Chapter 1 The Sound of Dawn

The bell rang at dawn, but Liu Hao still sat in front of the computer like a wooden statue, unmoving and silent. The message from Jun Mo Xiao was still displayed on the screen.

"How can he break the record?" This question spun in Liu Hao's mind, but he couldn't figure it out.

At Happy Internet Cafe, as soon as it hit dawn, Ye Xiu called out to Huang Shaotian, "Come with me for a run, I'll tell you how to play."

"Hurry up." Huang Shaotian had been bored for ages.

Outside the Graveyard of Burial, stood Jun Mo Xiao, Su Mu Cheng, Han Yan Rou, Bao Zi Invasion, and Huang Shaotian's level 27 Swordsman: Liu Mu.

"Here, use this sword first." Ye Xiu initiated a trade with Liu Mu, placing the Blood-Sucking Light Sword he'd gotten from Lan He yesterday.

"Trash." Huang Shaotian grumbled as he accepted the level 25 Orange weapon. In the eyes of a top-tier pro like him, Orange weapons were nothing special, especially a level 25 one. Of course, it was trash.

"Enough nonsense, quickly join the team." Ye Xiu sent an invite.

Liu Mu joined the team.

"Let's go." Ye Xiu announced, Jun Mo Xiao entered the dungeon, with Liu Mu following behind. The other three were stunned; they hadn't reacted at all to Liu Mu's arrival. They were still waiting for Li Hen Jian to appear!

"There's a newbie, this round is mainly to let the newbie know the strategy." After the five entered and the dungeon started, Ye Xiu said.

"Where's Li Hen Jian?" Bao Zi Invasion was loyal, concerned about his good buddy who had given him a lot of arena points these past few days. "Why isn't he replying to my messages?"

"He's preoccupied and can't come." Ye Xiu said.

"Really. He has no future." Bao Zi Invasion scorned.

"Let's start, let's start, let me see your new strategy." Huang Shaotian said, making it clear that he and Ye Xiu were very familiar.

"Who's that?" Su Mu Cheng asked.

"Shaotian." Ye Xiu said.

"Damn it, don't reveal my identity!!" Huang Shaotian panicked.

"Why are you shouting? Who even knows you?" Ye Xiu was only telling Su Mu Cheng; he was sure that Tang Rou and Bao Zi Invasion had no idea who this guy was.

Sure enough, Tang Rou simply said, "Oh? Your friend!"

"Yeah." Ye Xiu replied.

"Don't want your identity revealed? Like being mysterious, are you a Scorpio?" Bao Zi Invasion said.

"Probably." Ye Xiu said.

"Damn it, I'm a Leo." Huang Shaotian said.

Bao Zi Invasion immediately started singing, "The tail of July, you are a Leo; the prelude of August, you are a Leo!" He ended with a question, "Right?"

"What is right?" Huang Shaotian was going crazy.

"Well sung." Su Mu Cheng clapped lightly.

Bao Zi Invasion was overjoyed, "I'll sing two more verses for everyone."

"Alright Bao Zi, I need to explain the dungeon; you can sing later when you have time." Ye Xiu said.

"Okay!" Bao Zi Invasion reluctantly accepted.

"Watch closely!" Ye Xiu began to control Jun Mo Xiao, doing as he had when he first demonstrated to everyone.

Huang Shaotian, living up to his reputation as the biggest chatterbox in the pro scene, began to ramble along with Ye Xiu's actions: "Oh yo, nice positioning! Shadow Clone? Falling Flower Palm? What the hell, what class are you? Unspecialized? What are you doing! Hey, how did your weapon change? It changed, right? Did it change? Hey, did you guys see that? His weapon just changed."

"Shut up!!" Su Mu Cheng shouted.

Huang Shaotian had, of course, guessed that Wind Following the Stream was Su Mu Cheng. He chuckled twice and whispered to Wind Following the Stream, "You played well tonight, don't blame yourself for losing, it's all Liu Hao's fault, that idiot. Hey, there's a crack here?" Huang Shaotian was saying as he saw Jun Mo Xiao stuff four small monsters into the crack in the stone, and immediately changed his perspective to start commentating like a host.

"What are you trying to do?" Huang Shaotian asked.

"Three skeleton monsters stacked at the entrance, the zombie inside won't be able to get out." Ye Xiu said.

"Is that so?" Huang Shaotian said, his little swordsman Liu Mu had already charged up. While running, he flashed his sword, landing a perfect Draw Sword on the outermost skeleton. Then he charged forward, hardly using any skills, just ordinary attacks: stab, chop, slice, slash, and pick.

But even these ordinary attacks, Liu Mu's swordplay was extraordinarily brilliant and fluid. Tang Rou might not have had much skill, but she could see the nuances of the operation. Before long, she noticed that this person's operation was extremely skilled and fluid, each attack was so fast and precise, like a precise instrument.

"This person is so amazing!" Tang Rou's Han Yan Rou walked to Wind Following the Stream and said.

"Yeah!" Su Mu Cheng said.

"I'm coming too!!" Bao Zi Invasion didn't seem to notice anything, yelling as he rushed up to help. In no time, the first skeleton fell. Ye Xiu had said to stack them, so Huang Shaotian naturally knew what to do. Cooperating with each other to knock down number two and number three, they stacked the three piles of bones. Huang Shaotian looked at the zombie, which was indeed scratching blindly inside: "Hey, it really can't get out? You're amazing, you even have this trick, this will save at least ten seconds!"

"Yeah." Ye Xiu said.

"How many of these are there in one run?"

"Nine." Ye Xiu said.

"Nine, one and a half minutes, that time isn't right! The current dungeon record wins by more than that, what else is there?" Huang Shaotian asked. This was the judgment of a top-tier pro, deducing from the time that pro teams couldn't achieve such high records with just this method.

"You can also trap the number 2 Boss." Ye Xiu said.

"That can be trapped too? How, quickly quickly, let's go see." Huang Shaotian said, making his Liu Mu the first to rush up. After running a few steps, he stopped, turned around twice, and asked, "How do you fight this place again?"

"Watch closely!" Ye Xiu didn't laugh at him. Such a top-tier expert only remembered the general achievements of the Graveyard of Burial. Many specific details were long forgotten. Even Ye Xiu had looked at guides when he was in the novice village dungeon.

Then, he demonstrated the way. Gradually, they reached the number 2 Boss. Tang Rou noticed the time. Even with teaching, learning, and clearing, the speed was so fast. If it were a formal clear, surpassing those 20-odd seconds would be no problem at all! However, cooperating at the number 2 Boss was still a big problem!

"Hit it like this..." Ye Xiu was saying as he walked, jumped, and moved around near the stone wall. Huang Shaotian's Liu Mu was also looking around and test jumping, finally replying: "Indeed, this is the only way."

"Han Yan Rou, go pull the monster." Ye Xiu instructed.

"Me? I won't make it back in time, I don't have Shadow Clone!" Tang Rou said.

"You don't need to come back, just send the monster over, there's another way to play here." Ye Xiu laughed.

"What way?" Tang Rou asked.

"I'll record it and show it to you later." Ye Xiu said, if Han Yan Rou pulled the monster, she wouldn't be able to make it in time, and basically wouldn't be able to see the whole thing.

"Oh." Tang Rou responded, then ran off to pull Zombie Beryl, sending it flying. The second to receive it was Bao Zi Invasion, whose operation was also good, giving the mid-air Zombie Beryl a quick back-kick. Then came Su Mu Cheng, whose Anti-Tank Missile boosted Zombie Beryl. The pitiful Boss flew straight over. Huang Shaotian's Liu Mu had already stood in position. Zombie Beryl flew over, and just as it was about to land, a sword light flashed out, the angle and timing were perfect. The force of Zombie Beryl was countered by the Draw Sword, creating a slight pause in mid-air. Liu Mu had already stepped forward, using an Upward Slash to lift Zombie Beryl into the air.

Over there, Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao had already jumped up the stone wall, hooking Zombie Beryl to his side in mid-air with a knee strike. He swung out the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella and fired a string of bullets, actually using the Gunner skill BBQ in mid-air.

Jun Mo Xiao's body had already begun to fall, but with Ye Xiu's superb control, the bullets fired by BBQ hit the parts he needed without missing a single one. The mid-air Zombie Beryl tumbled in the air, finally rolling into the stone pit in mid-air.

"Beautiful!!" Huang Shaotian shouted, "As expected of the originator of Gun Pushing! You're still more skilled in this technique. I doubt even Zhou Ze Kai could do this mid-air Gun Pushing. That guy only knows how to show off, who would let him shoot them to death from the sky in a real fight?"

"Well, not bad!" After Jun Mo Xiao landed, Ye Xiu raised his perspective to check, confirming that Zombie Beryl had been completely sent in and wouldn't climb out again. He was certain that this cooperation had succeeded on the first try.

If it was just ordinary Gun Pushing, this position wouldn't have enough angle. But as Jun Mo Xiao had done just now, jumping up to raise the character to a certain height would create an angle for Gun Pushing. However, this angle would only appear for a very short moment, requiring very precise timing to barely send Zombie Beryl into the pit.

Even Su Mu Cheng's skill was a little lacking to do this; only Ye Xiu could do it himself.

As for the initial work that Huang Shaotian did with Liu Mu, that was also very important. Ordinary Upward Slashes couldn't send Zombie Beryl, in its state of being knocked back, to the position that Ye Xiu needed. So, he had to first use a skill with a strong judgment like Draw Sword to stop the knockback, and then use Upward Slash to send Zombie Beryl up.

To send it to the required position, the timing of the Draw Sword and the connection with the Upward Slash had to be extremely precise. However, these weren't too difficult for Huang Shaotian. What was even more perverted was Ye Xiu's mid-air Gun Pushing completed in an instant, that was truly divine.

Seeing Jun Mo Xiao and Liu Mu return, Tang Rou was very surprised, "It's over?"

"It's over." Ye Xiu said.

"How did it end?"

"I'll show you later, let's continue first." Ye Xiu said.

Then, the rest of the dungeon was just ordinary places. Huang Shaotian learned much faster than Tang Rou and Bao Zi Invasion. Basically, he just needed a few pointers, and he would know what to do.

The only annoying thing was that this guy talked too much. Was it normal for a student to talk more than the teacher during a lecture?