173 Chapter 173 - Ice and Fire (2/2)

Gu Fei was ready for it this time and he preemptively sprinted out of its way. He could only cast Twin Incineration once more, so slashing out using it right now would mean that he could no longer use it again after.

The only thing he could do to evade the attack was to close in on Brave Surge before the whirlwind hit him. Alternatively, he could close in on Brave Surge just as Arctic Whirlwind hit him, so that his Twin Incineration would be able to takedown Brave Surge and Arctic Whirlwind together.

Gu Fei thought of these two options as he sprinted forward, yet a few more steps in front was the Frozen Ice Trail that Brave Surge had previously casted. The first path had already disappeared, but the second path was still around. Gu Fei did not dare step on it, so he hopped across it lightly.

It was at this moment that Brave Surge chanted once more, ”Frozen Ice Trail! Go!”

The same rippling sound was heard, yet it now possessed a different speed. Frozen Ice Trail instantly covered the spot where Gu Fei would land from his hop. He tried stretching out his legs to avoid landing on the path of cracked ice, yet he was a step too late.

Ice crackled as his feet landed on the icy surface. In the next instant, a chilling sensation traveled up his body from the sole of his feet. His legs promptly became numb and Gu Fei found himself unable to exert the least bit of strength to even shift them by half an inch.

Brave Surge was about to gleefully say a few words when Gu Fei returned the sword to his dimensional pocket and took off Midnight Spirit Robe before pointing to the ground while mumbling something.

”What are you doing?” Brave Surge asked, perplexed. With his Frozen Ice Trail immobilizing Gu Fei on the spot, Brave Surge thought that his victory was as good as decided, so Gu Fei's weird actions baffled him.

Gu Fei smiled faintly, ”I'm chanting!”

”Eh?” As Brave Surge was trying to fathom what Gu Fei meant, flames suddenly sprouted from beneath the latter's feet and enveloped him entirely.

Suicide? Is he trying to off himself so as to not lose by my hands? Or is he trying to bluff his way out? Brave Surge just thought of this when Gu Fei darted out of the ice trail, causing him to feel dumbfounded.

The spell's freezing effect should not have been so short, yet Gu Fei seemed to have recovered his speed. Could it be that the Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno he had casted on himself removed Frozen Ice Trail's freezing effect?

From a logical standpoint, it would make sense for fire to remove the chilling effect of ice with its heat. However, Brave Surge was not sure if the game had this sort of design. Even if the game did have such design, no one would probably do what Gu Fei had just done, considering that Parallel World did not provide players immunity from friendly fire.

The spell's freezing effect and that raging inferno should have inflicted sufficient damage to cause Gu Fei's death, yet he was puzzlingly still alive. Just Fireball could have freed Gu Fei, so why had he casted Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno?

While Brave Surge thought of Gu Fei's spell only removing Frozen Ice Trail's freezing effect, the latter's Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno actually also evaporated the Arctic Whirlwind that was heading his way.

To think someone would think of doing such a thing! Brave Surge did not know whether to laugh or cry at this scene. Gu Fei had already made his way before him, yet Brave Surge did not get flustered and simply stated, ”You've lost.”

”How so?!” Gu Fei asked, surprised.

”Aren't you out of mana?” Brave Surge smilingly asked.

Casting Fireball once, Twin Incineration twice, Descending Wheel of Flames once, and Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno once, Brave Surge had calculated that Gu Fei's mana should be depleted by now based on their PvP match the other day.

Gu Fei smiled faintly. ”I can't beat you in terms of spells since that is never my forte.” After saying this, he reached into his dimensional pocket for his Sacred Flames of Baptism and executed a downward cleave.

Brave Surge felt shocked. He had never imagined for this Mage to be such a person. To actually hide a Chinese broadsword for close combat when he was out of mana, he simply did not have the slightest bearing of a Mage!

As he was thinking of this, the Chinese broadsword had already swung toward him. Brave Surge timely raised his staff to block the blow, yet Gu Fei's downward cleave was actually a feint.

Seeing that he had lured Brave Surge's magic staff away, Gu Fei immediately shifted the blade's path mid-flow and turned the cleave into a horizontal slash along Brave Surge's waist.

Brave Surge felt at ease when he saw that the damage inflicted on him by that one slash was minimal. He actually thought that Gu Fei had some strange ability to his character, yet the damage the latter had inflicted on him proved that melee was not the Mage's forte either.

”Ring of—” Brave Surge was just about to chant for Ring of Fire, yet another speedy slash of Gu Fei interrupted his spell-casting. Not only did Gu Fei interrupt his incantation, the Chinese broadsword also sent forth a fiery glow that ignited Brave Surge's body upon contact.

”Additional fire attack!” Brave Surge exclaimed, stunned. This sort of attack style was popular for a period of time in Yunduan City due to 27149 using this method to crush a Thief.

That player was a Mage from Yunduan City as well….

Brave Surge finally lost his calm demeanor. Could it be that this Mage before him was the same person? If that was really the case, given his ability to destroy a Thief in close combat, it would truly be as he had said moments ago: spells were truly not his forte.

Oh, crap! Brave Surge's spat these two words internally. He tried chanting another spell, yet he was once more interrupted by Gu Fei's Chinese broadsword. The additional fire attack ignited him again. This worried him as a Mage's additional fire attack was not low in the least.