Gu Fei was only able to approximately sense an iing 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 toote. Nevertheless, he was not flustered by this and just quickly followed it up with another sh. 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 sh he did after taking a step forward still failed tond. At this point, he had already ascertained that it was not an issue of distance, but rather that his sh 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 tinklingughter right before him? It turned out that thess could not hold back herughter when she saw Gu Fei blindly sh 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’sughter. The third sh he delivered was appropriately adjusted with this new information. Thess was stillughing when the sword appeared right before her eyes, abruptly ending herughter. She had been literally silenced by the sword, since that sh Gu Fei had done actually swiped past her mouth.


    It could not be helped, though, for the mouth was the very ce where the sound originated. Gu Fei’s uracy 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 thess to the point of freezing in ce. 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 disy in earnest. Even if thess were not petrified, his relentless attack wouldpletely lock her down and make it difficult for her to defend or evade the blows.


    The sword glowed as it shed 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 thess.


    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 ss 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 ss.


    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 thess’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!”


    Thess did not even dare squeak. Gu Fei looked backward and saw that War Without Wounds’ Cyclone had ended and was waving his ymore 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 inbat. Gu Fei could tell with a quick nce that it was no longer a match between the two and the former was simply toying with thetter. Seeing how ted 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 ept 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 thedies a way out without having to die.


    Sure enough, when the female Mage heard his shout and saw how thess was at his mercy, a concerned expression shed 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 thatss’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!”


    Thatss 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 p. Still, thatss doesn’t seem to realize the position she’s in! Thinking of this, he raised his sword and chanted out a Thunderbolt.


    A blue sh, and a bolt of lightning came crashing down before thess. 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 thess 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 thess.


    The Thief did not say another word. She epted the bun and began munching on it as she red 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 shing 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 p 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.


    “Yes, that’s me.” Gu Fei nodded.


    “Thousand Miles Drunk?” she asked again.


    Gu Fei was surprised. He did not expect for this woman to have even uncovered this information. While this was no longer a secret to those yers in Yunduan City, it was unsurprising for this information to travel out of the city. It was just that this was the first time a stranger had identified him so thoroughly, which gave him quite the shock.


    “Are you Fugitive 27149 from before?” This woman was just full of surprises with every single statement she made. While it was not odd for anyone to link the Video Mage with Thousand Miles Drunk, not many was able to piece his identity with Fugitive 27149.


    “Have you done research on me?” He was astonished.


    Thedy nodded. “I have my eye on you early on.”


    He immediately thought of something. “Are you Slyris?”


    Thedy nodded.


    After that first incident, the many instances that Gu Fei had gotten himself often became a hot topic on the forums, so anyone had the intention to link all those matters together in their research, they were likely toe to the conclusion that the yer involved in all those incidents was the same person.


    “Sorry you had to go through so much hassle for it.” Gu Fei barked out a dryugh. War Without Wounds and Royal God Call were thoroughly dissatisfied. They felt as if their limelight were being stolen by Gu Fei in front of this babe. Royal God Call was depressed. I’ve used my keen archery skills to suppress her for so long earlier, so why isn’t she sparing me even a single nce?


    There was no need to mention War Without Wounds; he got frozen like an idiot before he could wield his seven-foot-long ymore, and it was just difficult for him just to stand there as if nothing had happened. In fact, there was still a secret he had kept within him! When they were shing earlier, he had graciously used only one hand to hold his sword out to go easy on thedy, but in the end... he only ended up embarrassing himself by giving thedy an unnecessary handicap! He was still sighing in his heart even as his face remained casual about the matter.


    “He he he! It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.” Gu Fei showed great etiquette by extending a very polite greeting to Slyris before turning to address his fellow mercenaries, “Shall we leave, then?”


    “Leave? Where to?” the two asked in unison, nonplussed.


    “A straightforward meeting isn’t better than a chance encounter. We even got to know each other better after exchanging a few blows, so why don’t we head into the tavern and share a drink or two?” War Without Wounds mused like a poet.


    “Oh, yes, that’s more like it. Miles, you’re so ungentlemanly,” Royal God Call derided at Gu Fei.


    Gu Fei was speechless.


    In the end, it was thedy who had a good eye on the matter. “Oh, since you men are busy with something else, we’ll take our leave now. May we have the good fortune of meeting again! Xiaozhu, let’s go.”


    “Busy? What business do we have? No, we’ve got nothing on. Isn’t that right, Miles?” War Without Wounds hurriedly grabbed a hold of Gu Fei’s shoulders, making intense eye-contact with him, even as Royal God Call helped by adding, “That’s right. We’ve got nothing on. Why don’t we all share a round together?”


    Slyris gazed at the three men and said, “Actually, if you truly have a business to attend to, it is fine to share it with me. Perhaps, I can even be of help.”


    “Is that so? Then, have you seen a yer that goes by the name of Southern Lone de? If you’ve seen him, do tell us. I’m currently looking to y that man!” War Without Wounds’ hand continued to hold Gu Fei in ce even as he coolly flurried his ymore with his free hand.


    “Southern Lone de? I just met up with the man in the tavern,” Slyris replied.


    “WHAT?!” The three were shocked by this revtion. They had not expected for her to really be of help. By now, it was clear who was pretending and who had a vested interest in the matter, as War Without Wounds remained stun while Gu Fei hastily asked, “Then, where is that man now?”


    “I’m not too sure about that,” Slyris answered.


    “Are you friends with that guy?” Gu Fei asked.


    “Nope.” Slyris’s answer was curt.


    “Then, you guys are...” Gu Fei could not think of their possible rtionship.


    “Just a little business connection. I’m not afraid to admit this to you; I want to know what kind of equipment the Video Mage has on him, so I hired Southern Lone de to try and loot your gear.” Slyris maintained her gaze on Gu Fei after saying this. Gu Fei, meanwhile, looked around before facing his fellow mercenaries. “Southern Lone de is after my equipment? Why don’t I know this?”


    “Yeah, weren’t you the one hunting him all this while?” The two were equally confused.