Chapter 36
There is no point in leading a team if it is not me - this sentence sounded more like it came from Xiao Qingkuang's mouth than from Murong He, making Luanhua feel a little uneasy.
Mu He is Murong He, but he is now playing a swordsman.
Luanhua was really afraid that he would become a swordsman like Xiao Qingkuang.
It’s not that the swordsman is not good, nor that Xiao Qingkuang is not good, but Luanhua knows clearly who is more valuable to a team, Xiao Qingkuang or Murong He.
Many people think that the Qingkuang Team was led by Xiao Qingkuang alone.
However, most of the teams that have fought against Qingkuang can see clearly that the Qingkuang team was indeed led by one person, but that person was not Xiao Qingkuang, but Murong He.
No matter how strong Xiao Qingkuang is, he is still just one person. He claims to be able to fight five people alone, but if Murong He is not behind him, can he really do it?
At least, as the captain of the Rosemary team, Luanhua felt that without Murong He's smile and frivolity, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Not to mention five people, he and Shuying alone are enough to restrain him.
It is undeniable that Xiao Qingkuang's personal strength is very strong. There is no one in the entire "Yu Ling" who is better than him.
However, in team battles, Murong He's value is far higher than his.
That's why Luanhua asked Mu He that question. He wanted to know if Mu He was still the Murong He from back then, the Murong He who could lead the entire team instead of charging into battle alone?
Mu He hadn't expected Luan Hua to ask him this question. He blinked in surprise, but still answered seriously: "This isn't my team. I'm afraid I'll be as passive as before. Winning isn't my fault, and losing is all my fault. I'll just swallow my anger and no one will care. I can't stand it any more and I'll retort, only to be met with a sarcastic remark from the captain." Mu He said, shrugging helplessly.
Very good, Luanhua probably knows why he retired from the entertainment industry back then: […So sad. ]
Mu He was at a loss for words. "Don't be like that. I'm not complaining, but I've had enough. I've retired from the competitive scene, so I need to do something big to return. Which protagonist in a rebirth story doesn't always act pretentious after their rebirth? I can't stand being a sidekick and suffer injustice anymore, right?"
[Emmm... I think you've read too many novels.] Luanhua said, and without waiting for Mu He's response, she added helplessly, [However, if that's the reason, I think I can accept it.]
Mu He raised his eyebrows: [What did you think the reason would be? ]
Ranhua: [I thought you wanted to fight an entire team by yourself.]
Mu He was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what Luanhua meant.
After a moment of silence, he said calmly: [I'm not laughing frivolously.]
Luanhua: [Yes, I know.]
Mu He: [There won’t be anyone who laughs lightly in my team.]
Luanhua was stunned and didn't respond for a long time.
The bridge between him and Murong He can be said to be built by Xiao Qingkuang. @无限好文,全在Jinjiang文城
It can be seen that Xiao Qingkuang wants to save something and wants to fight side by side with Murong He again.
But now, Mu He decisively sentenced Xiao Qingkuang to death, leaving Luanhua a little at a loss.
It's a terrible feeling to be caught in the middle...
Mu He guessed what he was thinking: "I already know Suifeng is being frivolous, and I also know that he brought you and Shuying to me. However, forming a team is not his decision. You all have the right to choose freely, so there's no need to overthink it."
No need to think too much? He actually thought...
Luanhua gave a wry smile. "How should I put it? Let me be clear, I'm not trying to defend Xiao Qingkuang, but..." He sighed. "As the saying goes, 'A man who eats someone's food is soft-hearted, and a man who takes someone's money is obligated.' The Rosemary Club has benefited greatly from Xiao Qingkuang's support. If it weren't for him, our team would have disbanded long ago. Besides, it's Xiao Qingkuang who asked us to help you, but it's not free... He also paid for Shuying and I's secondary accounts."
Mu He: [……]
Luanhua: [So do you understand? To put it bluntly, Shuying and I are now being supported by Xiao Qingkuang, just to help you form a team. If you don't let Xiao Qingkuang join the team, what do you want me to do? If you were me, what would you do?]
Mu He: [……]
Dog is even more frivolous than laughter! Did he plan for this long ago?!
Mu He frowned, feeling confused for a moment.
Luanhua had made it clear that they were following Xiao Qingkuang. If Xiao Qingkuang wasn't allowed to join the team, then he and Shuying wouldn't be able to join the team with a straight face.
What to do? Give up on them?
In fact, Luanhua and Shuying are not very strong in the professional circle, especially in the last two seasons. Their performance in the games makes people feel disappointed.
But they are professional players after all, and they are no worse than Yuan Yitong and Fan Shu in terms of strength or experience.
If Mu He wants to form a team, he needs at least five people.
Having given up on Luanhua and Shuying, where should he go to find the other two?
And the only person he really didn't want to face was Xiao Qingkuang. Luanhua and Shuying were innocent...
Mu He scratched his head in annoyance. He didn't want to criticize Luanhua, but he also didn't want to make himself feel disgusted.
In the end, I could only reply: [I welcome you to join my team at any time. As for Xiao Qingkuang, we'll talk about it later.]
Luanhua pursed her lips, knowing that this was Mu He's biggest concession and she didn't want to say anything more.
So, when he spoke again, his tone was playful: "Actually, you could consider buying Rosemary, and me and Shuying. From now on, we are yours, and have nothing to do with Xiao Qingkuang anymore."
Mu He rolled his eyes: [If I had this much money, I would have hired someone to kill Xiao Qingkuang long ago.]
Luanhua was at a loss for words: [You are so frivolous about laughter...]
[Sigh, let's not talk about him.] Mu He really didn't want to hear this name again. Every time he mentioned it, his chest felt tight. [Are you going to clear the dungeon?]
Spend lavishly: [brush.]
[Come.] Mu He said, and pulled both "Sinking Fishes and Falling Geese" and "Beauty That Shames the Moon and Flowers" into his team.
After the two joined the team, they looked at the team list and found that Suifeng was not there.
However, before they could speak, Yuan Yitong asked, "No pastor?"
[Yes, there is no priest.] Mu He's tone could no longer be calm, [Bring enough medicine, and listen to my instructions later.]
[Oh my god, are you serious?] Yuan Yitong was shocked. [Even though you won't drop gear if you die in a dungeon, you will lose experience, big brother.]
Mu He was fearless: [As long as I am here, none of you can die. ]
Hearing this, Luanhua couldn't help but burst out laughing: [I'm not saying this, but your personality is really different from before.]
The Murong He of the past would never have said such words.
He and Xiao Qingkuang are like two extremes. Xiao Qingkuang is unbridled and arrogant, while he is gentle and reserved.
But now, Luanhua could actually see the shadow of Xiao Qingkuang in Mu He. She didn't know whether this person had this kind of personality from the beginning or was influenced by Xiao Qingkuang.
There is always a feeling that the little angel has turned into a big devil...
Mu He didn't care. "People change all the time, so isn't it enough that their abilities remain? I've calculated that with our level and class combination, we can still clear the Skylock Bridge without a Priest." He said, clicking on his storage space to take a look. "Let's go buy some medicine now. Let me know when we're done. We'll enter the dungeon when everything is ready."
Everyone agreed and did as Mu He said.
After a while, everyone was ready and led by Qie Shi Tianxia into the dungeon.
Their current lineup: a swordsman, two mages, a wizard, and an assassin. They have low health and low defense. It seems that they can be wiped out easily, but it is the most suitable lineup for breaking dungeon records because - they have high damage and can clear monsters quickly!
"Prepare for a wave!" Mu He said. When the first wave of monsters rushed over, he decisively swung his sword and struck the ground, knocking all the monsters in the front row away. Then he immediately followed up with two buff skills, "Cylinder!"
He just called out an ID, and the cylinder swung the "cylindrical staff of wisdom" and threw a "dark gaze" over. The large-scale negative buff was very cool just to watch.
"Mage combo! Assassin flank!" Mu He's command was brief and clear. Everyone used their skills one after another, and the health of the monster group dropped at a visible rate.
Mu He was of course not idle either. He and Shu Ying attacked from two directions respectively, gathering the monsters together: "Cylinder, immobilization spell!"
"Okay~" The cylinder man cast a spell of immobilization to control the monsters that gathered together. Without Mu He's reminder, he cast another area buff. Everyone attacked the group of monsters frantically as if they had received an order.
At the moment when the immobilization spell disappeared, Mu He quickly swung a "Moon Wheel Slash" and forced the monster back: "Assassin!" @Infinite good articles, all in Jinjiang Literature City
Shuying received the order and used the Instant Body Technique to harvest the monsters without thinking. Brush, brush, brush - the monsters with low health fell one after another until they were all wiped out.
In this way, the first wave of monsters was cleared, and all the members except Mu He were almost unharmed. Mu He only lost one-third of his blood, which was replenished with two bottles of red medicine.
The red potion is different from the priest's treatment. There is a delay. The health will not be restored immediately, but will recover slowly.
But it doesn't matter. Before the second wave of monsters came, Mu He's health had almost recovered: "Just the same rhythm as before, come on, continue, one wave~"
Everyone couldn't help laughing, and completely followed Mu He's command, and easily cleared two waves of monsters.
System: [This level took 5 minutes 25 seconds 11 seconds, the highest record is 5 minutes 25 seconds 11 seconds.]
In the second level, the five people still used the same playing style and rhythm. Under Mu He's command, they played in an orderly manner and no one made any mistakes.
Although Mu He's health bar turned red at one point, the wizard Yuan Yitong used the "Immobilization Spell" to restrain him, so he could get a chance to breathe every time and use red medicine to restore his health in time.
Then, when the last wave of monsters was about to be cleared, he asked Shuying to rush to the direction where the light gate was refreshed. After the monsters were cleared, he immediately passed through the light gate and entered the next level.
System: [This level took 6 minutes 48 seconds 58 seconds, the highest record is 6 minutes 48 seconds 58 seconds.]
The final boss level was completely left to Yuan Yitong to contain the enemy, while the others attacked according to the rhythm of the negative buff released by the cylinder.
I have to say that Yuan Yitong's rhythm is really good, as if he has calculated the cooldown time of everyone's skills.
Mu He deliberately didn't warn him when he was trying to restrain him, but he found that not only did his rhythm not get disrupted, but he was able to grasp the timing of releasing his skills more accurately.
Not only that, his movement also made Mu He feel amazing.
In Mu He's opinion, Yuan Yitong's positioning and grasp of timing are even better than many professional players in the "Yu Ling" professional circle.
There is another point that Mu He is very concerned about, that is, killing the world, that is, Fan Shu's fighting style, which actually echoes Yuan Yitong's.
It's like... how should I put it? A lineage of teachers?
Mu He was originally worried that these two would be scared off by the pro players after entering the circle, but now it seems that it is good enough that they don't scare off other players...
It's really amazing - if he hadn't been in the same dormitory with Yuan Yitong in college and was sure that he had never played "Yu Ling", Mu He would have thought he was the smurf of some great player in "Yu Ling".
Soon, the boss fell and the five people were ejected from the copy by the system.
Immediately afterwards, a system announcement was refreshed in front of every player in the new area of "Yu Ling":
System Announcement: [Congratulations to Death Hymn Guild players Demon Mage Qieshitianxia (Level 26), Elf Wizard Cylinder (Level 26), Demon Swordsman Muhe (Level 26), Dragon Mage Shenyuyueluowan (Level 26), and Demon Assassin Biyuexiuhua (Level 26) for breaking the record for the Level 25 five-player dungeon Tiansuo Lianqiao, with a time of 22 minutes, 46 seconds, and 37 seconds.]
When the record came out, the whole district was shocked!
The most shocked among them were the people from Feixuan First Guild.
As the guild leader, Feiyu couldn't believe his eyes—how could this record, set by five professional players, be broken so easily?!
If Mu He and the others all reach level 27 in a few days, it would not be surprising to break this record.
In "Yu Ling", the attributes between levels vary greatly. If all members are upgraded by 1 level, it is no problem to improve the copy record by 1 minute.
But Mu He and his team broke the record when all of them were at level 26.
——At the same level, he broke a record set by five professional players!
"This is impossible!" Feiyu couldn't believe this shocking fact and immediately sent a friend request to Mu He.
Mu He, who was buying medicine, accidentally clicked the wrong button and his request was approved.
He didn't care and was about to continue buying medicine when he suddenly received a voice message from the other party.
Flying Fish: [Are you laughing frivolously?]
Mu He: [……]
To be honest, Mu He was a little regretful about playing the swordsman. He had a premonition that he would receive more and more similar messages in the future.
He rolled his eyes and said seriously, "No, I'm Murong He."
Feiyu: [Snort—Okay, I know you're not being frivolous. I haven't seen you in the old area. Is this your first time playing "Yuling"?]
Mu He calmly bought the medicine: [No, I have a main account in the old area, my main account is Murong He.]
Flying Fish: [Hahahaha! You're so funny! Okay, stop messing around. Seriously, do you want to join our Flying Fish? With your abilities, you'll definitely be noticed by the captain and promoted to a regular player soon.]
Mu He raised his eyebrows, not understanding why this person just didn't believe that he was Murong He?
It's rare that he's in the mood to admit it...
But it doesn’t matter. After all, he is Murong He’s business, and the entire “Imperial Spirit” will know about it sooner or later.
In contrast, he wanted to complain: "Are all of you Feixuan people out of your minds? Zhan Hongyan just poked me, and the first thing he asked was if I was being frivolous. I said, 'Laughing frivolously isn't that boring, is it?' Why train a swordsman when you already have one?"
"That's not necessarily true," Feiyu replied calmly. "He's a Berserker, and your character is a Shadow Blade. Maybe you're tired of one and want to try the other?"
[Wow, he's playing Shadow Swordsman?] Mu He imagined Xiao Qingkuang playing Shadow Swordsman and couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, [With so many skills, he must be annoying to death.]
Flying Fish: [Yeah, that's right.]
Mu He: [You have nothing else to do, right? If not, I'll continue clearing the dungeon.]
flying fish:???
Flying Fish: [Wait?! Why don't you consider Flying Spin? We're one of the top three teams, and we've been runners-up two years in a row...]
"You said it too, runner-up." Mu He chuckled and interrupted him, "My goal is to be the champion."
After saying this, he rudely deleted Feiyu from his friend list.
It can be regarded as revenge for "Zhan Hongyan" deleting him due to a disagreement.
System: [The player, Demon Swordsman Mu He, has deleted you from the friend list.]
flying fish:???
After Mu He deleted Feiyu, he immediately asked Fan Shu to take him into the dungeon.
Half an hour later:
System Announcement: [Congratulations to Death Hymn Guild players Demon Mage Qieshitianxia (Level 26), Elf Wizard Cylinder (Level 26), Demon Swordsman Muhe (Level 26), Dragon Mage Shenyuyueluoyan (Level 26), and Demon Assassin Biyuexiuhua (Level 26) for breaking the record for the Level 25 five-player dungeon Tiansuo Lianqiao, with a time of 22 minutes, 44 seconds and 21 seconds.]
System Announcement: [Congratulations to Rosemary Sea Guild players Dragon Mage, Sinking Fishes and Falling Geese (Level 26), Demon Mage, Killing the World (Level 26), Elf Wizard, Cylinder (Level 27), Demon Swordsman, Mu He (Level 26), and Demon Assassin, Bizarre Moon and Blushing Flowers (Level 26) for breaking the record for the Level 25 five-player dungeon, Sky Lock Bridge, with a time of 22 minutes, 43 seconds, and 58 seconds.]
At this point, the Tiansuo Lianqiao clearance record ranking is completely occupied by five people:
First place: 22 minutes 43 seconds 58 (Rosemary Sea)
Second place: 22 minutes 44 seconds 21 (Hymn of Death)
Third place: 22 minutes 46 seconds 37 (Death Hymn) @ Infinite good articles, all in Jinjiang Literature City
The records for the first and third place were only 3 seconds apart, which was obviously done intentionally by the person who was doing the dungeon.
Feiyu finally realized that Death Hymn, or Mu He, was deliberately making things difficult for them!
After glancing at the guild news, I saw a lot of discussion:
"What does Death Hymn mean? Only Rosemary is allowed to appear on the list?"
"Wouldn't it be good for two guilds to take up two spots? They had to take up three spots and squeeze us out. I won't believe you if you say it wasn't intentional!"
"They've really gone too far this time. Our frivolous record is still on the Nether Cave clearance record list, but why can't they even give us third place at the Sky Lock Bridge?"
Feiyu made a "tsk" sound and was just about to contact his captain, but before he could do so, the other party took the initiative to send a message to him.
Flying into the Earth: [What is the relationship between Death Hymn and Rosemary? ]
Feiyu sighed: "It doesn't matter. The group of people who were clearing the dungeon were originally a group. They were hunted by the frivolous people, so they had no choice but to add the Death Hymn and Rosemary separately."
Feitianrudi: [Then why do they allow Qingkuang to be on the list but not us? ]
Feiyu: [This... I don't know either. ]
Flying into the sky and into the earth: [Go and ask.]
Feiyu laughed bitterly: [I wanted to, but Mu He deleted me...]
Feitianrudi was silent for a moment, then spoke again: [Then I'll go.]
After saying these three words, he immediately sent a friend request to Mu He.
Mu He was really annoyed after receiving three friend requests from Feixuan in one day.
After he approved the application, he yelled without even thinking: [Don't ask, I'm not being frivolous!]
Flying into the sky and into the earth: [……]
He hasn't said anything yet?