The four guys were very aggressive. They sneakily discussed on one side and let Ye Xiu do all of the hard work. It was good that they hadn't completely seen Ye Xiu as an idiot. After arguing, the four went up and helped Ye Xiu clear monsters. While they cleared, they slowly explained: "Just a moment ago our Guild Demeter had some business to take care of. We were a little out of focus. We're good now."
"Come on guys." Ye Xiu dully said a few words as if he wasn't suspicious at all.
The four were secretly delighted. If they cooperated together, the four veterans and the expert Ye Xiu, they would easily cruise by this dungeon. Every person killed happily. Their outer appearance didn't show any signs of an ulterior motive.
"Have you noticed that this guys damage is very high?" Seven Fields and Sleeping Moon muttered quietly.
"It looks like it. I've never seen that lance-like weapon before." Sleeping Moon said.
"I don't know either. I don't pay attention to low-level lances." Seven Fields said.
"It'd be good if it dropped when we kill this guy." Sleeping Moon said.
"So what if it dropped. No matter how high of an attack it has, it's still a low-level weapon. We won't be able to use it for long." Seven Fields said.
"True." Sleeping Moon nodded.
Each side did not provoke the other and cooperated harmoniously. Going in and out of Green Forest, their efficiency was extremely high. It was unfortunate, however, that they didn't meet the hidden BOSS Midnight Phantom Cat again.
After clearing it a few times, Stolord was the the first to reach Level 10. The First Hidden BOSS kill gave him an ample amount of experience. Green Forest only had one hidden BOSS so far. Just relying on this, Stolord was already pretty far up on the tenth server level leaderboards. Only the first to reach level 10 was not him. That player was called Blue River. This was already his second time to be announced by the system. The first time was when he and four others were the first to clear Green Forest.
Seeing that Stolord was the first among them to reach level 10, Sleeping Moon felt a fit of nervousness. They were afraid that this guy would just leave them. Who knew that Stolord only laughed and said "I've leveled up". After a few sounds of congratulations, he entered the Green Forest with the other four again.
The experience gap between them wasn't too great. After clearing this dungeon, Sleeping Moon and the others all reached level 10. The five of them also obtained quite a few equipment.
"Brother, we work quite well together. Now that we've all hit level 10, why don't we go and tackle Spider Cave together?" Seven Fields went up and asked Ye Xiu. Sleeping Moon and Ye Xiu once had a disagreement. Now this sudden change of heart made him feel a little odd. In addition, Sleeping Moon still continued to look at Ye Xiu maliciously and just let Seven Fields play the role of a mediator.
Ye Xiu heard this and agreed. Only he first said that he would go and learn skills first. For skill points, it didn't matter whether they were given as quest rewards, leveling, killing a certain amount of monsters, or dueling, these would all only allow him to reach the 4000 skill points. From level 7 to level 10, he didn't have many skill points accumulated. But the most important part was that level 10 was another period when new skills could be learned.
The other four were obviously going to learn too. Thus, each of them looked for a teacher to learn from. Afterwards, they grouped up at Spider Cave.
There weren't many people at the entrance of Spider Cave. After all, they had leveled up relatively fast compared to ordinary players and newbies wouldn't consider going to this dungeon.
Outside, there were only only a few randomly made parties. Because the dungeon was difficult, they would all ask about each other's equipments. Forming a party wasn't so carefree. Ye Xiu and the others were straightforward. Without saying a word, they directly entered. Only this time, Sleeping Moon and the other three helpers began to act evilly.
"Should we immediately kill him or look at the situation first?" One person asked quietly.
"Why don't we look first. If this person truly is an expert. Let's use him first. Why don't we plan again when the BOSS comes?" Seven Fields suggested.
"Okay." The other members had no other opinions. Truthfully, those members had no enmity with Ye Xiu. The person in front of them was so outstanding. He was also the one with the most DPS in the group. They were a little unwilling to part with him. But to give their friend Sleeping Moon some face, in the end, they still went forward with the plan. Although no one said anything, they were all quite regretful.
"You all brought antidotes?" Seven Fields asked everyone, which everyone replied with a yes. Only Ye Xiu actually laughed: "No need."
"This guy's looking for death." Sleeping Moon didn't feel too good about Ye Xiu's confidence.
"Then let's go." Seven Fields said happily.
The inside of Spider Cave was gloomy and spider webs could be seen everywhere. From time to time, scattered skeletons could be seen. It looked sinister and terrible. Sleeping Moon and the others all looked a bit nervous. When a character died in Glory, they would lose experience. In the normal world it was a 10% decrease and equipment also had a chance of dropping, though the chances were fairly low. But when the a player reached the heavenly domain, dying became scary. The player would lose 20% of their experience and equipment had a high chance of dropping.
Looking at Stolord again, he walked in large strides with his battle lance as if it were the same as Green Forest. Sleeping Moon and the others saw that this guy took the initiative to detect the mines. It was a good thing for them anyways.
Towards these low-leveled dungeons, Ye Xiu had pretty much forgotten what was in them. He remembered that he had once done a guide for Spider Cave, but he couldn't recall it at all. It had already been almost ten years.
Just when Ye Xiu was sighing, a shadow suddenly leaped out from a crack in a rock directly towards Stolord. Ye Xiu's left hand tapped the keyboard and his right hand dragged the mouse. Stolord rolled backwards to dodge it and launched Sky Strike.
A melee-ranged green spider pounced onto him, but was hit by Sky Strike in midair. Adding attacks while the opponent was knocked up was a fundamental skill in Glory. How could Ye Xiu miss this opportunity? After an intense burst of keyboard typing and mouse clicking, Stolord leaped up brandishing his lance. From up in the air to down on the ground, he slashed madly at the green spider. Pu pu pu pu four strikes landed in quick succession. The green spider was hit aside onto a rock.
"F*ck, no way!" Seven Fields said with great alarm.
"He comboed it four times in mid-air!!" Another person also cried out in fear.
"He can combo four times at level 10?" The third person.
Sleeping Moon could only open his mouth in shock, speechless.
A four hit combo in mid-air, this was a widely-known Battle Mage Combo that few players could execute. It was simple in theory. It was just a normal straight stab, Dragon Tooth, and then two hits from the Level 10 Battle Mage Skill Double Stab to complete it.
"I heard only players with an APM of 170 or higher can execute this sort of combo." Seven Fields said.
"Can't that only be done by a professional Battle Mage after his speed has been buffed?" Another person reminded.
"He's still only a Omni character… …"
"How big is the difference in speed between a Omni character and a Battle Mage?"
"I don't know. You'd still have to consider equipment. But it doesn't look like any of his equipment increases speed." Stolord was pretty much the same as theirs.
"What about weapon? Could it be his weapon?"
"Let's not worry about the reason. Even if you were a Battle Mage and wore a set of speed increasing Flowing Light equipment, could you guys combo it four times in midair?"
Silence. If they could do it, they wouldn't be so astonished.
"Just who is this person? The three members looked towards Sleeping Moon.
"I say we shouldn't offend this guy." Seven Fields said in a serious tone towards the other three, but his gaze faced Sleeping Moon.
"Right, to have a 170 and up APM, he must be a great expert!" Another one agreed.
"170 is only a conservative estimate. He's an Omni character without any equipment yet he can still combo four times in mid-air. I feel like his APM would probably be above 200, right?"
"200 APM… … In our guild, I'm afraid only our guild leader has this level of skill, no?"
"Not only should we not offend him, we should try to rope him in."
"This type of expert probably has a special background."
They discussed this issue one by one and only Sleeping Moon didn't say anything. He understood their reasoning very clearly. Actually, after all of these dungeons, Sleeping Moon's hate for Ye Xiu had already weakened. If he could successfully cause this guy to die, then he would be satisfied. But now that he knew that this person was a great expert and that going against him wasn't easy, his hate once again arose. He himself couldn't explain this feeling clearly. He was envious, jealous, etc. he had them all. Right when he was going to say something, he saw that his three brothers were all watching Stolord in awe, their mouths repeatedly gasping in surprise. Sleeping Moon also turned around to look and found that this guy's incredible skill really did exist.
The monsters in Green Forest were too weak. With Stolord's high damage, he killed monsters too quickly for him to judge properly. Although the BOSS had more health, all of them ganged up to attack it, so it wasn't clear either. Now that he was attacking these high HP spiders, his skill level could be seen clearly now.
"His combo has already reached 17."
"It hasn't been broken ever since he made that four hit combo… …"
"It looks like he's using the wall to rebound it and then using a normal uppercut."
"I really didn't think he would've been able to connect that Sky Strike."
"Too beautiful."
The three people all repeatedly gasped in amazement making Sleeping Moon feel extremely disgusted. Right when he was about to say something, Seven Fields had already turned around towards him: "Hear me out. Let's not make things difficult for this guy. It's okay for you to be on bad terms with him, but let the rest of us negotiate with him!"
Sleeping Moon nodded his head in silence. He was a little bitter, but he knew that Seven Fields and the others were already preparing to rope this player in. What guild wouldn't want such a highly skilled player? By comparison, he himself was only a normal member of Full Moon Guild. No one would make things difficult for this type of expert just for his sake.
"How beautiful!" That green spider had been killed by Stolord in the span of a single breath. Seven Fields and the others all immediately circled up and gasped in admiration. They didn't need to fake this because this player's skill was indeed incredible.
"Brother, I now see that your skills are truly out of the ordinary!" Seven Fields said.
"It's nothing much." That player was still so humble towards this type of admiration. It seemed as if the player that Sleeping Moon had told them to frame was a completely different person.
"Brother, in the other servers, what guild sent you here to this new server?" Seven Fields asked. But he felt that the likelihood was low. What guild would send him here alone? This person was most likely by himself.
"None. I'm by myself." As expected.
"Really? You actually aren't part of a guild? Brother, this level of skill can't be found so easily. How could any guild not want you?" Seven Fields pretended to be astonished.
"There are no guilds in this server yet." Ye Xiu said.
Seven Fields stared blankly. This server didn't have any guilds yet, but what about old servers? It wasn't possible for this type of expert to have just started playing Glory! Although the player wouldn't say, Seven Fields reckoned that he probably had a disagreement with his former guild which is why he sulkily ran to a new server to play. This was an opportunity! It was the perfect time to make this player feel that their Full Moon Guild was a warm environment.
"Brother, what server were you a part of before?" Seven Fields began questioning.
"I haven't played in a while." An irrelevant answer. He had dodged the first question.
"Oh oh… …" Seven Fields could only say oh. How could he break the ice? Seven Fields was stuck at a wall.
In the end, it was clear that he wasn't interested in chatting and continued to advance. But this time, Seven Fields and the others all surrounded him inseparably close as if he had already become the core member of their party. Sleeping Moon felt awkward, but he could only stay silent.
With this expert overseeing them, they advanced smoothly through the dungeon. The four members that brought an antidote, sure enough, didn't need to use it because Stolord aggroed all of the spiders onto his body and dodged by using running, rolling, and jumping type skills. The four would sometimes even lose themselves to Stolord's beautiful movements and forget to attack the monsters.
"If I remember correctly, there should be a bunch of spiders up ahead. After killing them, the first BOSS will appear, but we won't know whether it's poisonous or web-shooting. It's one of the difficult parts of this dungeon. Let's… …" Seven Fields, at this moment, saw that Stolord had already rushed up and began killing. He could only helplessly correct himself "Okay, then let's go… …"
Seven Field's memory was correct. This part of the cave did indeed have a lot of spiders. There were a total of seventy, thirty poisonous and forty web-shooting. They were all linked too. So right when they closed in, all seventy of them neatly rushed out.
"Hurry up!" Seven Fields called out to his three brothers. He wouldn't dare command Stolord. He didn't know how far apart their levels were. Only, this time there were seventy spiders. No matter how good Stolord was, there was no way he would be able to aggro all of them. After all, he was only level 10. He didn't have any crowd control skills yet! So he called out everyone to go forward and relieve some of Stolord's pressure.
In the end, with a "hua", Stolord shook the battle lance in his hands and a half-circle slashed out. Four spiders were split open in an instant. Two spiders rushed up and two spiders spit out webs. Stolord leaped backwards avoiding the spider webs. At the same time, he spun in mid-air and with another shake of the battle lance, pu pu two spiders behind him were hit. After landing, he flipped sideways and avoided another spider web. He got up and executed a Sky Strike. The seventh spider was knocked up into the sky. It couldn't even spit out its web.
The four others all immediately went into disarray.
"Is he still even a person??" The four people all wanted to say this, but Glory, that wretched voice system would let him hear it. That wouldn't be good. But besides saying that, there were no other words to describe how they currently felt.
"A 180 degree horizontal sweep, my god!" Everyone held their breath and could only type it out.
"To be able to spin his body after a short hop backwards and then strike accurately two times!"
"And that perfect Sky Strike right after the roll!"
"That's not human!!" Everyone firmly believed. Although all of these were the combination of basic skills, not everyone could do them. For example, the 180 degree horizontal sweep was just a normal attack, but the sweeping angle depended on mouse control. The faster the mouse movement the larger the angle. It also had to do with the character's attack speed. At level 10, a 180 degree horizontal sweep wasn't something that could be done by any ordinary person.
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