Chapter 250 Why Do They Listen to You?

"Why do they listen to you?" Xi Yao Wu was full of questions.

"Task reward. Remember, the final blow must be yours," Gu Fei instructed.

"What if it isn't?" Xi Yao Wu still had questions.

"Perhaps they'll complete the wanted task for me?" Gu Fei guessed. "I'm not too sure, it's my first time doing this."

"What's their attack power?" Xi Yao Wu asked.

"Don't know," Gu Fei said.

"Then how am I supposed to grasp the final blow?" Xi Yao Wu was annoyed.

"Intuition?"

"Are you asking me?" Xi Yao Wu wanted to pinch Gu Fei.

"Hurry up, they're getting far away. Do a good job, I'm counting on you." Gu Fei patted Xi Yao Wu's shoulder, not giving her a chance to ask any more questions, turned around and darted out of the street.

"Hello everyone." Gu Fei waved at the players. Although he didn't have any PK (player-killing) value on him to run rampant, he still thought that being passively attacked would be better than dealing with wanted missions all the time.

"Qian Li Zui!!!" The greeted players quickly recognized Gu Fei. The shouts of "Qian Li Zui" echoed outside the dungeon door, making it unclear whether they were hostile or welcoming.

There were a lot of players here this time, so they were naturally very confident. Seeing Gu Fei's arrogant appearance, someone immediately stepped forward. Facing thousands of players, Gu Fei would be instantly crushed in a head-on battle. He needed to make good use of the terrain. Dodging a flying arrow, Gu Fei accurately struck the archer with a Lightning Spell.

Instant kill!

This archer was obviously not very strong, as a single Lightning Spell killed him. Gu Fei checked himself again, and he didn't have any PK value. This was a successful passive counterattack.

The crowd surged towards Gu Fei like a tide. This was the effect Gu Fei wanted, so he immediately retreated. However, he didn't look like he was running away, but rather like he was going to use the street terrain for a final battle. Gu Fei didn't dare to underestimate his opponents' intelligence. Suddenly jumping out and shouting a few words, then turning around and running away would be too obvious, and everyone would suspect a conspiracy.

Gu Fei retreated back to his original hiding place. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that Xi Yao Wu was still standing there, so he was anxious. However, he couldn't remind her out loud, as his opponents were right in front of him. Just as he was worried that his messaging skills were too low to give a timely warning, Xi Yao Wu's figure finally began to fade. The girl had entered stealth mode.

Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief. Arrows and spells came rumbling towards him, so Gu Fei sidestepped and stuck to the wall, and the attacks all brushed past him. A group of thieves took advantage of their agility and instantly pounced in front of Gu Fei, each wielding a knife and stabbing at him. Gu Fei remained calm and collected, watching the incoming attacks and blocking or dodging them. Several thieves were happily shouting, "Quick, we've caught up!"

But Gu Fei was the first to answer them. The Dark Night Flowing Light Sword, wrapped in flames, was the best response. If he hadn't been waiting for the chance for a passive attack, they wouldn't have even had the chance to surround him.

The weak thieves couldn't withstand this powerful attack and were instantly killed. But waiting for the opponent to attack first before retaliating was a waste of time. After a few seconds, the opponent surged over in large numbers. Seeing that he couldn't fight them head-on anymore, Gu Fei pushed off the wall and jumped up, using Instant Shift to get back onto the roof.

"Ladders!!!"

After getting on the roof, Gu Fei faintly heard someone shouting this in the chaotic crowd below. Looking back, he saw several people pulling out makeshift wooden ladders from their pockets with incredible speed. Gu Fei had been using this trick for so long that people had developed strategies to counter it.

Gu Fei didn't have time to admire their ladder-climbing skills. The opponent's ranged attackers were still chasing him, and he couldn't escape even on the roof. He quickly accelerated and ran. Looking back, he saw that the melee attackers were starting to climb the ladders, while the ranged attackers were chasing and attacking from the streets on both sides of the rooftops.

Escaping wasn't difficult, Gu Fei was thinking, when a message rang. He opened it and saw it was from Xi Yao Wu. Gu Fei panicked, thinking that the girl had already failed. But after reading the message, he realized it wasn't. Xi Yao Wu was asking another question: "How do I escape after I succeed?"

"Uh… well, that will test your wit and courage." Gu Fei broke into a sweat after saying that. He had really overlooked this. This wasn't the right time to joke around, so after sending the message, he quickly added another: "If it doesn't work, come back first, and we'll think of another way."

"You're useless!" Xi Yao Wu replied with just that, and then there was no sound. Gu Fei didn't know what her plan was, so he quickly sent another message, but was scolded, "It's noisy! Don't disturb me."

Gu Fei quickly shut up and ran silently. After a few steps, he suddenly thought, why was he focused on running away again? Wouldn't that make people suspicious? He had to look like he was fighting! Thinking about this, he checked his skill cooldowns. Instant Shift was ready. Looking behind him, the thieves weren't running very smoothly on the rooftops, and the archers on the street below were faster. As for the other short-legged characters, they had already fallen behind.

Gu Fei analyzed the situation and decided that the archers on the left street were one position ahead, so he could cut them down two steps earlier. Without hesitation, he jumped down to the left street.

If the archers were high enough level and their equipment wasn't too bad, they would definitely be faster than Gu Fei. The archers were chasing closely, looking up and firing wildly, planning to turn around and fire back after chasing for a while. But they didn't expect Gu Fei to suddenly jump down.

The archers panicked as soon as someone good at close combat broke into their ranks. These archers had fired so many arrows at Gu Fei that he estimated he had been passively attacked for a long time. As soon as he landed, he didn't hold back and used Twin Incineration in a spinning motion, killing more than a dozen people on the spot.

After that, Palm Thunder, Lightning Spell, and normal attacks were used. All usable attacks were used. The archers were chasing too closely, objectively providing Gu Fei with the opportunity to kill them. Gu Fei threw two more area-of-effect spells into the crowd. There was no room to dodge in the street. If you dodged one, you would be squeezed by another. Screams and flames filled the air. Gu Fei seized the time and brandished his sword, turning into a butcher.

The thieves on the rooftops finally caught up after stumbling for a while, and they all jumped down to fight Gu Fei.

Gu Fei wasn't afraid of these two classes. But there were just too many opponents. It would be fine if it were just archers. Archers were very inconvenienced when attacking, and they couldn't use their strength when moving through the crowd. But the thieves were different. If they drowned him in a sea of people, Gu Fei estimated that he wouldn't be able to hold on, unless Twin Incineration had no cooldown and he had infinite mana.

After swinging his sword and slashing for a while, Gu Fei smiled as he watched more and more thieves come down. "I can fly, can you?"

After saying that, he kicked off the other wall and used Instant Shift to get back onto the roof.

The pursuing players screamed and shouted loudly for the players with ladders. But the problem was that the ladders had been used before, and the people who had collected them were now at the back of the group, far away. A bunch of thieves glared, and desperately messaged the other players to go around to the other street.

Gu Fei smiled nonchalantly. Why didn't these guys familiarize themselves with the terrain? Not every building was sandwiched between two long streets. If they were all uniform, how boring would the city structure be? Gu Fei dodged the arrows and jumped away across the rooftops. At this point, he had already accumulated some PK value. Earlier, a large number of thieves had charged over, and some archers had abandoned their bows and drawn their swords to fight Gu Fei. Gu Fei couldn't care less about passive attacks. Now that he had PK value, the active and passive rules were invalid. After that, he would get one point for each person he killed. Gu Fei looked and saw that he already had seventeen points. He only casually killed a few, but he had already taken so many lives. The opponents were too brutal.

At this moment, Han Jia Gongzi happened to send a message asking how Gu Fei's battle was going.

"I've killed a lot."

"So, can I start?"

"Go!"

Han Jia Gongzi's initial idea was to test the authenticity of these studios himself. He had kept one scroll from each studio, and seeing that the time was ripe, he immediately began the teleportation investigation.

Let's talk about Xi Yao Wu's side.

This girl was certainly not simple-minded. At first, she used stealth to easily blend into the crowd without anyone noticing. Although it would be great to follow behind those two NPCs while maintaining stealth, if the other party happened to have someone who could detect stealth, there would be no way to explain her suspicious behavior.

So, the best way was still as Gu Fei said, to take advantage of the chaos and blend in when people weren't paying too much attention to each other.

What helped Xi Yao Wu was also an instruction from the other side.

Gu Fei suddenly appeared, trying his best to appear as if he was going to fight to the death. But any human with normal intelligence wouldn't think that Gu Fei wanted to take on so many players at once. Leaving aside ability, the 30 PK point limit alone would make the opponents think for Gu Fei.

Therefore, when Gu Fei suddenly came out to provoke them, they would only see it as him trying to weaken their strength, and also think that he was trying to draw their attention away.

But they had guessed wrong about Gu Fei's purpose in drawing their attention away. These people were guarding outside the dungeon door, focusing on punishing the guys who came out after serving their time. It had been a while since the encirclement began, and if there were players with only a few PK points, they would be close to leaving the dungeon. Black Finger would naturally think that Gu Fei was diverting their attention to create an opportunity for these released players to escape.

Leaving in a grand manner was of course impossible, but if they could be free from attack for just a few seconds after coming out, a teleport scroll could be activated.

Therefore, while chasing Gu Fei, the leading comrades calmly ordered some of their forces to concentrate at the dungeon door, while others chased Gu Fei.

Under these circumstances, Xi Yao Wu didn't arouse any suspicion as she moved in that direction. Everyone thought she was a member of the guild who had also received orders to defend the dungeon door.

As Xi Yao Wu moved in that direction, her eyes were fixed on the two guards. The players were completely unprepared for these two guards. Even when the guards turned slightly and headed towards Black Finger in the crowd instead of towards the dungeon door, they didn't take it seriously. They all actively made way when they saw the guards approaching.

At this point, Xi Yao Wu had already identified Black Finger. As a guild leader, other players would naturally stand around him in a circle. The closer she got to Black Finger, the more orderly the formation became, and in the center of this orderly circle, the one standing with his sword, had to be Black Finger.

Now that she had identified the target, Xi Yao Wu didn't need to follow the guards so closely. She looked around and found an angle suitable for her to suddenly attack. Slowly, slowly, she moved towards that side.

Closer, closer…

Xi Yao Wu nervously counted the distance between the two guards and Black Finger. She had already entered the circle of these Black Alliance players, pretending to be passing by, and didn't attract anyone's attention.

Attack!

Xi Yao Wu suddenly saw the two guards draw their swords in unison and charge together at Black Finger.

This change was too sudden, and no one expected the two NPCs to suddenly attack. After watching the NPC draw their swords and charge, everyone was still wondering, "What are these two NPCs doing?"

With such an unexpected attack, how many people could avoid it except for those with extremely abnormal reflexes? Black Finger unfortunately didn't have that ability. Like everyone else, he was wondering what kind of performance the two NPC guards were putting on when he was simultaneously knocked down by the two guards' charge.

Black Finger was instantly knocked to the ground, but he wasn't sent flying. This showed that the strength of the two guards was mediocre. This in turn made everyone suspicious. Some were shouting, "There's a spy!" Some were shouting, "Who is it?" And some had already started using Appraisal.

Guards, genuine system guards, these two were undoubtedly NPCs. But how could guards be so weak? A charge with both of them exerting force only knocked the player to the ground?

Just as a group of players were about to rush forward and finish off the two guards, someone suddenly shouted loudly, "Don't move!"

After shouting, he immediately turned to Black Finger and said, "Is it some kind of task?"

Black Finger understood immediately upon hearing this. Suddenly, two NPC guards, who had different strength from ordinary guards, inexplicably attacked him. If this wasn't a task, what was it?

Black Finger quickly opened his task panel, but he didn't find anything. However, perhaps he would only receive the task after he defeated these two guards?

While thinking this, Black Finger got up from the ground. At this moment, the two guards were surrounded by players and couldn't even get near him.

Xi Yao Wu had seized the opportunity. At the instant Black Finger was knocked down, countless people rushed to his rescue. Relying on her superior speed, Xi Yao Wu easily took the lead and reached Black Finger's side. However, the weakness of the two guards also exceeded her expectations. Seeing that Black Finger didn't panic after being knocked down, the damage probably wasn't very high. Maybe he could even take on these two guards alone.

"This is difficult…" Xi Yao Wu thought. These two guards were so weak that they couldn't even break through the players' blockade, so how would she have the chance to steal the final blow? Should she attack now? Black Finger still had priests with him, and he was a warrior. With the priests healing him, her burst output wouldn't be enough to kill Black Finger instantly. In the end, she would only be throwing her life away.

After thinking it over, Xi Yao Wu felt that she didn't even have a chance to take him down with her, so this task would probably be impossible. This was a very embarrassing thing for her, but she had to admit it. Xi Yao Wu helplessly sent a message to Gu Fei: "No chance!"

Gu Fei had already shaken off the pursuers and was waiting for news from both sides. Xi Yao Wu's message arrived first, and it was bad news. Gu Fei kindly expressed his concern for Xi Yao Wu first: "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, but there's no chance to attack. The two guards are too weak, they're nothing like the usual system guards," Xi Yao Wu said.

Gu Fei sighed, "Then retreat quickly, don't get discovered."

"Wait, there's a chance!!!" Xi Yao Wu suddenly replied.

"What?"

"Black Finger is courting death himself!!" Xi Yao Wu was too excited because she had clearly heard Black Finger instruct the players to let the two guards come over, because he wanted to fight them one-on-one.

"Don't heal, don't help me. These two guys aren't strong, and there aren't any hints in the task yet. What if the hidden condition is that the player has to defeat the target alone? It would be terrible if someone helped," Black Finger instructed.

The players nodded in understanding. There weren't a few of this kind of task in Parallel World. If it required a single person to complete, then it had to be completed entirely by a single person. Forming a team was not allowed, and help from strangers was also not allowed. Priests providing healing was also a form of assistance, and didn't count as being alone.

Everyone moved back a little, giving Black Finger space to perform. Black Finger was also full of confidence. He was a warrior, so he was naturally very familiar with the Charge skill. After taking two hits just now, he had a good understanding of the damage dealt by these two guards. It wouldn't be difficult for him to fight them two-on-one unless their health was unreasonably high. Then he would have to consider other options.

As soon as the two guards were free from the encirclement, they immediately attacked Black Finger again. This made Black Finger even more convinced that this was a task exclusive to him. So he took the initiative and launched a Charge, knocking one of the guards away with one hit. The surrounding supporters applauded, cheering for the guild leader's bravery.

The other guard slashed with his sword, but Black Finger dodged it. He slashed back, hitting the guard in the waist. Of course, NPCs had the NPC spirit. He didn't care about taking a hit and continued to slash. This time, Black Finger couldn't dodge it and was hit directly. However, he still wore a relaxed smile because the attack wasn't enough to scare him.

Next, the two sides exchanged blows, fighting fiercely. When the other guard, who had been knocked away, returned, Black Finger's sword lowered, and he activated Whirlwind Slash. After a series of sharp cuts, the guard who had been entangled with Black Finger for a while couldn't withstand it and was killed on the spot.