Chapter 924 - 872: Counter-Sweep
When Da Fei killed the giant bear, members of the Mad God Guild also closed in from all directions to pursue him.
Originally, Da Fei’s plan was to enter Stealth and escape immediately after killing the giant bear, but the current situation made him hesitate. Too many players had already seen him, and disappearing into Stealth right under their noses was far too unlike an NPC.
Moreover, with so many people, if they conducted a thorough sweep, they could still easily find him, which would be a huge loss.
Since he’d already been seen, he might as well face it head-on. Plus, Da Fei always wanted to know what would happen if players started a battle with him—would he expose his identity?
If this question remained unclear, even if he escaped, Da Fei would still feel uneasy. If not exposed, it would be great – he could fully unleash his potential later. If he were exposed, it would mean the disclosure of his disguise and the Blood Eagle’s ace in the hole, which, although troublesome, could motivate him to develop more aces.
All in all, he decided to make a move while the effects of the Dragon Blood Potion still lingered. Moreover, from the previous situation of besieging the giant bear, the opposition did not have players specializing in Destruction Magic. Their scrolls and potions were used up, reducing the threat significantly.
Just then, an arrow flew from the woods, and blood spurted from Da Fei’s forehead! "-3!"
— System Prompt: You have suffered a malicious attack from the Mad God Guild player "Lustful Wolf." You are free to counterattack!
Da Fei’s brow twitched; an aggressive red-name move! Have I been exposed? Does his system information have my name?
Then two more arrows came flying, with two players approaching and shooting him! "-2!"
Completely unable to confirm! But he couldn’t care less, dealing only 2 or 3 damage to him—they’re weaklings! He could easily kill them!
The Blood Eagle swooped down! The red-named player watched as the shadow cast by the giant eagle, with wings as long as two people, engulfed him!
"-523!" A flash of white light! Instant kill!
Indeed, current players, especially those like archers who fight solo, put all their attribute points into attack, relying solely on personal or strategic equipment for Defense. Even if they had excellent equipment, their defense wouldn’t exceed 100 points, barely offsetting the Blood Eagle’s 70-plus attack, but then there was Da Fei’s additional 300-point Strategic Attack!
With 1 point of Attack increasing damage by 5%, 300 points meant 1500%, multiplying the Blood Eagle’s damage by 16 times! The Blood Eagle’s Basic Damage was 30 points, with Da Fei’s overall troop Attack bonus of 7. Assuming Attack Skills canceled out by the opponent’s Defense Skill, and Morale Strike canceled out by the opponent’s Morale Value, the final damage was 16 times 37, equaling 600 damage! Not accounting for special effects.
Currently, an average level 40-plus player having 500 health points was already considered doing well; the Blood Eagle could easily one-shot them.
In fact, with Da Fei’s current Attack bonus, any troop with damage over 30 could easily one-shot a regular player.
With a successful strike, the Blood Eagle immediately soared into the air, swooping towards the other two red-named players—they couldn’t escape.
At that moment, the first member being one-shot shocked the Mad God Guild!
Mad God Shitian quickly regained his composure: "Nobody attack; surround that NPC completely, then hit them all at once!"
All team members clamored: "Surround, surround!"
Indeed! NPCs of the same faction wouldn’t proactively attack white-named players, so the effective way for players to kill an NPC was to surround and focus-fire them to death.
After taking down three red-named players, collecting a telescope and two worn-out leather armors, Da Fei was both amused and helpless. This guild was not that capable, yet very ambitious. Bring it on! Who else?
Seeing the surrounding players no longer shooting at him but tightening their blockade, Da Fei immediately understood! So it was like this; using strategies specifically aimed at NPCs indicated his identity hadn’t been exposed. This Divine Artifact was indeed formidable and useful!
Since they were using tactics against an NPC, he would continue to play along as an NPC. Life wouldn’t be fun otherwise!
Sure enough, just after the satisfaction of instant-killing a few, Da Fei was filled with pride, wanting to see if he and a single eagle could challenge an entire guild! He still had four bottles of Dragon Blood Potion as his backup. After all, Da Fei was destined to challenge men from all over the world on the stage of National War. If he couldn’t even handle a small, unknown domestic guild, wouldn’t it be a joke?
However, with over a hundred of them, a player could deal 2 to 3 damage points to Da Fei. If nearly a hundred players attacked him at once, they could inflict 300 damage, which was more than Da Fei could bear. Therefore, Da Fei couldn’t step onto the open road, where they could freely shoot at him. These densely wooded trees and branches were Da Fei’s natural shield against arrows and spells.
The dense tree branches in these woods can reduce Da Fei’s arrow strikes by at least 20%, then his Defense Skill Sub-skills "Arrow Avoidance" provide an additional 15% evasion chance, plus the Golden Cockroach Evasion Talisman adds another 15% evasion probability. In the forest, Da Fei’s arrow avoidance rate is already close to 50%. Additionally, the opponent itself will also have a chance of missing.
If it’s unbearable, he can still run. High-end bosses and high-end NPCs will flee, yes, fast running can further increase arrow avoidance rates.
Thus, Blood Eagle hovered in the high air above the woods, while Da Fei stepped boldly through the woods towards Elk Manor.
In the forest, over a hundred players from the Mad God Guild surrounded Da Fei in three layers and moved along with him. Mad God Guild still held onto their last hope, hoping this NPC would blindly step onto an animal trap. But they were disappointed! This NPC simply wouldn’t step into a trap.
"Boss, let’s make a move! With so many people, if we can’t overpower a bear, we surely can against a humanoid NPC!"
Can they? Mad God Shitian certainly realized what kind of NPC he was facing, but now already on a tiger’s back, he had to attack. He waved a hand: "Strike!"
In an instant, a hundred arrows flew simultaneously! Over a hundred players instantly turned red-named!
Da Fei had been eagerly waiting for this moment! When a long string of damage data "-1", "-2", "-3" appeared, Da Fei immediately charged towards the red-named human wall blocking his path—this reduced the arrow hit rate while advancing!
Then Blood Eagle activated its Petrification Aura, swooping down; within the Petrification Aura’s area, all players’ movements suddenly slowed down.
With a flash of white light, the first red-named player in front of Da Fei was taken down by Blood Eagle. The red-named players behind him were impaled by Da Fei’s spear, then Blood Eagle added another swipe, with a flash of white light, instantly killing two players!
At this moment, a breach was opened in the human wall by Da Fei, and he quickly charged into it! Not fleeing, but like a tiger entering a sheep’s flock!
After merging into the human wall, it became a barrier for himself to dodge arrows! If Da Fei’s probability of avoiding arrows in the woods was 50%, now with this human wall, Mad God Guild’s attack firepower couldn’t be fully unleashed. Now was Da Fei’s time to sweep and rampage!
Yes, just like the European Union Zone’s evaluation of Da Fei, the attribute gap between European Union Zone players and Da Fei is like the difference between children and adults. Perhaps thousands of children’s combined strength far surpasses this adult, but it doesn’t mean that thousands of children gathered together can defeat one adult, this is the essence of a tiger in a sheep’s flock.
The battle at this point had no suspense left, Mad God Guild faced an eerie NPC capable of evading arrows everywhere, white light flickered amid the crowd, instant kills! Dying at a single touch, one after another instant kills!
In that moment, Mad God Shitian panicked. He issued an even worse command: "Concentrate fire on that speed-reducing Blood Eagle!"
However, not to mention Blood Eagle itself having 300 health and being fortified with Da Fei’s wall-like defense, simply its rapid movement in the woods made it difficult for arrows to hit easily. Two waves of arrow volleys resulted in countless misses and allowed Da Fei’s Divine Equipment to self-heal and restore dozens of health points, while also taking advantage of the situation to flash several white lights.
"Boss, what do we do?" At this moment, the guild channel was chaotic.
Mad God Shitian roared angrily: "What can we do! Who knows how much health the NPC has left? Just keep fighting till death! We’re playing a game, who fears dying!"
"The boss is right, no fear, everyone charge!"
The battle continued second by second, white lights surged, and at this point Da Fei lost any enthusiasm or excitement. Mad God Guild members fought fearlessly, while Da Fei’s health was whittled down to less than a hundred points. Indeed, even a tiger can’t resist too many ants eating an elephant!
Would Da Fei drink a precious Dragon Blood Potion for these remaining less than 20 weaklings? Of course not! Run! This is a normal survival reaction for an NPC in trouble, with no sense of discord.
Thus Da Fei rushed out of the woods straight for the main road. And the remaining players of Mad God Guild saw the hope of victory and pursued fiercely!
However, they forgot that while the NPC can run, Blood Eagle can always swoop down for a beating, leaving no suspense in the battle’s aftermath.
This fight was a formal test of Da Fei’s "world-challenging" ability against a weaker opponent. Honestly, Da Fei was very unsatisfied. At the very least, if it were the Phoenix Feather in battle, it would have been much more leisurely.
After all, it’s the limitations of the profession—no long-range attacks, no strong recovery—damn it, clearly there’s healing Light Magic, I just never mastered it! Now there’s no Skill Points left to learn. Luckily the opponent didn’t have a Mage; anyway, I need to continue strengthening my own power.
This battle delayed Da Fei quite a bit. Since the players were reset, Da Fei was too lazy to act it out, directly summoning the Hell Gate mount, racing towards Duke’s Manor.
Finally, with 20 minutes left, Da Fei arrived at the heavily guarded Elk Manor. There’s definitely not enough time for the return trip, it’s forcing me to find a toilet to drown and return, continuing the journey. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)