Chapter 17 Setting Up an Ambush

Yu Tian Shen Ming adopted a stance, drawing his bow and nocking an arrow.

The cold arrow shot out with a whistling sound, slicing through the mountain valley, hitting the opposing mage squarely in the forehead.

"Too cruel, why shoot for the head!"

"Playing too much CS, huh!"

As the opposing mage turned into white light, the mercenary group members discussed spiritedly.

The sudden attack stunned the remaining nine members of the opposing team. Since the arrow had come so unexpectedly, no one could tell where it had come from. Once a character died in the game, their corpse returned to the resurrection point with the arrow still in their forehead, making it impossible to deduce the direction of the shot from where they fell. But to the surprise of the others, the remaining nine guys didn't panic and scatter as Gu Fei had predicted. Instead, they very calmly stood back-to-back in a circle, evenly facing all directions, their eyes scanning the mountainside carefully.

"Oh, well-trained!" Gu Fei, hidden in the woods, felt a little embarrassed that his plan had only gone one step before failing.

"Experienced. Bu Xiao is indeed an old player. It seems these people practice together regularly, not just a random team," Han Jia Gongzi said calmly.

"What do we do now?" Gu Fei asked.

"Let them play 'back-to-back' for a while! Yu Tian, stay hidden," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Of course, I'll show them today what an archer is capable of." Yu Tian Shen Ming clearly still harbored resentment from yesterday's contempt from Zong Heng Si Hai. But Gu Fei had slightly changed his impression of him.

Yesterday, Yu Tian hadn't expressed any opinion about the treasure chest, largely because of Gu Fei's acquaintance with Xiao Yu. When he learned that Yu Tian had been despised because of this, Gu Fei's first feeling was that this brat would definitely take it out on him. But it seemed that the kid didn't have that mindset at all. It seemed this brat was quite magnanimous.

The six people quietly watched the nine people circling around. Bored, Han Jia Gongzi gave them a test question: "Comrades, if we encounter this situation someday, what would you do?"

"Hide in the woods." The answers were almost unanimous.

"Well, good. So, Qian Li comrade, be careful." Han Jia Gongzi had just finished speaking when the nine people in a circle, having waited a long time without any movement, indeed began to move toward the forest while maintaining their circle formation.

"Yu Tian, is Snipe off cooldown?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"Long ago," Yu Tian replied.

"Alright, everyone, take your positions, attack!" Han Jia Gongzi suddenly ordered. Another whistling arrow flew through the air, accurately killing the archer with the lowest level among the nine members of Zong Heng Si Hai.

But this arrow also exposed Yu Tian Shen Ming's location. "Over there!" a warrior near the fallen archer shouted. The remaining eight people abandoned their plan to enter the woods and ran towards the hillside where Yu Tian Shen Ming was hiding.

Jian Gui emerged from behind a rock, but in stealth mode, his movement speed was greatly reduced. He couldn't catch up to any of them running at full speed. Watching them pass by one by one, Jian Gui didn't get a chance to get close to anyone. When all eight people had their backs to him, Jian Gui simply deactivated stealth and used the Rogue level 30 skill, Swift Travel. Already not slow, his speed instantly increased by another 15%, and he sprinted to the last priest in the group of eight.

Amidst the sound of footsteps, the priest finally heard something unusual behind him, but before he could turn around, Jian Gui's Backstab had already pierced his waist.

"Ah!" the priest cried out. As Brother You had said, Jian Gui's Backstab was not enough to kill this level 30 priest in one hit. This priest was also experienced, and he immediately cast a healing spell on himself after being attacked. Jian Gui pulled out his dagger and followed up with a second attack, which landed at the same time as the priest's healing spell. The priest still didn't fall after the attack. Jian Gui felt a chill in his heart. If he couldn't kill him in these two hits, he wouldn't have another chance. They had already discovered him, and with the other two priests casting healing spells, where would he get another chance?

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly heard two whooshing sounds, and the priest cried out "Ah!" again and fell to the ground. In the flashing white light, Jian Gui saw two arrows stuck in his back. Looking into the distance, he saw Yu Tian Shen Ming standing handsomely on the hillside, raising his right arm high, giving him a "V" sign.

Archer level 24 skill: Double Shot.

Jian Gui smiled and raised his arm, giving Yu Tian Shen Ming a thumbs up, then quickly retreated.

"You two, go take care of that archer!" someone on the opposing team ordered. Two rogues nodded, simultaneously activated the Rogue level 30 skill, Swift Travel, and ran towards Yu Tian Shen Ming.

"Woah! So fast!" Yu Tian Shen Ming couldn't bother shooting, and took off running. If the two rogues got close, he wouldn't have a chance.

"Wu Shang, Brother You, intercept Yu Tian," Han Jia Gongzi ordered.

"Roger that, Yu Tian, the wooden house at 9 o'clock," Brother You said.

The remaining three warriors, two priests, and one rogue on the opposing team rushed towards Jian Gui menacingly.

The rogue also used the level 30 skill Swift Travel, quickly catching up to Jian Gui. At the same time, he shouted to the two priests behind him, "Don't let him Stealth!"

The two priests immediately activated their pathetic, and only, attack skill: Holy Light Orb.

Two pure white light orbs were summoned with their chanting, but the experienced Jian Gui had already activated Stealth after giving Yu Tian Shen Ming a thumbs up and retreating. He had already disappeared. The two pure white light orbs could only be thrown helplessly into the air.

"Damn!" The rogue who had tried to come up and duel Jian Gui was furious. "Everyone be careful." He reminded the four people behind him, and retreated back into the group. At the same time, he shouted into the air, "Who exactly are you people?"

"Ah ah!!!" Two screams answered him. The rogue quickly turned his head to look. In the distance, the two rogues chasing Yu Tian Shen Ming were about to catch up to him when a warrior emerged from behind a wooden house, his body strengthened by the Knight's Blessing of Strength. He roared and activated the game's most visually destructive skill – Whirlwind Slash.

The two rogue brothers didn't expect an interceptor halfway. They couldn't dodge in time, and were squarely hit by Zhan Wu Shang's Whirlwind Slash. Yu Tian Shen Ming added fuel to the fire by shooting a few arrows from behind. Before they knew it, the two rogues were dead. Another person emerged from behind the broken house, carrying a knight's weapon of choice, a mace, and patted Zhan Wu Shang. The three of them walked side by side, quickly heading towards the battlefield.

The ten-person leveling team had lost half its members in the blink of an eye. Anyone would feel a pang of fear. "Who the hell are you people!" the rogue roared.

Instead of an answer, he heard more screams!

As the five remaining people were gradually shrinking to form a circle again, a priest was backstabbed by Jian Gui again. They had been carefully defending, and the healing spell was already being chanted when the attack landed. But this time, he didn't have a chance at all. The priest who was hit by Jian Gui's Backstab fell directly.

"Critical!" The rogue, who was also a rogue, knew the maximum power of a Backstab at this level. He also knew how much health and defense his partner had. To be able to kill him in one Backstab, it must have triggered a critical hit, and not a small one. Of course, Jian Gui choosing the priest who had invested all his points into intelligence was also one of the reasons.

Jian Gui wanted to retreat, but it was too late. They were already circling, so they surrounded him.

"Kill him!" the rogue ordered. He brandished his dagger and rushed up, his eyes on the dagger in Jian Gui's hand. It was clearly a weapon with critical attack, an absolute super-quality weapon. It would be great if it dropped.

Jian Gui, surrounded, didn't dodge or evade. He braced himself and stabbed the last warrior. In the distance, Yu Tian Shen Ming also launched an attack. Another Snipe arrow flew through the air, aimed at Jian Gui's target. Zhan Wu Shang and Brother You were chasing after the arrow, rushing over.

No matter what, this guy is dead! They thought. Their attacks landed on Jian Gui. They were confident that Jian Gui would fall, but a white light descended on Jian Gui almost at the same time as their attacks. Jian Gui was completely focused, gritting his teeth and stabbing the warrior in front of him. The priest was confident that Jian Gui would die from the four attacks, so he didn't think about healing their own warrior. He was summoning a Holy Light Orb, wanting to experience the joy of killing an enemy. The warrior fell heavily from Jian Gui's two consecutive attacks and Yu Tian Shen Ming's Snipe.

Jian Gui took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement, and a white light fell on him again in an instant. Jian Gui turned around, holding his dagger horizontally in front of his chest, looking extremely fierce.

The opposing side was completely stunned. The timing of those two healing spells was unbelievably precise.

Rogues weren't known for their high health. Under the combined attacks of two warriors and one rogue, just one hit from each was enough to bring Jian Gui's health to zero with room to spare. But the miracle was the priest's healing spell. If Jian Gui had taken all three hits, he would have fallen before he could be healed. Therefore, his healing spell was released in the tiny gap between the three attacks, using that gap to restore Jian Gui's health. It was equivalent to increasing Jian Gui's maximum health, allowing him to withstand the three attacks.

The healing spell would have been ineffective if it had been cast earlier or later. Only at that moment could it have saved Jian Gui's life. This was definitely not something an ordinary player could achieve. The three turned around and saw a priest standing not far away, casting a healing spell for the third time, completely restoring Jian Gui's health.

"Who the hell are you people?" The opposing side had asked this question for the third time.

"Idiot! Can't you see we're wearing masks? Why would we tell you who we are?" Han Jia Gongzi said coldly, taking a step sideways and blocking their path.

Zhan Wu Shang and Brother You had also rushed up, and Yu Tian Shen Ming was drawing his bow and preparing to shoot in the distance.

No one spoke. They all attacked at the same time with perfect understanding. The last remaining warrior and priest fell quickly, and the rogue disappeared under Jian Gui's relentless attacks.

"Disappeared?" Jian Gui was shocked. The effect of Disappear was exactly the same as Stealth, except that it could be forcibly activated in any situation. This was definitely not a skill that a rogue at this level should have.

"It's a skill scroll," Brother You frowned. The skill activated by a skill scroll was only determined by the scroll's attributes, and wasn't affected by the character's current level, skill proficiency, or anything else. It could be a skill that you hadn't learned yet, and it was always instant-cast.

"Damn!" Han Jia Gongzi was frustrated. Clearly, this guy was the main target: Bu Xiao. But no one had expected that this person would have such a high-level skill scroll.

The final boss had escaped at the last moment. This was definitely a very frustrating thing in the game.

Everyone stared at the direction of the valley exit. Bu Xiao was probably walking that way, swaggering. Suddenly, Gu Fei's figure appeared from the woods. Han Jia Gongzi was naturally furious. This guy only showed up now.

Just as he was about to start cursing, he saw Gu Fei raise his arm, the dark red longsword in his hand held horizontally to his side.

"Where do you think you're going?" Gu Fei said with a smile.

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It's late again… Uh