Chapter 1 You're Not Sober

"Hey! Look..." Gu Fei turned back, squatted down next to Bu Xiao, and pointed to the few people blocking the entrance of the Thieves' Guild. "I don't think you're sober enough," Gu Fei said.

Bu Xiao stared at him, expressionless, without saying a word. Before long, the number of people outside the door not only hadn't decreased, but was actually increasing. Gu Fei sighed and pulled up the mercenary chat window: "This Bu Xiao is really stubborn. I killed him again, and now I'm surrounded."

"So you're not dead yet?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"I'm squatting in the safe zone!" Gu Fei said.

"Can you break out?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"I'll try," Gu Fei said, already standing up.

"We'll be right there," Han Jia Gongzi shouted in the chat window.

"No need," Gu Fei said. "Their numbers are still increasing. Even if we all gather, we can't directly confront Zong Heng Si Hai's 300 people. I'll take advantage of the fact that there are few people now and break out myself!"

"Okay, good luck. We're going to drink," Han Jia Gongzi said.

Gu Fei: "..."

The mage's robe, which was almost dragging on the ground, somewhat hindered his movement. Gu Fei lifted the hem and tied it firmly around his waist. He gripped the Baptism of Fire tightly in his hand and said to Bu Xiao, "I'm leaving!"

Bu Xiao stared at him in surprise. At least ten Zong Heng Si Hai players had gathered outside the Thieves' Guild, and more reinforcements were constantly arriving. This guy wanted to just brazenly rush out like that? Did he think he was a GM? (Game Master)

Even the people blocking the road outside hadn't expected Gu Fei to make such a move. They were all prepared for a protracted war, thinking that it would eventually turn into both sides sitting in the safe zone negotiating, or the other side would come to help, resulting in a melee outside the safe zone. But the current development was clearly that Gu Fei wanted to take on them all by himself.

Gu Fei slowly walked towards the edge of the safe zone, his face still wrapped in black cloth. No one could see his expression, but there was an imposing aura that made everyone subconsciously nervous. They kept reminding themselves: We have more people, what's there to be afraid of! Despite this thought, the image of Gu Fei instantly taking down Bu Xiao kept replaying in the minds of the people from earlier. How exactly did he do it? They still couldn't figure it out.

Gu Fei walked to the edge of the door, suddenly pushed off the ground with his feet, and leaped out.

He had crossed the legendary boundary between life and death. He swung the Baptism of Fire in his hand to his side.

As long as Gu Fei made an attack, no one could dodge it. Firstly, his full Agility build resulted in unmatched speed. Secondly, his attack angles were completely incomprehensible and impossible to fathom. And thirdly, even if a strike missed, he could quickly make adjustments.

This first strike fiercely hit a mage who was chanting beside him.

Although Gu Fei didn't have Appraisal skill, in reality, the equipment that different characters chose in the game still had significant differences. Things like mages' robes, thieves' cloaks, and warriors' armor could all be distinguished at a glance. Relying on clothing to judge a profession was a sure thing.

Although this strike didn't directly kill the opponent, it did interrupt the mage's chanting. Gu Fei could see through and dismantle close-range attacks, but he was wary of mages' spells. Especially the mage's lowest-level spell, Fireball, which actually had an auto-tracking function. Although the duration was very short, it still had a significant impact on Gu Fei's ability to use his skills.

Not only did this strike hit the opponent, but Gu Fei's flying kick also kicked a player. Of course, the damage from this kick was negligible, but the opponent was kicked back several steps, blocking two players who wanted to rush up.

Gu Fei landed, flipped the Baptism of Fire in his hand, and attacked the mage again. Unfortunately, the mage had thin health and mediocre speed, and there was nothing he could do against Gu Fei's attack. Holding the staff horizontally or vertically felt awkward. The Baptism of Fire's fire-attribute attack was also launched at the right time. Although mages had higher magic defense than ordinary characters, their physical defense was low, and they had little health. After being hit by Gu Fei twice, he couldn't escape being killed.

Gu Fei was in high spirits, ready to fight again. A group of people were blocking the door trying to capture him, but instead, Gu Fei had the upper hand. An important reason was that Bu Xiao was standing in the safe zone shouting, "Don't kill him, tear off the cloth on his face!"

Bu Xiao was worried that Gu Fei would be instantly dismembered by ten people after going out, resurrected back in the safe zone, and he would never see this person's true identity again. So he made the same mistake as Cao Cao back then.

It was said that during the Battle of Changban, Cao Cao shouted, "Don't shoot cold arrows, capture him alive!" Which led to Zhao Yun holding Liu Bei's son and charging through the enemy lines covered in blood, and finally leaving triumphantly.

But Cao Cao had at least a million soldiers, so he was confident. Bu Xiao only had a mere ten people, yet he dared to compare himself to the ancients. Just as he shouted this, Gu Fei had already killed the mage. As soon as these words came out, the other players who rushed up to take revenge were in a dilemma.

Ordinary players not only couldn't maximize their attack power like Gu Fei, but they also couldn't control the minimum damage of their weapons. Several warriors holding heavy weapons hesitated to move forward, afraid that the heavy blow in their hands would flatten Gu Fei.

Gu Fei wasn't a reckless fool. When he made the decision to break through the encirclement, he had already seen through the ten people and believed that he had the strength to deal with them. As a result, after Bu Xiao issued this order, the remaining nine people became timid and cautious, each of them looking at Gu Fei, not knowing whether to strike or not. Gu Fei was very disappointed, and he glared at Bu Xiao with a murderous look.

Bu Xiao wasn't satisfied and continued to add to the chaos from behind: "Catch him, catch him, tear off the cloth on his face, tear off the cloth on his face!"

A group of people put away their weapons and rushed up empty-handed, wanting to compete with Gu Fei. As a result, Gu Fei wielded the Baptism of Fire even more vigorously than they did, with flames flying in all directions. In the blink of an eye, two more players with thin health fell. One of them was a warrior who thought he had a lot of health and didn't take Gu Fei's attacks seriously. But Gu Fei was faster than them, and with his skills and elusive movements, the group was like a bunch of chickens trying to catch an eagle, waving their claws but not even touching the edge of Gu Fei's clothes.

In the blink of an eye, two more people fell to the ground, one of them being a warrior who thought he had a lot of health and didn't take Gu Fei's attacks seriously.

Bu Xiao had also realized that his command was a complete failure, but since things had already come to this, he could only continue to be wrong. Otherwise, the brave few who had fallen at the beginning would blame him to death. So he continued to shout, "Hold on, persevere, reinforcements are coming soon!"

Just listening to his tone, without looking at the scene, one would think that Gu Fei had brought a large army to surround them.

After listening to Bu Xiao's reminder, Gu Fei also felt that it wasn't a good idea to continue playing around here.

When the fire-attribute damage was added, Gu Fei's attack power was definitely not to be underestimated. But the problem was that the probability of this fire-attribute trigger was only 30%. This was the biggest gap between Gu Fei's maximum and minimum attack power that he couldn't overcome with skill, which led to him often encountering some awkward situations during the battle.

For example, he would strike down with a knife, hiding several exquisite follow-up moves, but the fire-attribute would trigger, and the opponent would die instantly. Or sometimes he would strike to the left, hoping that the fire-attribute would eliminate this guy, so he could free up his hand to deal with the right, but the fire-attribute would fail to trigger, and he would have to readjust his strategy.

At this time, the unpredictable fire-attribute attack both helped Gu Fei and disrupted his rhythm to some extent, affecting his performance. In a one-on-one situation, this influence could be ignored, but in this complex situation of fighting multiple opponents, the influence was constantly amplified.

Of the ten people originally surrounding him, Gu Fei had killed five, but there were still eight.

It seemed that the plan to kill all ten people was a bit unrealistic. Not to mention the additional reinforcements, the two thieves had already died under Gu Fei's blade once. But the result was that this was the entrance to the Thieves' Guild. They resurrected on the spot and rushed out to fight again. Anyway, Bu Xiao's order was not to kill him but to see his face, so to prevent their equipment from losing durability due to death, the two simply took off their upper clothes and came out to fight Gu Fei hand-to-hand.

Gu Fei's attacks were no longer limited to slashing with his knife. He punched and kicked, in short, he didn't let anyone get close. Although the few people were beaten badly by Gu Fei, they always thought that their encirclement was very successful. How would they know that it wasn't them who trapped Gu Fei, but Gu Fei himself who didn't want to leave. At this time, after deciding to leave, he swung his knife wildly twice, seized the gap that the opponent revealed, and rushed out of the circle.

Bu Xiao also thought that the encirclement he had directed was very successful. When he saw Gu Fei rushing out of the circle, he took it as a small mistake by his subordinates and shouted anxiously, "Quickly, surround him, surround him!" While shouting, he also rushed out of the safe zone with his upper body naked.

But Gu Fei had already rushed out several meters. Bu Xiao pointed at Gu Fei and shouted at the two thieves beside him, "Haste, quick haste!"

The two thieves cried, "We just lost a level, we can't haste anymore."

One of them cried even louder, "My haste has already burned a lot of proficiency."

Bu Xiao felt another chill in his heart after hearing this. He had forgotten about this loss. He only saw that he had lost a few levels and that his equipment durability had all been reduced to 0. But he was lucky that he hadn't dropped anything. He had completely forgotten that his level 30 skill, Haste, which he had practiced to a high level of proficiency, no longer existed.

Just as he was feeling annoyed, he suddenly saw Gu Fei stopping in the front. Bu Xiao was overjoyed and quickly ordered everyone to chase after him.

Unexpectedly, Gu Fei turned around and suddenly ran back quickly, muttering something in his mouth. Everyone was stunned and couldn't help but slow down a few steps. As a result, Gu Fei turned around again and ran away in big strides.

"Damn, we've been tricked!" Bu Xiao shouted in frustration, because this slowdown had widened the distance again.

Just as everyone was regretting and accelerating again, a flash of fire appeared in front of them. A fire dragon rose up and turned into several fireballs in the blink of an eye, "Boom boom boom boom" heading towards everyone.

"Ah!" Accompanied by everyone's exclamations, everyone was hit.

Except for Bu Xiao, these few people still had traces of being slashed by Gu Fei, and their health was very low. After this attack, two more people returned to the safe zone.

Level 30 mage skill: Fireball Barrage.

Although the naked Bu Xiao wasn't dead, he was also badly hit. At this time, with tears in his eyes, he finally couldn't help but let out a sigh: "Damn, I forgot he's still a mage!"