Chapter 184 Seizing the Opportunity

Fireball hurriedly looked around for Gu Fei, but before he could find him, enemies charged from both sides, converging in the middle of the street. Then came a series of screams, followed by frustrated curses: "We're getting pinched again!"

One of Fireball's companions spat on the ground and cursed, "Always screaming so soulfully. It's not like you're a girl. It's disgusting."

"Enough talk, fire!" Yingzuka Moonchild shouted. Seeing that there was no escape, he naturally wanted to take a few people down with him—a common sentiment.

A volley of arrows from archers in a narrow alley was a terrifying thing; there was virtually no way to dodge. Several at the street entrance were hit, two of them unlucky enough to take multiple arrows and die on the spot.

But the players of Moonlit City were made of stern stuff; they didn't panic even after being caught in a trap and ambushed by arrows. Several heavily armored warriors pushed their shields to the front, and everyone crouched down.

"Advance!" With the command, they huddled behind their shields and moved forward. Yingzuka Moonchild's arrows struck the shields, causing flashes of white light. Sadly, they weren't killing anyone, as the priests in the opposing ranks were working diligently.

"Fireball! What are you doing?!" Yingzuka Moonchild scolded. Ordinary heavy armor warriors had high physical defense, making archers' attacks insignificant, but mages' spells were still powerful. Fireball was their only mage, and he was just standing there, looking around blankly, instead of attacking.

"What good am I?" Fireball said with a wry smile, raising his staff and casting Fire Tree Thousand Glances. As expected, the opponents didn't care about a single mage's spell. The priests continued to work, and the ranks continued to advance.

"Focus fire on the one on the left!" Yingzuka Moonchild waved his hand.

Even if they could manage a coordinated attack and instant kill, it wouldn't matter at this point. The enemy was already flooding into the street. The heavy armor warriors were merely reducing their casualties. Even a bare-assed charge would have been enough to overwhelm Yingzuka Moonchild and his group.

"Forget it, let's just die. I'm so tired, I'm going offline to sleep," someone said, too lazy to fire another arrow.

"Useless!" Yingzuka Moonchild scorned him.

Fireball tossed out a couple more spells, with the same non-effect. Seeing the enemy getting closer, he looked up and sighed, "Drunk bro, you said you were passing by, where are you?"

"Here, here!" Gu Fei's voice came from above. Then a bolt of lightning flashed across the street, instantly forming a web of intertwined electricity. The Ten Guild Alliance players were still pushing forward, shields raised, heads down! They ran straight into the net.

A loud crash!

The row of heavy armor warriors began to smoke and sizzle like beef on a red-hot iron plate. Electric sparks flashed all over their bodies, mostly yellow and blue. They were trembling so hard their lips were chattering. The people behind them panicked. Someone reached out to pull them away, but another slapped their hand away, shouting, "Careful, electricity!"

"What do we do then?"

"Use something insulated!" This person was a thief and immediately pulled out every thief's trusty tool—a large wooden club for the skill "sap"—and whacked the shield-bearing comrade in front of him on the arm.

The comrade turned around, his lips trembling as he struggled to say, "I... curse... your... mother!"

"How do we deal with this?" Everyone was at a loss. Touching them with their bare hands was too dangerous, and insulated wooden sticks didn't seem to work. Researching unfamiliar skills was always such a struggle.

"Skills have time limits, just wait!" someone suggested.

So the row of twitching heavy armor warriors turned to glare at him, their lips trembling as they cursed in unison, "Curse... your... mother!"

"Where did this thing come from?" someone asked, thinking of a good way to eliminate the source of the trouble.

Everyone looked around, some even looking up. And that's when they saw Gu Fei on the roof, holding a dark purple sword, masked, and wearing a black mage robe...

This getup, this demeanor, it felt like they'd seen it somewhere before? Some of the players who had participated in the battle between the Ten Guild Alliance and Qian Cheng Guild had a vague idea.

As they were pondering this, they suddenly felt a wave of heat beneath their feet...

"Another Fire Tree Thousand Glances? Priest!" someone shouted.

Fire Tree Thousand Glances!

It was indeed Fire Tree Thousand Glances.

But this time, it wasn't Fireball's, but Gu Fei's.

The moment the flames rose, the guy who had yelled for the priest was gone. The crowded street suddenly looked like a honeycomb briquette—flames flickering upwards from the spots where players had been instantly killed.

"Ah!!"

Someone screamed.

Although this wasn't as clean as the Fire Ring from Heaven incident at the Moonlit City Mage Academy, countless people were reminded of that scene.

These Moonlit City PK experts had been dueling from level 30 to level 40. They'd only ever seen one mage capable of instant kills, and the impression was deeply etched in their minds.

Fireball was also seizing the opportunity to loot a burning house, literally. Gu Fei's flames hadn't even died down when Fireball tossed in another one.

Although the power was incomparable, some of those who hadn't been instantly killed by Gu Fei's spell were burned to a crisp by Fireball's.

"Retreat!" someone shouted. The flames of Fire Tree Thousand Glances were still burning, and it was terrifying.

Everyone retreated, abandoning the poor heavy armor warriors to continue twitching on the electric wall. Gu Fei glanced at the time. The electric wall lasted for 20 seconds. These guys had another six seconds of convulsing to go.

Speaking of which, Gu Fei remembered that when he'd tested this skill on the streets of Cloud Piercer City, players had reached out to touch it, but their fingers had only been shocked before they immediately pulled back. He'd never seen anyone get stuck. Why were these guys...

"Is it because of the larger contact area?" Gu Fei wondered. These guys had pressed their shields directly against it. The contact area was indeed substantial.

But the electric wall didn't seem to do much damage. They'd been shocked for so long, and no one was about to die. Gu Fei sighed, noticing that his mana was automatically regenerating, just like yesterday against the Soto Legion. He looked down at the street and saw Mang Mang the Boor, waving his staff and casting spells at him!

The Ten Guild Alliance had retreated out of the range of the Fire Tree Thousand Glances. Priests were frantically healing the wounded, while mages and archers attacked Gu Fei on the roof.

Gu Fei darted across the rooftop, dodging fireballs and knocking down homing arrows. Then he lightly raised a finger, and disappeared.

The Moonlit City players didn't know that Gu Fei possessed the cutting-edge skill of Instant Shift. They stared in disbelief at the empty space where he had been. But Gu Fei was already among them. As they were still looking up at the roof, Gu Fei unleashed Dual Incineration, wiping out another circle of people.

The electric wall finally dissipated, and the heavy armor warriors stopped twitching. Finally at peace, they wanted to hug each other and cry. When Yingzuka Moonchild saw the electric wall disappear and the warriors still alive, he hurriedly ordered everyone to attack.

They were badly shocked, but they were also experienced fighters. Realizing they were close to the enemy, who were mostly archers, they knew that even as heavy armor warriors, they could take them down.

With a tacit understanding, they raised their shields again, this time not to protect anyone behind them. They bent over, ready to use the skill "Charge" to break into the enemy ranks.

But as they bent their asses, none of them could charge forward. They were stunned for a moment, and checked their status. They cursed in unison, "Damn, paralyzed!"

Arrows rained down, clanging against their shields. Fireball flaunted his power, casting spells.

Without priestly support and unable to charge, they didn't dare push forward and instead turned to retreat.

They had only taken a few steps when they heard a crackle behind them. They turned around and began to tremble involuntarily. Another electric wall had appeared behind them.

Then they saw Gu Fei, who had been wreaking havoc among them, disappear with a whoosh. Before they could react, scorching flames washed over them—Gu Fei had flown behind them and cast Dual Incineration.

Heavy armor was only so tough, and their health was limited. They'd endured to this point, but they were already on the verge of collapse. Then came Gu Fei's instant-kill-level attack. They finally gave up their lives amidst tears.

"Are you guys okay?" Gu Fei asked Yingzuka Moonchild and his group after finishing them off.

"We're fine. A few punks like that couldn't do anything to us," Yingzuka Moonchild said proudly, failing to appreciate Gu Fei's rescue effort.

"Drunk bro, they're retreating. Take away your magic!" Fireball said.

The opponents were indeed retreating. Gu Fei shook his head and said, "Let them go, I'm out of mana."

Then he looked at Mang Mang the Boor: "I didn't seem to regenerate as much as yesterday!"

Mang Mang the Boor was helpless. "You charged too far ahead. You were out of range."

"Oh..." Gu Fei said regretfully, finally asking, "What skill is that?"

"Mana Sacrifice. I give my mana to you," Mang Mang the Boor replied.

"Oh." Gu Fei replied again, carefully studying Mang Mang the Boor: "You seem to be in a good mood?"

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Updating like a twitch... My state has been fluctuating recently...