The full-time master's double peak

Chapter 109 [115] Christmas Activities

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This is the top-tier Canyon dungeon record for the Overlord's Ambition guild. This record is already very high. Other guilds are also working hard, but currently, apart from Overlord's Ambition and Blue River Pavilion, the others are still struggling outside the top 30.

"Shall we swipe?" Tang Rou asked.

"There's no need for that. We didn't come here in the first place to set records. Think about why you started playing Glory in the first place," Ye Xiu said.

Tang Rou stood frozen, the scene of her PK with Lin Xichen replaying in her mind. After a long while, she slowly raised her head, a determined light rekindling in her eyes. Tang Rou was confident but not arrogant. Recognizing her shortcomings that she couldn't overcome, she asked, "Ye Xiu, you're right, I can't forget my initial goal. However, if I could improve my skills and control over the character before defeating Xichen, that would be great. Where do you think I should start?"

Ye Xiu crossed his arms and smiled slightly, saying, "If you want to improve your skills, real combat is definitely the best way, but you can't neglect regular practice. You can try soloing some more challenging dungeons. In that tense environment, your reaction time and skills will be honed. Moreover, the attack methods and skill mechanics of the mobs and bosses in different dungeons are all different, which will greatly help you become familiar with the game mechanics."

Tang Rou nodded thoughtfully: "Soloing high-difficulty dungeons...that sounds like a good idea. But there are some dungeons I might not be able to clear alone, wouldn't that be a waste of time?"

Ye Xiu waved his hand: "It's normal to not be able to beat them in the early stages. The important thing is to try. You can learn from every failure, such as when the monster will use which skill, and how to dodge and counterattack. Even if you can't beat them, you can figure out their attack rhythm, and you'll be more confident next time. If all else fails, we're here for you. We can practice with you a few times and explain things to you."

Tang Rou's eyes lit up: "That's great! With your guidance, I'm sure I can improve even faster. But Ye Xiu, where do you think my current skill level is mainly different from Xi Xi's?"

Ye Xiu stroked his chin and analyzed seriously, "Xiao Chen's operation is very delicate, and she has a very precise grasp of the connection and timing of the release of character skills. Moreover, she has a strong ability to adapt in battle and can react quickly according to the different moves of the opponent. Compared with her, you are still somewhat lacking in the smoothness of operation and the speed of response, and her hand speed is also faster. However, these can be made up for through training."

Tang Rou clenched her fists: "I understand, I will try my best to close this gap. Ye Xiu, let's go and choose a high-difficulty dungeon to try now, I can't wait to start training!"

"You still want to break the dungeon record, don't you?" Ye Xiu bluntly exposed Tang Rou.

"Is it that obvious?" Tang Rou asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Hurry up and level up to get to the God's Domain," Ye Xiu said.

Just as Tang Rou was about to speak and struggle a bit more, Lin Xichen suddenly said, "Someone is waiting for you in the Realm of Gods."

Tang Rou looked at the chat box on the screen and remembered the message Qing Moqi had sent. This person was none other than Chen Guo. She had been neglecting Chen Guo because of her obsession with the game, and she had always felt guilty about it. When Lin Xichen mentioned it, Tang Rou could only give up struggling.

While they were running the dungeon, they were all a bit distracted. Su Mucheng was eating snacks, Baozi was drinking a beverage, Lin Xichen was replying to his father's greetings and instructions, and Ye Xiu was smoking a cigarette while replying to the message from Yanyu Tower's guild leader, Yanyu Cangcang.

Ye Xiu typed on the keyboard on his side of the screen: "Hey, President Cang, what are you worried about! The record of Overlord Ambition is impressive, but you guys are no slouch either. It's like going to war; if you give up before even entering the battlefield, that won't do!"

Yan Yu Cang Cang replied quickly: "Brother, what kind of address is that? Never mind, that's true, but their strength is undeniable. I'm afraid we'll ruin our reputation, waste our materials, and become a laughing stock."

Ye Xiu typed rapidly on the keyboard, replying to the message: "Hey, a reputation is something we have to build ourselves. It's like building a house, you lay it brick by brick. If it collapses at the slightest storm, what kind of house is that? Think about it, if you guys hold on this time, who won't look up to you in the future? People who want to leave will be begging to join again."

Yan Yu Cang Cang hesitated a bit: "But what if we really can't hold on, brother? Just tell me if you're confident or not, and if we can return it?"

Ye Xiu typed a laughing emoji to encourage him: "Hey, stop messing around. How can you return this? Do you think I'm not confident after telling you all this? Let me tell you, the Overlord Ambition and their team have their own ways of playing dungeons, and you guys need yours. If they use Cheng Yaojin's three-hit combo, you use Zhuge Liang's chain strategy. What are you afraid of? Just give it a try!"

Yan Yu Cang Cang was still a little worried: "Big brother, don't just give me empty platitudes, tell me the specifics of what to do."

Ye Xiu's fingers flew across the keyboard, pointing out some points and details that Yan Yu Cang Cang needed to pay special attention to.

Just then, Ye Xiu suddenly received another message notification. Before he could even look at it, Yan Yu Cang Cang sent another message: "Big brother, you make it sound so easy, but what if we don't coordinate well..."

Ye Xiu replied, "If you can't coordinate well, just practice. Do you think those experts are born that way? There's no such thing as perfect teamwork in this world. It's all about practice. Besides, can't you veterans from Misty Rain Pavilion put together a dungeon team? As long as you're veterans, your skills will be a piece of cake. Besides, with the guides, just practice a few more times, and you'll be able to coordinate well..." Just then, the computer suddenly emitted a strange buzzing sound, and the screen began to flicker. Ye Xiu looked at the constantly flickering screen and thought to himself, "This is bad." Just as he was about to check what was going on, the service bell rang.

"Hello, what do you need?" Ye Xiu answered the call.

"A pack of Hongwan instant noodles, a bottle of Coke, and a cup of instant noodles," the customer said.

"Okay, coming right away." After replying, Ye Xiu glanced at the dungeon and saw that it was progressing steadily and he wasn't in much trouble, so he got up and went to make instant noodles.

After delivering the food to the guest and sitting down, another message from Yan Yu Cang Cang arrived, because the record had been released. It was from District Seven, though.

Their large guilds practice their teamwork across several servers consecutively, only returning to the tenth server to break records once they've mastered it. This is because dungeons can only be run three times a day, and after that, you can't even enter the dungeon anymore, let alone practice. They can only practice by using account cards to travel back and forth between several servers.

Ye Xiu almost choked to death. Yan Yu Lou still wanted to test the limits of the dungeon strategy, but how could the old server be accurate? You have to know that the old server is full of max-level accounts. Not to mention other damage, the new server accounts can't compare. This data has no reference value in the tenth server.

Thus, the Misty Rain Pavilion in the seventh district successfully obtained the "Leisurely Pain" honor achievement. In the old districts, reaching the required level does not force players to go to the Realm of Gods; players can choose freely. There are also many gameplay modes available for players in the ordinary districts.

Jiang You was giving a cheerful speech, mostly saying that everyone had worked hard in the early stages and that the guild would definitely not let everyone down, and all sorts of polite words, when suddenly a message popped up in his view: a new record!
"Who is it?" Jiang You didn't immediately look for the record, but instead asked Ye Du Hantan.

“It’s Yanyu Tower.” Ye Du Han Tan replied. “Yanyu Tower?” Jiang You never expected that the one who broke their record was Yanyu Tower, which had never been considered a rival by Baqi Xiongtu. Yanyu Tower was not considered strong in the club guild, simply because their Yanyu team’s star player was a woman.

Chu Yunxiu is a woman who enjoys poorly made, melodramatic TV dramas and is obsessed with sensational gossip. Among the twenty teams in the entire professional league, Yan Yu, with its female player as the mainstay, is the first. She possesses top-tier skills, just as Lin Xichen said—the league's number one female player, the strongest among female players. However, she isn't among the top-tier players because she loses nine out of ten close matches. Her game character, Fengcheng Yan Yu, is a male character with a fierce-looking face, but she always loses matches in a very weak way.

Since Chu Yunxiu joined the Yanyu team, she has entered the playoffs three times, but was eliminated in the first round each time, which was very embarrassing and unsightly.

However, Chu Yunxiu is ultimately a girl and a bit soft, which everyone can understand. But the guild, which is supposed to be run by men, is also as soft as a girl, which makes everyone sneer. But now, the guild known for its domineering and tough guys, Baqi Xiongtu, has been trampled down by the soft girl Yanyulou, which is unacceptable to them.

25 minutes and 19.76 seconds, that is the record of Yanyu Tower. Baqi Xiongtu broke the record of the whole region by more than two minutes. Not long after, Yanyu Tower broke Baqi Xiongtu's record by more than two minutes.

Time passed day by day, and several copies of the strategy guide were sold. Before they knew it, Christmas arrived. Ye Xiu was not interested in celebrating the holiday, and Lin Xichen was not much of a fan either. Besides, what was so great about celebrating a foreign holiday?

However, Chen Guo was preparing to hold an event. She took out a Christmas tree that her father had made by hand, hung small gift boxes on it, and found that they contained internet cards, discount coupons, vouchers, internet fee vouchers, and account cards, etc.

While people celebrate Christmas outside, they also celebrate Christmas in the game, launching a Christmas event where defeating Christmas thieves can earn Christmas gift boxes. These boxes can contain in-game items, armor, weapons, rare materials, gold coins, experience points, and even skill books if you're lucky.

The basic background story is that a thief stole the gifts Santa Claus prepared for the players. Players need to kill the thief and retrieve the gifts. Santa Claus will give the players Christmas gift boxes. The mission can be repeated, so the "Christmas Hunter Ranking" was introduced.

The quest doesn't require an official claim; simply go to the map and find and kill the thieves. However, Christmas thieves come in all classes and levels, so players need to assess their own capabilities. Killing thieves earns points, and the higher the thief's level, the more points you get. Of course, players suffer no loss when killed by a thief, and the thieves won't attack players unless provoked. If you encounter a high-level thief, just avoid provoking them.

The thief's aggro is only on the first hit. If you're the one who lands the first hit, then the dropped gift box can only be picked up by that player. No matter how fiercely other players attack, it won't help unless they kill the player who landed the first hit, in which case the aggro will drop to zero, and another player will have to land the first hit again.

Ye Xiu and his group formed a team and prepared to head to the Blazing Forest, but then they realized that the main level of players from large guilds was perfect for the Blazing Forest. This prompted Lin Xichen to say, "The City of Sin."

“Yes, that’s a good idea,” Su Mucheng agreed.

Sin City is a leveling area for levels 37-39, and it is also considered a main city. However, as a dungeon leveling area, it is much larger than a main city like Sky City. The NPCs are also extremely unfriendly to players, and the only form of communication is attacking them.

"The City of Sin isn't necessarily deserted, but it's definitely much less populated," Ye Xiu said.

"Let's go take a look first," Su Mucheng said.

"Okay." Ye Xiu nodded, and the four of them controlled their characters and headed towards the City of Sin.

Ye Xiu checked his friends list and found that Yi Cun Hui and Baozi Invasion were not there. Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian were there, but it would be dangerous for their strength to go to a place much higher than theirs. So Ye Xiu didn't call them. Instead, he called Chen Yu over, worried that she might not know the way. After waiting for a while, they met up and sped towards the City of Sin.

As the five stepped into the City of Sin, a sinister atmosphere enveloped them. The buildings lining the streets were dilapidated, and eerie lights flickered on the walls. Ye Xiu cautiously surveyed his surroundings and said to Tang Rou and Gu Chenyu, "Be careful, the NPCs here aren't friendly and will attack on their own."

"Okay, I got it. Quickly find those Christmas thieves and get the presents back." Tang Rou gripped the mouse tightly, looking eager to try.

Suddenly, a group of short, black-cloaked Christmas thieves sprang out from the shadows, brandishing daggers, katanas, lightsabers, and spears, and charged at them with sharp, eerie cries.

Gu Chenyu's eyes sharpened, and he shouted, "Entering the aggro range!!"

The Christmas mobs don't attack unless provoked, but their aggro range is relatively small. However, the mobs in the leveling area will rush to attack you no matter how far away they are, as long as they see you.

Su Mucheng quickly set up her gun, unleashing a barrage of bullets at the thieves. Several thieves were instantly stunned and convulsed. Lin Xichen, meanwhile, nimbly weaved through the group of thieves, his sword gleaming coldly, each swing taking away a chunk of the Christmas thief's health.

Ye Xiu controlled his character, unleashing a barrage of skills, and in an instant, the surrounding thieves fell to the ground one after another. Tang Rou was not to be outdone; her attacks were fierce and powerful, repelling the approaching thieves one by one.

However, the thieves seemed to keep coming, with more and more thieves surging in from all directions. The reason was that Tang Rou was fighting and charging at the same time, and before she could finish killing one, she would enter the aggro range of another.

Ye Xiu shouted, "Xiao Tang, this can't go on. You can't fight and charge at the same time. Let's try not to move our positions when they charge over!"

Just then, a thief, taller than the others, appeared from behind, wielding a massive heavy sword. With a powerful swing, a strong sword aura swept towards the group. Ye Xiu reacted quickly, blocking the attack and alerting the others.

"This should be the Christmas Boss, let's take it down first!" Ye Xiu shouted.

The five quickly adjusted their tactics, eliminating the Christmas thieves while dodging the boss's attacks, and then surrounding the leader. The leader roared and charged at Ye Xiu, brandishing his heavy sword. Ye Xiu sidestepped, thrusting his spear and pulling the leader back with a circular staff. Although the Christmas boss didn't have the same attack, defense, or health as dungeon or wilderness bosses, its effects were significantly reduced; a single circular staff attack was still impossible to land.

Lin Xichen and Tang Rou attacked from both sides, Su Mucheng provided fire support from the rear, and Gu Chenyu looked for opportunities to launch a sneak attack. Originally, the Berserker was the class with the highest defense among heavy armor masters, but because of her insufficient strength, she could only be given the role of a free agent, circling around the Boss and attacking whenever she had the chance.

The battle intensified. Although the leader was powerful, he was gradually becoming overwhelmed by the five attackers. Just when everyone thought they were about to defeat him, the leader suddenly let out a piercing scream, and the surrounding thieves instantly went berserk, attacking even more fiercely.

"Oh no, they're about to unleash a powerful attack!" Ye Xiu shouted.