Chapter 173 New Records

The ace teams of the major guilds had undoubtedly experienced the Christmas event. Their levels were unquestionable: Level 39, the limit for the City of Sin dungeon. Their equipment was also unquestionable: through the Christmas event, everyone had obtained a lot of level 35 equipment. The guilds were also able to allocate resources, so the members of these ace teams already had a full set of equipment. The competition for the City of Sin dungeon record could be said to have started at the highest level from the very beginning, with no transition. From the start, each team was serious and did its best. The record currently held by Zhongcaotang could be considered a very good result.

But it had only been maintained for a day before it was broken.

Being broken wasn't too surprising, but the Tyrannical Ambition's result, 29 minutes 34 seconds 71 milliseconds, was nearly three minutes faster than Zhongcaotang's original record.

Anyone with eyes could see that such a large improvement couldn't have been achieved by fighting for every second and relying on luck. It must have involved some kind of trump card, some absolute advantage in some area that surpassed the original team.

The world was shocked, the major guilds were shocked, but Ye Xiu was relieved when he saw this result.

"Was it achieved using your strategy guide?" Tang Rou asked. After all, they had run the dungeon three times back and forth in the morning, so they couldn't have remained completely silent. Back and forth like that, even if Tang Rou wasn't much of a gossip, she knew almost everything about Ye Xiu researching dungeons, writing strategy guides, and selling strategy guides.

"No," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh? Then how does it compare to the results achieved with your strategy guide?" Tang Rou asked.

"Slightly worse," Ye Xiu said. This was precisely why he was relieved. If Tyrannical Ambition's result was already the result of them strictly executing the strategy guide, then Ye Xiu could be sure that their strategy guide had oversights and hadn't reached the limit. In that case, as long as Blue Brook Guild could execute the tactics required by the strategy guide perfectly, breaking this record would be beyond doubt.

"Then who did you sell your strategy guide to?" Tang Rou asked.

"Blue Brook Guild," Ye Xiu said.

"Oh." Tang Rou could now distinguish between these guild names.

The world was inevitably discussing Tyrannical Ambition's new record. After all, three days ago, Tyrannical Ambition had been ridiculed relentlessly on the world channel, but then came the First Line Gorge, and now the City of Sin, two consecutive powerful records, which were the most powerful counterattacks. How could Tyrannical Ambition's people not come out and say a few words at this time? With such a record to back them up, their words were truly confident.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the people from Team Tyranny are always like this, huh?" Su Mucheng commented. Those who came from professional teams were used to referring to guilds and teams together. Tyrannical Ambition was simply called Tyranny by Su Mucheng.

"Yeah, they're merciless when they're in the right," Ye Xiu said.

"If Blue Brook Guild breaks the record again, where will you put your face?" Su Mucheng said.

"Yeah, they're too impatient. They could have at least asked me!" Ye Xiu said. If the people from Tyrannical Ambition had asked him, he really could have told them that this record wasn't good enough yet. If they wanted to boast, they would have to work harder, or else they would soon be slapped in the face.

But then Su Mucheng laughed a few times and said, "Ask you? The people from Team Tyranny like you the least, right?"

"Well..." This question stumped Ye Xiu. Whether they were from Team Tyranny or Tyrannical Ambition, they certainly didn't like Ye Qiu.

At this time, Jiang You, seeing the tenth server's team break through Zhongcaotang's team in one fell swoop, was so happy that he jumped up and high-fived the person next to him.

"The dungeon runs are very successful!" Ye Du Han Tan also sent a report at this time.

"Yeah, I can see that." Jiang You replied with a smile. He was the one who made the strategy guide, so he naturally knew what kind of results it could produce. The current results had already achieved everything that should have been achieved. If he wanted to improve further, he would have to rely on luck and measure in seconds. In short, the general range was already like this.

"I just don't know about Ye Qiu's side..." Ye Du Han Tan wasn't as excited as Jiang You yet.

"Heh heh, dungeons are dead things. No matter how strong Ye Qiu is, his abilities are limited on these dead things. He can't be too strong." Jiang You's strategy guide had also taken a lot of effort, and he had high expectations for the others. He obviously had much more confidence than Ye Du Han Tan.

When Ye Du Han Tan saw this, he realized that the guild leader's words were all reasonable. He couldn't say things like, "What if your strategy guide has oversights? Ye Qiu's is 100% accurate," so he could only continue to watch anxiously. He wanted to find Ye Qiu and send him a message to ask, but he didn't want to show weakness in front of others. Although Ye Qiu was a great god, the people from Tyrannical Ambition just didn't want to bow their heads in front of this great god.

At 12:50 AM, another ten minutes had passed since Tyrannical Ambition set the record. The world was only discussing it, but no new records were born. Ye Xiu and the other two took 50 minutes to finally finish their first run of the dungeon. Without saying much, they immediately started the second run.

Not long after entering, 1:00 AM arrived. Ye Xiu began to pay attention to the message channel again. If a record was set in the second wave of dungeons, this would be around the right time.

Soon, the system really released a message, regarding the City of Sin. A new record had been born. The guild that set the new record was Misty Rain, with a time of 29 minutes 33 seconds 46 milliseconds.

1.25 seconds!

Misty Rain's record was only 1.25 seconds faster than Tyrannical Ambition's. With such a small gap, it was clear that Misty Rain's strategy guide was almost identical to Tyrannical Ambition's. The same strategy, executed to the limit, would naturally result in similar times. But this difference between seconds could be a skill, a movement, or any insignificant detail. There was no way to tell or control it. This kind of surpassing wasn't as amazing as surpassing by more than two minutes, but it was more infuriating.

Because to surpass this 1.25 seconds, you didn't know what you could do. You could only focus again and again, until the very last moment, when you might see the difference.

But although it was infuriating, this kind of competition was already commonplace for the experts of the major guilds. When dungeon records were competitive to a certain degree, it was a matter of crawling forward second by second. When Jiang You saw Misty Rain's result, he didn't have any emotions. Instead, he happily sent a message to Ye Du Han Tan: "See? I knew it. His strategy guide is only so-so."

The "he" was of course referring to Ye Xiu. Jiang You thought that Misty Rain had bought a strategy guide to break the record last time, so he naturally assumed that they had done the same this time. He didn't expect that Misty Rain, like him, had also developed their own strategy guide.

"Keep up the good work!" Jiang You encouraged the comrades in the tenth server. Thinking that Misty Rain needed to spend a lot of materials to buy a strategy guide in order to achieve such a result, while their Tyrannical Ambition relied entirely on themselves, Jiang You felt that the difference was obvious.

There were too many things that Jiang You hadn't thought of.

He hadn't thought that Misty Rain's strategy guide was also developed by themselves. On this point, the two families were actually the same. The difference was that Tyrannical Ambition knew Ye Xiu's true identity and didn't want to show weakness in front of Ye Xiu. But Misty Rain didn't have this concern. Although they had politely declined Ye Xiu's offer to sell the strategy guide before, now that a new record was set, the guild leader of Misty Rain, Yan Yu Cang Cang, didn't hesitate to send a message to Ye Xiu: "How is it? Is this record okay?"

"Yeah, not bad," Ye Xiu replied.

"Uh, if we use your strategy guide, what would happen?" Yan Yu Cang Cang asked.

"It would be higher than this," Ye Xiu said.

"Really?" Yan Yu Cang Cang even sent a ghost face emoticon, clearly suspecting that Ye Xiu was trying to trick him, but used the emoticon to ease the atmosphere.

"Really," Ye Xiu replied, also adding a cool sunglasses emoticon. Whether he was believed or not depended on Yan Yu Cang Cang.

"Uh... then who bought your strategy guide in the end?" Yan Yu Cang Cang asked. He had reason to not quite believe it. If there was a higher strategy guide, how come they hadn't seen such a record yet, even after two waves of dungeons?

As a result, before Ye Xiu could reply, a very convincing system message flashed out.

Congratulations to the Blue Brook Guild for breaking the record for clearing the City of Sin dungeon, with a time of 28 minutes 12 seconds 52 milliseconds.

Almost at the same time, Ye Xiu received a new message from Lan He, with only two words: "Buyout!"

"You believe me?" Ye Xiu smiled.

"I believe you, I believe you! If the price isn't enough, we can add more." Lan He even took the initiative to offer a higher price. The price of the strategy guide was already much cheaper than hiring someone to level for them, and the buyout price after doubling was completely within Lan He's acceptable range. He was even willing to add more, showing his complete trust in the strategy guide at this time.

"That's not necessary. Just use the price I sent you in the afternoon!" Ye Xiu replied.

"No problem, I'll gather the materials as soon as possible and give them to you," Lan He replied.

"Okay," Ye Xiu replied.

After closing the chat window with Lan He, there was still a new message, and when he opened it, it was from Yan Yu Cang Cang from just now.

"Ah ah ah, is it Blue Brook Guild?"

"Your strategy guide is indeed more ruthless than ours!"

"What's the price this time? You name it!"

"Hey hey hey hey, where are you? Where are you?"

Yan Yu Cang Cang had sent four messages in a row.

"The strategy guide is sold out," Ye Xiu replied.

"Sold out? How can it be sold out?" Yan Yu Cang Cang quickly replied, but as soon as he finished replying, he immediately realized: "Blue Brook Guild bought it out at a high price?"

"Once, I had a strategy guide in front of me, and I didn't cherish it..." Yan Yu Cang Cang burst into tears and ran away. As for Ye Du Han Tan of Tyrannical Ambition, he wasn't necessarily feeling any different at this time. However, he wanted to cherish it, but unfortunately, Guild Leader Jiang You had to compete with others. To this end, he didn't even care about the work in the Heavenly Domain, and would often wander around the tenth server when he had nothing to do. Now that Blue Brook Guild had set this record, Ye Du Han Tan felt very uneasy.

Having previously rejected Ye Qiu's offer to sell the strategy guide, would they now have to take the initiative to ask to buy the strategy guide in order to break the record? They didn't want to bow their heads in front of Ye Qiu, but time and time again, they had to lower their heads. What was even more depressing was that this consequence was caused by Jiang You, but he had to be the one to lower his head. Ye Du Han Tan was depressed! At this time, he hoped that the guild leader would remain strong to the end and insist on not looking for Ye Qiu, so that he wouldn't have to lose face again.