Chapter 247 Coordinated Actions

While exchanging information with Wei Guang, Ye Xiu received another message from a different person.

Yan Yu Cangcang, the guild leader of Yanyu Lou in the tenth server, nervously sent Ye Xiu a message as soon as Tyrannical Ambition's record appeared on TV: "27 minutes and 41 seconds, brother, can you handle it?"

"The strategy can handle it, but can you?" Ye Xiu replied.

"I think this matter is... a bit shaky..." Yan Yu Cangcang was quite honest.

"You must hold on. Everyone's watching this record. It's time to make a name for yourself," Ye Xiu said.

"If we can't break it, can we get a refund?" Yan Yu Cangcang asked.

"Didn't I say before that it's not possible..." Ye Xiu was speechless.

"Half a refund then?"

"Don't mess around, brother."

"Annoying, Tyrannical Ambition is too ruthless," Yan Yu Cangcang complained.

"You still have time to be annoyed? Hurry up and organize people to practice the strategy! I suggest you find some more skilled players and practice while you try to break the record. Maybe a team will break the record out of the blue," Ye Xiu replied.

"Brother, don't mess with me. Where am I supposed to find people in the middle of the night? Besides, your strategy limits the classes. I haven't even gathered a full team yet!" Yan Yu Cangcang said.

"Impossible, you're being modest. I don't believe you can't gather a team in a large guild like Yanyu Lou," Ye Xiu said.

"Okay, I'm being modest, but it's really not easy. Do you have any other tricks up your sleeve?" Yan Yu Cangcang asked.

"Nope, really no more. It's all written in the strategy," Ye Xiu said.

"In the strategy, is there anything particularly important?" Yan Yu Cangcang asked.

Ye Xiu suddenly understood and replied, "So that's what you wanted to ask. You should have just said so!" Ye Xiu had been wondering what Yan Yu Cangcang's intention was in contacting him, since he had just been saying random things, as if he was just feeling down and wanted to talk to a friend. Ye Xiu didn't think that just one transaction with Yan Yu Cangcang would make him someone to confide in. Seeing Yan Yu Cangcang bring up "tricks" and "important points," Ye Xiu finally understood.

"You've already seen it, right? There are a few key parts in this strategy. As long as you grasp them, you don't necessarily have to follow the steps in the strategy to the letter. You can try incorporating those key parts into your familiar tactics. How many of these key parts have you found?" Ye Xiu asked, sending a message. At the same time, he marveled at the high quality of Yanyu Lou's players. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have needed to create such a detailed strategy.

"Uh, seven," Yan Yu Cangcang replied.

"Which seven?"

"I marked them in the document. I'll send it back to you, and you can take a look, okay?"

"Alright."

Ye Xiu gave his email address, and Yan Yu Cangcang quickly sent it over. Ye Xiu opened it and took a look. These so-called key points were actually the innovative parts that he had modified in Mei Guang's strategy. Yan Yu Cangcang's markings were all correct. They had indeed seen the essence of this strategy, which was also where its value lay. For these high-end players, Mei Guang's strategy wasn't that valuable. They already had their own set of procedures in mind. What need was there to look at a strategy?

"All seven points are correct," Ye Xiu replied in a message. "However, there are two other points that I have also marked and sent back to your email. Take a look!"

"Oh, oh, okay," Yan Yu Cangcang replied. What he wanted to know from Lord Grim was exactly this. When he first looked at the strategy himself, he immediately noticed these unique points. Later, he consulted with the guild's experts and found these seven points throughout the entire document. However, he was afraid that there might still be some undiscovered areas, so he ran to ask Lord Grim. Now that he heard that there were indeed two more points that they hadn't discovered, he couldn't wait to see them. This feeling was like searching for Easter eggs.

Yan Yu Cangcang received the document and didn't send any more messages. Ye Xiu just assumed that he was fine, but after a short while, Yan Yu Cangcang suddenly sent another message: "Holy crap! The record's been broken!!"

"Where was it broken?" Ye Xiu looked at the message box, but there was no system message. He even opened the rankings to take a look, but Tyrannical Ambition was still at the top.

"It was broken in the seventh server, damn it!" Yan Yu Cangcang sent a frantic emoji.

Ye Xiu almost spat out his drink. Of course, he understood that this was because Yanyu Lou wanted to try out the strategy before using it to break the record, so they didn't want to waste their dungeon attempts in the tenth server. Therefore, they had the experts use accounts from other servers to practice. This Yan Yu Cangcang was quite something. He had only completed the transaction with him close to 11 PM, and they started running the dungeon at 12 AM. He was able to gather people, assign accounts, and coordinate things within an hour. His coordination ability was quite strong. It was just that his luck seemed to be not so good. The practice run actually broke the record. If he had known this earlier, why would he have gone through all that trouble?

"What's the time?" Ye Xiu asked, holding back his laughter as he replied. He could understand Yan Yu Cangcang's regret at this moment.

"26 minutes, 11.45 seconds!" Yan Yu Cangcang replied.

"Not bad! If you had brought it over, you would have shocked the world. What's the reaction in the seventh server?" Ye Xiu asked.

"They got the 'Idle and Bored' honorary medal," Yan Yu Cangcang replied angrily. There were still many people who hadn't gone to the Heavenly Domain in the old servers for various reasons. Going to the Heavenly Domain wasn't mandatory, and there was plenty of content for level 70 players to enjoy in the original servers. However, using small accounts to break low-level dungeon records was not something to be proud of. If you were going to break records, you should break the records for the many level 70 dungeons.

"Bring them back to the tenth server and try again!" Ye Xiu said.

"Who knows if we can break it again this time," Yan Yu Cangcang replied dejectedly.

"Your people are good at grasping the key points. I believe it won't be a problem," Ye Xiu said. Ye Xiu was sure that the team that broke the record hadn't followed the strategy to the letter.

No one had the ability to perfectly memorize and execute such a long strategy in such a short time. In fact, the strategy was rigid, but people were flexible. The most efficient way to use a strategy was to grasp the key points and understand the theoretical basis behind it.

Yanyu Lou's experts obviously understood this principle very well. They quickly grasped the key points of the strategy, which were Ye Xiu's major innovations. Therefore, they combined Ye Xiu's innovations with their own familiar tactics, and they successfully broke the record in the seventh server. For them, there was very little that they needed to copy from the strategy.

"I hope so!" Yan Yu Cangcang replied, adding a smiley face. It could be seen that although this guy seemed worried on the surface, he wasn't really that worried. Discovering the Easter eggs in the strategy had already filled this kid with confidence.

This time, the two closed their message boxes and didn't contact each other again. Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng, Tang Rou, Qiao Yifan, and Baozi Invasion continued with the dungeon run. The chats with Mei Guang and Yan Yu Cangcang were completed while fighting monsters. Ye Xiu didn't go all out with his hand speed. He just controlled the rhythm and chatted while fighting, seemingly without stopping.

Since they weren't aiming for a record, they didn't need to be too nervous in the dungeon. Tang Rou and Baozi Invasion were doing limited practice, and Qiao Yifan was also working hard to control his ghostblade, Inch of Gray, practicing to adapt to various situations in battle. Looking at it this way, Ye Xiu seemed like a vulgar person who was only after experience.

Ye Xiu kept an eye on the message box while fighting monsters.

After Tyrannical Ambition's record was broken, it caused some discussion in the world chat. The major guilds were all silent, and the only ones talking were ordinary players who weren't concerned about the record. Everyone was guessing when Lord Grim would come out and trample on the record, crushing it by several minutes. Some players even started a betting pool for this, making the world chat lively even in the middle of the night.

Ye Xiu and the others completed the dungeon in 33 minutes, which was extremely unremarkable. After coming out, they carefully changed to another dungeon entrance and re-entered, since their hatred with the major guilds hadn't been resolved yet!

Ye Xiu calculated the time. It was close to one o'clock, which should be around the time when the major guilds would have their second dungeon results. However, after a while, there was no system message. Ye Xiu later opened the rankings and saw that the 2nd and 3rd places had indeed changed hands, but the 2-minute gap between them and Tyrannical Ambition's first place remained unshaken.

At this time, Yan Yu Cangcang sent another message, saying that they had failed their first attempt.

"Keep it up," Ye Xiu could only encourage him. Records required avoiding mistakes, but who could guarantee that? No one made mistakes on purpose.

"It'll definitely be broken tonight!" Yan Yu Cangcang showed unusual confidence this time. Ye Xiu guessed that this kid had gathered more than one account in his hands. Moreover, they had saved their dungeon attempts, so they probably had six, nine, or twelve attempts to break the record tonight.

When Ye Xiu and the others came out of the dungeon, it was already 1:30 AM. If the major guilds were successful, they should have completed all three dungeon runs. Ye Xiu checked the rankings again, and the 2nd and 3rd places had indeed been updated again. The competition was fierce that night, but unfortunately, Tyrannical Ambition's record seemed quite strong now.

Ye Xiu wasn't surprised by this. He had fought the five members of Tyrannical Ambition's team more than once or twice, and they were indeed the elites among the players.

When Ye Xiu and the others entered the dungeon for the third time, some boastful messages frequently appeared in the world chat. Players from all the major guilds had reached level 34 after three dungeon runs, and they were congratulating and praising each other in the world chat. After this, the major guilds would immediately have a chance to show off the guild: the first clear of the Blazing Forest dungeon.

Compared to records, the first clear was just a consolation prize, but the major guilds would naturally try to compete for it if they had the opportunity. The members who had reached level 34 had already been organized, and the entrance to the Blazing Forest dungeon closest to the exit of First Line Canyon was immediately crowded with people after three First Line Canyon dungeon runs, indicating that many guilds were already prepared.

Jiang You's five characters should have been mixed in with this group of people, but unfortunately, they had been wiped out twice in their fight with Lord Grim, losing 20% of their experience. As a result, they had fallen behind and could only watch First Line Canyon with their level 33 characters.

However, seeing the unbreakable record that they had broken, the five of them were in a pretty good mood.

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