Chapter 1 The Gathering

The warehouse rooftop was already a frequent gathering place for the Eagle Platoon. Tables and benches were readily available, even two lounge chairs. At this moment, a group of people were huddled in a circle, discussing how to proceed with their next action. Suddenly, they heard a shout from the street below. Everyone fell silent. They looked at each other, and one person said, "Is that calling us?"

"Who is it?" Another wondered, standing up and walking to the edge of the building. He leaned over and looked down, sure enough seeing a person standing in the middle of the street, looking up. Seeing the half of his body sticking out, the person waved hurriedly.

The person below was initially scanning the area casually, but quickly recognized the attire of the person above. He immediately and nimbly retreated, his expression changing drastically as he said to the other eighteen people, "It's Qian Li Zui!"

Everyone was shocked. Yong Yuan hurriedly asked, "How many people?"

"Just him," the crouching figure said.

"He's fast!" someone exclaimed.

"Not just fast, but accurate… How did this guy track us down?" Yong Yuan mused.

"But no matter what, he's alone right now, which is a perfect opportunity for us!" someone suggested.

"But since he dared to come alone…" Someone seemed hesitant. The thirty members of the Eagle Platoon certainly had different personalities. Some were arrogant, some were humble, some were resolute, and some were hesitant and worried. For a moment, everyone was undecided and looked to their leader, Yong Yuan.

Yong Yuan maintained a calm facade, but his heart was in turmoil. Qian Li Zui had arrived too quickly, faster than he had expected. He had even found their hideout and was directly challenging them from below. Could there be an ambush? Some people liked to think about things from a negative perspective, as it might make their actions more prudent. Yong Yuan was one of those people.

As he was thinking, the shouting from the street started again: "I see you all! Come down here!"

"This guy is arrogant!" someone said.

"I'll go see what he's made of!" someone couldn't help but say, standing up abruptly.

"Wait!" Yong Yuan stopped him. "He clearly can't come up here right now. Let's discuss this properly first. My opinion is that he's not bluffing. What would be the point of him bluffing to us in this situation? What purpose would it serve? I can't think of any."

Everyone thought about it and agreed. Bluffing was something they would do if they had Qian Li Zui surrounded, to scare him. But there was no point in him running up to them and bluffing; it was too bizarre.

"Why is everyone so quiet? Did you leave?" Gu Fei continued to shout from below. He said that, but his wanted list clearly marked the coordinates of a group of people, and the coordinates showed that they hadn't moved at all. However, with a glance, Gu Fei suddenly noticed that the coordinate of Ba Yi Xi San was getting closer and closer. Gu Fei looked left and right, finding no place to hide on either side of the street. But then he thought, his opponents recognized him because of his equipment, so he simply took off his outer robe, stowed his Dark Night Flowing Light sword, and squatted to the side.

Gu Fei suddenly fell silent, and Yong Yuan and the others discussed the situation on the roof for a while without reaching a conclusion. Some wanted to go down and fight Qian Li Zui to the death, while others thought it strange that Qian Li Zui was so arrogantly challenging them, and suggested they wait and see. Yong Yuan was uncharacteristically hesitant and indecisive this time. As they were discussing, they suddenly realized that Qian Li Zui hadn't made a sound for a while. One person wondered, "Did he leave?"

"Go take a look," Yong Yuan said.

One person got up and cautiously went to the edge of the building, leaning over to look down. He saw no one.

"He's gone!" the person said, turning back.

"Maybe he just moved to the side of our door…" Yong Yuan said. Although they were high above, there were still some blind spots, such as their doorway, which was at an angle to the rooftop and couldn't be seen by leaning over.

"Hey, Xi San is back," the person said, having not seen Qian Li Zui, but instead seeing Ba Yi Xi San hurrying down the street.

Yong Yuan's expression changed, and he shouted hurriedly, "Tell him to run!"

"What?" The person peering over the edge was stunned for a moment. Yong Yuan had already rushed to the edge of the building and shouted, "Xi San, run! Qian Li Zui is down there!"

As soon as he shouted, the person squatting on the side of the street suddenly stood up. With a wave of his hand, a black robe was draped over his body, and he rushed towards Ba Yi Xi San in a flash.

"Qian Li Zui!" the previous person cried out. He was ashamed of his carelessness. Qian Li Zui had tricked him with such a simple tactic as changing his equipment. The descriptions of black clothes and a purple sword were simply too ingrained in their minds.

Ba Yi Xi San was horrified when he heard the shout, but before he could react, he saw the black figure rushing towards him. Ba Yi Xi San frantically took out a teleport scroll and used it. As the white light began to appear, Gu Fei struck with a Lei Dian Shu (Lightning Spell). The teleportation array was disrupted, and Ba Yi Xi San stood there like a fool.

"Run, what are you standing there for!" Yong Yuan said angrily, turning to shout, "Archers, mages!"

The people on the rooftop had already stood up and were paying attention. The archers and mages didn't need Yong Yuan to tell them to start rescuing. They raised their hands, ready to attack, but Qian Li Zui moved again, shrinking into a blind spot near the edge. The archers glared helplessly, and the mages could use area-of-effect spells to cover the area, but the problem was that Ba Yi Xi San was also there, so they couldn't use area-of-effect spells…

Ba Yi Xi San had already turned around and wanted to run, but after only a few steps, Gu Fei used Shun Jian Yi Dong (Instantaneous Movement) to fly next to him. However, he still didn't leave the blind spot. The people on the rooftop could only see Ba Yi Xi San and not Qian Li Zui. The ranged attackers were anxious and shouted to Ba Yi Xi San, "Xi San, move into the street, lure him out…"

But Ba Yi Xi San could no longer answer them. His body was suddenly flashing with lightning and fire. Gu Fei's Shuang Yan Shan (Double Flame Palm) and Zhang Xin Lei (Palm Thunder) had already landed on him. There was no way for Ba Yi Xi San to escape Gu Fei's attacks. He only felt his life flowing away like water, and in the blink of an eye, it was gone. Before he died, he only had time to glare at Gu Fei with great resentment. The people on the rooftop were stunned. Ba Yi Xi San was killed in the blink of an eye, and all they saw from beginning to end was Gu Fei's sword and a left hand…

As Ba Yi Xi San's closest companions, they knew exactly how strong he was. But he died so quickly, without any chance to fight back. Several mages were enraged. Now that Ba Yi Xi San was gone, they could attack without restraint, and they bombarded the area with a row of spells. The attacks covered the left and right, and the back was a building. If Qian Li Zui wanted to dodge, he had to rush forward, which would expose him to their line of sight.

Sure enough, as a row of spells landed, Gu Fei had no choice but to rush forward. Then they heard the sound of arrows from above. The archers had also launched their attacks. Gu Fei tilted his body slightly, and two sharp arrows passed by him. Another arrow was a tracking arrow. Gu Fei raised his sword and knocked it down. He looked up and saw a row of people standing on the rooftop. The heroes of the Eagle Platoon were finally willing to show their faces. Gu Fei waved hurriedly, "Come on down!"

"His movements are very agile, and his attacks are very accurate!" Yong Yuan was seizing this rare opportunity to assess Gu Fei's strength. Sniping was already the most powerful and swift attack of an archer. At this distance, unless they missed, they had never seen anyone dodge it. But Qian Li Zui casually tilted his body and let it pass. The arrow grazed him, but he dodged so accurately that he didn't even bother to move half a step. As for the tracking arrow, that skill was inherently slow. Being able to accurately knock it down at this distance wasn't surprising.

Seeing Gu Fei arrogantly challenging them again, some people could no longer endure it and wanted to rush down the street without waiting for Yong Yuan to speak. Yong Yuan wanted to shout, but he suddenly stopped himself. He saw who the three people rushing down were, and thought that watching Qian Li Zui dodge arrows wouldn't reveal much about his strength. It would be better to test him thoroughly.

So, the words that were about to come out of his mouth turned into a warning: "Be careful, return to the house immediately if something is wrong!"

"No need, he's dead!" The three people rushing down were very confident. Maple Blood, ranked nineteenth on the warrior榜 (list); Di Zi, ranked thirteenth on the knight榜 (list); and Qian Mo, ranked eleventh on the pugilist榜 (list). Three experts joined forces to target Qian Li Zui, ranked first on the mage榜 (list) and first overall…

"What if those three are kited by Qian Li Zui?" Someone on the rooftop said with concern. This person was Yi Ren, ranked seventh on the priest榜 (list).

Someone heard this and immediately shouted at Gu Fei below, "Qian Li Zui, our people are coming down, have the guts not to run!"

Gu Fei glanced up, not knowing which guy was shouting, and replied with dissatisfaction, "Which eye saw me running?"

"Have the guts not to use kite tactics!" The provocation was a bit childish.

Gu Fei knew what kiting was, shook his head, and said, "I never use kite tactics against numbers below three digits."

"What three digits?" The guy on the rooftop didn't understand.

"The number of people," Gu Fei said.

The people on the rooftop looked at each other… Could the rumored thousand-man kill be true? Was this person's strength really so terrifying that it defied logic?

While they were communicating back and forth, the three people had already rushed downstairs. The door was instantly opened, and Maple Blood rushed in first, shouting, "Qian… what the f***!!"

He only managed to shout out one word. Gu Fei's reaction was quick. Seeing someone rushing out, he slashed with his Dark Night Flowing Light sword, instantly creating a wall of electricity in the location they were rushing towards. Maple Blood was immediately stuck to the wall of electricity, twitching violently. Di Zi and Qian Mo weren't as fast as Maple Blood, and were spared. Seeing that Qian Li Zui attacked the moment they came out, the two shouted in unison, "Despicable!!!"

"What's the hurry, you won't die," Gu Fei smiled.

It was indeed difficult to be electrocuted to death by an electricity wall, but it was embarrassing to be stuck on it, doing that breakdancing-like twitching. And it would last for a full twenty seconds, how could they bear it? Moreover, Gu Fei was the enemy, and how could they fully trust the enemy's words? Di Zi waved the scepter in his hand and began healing Maple Blood, obviously a Holy Knight.

Gu Fei smiled and ignored them. The people upstairs still couldn't see what was happening in the blind spot at the door, only seeing the flashing electric light. This flickering was even more frightening.

While Di Zi was rescuing Maple Blood, he and Qian Mo carefully watched Qian Li Zui's movements, guarding against his sneak attacks. At the same time, they were also anxious. Maple Blood seemed to be stuck to the electric net and couldn't get down. If Qian Li Zui attacked now, how could they dodge? But Gu Fei just watched them work, not intending to attack at all. The people on the rooftop had already asked what was happening in the channel. The mages and archers originally wanted to attack Gu Fei again, but after hearing that he had passed up such a good opportunity to attack, they were a little embarrassed to attack.

As for ambushing people as they came out… Di Zi and Qian Mo were indeed impulsive when they shouted "despicable," but in fact, the Eagle Platoon as a whole didn't think much of it. How could they call a sneak attack despicable? They had been ambushing the Ten Guild Alliance for a whole day.

Twenty seconds later, the wall of electricity disappeared. With Di Zi's healing, Maple Blood's life hadn't decreased at all. But after twitching for nearly half a minute, he suddenly stabilized, and Maple Blood was somewhat unaccustomed to it. Gu Fei smiled at him and raised his sword: "Come on!"

Gu Fei's mana was full at this moment, which was the real reason he threw out the wall of electricity. He knew that his opponents were experts, and the battle would likely be intense, so it was better to have full mana. These three had confidently come to challenge him, but Gu Fei was also wary of them having some tricks up their sleeves.

"Ya!" Maple Blood roared and charged forward. Gu Fei frowned. Didn't these three have any coordinated tactics? This guy was rushing forward so impulsively. He should have known not to waste those twenty seconds.

Thinking this, Gu Fei dodged the charge and skillfully swung his sword to chop off his head. Maple Blood had just been embarrassed by the electricity, but he still had some real skill. Seeing that Gu Fei had dodged, he immediately spun into a Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash). Gu Fei couldn't withstand this skill head-on, so he had to retreat and dodge. Maple Blood didn't conserve his rage and kept spinning, coming towards Gu Fei. Gu Fei raised his sword and struck Maple Blood with a Lei Dian Shu (Lightning Spell), but this person was a warrior, not a mage, so the skill wasn't interrupted by the attack. Di Zi immediately cast a Sheng Yu Shu (Holy Healing Spell), and Maple Blood's spirits remained high.

The Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash) kept spinning and spinning, and Gu Fei could only avoid its edge, while also wondering how this guy's rage could last so long. Gu Fei was a very experienced PKer, and he knew a lot about the combat characteristics of various classes. The warrior class couldn't use skills without rage. So, rage control was a major topic. Zhan Wu Shang, that boastful guy, often talked about these things. But this Maple Blood, constantly using Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash) like this, clearly didn't fit with Zhan Wu Shang's often-mentioned "rage control" discipline.

Gu Fei didn't dare to fight head-on, dodging the Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash) and retreating repeatedly. Di Zi secretly laughed in his heart. He wasn't participating in the battle head-on at this moment, and he could see clearly from the sidelines. Qian Mo had taken advantage of Qian Li Zui's attention being focused on Maple Blood to sneak behind Gu Fei, and was silently extending his fist.

Qian Mo was ambushing, ambushing very seriously. He wasn't like Ba Yi Xi San, who shouted loudly when his knife was about to stab someone. Qian Mo didn't say a word from beginning to end. His right hand was above, his left hand was below, palms facing each other, supported at his waist, silently accumulating power. He, Qian Li Zui, and Maple Blood had formed a straight line. Although Maple Blood was spinning, he could see the situation clearly. He was consciously forcing Qian Li Zui onto this line.

"It's easy…" Di Zi chuckled to himself. He knew what skill Qian Mo was about to use. If Qian Li Zui continued to retreat like this, as long as he stepped into Qian Mo's Qi wave range, he would be pushed by Qian Mo's Qi force into Maple Blood's Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash), and then everything would be over.

"Die…" Di Zi muttered in his heart, but suddenly his eyes flashed, seeing that Qian Li Zui's left hand seemed to be flashing with some light.

He took another step back!

Gu Fei's dodge finally gave Qian Mo the opportunity he had been waiting for. He pushed his hands out from his waist, and the surging Qi had been accumulated for a long time, but Qian Mo didn't say a word.

As the fierce wind swept out, Qian Mo saw Qian Li Zui turn his head, thinking that he had noticed too late. Who would have thought that Qian Li Zui would actually smile at him, and then his person disappeared.

Qian Mo was shocked, and at the same time heard Di Zi and Maple Blood shouting, "Behind you!!!"

Qian Mo didn't even bother to look back, flipping over to dodge, but a palm had already pressed against his back.

"Go!" He heard Qian Li Zui say to him, and felt a jolt of electricity-like paralysis all over his body. His person flew out uncontrollably. In the blink of an eye, the person pushed into Maple Blood's Xuan Feng Zhan (Whirlwind Slash) wasn't Qian Li Zui, but him.

Of course, Maple Blood wouldn't spin his own brother to death. Seeing Qian Mo, he quickly stopped the skill. Qian Mo wasn't harmed, but he collided with Maple Blood. Gu Fei rushed forward in a flash, and the three were shocked. Gu Fei's target wasn't Maple Blood or Qian Mo, but Di Zi.

"Why are you just watching the fun and not attacking?" Gu Fei smiled and swung his sword at Di Zi. Di Zi hurriedly raised his scepter, thinking that Qian Li Zui's sword didn't seem to be fast, and he might be able to block it.

But at this moment, Gu Fei's sword changed direction. With a retraction and a push, it clearly changed to a different attack method, but everything happened in the blink of an eye. Di Zi didn't see what technique it was, only feeling that he was still holding his scepter like an idiot, while Gu Fei's sword was clearly aimed at his chest.

Flames erupted as Gu Fei chanted Shuang Yan Shan (Double Flame Palm). Di Zi knew that dodging was impossible. He used his skills very smoothly, casting Zhu Fu (Blessing) and Sheng Yu Shu (Holy Healing Spell) almost simultaneously with the flames. Di Zi didn't die, and Maple Blood and Qian Mo also rushed to rescue him, one using Chong Feng (Charge) and the other using the pugilist's Ce Ma Liu Xing (Galloping Meteor), arriving at almost the same speed.

Gu Fei flashed and actually slipped behind Di Zi, and very impiously pushed Di Zi forward. In Gu Fei's wanted list, these three were all on the list. He was busy with all this, actually wanting to borrow a knife to kill people. Ba Yi Xi San was sent to prison out of helplessness. For these people, Gu Fei thought he should think of some ways.

Di Zi was pushed forward, which was another test for Qian Mo and Maple Blood's skills. Gu Fei was about to admire the result when he suddenly suffered a heavy blow to his abdomen. Gu Fei flew backwards, he was very confused. Di Zi was still facing away from him, and he didn't know what attack had hit him. At the same time, Maple Blood had interrupted his Chong Feng (Charge), and suddenly jumped up from above Di Zi.

Di Lie Zhan (Earth Shattering Slash)!