339 Chapter 339 - An Unsatisfying Conclusion (1/2)

Plenty of players in Parallel World had experienced PvPing, but few came close to attaining Gu Fei's extreme levels at it. The average players would fight and kill on given occasions, but they would often strive to keep their PK value below 10 points if they could help it. The Mages who would act as the ranged artillery of their groups and guilds would often garner a rather high PK value as a result, but they would rarely go past 20 points.

Therefore, excluding the Insta-kill Mage Gu Fei in the count, only a handful managed to cross such a historically unique threshold of accumulating over 20 PK points.

Take today's battle as an example; the Mages from Deep Waters' guild had managed to reduce the escort army from Yunduan City by a good half under their constant assault and concentrated bombardment, making at least 500 – if not 600 – kills this night alone. If this kill count was split evenly among twenty players, each of them would accrue about 25 to 30 PK points each.

Naturally, the reality of the situation did not have everyone sharing these PK points evenly. However, because they were only able to insta-kill their targets by overlapping their spells, there were bound to be players who would be 'luckier' and garner more killing points than the others. PK points were not awarded like killing a Boss, where the system would calculate the damage dealt to determine who the Boss's kill belonged to. Since PK value depended entirely on the final strike, whoever did the killing blow would be awarded the PK point.

Out of all these Linyin City's Mages, only about seven or eight had PK value over 20 points.

In any case, Gu Fei had not really done an in-depth research about the PvP rules; his knowledge about it came entirely from his personal experience PvPing. When the PK value went above 20 points, a player would not attract a manhunt from the guards like what was happening to Gu Fei right now. However, if the offender happened to be in the vicinity of a patrolling guard, the guard would take the appropriate actions against the offender. This squad of guards' purpose here was indeed to execute Gu Fei, but they would naturally apprehend those Mages from Deep Waters' guild who had over 20 PK points when they came across them along the way.

The Mage that the guards first pinned down was not killed but was captured alive, instead. This was in accordance to the rules governing PvP, where players who had PK value over 30 points would be executed on the spot while players with 20 to 30 PK points would be captured and sent to prison along with a penalty of losing two levels....

With a PK value of over 20 points, the offender was expected to be jailed for over 40 hours. Adding the two levels that he would lose, it sounded as though his punishment was harsher than Gu Fei with a PK value of over 30 points who would just lose five levels upon execution and would not be further detained for long hours.

Moreover, the system did not care if the PK points they had earned were a result of doing a guild quest.

The other players could only sheepishly watch as their comrade got apprehended, powerless to stop the system.

”Quickly run!” A few players had a sudden idea and urged their Mages, who were merely standing in a row, to flee as they moved to form a human wall. These players were thinking that as long as they did not interfere and merely stood there, coincidentally blocking the guards' way, these mindless NPCs would have to find another path to get to their comrades without going through them.

In the end, the guards proved to be more foolhardy than them. Completely ignoring the player-made wall before them, they marched onward without stopping. One of the guards sent a player flying when it directly bumped into him, while another guard trampled a player underfoot. The guards were clearly unperturbed by their actions and attempts as they continued the chase for the 'criminal'.

”Traps! Set up traps!” someone shouted.

Plenty of Hunters quickly began setting up traps. The Mages that had come their way naturally circumvent these contraptions. However, the guards did not have that level of AI to do the same and directly stepped on to the traps.

”Ha!” In that moment of glee, they heard the sound of metal snapping, yet this sound was produced by the guards smashing the traps underfoot instead of becoming trapped in its steel maw.

Gu Fei was obviously no stranger to this. Back when Nightmare of Death had set up traps to ensnare him, he had witnessed the Werewolves from Suoyun Village do the same. The difference in level in MMOs was truly an insurmountable gully for players and NPCs alike.

Not one of the few Linyin City's Mages was spared and all were easily captured alive by the NPC guards.

While Gu Fei was delighting over their misfortune, not once did he forget that he was the guards' main target all along. The Linyin City's Mages attempt to hide from the guards managed to lure a portion of them away. Nonetheless, most of them were dead-set on capturing and continued to make their way toward the idly standing Gu Fei.

Just as Gu Fei was wondering how the guards would reach him on the roof, the captain suddenly bent his legs slightly before launching himself up from the ground. The mud beneath his feet churned and splashed forth, like a jet plane launching, as the captain flew directly toward the roof with his greatsword already raised above his head. Midair, the captain cleaved the huge weapon toward where Gu Fei was standing.

”Earthsplitter!” the players, who managed to identify this move, shouted.

The animation for the Warrior skill Earthsplitter was shown in Parallel World's promotional videos. Young Master's Elite, Traversing Four Seas, and other players who had seen the game's NPC guards in action before had the same question floating in their heads, In the end, are these guys Knights or Warriors? They were just too versatile.

Although this cleave was shocking, Gu Fei's reaction was not slow and quickly hopped to the side to avoid the attack. Fortunately, the captain's sword cleave did not change trajectory and really landed on the spot he had aimed for. Still, with the captain's one knee on the ground, his greatsword brutally smashed that spot of the roof.

Dust scattered. That greatsword nearly cleaved the entire roof into two. Gu Fei only felt a slight tremor beneath his feet, yet a huge chunk of his HP got reduced by it. Although Earthsplitter did not directly connect to Gu Fei's body, it was still able to deal damage on him. In gaming terms, this attack dealt AOE damage. Had it not been for Windchaser's Blessing increasing his HP, that attack of the captain would have already insta-killed him. It was simply unimaginable how deadly the greatsword's strike would be if it connected to the target head on.

Facing such a strong foe, Gu Fei did not yield. Just as the NPC climbed to his feet, Gu Fei uttered the incantation for Twin Incineration to return the blow.