448 Chapter 448 - The Strongest Spear and Shield (1/2)

Silence.

Everybody was more or less prepared for Gu Fei to raise his hands in anger, but the outcome of this one attack was truly frightening beyond any of their imagination.

”Was that a… Twin Incineration?” This person could not even believe what he had just seen with his eyes.

Nobody answered him, as their eyes were all fixed on Gu Fei. From time to time, screams could be heard from the fog beyond, which only seemed to further rattle their heartstrings.

Gu Fei did not say another word as he abruptly turned to continue his way. Everybody was standing petrified where they were, each of them looking at one another, at a loss on what to do.

”This anecdote here tells us that, in a world where sinister thoughts pervade people's hearts, it is rare to find someone who will believe your story without a valid reason.” Young Master Han ignored Gu Fei's stormy look as he said this to the others, as though he were talking to himself.

The others were quiet; adding oil to a burning flame was not something everybody would do.

Gu Fei did not really react to this, though, merely calmly saying to the others, ”Let's carry on!”

They hurried on, following the screams that broke through the fog from time to time. Gu Fei continued to give the players they met along the way his friendly prompt about the Shadowmist Assassin, except he was no longer as sincere and passionate as before and was coldly saying a few words to these people.

Who would have thought that more people believed him when he delivered the news in such a curt and blunt manner? More and more players took Gu Fei's warnings as advice and left in a hurry. Naturally, there were still some that doubted his words, but at least they did not bump into any groups that acted as vile as that first group, which Gu Fei found as comforting.

Meanwhile, War Without Wounds suddenly realized the significance of Gu Fei's action. ”We will be the only ones left with everybody is slowly leaving. Wouldn't that mean that the BOSS will find its way back to us?”

These men all stared at him, causing War Without Wounds to appear stunned. ”What, did I say something wrong?”

”No. We are just shocked that you've only realized this now,” Young Master Han said.

”I didn't think about this too much at the beginning.” War Without Wounds tried to defend himself.

Gu Fei suddenly interjected, ”You guys should leave as well!”

”What are you talking about?” They were all stunned. They had been traveling together all this while, so they found it baffling that Gu Fei would suddenly ask them all to leave like this.

”I didn't really think too much about this matter at first, but what War Without Wounds just said instantly reminded me,” Gu Fei explained, ”This BOSS might be really strong once it's enraged, but the main issue we have with it lies in our inability to discern who its target is. However, if there's no one else around, wouldn't that mean that we will know who it chooses to target? In that case, I think if Eternal Dominion and I work together, we should be able to overcome it!”

Gu Fei finished and glanced over to Eternal Dominion, who agreed with his assessment, ”There shouldn't be any problems.”

”That is why you guys should leave first,” Gu Fei said.

These experts felt like crying. Even though Gu Fei had not explicitly mentioned it, they could already read between the lines what he was saying: ”You guys are of no help hanging around here.” Conversely, they were messing up the BOSS from targeting the two martial practitioners, so it was better if they left.

Despite the case, these men had no choice but to admit that what Gu Fei had said made sense. While they still had reservations as to whether these two men were capable of taking on an enraged BOSS, they could not afford to dither at this point, and all that was left was to try. The four did not dawdle or hesitate as they all nodded. ”Then, it's up to you two.”

With that, the four men actually ran off in four different directions, as if they had all originally planned this.

”What are you guys doing?” Gu Fei was puzzled.

Young Master Han turned his head back to answer, ”If you guys are gonna be the hero here, you could at least give us the role of the bit part, yeah?”

Gu Fei was confused.

It was still Sword Demon who was honest. ”We're going our separate ways so as to persuade all the surrounding players to leave as soon as possible. All the two of you have to do is to continue following the screams.”

Gu Fei was taken aback by this unexpected development. These guys were usually conceited and beheld contempt for most things; one was always gloomy and stoic, others enjoyed exploiting people and were deplorable as well as licentious, and another was always talking about stats that nobody understood a word of… But when it came to crucial moments like this, all their minds worked together as one!

”You guys…” Gu Fei was at a loss for words.

In the end, he saw Young Master Han facepalm and then say, ”Hey, hey. You can't possibly be thinking that we are planning to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of others like you, right? Buddy. We only split up into four ways because there's a larger chance for the other three to stay alive. Informing the others along the way is just something we are doing incidentally; don't read too much into this.”

Gu Fei was truly left speechless.

He caught a glimpse of Sword Demon chuckling before turning around and being the first to leave. Brother Assist and War Without Wounds also ran into the fog soon after. Young Master Han picked out a bottle of liquor, chugged it down in one gulp, and commiserated indignantly, ”Yours truly is extremely smart, but why is it I can never predict when I will run out of liquor? Could it be that even someone as smart as me is unable to truly fathom myself?” With that, the man disappeared into the fog, leaving just the sound of a shattered bottle.

Gu Fei and Eternal Dominion were the two people left, their resolute gazes remaining unchanged.

”Pay attention to the sounds,” Gu Fei said.

Eternal Dominion nodded his head.

The direction where the sounds came from kept changing. The two men corrected their advancement using these sounds, as if they had no idea how to give up. They were no match for the BOSS in speed, so all they could do was work hard at closing in the gap in order to increase their chances of the BOSS finding them.

Meanwhile, the effect of the four men's departure could already be seen, as they began to see fewer and fewer players in this originally crowded grinding zone. Even without the four of them persuading these players, the truth itself was far more convincing. More and more players witnessed their teammates or those players nearby getting insta-killed by the sudden appearance of the BOSS from the fog, so there was no need for anyone to tell them twice. Many of them had already realized how dangerous things were and were already making their escape.

Soon!