Chapter 158 No Bottom Line

The pro players' group was rarely so lively. During the regular season, at least half the players would be in a bad mood each week because they hadn't played well. But now, all their interactions were in the game. Competing for first kills wasn't a big deal for pro players. Everyone's main goal was to get familiar with the new version, so the group chat was full of talk about dungeons and other game-related topics. If you didn't know better, you'd never guess that these were all Glory pro players. They seemed just like any other group of regular players.

"Someone's already cleared the 20-man dungeon?" Ye Xiu shouted.

"Looks like it," someone replied.

"Anyone forming a 50-man dungeon group?" Ye Xiu called out.

Immediately, several people reacted as though they were spitting blood. This guy really had no bottom line. He wanted to party up for a 50-man dungeon? Would he want to party up for a 100-man dungeon after that?

This appeal didn't get any response. After all, a 50-man dungeon was different from a 20-man dungeon. For a 20-man dungeon, two teams could just join together for fun. But a 50-man dungeon required the gathering of people from five teams. How many teams had that much free time right now? Just because some people occasionally said a few words in the group didn't mean that they had nothing to do. Running a dungeon was nothing difficult for these pro players. Chatting on QQ while running a dungeon was just a way to release some excess energy.

"50-man dungeon, accepting early registrations, anyone, anyone?" Ye Xiu guessed that no one was free at the moment, so he gave everyone some leeway. But still no one responded. Ye Xiu sighed, and went back to the game. The players from Team Tiny Herb hadn't left yet!

"No one's forming a group," Ye Xiu said in the game.

"You really want to form a 50-man dungeon group?" Wang Jiexi said. Ye Xiu had been shouting in the group, and he wasn't the only one who saw it. There were quite a few Tiny Herb players in that group.

"It'd be great if we could, but it doesn't look like we can," Ye Xiu said helplessly.

"It would be difficult to find people from the guilds to deal with the current level of difficulty," Wang Jiexi said.

"Yeah…" Ye Xiu agreed. Team dungeons were more difficult the more people there were. What's more, they were trying to clear it while five levels below the recommended level. The skill of regular players and pro players was worlds apart. Even if there was a god-level commander, regular players probably wouldn't be able to keep up with the pace. It was unrealistic to bring them to challenge a team dungeon right now.

"So you guys aren't interested in dungeons that don't have first kill records?" Wang Jiexi said.

"Yeah," Ye Xiu nodded. But in reality, he didn't care about the first kill record. What he really cared about was the rewards after getting the first kill record.

The update to the new version was actually an opportunity for a poor team like Happy. Pro teams, even the powerhouses, had far more advantages than Happy in terms of materials, but upgrading Silver equipment wasn't something that could be done in a short period of time. Just collecting and researching the large amount of new materials in these new five levels would take some time. And during this time, if Happy could obtain a large number of Level 75 Orange equipment, then they could greatly narrow the gap between them and the pro teams in terms of equipment.

During this period, the pro teams would either continue to use their Level 70 Silver equipment, or also use some very good Level 75 Orange equipment. But in terms of basic stats, everyone was already standing at the same level. Level 70 Silver equipment might have an advantage, but it would only be in terms of the additional attributes that were more suited to the character. This was a much smaller gap than Happy trying to compete with Level 70 Orange equipment right now.

That was why Ye Xiu hoped to get as much Level 75 Orange equipment as possible. Because Happy, unlike the pro teams, didn't have guilds with any influence in the Heavenly Domain, even the mid-tier or lower-tier guilds.

So even if the drop rate for Orange equipment was very low, with the guild power and fan base of pro teams, they could still obtain it far more efficiently than Happy.

What about Happy? Their own Happy guild had just started, and the Wuji guild that Wu Chen brought over was a club guild that had been relegated for more than two years. They had also gone through a painful period because of joining Happy, and were now in a state of recovery. Their strength was also very weak.

Under such circumstances, Ye Xiu had to be very petty and care about the rewards given by the first kill records, because they were not qualified to be as generous as other pro teams.

Now, after this effort, the benefits that Happy had obtained through the first kill records were considerable. Looking at the entire Glory scene, they definitely had the most Level 75 Orange equipment. However, there was still a gap to completely equipping a team. And now that the sure way to obtain Orange equipment through the first kill records no longer existed, Ye Xiu felt quite regretful.

Wang Jiexi, as the captain of the team, thought about problems from the same level as Ye Xiu. Combining it with Happy's current situation, it wasn't difficult to guess Ye Xiu's mentality. He smiled at this moment and said, "Want to spar a bit? We could add a little wager or something?"

"Heh heh heh," Ye Xiu gave three dry laughs. Lord Grim turned around and faced the Happy members. "Dismissed, go to sleep!"

"What, you don't dare!" Yuan Boqing, the Cleric player from Team Tiny Herb, was quite passionate. He loudly provoked Ye Xiu.

"I'm not afraid!" Ye Xiu laughed. "I just think that one person is enough to deal with you guys. There's no need to trouble everyone!"

"That makes sense," Wang Jiexi said with a smile. Then he turned around to face the Tiny Herb members. "Dismissed, I'll stay behind."

"Hahaha," the Tiny Herb members laughed. Then Yuan Boqing added, "We won't fight, but we won't leave either. Can't we stay and watch?"

"Yuan Boqing, you're very arrogant. I've been putting up with you for a long time! Do you dare to duel me?" Ye Xiu called him out by name.

"Damn, you're looking for a healing class to duel? You can even do something like that!" Yuan Boqing shouted.

"I'll let you choose any class you want," Ye Xiu said.

"Go cool off somewhere else!" Yuan Boqing said. As a pro player, he would of course play all sorts of classes to some extent. Maybe he even played them better than regular players. But facing a pro player opponent, switching to a class that he wasn't specialized in would be suicide.

"For the sake of fairness, I can also not use my best class, the unspecialized class. I'll just use another class, like a Battle Mage or something. Then you'll have nothing to say, right?" Ye Xiu said.

"Your sister…" Yuan Boqing was speechless, other than swearing.

"Hehe, if you don't dare, then forget it," Ye Xiu said.

Yuan Boqing was in tears. How was he supposed to answer that? If he said he dared, wouldn't that be courting death? If he said he didn't dare? What the hell did this have to do with daring or not daring? How did the topic get twisted like this?

"Want to spar with me?" In the end, the God was still composed. Wang Jiexi casually brought the topic back.

"With you? I've fought you countless times, it's boring. I'm going to sleep!" Ye Xiu said.

"You don't dare?" Lu Boqing jumped out and shouted again, but then he was stunned.

"Holy crap, instant quit…" Tiny Herb's Liu Xiaobie said blankly. Right after Ye Xiu finished saying that sentence, Lord Grim immediately disappeared. He logged off decisively, without any hesitation. The others from Team Happy were still there, not having had time to scatter!

"Sleeping…"

Ye Xiu stretched and stood up from his seat, taking the opportunity to stretch his muscles. The Happy members looked at him, all feeling like they couldn't look at him straight. In the end, it was Mo Fan, the one who spoke the least, who looked at Ye Xiu with a look of disdain and said, "Shameless, despicable!"

Ye Xiu glanced at him and also said four words, "Slack off with restraint."

Mo Fan's face immediately turned green. He really wanted to refute, but he had to respect the facts. In the team dungeon, his output was truly terrible.

"Everyone, get some rest early!" Ye Xiu called out to everyone.

"Sigh, we won't have any records to break like this. What a pity!" Chen Guo sighed.

"Today's harvest has already been pretty good," Ye Xiu said.

"That's true," Chen Guo nodded. Without the current group of people, Chen Guo wouldn't have even dreamed of such a harvest. Once upon a time, she was just a very ordinary Glory player. But what about now? Breaking the most amazing records, partying with the most amazing pro players. For an ordinary player, this kind of experience was probably dreamlike, right?

Chen Guo sat in her seat and spaced out for a while. It wasn't until Tang Rou was about to leave that she called out to her, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"Oh… I'm going," Chen Guo quickly got up.

"Little Tang, our team is very amazing, you know!" Chen Guo suddenly said this.

Tang Rou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It'll be even more amazing."

"Yes, it definitely will," Chen Guo said with a smile. Then she went back to her room with Tang Rou. But she hadn't been asleep for long when she was woken up by a phone call. Chen Guo opened the phone and saw that it was the eSports Home reporter, Chang Xian. She immediately answered the call.

"Little Chang, what's the matter?" Chen Guo asked.

"Hello, Sister Chen." Chang Xian greeted Chen Guo skillfully. Although Happy hadn't had any opportunities to occupy the headlines after eliminating Team Wuji in the second round, Chang Xian still maintained contact with Happy. He hadn't come to the residence again, but he would often go to Happy Internet Cafe every few days, and was quite familiar with the cashiers and internet cafe employees up and down. He would chat with Chen Guo for a few more words when he met her. The topics were all over the place, not limited to official business. It was clear that he was mainly communicating to build relationships.

Over time, Chen Guo had figured out this kid's habits.

Hanging around the internet cafe, or saying hello online, wouldn't be anything too serious. When there was something serious, this guy would definitely call first. So when her phone rang at this moment, Chen Guo knew that this wasn't a friendly greeting.

"It's like this, Sister Chen. Do you remember what day it is today?" Chang Xian asked.