“No, no, this is wrong…” Thief Huan felt that Lord Grim’s approach was simply nonsense, but he couldn’t find any flaws for a moment, and could only mutter powerlessly.

“Of course it’s wrong. Neither PK to steal equipment nor scavenging is worth advocating,” Ye Xiu said.

“Then why are you talking so much nonsense?” Thief Huan was stunned.

“I’m helping you realize that occasionally picking up scraps isn’t shameful in the game. But going out of your way to scavenge is as shameful as PK to steal equipment, and it’s much less efficient, so it’s not only shameful but also idiotic. From the perspective of cherishing time and life, I recommend you spend your scavenging time on PK to steal equipment,” Ye Xiu said.

Thief Huan was about to vomit blood. How did cherishing life even come up?

“Then why are you scavenging here?” Thief Huan retorted.

“I’m just saying.”

“Then what are you doing now?”

“Can’t you see I’m defending myself?” Ye Xiu said.

“Defending yourself? You can log off now, why don’t you? What are you defending against!” Thief Huan said.

“Why should I log off? I want to act in self-defense. If people kill me, I’ll kill them back. A real man, no explanation needed!” Ye Xiu said.

Thief Huan, who was already preparing to finish these few sentences and log off, stopped abruptly. Damn, this guy’s words meant that logging off wasn’t manly, how could he endure that? He had to be a man! A pure one!

“Why haven’t you logged off yet?” Ye Xiu asked.

“A real man, no explanation needed!” Thief Huan said.

Ye Xiu smiled and didn’t say much. Lord Grim, hidden behind the wall, poked out half his head to take a look, then quickly retracted it.

“There are quite a few people in this team!” Ye Xiu said.

“Which team doesn’t have many people…” Thief Huan also glanced quickly, seeing a standard ten-man team, which was very normal.

“Five or less is easier to handle,” Ye Xiu said.

“Why?”

“Because I’ve studied that number more,” Ye Xiu said.

“Studied what?” Thief Huan asked.

“How to kill them.”

“Beast…” Thief Huan was dumbfounded. Someone who spends all day studying how to wipe out half a team is a beast, right?

“Jump up and see if there’s anyone on the roof,” Ye Xiu instructed.

Thief Huan was quick and nimble, and knew he was supposed to scout without Ye Xiu needing to elaborate. He jumped up, stabbed the ninja blade in and out, and finally hung on the edge of the roof, quickly scanning the area with half his head exposed.

“No one,” Thief Huan said.

“Then this area is just this team of ten people, how do we get them to scatter…” Ye Xiu seemed to be talking to himself.

“Charge out, I’ll go left, you go right, they’ll definitely split up to chase us. You’re familiar with the map, plan a route. Once either of us shakes them off, we’ll meet up and counterattack!” Thief Huan wasn’t without ideas.

“That won’t work,” Ye Xiu rejected.

“Why?”

“What if they don’t split up to chase us?” Ye Xiu asked.

“How could they not…” Thief Huan’s last “not” was cut short. He remembered the scene of a group of people ignoring him and surrounding Lord Grim as soon as they saw him. Not splitting up to chase was very possible…

“Go on the roof first?” Thief Huan suggested again.

“Going on the roof isn’t a good choice. If you have a choice, try not to go on the roof. The roof is as open as a plain,” Ye Xiu said. “Let’s go this way first.”

Lord Grim turned and left, Thief Huan following. After rushing out a few steps, he slipped into a room.

“No windows!” Thief Huan immediately observed after entering.

“Go to the second floor,” Ye Xiu said. The room was actually a small building.

There was a window on the second floor. Lord Grim walked to the window, only revealing half his view, while signaling Thief Huan to hide well.

The second-floor window had a clear view of the intersection below. The team of ten stopped at the intersection, looked around, then split into two teams. One team went straight, and the other headed towards them.

One step, one step, half the team of five reached the outside of the second-floor door and stopped.

“Go in and take a look,” someone in the team said. So, two people from the half-team went inside to investigate.

Thief Huan truly understood what it meant to give the other party multiple choices. Not just an intersection, even a doorway could be used. But now, it seemed they had no choice. Besides the window in front of them, there was no way out. Stepping out of this window would lead them directly to the three people below.

“Can we only go on the roof now?” Thief Huan said.

“Run? Now is the perfect opportunity to counterattack,” Ye Xiu said.

Footsteps sounded downstairs, and after a moment, they turned towards the stairs. The two players had obviously finished checking downstairs and were heading upstairs.

“Focus on attacking one person,” Ye Xiu didn’t speak, but used messages instead. During the escape, the two had formed a team again.

Thief Huan quietly drew his ninja blade. As the footsteps grew closer and closer, almost right next to his ear, he finally saw the heads of the two people emerge from the stairwell.

“The one on the right!” Ye Xiu sent a message, and Lord Grim threw a grenade. Thief Huan was also quick. Seeing the message, he immediately used "Swift Gale Shuriken." This was an enhanced version of the shuriken skill, only available after becoming a ninja.

The spinning five-sided shuriken resembled a small vortex, flying straight towards the player on the right. Thief Huan also pounced forward.

Flames erupted as Lord Grim’s grenade arrived first. The blast of the explosion lifted the two people coming upstairs up and down. One was blown onto the stairs, and the other was pushed rolling down.

The player on the right was hit by the Swift Gale Shuriken. Thief Huan pounced, used Sparrow Fall to step on his shoulder, jumped up, and then threw out a rope, using Back Throwing Neck Binding Technique to immediately slam the player onto the second floor.

Everything happened in an instant. When Thief Huan slammed the player down, the one on the left hadn’t even finished falling down the stairs. Seeing this up-and-down fall, Thief Huan was once again lost in thought.

Was this intentionally created? Was the judgment of the grenade so precise? Perfectly timed to be before and after the two players, blowing them apart?

Small skill, big use.

Super expert demeanor!

Thief Huan thought to himself, not stopping the attack. He turned his gaze and found that Lord Grim hadn’t rushed up to help but was still looking at the scenery outside the window.

“What are you doing!” Thief Huan was angry. This was a rare opportunity, why not seize the time, and you call yourself a killing expert?

Lord Grim immediately turned and fired two shots "bang bang," then quickly turned back to look at the scenery. The two shots seemed to perfunctorily answer Thief Huan’s call, making him angry. But, these two shots were extremely accurate. Turning his head, firing the gun, so quickly, they didn’t miss.

“Have you looked enough!” Thief Huan attacked extremely quickly. Although it was only a one-on-one, the player had no power to fight back, and Thief Huan pushed him all the way to the window, almost sending him out.

“Hey, be careful, don’t push him out,” Lord Grim quickly used a knee strike at this time, knocking the player to the side.

“Hurry up!” Thief Huan was anxious. The other party wasn’t alone, but five people. The support of the other four could arrive at any moment!

“Okay!” This time he finally got a serious response. Lord Grim finally attacked. Although level 52 did very limited damage to level 70, it could still speed up the pace. Working together, this player was quickly knocked to the ground.

*Pa!*

A piece of equipment fell to the ground. Thief Huan subconsciously wanted to pick it up, but then he saw Lord Grim was still looking out the window, seemingly not caring about the equipment at all, so he also resisted.

“What are you looking at?” Thief Huan was curious, there must be something to see!

“The Art of War says: When the enemy’s strength is unknown, their plans are deep and unfathomable, so we should not advance rashly, but probe their strengths. Feign an attack to stir up the grass and lure the snake out of its hole, do you understand?” Ye Xiu said.

“I’ll stab you to death! You believe that?”

“Flee!” Ye Xiu shouted and jumped out the window.

“Damn!” This was a bit sudden. Thief Huan didn’t expect such a strong breakthrough method and was half a beat slower jumping out.

Leaping out of the window, he saw a lot of scenery, especially a lot of swaying figures, their movements all seeming to point this way.

Lord Grim in mid-air fired a cannon towards the back, actually firing a reverse Tank Cannon. Three shells were fired together. Thief Huan followed the view and saw that it was accurate! The three shells flew straight towards the doorway of that room. The four people in the half-team were still circling at the doorway!

Using the recoil of this cannon, Lord Grim stayed in the air longer. The rooftop opposite was lower than the second-floor window, and then gunshots continued. Using the Flying Gun technique, he flew directly across an entire street.

Thief Huan’s ninja didn’t have this method. But after the Tank Cannon, the four people on the street below were attacked by Lord Grim’s Flying Gun shots, and they were all messed up. Thief Huan landed without any obstacles, but as soon as he looked around, more people were rushing towards him. Thief Huan didn’t dare to delay, climbed the wall and went on the roof. Lord Grim had already left him behind by several positions.

“Hurry up.” Hearing the urging voice from ahead, Thief Huan also hurried to catch up.

This run was hurried, sometimes high, sometimes low, and many places were completed with skillful operations. Thief Huan couldn’t bother studying the route, nor did he ask any questions, and only managed to keep up. He couldn’t help but think of the strict positioning tests in the God Domain challenge mission.

At first, Thief Huan often heard shouts of fighting and killing, shouting "over here," but after Lord Grim ran another distance, the sounds gradually diminished and slowly calmed down. Then, the newly entered combat state ended again, and he escaped again.

“What a pity, we can only kill one!”

It wasn’t until this time that Thief Huan arrived next to Lord Grim, and immediately heard this guy say with regret.

Although Thief Huan wasn’t a real person running, he felt a bit weak after this run. On the one hand, he was nervous, and on the other hand, there were many operations along the way. He vaguely understood that the moment the two started attacking, the other party immediately called for help, and that guy stood by the window, looking down, and roughly saw the route deployment of the other party’s reinforcements, and then led him all the way through the encirclement of enemies coming from all directions. It was shocking, it was dangerous, but if it were him, he would definitely be blocked on the road. Thief Huan didn’t doubt this.

“Self-defense counterattack, now officially begins!” As a result, Thief Huan, who had just felt relieved, heard this guy announce seriously.