30 Chapter 30 - Cyclone (1/2)

Gu Fei finally encountered his first obstacle after having it easy playing the game so far.

Using kung fu to defeat the female Warrior opposite him right now might be easier said than done. The female Warrior's defense was akin to that lower-half armor worn by Mountain Bandit Leader Sooto back then. She did not even budge as Gu Fei struck her with his sword.

The lady's entire body was being concealed by her armor and helmet, and only her face was visible. Gu Fei felt that striking her face might be overdoing it, seeing as they just had a little misunderstanding. It was not as if a deep grudge existed between them. It was just a little misunderstanding caused by a burlap sack.

In reality, no matter how well-made a suit of armor, it could not safeguard a person's entire body as there would always be opening near the joints. Those areas of the armor were deliberately given less reinforcement to provide a person a full range of motion or the ability to move freely. Unfortunately for Gu Fei, as realistic as the game's simulation was, it was still not possible for it to be realistic in every aspect. The person inside the armor was unusually agile, and Gu Fei's sword forcefully bounced back even when he slashed it at the joints of the body armor.

Gu Fei and the lady traded blows for a few more rounds. He came to the same conclusion after he tried attacking her right wrist, left knee, and left shoulder: The armor was impenetrable.

The harmless attacks had in fact reassured the lady. She was freed from all her worries now that she saw all the attacks, which Gu Fei inflicted on her, were ineffective. She swung her huge axe wildly, as she charged toward Gu Fei as if she was a huge windmill.

Gu Fei was left with no choice but to dodge the barrage of attacks as he tried to come up with ways to counterattack.

The curious spectators coming out from the tavern were so astonished that their jaws fell to the ground.

All formed the same opinion about Gu Fei in their minds: manly.

If a Mage that dared to clash directly against a Warrior with a sword was not considered manly, then no one else would be.

This manly Mage was a little foolish, however! Confronting the enemy's strong point with his own weak point, how was that not foolish?

Everyone could see where this was going; Gu Fei could not harm the opponent with his common-grade sword and only managed to drag the fight with his agile movements. He continued to dodge every strike with little trouble, yet the Warrior remained patient while dishing out her attacks. She was not the least bit perturbed by continuously missing her target with her swings.

Gu Fei did not give up either. He focused on attacking the armor's joints while he kept dodging. But it was still futile even after attacking five or six different joints on the armor.

Looks like this will be a battle of patience, Gu Fei analyzed. He was curious which one of them would be the first to become fed up with this battle since they could not harm each other.

The answer was revealed soon enough: It was the spectators!

Seeing Gu Fei had no chance of physically slaying his opponent, everyone began to wonder why he did not use spells during the fight.

”Spells! Spells!” everyone began to chant along after one of them started it.

It was a must have during a PvP for a Mage, yet Gu Fei needed to be reminded by others to use his spells. This led to a change of heart in him, Nothing wrong with trying spells now that my kung fu is not working. Gu Fei was not a stubborn and inflexible person after all.

He moved to a side to evade the incoming swing, and raised his sword and yelled at the top of his lungs, ”Fireball!”

”Here I am!” somebody nearby replied to him.

”F*ck off!” Gu Fei roared at Fireball's direction, before turning back and issuing a command to the ball of fire he summoned, ”Fire!”

The fireball flew straight toward the female Warrior.

She seemed to be a little stumped at first, but she swung her huge axe the next instant to tear apart the little fireball that was unleashed by Gu Fei.

The fireball exploded near the edge of the axe. Did it cause any damage? Gu Fei was not sure as he could not feel the sensation in his hand like physical combat.

”You are actually a Mage?” The female Warrior did not actually continue to swing her huge axe at Gu Fei like how he had anticipated. The lady rested her huge axe near her foot and sized Gu Fei up.

What an obtuse lady! It took her this long to realize I am actually a Mage, Gu Fei thought to himself.

To be frank, unless they knew about Gu Fei's identity beforehand, nobody would actually think he was a Mage judging from the way he fought just now.

The female Warrior was a little alarmed at the moment. The person in front of her was not slow in terms of speed, and he could actually dodge all her attacks with ease. If he had maintained a distance between them and attacked with spells a while ago, she would have been dead by now.

”I don't need you to go easy on me!” the lady blurted out what was on her mind.

”Go easy on you?” Gu Fei did not really understand this.

Am I being tricked by him again? The lady's anger, which had been reduced by half through the battle, was immediately replenished as soon as she thought of that.

With her right hand, she lifted the huge axe that rested on her leg. She raised her left hand as well and held on to the axe's handle.

It was a battle stance that the lady had not displayed previously! Until now, she had been wielding her axe with just an arm. Gu Fei, who possessed considerable real combat experiences, could tell that something was about to happen, A powerful skill is coming right up.