Hu Die Lan

Chapter 177 Two Ghosts Patrolling the Formation

“Look. Baozi’s mistake just now meant that the monsters weren’t perfectly gathered, but the three monsters he scattered ended up being in the exact direction you were facing. At this point, you don't actually need to immediately control them with an Ice Array. Use a Moonlight Slash first, and the three monsters can be knocked back a few steps, so the monster gathering can still be completed. Then it would be perfect to use an Ice Array to control the field and attack," Ye Xiu said.

"But there were more than three monsters gathered just now!" Qiao Yifan said.

"Don't we have ourselves too?" Ye Xiu laughed. "We'll also make adjustments for the mistakes!"

"If a mistake like that happens, is there no hope for the record?" Qiao Yifan said.

"Heh, from the point of view of breaking the record, it really doesn't matter how you control the field. The time you save won't be enough to win back the record. However, more than the record, we need to use situations like this to train our awareness and judgment. The situation just now, you can smoothly control with an Ice Array in a dungeon, but what if it's on the competition stage? Can you be sure that your Ice Array won't be interrupted without any control or protection?" Ye Xiu said.

Qiao Yifan immediately understood: "I understand."

"Even though it's just a small dungeon, we still have to work hard to improve our awareness!" Ye Xiu said with emotion.

"Yes, yes," Qiao Yifan repeatedly agreed. He felt as if a door was gradually being opened in his heart. His technical skills, which had hit a bottleneck, now seemed to be slowly being broken through. He didn't know if it was because he had changed classes or because he had received guidance from a god, or perhaps both? Qiao Yifan thought.

Although he was already very serious and focused, after listening to Ye Xiu's words, he realized that he still didn't value this small dungeon enough. Even with a dungeon like this, as long as you value it enough, there will be many things you can improve.

With Ye Xiu's constant guidance, the team advanced rapidly. Ye Xiu and the others were using the "one person missing" strategy that they had tested last night.

The monsters that originally seemed impossible to kill, the places where they were always counterattacked and reversed, now, with the addition of One Inch Ash, everything became just right.

Tang Rou was speechless at the shock in her heart. Reserving a position for cooperation before the person even arrived, and being able to calculate it so accurately... when would she ever be able to catch up to this level of skill!

"You two!" Ye Xiu then reminded Tang Rou and Baozi Invasion, "Pay more attention to his ghost arrays as well. Cooperation is mutual. Speaking of which, do you know the effects of these ghost arrays?"

"I don't know..." the two newbies said in unison.

Ye Xiu was helpless and naturally had to explain. It wasn't just about a support class providing support on the side to be considered cooperation. On the other hand, you had to be able to fully utilize the support. If you didn't even know the effects of the support, how could you talk about utilizing it?

A level 30 Ghost Swordsman, apart from the purely defensive Ghost God Shadow and the attack-and-control Frost Ghost God, also had the Blade Soul, which could be learned at level 10.

The Ghost God power of Blade Soul provides strength and intelligence to party members within the Blade Soul's protective barrier. Strength and intelligence determine the power of physical and magical attacks, respectively. It could be said that any class can be greatly enhanced within the Blade Soul barrier. This skill is simply referred to by players as Blade Array.

It can be learned at level 10, and can be upgraded every 3 levels. A level 30 Ghost Swordsman has a 7th-level Blade Array, which can increase strength and intelligence by 105 points. When Ye Xiu said this data, Tang Rou and Baozi Invasion were greatly surprised. The data was very straightforward, and the two immediately checked their own stats and saw how terrifying these 105 points of strength and intelligence were.

The attributes of a level 30 Battle Mage and a Thief are exactly the same. At level 30, without equipment or quest rewards, both strength and intelligence are exactly 105 points.

The level 30 attributes were immediately boosted by the Ghost Swordsman's Blade Array. How could this not shock the two of them?

Of course, a character's attributes cannot be judged solely by their base stats. In reality, with equipment and quest rewards, both characters have more than this number.

However, 105 strength and intelligence were astonishing enough.

Ghost Swordsmen have to release ghost arrays at the right time, and other characters, of course, have to make full use of the ghost arrays. At least when the ghost arrays appear, all the output must be completed within the array.

Seeing this amazing ghost array data, Tang Rou and Baozi Invasion completely understood the principle. In the following cooperation, the two sides complemented each other and became smoother. Although it was only the first experiment, it was much better than when the guild leader of the Moon Wheel Guild first entered the dungeon.

If they were excellent, the way everyone else catered to them wouldn’t mean much. The key was Qiao Yifan's professional quality, as well as his advantageous overall view and his ability to assess the situation. Qiao Yifan himself also found a sense of ease in this small dungeon. No, to be more precise, he found a sense of ease in this team. Qiao Yifan already believed that even if it wasn't in Loulan City, or any other place, even on the professional stage, he would definitely have a place in this team.

He was touched!

In such a short period of time, he had repeatedly felt unprecedented happiness, which Qiao Yifan had never experienced since entering the professional circle. For this, he could only repay them by seriously playing this dungeon well, even though it was only a very low-end dungeon like Loulan City.

The team advanced smoothly, and soon reached the final Boss of Loulan City, Toya. Qiao Yifan was eagerly waiting for the command of the god, knowing that Toya was the key factor affecting the final record in this dungeon.

However, the god's words became less frequent here. The whole team seemed to be improvising. Although there was still some cooperation, it didn't seem up to standard and seemed quite passive in front of Toya.

Qiao Yifan was a professional player with professional judgment. With a rough estimate, he already felt that this kind of gameplay wouldn't be able to break the existing record.

Qiao Yifan was a little confused. Even he could design some sets of cooperation here, which would be stronger than the current scattered free play. Could it be that God Ye Qiu didn't have any ideas?

While he was wondering, he heard God's Unrivaled Super Handsome standing next to him as he walked, and suddenly asked, "What do you think of this place?"

Qiao Yifan hesitated slightly, but still told the truth: "I think it might be difficult to break the current record if we just play like this."

"You don't have to worry." Tang Rou's Soft Mist, who had also walked past the two of them at some point, joined the discussion after hearing their conversation: "It's all because someone is unwilling to use their full strength. Otherwise, you would see a different scene from what you see now."

"Haha." Ye Xiu smiled and then said to Qiao Yifan: "You'll know how to cooperate in that kind of scene. Good luck!"

"Oh..." Qiao Yifan was a little confused, but he didn't ask any more questions.

After this run of the dungeon, everyone understood how to play.

"Two chances!" Ye Xiu emphasized, not only to Qiao Yifan, but also to the other three. Mistakes aren't necessarily avoided just because you're technically good.

"Mm." Tang Rou simply responded.

"Don't worry! I like to exert my strength at crucial moments," Baozi Invasion said.

"You too!" Su Mucheng reminded Ye Xiu in return. Of course, Ye Xiu wasn't a god who never made mistakes. With ten years of gaming experience, he had incredibly rich experience in making mistakes.

"Start!"

With an order, the second dungeon run began.

Entering the dungeon and starting the monsters, the first part of the gameplay was quite similar to when he brought the Moon Wheel Guild leader, except that this time no one went up the high ground. Qiao Yifan's One Inch Ash helped the three people who were attracting the monsters from the very beginning. When the monsters were just about to gather together...

"Blade... Array..."

Before Ye Xiu could even say a word, Qiao Yifan's Blade Array had already been released.

Perfect timing and seamless cooperation with the team's needs.

Ye Xiu was very pleased. It was easy to guide such an expert, and he integrated in so quickly.

They were also careful, controlling the monsters and not letting them get out of the Blade Array's range. Inside and outside the barrier, everyone's output efficiency would be very different.

However, one regret was that the Blade Array's effect lasted for 20 seconds, but the cooldown was 30 seconds, so it couldn't be maintained throughout the entire time, and there would always be a 10-second gap.

But this time, in the instant before the Blade Array disappeared, Unrivaled Super Handsome suddenly jumped back to dodge the monster pile. Then he waved his sword, and a hazy smoke seemed to overflow from the blade and condense into shape.

One Inch Ash's Blade Array disappeared, but a new dark purple Ghost God-controlled barrier was immediately generated.

Blade Soul!

"I can do Blade Array too!" Ye Xiu said. Then, the sword in Unrivaled Super Handsome's hand danced, using a Berserker skill.

"A scattered person..." Qiao Yifan reacted. The Ghost Swordsman's Blade Array was a level 10 skill, so of course a scattered person would also have it. The effects of two Blade Arrays couldn't be stacked, but they could use this alternating method to eliminate the vacuum period.

This kind of double Ghost cooperation had a special term in Glory, called "Two Ghosts Patting the Array."

Currently, in the professional league, only Team Void occasionally uses this tactic. In addition to Li Xuan's Mountain Ghost, the first Ghost Swordsman, their team also has another Ghost Swordsman class.

However, the "Two Ghosts Patting the Array" that Ye Xiu and the others could perform wasn't complete, after all, Unrivaled Super Handsome, the scattered person, could only use the "Blade Soul" Ghost God power. Even so, it greatly guaranteed the output efficiency at the moment.

The first wave of monsters was quickly eliminated in a destructive manner after the ghost array disappeared.

The second wave...

The third wave...

The fourth wave...

They pushed forward all the way, without much communication, or even any command. Not only Qiao Yifan, but also Tang Rou and Baozi Invasion didn't need Ye Xiu to say anything after running this dungeon so many times. The two of them could do everything without any difference.

Qiao Yifan's ghost arrays were even more measured, appearing when needed and never being released randomly when not needed. The Blade Array that Unrivaled Super Handsome occasionally used was also connected perfectly.

Without any suspense, everyone pushed to the back garden of the dungeon at an extremely high speed, and only 18 minutes had passed.
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