428 Chapter 428 - The Mage Slyris (1/2)

Gu Fei was only able to approximately sense an incoming attack through killing intent. There was no way for him to confidently judge the distance of the attack, but he no longer cared about this fact and just swiped his sword while pivoting the moment he felt the enemy's presence behind him.

The sword struck thin air, and he had no idea if he had attacked too early or too late. Nevertheless, he was not flustered by this and just quickly followed it up with another slash. The 17th Form of All-directional Night Combat was supposed to be a technique that allowed the user to continuously attack with a single opening; its focus was to determine the opponent's position after the first move and to continue raining blows resolutely until the opponent was killed, never giving the opponent a chance to retaliate.

Gu Fei's first strike had struck air, and the second slash he did after taking a step forward still failed to land. At this point, he had already ascertained that it was not an issue of distance, but rather that his slash was crooked. Should he adjust it to the right or left, then? He was annoyed at this moment. D*mn! In such a crucial moment like this when I need help, that rascal Royal God Call chose to remain silent, instead.

Who would have thought that, as he was wondering if he should strike left or right, he would hear tinkling laughter right before him? It turned out that the lass could not hold back her laughter when she saw Gu Fei blindly slash the air twice.

While he had trouble judging the sound of fists, kicks, or weapons as they traveled through air, he would never make a wrong judgement when it came to something as crisp and clear as a person's laughter. The third slash he delivered was appropriately adjusted with this new information. The lass was still laughing when the sword appeared right before her eyes, abruptly ending her laughter. She had been literally silenced by the sword, since that slash Gu Fei had done actually swiped past her mouth.

It could not be helped, though, for the mouth was the very place where the sound originated. Gu Fei's accuracy was just that deadly, and given how dangerous his current predicament had been, he had no reason to put too much thought into things.

This one sword stroke had scared the lass to the point of freezing in place. Gu Fei did not know the effect his move had created and only felt that his blow had connected with something. Retracting his hand, he continued with the fourth, fifth, sixth blow… The 17th Form of All-directional Night Combat began its display in earnest. Even if the lass were not petrified, his relentless attack would completely lock her down and make it difficult for her to defend or evade the blows.

The sword glowed as it flashed with fire and electricity from time to time. Gu Fei was still blinded, so he could not execute each move perfectly. Despite this, executing each move in the 17th Form of All-directional Night Combat was more than enough to kill the lass.

The Mage watched everything unfold anxiously. She wanted to lend a hand, yet Royal God Call was able to harass and disrupt her every attempt with his job class advantage, so she had no choice but to grind her teeth helplessly. Actually, if it were not for the fact that she was a babe, Royal God Call would not have gone easy on her. He could have easily finished her off, given his prowess and the additional suppression inherent to his job class.

Gu Fei suddenly stopped whaling on the Thief just as she was about to die from his attacks. He happened to recover his sight during this time without even going through any transitional phase, and when he saw that the lass's pale face from fright, he no longer felt like dealing the killing blow and decisively stopped his attack.

Still, Gu Fei had been the recipient of that strange skill once and did not wish to take any chances. Thus, even though he had stopped his attack, his sword remained pointing by her shoulder. ”Don't make any sudden move!”

The lass did not even dare squeak. Gu Fei looked backward and saw that War Without Wounds' Cyclone had ended and was waving his claymore wildly around him even though nobody was actually attacking him. Over on the other side, Royal God Call and that beautiful ice queen were still entangled in combat. Gu Fei could tell with a quick glance that it was no longer a match between the two and the former was simply toying with the latter. Seeing how elated and carefree Royal God Call looked, Gu Fei could only sigh to himself. It will truly be a waste of your talent if Forever in Flowers doesn't accept you within their ranks.

”Everyone, stop. Otherwise, I'm just gonna insta-kill her!” Gu Fei finally shouted. Threatening with a human hostage might not be an honorable act in itself, but the current situation had the Thief under his thumb, while Royal God Call had no problem taking down the Mage. Taking a hostage would really just be his way of giving the ladies a way out without having to die.

Sure enough, when the female Mage heard his shout and saw how the lass was at his mercy, a concerned expression flashed across her face, and she immediately stopped her attacks.

Royal God Call beamed as he ran over to Gu Fei's side. ”He he! You're so despicable to resolve this matter like this!”

Gu Fei ignored him. Seeing that the enemy had stopped attacking, he removed his sword from that lass's shoulder. ”This is nothing but a misunderstanding. There's no need to kill anyone over it. Let's just leave this matter as is!”

That lass returned to her senses at this point, and when she saw Gu Fei retract his sword, she activated her Fleetfoot, dashed over to the female Mage's side, and tugged at her sleeve. ”Sis, quickly insta-kill them!”

”Wow, they are sisters. No wonder they look so alike,” Royal God Call happily quipped.

To think he would still be focusing on such things… Gu Fei really wished to give this rascal a slap. Still, that lass doesn't seem to realize the position she's in! Thinking of this, he raised his sword and chanted out a Thunderbolt.

A blue flash, and a bolt of lightning came crashing down before the lass. Her face immediately paled, looking exactly as frightened as how she had looked moments ago.

”Don't you argue with me. Another word out of you and I'll insta-kill you.” To prevent the lass from provoking another incident, he had no choice but to intimidate her for a bit.

”You're trying to scare me!” The tone of her voice might have changed, but the words she spoke were still as obstinate.

However, the female Mage was well aware that Gu Fei was not merely intimidating her. To be capable of dispersing her Arctic Whirlwind with one Twin Incineration, this just proved that his damage output was high, and that Thunderbolt spell he had cast could very well insta-kill her sister. In short, his words were no idle threat.

”Xiaozhu, that's enough.” The female Mage, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke, taking out a bun from her pocket and giving it to the lass.

The Thief did not say another word. She accepted the bun and began munching on it as she glared at Gu Fei from time to time.

”Ha ha, that's much better!” Gu Fei was not in the least bit courteous. Taking out an apple to eat, he and Royal God Call appreciated the sight of War Without Wounds blindly cleaving away. He was most likely too focused on what he was doing, so he did not realize that the battle had already ended and that they were all just chatting now.

However, after a short while, he regained his vision, and when he saw everyone just standing there, he hurriedly stopped his wild slashing motion. Lightly coughing, he struck a dignified pose like a grand oak as he held a taciturn and stern expression. Gu Fei really wished he could just give him a tight slap as well.

”Are you the Video Mage?” Unexpectedly, the person to break the silence was the icy female Mage, and the first thing she mentioned was recognizing Gu Fei's identity.