Chapter 11 As It Should Be

Yue Zhongmian was naturally terribly depressed. This clearly implied that his and Tian Qi's skill wasn't good enough. Yue Zhongmian wasn't willing to accept this, but looking at Lord Grim, Soft Mist, and Steamed Bun Invasion, it was obvious that they were a cut above him and the others.

High-frequency changes in movement direction and rapid skill releases are the most direct manifestations of APM (actions per minute). If the difference is subtle, it might be unnoticeable, but it was noticeable now, indicating a significant gap.

Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian were heartbroken as they went to fight monsters. Ye Xiu kept pointing out what the two should do. Yue Zhongmian wanted to steal his secrets, but unfortunately, they were different classes, and Ye Xiu was talking about Battle Mages and Brawlers. Asking Lord Grim for guidance? He'd rather die. In the end, Yue Zhongmian came up with a good idea: spend more time with Mu Yun Shen. That guy was a Swordsman like him. If he shamelessly asked Mu Yun Shen for guidance, he could eavesdrop, right?

Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard that guy's voice: "Little Yue Yue, what are you doing?"

Yue Zhongmian snapped back to reality and realized, to his surprise, that he had already solved the target while thinking about it. Now he was just slashing at the air!

Pretending that nothing had happened, he hurriedly rejoined the battle, just in time to hear the new girl saying, "Is it that simple?"

"There will be even more to pay attention to later; right now, I'm just letting you familiarize yourselves with this dungeon. Pay attention to the position of each monster, their attacking habits and methods, the speed of their attacks, and the speed of their movements. Steamed Bun, you too," Ye Xiu said.

"Why pay attention to so much?" Steamed Bun Invasion was easily killing the goblins in this dungeon, so he was a little careless.

"Records sometimes come down to a lead of a few seconds. These small advantages are accumulated from every detail," Ye Xiu said.

"Then is my way of fighting okay right now?" Steamed Bun Invasion asked.

"Not enough. But that's enough for you today! I'll give you a general explanation this time, and later you can go back to playing in the arena. Save up your experience, and when we get a full team, we'll practice together," Ye Xiu suddenly had this cautious thought, mainly because he had witnessed Steamed Bun Invasion's noobish performance. This guy was too unstable, so he needed more time to practice.

Steamed Bun Invasion was addicted to PK, so he was happy to hear that he wouldn't need to run the dungeon for a while. He readily agreed.

Ye Xiu also suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, how many arena points do you have now?"

"98 points," Steamed Bun Invasion said proudly. He had been playing one-on-one matches, and winning a match only gave 1 point, so 98 points meant that he had defeated 98 opponents.

"Don't waste your points. Save up 250 to exchange for a level 25 purple weapon, Martial Artist's Claw," Ye Xiu said.

The arena, like the professional league, has various forms of competition. One-on-one is 1 point per match, team elimination matches are 2 points per player on the winning team, and team matches, unlike the professional league, aren't limited to 5 players plus 1 assist. Here, players can set the number of players as they wish: 2v2, 3v3, anything goes. The maximum is like the professional league: 5v5 plus 1 assist. The final winning points depend on the number of participants. For example, in a 4v4 match, each player on the winning team gets 4 points.

These winning points can be used to exchange for a lot of equipment. At levels 50, 60, and 70, there are even orange equipment that can be exchanged. Of course, the number of arena points needed is also astonishing, with weapons naturally being the most in-demand.

A level 50 orange weapon requires 8000 points; a level 60 orange weapon requires 10000 points; and a level 70 one requires 12000 points.

These orange equipment can't be obtained through willpower alone, because from level 50 onwards, in arena matches, in addition to gaining points for winning, you also lose the same number of points for losing. As a result, players who can't guarantee a win rate of over 50% will only lose.

However, players aren't without shortcuts. There is a method that, in theory, can earn enough points in one match: gambling.

In gambling, players can set up stakes, betting arena points, in-game currency, or even equipment.

There is no upper limit on the stakes, and there can be default settings. For example, the player setting up the game sets the stake at 1000 points, then the challenger only needs to have 1000 points to participate. In addition, players can negotiate; for example, the game setter sets the stake at 1000 points, but the challenger only needs to pay 500 if they lose. As long as both parties agree, this is also possible. In short, with the system as an intermediary, no one can cheat.

Those who dare to open a gambling game undoubtedly have a few tricks up their sleeves. However, the stakes are generally set at 100 or below, because no one has 100% confidence in winning. Of course, there are also those who gamble millions. These are mostly cases where both parties have a feud and agree to a battle to decide their fates. In addition, there are also many inexplicable cases. In short, with such a large game and so many players, there will always be some psychologies that ordinary people can't understand.

The tenth server is just a new server. With Steamed Bun Invasion's current level, it doesn't matter whether he enters the free arena or the level-restricted arena. Except for the correction arena, which has no point rewards, the rules are the same everywhere else. Ye Xiu just suddenly remembered that the level 25 purple equipment in the arena was a really good weapon. Steamed Bun Invasion was currently addicted to PK, and he had the ability, so it would be good to exchange for this equipment to increase his strength.

"Oh? Is that weapon powerful?" The noob always has questions, so Ye Xiu naturally gave an explanation.

Afterward, the dungeon continued, and Ye Xiu's mouth was dry from explaining everything. Especially when facing the Boss, he spoke even more. Because the team had reached a certain level, as long as there were no mistakes, the small monsters were basically taken care of in a few hits and couldn't do much. On the other hand, the Boss, which required a long battle, had more changes, and the time gained in seconds was often snatched back in this area.

This was Tang Rou's first time in the Frost Forest, so Ye Xiu explained the Boss's characteristics to her in detail. Steamed Bun Invasion had been here many times, but no one had ever given such a comprehensive and detailed explanation, so he also studied hard. Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian had played it before and knew the general idea, but after listening, they also learned some details they didn't know before. Especially when Ye Xiu talked about how to deal with things, many places opened their eyes.

In the end, this dungeon run took a full 35 minutes to complete, mainly because Ye Xiu said too much.

Ye Xiu, whose throat was about to burst into flames, grabbed a green tea and gulped down a few mouthfuls after exiting the dungeon, turning back to ask Tang Rou: "How is it? Do you understand everything?" This lesson was mainly for Tang Rou.

As a result, Tang Rou said cheerfully: "I won't guess, I won't guess, I really can't guess."

Ye Xiu looked back and saw that Steamed Bun Invasion was still messing with his broken constellation problems, and almost sprayed a mouthful of green tea out of his nostrils. Fortunately, Tang Rou had already responded with a "It's all very simple!"

"Then you can continue soloing!" Ye Xiu said.

"Soloing?" Tang Rou was stunned.

"You should be fine, right? It's all very simple!" Ye Xiu said.

"I'll solo it for you to see!" Tang Rou entered the dungeon without saying anything else. The Frost Forest dungeon was indeed a step up in difficulty compared to the newbie village tutorial dungeon, but Tang Rou was confident that she could do it.

Soft Mist left the team and then entered the dungeon by herself, leaving Tian Qi and the others in a daze.

"Brother expert?" Tian Qi asked in confusion.

"Oh, she's practicing," Ye Xiu said.

"Soloing Frost Forest?" Tian Qi felt his head spinning. Are these guys even human?

"Heh heh, she can't finish it either," Ye Xiu said.

Although Tang Rou had entered the dungeon and was no longer in the same voice environment as the others, she was sitting at the same table as Ye Xiu and heard him directly, turning her head to reply: "Who said I can't finish it!"

"I said it!" Ye Xiu smiled.

Tang Rou didn't answer, and madly beat up the monsters.

"You guys find a team to practice with yourselves. I won't be running the dungeon for now either," Ye Xiu said to Tian Qi and Yue Zhongmian.

"Oh!" The two then went to find other people to team up with. Steamed Bun Invasion now had a goal to exchange for purple equipment, so he seemed even more cheerful, shouting "250! 250! My goal is 250!" as he ran towards the arena amidst the surprise of the surrounding players, causing a shadow to once again shroud Ye Xiu's heart: Can this guy really do it?

The noob couldn't be cured, but the girl next to him still needed to be taught. Ye Xiu pulled over a stool and sat behind Tang Rou, drinking green tea and smoking, leisurely watching Tang Rou solo Frost Forest, waiting for her to run into trouble.

With Tang Rou's skill, soloing Frost Forest didn't present any skill-related problems. She had already mastered the Battle Mage skills before level 20 quite proficiently. Ye Xiu had already explained the level 20 new skills, the Circle Swing and the Unattribute Mana Crystals, and now they were gradually being incorporated into her skills. She was killing them very smoothly, which was something that ordinary people couldn't do.

But during the last wave of small monsters before the first Boss, something finally happened.

Leading a few small monsters, continuing her smooth skills, her left hand swept across the keyboard in a brilliant manner, waiting to unleash a Falling Flower Palm, but Soft Mist didn't react at all. Tang Rou was stunned, then saw a message in the information bar: Not enough mana.

Tang Rou quickly gave Soft Mist a mana potion. But potions are divided into instant recovery and continuous recovery types. Instant recovery potions are high-end goods, and it was impossible for the NPC in the newbie village to sell instant recovery potions. Naturally, it was a continuous type that took some time to take effect. This time was generally ten seconds, but the quality of the potion was different, and the amount recovered per second was different.

Tang Rou waited for the potion to take effect while using skills, but after 10 seconds, the effect was gone, and the added mana was also used up. The deadly thing was that the potion had a 1-minute cooldown, so she wouldn't have any skills available for the next 50 seconds.

Tang Rou had no choice but to make Soft Mist dodge left and right, using normal attacks to resist whenever she had the chance, which was quite embarrassing. She finally endured these 50 seconds, drank another potion, and played with skills for another 10 seconds, and then she had nothing left again.

"Heh heh heh..." Ye Xiu laughed a few times, which was so harsh to Tang Rou's ears. She gritted her teeth and continued to persevere, stubbornly killing all the small monsters in this vicious cycle. Her own casualties were also not light, and she quickly began to use food items to recover mana.

"When breaking records, where is there time for you to rest and recover?" Ye Xiu said from behind her.

"Uh, I'll remember to take medicine," Tang Rou said.

"It's not just about taking medicine. Reasonable skills, combined with a reasonable rhythm of taking medicine, can maximize endurance. Watch from the side for a while! I'll demonstrate for you," Ye Xiu said.