Chapter 1 How Long to Kill a Boss

How long does it take six or seven hundred people working busily together to take down a Boss? Probably very few people know the answer. And there's no accurate answer to such a question. Cooperation, technique, equipment, level, class, objective… There are just too many determining factors.

But right now, the Blue Crystal Knight Order, facing this very pure newbie guild, Happy Guild, was falling apart at an alarming rate. The Blue Crystal Knight's subordinates were falling one by one ahead of him. Soon, he'd be all alone.

The Blue Crystal Knight himself? He was a bit stronger than his subordinates, but at this moment, his situation was even worse than before.

Earlier, facing such a powerful offensive, his knight order had formed a knight formation. The eighteen knights under his command had surrounded him, protecting him in the center. Knights even raised their shields to block attacks that fell from the sky.

But now, his subordinates had all fallen. Surrounding him now was a pile of summoned creatures.

"Alright, everyone except Team One, stop attacking!" Ye Xiu quickly gave the order.

Poor summoned creatures. Before, they were cannon fodder at the front lines. But in this situation, if he didn't call a stop to it, they'd become cannon fodder for their own side.

The greatest advantage of newbies was that they listened, especially to someone like Lord Grim, a pro they looked up to. With his command, the players besides Team One immediately stopped. They retreated one after another. Looking back at the circle, the Blue Crystal Knight was submerged by summoned creatures. He was completely hidden from view. But the glint of his sword was still visible from time to time. With each swing, a summoned creature would let out a miserable cry and die in its own way.

Of course, dead summoned creatures could be re-summoned, but the problem was that summoning was also a skill, so it had a cooldown. The more powerful the summoned creature, the longer the cooldown, and the more mana it consumed. Summoners often found themselves in the awkward position of having no mana.

"Team One, attack. Team Two, prepare. Team Three, rest and recover!" But Ye Xiu had already divided the summoners into teams One, Two, and Three. He calmly helped them control the rhythm.

"Gunners, keep bombarding! Don't stop!" In Team One, besides the summoners, there were also gunners, who had the longest attack range. Although they were squeezed too close to the Boss by the summoned creatures, it didn't affect them at all.

"Elementalists, keep bombarding too!" Ye Xiu instructed the elemental mages in the team to attack as well.

"Too easy." Ye Xiu sighed, glancing at the Blue Crystal Knight to check his health. It was dropping rapidly. And his desperate attacks could only entangle with the swarming summoned creatures. Although sometimes his Whirlwind Slash could clear a circle, he was facing a team of summoners, each with several summoned creatures. Teams One, Two, and Three took turns attacking. It was truly impossible to kill them all, impossible to cut them all down. Ye Xiu had thoroughly investigated the Blue Crystal Knight. It was no problem to exhaust him to death like this. Even when he reached 10% health and went berserk, he wouldn't go wild with anything unexpected.

The only possible variable was those club guilds. But the elite groups of those guilds were currently far away in Mount Omar, and there was no way they could rush back here to save the day.

Those people from before… Ye Xiu looked around. Those scattered players were now spread across the desert, watching them fight the monster from afar, not even daring to approach. What could they possibly do?

Recruit more people temporarily… It was already this late. If they hadn't come by now, they wouldn't make it in time.

Everything was foolproof. Even the traps set by the thieves were unnecessary.

Ye Xiu carefully calculated once more, and finally felt completely at ease: This Blue Crystal Knight won't get away.

The Blue Crystal Knight struggled...

The Blue Crystal Knight went berserk...

The Blue Crystal Knight fell...

Everything happened so quickly. In the reports they gave to their guild leaders, the undercover agents awkwardly described it this way.

What kind of Boss fight was this? They deeply pondered.

It looked like a wild flurry of punches that killed a master, but they were in the guild. They saw every single command that Lord Grim gave. With commands, how could it be a wild flurry of punches? This must be some profound art!

The undercover agents screenshotted the records of Ye Xiu's commands, treating them as a major piece of intelligence acquired in their undercover careers. Then, they quickly gave them to their guild leaders so they could study the mysteries of Lord Grim's command.

Six or seven hundred people, chaotically bombarding the Boss to death…

In the Glory careers of these undercover agents, they loved to recount this experience whenever they chatted with people. And this opening line was enduringly popular in their circle for a long time.

At this moment, in the Western Desert, cheers finally replaced all other sounds, becoming the only sound on this patch of yellow sand.

The name of Happy Guild appeared on TV!

This made every member of Happy Guild feel genuinely proud. All of Happy Guild's previous fame had basically been brought by Guild Leader Lord Grim. They had joined Happy Guild hoping to become as famous throughout the server as Lord Grim. And this time, they finally got their wish. Although the system announcement only mentioned the guild name, they could all see their own names in the four characters of "Happy Guild." At this moment, they even forgot to care about what dropped after the Boss fell. This should have been the central topic after killing the Boss, but it was forgotten by Happy Guild.

It wasn't until half a minute later that someone slightly remembered this matter. Looking again, they saw that Guild Leader Lord Grim had already posted what dropped in the guild channel.

"It's an Orange Equipment!" Everyone was fiercely excited again.

For ordinary players, there was no need to have any expectations for Silver Equipment. Besides, that kind of thing wasn't something that would drop from killing monsters. Orange Equipment was their ultimate goal. And Orange Equipment could be said to be one of the things with the lowest drop rate in Glory. Especially something dropped by a wild Boss like this. The vast majority of players would at most go online and admire the picture in the encyclopedia. The Orange Equipment dropped by wild Bosses that were monopolized, how could they possibly end up in the hands of ordinary players?

While everyone was still savoring this orange badge, they saw Guild Leader Lord Grim send another message.

"The Orange Equipment is the result of everyone's hard work, so this equipment belongs to the guild! In a little while, I'll put it in the guild storage. When you go to the guild storage, you can see the rules for using it."

"Oh???"

These new players in Happy Guild mostly didn't understand the things they hadn't yet been exposed to. For example, the guild storage system. So at this time, they were somewhat confused by what Ye Xiu said. Only a small portion of those who weren't new immediately understood the meaning of these words, and they immediately became excited.

Equipment placed in the guild storage meant that you could use it when you reached the required contribution points.

An Orange Equipment! Even the majority of veteran players didn't have the chance to own one. Putting it in the guild storage meant that even though you couldn't own it privately, you still had the chance to use it. These veteran players were already itching to know how many contribution points this Orange Equipment would require. Presumably, it wouldn't be low if it was Orange Equipment. If it took too long to accumulate the required contribution points, perhaps their levels would be too high by then. A level 50 Orange Equipment would have lower stats if they used it. But the word "Orange" was an enticement. Sometimes players preferred the rarity of Orange Equipment over its stats. There were plenty of people who showed off Orange Equipment that wasn't very suitable for their classes.

From a professional point of view, the Orange Equipment dropped by the Blue Crystal Knight right now was pretty good.

Flowing Earth Badge, level 50. Besides basic magic defense, it had +22 Stamina, +5 Movement Speed, +5 Jumping, and +5% Magic Defense Strength.

Clearly, this was an accessory suitable for all classes.

Magic defense was the basic stat of accessories, so there was nothing to say about it. But in addition to that, the four added stats: Stamina, Movement Speed, Jumping, Magic Defense Strength. None of these four stats were useless for any class. This determined the status of the Flowing Earth Badge as a general accessory.

Seeing that it was this kind of accessory, even Ye Xiu secretly rejoiced. The guild's storage needed this kind of treasure to keep it secure. If it was an Orange weapon, its value might be higher than this Flowing Earth Badge, but the problem was that a weapon usually corresponded to only one or two classes. In other words, only 4%-8% of Happy Guild's players would be affected by this equipment.

But now, a piece of Orange Equipment suitable for all classes was completely different. Everyone wanted it. That was its greatest significance.

While Ye Xiu disbanded this Boss hunt, he sent a message to Blue River: "Hey, can I take a look at your Blue Brook Guild's guild storage system?"

Blue River was watching a group of guild leaders explode with rage in the discussion group. Suddenly receiving a message from Lord Grim, he couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.

"What dropped?" Blue River couldn't help but ask.

Ye Xiu sent the Flowing Earth Badge.

"Oh!" Blue River was surprised. He was also thinking from the guild storage perspective, and immediately felt that this piece of equipment was truly valuable.

"Sell it?" Blue River then asked.

"You wish," Ye Xiu said.

Blue River immediately thought of how Ye Xiu had just asked him for Blue Brook Guild's guild storage system. He was obviously borrowing this equipment to take the opportunity to establish Happy Guild's storage as well.

Give it to him or not? Blue River hesitated.

"Hurry up! What's there to hide about this broken thing? Isn't there anyone in your Blue Brook Guild who can't see it? I'm just too lazy to copy it again. Just send me a document directly," Ye Xiu messaged.

"You have spies in our Blue Brook Guild?" Blue River was surprised.

"If I had spies, would I still be asking you?" Ye Xiu looked down on Blue River's IQ.

Blue River exhaled. But thinking about it, there really was no need to hide this thing. He then sent a copy of their Blue Brook Guild's guild storage system to Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu quickly scanned the key content. After adjusting the contribution point levels according to Happy Guild's levels, he quickly pasted it into Happy Guild's storage system.

Soon, Ye Xiu received a message from Blue River: "God, please replace the guild name. Thank you for your hard work."

"Guild name?"

"You're using our guild's system, and there are our guild names in it. Don't you think you should change it? Like change it to Happy Guild or something," Blue River nearly ground his teeth. Right after Lord Grim changed the system, he immediately sent out a guild announcement. The players of Happy Guild ran to look, and immediately discovered that there were multiple instances of "Blue Brook Guild" in the system. This information was quickly fed back by Blue Brook Guild's spies. Blue River really wanted to bang his head against a wall and die.