, he saw the martial artist and Gu Fei come out together, and as soon as they came out, the two started fighting!

Black Water didn't know that the two were sparring, he only thought it was another strong enemy, but why would this strong enemy attack Hongchen Yixiao? This confused everyone. Finally, the person who solved the mystery was Hongchen Yixiao's return again. Gu Xian rushed over again and scared Hongchen Yixiao away, then Black Water saw Gu Fei and the martial artist casually talking, and finally realized that these two were together.

"That expert martial artist is Qian Li's friend!!" Black Water quickly informed everyone of this news.

Everyone who received the news subconsciously looked at Bai Shi Jinglun. Isn't this person right here? What other expert martial artist friends does he have?

"I remember, doesn't that person look a bit like Qian Li?" Jian Gui suddenly reacted and asked Black Water.

"Uh... now that you mention it, he does look a bit like him," Black Water said.

"I know this person, he's Qian Li's cousin!" Jian Gui said.

"Cousin???" Everyone was a little dumbfounded. After a while, Zhan Wushang muttered, "Qian Li isn't asking friends for help this time, he's bringing family?"

At the same time, Black Water also saw that Gu Xian didn't attack Hongchen Yixiao this time, but he still disappeared in a white light, obviously teleporting. Just as they were telling everyone this bad news, they saw Hongchen Yixiao resurrected for the third time at the Priest Academy. Hongchen Yixiao teleported to the wanted mission office without wasting a few seconds. His detour back to the Priest Academy was even faster than Black Water's message.

For a while, everyone couldn't figure out why he teleported and then suddenly died and came back, but at this time, the situation was finally clear. After Young Master Han gave the order to attack, Yutian Shenming, who had been impatient for a long time, mercilessly one-shotted Ye Xiaowu a few steps after he left the Priest Academy.

Although there were many twists and turns, it finally went the way Young Master Han had planned, and before that, Ye Xiaowu had been killed three times in a row, which was really an unexpected gain. Although he knew that the threat of this person didn't come from his level or equipment, it was still very satisfying to be able to torment him like this, no wonder Yutian Shenming was so happy.

Young Master Han and the others were preparing here, while Black Water was mixed in with the natural onlookers at the Baimo Tavern, witnessing the veterans being forcibly surrounded, searched, and fined by the system guards. Young Master Han and the others waited for half an hour. If it weren't for Black Water relaying the situation here to them, they would have thought something had gone wrong again. Then, the great battle between the veterans and Gu Fei and Gu Xian broke out, and Black Water gave a more intense live text broadcast.

"Five archers and two thieves are coming from Baimo Street towards the Priest Academy!"

"Yeah, it really is this road." This was the closest road from Baimo Tavern to the Priest Academy. Although Young Master Han wasn't familiar with Baishi City, don't forget that this was a tavern. This was the place he would first find out in any main city. At this time, he could find any tavern in Baishi City with his eyes closed.

"Ah, Qian Li's electric current wall is blocking them!!!"

"Ah! They're building a human ladder to climb the wall, they're fast! Four of them are up!!!"

"Hahaha, the fifth one is too fat, almost bounced off." Black Water watched with great joy.

"Five are gone, two are blocked by Qian Li."

This final result was what Young Master Han and the others cared about. This was the enemy they were going to face next.

"Can Qian Li and the others hold them back?" Young Master Han asked.

"The situation is deadlocked, they're starting to retreat."

"Damn, why did Qian Li's cousin run over there..." At this time, Gu Xian suddenly sneaked behind Priest Old Wu and beat him to death against the wall. Black Water, as an onlooker, didn't even notice how this guy sneaked around.

Then he beat another priest, went to the roof, kicked someone, and another one fell to his death. Qian Li broke out and killed one... The veterans were being tossed around like crazy. Just when Black Water thought they were definitely going to go all out, he saw Gu Fei retreat to eat fruit and replenish his mana. None of these guys came up to surround him, they directly chose to retreat.

"Damn!!" Black Water, like the other onlookers, expressed his contempt for the veterans' seemingly spineless actions.

"They actually ran, damn it, there are so many of them, they can't take down two." A player next to Black Water cursed.

"The mage went to eat fruit, he's out of mana, what a great opportunity!" Another person said.

"Shameless!!" Black Water also shouted along, and everyone exchanged their thoughts.

Gu Fei replenished some of his mana. He had already seen the veterans' direction clearly. At this time, he started running, preparing to detour to their front and intercept them again.

On a street outside the Priest Academy, it was the evening game peak, and countless players were buying, selling, and logging on and off. This street was the only way for Duanshui Jian and the others to get to the Priest Academy. Young Master Han and the others had already stood in their positions in all directions.

"Two priests were killed by Qian Li and the others!" Brother You, who was monitoring the Priest Academy with binoculars, saw two priests appear and started talking to Ye Xiaowu. He vaguely felt that they seemed to be the veteran members they had faced in the morning. Frankly speaking, in the chaotic battle in the morning, there wasn't enough time to have a deep impression of the other party's appearance. It was just that this group of people were older, which was relatively rare in the youth-dominated online game. Looking at those two old faces, Brother You dared to boldly assert.

"Very good, no priests will be more conducive to our plan," Young Master Han said, "Is everyone ready?"

"No problem!" Everyone answered.

"They're here!!!" Jian Gui sent a message. Everyone looked to the side and saw four archers and a thief running from the other end of the street. The leading player was Duanshui Jian. The five of them were moving at high speed, but their steps were consistent, and the distance between them was always the same. This kind of tacit understanding was rare among players.

"Prepare!!!" Young Master Han reminded again.

Everyone waited attentively. They didn't dare to underestimate these veterans in the slightest. Their chance would only come once. If they didn't hit, the situation would be hard to say. No matter what, it would be no problem for the veterans to retreat unscathed.

"Be careful!!!" As the five people approached, Young Master Han reminded again in the team channel. Obviously, he was also quite nervous.

"Countdown!" With Young Master Han's order, everyone started counting down in their hearts, but if the speed of everyone's countdown was listed, it would be found that everyone had their own way of counting. Some counted three, two, one, some counted four, three, two, one, and some counted five, four, three, two, one. Even those who counted three, two, one seemed to have different rhythms.

The only thing that was the same was that anyone who finished counting one immediately jumped out of the crowd and lunged at the five people passing by.

Duanshui Jian and the others were shocked. Their first reaction was of course to fight back. However, just as their crossbows pointed at this person, more and more people kept jumping out. Young Master Han started counting down at the same time, but the counting method was different, so the final appearances had a sequence.

The first wave of attacks from Duanshui Jian and the five had been released, but the person pointing to them held a shield in front of him and didn't take the five people's attacks seriously at all. The second, third, and fourth people rushed out one after another. Their classes were different, their movement speeds were different, and the times they appeared were also different... But the result was the same. At the same time, they all rushed to the sides of Duanshui Jian and the five.

No attacks! A circle of people just stubbornly contracted their circle. There were even other players who happened to be passing by in the circle, but at this time, they were also included in the circle. A circle of people kept approaching, squeezing inward. Duanshui Jian and the others fought back, but they turned a blind eye, just opened their arms and formed a circle that no one could get out of and no one could get in.

"Break out at all costs!!!" Duanshui Jian, who had some game experience, suddenly realized what these guys wanted to do, but it was too late. Young Master Han and the others had already formed a circle shoulder to shoulder without even needing to open their arms. In the center of the circle were Duanshui Jian and the five of them, as well as two passers-by. These two were already petrified and didn't know what was happening at all.

Without hesitation, everyone's weapons were already attacking the five people in the circle.

Rogue-like encirclement, compressed space, no dodging, no skills, only attacks and being attacked.

The number of people was at a disadvantage, the equipment was at a disadvantage, no priests, hard fight, the chance of winning was zero.

Even Duanshui Jian, a player with some game experience, couldn't think of any solution at the moment and could only unwillingly die in a circle of random attacks.

The five people turned into white light one after another, but a circle of people still stood in place and didn't move. They were really too excited. The veterans' archers had the greatest power, they had damage, they had mobility, and the many experts who had faced them head-on knew the horror of these people. Unexpectedly, they had succeeded in annihilating them all at once. Although they had more people and better equipment, they felt that they had completed a victory of the weak over the strong. After a long time, someone finally said, "Success!!!"

A circle of people high-fived each other to celebrate, and the two petrified players inside gradually came back to their senses. They couldn't believe that such a tragic fight had just happened so close to them, and they were unscathed. Looking at this circle of rough-playing guys celebrating their victory, the two of them suddenly went weak in the legs and sat down on the ground together.

"The next wave is coming soon!!" Zhan Wushang rubbed his hands confidently. Before, he was still very uneasy in his heart. Who knew they would win so easily, and he couldn't help but become high-spirited again. The awesome demeanor of that top expert began to show again.

"This is probably hard to replicate again," Young Master Han said.

"Why?" Zhan Wushang was obviously not having enough fun.

"Because this time is different, the other party's formation will have warriors, martial artists, and, they will be prepared," Young Master Han said.

Warriors obviously had a strong destructive effect on this tactic. Whether it was a charge or a whirlwind slash, these were the nemesis of encirclement tactics. And the martial artist's Cema Liuxing also had some impact, and Baoshen Tou could tear a gap in the encirclement, and Flying Swallow Slash could even fly directly out of the circle.

As for being prepared... of course, it was because the heroic Duanshui Jian and the others would immediately inform their other comrades of the situation. If their warriors and martial artists were unable to react in time to use their game skills to break the situation when they encountered such a situation in a hurry, they now had plenty of time to think. If they still couldn't figure it out, would they still have the face to boast that they were veterans with rich combat experience?

"If Duanshui Jian passes on the message to them, maybe they won't even take this road," Jian Nan You speculated.

"Yeah, is Black Water keeping an eye on them?" Young Master Han asked.

"No," Jian Nan You shook his head, "He can't keep up with their speed in stealth, and if he doesn't stealth... I think the level of professionalism of these people in tracking and anti-tracking is not at the same level as us, there's no need to do useless work."

Young Master Han nodded and agreed with Jian Nan You's judgment. The veterans were not Hongchen Yixiao. Tracking them would be courting death.

"Tell Brother You to see if he can observe them," Jian Nan You suggested.

Young Master Han shook his head, "His position can't observe this direction."

"Then what should we do, tell me quickly, you're killing me!" Zhan Wushang was annoyed. He didn't believe that Young Master Han couldn't foresee the current situation, but this guy just didn't hurry up and say what to do, he just wanted to slowly discuss it with Jian Nan You.

"Just wait at the entrance of the Priest Academy, they always have to come over there," Young Master Han said.

"How do we fight then?" Zhan Wushang asked.

"No need to fight, just watch the show," Young Master Han said.

"What show?"

"Don't you think Qian Li will let them leave without chasing them?" Young Master Han said.

"Uh?"

"With Qian Li's speed, he can probably detour in front of those guys and intercept them again. How could he miss this opportunity?" Young Master Han said.

"I estimated that Qian Li will eat fruit to recover his mana, and then he needs to take a little detour. At his speed, he can roughly intercept them at a position close to the outside of the Priest Academy. We'll ambush there and cooperate with Qian Li to attack!" Young Master Han finally said.

"Will Qian Li be willing?" Zhan Wushang said.

"He has no choice."

"Why?"

"Because haven't you noticed that I just said this in the mercenary channel? You idiot!"