Chapter 25 Parting Ways

Gu Fei and his group returned to Yun Duan City and were about to say goodbye at the entrance of the East Gate Tavern when someone suggested going inside for a drink.

"I need to log off first." Liu Xia said to everyone, looking very tired. For someone with ordinary equipment and average skills, attracting monsters 10 levels higher was exhausting. But the girl once again showed the toughness she displayed in Yueye City when facing the vast Mang Mang, never uttering a word of complaint. Even if she could only drag back one monster at a time with her hand-pulled tractor, she persisted without giving up.

Now back in the city, her fatigue was immediately apparent. She turned to leave, her figure swaying.

"Are you okay?" Gu Fei called out behind her. The other women also came over to support her. With Liu Xia's slender frame, walking so unsteadily, her appearance was beyond words.

"I'm fine!" Liu Xia waved her hand. "I don't need anyone's help." As soon as she said that, her body suddenly tilted to the right, and she stumbled. Amidst the women's screams, Liu Xia steadied herself by grabbing the wall with her right hand. She turned back and smiled, "I'll hold onto the wall."

Just as she straightened up with the wall's support, perhaps she pushed too hard, her body swayed to the left again. This time, there was no wall to hold onto. Just as Liu Xia was about to fall, Gu Fei floated over and caught her.

The women quickly surrounded her, anxiously asking what was wrong.

"It's nothing, just a little tired," Liu Xia said.

"I'm logging off too. I'll escort you to the safe zone," Gu Fei said.

Liu Xia figured that if she continued to push herself, she would only end up dead on the street, so she could only nod. "Alright!"

"See you!" Gu Fei said goodbye to the women.

"Be careful," Luo Luo said, casting a healing spell on Gu Fei.

mLgB! Gu Fei cursed inwardly, expressing a sense of helplessness.

Supporting Liu Xia on the road, Gu Fei wasn't too strained. Although mages were weak, Liu Xia was very light. But as luck would have it, the would-be robbers Gu Fei had been hoping to meet were nowhere to be found normally, but now they suddenly appeared.

Having walked through two streets, the offline area was in sight, but Gu Fei ran into a group of people.

Black Hat and his six brothers.

Both sides were stunned to see each other. One of them suddenly shouted, "It's him!"

With a whoosh, the seven people scattered. The archer and mage moved to a distance, the knight began to buff himself, the rogue instantly went into stealth, and the warrior and fighter prepared to close in. Gu Fei realized that these seven guys happened to occupy the seven major classes, the legendary Hulu Brothers, each with their own strengths!

"Where's your mage friend!" one of them roared. Obviously, they were more resentful about Piao Liu instantly killing five of them. After all, Black Hat was killed by Yu Tian Shen Ming and only spent two hours in jail. But the remaining six were killed in PK, each losing a level, which couldn't be made up in two hours.

Looking at the seven people's formation, Gu Fei solemnly said, "My friend is not feeling well. I'll send her offline first, and then I'll settle things with you."

The seven glanced over and saw that Liu Xia's face was pale and she was unsteady. Immediately, some of them hesitated. But Black Hat was truly ruthless, snorting, "That's good, killing you and sending you to the resurrection area is faster than walking. Consider it a good deed!"

The other six thought this was a wonderful idea, and the previous hesitation vanished.

"Go!" Black Hat shouted, leading the charge.

Gu Fei didn't expect these guys to start fighting so suddenly. This was definitely the style to achieve great things. Many heroes and powerful figures hesitated and mumbled at the last moment when great things were about to be accomplished, and then waited for the opponent's counterattack.

But for Gu Fei at the moment, this was a bit annoying.

Earlier in the tavern, Gu Fei had intended to fight the six of them, but he had no intention of killing them. PK didn't necessarily mean fighting to the death. Like the duels in the leveling area, a friendly spar was also considered PK. Gu Fei had been prepared to play around with the six with this mindset. He didn't expect Piao Liu and the other three to appear and instantly kill the six of them so heroically. Gu Fei felt a little apologetic afterward!

At any other time, Gu Fei wouldn't have fought these guys seriously.

But the situation was different now. Not only was he with Liu Xia, who was weak and eager to log off and rest, but the archer and fighter in the distance attacked Liu Xia as soon as they came up. Gu Fei didn't want to be killed like this, and he didn't want Liu Xia to be implicated for no reason, so he quickly pulled her aside.

It was one thing for Gu Fei to support Liu Xia while walking, but it was not agile enough to help her dodge attacks. He dodged the arrow shot by the archer, but the fighter's fist grazed Liu Xia's side.

Liu Xia winced in pain but didn't say a word. She told Gu Fei "Don't mind me," gritted her teeth, took out her dagger, and actually wanted to fight.

Black Hat spoke, "Don't attack the woman."

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he felt a surge of gratitude, he heard him continue, "That woman is his burden. Kill him first and then deal with the woman."

"Scumbag!" Gu Fei despised Black Hat. He immediately decided not to show any more mercy to these guys. He told Liu Xia, "Hang in there!" He flipped his hand, took out his sword from his pocket, and rushed towards Black Hat.

These people had experienced Gu Fei's speed. Black Hat didn't plan to dodge. Seeing Gu Fei approaching, he lowered his sword to his side, ready to use Whirlwind Slash.

But Gu Fei attacked even faster. Before he could activate Whirlwind Slash, Gu Fei used Twin Flame Flash.

"He's a mage?" Black Hat was stunned. He realized that Gu Fei was actually a mage. But despite his surprise, he didn't take the mage's Twin Flame Flash seriously. He was still preparing to spin up the Whirlwind Slash when he felt a burst of heat after being hit by Twin Flame Flash, followed by a feeling of being emptied out.

"How is this possible?" Black Hat exclaimed as he was sent flying to the warrior camp.

After being hit by the archer's Snipe Shot, Double Shot, and Tracking Shot before being killed, he couldn't believe that he was instantly killed by a mage's Twin Flame Flash.

In the past, Gu Fei wouldn't have believed this either. After all, Twin Flame Flash didn't have much damage. But soon, Gu Fei noticed something.

When casting Twin Flame Flash, the casting hand draws a trajectory, releasing flames. This flame is Twin Flame Flash.

Gu Fei was using the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword to cast, so the flame was naturally drawn by the sword. But now, if the sword also hit the target's body, the damage would be the magical damage of Twin Flame Flash plus the physical damage of the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword.

Ordinary mages would never pay attention to this. Not to mention how many mages would use Twin Flame Flash, but even if an ordinary mage used a staff to hit someone, the physical damage would be negligible.

But Gu Fei was different. Gu Fei used the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword.

The physical damage of the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword was also extremely high, but because of the sword's affinity, Gu Fei couldn't unleash it to its full potential.

Pulling monsters, casting area-of-effect spells, and then using a ranged spell. This was not Gu Fei's usual leveling method.

Gu Fei always trained alone in close combat, relying on his kung fu – his swordsmanship.

But now, Gu Fei added the incantation of Twin Flame Flash to his swordsmanship. He regarded this as a means of increasing the attack power of his swordsmanship.

If Gu Fei's proficiency in all his spells was much lower than that of ordinary mages, then Gu Fei's proficiency in the Twin Flame Flash skill was much higher than that of ordinary mages.

With increased proficiency, the power of the spell would naturally increase. In addition, from level 31 to 39, Gu Fei also felt that the physical attack power of his Dark Night Flowing Light Sword was also increasing. This meant that his sword affinity was also increasing. After all, there were automatic points for each level up, and perhaps agility stats were also related to sword affinity.

In any case, Twin Flame Flash had become Gu Fei's most powerful move, capable of instantly killing any class.

The other six were naturally shocked that Black Hat was killed in one move.

But with their numbers, they naturally wouldn't retreat so easily. They were just thinking: Black Hat intentionally didn't kill the woman to become Gu Fei's burden, but he shouldn't have shouted it out in public! Look, as soon as you shouted that, the kid let go of the woman and killed you.

With this in mind, the fighter rushed towards Liu Xia again, wanting Liu Xia to become Gu Fei's burden again.

"Fireball, shoot!" Gu Fei threw a fireball at the fighter, but rushed towards the knight.

Hearing Gu Fei shout fireball, the fighter turned to look. The fireball was indeed coming in this direction, but the target was not himself. He secretly laughed at Gu Fei for locking the wrong target in his nervousness.

The fighter ignored the fireball and continued to advance, suddenly feeling a scorching heat around him. He turned his head and was completely bewildered.

"How is this possible?" As he said this, the fighter had also appeared in the martial arts gym.

The fighter didn't have time to think about why the fireball's damage was so high. What bewildered him was why the fireball that was clearly not aimed at him had hit him?

Gu Fei sneered in the distance: Of course, you have to calculate the lead when shooting a moving target…

In Gu Fei's eyes, the fireball was a hidden weapon. He used the skill of shooting hidden weapons to shoot the fireball. He didn't need to worry about the accuracy at all. In the game, you specified a point, and it shot wherever you pointed, unable to deviate. The only thing Gu Fei had to do was pay attention to the speed of the target and the fireball, and estimate the point where the two would collide.

The skill of shooting live targets with hidden weapons was what he had been practicing.

The only regret in the game was that the fireball flew a little too slowly. If the opponent realized it and dodged, it would be very easy.

But the problem was, no one would realize it.

Because no one would use the fireball spell like this. The fireball spell had an automatic tracking function. Normally, people would just throw the fireball at the target. Besides, this was such a basic skill that it was used as a restraint at most in actual combat. Who would use it as a killing move?

The fighter who was resurrected in the martial arts gym couldn't figure it out. In the end, he could only think of it as a coincidence: he accidentally ran into the fireball's flight path and happened to be hit.

At this time, Gu Fei had rushed towards his third target: the knight.

The knight and the priest were basically support classes. Although the combat power of the knight was stronger than that of the priest, the knight currently didn't have any powerful attack skills. Thus, the knight was unable to show any deterrence in PK.

However, Gu Fei had instantly killed two targets, and this deterrence was too blatant.

The knight retreated hastily, but couldn't outrun Gu Fei's speed. However, when they were still three meters apart, Gu Fei suddenly attacked.

He raised the long sword in his hand and thrust it diagonally.

"What's going on?" the knight muttered to himself. This guy was clearly three meters away from him. What was he doing? Was it some kind of ultimate move? The knight felt a chill in his heart and thought that he was about to be instantly killed as well.

The answer was revealed quickly.

Three meters away from the knight, in the direction of Gu Fei's diagonal thrust, the figure of the rogue appeared.

"How is this possible?" The rogue finally said this on the spot.

There were many people and objects in the tavern. He might have accidentally bumped into a table or chair and been discovered by this guy. But now, the surrounding area was empty. Where did he reveal a flaw?

Gu Fei didn't give him too much time to think. He closed in two steps. "Resist Fire Ring, out!"

The fire ring spun out and retracted.

The rogue, who had been in contact with the fire ring for a moment, also disappeared from the scene.

It would have been simpler and faster to use Twin Flame Flash, but Gu Fei attacked too quickly. The cooldown time for Twin Flame Flash hadn't ended yet.

In the blink of an eye, three people had been killed. The next target was about to be himself. The knight was ready to give up resisting.

However, Gu Fei turned his sword and pointed it at the mage and archer attacking from afar.

"Fire Tree Thousand Flame, rise!" Gu Fei chanted.

The archer and mage's first attack had missed. In an instant, three of their allies were gone. They were nocking arrows and waving staffs, but they didn't expect Gu Fei to suddenly turn his attention to them.

The mage was still trying to chant, but he was a word slower than Gu Fei. As soon as they heard Gu Fei finish chanting, the two of them jumped up and ran backward as if their feet were on fire. It was said that the damage would be lower if you jumped up when Fire Tree Thousand Flame was on the ground, but this was just a legend and no one had confirmed it.

Gu Fei no longer paid attention to them. He darted to Liu Xia's side. Liu Xia was swaying and was about to grab the wall again. Gu Fei took the lead and supported her.

"Damn, he's lying. He didn't cast a spell!" The archer and mage ran back a few steps and looked back. The street, which should have been burning with flames, was peaceful. Gu Fei was already helping the woman away.

The two nocked arrows and chanted, preparing to attack, when suddenly their feet felt hot.

Countless flames suddenly burst out. It was Fire Tree Thousand Flame.

"How is this possible?" The two shouted as they flew towards the resurrection point.

"I told you, how can you not calculate the lead when attacking a moving target?" Gu Fei muttered as he helped Liu Xia. "How are you?"

"I'm fine… your kung fu is amazing. I want to learn…" Liu Xia said.

"Maybe someday," Gu Fei smiled, turning his gaze to the only two remaining people: the knight and the priest.

The two trembled and took a step back.

"We're in a hurry. We're leaving first." Gu Fei nodded to the two, supporting Liu Xia as they walked away, their figures disappearing around the corner of the street.

"How is this possible?" The knight and the priest looked at each other, finally realizing what had happened.

"Aren't you going to kill those two?" Liu Xia asked Gu Fei.

"No, I'm not going to kill them," Gu Fei nodded. "Those two didn't attack."

"Oh…" Liu Xia replied, but this was obviously not a good enough reason. Because at any time in PK, the knight and priest usually didn't attack much. Liu Xia's eyes were filled with doubt.

"Uh, actually, we're going to the Priest Academy to log off. If I kill him, he'll respawn there and we'll meet him on the road again, and he'll stop us again," Gu Fei said.

"You're afraid of being stopped by a priest?" Liu Xia asked in surprise.

"Okay! I admit it!" Gu Fei said helplessly, whispering in Liu Xia's ear, "I'm out of mana…"

"…"

"Get some rest!" When they arrived at the safe zone, Gu Fei told Liu Xia. The two of them logged off.

The next day, when he logged in, he was greeted by Yu Tian Shen Ming's wailing, "You're finally here, big brother. My heart is breaking from waiting."

Gu Fei waved his hand heroically, "Go get the mission!"

"Roger that!" Yu Tian Shen Ming went happily to get the mission.

Gu Fei stretched his muscles and looked at his friends list. Piao Liu, whom he had just met, was indeed a strong player in the online gaming world. Gu Fei would never understand when such a person was not online.

Gu Fei called out and asked if they were training together today.

"It's starting already? It's earlier than yesterday!" Piao Liu asked in surprise. As an experienced expert, he could naturally tell at a glance that Gu Fei, Luo Luo, and the others belonged to a fixed team. Such teams were like those online game office workers who trained on time every day.

"Not yet." Gu Fei saw that Luo Luo, Liu Xia, and Bing Liu Li were all offline and replied, "It'll probably be around 7 o'clock. Will you come then?"

"I'll come. I found a good place. The leveling efficiency is definitely higher," Piao Liu said.

As expected of an expert. Gu Fei exclaimed. He was from out of town. How long had he been in Yun Duan City? Yet, he could already find a feng shui treasure trove for leveling.

"See you then," Gu Fei replied.

"See you then."

After the two made their agreement, Gu Fei was bored and wandered around the streets again, hoping to stir up some trouble.

But the world was so unpredictable. When you needed something, it never went your way. Gu Fei walked east on one street and west on another, south on one street and north on another, from the first trading street to the fourth trading street. There were many people on the streets, but no one came over to stab Gu Fei. Gu Fei was very disappointed.

Just as he was walking aimlessly and wanted to find a place to rest, Yu Tian Shen Ming's message arrived.

"Help!" Yu Tian Shen Ming called.

Gu Fei was overjoyed. Where there was Yu Tian Shen Ming's call, there was battle. He quickly replied, "Where are you? Is the target male or female? How many people are around him? Is he arrogant? Is he evil?"

Yu Tian Shen Ming replied, "I haven't seen him yet."

"What's going on?" Gu Fei was stunned.

"This person is crazy. He refreshes his coordinates every minute. He hasn't stopped yet. And he's in the city. I don't know what he's running around for. I've been chasing and chasing, but I haven't seen him yet. I just estimated the distance between his two coordinates. This person moves very fast. He should be faster than me. Can you lend me your shoes? Otherwise, I won't be able to catch up with him," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Oh, where are you?"

The two immediately agreed on a location. Gu Fei arrived first and waited for two minutes. Yu Tian Shen Ming suddenly sent a message, "Huh, this idiot seems to have stopped moving."

"Is that so? Then you don't need me? I'm leaving."

"Go ahead!" To be honest, Yu Tian Shen Ming was too embarrassed to bother Gu Fei so frequently. A good knife should be used on the blade. He should ask Gu Fei to solve the difficult problems at the critical moment.

But after another minute, the coordinate refresh was different from before. Yu Tian Shen Ming held back and observed for a few more minutes. The coordinates began to change unpredictably again.

Yu Tian Shen Ming had no choice but to send a distress signal to Gu Fei again.

"Waiting for you. Come over and take the shoes," Gu Fei was also annoyed. "Or I'll help you kill him."

After agreeing on a location, Gu Fei arrived first. Two minutes later, Yu Tian Shen Ming discovered that the coordinates hadn't moved for two consecutive times. He vaguely realized that something wasn't right.

When he arrived at the location, Yu Tian Shen Ming almost fainted.

Gu Fei walked over quickly, holding the "Chasing Wind Boots" in his hand. "Here."

Yu Tian Shen Ming was expressionless. "Go kill yourself!"

"What?"

"I said, go kill yourself!" Yu Tian Shen Ming repeated.

"What are you talking about!"

Yu Tian Shen Ming finally collapsed. "Damn it! You PK maniac, you kill people every day. You kill here and you kill there. You killed five people yesterday, didn't you!"

"How do you know?" Gu Fei asked.

"Mission 31548, PK value 5, damn it! You're always the number one in Yun Duan City! Big brother, I beg you, can you be a little more creative! Give others a chance, can't you always occupy this position!" Yu Tian Shen Ming cried.

Gu Fei finally heard what was going on. He was both angry and amused. "You got me?"

"Yes, you said, you'll help me kill him. Kill him, kill yourself!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Calm down, young man!" Gu Fei patted Yu Tian Shen Ming's head.

"How can I complete a hundred consecutive times if this goes on! I've been doing this mission for the past two days. I haven't gained much experience, and now I have to start all over again!" Yu Tian Shen Ming wailed.

"I told you, calm down!" Gu Fei said. "When my PK value reaches 1, you can send me to jail!"

"What?" Yu Tian Shen Ming was shocked. He never thought that Gu Fei would be willing to make this sacrifice.

"Isn't it just two hours? It's a small matter," Gu Fei said generously.

"This…"

"It's settled then." Gu Fei patted him. "Give me the badge. I'll brush it to 1 now."

Yu Tian Shen Ming handed the badge to Gu Fei in a daze.

"Follow me and learn!" Gu Fei called out. The next two targets were easy. After they were easily completed, Yu Tian Shen Ming looked at the time. "You guys are about to start leveling, right?"

Gu Fei glanced at his friends list. The girls' names were indeed lit up.

"Go ahead! After you're done leveling, the PK value will be washed to 1," Yu Tian Shen Ming said. Gu Fei had already helped him so much. How could Yu Tian Shen Ming be embarrassed to say, "Don't go leveling, just brush it to 1 and I'll send you to jail"? Not only was he embarrassed to say it, but even if Gu Fei wanted to do so, he would try his best to stop him. Now, it was natural for him to encourage Gu Fei to go leveling.

"Uh, then wait for me!" Gu Fei felt that he had agreed with Piao Liu, so it wouldn't be appropriate if he suddenly didn't go.

"Wait!" Yu Tian Shen Ming suddenly said, "In that case, then I'll be free too? Let's go with you!"

"Oh, okay," Gu Fei nodded.