Chapter 1 Running the Gauntlet

Letting Wudao Jun look back as he broke through the blockade, Ye Xiu saw that the defensive system of Tyrannical Ambition behind him was still intact. Zhang Xinjie's plan for dealing with their ten-man team was, in a way, the same as how he started dealing with Lu Hanwen from Blue Brook Guild. Ignoring them was the best response. Being too attentive would easily make them passive.

Ye Xiu was helpless. Was this retribution coming too quickly?

Turning his view back to the front, the Boss was now surrounded by Tyrannical Ambition, but the aggro didn't seem stable yet. However, seeing the Blue Brook Guild players' helpless appearance, it seemed only a matter of time before Tyrannical Ambition completely took over the aggro.

"Go!" Ye Xiu called out to his team, and Wudao Jun charged towards the Boss melee.

"Stealing the Boss?" Zhan Loulan and the others gathered around and asked.

"This is a bit too difficult, but at least we can stir things up for them," Ye Xiu said.

"Alright, let's do whatever you say!" Zhan Loulan said.

"Where's Zhang Xinjie's cleric?" Ye Xiu turned his view around, looking left and right, but he didn't see Zhang Xinjie's current cleric character, Wangshan Yunwu. Although his value in the team wasn't reflected by a single character, if he stood out too much, he would definitely be a target. It was best to keep a low profile. Ye Xiu was actually doing the same.

"Let's break in from here!" Unable to find Zhang Xinjie, Ye Xiu observed the battle situation and found a breakthrough point.

"Charge!"

With a command, this time there was no rhythm like when they broke through there. The eleven of them charged straight in. One Inch Ash's ghost array was dropped, and the eleven of them gathered in the array, each using their skills, either in coordination or improvising, fighting as they pleased. Ye Xiu only gave one instruction: "Whoever's attacking the Boss, we'll attack them."

Directly charging up and killing the knight who established aggro, like when they snatched the Wild Hounds' Boss, was of course the best way to cause trouble. But the current Tyrannical Ambition was under Zhang Xinjie's command. Even Ye Xiu couldn't find such a big opening, so he could only proceed step by step.

In this post about the eleven of them, those who approached first were naturally the various classes in the outer perimeter who were remotely bombarding the Boss. They had all the advantages. However, Tyrannical Ambition quickly responded. The disadvantaged ranged classes retreated inwards, and the melee classes prepared to replace them and block them.

"Stick close!" Ye Xiu quickly instructed.

Qiao Yifan's ghost array was laid out tightly. The eleven of them chased closely, wanting to shrink the ranged classes and continue to bully them. But the opposing Gunners all threw grenades, and the Mages all laid down fire walls. This unified action was clearly coordinated. The instantly blasted isolation zone made Ye Xiu's eleven not dare to step into it.

"Turn right!" Ye Xiu instructed again.

The role of a commander lies in assessing the situation and changing the battle plan at any time according to different circumstances.

As for attacking whoever is attacking the Boss, that was their strategic policy this time. Strategy is the general direction, while tactics are the details. Tactics need to be constantly adjusted and changed. This is where the value of a commander is displayed. Without change, the existence of a commander would be meaningless.

"Second Regiment Commander, break through there!"

The Second Regiment Commander didn't call out the name of his own member, but the name of the opposing member. A player character from Tyrannical Ambition called Second Regiment Commander was targeted by Ye Xiu. In fact, this person wasn't the main target, but was only pointed out by Ye Xiu as a direction marker. Then, a Holy Commandment Light struck down. Steamed Bun's Brawler charged the fastest this time, grabbing the person with a throat lock. Holy Commandment Light increases all damage by 30%, and Throat Lock increases physical attack by 50%. After this wave of attacks, how could the Second Regiment Commander survive?

What was even more pitiful was that even the person who killed him didn't care much about his life or death. His position was just the next point that Ye Xiu's team wanted to occupy. Killing him was purely a tactical transfer, without any personal targeting.

The melee classes on Tyrannical Ambition's side were replaced, but their opponents had already quickly shifted.

"Intercept them from behind. Four teams gather at the 10 o'clock position to top them. Ranged firepower covers them, pushing them towards Blue Brook Guild." On Tyrannical Ambition's side, Zhang Xinjie was also watching the actions of Ye Xiu's team in the team chat! He was issuing instructions one by one, which was his current focus.

"Ranged attacks are coming over. Speed, charge forward, break through!"

Zhang Xinjie instructed the gathering of four teams here, but the scale of this gathering was obviously not something that could be accomplished overnight. Ye Xiu's instructions were also very fast. He saw his intentions and wanted to take advantage of the fact that their formation hadn't been set up yet to force a breakthrough. In this competition, Ye Xiu's team had fewer people, were more flexible, and their stronger combat power was fully displayed.

Where could the gathering of the four teams be completed under such destructive breakthroughs? They were instantly broken through and left. The four teams were a little at a loss. Of course, they also knew what Zhang Xinjie had instructed them to gather for, but now that the target had broken through them before the gathering was completed, should the gathering instruction continue?

"Two teams go left to merge, ranged classes go in to fill the gaps, and firepower chases after them." Zhang Xinjie was quite regretful that he failed to block the opponent. But there was no way. The actual performance in battle and the expectations in the commander's heart are often not 100% the same. At this time, he was leading a team that was temporarily put together, and the execution was really limited. If it was Tyrannical Ambition's elite team, perhaps his tactical intentions could have been realized?

Yes, it was just perhaps.

No one can predict the outcome of a battle with 100% certainty.

"Knight team uses Triple Provoke, the Boss is pulled towards the 7 o'clock direction. Other attack units follow up in range," Zhang Xinjie said.

The Boss was transferred, and the entire battlefield was silently moving. The absolute positions of Ye Xiu and the other eleven remained unchanged, but their relative positions had changed. Ye Xiu looked around and saw the overall situation. Zhang Xinjie wanted to throw their eleven to Blue Brook Guild's side. Like the previous intention of ranged firepower squeezing, he wanted them to clash with Blue Brook Guild.

Ye Xiu wouldn't fall for this trick.

"Charge, continue to charge!"

Simple instructions, hoping that in this chaotic battle, their team's combat power would be extremely outstanding. Tyrannical Ambition's team had to protect the Boss and intercept Blue Brook Guild, so it was impossible to deal with them with all their strength. In this case, Zhang Xinjie was still able to keep the core circle for the Boss away from Ye Xiu's team. This was already god-level commanding skill.

"This won't work..." Ye Xiu saw that although their team was quite rampant, they still hadn't approached the Boss. Zhang Xinjie fully utilized the advantage of having more people, minimizing the damage caused by the team.

"We must break in." Ye Xiu decided to go all out. He knew that the core circle of Tyrannical Ambition must be as solid as a rock, but there was no way. They had to crash into this iron plate. If they didn't crash, there would be no chance.

"Douhuagao, kill!"

Douhuagao (tofu pudding), this was another unlucky name that was used as a landmark. Ye Xiu casually glanced at it and pointed it out. The eleven of them charged up, Douhuagao was killed, and this path became the one that the team had to take.

"This time, I'll have to rely on you and Little Bei." Ye Xiu said to Zhan Loulan this time. The task of being a trailblazing knife was actually most suitable for Tang Rou to do, but the problem was that the equipment of Tang Rou's alt account was too weak. Poor equipment meant low attack power, which was something that even the highest level of skill couldn't solve. Right now, this path had to be broken through with the help of strong output.

If he had One Autumn Leaf...

Ye Xiu couldn't help but think that if he had One Autumn Leaf in his hands now, this path might have been blasted open long ago.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Zhan Loulan responded at this time. As the leader of the guild and the leader of a team, Zhan Loulan had the responsibility that he should have. He couldn't say, "I can't do this, let's switch people," after Ye Xiu arranged the task.

"Little Tang, second echelon. Steamed Bun and Night Tide are still doing support. Chasing Haze and Foreseeing the Sea provide firepower cover. Everyone else, you don't need me to tell you, right? Okay, charge!" Ye Xiu made the arrangements and decisively charged. He wanted to make the change in tactics abrupt, so that Zhang Xinjie wouldn't be so calm.

"Is he really going to charge?"

However, it was a pity that Zhang Xinjie indeed found Ye Xiu's tactical rhythm difficult to follow, and the team was a bit tired from running around, but he had long figured out this strategic direction. And with his reputation for being meticulous, he had already made arrangements for this stage that he would face sooner or later, even before facing this step.

"But it's a pity, your team doesn't have enough output!" Zhang Xinjie noticed this small team's reckless charge and had already seen the problem that Ye Xiu was also regretting. If this team was divided into two, the equipment of the Righteous Glory's people was definitely top-notch in the game, but the other few were really not worth complimenting.

"Not enough output, you can make up for it with people. If you were also an offensive class, even if your equipment was a little worse, it would probably be enough, but it's a pity! You're using a cleric right now. Even with supporting methods, it's not enough right now!" Zhang Xinjie was completely relieved at this time. No one knew the cleric class better than him. The supporting methods that clerics could have couldn't play a decisive role at this time. According to the opponent's team configuration, Zhang Xinjie had made targeted adjustments to this most important defensive force. He believed that there would be no omissions. Just relying on this small team of eleven, they couldn't break through. If they were entangled for too long, they could only be trapped in a siege and finally be killed by Tyrannical Ambition along with the Boss.

"It won't work..." The start of the charge was relatively smooth, but soon Ye Xiu discovered that after the opponent's targeted contraction, the formation became very difficult for them to break through. After scanning the characters in front of him, all the various methods that could be used quickly flashed through Ye Xiu's mind, and he found that none of them would work. They couldn't smash this iron plate. The reason for the failure was heartbreaking: they didn't have enough output.

"Prepare to retreat."

"Prepare to surround them."

The two great gods gave the next instructions at the same time. Who knew that at this moment, a figure rushed over from the outside: "Ah! There's a breakthrough here! I'm breaking in!!"