Sword Demon’s speech this time did not stir the morale of the players, because each and every one of them knew that they had fallen into the enemy’s trap this time. Previously, the mob that they had easily massacred was actually sweet poison. At the moment, they had all been dosed with the highly toxic ‘PK Value’, and everyone who was killed would now face the penalty of losing two levels at the very least. It was really very difficult to raise any of their spirits when faced with such a situation.
Sword Demon ordered everyone to get into battle teams, but it was like he had not said a word to that effect at all; everyone had the same ashen-faced expression. Some players wanted to follow the orders, but the others were not cooperating, only for everything to end up being futile. Sword Demon despondently glanced over to his comrades next to him, people whom he had been the closest to, and even they showed a look of helplessness.
The enemy’s encirclement was coming in closer with each passing moment, and they were already at the point where they could all see the formation of the sea of enemy players, edging in with every step, closing into them in a slow and orderly fashion.
“Everyone, show some spirit! Do you guys really want to just sit here and get slaughtered by them? We should at least show them what we’re made out of before we die. We gotta drag a few more down to die with us!” Sword Demon simply refused to give up.
“Boss Sword Demon…” Finally, someone feebly answered, “I don’t want to give up just like that either, but I happen to have 9 PK points right now. Since we’re going to end up dying anyway, if I were to drag any other players with me, my PK Value will go up to 10, and I would end up losing another whole level. I feel like this isn’t the time for us to go out in a blaze of glory, you feel me?”
Sword Demon was stunned. What the player had said was indeed very reasonable. Logically considering their present state, with their PK Value acting as a checkpoint, since they were all going to die anyway, causing themselves to incur a heavier penalty simply did not make any sense.
Seeing Sword Demon stand there stunned, plenty players seemed to have found their reasons as well, each of them shouting out
“That’s right, I’m currently holding a PK Value of 9 as well. Any more and I’ll hit 10 points…”
“I’ve got 8 PK points, but I’m a Mage. I might very well end up going past the threshold if I’m not careful. It’s too risky.”
“It’s dangerous for me as well. Just unleashing my Cyclone for even a second could easily end up earning me PK point.”
Gazing upon this cacophony of excuses, Sword Demon had no way of differentiating the truth and lies as well. Even Drifting had slid up to him at this time, whispering, “I’m also at 29 points…”
Sword Demon turned around to look him in the eye, not saying a word. In his mind, even though Drifting was not someone whom he was very familiar with, he was at least an old acquaintance, and for him to choose to shrink away for such a reason at this time… Sword Demon did not think he was doing anything wrong, but he was certain that if he was in their shoes, be it having a PK Value of 29 or 79, there was no way that he would simply throw in the towel and give up resisting. Humans needed to be rational, yet being overly rational sometimes would make life too boring.
Sword Demon continued to look at everyone, but none of the players were speaking any longer, though it was apparent that the prevailing sentiment was to give up on resisting. Turning his gaze once more, he saw that there were some players who had even quietly taken off their equipment and was storing it in their dimensional pocket. Players with PK Value have a higher chance of dropping their equipment on death, and stowing what they had equipped into their dimensional pocket would greatly reduce the chance of losing them.
Sword Demon exhaled out a heavy sigh, finally feeling speechless as well. Everyone might be able to immediately secure some benefit from their actions now, but as a guild, Sword Demon felt that it completely lacked any sort of spirit.
The encirclement had closed in, and they were all already close enough to be within attack range. Because everyone in Extremely Heaven Defying had lost their fighting spirit, Sword Demon was unable to rally them for any sort of attack either, so he could only leave them be. But the enemy that surrounded them were in no rush to attack. They were just like the disorganized mob from before, each and everyone had their faces covered and not wearing any guild emblem. It was apparent that these men were also afraid of being identified. This became the only source of consolation for Sword Demon, as that showed the enemy was still slightly afraid, though it was very likely their fear was directed to a certain someone…
Sword Demon turned to look at Gu Fei. He possessed the highest PK Value out of everyone here, and he had not said a word during the argument before as well, but Sword Demon was absolutely positive that he would not be backing down from the fight. Whether he had 78 or 178 points, Thousand Miles Drunk was not someone that would just take it lying down. But given his strength, he would most definitely be able to slay tens of men before he succumbed to the mob, and that might even send him down to under level 30. He might even end up losing all his equipment he had on in the process as well…
If there was such a huge price to be paid, was it worth it to continue putting up a fight against the inevitable? Sword Demon was suddenly confused, as he had discovered that he should not consider this problem without any distinction. Perhaps they should use teleportation scrolls and send the players with high PK Value away this time.
That’s right! Teleportation scrolls! Why haven’t I thought of this from the beginning? Sword Demon was immediately elated and was just about to speak to Gu Fei about this matter, when he suddenly stopped himself. There was definitely no way that he would be able to teleport everyone away, so who would be sent out? Then how would the others who were not sent away think? He had personally voiced his desire to fight it out with everyone, only for him to suddenly want to teleport the players who would suffer huge losses. Would his action not be contradictory with what he said?
Sword Demon was extremely conflicted, and at the same time found it strange why the enemy had not yet made their move. That was when someone from the other party finally opened his mouth, “Ladies and gentlemen, it has been hard on you. I’m sure it wasn’t easy to accumulate all those PK points, right? Hehe. Now, let me give everyone here a chance. As long as you leave your guild, Extremely Heaven Defying, you’ll be allowed to leave immediately. You can go clear your PK points or anything else you want, the point is you won’t have anything to do with us any longer from that point, got it? Our quarry is against Extremely Heaven Defying and not the people here.”
There was an uproar the moment everyone heard this outrageous demand.
“How truly malicious. So the other party wants to force us to completely disband our guild. If that’s the case, I dare say that there would be an ambush awaiting us at the spawn point as well! Anyone in our guild would be slain until they have no choice but to leave the guild in the end. By the time our numbers dwindle down below 20 players, Extremely Heaven Defying would automatically be disbanded,” Young Master Han said.
“Our guild would disband?”
“That’s right. Once that happens, just how would the six city Precincts that we had been rewarded with be dealt with?” Young Master Han wondered aloud.
Everyone was still in a state of shock, and it was unknown just when Drifting had come over, “I’m sorry, you guys….”
Sword Demon turned to look at Drifting, already aware of what he was about to say.
“I’ll quit the guild first. You can add me in after I get away,” Drifting said. “Losing four levels… I feel it is best if I take what I can to avoid such a penalty.”
“You son of a b*tch. You truly lack any sort of loyalty. If everyone quits the guild, just like you, just what sort of g*dd*mn guild would be left for you to add you back in after? Don’t you even know about the rule regarding guilds automatically disbanding if their numbers go below 20?” Royal God Call already disliked Drifting, so he immediately scolded the man for even having such an idea.
Drifting did not say a word and merely kept his gaze on Sword Demon. The latter actually smiled and said to the former, “Well, you better go on ahead and leave the guild quickly!”
“You can’t let him leave!” It was now Brother Assist’s turn to be anxious. “He’s a known expert! There’s no telling how many would be spurred to leave seeing him go!!”
Just as Brother Assist said this, the sound of inbound system messages rang out in their guild channel. There were already people departing the guild, leaving just a message of “sorry” before leaving.
“D*mm*t!” Royal God Call cursed. Brother Assist’s prediction had already come true. They were all minor characters, but this one exodus was like turning on a tap; the system messages of players leaving the guild flashed constantly, while the players who left the guild began to leave the teams, heading in the direction of the players who had them encircled.
But not every member of the guild was like this, and some of these players who had not left the guild could not hold themselves back as they admonished these people, with some even prepared to lunge at them and attack. However, Sword Demon called out just in time, preventing these players from doing anything and to let them leave unscathed.
The players who had surrounded them kept their word as well, and when all these players who had left the guild were right in front of them, all of these people really got to leave the encirclement after they were asked a few questions. This one exodus came out like a wave, as the members’ list of Extremely Heaven Defying went down to 52 out of the original 134 players in the guild. Meanwhile, Drifting was also part of this wave, who had already left without saying another word as well.
The other party seemed to be very satisfied with this outcome, continuing to shout, ” We know there are still friends from Forever in Flowers and Amethyst Rebirth that are uninvolved with this, so you may all leave by your own accord as well!”
Both Forever in Flowers and Amethyst Rebirth were unique among guilds, and even though one was filled with all ladies and the other was full of reprehensible men, they were much more upright than most when talking about their reliability and trustworthiness. Unexpectedly, when the other party had given this concession, the players from both guilds had actually stood out and walked off as well.
“F*CK*NG G*D*MM*T!” Royal God Call completely did not expect that these two guilds would leave just like that without even saying a word. Even though he knew deep down in his heart that it was for the best if they leave, the attitude these two guilds had shown really left Royal God Call feeling completely disgruntled. He finally exploded. Since whatever path he could take would result in his death, rather than watching as the other party acted everything out so leisurely, he figured it was better to take a gamble and take the initiative. He completely agreed with Sword Demon’s idea that even if they were to die, he would make sure to drag others down with him as well. At that very moment when he was about to fire off a Snipe at that player who had been shouting this whole time, a figure had instantaneously appeared right in front him before he could even let loose his arrow. The only person who could do such a thing in the game was none other than Gu Fei, the man with the Blink spell. Royal God Call had not even been able to react to what was happening as that flaming glow that he had seen countless times appeared, except this time, the target of this fiery slash was at himself.
Insta-killed. Royal God Call was nothing but an Archer without much HP. There was no way that he could block his sword, so that familiar white glow was already upon him, disappearing without even being given the chance to say anything.
“MILES!!” Sword Demon and the others were completely dumbfounded as they stared at Gu Fei in disbelief. Without saying another word, he turned around and cast an AoE spell right into the midst of the players of Extremely Heaven Defying. These players all shrieked in their astonishment, scampering for safety in every direction. However, Gu Fei was ruthless, chasing after each and everyone who fled, giving them a cut from his sword each.
“Miles, have you gone insane??!?” War Without Wounds came charging forward. Gu Fei turned around and slapped War Without Wounds’ forehead with a Palm of Thunder, but because Warriors had plenty of HP, this one thrust was not enough to finish the man off. Gu Fei swiped his sword out with a backhanded slash as a trail of Twin Incineration followed, leaving War Without Wounds cursing out an “m*th*rf*ck*r” mid utterance before he disappeared.
This sudden change came out of nowhere, and be it players who were surrounded or the ones who were doing the surrounding, everybody was taken aback by what transpired. Everyone watched as Gu Fei chased after his own guildmates and swiftly slaughtered them like a mad man, leaving bewildered and confused expressions on everyone’s faces.
There were only 52 players left in Extremely Heaven Defying, and Gu Fei had killed more than half of them in a blink of an eye. Sword Demon and the others were all stunned as they stood rooted to the ground, uncertain if they should run out to attempt and stop him or not.
“Just what exactly is he doing?” The players who had surrounded Extremely Heaven Defying were witnessing such a scene and were still in the mood to discuss this.
“Hmm, perhaps he figured that rather than sending them to die by our hands, he would just send them off by his sword instead?” Someone analyzed.
“Then how high a PK Value is he looking to gather at this rate?”
“H*ly sh*t, could Thousand Miles Drunk still be charging right into our encirclement?”
“I think he must have seen through our plan and simply decided to kill them all himself before they were being compelled any further,” someone said.
“Hehe, then did he really not think that we’ve already set up ambushes over at all the spawn points in Yunduan City? Contact our men over the other side, get them to keep an eye out for our targets!”
The members of Extremely Heaven Defying, including Royal God Call, War Without Wounds, Cirrus, Fireball, Brother Assist, Southern Lone Blade, Glue, Flame Singed Clothes… Even Deep Waters, Coco, and Eternal Dominion had all been slain by Gu Fei. It was also through this incident that Eternal Dominion learned just how frightening skilled Gu Fei actually was. He had wanted to fight back, but Gu Fei’s unpredictable swordsmanship had sliced past his throat in an instant, finishing him off so quickly before his brain could completely register what just happened.
Gu Fei had completely obliterated all his guildmates around him, leaving only Sword Demon and Young Master Han still standing. The clueless expression that had been on Sword Demon’s face had already revealed a look of understanding by now, and the man did not even defend himself at all when he saw Gu Fei dash right for him.
Thousand Miles Drunk’s sword flicked out, first killing off Young Master Han before turning around to face Sword Demon, thrusting out a Palm of Thunder that zapped him to death.
The surrounding players had already received word from the players from all seven spawn points, yet not one of them spotted anyone from Extremely Heaven Defying on their end.
“How is that possible? D*mm*t, didn’t I already tell you guys to keep your eyes peeled for anyone with their guild emblem? Search through the crowds even more thoroughly!”
“No, there’s really no one here. All of us could easily recognize those experts from Extremely Heaven Defying, so there’s no need to rely on finding their guild emblems. But there’s really no one here!”
How was it possible for all of them to die, but not appear in the spawn point right after? Could the players from Extremely Heaven Defying have registered their guild in another city, or did the players from Extremely Heaven Defying possess their own spawn point inside their Precincts? That was impossible; they had never once heard that there could be such a reward.
Everyone was staring at Gu Fei obliviously, who was also staring back at them with a cold gleam in his eyes. He pointed right at the player in front of him who had been speaking on behalf of the other party this whole time, “I’ll come back and look for you guys again.”
“Kill him!” It was like the players who had encircled Extremely Heaven Defying were all roused from a dream. Thousand Miles Drunk should now have a PK Value that was over a 100 points, right? Wouldn’t he be directly reduced down to his level 20s, dropping every possible equipment he had on till he was stark naked? The Mages all stepped forward and cast their spells into the small encirclement that gave Gu Fei no chance to avoid the incoming attacks. However, that was when Gu Fei swiftly disappeared in a flash of white light, leaving behind not even a trace of his presence in the next moment.
“What’s going on here?” The crowd was completely confused as to what just happened.
“Was it a teleportation scroll?”
“That’s impossible. There’s no teleportation scroll out there that would activate so quickly. We’ve already taken precautions against their use.”
“Then he could not have possibly taken his own life, could he?”
“that doesn’t appear to be the case either…”
“D*mm*t, just what the heck is going on? Where’s that guy? Where did he go?” The players who had sprung this ambush were all in a state of panicked frustration. Everyone had clearly seen Thousand Miles Drunk disappear in a flash of white light, yet no one could find him anywhere.
“Screw it, where’s our spy? Where did he go?” Someone suddenly remembered their ace in the hole.
“I’ve sent a message out to him, but I can’t seem to reach him. He’s clearly online as well, and the system isn’t prompting me about him turning his messages off either!” Someone cried.
“You fool. Why didn’t you tell me that sooner? He’s in Jail right now. Jail!!”
