Chapter 151 Underwater Ambush

Ye Xiaowu only understood the standard mission process. He assumed that after Gu Fei and the others obtained the "magic bubble," they would eagerly proceed with the diving task. Little did he know they would run to Courtney to inquire about its usage. He completely overlooked the players' thought process. Thus, another misunderstanding arose. Broken Water Arrow was still unaware that Gu Fei and his party had detoured to Courtney. He only noticed the three guild leaders beside him suddenly showing strange expressions.

"What's wrong?" Broken Water Arrow quickly asked. As someone with combat experience, he could sense the three leaders' suspicion towards him. Surrounded by a group of players who could kill him at any moment, he preemptively asked when he sensed something was amiss.

"Qian Li Zui interacted with Courtney again. You little brat, are you playing a trick on us again?!" The three leaders were furious and raised their hands to eliminate Broken Water Arrow.

"Where did they go now?!" Seeing the critical situation, Broken Water Arrow didn't have time for lengthy explanations. He directly asked a crucial question to grab their attention.

The three leaders paused and quickly questioned their informants. The informants reported that Qian Li Zui and his party's direction after finishing their interaction with Courtney was precisely where they were ambushing.

The three leaders' expressions softened slightly. Broken Water Arrow also breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, his question hit the key point; otherwise, he would have already returned to the respawn camp.

"Their visit to Courtney might have been due to some questions they wanted to ask, but the official, necessary, and decisive part of the mission plot is here. They must come here to complete it," Broken Water Arrow seized the opportunity to explain clearly.

"After all, doing missions is subjective for players. What I told you is a checkpoint that Qian Li Zui and the others must go through next. As for where they go to fight monsters, log off for a meal, or chat with Courtney in between, how would I know?" Broken Water Arrow continued.

The three leaders finally relaxed completely and nodded. Upstream asked, "Then what was with the last time?"

"That was clearly a place with branching mission checkpoints. Qian Li Zui and his actions were misleading. Perhaps they did it intentionally. In any case, we were tricked," Broken Water Arrow said. "But this time, it definitely won't happen. The mission has reached this point; there's only one choice."

"We also hope you're right," Boundless Sword nodded.

The three guilds, nearly three thousand people, waited silently in the reeds. Players who wanted to have a romantic date in the reeds that day were extremely unlucky. They moved from the east end to the west end, from the west end to the south end, but these siege warfare players kept drilling around and wouldn't give them a peaceful environment. Seeing the powerful backing of these people from the three major guilds, the players could only curse inwardly and continue migrating.

Gu Fei and his four companions approached the location where he had previously dived. They didn't lower their guard. Although they had shaken off the pursuit with unpredictable teleport scrolls, the mission's locations were fixed. With Ye Xiaowu secretly plotting against them, the three major guilds probably had ambushes prepared. Anyone with a bit of intelligence could figure that out. Moreover, they had just encountered a few lovebirds with grief-stricken expressions. After asking around, the three major guilds' ambush was completely exposed.

This was something the three major guilds couldn't help. They couldn't possibly kill people to silence them, right? That would have a terrible impact. They could only ask these lovebirds to understand and cooperate by moving to a more hidden location. As a result, some of them were so filled with resentment that they didn't want to continue playing there anymore. Gu Fei and his party met them when they were leaving Yun Jiao Lakeside. Xi Xiaotian was good at observing people's expressions. Seeing that these people looked strange, he asked them a few questions and immediately understood the situation.

"As expected, they already know our next step. That place has been blocked off," Xi Xiaotian said to the three.

As Gu Fei was thinking, Swift Waist suddenly spoke, "The place we need to go is underwater, right?"

Gu Fei nodded.

"Then why do we have to walk from the shore here? We can go by water," Swift Waist said.

"I don't have a boat, and I can't swim," Gu Fei said helplessly.

"I can go! Give me the scroll," Swift Waist said.

"You just want to play with the scroll, don't you?" Gu Fei said.

"Who would want to play with your bobblehead scroll! Give me a teleport scroll. I'll swim over there, set up a coordinate, and then you can teleport directly over, right?" Swift Waist said.

"Oh, do you actually have that much wisdom?" Gu Fei said in surprise.

Swift Waist kicked him. Gu Fei dodged and gave her a teleport scroll.

Xi Xiaotian said from the side, "Since you're going to swim over anyway, why not just bring him along? There's no stamina consumption in the game. It shouldn't be difficult to swim with one person, right?"

"You'd have to be a very good swimmer, right?" Gu Fei said.

"I can swim from this end to that end. You're saying I'm not a good swimmer?" Swift Waist said angrily.

"Are you sure it's okay?" Gu Fei asked.

"If there's a problem, I'll drown you. Anyway, I don't have a problem," Swift Waist said.

"There are so many scrolls. Just make one here, then Sister Swift swims over, sets up a coordinate at that location, and then teleports back. Give the scroll to Qian Li, and Qian Li can teleport directly over. That's actually faster," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Scrolls are a thousand gold each... you guys are really willing to spend the money," Xi Xiaotian said.

"Young Master Han's money," Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered.

This time, Gu Fei didn't even criticize him because he thought using the scrolls this way was very valuable. If it was valuable, then it wasn't a waste.

"But I suggest changing the location," Xi Xiaotian said.

"Why?"

"I think Courtney definitely has their informants stationed there. Our movements here are likely to have been grasped by them. If they see us swimming over to set up a coordinate, they'll be on guard, right?" Xi Xiaotian said.

"If you put it that way, it's difficult. With the Four Great Guilds' manpower, who knows where else they have informants stationed? Just because we change the location, does that guarantee we won't be noticed?" Gu Fei said.

"At least I think we'll definitely be noticed here," Xi Xiaotian said.

Gu Fei thought for a while and finally nodded. "Let's change the location! We'll get out of the reeds' observation range first and detour from afar."

The four of them left. Xi Xiaotian was right. The informants stationed at Courtney had been secretly following the four of them, watching their movements from afar. When they saw the four of them suddenly turning around, they quickly reported to the leaders.

"Damn it, what's going on this time?" The three leaders didn't rashly suspect Broken Water Arrow this time. Instead, they discussed it with him.

"This... did they think of something else again?"

"What other actions did they take?" The three leaders asked their informants.

"They exchanged a few words with the players here," the informants reported.

"Damn it, those dog lovers!!!" The three leaders immediately realized that these lovebirds had betrayed their actions and cursed angrily.

"It seems these guys know we're guarding here and deliberately ran off somewhere else to play," Boundless Sword said.

"Follow them!" On the other side, the three leaders sent sharpshooters to monitor them from a distance.

But this time was different from the last time. Last time, Gu Fei and the others deliberately wanted the other party to pay attention to their actions to mislead them. But this time, they didn't want to reveal their whereabouts at all. It was actually very difficult for the sharpshooters to maintain surveillance from a hundred meters away. The few of them left the reeds in a hurry to find Gu Fei and his party, but they were nowhere to be found.

"Report, they're gone..." the informants reported regretfully.

"No matter what, they will definitely come to this place!" Broken Water Arrow gave the leaders reassurance.

"We know that," the three leaders said. "But... when will they come? If they don't come, are we going to keep guarding here?"

The three leaders' goal was the city war. They were guarding Qian Li Zui only because they were afraid of completely failing the city war. Frankly speaking, what they were doing now was saving the entire Cloud City's siege guild. However, they didn't want other guilds to interfere because they hoped that after eliminating Qian Li Zui, they could take over the two-way mission from him and lead the siege guild to win the final victory. Having two guilds around them was already annoying enough; they couldn't bring in any more. After Yun Zhong Mu Di was killed by Courtney, the three of them quickly got rid of him, which showed their intentions.

Riding a tiger made it difficult to get off. The three of them were really depressed! They realized that every time they fought Qian Li Zui, they would put themselves in a situation where they were riding a tiger, facing a dilemma.

"Uh... Qian Li Zui and the others are just four people. There's really no need for so many people. Everyone should leave some elite manpower, and the others should go do what they need to do," Broken Water Arrow suggested.

"You have a big mouth. Have you fought Qian Li Zui before?" The three leaders looked at Broken Water Arrow and thought this person was ignorant.

Broken Water Arrow said with shame, "I've fought him twice when the number of people was not too different, and I lost."

"Yeah, we're not surprised," Boundless Sword patted Broken Water Arrow and thought this kid was showing off. He looked like he wouldn't have lost if there were more people. As the three guild leaders who always had hundreds more people than Qian Li Zui but still lost, they felt a lot of pressure.

"I think a hundred people are enough to deal with Qian Li Zui with the skill of ordinary players," Broken Water Arrow said.

"Bro, are you kidding?" The three leaders stared at Broken Water Arrow.

"Of course not, but the condition is that it has to be arranged and commanded by me," Broken Water Arrow said.

"Who exactly are you?" Seeing this person acting so pretentious, the three leaders couldn't help but ask about his background.

"Uh, just someone with real combat experience. I was a soldier," Broken Water Arrow said.

"Oh?"

"And I've fought Qian Li Zui many times and have some experience," Broken Water Arrow said.

"You just said that the number of people wasn't too different. What was the situation?" The three leaders suddenly became interested.

"Oh, it was me and my comrades. On Qian Li Zui's side, it was him and his friends. Young Master Elite Squad, and Jian Nan You's group!" Broken Water Arrow said.

"Brother, do you have a guild?" Boundless Sword suddenly became enthusiastic.

"What are your brothers doing now?" Upstream wasn't slow either.

"Our guild has a lot of empty spots," Black Finger came with something practical.

Broken Water Arrow smiled bitterly. "They're very busy. They're not here anymore." Broken Water Arrow's comrades were all middle-aged men, each bearing the great responsibility of supporting their families. They didn't have much time to hang out in the game. Moreover, they weren't interested in the game itself. They were just invited by Broken Water Arrow to put down their work and come in to play hard for a while, but they didn't complete their mission. If they continued to play, their lives would be replaced by the game, so these adults would definitely make a mature choice.

"That's a pity. What about you, brother?" The three asked.

"I... I'll talk about it later!" Broken Water Arrow said vaguely.

"Haha, okay, old brother will fight this battle with us first," Boundless Sword's heroic energy came up again.

"Then, should we choose a hundred people from the guild for you to command?" Upstream expressed his trust.

"My guild members are all here. Pick whoever you want," Black Finger's heroism and trust came together.

Broken Water Arrow nodded. He chose the professions he needed from the three major guilds and then made careful arrangements in the reeds. The three leaders were still a little doubtful at first, but Broken Water Arrow knew their thoughts. He explained while making arrangements, and gradually, the three men's doubts disappeared. They found that Broken Water Arrow really had tactical skills that ordinary players didn't have.

The three men were relieved. To be on the safe side, they chose another hundred people. It was always good to have more people. Then, they sent the rest to attack the city or do missions. In short, they couldn't give up the points they could get in the city war.

Gu Fei and his four companions threw off the informants and detoured a large circle. Finally, Swift Waist came up with an idea: "You guys don't go. I'll stealth over, attack directly, and then swim over to give you the scroll to set up the coordinate. Wouldn't that mean no one would find out?"

"Can you also stealth in the water?" Gu Fei asked.

"I've never actually tried it," Swift Waist said. "But I can swim stealthily for a while, or you can give me a bubble scroll."

"The bobblehead scroll isn't fun," Gu Fei said.

"Tch." Swift Waist looked down on him. "Give me a teleport scroll."

Gu Fei took two, set up a coordinate at this location, and gave them to Swift Waist.

"Wait for me." Swift Waist went into stealth and quietly walked towards the reeds. Gu Fei and his friends didn't show their faces and hid behind, waiting for the result.

"You can also stealth in the water. Awesome!" Swift Waist sent the first message a moment later.

"Then go quickly, awesome girl!" Gu Fei said.

"I'll swim further away and then speed up," Swift Waist replied. Stealth in the water was even slower. Swift Waist swam a hundred meters away from the shore before canceling her stealth state and started speeding up towards the coordinate Gu Fei pointed out.

Half an hour later, Swift Waist swam to the designated spot. From here, she could see the reeds on the shore, extremely still.

"I've arrived," Swift Waist said. "Setting up the coordinate now." Swift Waist took out another scroll and set up the coordinate there.

Suddenly, arrows were fired from the shore, five in a row. Swift Waist reacted quickly, but her movements in the water were really slow. She only dodged one arrow and was hit by four.

More archers emerged from the reeds on the shore. There were also some mages, holding their staves with great regret. Swift Waist's location was out of their mages' attack range. But there were still warriors. Several people jumped into the lake with a splash, approaching Swift Waist.

Swift Waist wouldn't be killed by Broken Water Arrow's five-arrow combo, but the second round of arrows was coming, and she didn't want to resist it. After taking a deep breath, she plunged into the bottom of the lake.

"She swam to the bottom," voices shouted from the shore. Broken Water Arrow was also wiping sweat at this time. He said to one of the people next to him, "Thanks for reminding me. I actually forgot that they could go by water."

General Jiu smiled without saying a word. His previous fall into the lake had given him inspiration. Otherwise, ordinary players wouldn't have the awareness of water battles.

"We have to chase her," Broken Water Arrow also jumped into the water at this time, and those around him who could swim followed suit.

"Has the boat been brought over?" On the other side, Fallen Years kept urging.

"Not yet."

There were also some boats at Yun Jiao Lakeside. This was inspired by the remote expedition mission to Riverside City. Although Yun Jiao Lake's mud and reeds environment couldn't create the beach market like Riverside City, boating on the lake was still relatively attractive. Boundless Sword, the president of the Horizontal and Vertical Guild who was hopelessly in love, had been thinking about this. Later, he specially found a shipbuilding studio in Riverside City and asked them to make a boat. Boundless Sword originally intended to use it as a big move in the courtship process, but he hadn't found the opportunity yet. As a result, it was now used in war.

But obviously there were no sailors in Cloud City. The people from the Horizontal and Vertical Guild brought the boat over, but after it was launched, it ran aground, spun in place, and went directly to the shore. After finally figuring it out, they were now coming at full speed.

"I think it would be faster to just carry the boat over," General Jiu said.

Fallen Years glanced at him and ignored him.

Players of all professions jumped into the water. At this time, those who could dive dived down to pursue Swift Waist. Swift Waist was also quite skilled in swimming. When she went underwater, she saw countless waves churning in front of her. The other party was preparing to have a water fight. Swift Waist didn't want to fight at all this time. She immediately shook another scroll, and a teleport array appeared and disappeared.

"Splash," a splash of water, and the teleport scroll teleported Swift Waist and the water to Gu Fei and his friends, startling the three and causing them to dodge.

"Okay, give me the scroll. Go to the side and sunbathe," Gu Fei said.

"Don't be too happy," Swift Waist said. "They're prepared for the water. I think how are you going to deal with them later, you landlubber?"

"Is that so? But I can dive for thirty minutes. Can they?" Gu Fei said.

"Also, if you're underwater, can you use fire spells? If you can't use Twin Incineration, your attack power will be greatly reduced," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Even if I can use them, they'll be reduced. I can't do double damage in the water," Gu Fei said. Twin Incineration required rhythm and speed to turn around, and the resistance in the water was high, so the movements couldn't be completed to the required level.

"More importantly, what if that magic bubble can be broken?" Xi Xiaotian asked.

Gu Fei was stunned. This question was indeed very serious.

"Bobblehead has a very big target!" Swift Waist complained while drying herself.

"I think you also need to set up a coordinate here first. If the situation is wrong, run back," Xi Xiaotian said.

"What's the specific situation there now?" Gu Fei asked.

"Specifically... it doesn't seem like there are many people. If you're on the shore, the mages don't have enough attack range, but when they saw me, many people bravely jumped down," Swift Waist said.

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Tonight is the final, the final every four years. Call everyone to come and watch, and defeat the Octopus Emperor together!