337 Chapter 337 - Street Figh (2/2)

Both parties engaging in this battle had about the same number of players, but since they were locked in a ranged exchange, only Mages and Archers were of much use. The well-balanced job class composition of Yunduan City's players actually turned into a disadvantage for them at this point, as barely two hundred Archers and Mages on their side could deal with the ranged enemies of close to six hundred.

The number of players on either side might be even, but reality showed that Traversing Four Seas and the mercenaries were on the losing end. Linyin City held the high ground, and their imbalanced job-class composition created by the lack of Priests, which should be a major flaw, was… In this situation, this particular disadvantage had yet to affect the outcome of this engagement.

”Thieves, retreat, circle around, and find a way to take care of them!” Oathless Sword shouted. Since they were unable to match the opponents in ranged combat, Oathless Sword and his men must find a way to engage the enemies in melee. The entrance to the street in front was still dozens of meters away, making it difficult for them to rush in and close the gap, so Oathless Sword could only have the most opportunistic job class, Thieves, that was currently useless in this battle, to back off and search for a chance to re-engage.

Amid all this, plenty of players with extraordinary skills were able to quickly find ways to get into melee range.

The first man to get himself on a rooftop was the other core member of Traversing Four Seas, Gale Force. Everyone saw him run straight to a wall and executed the Fighter's skill, Swallow Dropkick. He did not direct this kick to anyone but to a wall, instead. Using that momentum created by his attack, he propelled himself up the wall.

With a punch, Gale Force immediately struck a Mage down the rooftop. Hugging the player next to him, he also tossed that man over the ledge. Gale Force could tell how unfavorable their situation was, so his current goal was not to finish off the Mages but to disrupt their formation on the rooftops. They would no longer have much of a problem once he succeeded in disrupting these Mages' formation above the roofs. Nevertheless, one player's Strength was far too limited. The enemy Mages swiftly shifted their position and a whole lot of them hurled Fireball, which could somewhat track its target, to tease Gale Force. A few of them even activated their Arctic Whirlwind to engulf him with its whirlwind.

”Priests, get me two Priests to keep an eye on things up there!” Oathless Sword anxiously yelled.

All the Priests were flustered. Not only did they have to keep healing the Warriors who were tanking the enemy Hunters' incoming arrows, they also had to aid the players who were injured by the Mages' bombardment. Their hands were already full juggling so many fronts of this battle simultaneously, yet Oathless Sword was now calling for two of them to dedicatedly Heal Gale Force....

Fortunately, Gale Force was not the only Fighter in this battalion. Others who saw what Gale Force had done followed suit and tried to replicate his actions. However, not one of them succeeded. Most of the players ended up flying backward and away from the wall instead of upward when they used Swallow Dropkick. The only one who got the closest to executing what Gale Force had done was actually Amethyst's Lie Lie. This lady managed to send herself flying upward, but she unfortunately did not fully grasp the move's sequence and failed to grab a hold of the top wall when she went by, landing back down to where she was standing moments ago.

As all the Fighters stood up to try again, a second person from Yunduan City managed to make it on the rooftop. Of course, that person was Gu Fei. No one had an easier time getting up the roof besides him, and this was entirely because he had the Blink skill in his spell arsenal. After finding a good position, he extended his hand, disappeared with a swish, and materialized right on a rooftop. In front of him was a man chewing on a piece of straw in his mouth. This calm and confident commander of the opposing side was currently giving out order to all the Mages to target the potential threats that made it on the rooftops.

”Hey, bro. You can't possibly be thinking of killing me, are you?” Deep Waters was not the least bit flustered when Gu Fei appeared before him.

”Why not?” Gu Fei was curious.

”If I'm not mistaken, your PK value right now is 29 points. There's going to be dire consequences if you reach 30 points!” Deep Waters chuckled. He seemed very satisfied with this calculation of his. ”So you don't scare me at all.”

”You're really humorous!” Gu Fei laughed as he flipped the sword in his hand with a graceful stroke and casually dissipated all the balls of fire flying toward him.

”What skill!” Deep Waters gushed in awe. Gale Force had already been pelted with balls of fire until he was almost seared tender. The rooftops were currently filled with Linyin City's players, so it was not convenient for them to throw out AOE spells, but because there were many of them, hurtling Fireball on their targets was still very effective. Who would have thought that Gu Fei would easily swat away six balls of fire with a swing of his sword, though?

”Here I come!” Gu Fei took two steps forward and attacked Deep Waters.

”If you want to kill me, why aren't you chanting a spell?” Deep Waters was still grinning.

”Twin Incineration! Incinerate!” Gu Fei roared. His body turned a full circle as the flames flared around him. Following his pivoting motion, he stepped forward and reduced six Mages into white lights. By the time the fiery glow subsided, he had already turned to Deep Waters, and before the Hunter could react, Gu Fei planted a kick right at the center of his chest in one fluid motion. Deep Waters rolled for a few meters before tumbling over the ledge and landing onto the street. He stared with dumbfounded eyes at Gu Fei.

”Aren't you a Mage? Why aren't you using mana on me?” Gu Fei looked down at him from the rooftop and laughed. He quickly turned to slash his left and right as he chanted out respectively, ”Descending Wheel of Flames! Descend! Blazing Tree of a Thousand Inferno! Arise!”

Gu Fei's casting time would usually allow anyone to escape its AOE, but they were currently all on the rooftops and had limited space. If they wished to evade his spells, they would have to leap down the street. These men were obviously aware of how frightening Gu Fei's spells were, so plenty of them chose to take the leap of faith. A number of them did not think about which direction they were jumping to in their dazedness and ended up landing on where Yunduan City's players were at, meeting an ending that could not be expressed in words.

Gu Fei continued to advance deeper into the enemies' ranks. Although he no longer had any mana left, these Mages were unable to engage him in melee and use AOE spells. The occasional balls of fire that they would toss at Gu Fei were essentially useless as well. Moreover, their Strength was no better than an infant's since they were Mages. As for Gu Fei's Mage, it had the upper hand against the average Mages when it came to Strength since he had the Bandit Leader's Ring and other equipment augmenting that particular stat. Sticking to them and dishing out kicks and punches with great impunity, he handily knocked off all the Mages from the ledge with his most effective moves. In mere seconds, the Mage formation that took up almost half of this side of the wall had been disrupted to the point of them being no more than a shade of their former selves.