389 Chapter 389 - A Swathe of Traps (1/2)

Deep Waters had not taken such a vantage point for show. This position actually guaranteed he would be able to initiate an attack on the streets around him from any angle. Without any hesitation, Deep Waters drew his bow and fired an arrow towards the newcomer.

Naturally, this person making his way over was Gu Fei. The large building he had walked out of was Luori City's Bounty Assignment Hall, where he had been busy cleansing his PK value. That person whom he had just slain was a player at a grinding zone outside of the city. When he received the message from YMH informing him of the need for assistance by the Prison, he figured it would be faster to just quickly finish off his target and teleport back to the Bounty Assignment Hall after, rather than turn back from where he had been, especially given how close both the Prison and Bounty Assignment Hall were.

Thus, after he had slain his bounty target and teleported back to the Hall, the first thing he saw stepping out was Oathless Sword and the others escorting Todd coming under intense arrow fire right by the stairs outside the Prison. Gu Fei had not even noticed that the entire area was filled with traps, but he figured they must have surely been held down in place or something, so he swiftly hurried over with a wave of his sword, prepared to send forth an AOE spell towards the crowd of enemies before him.

But before he could even begin his spell incantation, he felt a bout of murderous intent coming from above his head and looked up, only to find Deep Waters' bow releasing an arrow straight towards him.

This arrow came towards him blindingly fast, but more importantly, it came without making a bit of a sound. Had there been any sound, Gu Fei would of course be able to evade it the instant it was fired, but in the end, he only realized it was coming towards him after he turned his head and caught sight of it.

Gu Fei had already sensed the killing intent in that particular person, but given how close these two men were too one another, the soundless arrow cut through the air at such speed that even Gu Fei found himself scrambling a little, sliding the sword he had pointed out across his body as he used the tip to deftly touch the incoming arrow, bringing it down before it did any serious damage.

The others were all dumbfounded by this. Even Gu Fei himself felt a little strained from this one move, with his face turning slight red as a result.

Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard the clank of metal and Gu instantly had a bad feeling come over him. He lifted his leg in an effort to evade, but it was already too late.

The speed at which the metallic jaws of the trap from Deep Waters' Snare Shot sprang out was much faster than the usual Hunter's Trap, and with the lack of dirt in its way as it sprang forth, no matter how quick his reflexes were, there was no way he could make it in time. The intricate jaw shot towards him, biting squarely onto his leg without fail.

”You're so stupid!” Svelte Dancer had been hoping for the arrival of a savior, yet she did not expect said savior would end up like this. They already had plenty of experiences watching Deep Waters shoot out his Snare Shot and were well aware that its cooldown and duration were the same. After all, was that not why Oathless Sword had been trapped in place all this while? But now that Oathless Sword was now caught within the array of traps all around, they no longer had to particularly target him like before, which was why Deep Waters had immediately sent his Snare Shot towards Gu Fei then.

”What are you panicking for?”

Gu Fei appeared to be very composed, however, which was the same moment Deep Waters yelled out, ”Kill that man first!”

Svelte Dancer and Oathless Sword were both melee job classes, while Vast Lushness was a Dark Priest without much attack power to begin with. Naturally, they could only suffer through the arrows from the Archers now that they were ensnared, but Gu Fei was a Mage! He was more than capable of dealing out ranged attacks, capable of instakilling with just one cast of his spell to all deserving of death. It did not seem to matter if he was trapped or otherwise, so he had to be the first to be killed.

All the Hunters turned to target him, and Vast Lushness was instantly anxious. Gu Fei had been caught in Deep Waters' trap after taking those few steps, the Archers could all shoot him, yet she was unable to heal Gu Fei since he was currently positioned a little bit too far for her skills to reach him.

Thinking that Gu Fei was the only hope left for everyone, Vast Lushness decidedly leapt out as far as she could, clearing over a meter in that one jump. While she had doubtlessly landed on a trap with this one move, it only restricted her movement; she was still able to use her skills in her current state, and Vast Lushness raised her hand and bestowed a Heal upon Gu Fei.

Deep Waters saw how heroic this lady acted, and that leap she took brought her out from behind Todd, whom she had been using as a meatshield all this while. He thought to himself, You're clearly risking your life here, can just a measly Priest like yourself be enough to save him?

In the end, he witnessed a scene that left him the most flabbergasted ever since he started Parallel World.

Everybody had already released their arrows, but Gu Fei was already ready. His right hand was still holding onto his sword, and his left hand pulling out a saber from his dimensional pocket. Both hands flurried as he immediately demonstrated an authentic display of swordsmanship that flashed both sword and saber, the arrows that hurtled straight towards him were all deflected off. Even though some arrows still managed to make it through, the HP Gu Fei lost from taking those few arrows were easily replenished with Vast Lushness's Heal.

Everybody was dumbfounded after firing this cluster of arrows. Each of their mouths were hanging agape as they went ”ahhhh” for the longest time, before finally exclaiming, ”M*th*rf*ck*r, what sort of acrobatics was that?!”

All these Archers had forgotten about firing a second wave of arrows, but Gu Fei's hands did not stop. Dropping the last arrow to his feet with the sword in his right hand, he whirled his left wrist and lifted his Sacred Flames of Baptism in reverse, casually thrusting a backhanded blow from under his arm.

”Argh!” A shrill cry instantly came from behind him, as this stab had been entirely unexpected.

”Twin Incineration, Incinerate!” Gu Fei chanted, Moonlit Nightfalls in his right hand had already lashed out, but because the trap he was caught on restricted his movements entirely, Gu Fei had to twist his waist quite exaggeratedly. This move was not smoothly executed due to his improper footing, allowing the person behind him to retreat with that stab of the saber, and the sword brushed past without making contact at all.