Chapter 14 Retaliation, Retaliation, Retaliation!!!

The street was still the same street, the wind still blew in the same way, and the fallen leaves still danced in the same manner.

However, with a different mood, the same scene evoked vastly different feelings. The street radiated hope, the wind blew with comfort, and the falling leaves danced harmoniously. At this moment, not a trace of melancholy remained in Jian Gui's heart.

He sheathed his dagger, ate a piece of bread to restore his health. Jian Gui glanced at his stats, noting that his PK value hadn't increased. This was not surprising. Undoubtedly, Ping Guo Cu had attacked Jian Gui first. Regarding the distinction between initiating PK and being PK'd, the system would make a judgment. Generally, as long as the initiator made a clear attacking action against the passive party, it would be judged as initiating PK, and the passive party's counterattack would not earn PK value.

But how could a rigid system fight against humans? After roughly grasping the PK judgment rules, a method of tricking PK had become popular among players. The first attack was often just a feint. For example, an arrow shot out, seemingly passing dangerously by your ear, but in fact, the opponent was not aiming at you at all. The system knew this, but if you panicked and counterattacked immediately, you would fall for it. You would become the one initiating PK, and the other party would generously take you down without leaving a single PK value, then comfortably turn around and leave...

Of course, this kind of tactic didn't exist between Jian Gui and Ping Guo Cu. Ping Guo Cu's first attack directly caused damage. At any time, as long as damage was dealt, the attacking party would be given priority as the PK initiator, even in the previous PK trick. If you weren't aiming at a person, but at a tree, and suddenly a person popped out from behind the tree and ran right into your arrow... Although it was a misunderstanding, you would unfortunately become a PK initiator.

From this, a reverse trick of PK had emerged, and mages suffered the most from it. When using area-of-effect spells to grind monsters, an ill-intentioned person would suddenly rush out and let the spell graze them, then come over and zap the mage without gaining any PK value... Thus, there were PK tricks like this, and PK tricks like that, using these PK tricks to counter those PK tricks, all sorts of complex changes that were hard to describe in a few words, only proving one thing: players were always more cunning than the system, and the wisdom of the people was infinite.

From the fact that his counterattack didn't earn him any PK value, Jian Gui couldn't help but think of these things again. However, Jian Gui looked down on these cowardly tactics of evading PK value and didn't bother to use them. However, he knew that Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming in the elite team were both masters of this. The two sometimes muttered, discussed, and exchanged experiences, either nearby or in the channel, and Jian Gui had indeed heard a lot about it.

Ping Guo Cu's sudden sneak attack was ultimately just a little episode. He had been playing the game for so long, and had experienced inexplicable sneak attacks and PKs. This time it was just that it was more justified. Jian Gui didn't take it to heart at all. After eating the bread and restoring his status, he continued to stride towards the forest. Of course, he didn't forget to remind everyone in the channel: the other party might launch a sneak attack at any time, so everyone should be careful.

The three people on the roof of the street over there, seeing Jian Gui slaughter Ping Guo Cu and leave safely, also jumped down from the roof with peace of mind. They hadn't even taken two steps when they received a message from Han Jia Gong Zi, just one word, "Come."

The three of them were puzzled when they first received it. They looked at each other and found the same confusion on each other's faces, knowing that the other party had also received this mysterious word "Come." Then, the three of them received a coordinate location at the same time. As they started walking, Zhan Wu Shang laughed loudly, You Ge sighed, and grabbed Yu Tian Shen Ming, who was going in the opposite direction, "Yu Tian, this way."

"I know. You can get there from here too!" As if anyone didn't know he was a road idiot, he still had to stubbornly argue. You Ge shook his head repeatedly.

"Ignore him, let him go around," Zhan Wu Shang said.

Yu Tian Shen Ming was timid after all, and turned around a full 180 degrees, saying, "Going with you is the same."

When they arrived at the place Han Jia Gong Zi mentioned, there was no sign of him. Just as they were about to ask, their eyes darkened, and a figure blocked the sunlight above their heads. Han Jia Gong Zi was standing on the high roof, looking down at the three of them.

Han Jia Gong Zi's gaze at people always carried a hint of contempt, and with this angle, the three of them immediately felt even more uncomfortable. But this roof was even higher than the previous one, and the three of them looked left and right but couldn't find a foothold to go up directly. They saw Han Jia Gong Zi pointing three hundred meters away, "Over there."

"Damn, why didn't you say so earlier..."

The three of them huffed and puffed as they climbed onto the roof and stood next to Han Jia Gong Zi. The location here was higher, and the view was even better. Han Jia Gong Zi was holding up his telescope again, seemingly chasing something. The three of them followed the direction of his telescope and looked together, looking and looking, until Han Jia Gong Zi suddenly said, "You don't have telescopes, what are you looking at?"

"Then what did you call us here for?" The three of them were exasperated.

"To make things easier later," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"What are we going to do? What are you looking at?" The three of them were getting anxious.

"Ping Guo Cu," Han Jia Gong Zi replied.

The three of them widened their eyes.

"That's the guy who attacked Jian Gui just now," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"How do you know?" The three of them asked in unison.

"As soon as they exchanged blows, Jian Gui immediately leaned against the wall, his purpose clearly to defend against attacks from behind. Although his opponent was a thief with skills like sap and backstab that attack from behind, there was no need to be so exaggerated in his defense. So there was only one explanation, the other party had even more powerful skills related to attacking from behind... In summary, besides Qian Li who can teleport and that Ping Guo Cu with some kind of skill, who else could it be?" Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"Ying Nong Zu!" You Ge always remembered these things very clearly.

"That's right, that guy did have a very strange high-speed movement," Yu Tian Shen Ming relied on his eagle eyes. Although not as sharp as a telescope, he could see more clearly than You Ge and Zhan Wu Shang.

Han Jia Gong Zi spread his hands, meaning it was an obvious thing.

It was an "obvious thing", but none of the three had seen it, and no one spoke for a moment, because no one wanted to be openly despised. After a moment of silence, Yu Tian Shen Ming changed the subject. "But he was still killed by Jian Gui in the end. Jian Gui is amazing!" Yu Tian Shen Ming praised.

"That's just an illusion you saw," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"How so?" The three were puzzled.

"He's not dead," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"How could that be? I saw him disappear in a flash of white light!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Does disappearing in a flash of white light necessarily mean death?" Yu Tian Shen Ming finally couldn't escape being despised. But after thinking about it, he immediately realized that they had just used this to their advantage!

"Chasing Wind Emblem!!" You Ge shouted out.

"That's right!!" He continued confidently, "Ping Guo Cu has accumulated more than 1600 PKs, even if he didn't get a higher-level emblem as Qian Li predicted, he might have a level one emblem!"

"So he completed a mission in advance, and when he couldn't beat Jian Gui, he used this teleportation function to escape," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Perhaps this wasn't specifically targeted at Jian Gui, but it's his habit. Using the emblem's function, he always has a completed wanted mission on hand, so that he can immediately use this teleportation to escape in any dangerous situation," You Ge said.

"That makes sense!" Zhan Wu Shang nodded, "He's never failed in over 1600 PKs, which can be said to be very powerful. So there's such a factor involved."

You Ge nodded, "He may have PK'd more times than that, but when he failed, he used the emblem to teleport away, so although he lost, it didn't cause him to lose a level."

"The function of the emblem is very good... I have to get one," Zhan Wu Shang was tempted.

"I... can I still get one..." Yu Tian Shen Ming was a little depressed. He already had an emblem at the time, but he sold it to Xi Yao Wu. And the missions are accumulated statistically, and everyone has their own record. Yu Tian Shen Ming didn't know how it would be calculated if he continued to do one or two hundred more missions.

You Ge patted him to show comfort, but obviously didn't take Yu Tian Shen Ming's entanglement to heart, and immediately turned to look at Han Jia Gong Zi, "So you left just now to come to this place, waiting for him to come out of the wanted mission location? You expected that he would definitely use this method to escape?"

Han Jia Gong Zi gave him a "isn't it obvious" expression.

"What is he doing now?" The three asked.

"If he has this habit, of course he would take on another mission, first complete the mission, and prepare for the next teleportation," You Ge speculated.

"Wait, if he has this habit, why did he die in Qian Li's hands last time?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked.

"Qian Li? A thief who can instantly kill him with one sword, even a priest like me wouldn't have a chance to heal him, let alone teleport??" Han Jia Gong Zi retorted.

"Where is Ping Guo Cu?" Yu Tian Shen Ming hastily changed the subject.

"You wouldn't understand even if I told you the coordinates!" Han Jia Gong Zi said, "In short, what we have to do now is to take him down before he completes this wanted mission."

"Then hurry up and do it, what are you rambling about here for!" Yu Tian Shen Ming jumped.

"Idiot! I at least have to see if his mission objective is in the city or outside the city. If he's heading straight for the forest, what's the point of chasing him?" Han Jia Gong Zi said.

"Is it in the city or outside the city?" Yu Tian Shen Ming asked.

"I said we're going to take him down, of course it's in the city. Hurry up and get to work, all of you get down!!!" Han Jia Gong Zi chased the three off the roof.

"You Ge, you and Yu Tian together, Wu Shang you alone, move according to my instructions, and trap him in a street," Han Jia Gong Zi said.

At this time, Yu Tian Shen Ming was always very ashamed, because of his being a road idiot, he always had to have a babysitter by his side. In fact, he had been working hard, but the effect was very minimal. At this time, he didn't dare to be stubborn, because it would really mess things up. The three of them responded and split into two groups, heading towards the coordinates indicated by Han Jia Gong Zi to capture Ping Guo Cu.