Chapter 156 Diligence

After all, Can Mengsi had experienced many PK battles. Upon hearing his companion's reminder, he immediately reacted and activated Stealth without hesitation. He moved to the side while looking around to see who might be seeking revenge.

Jian Gui was depressed!

He had also activated Stealth, preparing to ambush Can Mengsi as soon as he saw him. Who knew that when he was less than two meters away, this guy suddenly disappeared using Stealth as well. Jian Gui regretted it immensely, wishing he had just used Swift Movement to pounce and kill him directly. But he had already developed a habit of prioritizing Stealth ambushes in combat. The moment he thought about stabbing someone, he subconsciously went for Stealth. It was really not good for a master to have such a fixed mindset in battle! Jian Gui deeply reflected on himself.

However, Jian Gui did not give up and continued to carefully probe with his dagger, arriving at the spot where Can Mengsi had been standing.

Nothing. After activating Stealth, Can Mengsi had immediately left his original position, thinking to guard against the mage's area-of-effect bombardment. Therefore, he had moved several meters away from the original spot and was now quietly observing from the side.

Beneath the city gate, people came and went. Every face seemed suspicious, yet they all walked their own paths without hesitation. The truly suspicious Jian Gui was in Stealth, so Can Mengsi naturally couldn't see him.

"How is it?" Gu Fei guessed that Jian Gui should have already dealt with the opponent by now, so he sent a message to express his condolences.

"He ran away! He used Stealth just as I was about to stab him." Jian Gui was extremely depressed. As a thief, Jian Gui was experiencing resentment for the first time toward the infinite duration of the Stealth skill after reaching high proficiency. Countless players had questioned this setting early on, but the official response was that there would be countless anti-stealth skills and equipment to help players. But now that everyone was level 40, they hadn't found anything with anti-stealth properties.

Well, a Trapper's traps were effective against Stealth, so that counted as anti-stealth. But those things were more conspicuous on the ground than a stealthed thief, so who was countering whom was still uncertain!

Upon hearing this, Gu Fei quickly pulled up the bounty coordinates he had just refreshed and glanced at them, telling Jian Gui, "He didn't run, he's still over there!"

Jian Gui was stunned, knowing that Gu Fei had seen the coordinates. He quickly asked, "What are the coordinates?"

Gu Fei reported the coordinates.

The coordinates were not a precise point, but an area. From the coordinates, it was only known that Can Mengsi was in this small area. Jian Gui looked towards the coordinate area, which was at the base of the city gate wall. He immediately deduced Can Mengsi's intentions with a high degree of accuracy.

This guy must have suddenly realized that he might be attacked, so he hid to the side after using Stealth. This guy was really lucky; Jian Gui's dagger was not far from him, yet he managed to step away from the line of death.

Jian Gui was confident that Can Mengsi had not discovered him. From the moment he saw Can Mengsi, he had been in the standard position behind him, keeping a close eye on Can Mengsi and not seeing him turn around. Afterwards, Jian Gui had been in Stealth the whole time, so Can Mengsi had no reason to discover him, unless Can Mengsi had something with anti-stealth properties.

If that were the case, Can Mengsi would have had a chance to counter-ambush him, so there was no reason to go around to the base of the wall. That was undoubtedly a good position to observe passersby under the city gate.

After confirming that Can Mengsi had not noticed him, Jian Gui gripped Frost Memories tightly and continued to carefully walk towards the base of the wall, avoiding the passersby. The Stealth skill would reveal itself if there was any contact with other players or NPCs, which was also a type of skill interruption.

Skill interruptions in "Parallel World" varied. Some could only be interrupted during the skill's startup phase, such as a mage's ranged spells or an archer's shots. Once their attacks were launched, attacking the person themselves would not affect the overall skill.

Of course, due to the different nature of the two professions' skills, there would be some subdivisions. For example, if the attack eliminated the person, the mage's spell would lose its attack power because there was no mage's mana to support and control it; but the archer was different. The arrow that had been shot would maintain its original damage even after the archer died. Even Homing Arrows, which seemed to have magic, would continue to stubbornly chase the target to avenge their master, until the skill time ran out.

In addition to these ranged skills, some skills of melee professions could be interrupted by controlling the person's actions, as the skills were performed by the person themselves. Taking a warrior's Whirlwind Slash as an example, if he accidentally chopped a large tree during the whirlwind and the tree blocked the sword instead of being cut down, the warrior's Whirlwind Slash would be interrupted by the tree.

However, because melee skills were performed by the person themselves, they had another characteristic: they could be self-interrupted. This was called skill cancellation by players and was a technique that needed to be mastered when combining melee skills. Archers and mages, on the other hand, did not have skill cancellation. It was impossible to take back a launched spell or a shot arrow.

In short, the rules for interruption varied depending on the characteristics of the skill, and it was not entirely divided by profession. It mainly depended on the characteristics of the skill. Taking Stealth as an example, it was a non-combat skill, but it could also be interrupted, and it was extremely easy to interrupt. A touch was enough to interrupt it, without even needing an attack.

At this time, Jian Gui had already entered the coordinate range where Can Mengsi was located and began to slowly wave Frost Memories around in front of him, behind him, to his left, and to his right, probing and ready to pounce and knock him down as soon as he was discovered.

Can Mengsi really didn't know that Jian Gui was right in front of him, waving his dagger in an attempt at manual anti-stealth. After carefully observing the various people under the city gate, Can Mengsi didn't find any suspicious people, and felt that he was probably a little too nervous. Even so, he didn't think about canceling Stealth. After all, it was better to be safe than sorry. If his friend was coming, they could contact him privately and wouldn't be afraid of not finding him.

Moreover, Can Mengsi wasn't just standing there stupidly. He knew that if Gu Fei wanted to deal with him, he would definitely refresh his coordinates at any time. Even if the other party saw that there was no one at the coordinates, they would think that he was in Stealth, and a mage's carpet bombing would force him out of Stealth. Therefore, Can Mengsi would change positions every once in a while, moving around in this large circle around him.

This guy was really lucky. When he moved, he barely brushed past the tip of Jian Gui's dagger by one centimeter. It was a crisis where a shiver could have led to discovery. After changing positions, Jian Gui still didn't know and continued to grope around like a blind man crossing a river, until Gu Fei sent the latest coordinates again.

"This guy!" Jian Gui cursed inwardly and changed direction to continue groping. Fortunately, no one could see him in Stealth, otherwise his strange blind-man-groping-an-elephant appearance would have been a great embarrassment.

Can Mengsi was being extremely careful. He kept moving around, trying to confuse Gu Fei's senses with constantly changing coordinates. He thought that every time Gu Fei refreshed his coordinates, there would be a change, but he was always circling within a small area. However, because he couldn't be discovered in Stealth, he didn't know what expression Gu Fei would have.

Can Mengsi couldn't help but want to laugh, but at the same time, he suddenly realized a problem: the bounty mission coordinates were only refreshed every five minutes, so why was he changing positions so diligently? Many of his movements were probably unknown to them, so he was just wasting his time!

At the same time, he also thought that after all this time, even if the other party was nearby, they should be tired of not being able to catch him, right? Since he hadn't found any suspicious people, Can Mengsi had considered that there might be a thief in Stealth near him.

His judgment was still accurate, but there were two things he didn't know.

First, Gu Fei, who had the Wind Chasing Emblem, refreshed the bounty coordinates every minute, not every five minutes;

Second, there was indeed a thief beside him, but this thief's patience and perseverance far exceeded his imagination.

Heaven rewards diligence; there was a reason for it.

Can Mengsi was originally diligently moving, making it impossible for Gu Fei and Jian Gui to deal with him, but at this time, he suddenly started to slack off, standing in one place for more than a minute. Suddenly, he felt something lightly brush against his side.

Can Mengsi, who had lost his vigilance, casually tilted his head to take a look. Jian Gui's Frost Memories had already transformed into a blue light, heading straight for his neck. The momentum was such that it seemed like it was going to directly cut off his head.

Jian Gui had been searching for him for so long and was indeed very patient, but patience didn't mean he didn't have any emotions at all. Jian Gui's inner world had long been accumulating to the point of explosion. He had simulated assassinating Can Mengsi one hundred and eighty times in his mind. Now that he had finally started, the reaction speed he unleashed was even stronger than Gu Fei's.

Can Mengsi was still tilting his head, acting cute, when Jian Gui viciously slashed his neck. Of course, the game didn't emphasize bloody scenes, and it had been further toned down after the official launch. Can Mengsi should have had his carotid artery shattered by this attack, and blood should have been spurting, splashing, or squirting in a particularly exuberant way. But at this time, only a few small drops of blood were sprayed to indicate that the attack had hit.

But this momentum had already overwhelmed Can Mengsi, and he had no intention of fighting. He turned and ran, using Swift Movement with extremely smooth legs.

Unfortunately, this time it was Jian Gui, not Gu Fei. Jian Gui was better at Swift Movement, and his speed was faster. He used it and immediately followed behind him like a shadow, stabbing at him fiercely.

The two put on a street brawl, running from one side of the city gate street to the other. Can Mengsi spilled blood all the way and finally fell. Before disappearing, he stretched out his hand, seemingly filled with infinite expectation for the front. Jian Gui looked in the direction he stretched his hand and understood. That was the warehouse. This guy wanted to drop his things in the warehouse before he died, but unfortunately, his speed was much slower than Jian Gui's.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Jian Gui sighed as he picked up the two pieces of equipment that Can Mengsi had dropped on the ground.