542 Chapter 542 - Old Broken, You Are Mistaken Again (2/2)

”But there's nothing set up there—”

”SHHHHH!” Someone hurriedly muffled the man's mouth. Even though they all hoped that this match would quickly end, they were all holding onto the hope that Broken Water Arrow would be the victor, so none of them wanted to let Gu Fei know of this important information.

”Old Broken should just chase after the man up the tree,” another supposed.

”How will he escape if an AoE spell comes crashing his way while he's halfway climbing up the tree?”

”Welp… It looks like we can only wait till Old Broken uses up all the bolts he's got on him.” Everyone sighed deeply.

The man himself, Broken Water Arrow, did not seem to show any of the anxiety these onlookers had, which obviously showed how resilient his state of mind was. More importantly, he had never once considered Gu Fei to be a normal player, nor was he holding onto any hope that he would be able to finish him off in the short time he had.

This PvP isn't simply just a match of skill! It's a contest of spirit, and it will all depend on who can maintain this heightened level of concentration till the end! I have a great advantage since I hold the initiative, and he's surely expending far more energy than me here, so I can't lose! Broken Water Arrow encouraged himself.

Another ten minutes passed in this manner. Broken Water Arrow continued to focus his mind on this battle of concentration when he suddenly heard Gu Fei spoke, breaking the stalemate.

”What took you so long?” He heard him ask.

”There're plenty of traps here in the forest; gotta be careful.” A voice from behind him answered.

Broken Water Arrow turned to look backward in a hurry and saw Sword Demon. He had no idea when the man crept up on him, but they were no more than three meters apart right now.

Broken Water Arrow was too focused on this fight he did not even notice it when someone else sneaked up behind him.

”Your mission.” With this said, Gu Fei leaped off the tree coolly and landed safely on the ground. The man then took several steps forward, seemingly unafraid of the possible traps lying around. Even though there was not any in actuality, there was no reason for Gu Fei to act in such a nonchalant manner…

Broken Water Arrow watched Gu Fei pace off and had a feeling that, while he vaguely believed he held the initiative, when in fact, this Mage had actually been leading him by the nose this whole time. He thought this was a contest of spirit when it was actually just a game for the man to buy time. Was the whole thing orchestrated just for Sword Demon to make his way over so that he could complete his 'Daily Mission'? This incident had come a full circle and made its way back to where it started; this was ultimately a game.

Broken Water Arrow watched as Gu Fei walk away and suddenly realized that the space where the man had stepped onto was the very same spot he had taken when he ran in. This person had been using his spells to attack up from the tree, forcing Broken Water Arrow to dodge time and again. This was especially the case for those AoE spells of his, and each of them forced Broken Water Arrow needing to run for quite a distance in order to avoid them. In the process, Gu Fei was actually memorizing all the different routes Broken Water Arrow had ended up using and then plotted his own path from these routes. It no longer mattered if there were traps on the ground or not.

Blinking his eyes as he looked at this a few more times, Broken Water Arrow experienced a mental breakdown once more. Gu Fei was not leisurely walking away right now either but was instead revising the few routes Broken Water Arrow had taken previously as he thought of finding the best route to attack Broken Water Arrow from these. To actually make such preparation for an attack so self-assuredly, had Gu Fei considered him as meat on the chopping block already?

Gu Fei was a professional combatant, so he was of course very efficient. Quickly charting out a way in to engage in the fight, he lifted his head and saw that Broken Water Arrow was staring right at him. Cocking his head to the side, he gazed over to Sword Demon, who was standing behind Broken Water Arrow. ”Do you need my help?”

Before he could even answer, the crowd watching this fight was the first to clamor. ”Two versus one! Shameless!”

These men all threw curses from every angle, but the parties involved in the fight ignored them all. Sword Demon calmly replied with a 'no need', which Gu Fei answered with an 'okay' before he remained where he was.

Broken Water Arrow looked at one man and then the other. Since they were both enemies, and one was even what Ye Xiaowu called a 'game-breaking existence', Broken Water Arrow had a good grasp of their characters. He believed that even if the two decided to gang up and engage him in a two-versus-one duel, they would not attempt to hoodwink the enemy by claiming otherwise. With Sword Demon already rejecting the offer, then Gu Fei would surely not meddle in the ensuing fight unnecessarily. Thus, Broken Water Arrow was certain that the duel would remain as one versus one, but his opponent would be Sword Demon, instead.

Broken Water Arrow turned around and stared at Sword Demon. The Thief was far from being as fearsome as Miles, but he nevertheless managed to defeat Cool Apple, and there was barely a distance of three meters between them currently. At such a range, with the speed of Shadowmist Assault, he was still very apprehensive about the skill despite knowing how to dodge it.

But with the ground littered in traps, Sword Demon will have his misgivings as well; he'll surely not attempt such a direct approach when making his attack, Broken Water Arrow thought to himself as he raised his crossbow, his arm steady as ever.

Sword Demon's figure suddenly disappeared. Broken Water Arrow cried out in dismay to himself even as the Thief reappeared, standing right before the Sharpshooter; the two daggers in the former's hands plunged right toward the latter. Broken Water Arrow dodged part of the attack on reflex, but tragedy filled his heart.

It seemed that he had made a miscalculation again. He did not expect for the solid old-school gamer, Sword Demon, to take the risk and completely ignore the existence of the traps set...