This time, the team had a warrior, healer, sniper, mage, and assassin, finally having some decent output.
Shen Huai asked in the team, “Yiye Bianzhou, do you have any friends coming? We just have one more spot.”
[Team][Yiye Bianzhou]: Hehe, no, we’re both loners. Let’s just call for another DPS.
Shen Huai called out twice in the world chat, but not only did no one apply to join the team, it even attracted insults from the Zui Xue family.
[World][Xuan Yun]: The scammer is calling people for a mission, anyone not afraid of getting killed can go.
[World][Cheng Feng]: Haha, I’d like to see who dares to join the team.
Yiye Bianzhou couldn’t stand such bullying, “If we can’t get anyone, we’ll just go with the five of us.”
Song Xueyang sent a private message to Feng Yue Guild’s president, Feng Yue Wubian, “President, if you’re not busy, want to join a mission?”
All the small accounts of Feng Yue Team’s players were leveled by guild members. Feng Yue Wubian knew that Song Xueyang had just taken this account a few days ago. He was thinking about whether to greet Song Xueyang when the latter took the initiative to talk to him.
Feng Yue Wubian immediately replied, “Sure, I’ll join.”
Song Xueyang reminded him, “The mage in the team is Xing Xing, don’t reveal our identities.”
Feng Yue Wubian suddenly became curious about what Song Xueyang was up to. As soon as he joined the team, he saw the recent sensation “Mu Wange” and suddenly realized.
So it’s springtime for Captain Song!
[Team][Mobei]: President Feng Yue…
[Team][Yiye Bianzhou]: You really called in a big shot!
Seeing the familiar ID, Shen Huai immediately recognized Feng Yue Wubian’s identity. As far as he knew, someone like President Feng Yue would definitely organize guild members to run dungeons, not join a random team.
“You’re not doing missions with your guild?” Shen Huai asked.
Feng Yue Wubian thought, “The guild boss ordered me, how could I not come?” But he remained calm on the surface, “This week they’re doing it themselves, I’m testing the vice president’s leadership skills.”
After Feng Yue Wubian joined, Shen Huai’s personal info showed a team of six, and Xuan Yun and Cheng Feng started shouting again.
[World][Xuan Yun]: The guy who joined the team, dare to report your name?
Yiye Bianzhou was annoyed by their noise, “It’s just an upgraded weapon, is it worth making such a fuss? They’re just looking for trouble!”
Shen Huai was puzzled, “Do you know why they’re giving me trouble?”
“This has been going on for so long, hardly anyone on the server doesn’t know, right?”
“I don’t know, this is a new account I bought.”
Mobei: “…”
“…” Yiye Bianzhou was shocked, “This account changed hands? Because Zui Xue kept killing Mu Wange’s family members, Mu Wange hasn’t been online for a long time. I thought they were just avoiding trouble, didn’t expect they sold the account.”
He paused and added, “Not to be rude, but you should check forums or something before buying an account. This account has been notorious for a while, buying a problematic account is just asking for trouble.”
Shen Huai immediately thought of Song Xueyang. If the feud between Mu Wange and Zui Xue was well-known, what was Song Xueyang’s intention in having him buy this account?
Song Xueyang thought Yiye Bianzhou was being nosy, “My friend and I have been in this server, never heard of Mu Wange. What’s this about an upgraded weapon?”
Seeing his apprentice’s message, Shen Huai asked, “President Feng Yue, do you know about this?”
Feng Yue Guild’s members might not be very skilled, but they perfectly inherited Song Xueyang’s trait—being clever!
Without thinking, he said, “No idea.”
Yiye Bianzhou: “…Alright.”
Shen Huai didn’t say anything and entered the dungeon, then typed in the team channel.
“This stage has 8 generals, each surrounded by guards. You must kill the guards first before attacking the generals, or the generals will summon elite guards and cause chaos. Don’t use AoE skills.”
Feng Yue Wubian was wondering who he was explaining to when Song Xueyang typed a string of words.
[Team][Yuxue Feifei]: Got it, Master!
Feng Yue Wubian: …
This plot is developing a bit fast, can you tell me what act you’re on?
The map for this stage wasn’t big, a circular cave with a statue in the center as the boss. The boss wouldn’t move until all 8 generals were defeated. There were 8 bonfires around the stone walls, each with a general and 3 guards.
In the team, Shen Huai and Yiye Bianzhou were both melee, getting close would trigger the generals’ aggro. Yuxue Feifei and Tianya were ranged, but Shen Huai didn’t trust them, so he said to Feng Yue Wubian, “President, you start the fight.”
Feng Yue Wubian was a fire mage, wielding a short single-handed staff. He used a single-target fireball skill to pull a guard.
Shen Huai ordered, “Focus fire!”
Everyone immediately used single-target skills to attack the small monster. Just as the guard was about to die, a bullet suddenly pierced through the guard and shot straight at the general with a “bang”! The startled general immediately chanted a spell, summoning ten elite guards and casting a chaos skill.
Chaos is arguably the most annoying control skill. A person under chaos loses control, their character spins around, randomly using skills, attacking any nearby target indiscriminately.
Shen Huai quickly jumped onto the boss statue, but the others weren’t so lucky.
Yiye Bianzhou chased the healer with an axe, Mobei circled the boss, Yuxue Feifei shot at Feng Yue Wubian, and Feng Yue Wubian kept using fireball on Yiye Bianzhou. Worse, Tianya, under chaos, unleashed a large AoE attack!
Two more generals were startled, summoning their elite guards. The map was suddenly swarming with guards, and the three generals’ chaos skills seamlessly connected.
Mobei was so angry he wanted to smash his keyboard, “Sniper, why are you shooting randomly!”
Yuxue Feifei was innocent, “I used a single-target skill.”
“You used ‘Piercing Heart’! The bullet penetrates!”
“Ah! I didn’t know!”
Tianya: “…”
Feng Yue Wubian: “…”
Watching the usually sharp and brave captain pretend to be a game newbie, the president felt very conflicted.
Feng Yue Wubian remained calm, but Haixing wasn’t so patient. He shouted in the training room, “Damn, damn, damn! Song Xueyang, what are you doing!”
Song Xueyang waved it off nonchalantly, “I’m just trying to make it look real. With Cang Yu here, what are you worried about?”
Haixing disagreed, “The boss’s chaos state can’t be dispelled, even Cang Yu can’t do anything!”
Song Xueyang didn’t comment, but his eyes were full of trust.
In the game, everyone was tormented by chaos. Chaos is scary, but being seamlessly chained by the generals’ chaos is even scarier!
In this situation, the only way to proceed was to wipe the team and reset the dungeon, but the elite guards’ output was low, and the characters under chaos could only use basic skills. They were in chaos for a full half-minute and still had more than half their health left. Watching their health bars, they were itching to jump into the screen and hit themselves.
Shen Huai said nothing, crouching on the giant statue, carefully observing the generals’ skill release order. Suddenly, he found the right direction and used a shuriken.
This was a directional skill, with a long range but low damage, and could be blocked by enemy units. However, it was the only ranged attack skill for the assassin class.
Once, Xiao Zhang’s assassin used shurikens in the arena to stack passives on him. Now, Shen Huai imitated this, and the shuriken precisely passed through the gap between guards, hitting the general!
The attacked general changed its aggro target. Shen Huai turned and ran to another corner, pulling the general away so the three generals’ skill ranges wouldn’t overlap.
He saw the general finish casting the chaos skill, immediately rushed up, and unleashed a four-skill combo under the Death Mark, bringing the general to half health, then quickly jumped onto the central statue, avoiding the next chaos attack.
The chaos skill’s interval was only two seconds, but for the fast-handed Shen Huai, it was enough to complete a full combo. He timed the two seconds to kill one general, then repeated the process to pull another general.
Now only one general remained in place, giving the team a two-second breather. Shen Huai quickly finished off the second general and went to pull the third. The three generals, who originally seamlessly chained chaos skills, were taken down one by one by him!
Without the generals’ chaos skills causing trouble, the remaining elite guards were just high-level ordinary monsters.
Freed from control, everyone unleashed their full power, joyfully pressing all their skills! The feeling of being able to control their characters again was exhilarating!
Haixing excitedly said, “I almost thought I was going to die!”
Feng Yue Wubian was very surprised, not expecting the girl the captain fancied to be so skilled. But then he couldn’t help but think, of course, an ordinary girl wouldn’t catch Song the Fox’s eye!
Mobei couldn’t help but send a string of 666, and Yiye Bianzhou gave a thumbs up in the team, not to mention Song Xueyang, who turned into a sycophant.
[Team][Yuxue Feifei]: Master is the best!
Mobei immediately scolded, “You still have the nerve to talk! If you hadn’t used the wrong skill, it wouldn’t have been so hard!”
Song Xueyang pitifully said, “Master, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault…”
Unexpectedly, Shen Huai said, “I didn’t tell you not to use penetrating skills.”
Song Xueyang knew Cang Yu had a good temper, otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to mess around like this. Seizing the opportunity, he showered him with compliments.
The next mini-boss was dealt with smoothly. The eight bonfires extinguished one by one, and the cave rumbled as the central statue finally moved. The difficulty of this stage lay in the mini-bosses; the main boss only had high burst damage. Under Shen Huai’s command, the boss phase went without a hitch.
The group exited the dungeon and headed to the NPC for the third stage.
Yiye Bianzhou couldn’t help but praise, “Dude, your skills are really impressive.”
Yuxue Feifei was smug, “Of course, look who my master is!”
Haixing and Feng Yue Wubian simultaneously spat in their hearts.
Yiye Bianzhou sighed, “I watched Cang Yu’s live stream yesterday, really impressive, even Xiao Shen couldn’t beat him.”
Feng Yue Wubian apparently didn’t know, “Xiao Shen? The one from War God Team?”
“Yeah, but Xiao Shen was playing an assassin, didn’t use his Qi Master.”
Yuxue Feifei immediately said, “Even if Xiao Zhang used his Qi Master, he might not beat Cang Yu’s assassin.”
The apprentice’s confident words warmed Shen Huai’s heart.
Yiye Bianzhou laughed, “Haha, you really believe in Cang Yu! Xiao Zhang is a professional player, it’s not certain Cang Yu can beat him.”
The silent “Tianya” was displeased, “Who says Cang Yu can’t go pro? Many teams want to recruit him!”
Yuxue Feifei agreed, “As long as Cang Yu wants, many teams would take him.”
Haixing had a sudden realization and quickly said, “I hope he joins Feng Yue!”
Yuxue Feifei nodded repeatedly, “Yes, yes, Feng Yue is great. Snow God not only has great skills and command, but he’s also handsome, kind, and a promising young captain!”
[Team][Feng Yue Wubian]: …
[Team][Tianya]: Vomit, vomit, vomit
Feng Yue Wubian, seeing “kind to people,” couldn’t help but shiver as he imagined Song Xueyang’s smiling fox eyes.
Shen Huai teased, “What? You know Song Xueyang?”
The little sniper stammered, “How could I know Snow God, I just feel…”
She paused for a few seconds, then asked, “Master, do you think Cang Yu will join Feng Yue?”
Shen Huai answered firmly, “No.”
“Why not?”
“Because he’s ugly.”
Song Xueyang: “…”