Chapter 1 Frustration

Liu Hao didn't sleep all night yesterday, nor this morning. He was called in by his boss near noon and spent the whole afternoon busy without any sleep. He managed to hold on until after dinner before getting a short nap, but he couldn't stop thinking about targeting Ye Qiu. So, as zero o'clock approached, he struggled to get up and log on, only to be immediately told that the team was full and there was no space for him. Liu Hao wanted to eat Ye Qiu alive, but he could only helplessly stare at the monitor.

On Ye Xiu's side, they were intent on setting a new dungeon record. Although no one was paying them to, breaking the record would still net them some rewards. Burial Ground could be challenged from level 23, and these level 25 players had already run it many times. If they wanted to set a record, they naturally had to pay attention to coordination. Outside the dungeon, Ye Xiu briefly explained the tactics. After listening, the others entered the dungeon.

"Crap!" As soon as they entered, Tian Qi shouted, his voice filled with mixed feelings. It was because the system had issued a notification: The Vampire Knight Glower shows signs of resurrection. Adventurers, please be careful.

A hidden Boss.

Encountering a hidden Boss was, of course, something everyone looked forward to. However, the appearance of a hidden Boss basically meant they had no chance of breaking the dungeon record, which went against their original intention. That was why Tian Qi let out that "crap" filled with both love and hate.

"Good luck today!" Ye Xiu praised. After reaching level 23, he naturally wouldn't miss a single Burial Ground dungeon run each day, but he hadn't seen a hidden Boss yet. There were generally several types of hidden Bosses in each dungeon, and the probability of each appearing wasn't the same. The Vampire Knight was the most deeply hidden one in Burial Ground, and they encountered it right away today.

"Let's treat this as a warm-up!" Ye Xiu said, then commanded Lord Grim to charge forward and eliminate the monsters. Tang Rou quickly had Soft Mist follow closely behind. This girl was still intentionally or unintentionally competing with Ye Xiu. Whatever Ye Xiu did, she would try to see if she could do it too. Last night's Frost Forest dungeon, where Ye Xiu aggroed 16 goblins, was another blow to her, but Tang Rou always fought harder the more she was beaten down.

But just as her Soft Mist started to move, a cannon shot from Cleansing Mist had already sounded. The two zombies that Lord Grim had charged towards were startled and wobbled as they came to meet them.

She had been cooperating with this Cleansing Mist for a few days now, and this person's performance, in Tang Rou's eyes, was always one step ahead of her in everything. For example, just now, when Ye Xiu's Lord Grim was the first to charge up and aggro the monsters, Tang Rou immediately wanted to follow, but Cleansing Mist's movements were a little faster than hers.

*Is this person's hand even faster than mine?* Tang Rou thought, but she never asked. What she didn't know was that Su Mucheng was faster than her not in terms of hand speed, but in terms of awareness. In terms of hand speed alone, she was already above Su Mucheng, and with Ye Xiu's guidance, her coordination between her left and right hands was also improving rapidly. But apart from that, she was still quite a distance away from a professional player like Su Mucheng in other aspects. This girl was quite unlucky. The people she compared herself to weren't god-level figures like Ye Xiu, but rather first-line characters in the professional circle like Su Mucheng, which made her always feel a bit frustrated, and then she began to work even harder.

In the game, that meant Soft Mist was charging forward and being even more ferocious than Lord Grim. This overbearing display left Tian Qi and Moonlit Night feeling a little overwhelmed. The monsters this girl was fighting made them feel like they couldn't get a word in edgewise, so they just went over to Lord Grim's side to assist the expert.

But Lord Grim's Silver weapon had much higher attack power than Soft Mist. Plus, that Cleansing Mist was also helping Lord Grim clear monsters. The monsters on this side were falling fast enough already, and even after Tian Qi and Moonlit Night squeezed over, they still felt like they couldn't help at all, and they had no sense of presence. The two were in tears. Did this dungeon even need them?

Ye Xiu understood the situation with one look. He and Su Mucheng were enough on their side, and Tian Qi and Moonlit Night should have been helping Tang Rou. But this girl Tang Rou was too competitive and always pursued the limit. Plus, the gap between her and Tian Qi and Moonlit Night was quite large to begin with, so the two sides couldn't coordinate at all.

"Let's switch. You go and coordinate with her!" Ye Xiu said to Su Mucheng.

"This girl is really fierce." Su Mucheng said as she had her Cleansing Mist go over and team up with Soft Mist. Ye Xiu naturally slowed down the pace on his side, and Tian Qi and Moonlit Night suddenly felt that fighting the monsters became more comfortable and smooth. With their level, they couldn't really understand these higher-level things. They just thought that Cleansing Mist had gone over there, so they had room to perform.

While Tang Rou was controlling Soft Mist to fight monsters, she was also paying attention to Ye Xiu's situation from time to time. Tian Qi and Moonlit Night suddenly ran over there, but Cleansing Mist followed her here. She didn't know why, but she just kept fighting her own way. However, at this time, she noticed that Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had obviously slowed down and lowered the pace, but she didn't know what he was up to.

Tang Rou fought her own way, but gradually realized that the situation on her side had also changed. At first, she was the one taking the initiative, with Cleansing Mist assisting, but without realizing it, she found that Cleansing Mist was now the main force, and she was assisting.

This master-subordinate relationship wasn't just about who had the aggro of the small monsters, but about who was leading the rhythm and direction of the output. Without realizing it, Tang Rou found that her rhythm had been taken over by Cleansing Mist, and she was just following Cleansing Mist, hitting east and west.

Tang Rou, a newcomer, wouldn't understand this kind of rhythm problem. She simply didn't like this feeling. Annoyed, she intentionally tried to disrupt it, which resulted in several dangerous situations on their side, and even Ye Xiu's Lord Grim had to rush over to help.

Tang Rou was surprised, completely unaware of why this was happening. Just as she was at a loss, she heard Cleansing Mist sneak up to her side and say, "Look at how he's fighting over there."

Tang Rou knew who "he" referred to, but in her opinion, Ye Xiu's fighting at this time wasn't exciting at all. It was so slow, she could do it easily!

"If it were you, could you coordinate with Tian Qi and Moonlit Night so well?" Su Mucheng said.

"Coordinate?" Tang Rou was stunned.

"There are two types of coordination. One is to cater to the other party and coordinate with them. That's what Tian Qi and Moonlit Night are doing, which is relatively simple. As for the other type, it's to lead others to coordinate with you. That's what he's doing," Su Mucheng said.

Tang Rou was stunned again, then suddenly realized, "So you were also leading me to coordinate just now?"

"Me? I've always been coordinating with you! But I don't know how, it slowly turned into you coordinating with me..." Su Mucheng said.

Tang Rou scratched her head in front of the computer. This thing seemed very mysterious. But honestly, she didn't really like the word "coordinate". She preferred to stand alone and sweep away thousands of troops.

"Boss!!" Just then, Tian Qi exclaimed, and everyone's gaze turned to the front, where they saw a knight in black armor, not particularly tall, standing in the path ahead.

His face was even paler, and his blood-red eyes were very eerie. His right hand held a narrow, scarlet light saber, and his left hand held a shield with a bat emblem. He stood silently, without saying a word.

The five quickly cleared the small monsters and all looked at Glower, the Vampire Knight hidden deepest in the Burial Ground.

Since they weren't within his aggro range, the Vampire Knight didn't make any movements. He stood alone in the middle of the road, and it was possible to bypass him directly without disturbing him. Many hidden Bosses were like this. Players could choose not to fight, but when they encountered a rare hidden Boss, the vast majority of players would rather die than give it a try. In fact, for inexperienced ordinary teams, they had almost no chance of defeating a hidden Boss.

But for Ye Xiu and the others, there was no possibility of not being able to defeat him. Ye Xiu looked at the narrow light saber in the Vampire Knight Glower's hand and suddenly said, "Little Moon, did you learn Lightsaber Mastery?"

"No, I have Katana Mastery," Moonlit Night replied, then suddenly realized and jumped up, "Who the hell is Little Moon?"

"Then the Vampire Light Saber is mine!" Ye Xiu said.

"Ah?" Moonlit Night was stunned. He also knew about the Vampire Light Saber, which was a level 25 orange weapon. Although light sabers were the swordsman's exclusive weapon, since Moonlit Night had chosen to learn Katana Mastery, he was a swordsman who prioritized using katanas.

Sword Weapon Mastery was a passive skill that swordsman could learn after job advancing at level 20. There were five types of Mastery, which were naturally the five types of swords: heavy sword, greatsword, short sword, katana, and light saber. Although it wasn't that you could only choose one of the five to learn, because skill points were precious, swordsmen generally decided what weapon they would use and then chose one to continuously improve it. Each level of Sword Weapon Mastery increased the attack of that type of sword weapon by 2%, and at level 10, there was a 20% increase, which was very considerable. In addition, there were some skill-related aids, which were different for each type of sword, depending on your choice.

Since this Moonlit Night had learned Katana Mastery, he naturally chose the katana as his weapon. But that didn't mean he couldn't use a light saber. Hearing the name of the orange weapon light saber at this time, his heart was still itching.

"Start killing!" Ye Xiu shouted, and Cleansing Mist immediately fired an anti-tank missile, while Soft Mist also lifted her battle lance and rushed up quickly.

"Wait!!" Ye Xiu hurriedly called out, but Tang Rou had always been aggressive. At this time, Soft Mist arrived almost as soon as Cleansing Mist's anti-tank missile. As a result, they saw the Vampire Knight suddenly lift his right hand and roll the cloak behind him in front of him. Then they heard a "squeak" sound. When the cloak was waved away again, the person was gone, and countless small bats flew out and rushed out. All three anti-tank missiles missed, and the small bats rushed forward and bit Soft Mist right on.

Tang Rou saw the screen full of these small creatures flying around, their eyes glowing red, and the sharp teeth exposed outside their mouths seemed to be dripping with saliva, which was disgusting to death. The small bats swept over, and Soft Mist didn't fall, but her health dropped by more than half. Tang Rou quickly ate a potion, but she didn't know that those small bats that had swept over Soft Mist had regrouped behind her. The Vampire Knight's pose of rolling up his cloak reappeared. The scarlet Vampire Light Saber stabbed towards her back like a poisonous snake.