Chapter 117

The six of them skirted the low-lying area for a while. Sure enough, as Han Jia Gongzi had predicted, no one from the Black Hand Mercenary Group came to scout this area. Seeing that the time was almost right, Han Jia Gongzi shook his head, and everyone continued to move forward with him.

As he said, they made their way to the foot of the peak, when Han Jia Gongzi suddenly stopped.

"Keep going, why are you stopping again!" the group shouted. Crouching and sticking close to the edge was hard work, and they had long hoped to reach their destination quickly and get some relief.

Han Jia Gongzi pointed forward: "This section isn't a blind spot. If we're lucky, no one on the summit will be looking in this direction, and we might be able to avoid detection. Otherwise, we'll definitely be discovered. Moreover, this section is our blind spot. We can't see the summit."

"So it seems..." The group looked back again.

Han Jia Gongzi smiled, looking at Gu Fei and Jian Gui: "You two are still pretty awesome, aren't you? Only the two of you can handle this next part!"

"Delighted to oblige!" Gu Fei drew his sword and performed a sword salute. He walked to Han Jia Gongzi's position, chanted for Instant Shift, and *whoosh* he floated across the blind spot.

Even the usually calm and composed Jian Gui was rather excited at this point. Why? His Chang Zhu Duan Tan (Long Lament Short Sigh) finally had a chance to draw blood! No matter what, Jian Gui was still a perfectly qualified game player, possessing all the characteristics of an online gamer, which was very different from Gu Fei.

After casting Stealth, Jian Gui also traversed this section of the road. Han Jia Gongzi, behind them, began to speak into the mercenary channel: "Alright, follow my instructions!"

Then, he gave a series of coordinate reports. The two of them, very familiar with the process, didn't ask many questions, and just followed the instructions. As they cautiously made their way up the mountain, there was no sign of anything amiss. The ambush route Han Jia Gongzi had found was indeed the real deal.

"Give us a shout when you engage, and we can come up and help," Yu Tian Shen Ming said in the channel.

"Heh, I don't think that will be necessary, will it?" Gu Fei said boastfully.

"Keep the channel clean. Take your trash talk elsewhere," Han Jia Gongzi scolded.

The two followed Han Jia Gongzi's instructions all the way up the mountain. Finally, in the last twenty or thirty meters, there were no such blind spots for ambushes. They were practically under the noses of the enemy. Unless there was an underground passage, there were no more blind spots.

"Figure it out yourselves!" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Let's just charge straight in. What are we waiting for?" Gu Fei suggested. This distance was just a moment to sprint, and he could use Instant Shift to cover another five meters.

Jian Gui nodded in agreement. The two stood back to back against a giant rock, looked at each other, nodded in unison, and simultaneously began to count silently in their hearts.

1, 2, 3!!

One to the left, one to the right, Jian Gui and Gu Fei suddenly burst out from behind the giant rock. The figure on the hillside was now clearly visible. Fortunately, the guy was actually turned around talking to someone behind him, not looking in this direction, giving the two of them an even better chance. Leaping forward, they were already ten meters closer in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the guy on the summit, with a smiling face, turned back. He was stunned to see the two suddenly appearing figures, but his reaction was also quite quick. He raised his hand and fired an arrow, then turned and retreated.

"The guy acting as the eyes on the summit should be an archer," Han Jia Gongzi had analyzed long ago. First, archers have the Eagle Eye skill after job advancement. Second, when archers discover someone attacking the summit, they can use their attack range advantage to delay them. Third, archers have fast movement speed. If they can't hold out, they can run away to continue delaying.

Everything was as Han Jia Gongzi had predicted. The guy on the summit was indeed an archer. Moreover, he was ready to fire, and upon seeing the two, he raised his hand without a second thought and fired a Tracking Arrow.

The arrow spewed white light as it came at Gu Fei. It seemed that the other party's apprehension about the mage-killing Gu Fei was definitely not fake.

But how could such a weak arrow stop Gu Fei? He raised the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword in front of his chest in a seemingly casual manner, but it was actually a move from the Gu Family Sword Style called Night Battle in All Directions. Not just from the front, but even if attacked from all directions, Gu Fei could instantly strike out from the most relaxed and effective angle to meet the enemy. With a flick of his wrist, Gu Fei deflected the arrow, and his momentum didn't slow down at all.

On the other hand, Jian Gui, appreciating Gu Fei's skills, was filled with admiration, and slowed down slightly.

But this arrow ultimately failed to achieve any blocking effect, and the two charged onto the summit almost simultaneously.

At the top of the mountain, there were indeed three opponents, who were now ready to fight. Han Jia Gongzi's estimation had deviated after all. The eyes of the enemy were not all archers, but only one. The other two, judging by their attire, were a Fighter and a Mage. Even stranger, all three of them were wearing masks.

"Was that archer wearing a mask earlier?" Gu Fei asked Jian Gui.

"I don't know, I didn't pay attention!" That archer had turned his face away to talk earlier, and the two had been too busy rejoicing. But when he turned around and raised his hand to fire the arrow, he saw white light, and his face... Gu Fei tried hard to remember, and thought that it seemed, perhaps, maybe, that it was covered with cloth.

Why wear a mask? Now wasn't the time to ask questions. The two had come to launch a surprise attack, so seizing the time to end the battle was the only way. Acting cool and spouting nonsense at critical moments was something that only retarded villains would do.

The two charged up side by side, and the archer and the Fighter, who had been guarding the Mage, immediately scattered to the left and right, seeming to want to sandwich the two in a triangular formation.

As someone who practiced martial arts, Gu Fei was naturally very skilled and meticulous at keeping an eye on all directions and listening to everything around him. The two scattering to the left and right seemed to be surrounding them, but the distance seemed to be increasing.

It was understandable for the archer to increase the distance, but the Fighter's actions were baffling.

At this moment, Jian Gui, using Haste, which made him even faster than Gu Fei, had already charged close to the Mage. The bright dagger was already extended, and Gu Fei could see clearly that he was wielding Chang Zhu, clearly eager to draw the blood of his new toy.

The Mage didn't panic at this point, and raised the staff in his hand, seemingly preparing to cast a spell. The two archers and the Fighter, who had dodged to the side, had now stopped and were looking at the Mage.

Only a professional like Gu Fei, under such focused conditions, could perceive every subtle change in every moment and every place on the battlefield.

Suddenly, he was shocked, and a thought flashed through his mind. Without time to think about it in detail, he shouted loudly at Jian Gui: "Retreat!" At the same time as he shouted, he chanted quickly for Instant Shift. Gu Fei moved five meters backward instantly. The Mage had also apparently completed the casting at this moment. A spark seemed to bloom from his staff, then landed on the ground, followed by a sudden loud bang. A raging flame, like a huge petal, bloomed the moment the spark landed!

This was Drifting's signature skill: Fallen Clothes Red Lotus.

No wonder the opponent was wearing a mask; he just didn't want Gu Fei to recognize him.

No wonder the archer and the Fighter, as soon as the battle started, pretended to surround them and went to the sides. They were trying to avoid the burning range of the Fallen Clothes Red Lotus. These two, without a doubt, were Drifting's sidekicks, Left Hand Writing Love and Right Hand Writing Handsome.

Gu Fei's Instant Shift was faster than Fallen Clothes Red Lotus, and he was able to retreat a few more steps and escape the disaster. But Jian Gui was different. He didn't have a no-casting-time movement skill like Instant Shift. Although he retreated without hesitation upon hearing Gu Fei's shout, without even bothering to turn around, it was clear from the current situation that Jian Gui's movement was still not fast enough to outrun the blossoming Red Lotus.

Seeing what was happening, Gu Fei immediately began chanting again. Instantly, a distorted, mesh-like wall that seemed to be on the verge of tearing appeared in front of Jian Gui. Gu Fei had brought his hidden weapon skills to the extreme in casting this spell, calculating Jian Gui's movement speed and the Red Lotus's blooming speed in an instant, accurately wedging the Lightning Wall between Jian Gui and the red flames.

Isn't it supposed to block everything? Block it for me!

Gu Fei muttered in his heart. At this point, this was all he could do.

This sudden change was clearly beyond the opponents' expectations. After a Mage's spell was cast, it was mostly out of their control. When the Red Lotus's blossoming force slammed into the Lightning Wall, it was actually blocked. The fire, which should have spread 360 degrees around the Mage, actually left a passage behind the Lightning Wall.

The Lightning Wall, whose description said its duration could last up to 20 seconds, faded quickly under the impact of such flames. After only 3 seconds, the electric net finally let out a "zzzz" sigh and was swallowed by the flames.

The Red Lotus Fire, which had been blocked for so long, seemed to have accumulated anger. The impact of this blockage caused it to lash out even more aggressively, filling the empty space before, but it was too late at this point. Three seconds was enough time for Jian Gui to retreat from danger.

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief, standing side by side with Jian Gui. The opponents' eyes were also filled with disbelief. The Mage in the flames took off his mask and looked at Gu Fei. It was indeed Drifting.

"Everyone says you're a melee Mage, with amazing melee skills. Just that move alone, you're better than me!" Drifting said.

Gu Fei smiled and said, "That was close."

"But it's not over yet!" Drifting was also smiling.

"Of course!" As Gu Fei spoke, he suddenly turned around and slashed out with his sword. A Thief gradually emerged from the shadows while dodging. Gu Fei didn't use any skills with this sword, so although it hit the opponent, the damage was limited.

"It seems that the rumors that you have anti-stealth abilities are true," Drifting said.

"So there weren't three people on the summit, but four," Gu Fei said.

Left Hand Writing Love and Right Hand Writing Handsome had also removed their masks at this point. A two-on-four battle was about to begin!

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