521 Chapter 521 - Frightening Precision (1/2)

Silence abruptly returned to the street. Sword Demon, who was huddled behind that pile of sacks, was feeling awkward. Being someone considered as an expert of days past, he did not really feel good to have fallen into his current state. He really wanted to poke his head out to see what was happening, yet he did not dare to do so. He was not afraid of death; rather, he did not want his action to create further complications for Gu Fei. He knew he had become a burden in this battle, and just this thought alone made him feel that he should just delete his account.

On the street, Gu Fei and Broken Water Arrow were motionlessly staring at each other. What was different between the two were where their eyes were looking at. Broken Water Arrow was staring at Gu Fei's mouth, for he was wary of that Blink spell. He was taking precautions against it, as no matter how softly a Mage muttered an incantation, their lips would still move. Meanwhile, Gu Fei was watching Broken Water Arrow's hands. He was thankful that they were in a game, and there would be an obvious visual effect whenever players unleashed the different attacks and skills. Take the bolts fired from the crossbow as an example; a glinting flash would always appear with every shot – similar to the flash of muzzle fire from a firearm. While it might be a little later than the squeezing of his index finger, at least it was still a visual cue he could take reference from. Against Broken Water Arrow's dirty tricks, like blocking his trigger finger, even Gu Fei could not concisely make out the difference between the shudder of fingers cramping against an actual trigger pull.

Coco, watching afar in Stealth, was also anxiously waiting with bated breath for the two to begin their attacks. In the end, she nearly went breathless, yet the two did not even move. Finally, she could not stand anymore and typed out a message. ”Just how long are the two of you going to stare at each other?”

Gu Fei sighed inwardly and said aloud, ”Look here, you—”

Gu Fei saw Broken Water Arrow dash forward just as he said these three words, giving him quite a scare that he dodged in a hurry. The two immediately steadied themselves when they realized that the other had not acted according to their predictions. Gu Fei grimaced, for he had experienced such a situation before. Back when he was having a duel with Traversing Four Seas' Gale Force, that man had also been staring intently at his lips, and the instant he spoke caused the man to anxiously attempt to evade his Blink. Broken Water Arrow had apparently made the same mistake as well, except Gu Fei had also lost his focus for a moment there and moved in accordance...

The two experts realized in that instant what had happened and felt a little embarrassed. Coco, who had been watching this exchange, sent her message: ”What's with you two? Stroke?”

”Don't worry; I didn't intone my incantation,” Gu Fei said.

Broken Water Arrow immediately recognized that he was already at a disadvantage; his opponent merely had to move his lips to fake him out; it was really confounding! Since he is suddenly talking, is he perhaps thinking of mixing his spell incantation with his rambling to make it nigh impossible for me to defend against it effectively? Broken Water Arrow thought about this as he took another two steps backward. He had no idea what the maximum effective range of Blink was, but he was at least positive that it would not be without limitation. The more he backed away, the safer he would be. While the further distance would slightly lower the chance of him getting the kill, he would still be the one benefiting in the grand scheme of things by maintaining his distance from Gu Fei.

”Looks like you're prepared to have a contest of patience with me!” That was what Gu Fei had wanted to say when he first opened his mouth, but now that he saw Broken Water Arrow backing away, he was all the more certain of his presumption that Broken Water Arrow was thinking of getting a clearer picture of what he would do before the man attacked.

Broken Water Arrow remained quiet, focusing his attention straight to Gu Fei. At the moment, he considered Gu Fei's words to be a trap. There was no telling when he would utter the phrase ”Translocation! Blink!” while talking.

”You win if we're in a contest of patience!” Gu Fei continued. ”I don't have the time as I still have work later!” Gu Fei glanced at the time.

Broken Water Arrow continued to be silent.

”All right. Here I come!” Gu Fei suddenly said. Raising his sword without any spell incantation or strafing, Gu Fei walked straight toward Broken Water Arrow using the shortest route.

Broken Water Arrow did not expect Gu Fei to be so direct and unrestrained, completely ignoring the crossbow pointed dead center at him. In such a situation, why would Broken Water Arrow even hesitate? Firing a shot was the only option he had left.

A cold glint flashed.

Snipe was unleashed, and the bolt flew out far faster, more powerful, and even greater than before.

Can you dodge this? Broken Water Arrow did not believe that Gu Fei's reaction time would reach such a level.

Sure enough, Gu Fei was unable to react in time. He dashed right toward Broken Water Arrow just like that crossbow bolt. Broken Water Arrow's Snipe struck his glabella, which showed how transcendental his marksmanship was. Unfortunately, a crossbow was not like a real gun, so there was no such thing as getting an insta-kill from a headshot. Gu Fei swung his arm and wiped that arrow off as if he were wiping off sweat from his forehead. A trickle of blood ran down his forehead, but there was no stopping Gu Fei from advancing onto Broken Water Arrow.

That's too much, man! Broken Water Arrow and the spectating Coco shared the same thought in their minds. This was because from how Gu Fei acted, it looked as if he had no intention of even evading the bolt and planned to devote his mind and head, literally, to take that shot entirely. Was he not at all afraid of being insta-killed? After all, Snipes from many of the powerful Sharpshooters were entirely capable of insta-killing Mages. There was no doubt Broken Water Arrow could be considered as one himself, so it only made sense to make such a consideration when faced against such opponents!