Chapter 137

Seeing her question, Zhu Feng smiled and answered without hesitation: [I've reached level 5. I can clear it by tomorrow at the latest.]

Xia Mo expressionless: [Oh, that's good, keep going]

Zhufeng was stumped, but he didn't expect the other party to be indifferent after hearing it.

He narrowed his eyes in reluctance, then continued after a few seconds: "If Qingyao Zhishang is willing to form an alliance with us, we'd be happy to join forces with you to advance the dungeon. After all, our progress is faster than yours, and our chances of getting the first kill are much higher. You won't suffer any loss by cooperating with us."

After all the twists and turns, the final destination is still alliance.

Xia Mo suddenly laughed.

President Zhufeng repeatedly approached her but not Qingshui. Maybe he thought she was easy to talk to?

Not wanting to waste time with him, she replied swiftly: [If you have any questions, please consult the president. I don't have the decision-making power.]

After saying that, I took a screenshot and sent it to Qingshui.

[Boiled Cabbage in Water: What are your thoughts?]

Xia Mo wanted to say that he had no intention of cooperating, but then he changed his mind and thought that Qingyao Zhishang was the guild he and Yunyao had built. So he changed his words and said, "I'll listen to you."

The other end replied quickly: [My answer is non-cooperation and non-alignment]

Although she didn't know why Qingshui jumped to conclusions so quickly, the answer was exactly what she wanted, so she said, "Okay."

Putting the matter of Zhufeng behind him, Xia Mo turned to reply to Heiyu Qingtian, agreeing that both parties could push the dungeon together.

Upon learning that the two guilds were going to merge their roster, the members who were being replaced by Qingyao Zhishang were somewhat unhappy.

"We've been pushing along with everyone for so long, isn't it a bit too much to replace us?"

"Everyone starts out as a bad player... Aren't you doing this because you don't want ordinary players?"

"I should have known better than to push the dungeon. I've been playing for so many days and ended up with nothing."

Several people were talking to each other, and He Ye Xiaoxiao lowered her voice to stop them.

"I understand everyone's feelings, but please also understand our decision. The game is about strength. Since everyone knows that their combat power is not good enough, what we need to do now is to improve ourselves quickly, rather than complaining about others or the outside world."

"You've all seen the progress of the Scorching Abyss. Even with Mo Se joining the fight, we've only managed to defeat the third boss. There are even more powerful fourth and fifth bosses to come. Everyone, ask yourselves, with our current combined strength, can we really make it through?"

"Since the chances of clearing the level are so low, why not team up with others and get the first kill first? Wait until the first group of members get the strategy, and then I'll take you in. Wouldn't that be much easier? Don't you guys understand this logic?"

Everyone was silent.

After a while, someone finally raised their head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, He Ye. I was so emotional just now that I didn't think about it."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the people who had been shouting just now began to say with embarrassment, "It's indeed most important that the guild gets the first kill. With the strategy, how can we not win?"

"Understood, Captain. We agree to step down."

Several members were not unreasonable people. After listening to He Ye Xiaoxiao's explanation, they realized that they had to put the overall interests of the guild first.

He Ye Xiaoxiao also looked at everyone with satisfaction and said a few words of thanks.

Xia Mo watched the whole process from the side, and the corners of his mouth gradually turned up.

She now feels more and more that He Ye Xiaoxiao is a rare commander.

*

In the scorching abyss, Qingyao went straight up and, under the leadership of the Black Domain Kingdom, reached the fifth stage without any obstacles.

Before defeating the fifth boss, you need to pass through several narrow paths. This is also the only path in this dungeon where no monsters appear. Everyone hurried to replenish potions and restore the red and blue bars.

Finally getting his chance, Ripe Tomato couldn't help but hiss twice, "As expected of the largest guild! I see all those potions are top-grade!"

He laughed until his face was paralyzed and he uttered an "ah" and turned his head to look: "Really, it's a really big medicine bottle."

"How much does this special potion cost? How much health and mana can it replenish at a time?" Latiao Xiaohuahua looked curiously.

Xia Mo: "The current market price is about 300 gold per bottle, which can restore 2200 health points or 1600 magic points."

Ripe Tomato: "Holy crap! 300 gold! More expensive than some low-level equipment!"

Xia Mo calmly explained, "There's nothing I can do. Special-grade potions can only be made by high-level pharmacists. Apart from a few NPCs, there are too few high-level pharmacists among players. The supply is less than the demand, so the price is a bit high."

"It seems we can't let the turtle-riding-donkey-watching-turtle slack off! We'll whip him with a small whip and make him upgrade to a high-level level quickly, otherwise how can we afford this special medicine?" The ripe tomato said with a chuckle, looking like he was sharpening a knife to attack pigs and sheep.

Riding a donkey to see turtles:?

You really treat him like a donkey, don't you?

Speaking of special-grade medicine, they can actually afford it. Xia Mo took a look at Qingyaozhishang's current small treasury, which has a total of more than 800,000 gold, which is definitely enough to buy potions.

The problem is that potions are consumables. On average, each person will use about 30 bottles of high-level red and blue potions when entering the Burning Abyss.

At this rate of consumption, no matter how wealthy they are, they cannot afford such waste.

Therefore, Qingyao Zhishang now mainly uses high-level potions, one bottle of which can restore 1,000 health points or 800 magic points.

Don't underestimate the advanced level. Although the amount of health and mana restored is only half of the special level, the market price is not low. A bottle costs 150 gold. Not all guilds have the capital to stock up so many advanced potions.

Thanks to the diligent pharmacist, if he hadn't stayed in the living area every day, concentrating on refining medicine, Qingyao would not have been able to produce so many high-level potions.

Thinking of this, Xia Mo decided to go back and ask Qilukanwangba for another salary increase.

Back to the present, Ripe Tomato and the others are still chattering about how rich the people next door are. They are amazed at everything from special potions to gold equipment to fully enchanted weapons. Their saliva is almost dripping to the ground with envy.

In the end, it was Latiao Xiaohuahua who slapped him hard, reminding him to be more restrained and not to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige. Only then did he wipe his saliva and smile embarrassedly.

"Oh, that's not what I meant. I've always heard that their guild is rich, but I had no idea how! Until I saw it with my own eyes today, I was really shocked."

Apart from the special potions, which of the weapons held by their members is not fully enchanted?

How expensive are the better enchanting materials these days! Deep-sea blue octopus skin slime, underwater rock whale teeth, soul-eating jackal skin... which one wouldn't require a lot of hard work to obtain?

These enchanted items that Qingyao and the others couldn't even imagine were, in the eyes of the members of the neighboring Black Domain Kingdom, like common things on the street, and almost everyone had one!

"They are well-equipped, but look at their output?" Xia Mo said softly.

Output? Everyone was stunned and clicked on the panel.

It wouldn’t matter if they didn’t look, but once they did, the group of people were stunned.

"How strange! Their output isn't that much higher than ours?" Ripe Tomato was surprised. "Needless to say, the one with the highest output is definitely you, Boss Mo Se. Excluding you as a special case, even their leader, Black Domain Qingtian, is only 5% higher than our second-highest output, Salad with Meat Sauce!"

You should know that the equipment and weapon bonuses of Heiyu Qingtian are much higher than that of the salad and meat sauce. It is estimated to be at least 30% higher.

But when it comes to the final output, it's actually so much lower...

He laughed until his face became numb and shook his head: "You can't look at it that way. Black Domain Skylifter's profession is a warlock, not a damage dealer. If you want to compare, compare him to White Face Ghost, who has the same profession. He is a hunter just like Sala."

As he said this, he slid his finger behind the White-Faced Ghost's ID to see his ranking and stats.

"Huh? It's on par with salad with meat sauce?" After seeing the DPS value, he laughed until his face was paralyzed and then he was shocked.

Others hurriedly pulled it out for comparison.

Upon closer look, it’s true!

My equipment is obviously better than theirs, but the output difference is surprisingly not that big.

"It seems that the Black Domain Kingdom is not as mysterious as the outside world says." Ripe Tomato said with relief.

Xia Mo hummed, "That's what I want to tell you. There's no need to deify the big guilds, and don't underestimate yourselves. Your overall combat power ranking isn't high because your equipment is a bit inferior, and you can't keep up with these wealthy players. But when it comes to actual operation and game awareness, I can responsibly tell you that you're not bad."

Take Ripe Tomato as an example. Although he seems to be out of tune all day long, in fact, except for a period of time when he was hesitant to act when the server was first launched, he later overcame the psychological barrier and his operation has basically stabilized.

As a paladin who has to take damage, attract aggro, and maintain output at the same time, Ripe Tomato can be said to have balanced both sides very well and has no obvious shortcomings.

There is also the assassin Ye Buyu who joined the guild later.

At the beginning, he accidentally told the strategy of entering the Tomb City to Tongluo Shao, causing Qingyao to lose the opportunity to go straight up. In order to make up for the mistake, he went to the PK field to practice. When he saw him again a few months later, his operation had improved qualitatively.

There are many more examples like this, and Xia Mo has seen them all.

"Our Qingyao is also rising straight up," she continued. "We don't force the guild to have a certain rank, and we don't look at player strength when recruiting. As long as they're not too bad, we'll basically accept them. Under these circumstances, our guild can't rank high. However, ranking is not everything, you have to remember this."

"It's people who really decide whether a game is won or lost."

The team suddenly became quiet, everyone looking at her intently.

A few seconds later, Ripe Tomato clenched his fists excitedly. "Boss is right. Even though our weapons and equipment aren't top-notch, we can still fight the Black Domain Kingdom on equal terms. How are we inferior? Nothing!"

He looked at everyone, and everyone looked at him, and everyone's eyes were more resolute than ever before.

After walking along the narrow path, the team finally arrived at Lao Wu’s base.

Since the more than ten people above Qingyao had never met Lao Wu, the deputy leader Baimiangui began to explain the tactics to them.

"Boss No. 5 is Mantis Man, the commander of this dungeon. When you enter, don't fight, run first. Because for the first three minutes of the battle, he has an invincibility skill, and no attack can hurt him. We can only rely on hiding to get through this stage."

"After the invincibility ends, we'll start the fight. The second stage is relatively simple. We just need to frequently release poison under our feet. This poison won't cause damage to the player, but it will reduce our output, so we must run away when we find the poison circle."

"After the poison circle ends, there will be a foul gas explosion. This thing is similar to the poison bubble of the third brother. It's a call-to-action system. Whoever is called should run away and explode on the side. The healer should pay attention to follow. Remember to pull up if you die."

"The second stage ends, and the third stage begins. At this stage..."

…

The white-faced ghost talked a lot, but the people who were on Qingyaozhishang had never heard such a detailed strategy before, and they all stared with their eyes wide open.

It was not until the White-Faced Ghost explained all of Lao Wu's situations that the Ripe Tomato raised his hand curiously.

The white-faced ghost raised his eyebrows: "What's the problem?"

Ripe Tomato: "Well, you guys have already made a guide, so why can't you beat the dungeon?"

White-faced ghost: ...Fuck!