The Fourth Calamity: People in High Martial Arts, Gods in Games

Chapter 98 Brothers, we've got a job to do.

On the hillside.

After Jacques gave the order, the eyes of the more than fifty three-eyed people instantly became alert. According to the original plan, they split into two groups: one group ambushed on the hillside, and the other group went around to attack the convoy from the rear.

"Jacques, everything has been given." The burly, three-eyed man, wielding a large axe and wearing A6-level armor, licked his lips and said, "The shielding device can be activated at any time; we're just waiting for them to arrive."

"Be careful, all of you. I saw those Obsidian Martial Arts members during the fierce battle at Crimson Moon Mountain. They were like madmen, killing even their own people to kill the enemy. They had no idea what death meant." The three-eyed beauty named Jacques said in a low voice while monitoring the approaching convoy through binoculars. "Don't let yourselves be caught off guard and tarnish the reputation of us wanderers."

"Don't worry, I've already notified the brothers." The three-eyed burly man nodded, a hint of disdain on his face. "They're just a bunch of lunatics. How can they compare to us, who spend years roaming the wilderness? This kind of recklessness can only scare those gang members who hang out in the abandoned city areas."

"Alright, wait for my command and activate the jamming equipment at the same time." Jacques glanced at the group that was already lying in ambush in an orderly manner, and a smile appeared on his lips.

Just as the burly man said, Jacques was also full of confidence in these wanderers who had gathered together temporarily.

These wanderers have been roaming around major cities, doing dirty and tiring jobs that even gangs in the wilderness wouldn't want. They are a group of people who are truly on the verge of death. As long as someone can afford to pay, they will gather together to wipe out the gangs in the wilderness.

However, if they do too much of this kind of thing, they will be targeted by the local gangs. Even if these wanderers are all powerful, they will have no choice but to leave the city and go to the next city to make a living.

Now, this wanderer has become quite famous in the wilderness of the City of Light, attracting the hostility of many wilderness gangs. Therefore, as the temporary leader, she plans to leave the City of Light and head to the next city after finishing this job.

After all, she was already infamous in the wilderness of the City of Light, even earning the nickname "Poison Rose," and had killed many high-ranking members of wilderness gangs. She was no longer suitable to stay in the City of Light.

"Jacques, they're still two hundred meters away. Should we make our move?" The burly man, lying prone on the hilltop, stared intently at the unsuspecting convoy and couldn't help but remind Jacques, "I think some of them are already itching to act."

As the temporary leader of this group of wanderers, Jacques was not well received by many of them, even though he was a near-martial artist at the limit.

In this team, there are two Limitless Quasi-Martial Artists, not just Jacques. Besides Jacques, the Poison Rose, there is another Limitless Quasi-Martial Artist who went to the rear to launch a surprise attack and is known as the Gluttonous Villain.

In addition, there are two quasi-martial artists and seven ultimate apprentices. Their skills are such that if they were to fight against Jacques and his group, no one knows who would win or lose.

Jacques was the most famous in the City of Light, so the White Feather Gang made him their leader this time.

"Tell them to wait a little longer if they still want payment," Jacques calmly ordered. "Wait until they're 150 meters away. At that distance, the Gluttonous Villains will have completed their encirclement, and our archers will have the highest accuracy."

Jacques was used to the fact that wanderers were not very obedient. After all, they were people who spent most of their lives in the wild. Who would trust whom? Those who easily trusted others were long gone.

Not to mention commissions like eradicating gangs, where, apart from a small base reward, the majority of the pay is calculated per head.

Jacques's words did indeed calm some of the restless wanderers down, who waited quietly for the convoy to enter the 150-meter radius.

On the other side, Fang Zhen, Li Ranxing, and a very small group of people traveling on the gravel road also noticed something was wrong.

"Brother Zhen, I feel like we're surrounded." The gunman from beyond the Great Wall, sitting in the back row, looked around and whispered to Fang Zhen, "And there are quite a few of them."

"Yes, I noticed that too. They must all be experts. If it weren't for the sudden, unnatural movement in the bushes, it would have been really hard to spot them." Fang Zhen nodded slightly.

"Should we notify Brother Li behind us?" The gunman from beyond the Great Wall licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "We've transported goods in the wild so many times, and today we finally encountered a robbery. It would be such a waste if we let them get away."

"No need to notify them. Captain Li is much more perceptive than us. Didn't you see how wide he's grinning from ear to ear?" Fang Zhen glanced at the three-wheeled motorcycle behind him and smiled. "Today is truly a good day. Once the battle begins, make sure everyone stays away from the three-wheeled motorcycle. I don't want all the money I made today to be lost to the martial arts school."

"Don't worry, Brother Zhen, we're all smart enough to know better. If anyone doesn't get away from the three-wheeled vehicle and start fighting, they can forget about making any extra money today," the gunman from beyond the Great Wall laughed.

"Alright, we'll use our bows and arrows to take out the ranged attackers first, then the rest of us will focus on the assault. We can't let those guys on the hill escape." Fang Zhen nodded, then shouted, "Brothers, we've got a job! Let's go!"

With a loud shout from Fang Zhen, the players on the two large tricycles, as if they had been instructed beforehand, simultaneously moved away from the tricycles and ran off to either side.

"Damn it, they're trying to escape!" The burly man on the hilltop panicked upon seeing this. "Archers, fire! Stop them!"

"Wait... something's not right!" Jacques looked at Fang Zhen and the others who were running into the woods on both sides and felt that something was wrong. Normally, when people find themselves ambushed, they would gather their men and break out on one side, but Fang Zhen and the others were scattered on both sides.

However, Jacques's order did not stop the wandering archers on the hilltop. They all stood up, took up their composite longbows, and fired a volley at Fang Zhen and the others.

More than a dozen arrows fell, each over a meter long and weighing more than five kilograms. Like cannonballs, they pierced the trees in their path, leaving large holes. When they landed on the gravel ground, they scattered countless fragments, leaving a small pit with a radius of more than twenty centimeters, with the arrows embedded halfway in the ground.

"Holy crap! A B1-grade arrow! Are all NPCs this rich?" One-Shot Overlord stared wide-eyed at the arrow with its pale blue metallic sheen that had landed on the ground.

"It really is a B1-grade alloy arrow." Fang Zhen glanced at the pale blue arrow that had pierced three large trees and almost hit him, then pulled it out of the ground, his eyes shining. "Everyone be careful, remember where those arrows landed, so we can retrieve them later!"

Many players who went to the Azure Crystal Weapon Shop with Lin Qi have thoroughly investigated the various alloys in the High Martial World. They have even compiled an alloy encyclopedia on the official forum, so that even players who have not yet entered High Martial World know that some weapons are made of high-grade alloys.

Suddenly, many players on the scene risked being shot to run and pick up B1-level arrows.

"Are these people crazy? Why are they picking up those B1-level arrows? Don't they have any arrows?" Jacques looked at the reckless players, his mind filled with confusion.

Both sides are currently engaged in a fierce battle, not thinking about how to escape or kill each other. They are actually willing to risk their lives to pick up B1-level arrows. Even a madman wouldn't be this crazy.

However, just as the dozen or so archers of the wanderers were preparing for the next wave of fire, Fang Zhen, Li Ranxing, Saiwai Qiangke, and Yiqiang Bajue, who were more than a hundred meters away and were close to the limit of their apprenticeship, also locked onto these archers.

"Fourteen people in total! Captain Li, I'll take care of the four on the left, you take care of the five on the right, and the five in the middle. Gunner and Overlord, you two handle them!" Fang Zhen assigned targets to everyone with just one glance, and drew his A5-grade composite longbow to its full extent, firing two arrows at once.

As for Li Ranxing, who was present, he fired three arrows at the same time, while Saiwai Qiangke and Yiqiang Bajue also fired one arrow at the same time.

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While A5-level arrows are indeed inferior to B1-level arrows in terms of penetration, an A5-level composite longbow, when used with the explosive power of a near-limit apprentice's Stone-Shattering Fist, can deliver an arrow more powerful than a heavy sniper rifle. This is a new shooting technique developed by Fang Zhen and others.

Apprentice-level martial arts technique: Charged Shot!

Even a master apprentice would find it difficult to withstand the power of an A5-level arrow under charged fire, without using martial arts skills, especially since the four of them were originally expert archers who could accurately predict the trajectory of their respective targets.

Bang bang bang!

In an instant, seven of the fourteen archers had their foreheads pierced, and even the fact that some of them were wearing A5-level protective gear had no effect.

"Everyone, charge! Take out those four archers first!" Jacques was shocked to see the seven men die instantly.

The speed, power, and accuracy of that arrow were so great that even she felt threatened, let alone others.

At this moment, not only Jacrow noticed, but the other wanderers present also realized the threat level posed by Fang Zhen and his group. Several wanderers carrying heavy shields immediately rushed towards Fang Zhen and his group, while others using melee weapons followed closely behind.

A distance of over a hundred meters is only five or six seconds for intermediate and above apprentices. Once they get close to the archers, taking them down becomes very easy.

Meanwhile, the gluttonous villains wielding long spears, along with more than twenty others, charged towards Fang Zhen and his companions.

Before Jacques and the others could run two or three steps, Fang Zhen and his group fired another volley, taking away seven archers once again, one of whom was even a beginner archer.

"Quick! Take down those four quickly!" Jacques was no longer as calm as before. He even used apprentice-level footwork, which increased his speed by 30%, reaching over 33 meters per second.

The long-range attacks, like those from a heavy sniper rifle, posed a significant threat to these quasi-martial artists. If they couldn't be eliminated immediately, the consequences of being slaughtered by four archers on the battlefield would be unimaginable.

But no matter how anxious Jacques was, he couldn't stop Fang Zhen and his three companions from retreating while firing arrows at a rate of one per second.

One after another, the wanderers fell on the path of the charge. Every time an arrow pierced the air, someone would fall, instilling fear in the charging wanderers.

Normally, as nomads, they have long been dancing with death, but after wandering through so many cities, this is the first time they have ever felt so helpless in the face of danger.

However, wanderers are still wanderers. Even after nearly half of them died, not one of them escaped. Nearly thirty wanderers surrounded Fang Zhen and his group, who were less than 10 meters away.

"At this distance, you four archers are doomed!"

The gluttonous villain, wielding a long spear, looked at Fang Zhen and his three companions, who were holding bows and arrows, and a triumphant smile appeared on his face. With a sudden step, he thrust his A6-grade spear at Li Ranxing, who was closest to him.

(End of this chapter)