Chapter 101 A Calculated Trap

Such indiscriminate attacks always kill off the squishier classes first. The mages of Rainbow Clouds kept respawning, flooding the Mage Academy plaza. Some self-destructed, some were blown up by others, but those who exploded were resurrected on the spot, making them seem less like they died and more like they possessed Gu Fei's instantaneous movement.

Over thirty mages released their energy in the white light. The vast majority didn't notice Jian Nan You's commands. Some ran around trying to dodge, while others tried to land a blow on the mages. But it was useless. Those who ran couldn't outrun the mages' death teleportation, and those who struck the mages were essentially helping them teleport.

The Rainbow Clouds mages sacrificed themselves to quickly clear the Mage Academy grounds. The various classes died and were transported to their respective resurrection points. The other classes were fine, but the priests were in a tragic situation. The Priest Academy was the Rainbow Clouds' gathering place, and they had long prepared to take turns killing the priests. The resurrected priests were quickly gang-killed. Logging off was the only way for the priests to escape at this point, but it was constantly interrupted by the concentrated encirclement. Forcefully logging off? Unless the house was on fire, forcefully logging off was never an option for Parallel World players.

"We seem to have fallen into a trap," Gu Fei said. From their position, they could still peek at the situation. Moreover, both guilds were in an uproar over the current situation.

"Could the mages' gathering in this direction be intentional?" Drifting's expression was terrible.

"They noticed early on that this was a good place for mages to ambush, so they deliberately placed mages in positions where they could attack. They also calculated that we would set up an ambush for the resurrected mages, using this opportunity to wipe out our priests at least…" Gui Tong said.

"Very likely…" Gu Fei said, frustrated. "Utilizing terrain is that guy's forte."

"You can tell just by looking at their current formation," Yun Xiang said after sneaking a peek.

"How so?"

"They haven't stationed a single person in our possible attack range," Yun Xiang said.

"Damn it, we really fell for it!" Gu Fei pounded the ground.

Drifting, who conceived the tactic, was even more ashamed, and rumors quickly spread in the guild that Drifting was a spy.

"Yu Tian Shen Ming, I'm seriously warning you to shut up," Gu Fei said, and the rumors quickly stopped.

"Don't make trouble," Xi Xiao Tian also criticized Yu Tian Shen Ming, amused. Yu Tian Shen Ming immediately ran to spread the rumor in the guild after hearing her analysis.

"I think it's possible!" Yu Tian Shen Ming insisted seriously. "Did you forget? Young Master even contacted Jian Nan You and them before we did, almost tricking them into leaving. Perhaps he contacted Drifting earlier and set up a chess piece in advance. He calculated that you would call Drifting for help."

Everyone was stunned. This possibility didn't seem impossible. Of the six mages, four cocked their heads and looked at Drifting. Only Gu Fei remained calm. "Personal grudges, everyone ignore them."

"That brat," Drifting said to the other four, embarrassed. "Qian Li is still righteous."

"What do we do next?" Yun Xiang asked. He had peeked several times, and their priests were being killed in the Priest Academy, which was heartbreaking. They couldn't do anything here.

"Without priests, the ground push tactic can't be implemented," Drifting said.

"Just priests!" Gu Fei was calm. He quickly messaged You Ge outside the city: "Calling You Ge, desperately short of priests, need a large number of priests."

"I know, but priests are really hard to find. Any newly established guild will lack priest-type classes. This is an objective law of online games. Ask Jian Gui if you don't believe me," You Ge hurriedly explained, afraid that Gu Fei would accuse him of being ineffective.

"I understand. We don't need priests to join the guild, we just need priests to help. As long as they're neutral and can enter the city, find friends or hire them, you figure it out," Gu Fei said.

"Hire them?" You Ge repeated.

"Yeah, you pay first," Gu Fei said.

You Ge felt a bit horrified. He didn't doubt Gu Fei's character, but the problem was that when Gu Fei settled the account with him in the future, he would be embarrassed to directly accept the money, wouldn't he? The guild didn't belong to one person. When money was needed, everyone should contribute. However, there wasn't time for that now. Or perhaps everyone would contribute later and then settle the account with me? You Ge thought, nodded, and replied: "Wait for my news."

Money makes things easier. This is a universal truth. You Ge and July, who couldn't recruit many priests even by begging, found that the leveling areas seemed to be full of priests as soon as they opened their wallets.

During this period of major currency adjustment, everyone was worried about how to earn gold coins in the future. You Ge was a hardcore player, familiar with player psychology and understanding the operations of the game. The hiring price he offered at this time, combined with the era, was enough to move any priest player.

Those who were with friends and family discussed it with them, expressing their desire to earn this pot of gold and requesting to leave temporarily.

Those who were with wild teams, the polite ones asked the captain and teammates for understanding; the moderately polite ones said they had something to do and quickly left; the impolite ones simply left.

You Ge was now full of airs. When hiring people with money, of course, you had to choose quality ones. The participating priests were asked about their five dimensions and spell power. For a priest, spell power meant the amount of healing they could provide.

As for the payment method that everyone was concerned about, You Ge listed names like Qian Li Zui, Jian Gui, Xi Yao Wu, Drifting, Gui Tong, etc., like selling cabbage. In the online game world, level symbolized everything. Players felt that these well-known experts valued their reputation and would definitely not engage in scams. Therefore, they had no questions about the payment method. After passing You Ge's screening and guidance into the city, many happily headed towards Yun Duan Main City.

"They're here!!!" You Ge's hiring work was in full swing when suddenly a group of people charged out of nowhere, pointing at You Ge and July and rushing towards them.

"Oh no!" You Ge exclaimed, quickly shouting for July to run. Hearing the group behind him shouting "Kill them, kill them," he felt terrified.

As a result, the priests were enraged. In this economically depressed era, finding a job was so difficult, and now a bunch of troublemakers suddenly appeared, disrupting everyone's way to make money. All the priests felt that their interests were being blatantly attacked, and they immediately called for friends.

These working priests who had just left their teams, some of their friends were nearby, and some even came with them. The wild players quickly gathered to clean up this group that was preventing them from making a living.

"Damn it, what are you doing? None of your business!!" The players who were being attacked and chased were furious, making a basic mistake. When outnumbered, no one should be so arrogant, because no one likes arrogance. As a result, some players who were too lazy to act were provoked, and everyone worked together to quickly clean up this group of pursuers.

"Thank you, thank you everyone." You Ge immediately stopped running after realizing the situation and secretly watched the show from the side. These wild players were really something, especially the priests who came from teams, bringing people directly from their teams. With a large number of people, it didn't take much effort to clear this guild's members. At this point, everyone felt like they had crushed a biting ant. Seeing You Ge and the two reappear, they quickly came over to apply for work again, and You Ge continued his work.

"Miscalculated… Damn it, the players in the leveling area are all on their side…" The Rainbow Clouds players who were killed and returned to the resurrection camp immediately reported to Gu Xiao Shang. This team was, of course, sent by Gu Xiao Shang. After learning about the other side's combat plan from players in the city, cutting off the other side's personnel replenishment was a must. Gu Xiao Shang originally thought that the area outside the city would naturally be the territory of their siege players, but the third-party force could never be ignored.

"Is that so? Reorganize and just sneak attack them," Gu Xiao Shang said after hearing the report, selecting some thieves and archers to prepare for a second sneak attack.

You Ge wasn't good at PK, but his ability to analyze the situation wasn't weak. He had recognized earlier that the other side was from Rainbow Clouds, and he estimated that they wouldn't let it go. He didn't know what methods they would use the second time, so he acted much faster. Of course, this hiring wasn't unlimited. You Ge personally sent the current combat members in the city, and he knew the number of people very well. Forty priests or so were enough to serve them.

So after recruiting forty people, You Ge immediately stopped working, sending the recruited list to Gu Fei and others while telling them that Rainbow Clouds had begun to prevent their external recruitment work.

"Move around a bit, the area outside the city is so big, don't let people find you so easily," Gu Fei said.

"I know, but there are too many eyes. Alas, being famous isn't a good thing after all!" The public announcement had already made many players in the leveling area aware that a city-defending guild was recruiting. Rainbow Clouds almost asked their way to find the two of them. If the two wanted to run, they had to go to uninhabited places, but if they went to such places, who would they recruit?

"You handle it yourself, be flexible," Gu Fei said.

"Your guild leader is very imposing now," You Ge said to July.

Entering the city was always much easier than leaving the city. Because before crossing the final system guard line, no one could be sure whether you were on the city-defending side. And once you bypassed this line of defense, players couldn't catch up even if they wanted to.

Inside the city, Gu Fei and others watched helplessly as the priests in the Priest Academy were pitifully killed off, unable to do anything. The situation at the Mage Academy was even more tragic. The Rainbow Clouds mages' self-destruction almost wiped out most classes. However, Resurgent Amethyst and Exceptionally Heaven-defying mages also resurrected in this place. If the mages of both sides blew each other up, the Rainbow Clouds mages had already exploded multiple times, losing out in terms of death count. But the problem was that the mages in Resurgent Amethyst and Exceptionally Heaven-defying were newly joined, and neither Jian Gui nor Gu Fei dared to issue such a tragic attack method.

And these newly joined members naturally didn't have the same strong spirit of sacrifice for the guild as Rainbow Clouds. They wanted to preserve their lives and reap benefits in the long battle for the city. Therefore, even though they resurrected in the Mage Academy, they didn't see it as an advantage to attack nearby, but instead, they feared the Rainbow Clouds mages' self-destruction. Upon resurrecting, they all thought about quickly fleeing this place. They didn't even notice that after the Rainbow Clouds mages had blown the Mage Academy to pieces, they had stopped using self-destruction attacks.

The difference between organized and disorganized, between willed and unwilled, was clearly manifested at this time. The Rainbow Clouds mages, in an originally unfavorable situation, gained an absolute advantage because of the weakness of the new mages of Resurgent Amethyst and Exceptionally Heaven-defying. Some of the Resurgent Amethyst and Exceptionally Heaven-defying mages ran away, and those who didn't run were being brutally killed in the Mage Academy. Some of the other players who had successfully escaped earlier were watching dumbfounded. They were completely frightened by the Rainbow Clouds mages' ferocity and didn't dare to step forward.

Jian Nan You's attempts to organize everyone were met with cold words.

"What's the point of fighting without priests?"

"Damn it, what's going on! How did you let thirty-odd mages get like this?"

"Where are the archers? Tell the archers to attack!"

"Where are the thieves? Tell the thieves to sneak in and attack!"

Complaints, pessimism, shifting responsibility. A newly established team couldn't withstand the tempering of such a cruel battle. The guild channel was full of complaints. Even Qian Li Zui, even the ladies, couldn't calm the players down at this time.

"Damn it, what's there to be afraid of! Everyone charge up and trade lives for lives, let's see how many times they can self-destruct!!!" Jian Nan You was furious at this time! His good brothers from the Seven, Lin Mu Sen Sen and Dao Cao Mu, had all died in the previous Rainbow Clouds self-destruction attack. He later realized that the other side's self-destruction attack, while said to be indiscriminate, actually had a focus of attack. When possible, they would choose to cast spells on the priests.

Of the Seven, four had already died completely 25 times and withdrawn from the battle. This caused Jian Nan You great pain. Especially when he saw these timid guys in front of him, he couldn't help but feel angry.

As a result, his very rational tactical decision didn't receive the support of the crowd. Selfish players all wanted to distance themselves from the 25 deaths as much as possible. They were unwilling to engage in suicide attacks.

In the end, Jian Nan You's call only resulted in a few timid Resurgent Amethyst ladies standing behind him. Even this didn't make the players feel ashamed. They felt that the ladies didn't understand the game and couldn't see the situation clearly.

"Damn, damn, damn!!" Jian Nan You couldn't vent in the entire guild, so he had to report the out-of-control situation here to Jian Gui and Gu Fei.

"Alas, newly joined members, how much effort can you expect from them?" Jian Gui said in a tone of vicissitudes.

"They have no future," Jian Nan You said bitterly.

"You Ge hired a batch of priests outside the city, and they're entering the city one after another. You guys intercept them at the East Gate? Also, tell the players who died just now to gather at the East Gate, we'll advance from the front," Jian Gui said.

"Can a team like this do it?" Jian Nan You had seen through them.

"We're not relying on them. The main thing is to use our elite as combat power, just organize the warriors and priests to form a cover," Jian Gui said.

"What about the Mage Academy? Are we ignoring it?" Jian Nan You was unwilling to give up!

"Qian Li has taken a team over there," Jian Gui said.

"Oh? What team?"

"A mage team."

"Oh? Oh, I see." Jian Nan You looked up and saw Gu Fei's mage six-man team. They had abandoned the meaningless ambush point outside the Priest Academy and quickly rushed to this chaotic Mage Academy.

"What's the situation?" Gu Fei asked Jian Nan You.

"A bunch of idiots," Jian Nan You said angrily. It was his first time leading a large team battle, and it was a failure. He was very unhappy, especially with this group being a complete mess.

Gu Fei and the others walked to the front of the Mage Academy and saw flames soaring inside, while the players outside were coldly watching. The only ones who were doing anything were the archers. But the archers hesitated after taking their bows and didn't dare to shoot. They were all new members, and they couldn't even distinguish which mages in the sea of fire were their own.

"Tell our mages to try to flash out," Gu Fei said.

"They've been doing that," Jian Nan You said.

"Okay, we'll go and meet them." Gu Fei led five mages into the academy. Seeing a suitable position, he used Instantaneous Movement to float in first. The two mages saw Gu Fei next to them and immediately wanted to self-destruct, but Gu Fei was quick, punching each of them to interrupt their spells. He didn't kill the two, just kicked them repeatedly, forcing them to retreat step by step.

Rainbow Clouds' tactic was to abandon the importance of life. Therefore, self-destruction, or being exploded by their own people, made no difference. Seeing that these two couldn't cast spells, the mages on the side immediately threw spells at them, wanting to kill the two along with Gu Fei. But as soon as they raised their staffs, spells flew over, interrupting their attacks a step earlier. Drifting and the other five had already entered the Mage Academy. As experts among experts, they calmly understood the limitations of the situation, interrupting, restricting, and doing what needed to be done. They didn't blindly try to compete in spell damage or self-destruction.

"Ice Shadow Technique!!" Drifting cast a major move first, the spell illusion split, attracting a barrage of explosions from the other side. While this attracted firepower, the other four also attacked one after another, not seeking to kill, but focusing on prediction and interrupting the other side's spells.

The trapped mages suddenly discovered that there were many openings. Their efforts to escape had finally paid off, and three of them instantly escaped. This number continued to increase. The people outside the academy were dumbfounded. Six mages firmly controlled the situation inside the Mage Academy. Gu Fei's attacks covered six people, and these six couldn't live or die. Gu Fei's attacks did almost no damage to them, but they couldn't cast a single spell, being interrupted very effectively.

On Drifting's side, the clones lured the other side's firepower. Although he had died during the process, this time he had finally registered, so he didn't die directly back in his hometown.

The other four cooperated with Drifting to restrict the enemy until all the mages from Resurgent Amethyst and Exceptionally Heaven-defying had withdrawn from the battle. During this process, other than Gu Fei, the others had occasionally died, but it didn't affect the change in the situation.

"Did they all leave?" Gu Fei asked, turning his head.

"They left," Drifting shouted.

"Good!" Gu Fei turned around, Double Inferno Flash, six white lights flew up.

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