Chapter 48 Desperate Situation

On the surface, Ao Huang appeared quite composed, but inside, he was in a complete panic. All they did on the mountain was push rocks and throw wood. Aside from Ao Huang himself, the whole group were total noobs. Ao Huang was gleeful at being put in charge, thinking it was a safe and risk-free job. Who would have thought that Gu Fei would climb right up to him? Facing the most formidable killer in a parallel world with a group of combat-inept newbies, Ao Huang wondered if he should just jump off the cliff…

Watching Gu Fei's actions, he frantically sent messages for help. But even the fastest people below couldn't outpace the few steps between Gu Fei and himself. One newbie, however, was brave enough to suddenly roar and pounce, ready to hug Gu Fei and jump off the cliff together, dying together.

Gu Fei admired his fearlessness, but with important matters at stake, he could only grant half his wish. He sidestepped, hooked his foot, and tapped the newbie on the back. Unable to stop his momentum, the newbie staggered and tumbled down the mountain with imposing force. Screams echoed from below, until a "thump" of something heavy landing. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. Gu Fei checked his PK value (player-killing), and was gratified to see it hadn't increased. Killing people like this didn't count toward your PK value.

On the mountain path, Han Jia Gongzi and the others heard the shout and the thud, and suddenly understood what was happening! Gu Fei had attacked the mountain. They didn't know how he'd done it, but just as Gu Fei's message said, they could spread out and charge!

They were trapped here because Ying Qi's main force had been focused on entangling Gu Fei, their primary target. They had only left a few rows of ranged attackers to slowly push forward. Both sides received the news at the same time, but Han Jia Gongzi's mind worked fast. He immediately realized that if they didn't take this chance to break out, the enemy would soon block the path again. He waved his hand and shouted, "Charge!"

Yun Zhong Mu and the others had been annoyed by the ranged classes while sticking to the wall, and they had been holding back a burst of anger. They roared and charged forward. The charge was devastating, and Ying Qi's flimsy ranged defense was instantly torn open. Yun Zhong Mu and the others wanted to wipe them out completely, but Han Jia Gongzi shouted from behind, "Don't get bogged down! Get down the mountain first!"

Everyone realized that lingering with these guys would only allow the enemy to redeploy at the foot of the mountain, and the situation wouldn't improve.

"Follow me!" Yun Zhong Mu yelled, not caring about team formations or anything else, and raced ahead with the fastest players. It was a close call. The enemy was already redeploying to block the mountain path.

But Yun Zhong Mu and the others had already jumped down onto the mountain path, their confidence soaring on the open ground. They were determined to die rather than give up another inch of ground. If they lost this ground again, who knew if they would ever get another chance to take it back.

The two sides clashed, locked in battle. Yun Zhong Mu and the others charged outwards with all their might, and reinforcements continued to arrive. By the time the mountain path was crowded, at least half of their people had reached the open ground, spreading out and engaging the enemy in a chaotic battle.

They were outnumbered, but their quality was higher. And the enemy wasn't using their full force, having sent a considerable number up the mountain to hunt down Gu Fei.

At this moment, screams continued to echo from the mountain. Looking up, they could see players falling off the mountain, turning into white light upon impact. It was a tragic sight. Everyone thought that Gu Fei was ruthless. Gu Fei didn't think so. It was just a game. Being killed or falling to your death was the same thing. What was so tragic about it? Kicking them down the mountain didn't cost mana or increase PK value. With such a mature choice, Gu Fei felt like he was becoming an increasingly professional gamer.

Where was Ao Huang? Ao Huang was long gone. He had wanted to chat with Gu Fei to stall for time, but was Gu Fei stupid enough to do that? After knocking the newbie down the mountain, he immediately charged at Ao Huang. As a leader, Ao Huang was also a skilled player, and it would have been difficult to knock him down the mountain. Gu Fei had to reluctantly add a little more to his PK value and chop Ao Huang down.

Other newbies, still unwilling to give up, wanted to die together with him. Gu Fei gave them the opportunity, deliberately standing near the edge of the cliff and showing them his openings. The newbies were brave. They lined up, wanting to push Gu Fei off. Just as they were about to hit him, Gu Fei used Instant Shift to appear behind them, and then used a series of kicks to send them all tumbling down. The scene was even more tragic. The people below didn't even dare to open their eyes.

The newbies on the mountain also realized that they couldn't handle this opponent, even with brute force. They weren't afraid of sacrificing themselves, but dying was useless. They would just respawn and have to run back. So they stayed far away from him.

Gu Fei wasn't in a hurry to chase them down. He walked to the other side of the mountain and looked down. He saw that Yun Zhong Mu and the others had gotten most of the way down the mountain path. Falling rocks from the mountain would only pose a slight threat now. He thought it would be best to defend for a while, so he messaged Han Jia Gongzi, "Can you hold them off?"

"This part is no problem, but another team is coming," Han Jia Gongzi replied.

Gu Fei stood high and looked far, and he had already seen this team. They were getting closer and would be there soon.

"Damn it, where are the people? Why haven't I seen a single person for so long?" Yun Zhong Mu roared in the guild chat.

"Boss, it takes time to gather people!" This wasn't a lie. When there wasn't anything to do, players did their own things: leveling, running quests, farming gold, practicing life skills, picking up girls, drinking… it was a mess. They definitely wouldn't all be in one place. It would definitely take time to gather people at the last minute.

"I didn't ask you to gather four thousand people, damn it! Get anyone who can come to come quickly!" Yun Zhong Mu raged.

"Coming, coming." Even if they were coming, they wouldn't be in time. The enemy was almost upon them, and they hadn't completely made it down the mountain path yet!

"He's here!!!" Standing on the mountainside, Gu Fei suddenly heard a commotion behind him. He turned around and saw that the enemy reinforcements had attacked up the mountain. Seeing Gu Fei standing on the corner of the mountain, they were overjoyed. They weren't newbies. They had many ways of dealing with him. Gu Fei had placed himself in a dangerous position, wasn't he courting death?

"Surround him!" The leader gave the order, and the players scattered.

Gu Fei glanced at them and said, "Surround what surround." He turned around and jumped down.

"What the…?" Everyone was stunned. What was happening? He was killing himself without even fighting? This wasn't Drunken Thousand Miles' style!

"Could he have a rope? Cut the rope!" One person shouted as he rushed forward and looked down. Gu Fei was already down the mountain, slaughtering everyone. The moment the killer arrived, the mountain pass fell immediately, and the enemy troops rushed down the mountain pass completely. Led by Gu Fei, they crushed the enemy into a rout.

The players on the mountaintop sent a message asking. Those who had died and lost their equipment replied: "Damn it, Instant Shift!!"

The players below saw it clearly. Gu Fei jumped from the mountain, and just before he landed, he suddenly used Instant Shift, relying on this system skill to simply survive.

Even Yun Zhong Mu's group couldn't hold them back, not to mention that Gu Fei had joined them. They broke through quickly and charged out, while turning back to continue the fight and tallying their numbers.

The casualties were still quite heavy. Just the giant rocks and rolling logs on the mountain before had killed nearly a hundred people, and there were bound to be casualties in the later melee. Of the 198 brothers Yun Zhong Mu had brought out, more than half had been lost. Hua Cong Nan had also lost a lot of people. Proportionally speaking, Resurgence Purple Crystals had the fewest casualties. Yun Zhong Mu and his gang were pretty manly, knowing the girls' level and taking care of them, protecting the people from Resurgence Purple Crystals during the melee. Hua Cong Nan's men were even more so, pushing the girls aside and sacrificing themselves when the giant rocks and rolling logs came down. Of course, there was also one person who misjudged the situation and pushed a girl under a rock, who was then criticized and then died valiantly in the melee to atone for his sins.

"Hold on, our people will be here soon!" Yun Zhong Mu encouraged everyone, but he didn't expect them to hold on. Instead, their opponents retreated. They were no longer interested in fighting, and turned to retreat toward the mountain.

"Huh?" Everyone was surprised. In the current situation, Ying Qi's men were clearly at a disadvantage, but their reinforcements were nearby, and the people on the mountain could come down quickly. The best strategy would be to hold on until their reinforcements arrived and surrounded and annihilated them. But now they were actually turning around and retreating, weren't they letting them leave?

Han Jia Gongzi frowned, looking at the group of people getting closer and closer. "Could these people not be their people?"

"But they're not our people either!" Yun Zhong Mu said.

"Passersby?" Everyone was dumbfounded. The team that had been making them nervous all along was just a bunch of passersby? But the direction they were heading was undoubtedly from Moonlit Night City to Cloudrise City. It was rare to see such a large group of people heading to another main city together. Everyone guessed they were doing some kind of guild mission.

"It seems that Ying Qi's people also thought these people were our reinforcements," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Ying Qi's people?" Yun Zhong Mu was stunned.

"Yes, the people blocking us here are from Ying Qi Studio. Did you really think that the guilds from our Cloudrise City had set up an ambush here a long time ago?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"It's Ying Qi for sure, I met Ao Huang on the mountain," Gu Fei said.

Yun Zhong Mu and the others were of course familiar with this name. He was the most troublesome bastard in Moonlit Night City who was currently working against them!

"Ao Huang is also with Ying Qi?" Yun Zhong Mu didn't know about this.

"Yeah, and he's the boss of your Moonlit Night City studio, look, here's his business card." Gu Fei had taken Ao Huang's business card, which Ao Huang had been very upset about. He still had it in his pocket!

"That bastard is actually with a studio!" Yun Zhong Mu nodded repeatedly. "Then the situation is clear. Come on, spread the word and PK all of Ying Qi's businesses."

"That's not good, is it?" One of Yun Zhong Mu's brothers said, "There are also quite a few people in our Ten Guild Alliance who rely on Ying Qi for a living."

"Damn it, there's more than just this one studio. Anyone who wants to work can contact others. Anyone who wants to stand with Ying Qi can get the hell out of here!" Yun Zhong Mu raged.

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Tears are streaming down my face. Why aren't the monthly votes going up even with the cover recommendation? This is too weak! Students, give me some strength!