Hu Die Lan

Chapter 67 Speed Up

"You're too righteous, Brother Expert!" Tian Qi and the others rushed up, still excited.

"You guys are pretty brave, too," Ye Xiu laughed. He'd told them all about the situation. This was like snatching food from a tiger's mouth. He wasn't sure if the three major guilds would let it go. But these guys hadn't hesitated at all, arriving quickly, even including the little girl, Chen Yu. However, this newbie girl was likely just joining in the fun without knowing the truth.

"Scared of what?" Yue Zhongmian shouted, hacking away with gusto. He hadn't been online for a day yesterday, so his level had fallen behind a bit. He had been grinding hard all day today and barely reached level 21.

"You called all these people?" Rogue Little White and the other two were still standing there dumbfounded.

"Yep!" Ye Xiu said.

"When?" Rogue Little White asked.

"When I added you to the team," Ye Xiu said.

"You had a plan back then?" The three were horrified. This guy's mind was incredibly profound!

Ye Xiu smiled, not saying much more. He began to direct everyone's positions and skill combinations, even instructing them in detail on how to use potions.

Potions had cooldowns. How to use them most effectively to sustain oneself in battle was a science in itself.

At this moment, it seemed like nine people were fighting the monster together, but in fact, the other eight were like puppets, acting entirely according to Ye Xiu's instructions. At first, they were a little flustered, since Ye Xiu only had one mouth and couldn't give eight people eight instructions at the same time. But after killing for a while, Tian Qi and the others, while not experts, were still veterans, and they basically knew what to do. Rogue Little White and the others were also doing a decent job.

Ye Xiu carefully observed everyone's output capabilities, calculating whether they could take down the Blood Gunner before the three major guilds wiped out the Undead Legion. He quickly concluded that standing here and attacking would definitely not work.

So he began to adjust his strategy, creating space. The Blood Gunner was like a sheep, being hacked and herded as it bled, gradually moving further and further away, looking very miserable.

At this moment, Ye Xiu would certainly not create a two-hundred-hit combo to make trouble for himself, but the berserk state at 10% health was definitely unavoidable. However, for Ye Xiu, that level of difficulty was too low.

The Blood Gunner's health rapidly decreased. Ye Xiu estimated the time on both sides. The three major guilds were probably almost done, while the Blood Gunner still had 20% health. Although they had pulled out some distance while killing and herding, time was still very tight.

Ye Xiu turned his view to look in the direction they had come from. The Graveyard of Burial had no obstructions, offering a clear view. A large number of players in the distance seemed to be surging in their direction. The three major guilds had indeed finished.

And their output had already been adjusted to the limit by Ye Xiu's commands. Unless they had higher-level weapons and equipment to give everyone, which was obviously impossible, or else...

"Brother Expert, they're all coming over," Tian Qi suddenly said, obviously noticing that there wasn't enough time.

"Yes, we need to speed things up," Ye Xiu said. At this point, they had to gamble.

"How?" the eight asked.

"Increase your APM, everyone concentrate," Ye Xiu said.

The only way now was to increase APM (actions per minute).

Ye Xiu himself certainly had no problem. He had intentionally controlled his APM to be so low to cooperate with everyone. But now, to output the Blood Gunner in the limited time, the entire team's rhythm had to be accelerated. There were many newbies in this team, making this difficult, but there was no other way now.

APM did not increase a character's attack speed. A character's attack speed was determined by their profession and equipment and was a fixed statistic. APM could increase the speed of operations. The faster the operations, the faster the skills were released, and the faster the changes and connections between every action of the character, including movement, rolling, attacking, and so on.

What Ye Xiu wanted the whole team to improve now was the speed of operation, which had to be effective APM.

Imagine two points on the screen, A and B, and you had to move the cursor from A to B. A professional expert's ability was to be able to accurately stop the cursor at B after moving it from A to B at the fastest APM.

Ordinary players, in order to accurately stop at point B, had to reduce their APM, reducing the speed of the cursor's movement. Forcing acceleration might cause the cursor to not click accurately at point B, or to fall short, or to overshoot. In short, it would lose the best effect.

But Ye Xiu couldn't care about that at this point.

Fortunately, they didn't need to increase it too much. They couldn't possibly get everyone to professional-level APM all at once.

Ye Xiu made a rough estimate. At the current pace, an increase of about twenty percent would be enough. Based on his observations, some people were performing with spare energy, such as Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian. Increasing it by twenty percent wouldn't be a problem for them. Mu Yun Shen and Qian Shengli were more by the book. After a sudden increase, it would depend on their concentration. As for the other four newbies, Ye Xiu didn't expect anything from Chen Yu at all. This girl was already struggling and making mistakes repeatedly. Rogue Little White was a surprise to Ye Xiu. Although he was the noobiest one, he seemed to have some skill with his APM. Everything he was instructed to do was done accurately, without any deviation. The other two were stronger than Chen Yu, but not as good as Rogue Little White.

Fight!!!!

"Accelerate!" Ye Xiu shouted. His own hands sped up first. When he increased his speed, everyone else's coordination had to follow. As he expected, Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian quickly followed, Mu Yun Shen didn't have much of a problem either, but Qian Shengli was slower to react, half a beat behind. Chen Yu was already "Aiyah-ing," while Rogue Little White once again surprised Ye Xiu, his attacks were more accurate than Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian's. The last two guys were also flustered, their attacks becoming erratic.

"Don't panic, focus!" Ye Xiu looked around. Except for Chen Yu, who was completely hopeless, Qian Shengli and those two guys still had a chance to perform.

"I can't do it!" Chen Yu was in a flurry, missing all her attacks.

"Chen Yu, just attack on your own, use the skills that are off cooldown as quickly as possible." Chen Yu's skill level was not good, and she had chosen the Assassin class, which required high operation skills. "Assassins who aren't fast are PK trash." This famous saying about assassins in Glory meant that an assassin without speed was a tragedy, easily bullied in PK.

Chen Yu was a tragedy and was directly abandoned by Ye Xiu.

The coordination of the remaining seven players made Ye Xiu feel very gratified. Qian Shengli's speed also kept up, and the two guys were no longer as flustered as they were at the beginning after the boost. Although there were still occasional mistakes in the middle, Ye Xiu was there to save the day. They had only increased their APM by twenty percent, but Ye Xiu was using two hundred percent of his APM to correct their mistakes. If Chen Guo was behind Ye Xiu at this time, she would definitely take back the words "handicapped." At this time, Ye Xiu's APM was at least 160. If that was handicapped, then Chen Guo's hands were broken.

"Fast! Fast! Fast!" Tian Qi shouted, constantly chanting this as a slogan, increasing his speed while shouting. This also drove the others, but this time his increase was very small. Everyone followed without realizing it. Only Ye Xiu could subtly perceive it. This was truly an unexpected surprise, making their chances even greater.

"Almost in the red zone!" Tian Qi suddenly shouted.