Chapter 136
All eyes turned to the same person.
Xia Mo, who was being saluted, still had a calm expression on his face.
What else could she do if she didn't kill him? Was she just waiting to be killed?
The equipment she had was quite valuable, and she didn't want it to be exposed.
Everyone was silent for a few seconds, and finally they withdrew their thoughts after He Ye Xiaoxiao spoke.
"The monsters at the three forks in the road have all been eliminated. The third one should be much better off soon. Let's go and try to take him down today."
Seeing hope again from her words, the members who originally felt a little pressure smiled at each other, then picked up their weapons, followed their teammates, and rushed towards the third brother's nest.
The third one is a dark wizard, his specialty is dark magic summoning, he can summon 3-4 helpers at a time, and summon them once every 10-12 minutes on average.
In terms of summoning frequency, it is not very dense. After all, there are 50 players on the player's side, so it is not difficult to deal with 3 to 4 helpers.
The difficulty was that Qingyao had not cleared out the monsters on the other two forks in the road before, which resulted in the monsters hiding in the forks swarming out when she fought with the third brother.
Qingyao had to divide her attention to deal with them while killing the helpers and avoiding the third brother's black magic attack.
There is pressure from three sides. How can the small guild Qingyao withstand it?
But it’s different now. There’s less pressure on one of the three sides. As long as everyone quickly focuses their fire on the helpers, they can start to wear down the third boss.
"I suddenly feel that the third boss is not that difficult to beat~" A long-range player in the crowd at the back teased with a smile.
His words were recognized by several people around him.
"That's right. I thought it was so difficult before, but I didn't expect it would be this difficult after all the focus was put on it."
"We simply overestimated the Boss and underestimated ourselves!"
"So do you think we can win today?"
"Can we? Anyway, Mo Se is here, so why should we be afraid... Ouch!"
Before he could finish his words, an attack suddenly struck the speaker!
The person who was speaking was a ranged person with short legs and could not run fast. He was hit by the third brother's skill and fell to the ground on the spot.
The three people beside him were facing a great enemy. They picked up their weapons and hid to the side. However, somehow, the third brother's hatred was fixed on them, and he threw his powerful skills at their heads one after another.
Less than five seconds after they ran out, the three ranged players fell down one after another.
He Ye Xiaoxiao's face was gloomy and angry. "Who told you to chat here? This is a boss fight, not a shopping trip! Deduct today's dungeon contribution points from the four of you."
The four people lying on the ground cannot speak, but they can send text, which appears in the form of bubbles above their heads.
[Captain, we just exchanged a few words...]
[And it's not our fault. The third brother's hatred should be on the melee side, who knew it would suddenly drift to us...]
[Yeah, isn't pulling monsters the responsibility of warriors and paladins? Why are they only deducting our contribution points?]
He Ye Xiaoxiao immediately raised her voice: "Saying a few words is not considered chatting, then let's all just whisper to each other!"
"Also, if you fall down, it's your own fault. Don't put the blame on others! How many times have I reminded you? Don't get distracted while exploring the area. Focus all your attention on the boss! The four of you are all damage dealers. Don't you know how much pressure you will put on the team if you fall down?"
These words silenced the people lying on the ground, but a few seconds later, the bodies of the four people disappeared one after another.
Doubao, who was closest to them and was about to pull them up, stared blankly: "They...they quit the team?!"
He Ye Xiaoxiao suppressed her anger and said, "Don't worry about them. Let's continue fighting. Doubao, keep an eye on the health bars of the people you're in charge of. Don't let anyone else fall."
Doubao swallowed hard and said, "Okay!"
The four people left the battle on their own due to dissatisfaction, which had some impact on the team's output. The speed of everyone fighting the helpers slowed down, which directly affected the subsequent fight against the third boss. The third boss's health decreased slowly, so the big skills were continuously released on the field.
In order to avoid the attack, the melee fighter had to stop and run away in advance, but when he ran, the monster's hatred could not be retained and instantly floated to the ranged fighter's head.
The ranged ones are all fragile and will die after a few skills. The nurse has to run over to pull them back, while the support is frantically applying buffs to teammates to strengthen their defense.
During this process, everyone was running and saving lives, but no one provided stable output.
The most feared thing when fighting a Boss is this kind of tug-of-war. It's okay for large guilds, as they don't have to worry about potions or equipment durability, but for small guilds like Qingyaozhishang, the longer the fight with the Boss lasts, the greater the loss to everyone.
He Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at the DPS panel and found that except for Mo Se's output which was as stable as ever, the output of everyone else had dropped significantly.
Mo Se alone could not support the entire team. Even if she could, she felt that this was not what she wanted.
"Everyone, withdraw from the battle." After thinking for a few seconds, she made a decision.
The third challenge failed again, and the members looked at each other, feeling a little depressed.
He Ye Xiaoxiao also felt very upset, but as a commander, she knew that she had to endure it no matter how uncomfortable it was. Otherwise, if even she felt hopeless, how could the people below believe in her?
"Everyone, go back to the guild first. We'll think about the dungeon later."
After he finished speaking while suppressing his emotions, everyone was teleported back to the base.
In the spacious and bright conference room, the atmosphere was extremely tense.
He Ye Xiaoxiao stood in front of the conference table, pulled out the DPS panel, and began to call out names one by one to make a summary.
The first ones to be targeted were naturally the four ranged ones who had left the battle on their own.
"Tell me, why did you leave the battle just now?"
He Ye Xiaoxiao looked at them.
One of them stood up, his face filled with dissatisfaction: "Why are you only deducting contribution points from the four of us?"
He Ye Xiaoxiao said patiently, "I explained it clearly in the dungeon. 1. You were distracted chatting, which resulted in you not noticing that you were being targeted by the Third Boss in time. 2. You reacted too slowly after being targeted and didn't dodge the attack. 3. You were the new member who just joined, and you left the battle without my instructions. Don't these constitute excuses?"
The unconvinced person took a deep breath and said, "Okay, if you say so, then it's done. But what about those who didn't catch the monster? Will their contribution points also be deducted accordingly?"
The others chimed in, "That's right. You can deduct ours, but you have to deduct theirs too! This isn't just a problem for the four of us; they're responsible too!"
Seeing this, several soldiers were instantly unhappy: "We didn't desert, how can we be the same as you?"
Four people: "That's half your fault. If you hadn't been unable to stop us, the four of us wouldn't have been chased by the Boss!"
"Hey, what are you talking about? How can you pass the buck like that?"
"I'm not shifting the blame, I'm telling the truth."
Bang!
"That's enough, shut up!"
He Ye Xiaoxiao slammed the table hard to stop all the cursing.
"Is this the reason you all came to this meeting room? To blame each other, to blame each other, to always think it's someone else's fault, and that you have no problems anyway? Isn't that right!"
"If you're really that capable, why don't you just clear the dungeon on your own? Why are you forming a team?"
"We're a team! A team should understand and support each other, not blame each other! What do you think? Just knowing one, two, and three is enough to clear the dungeon? The responsibility doesn't lie solely on the four of you. Can you win the money or what?"
"Is arguing about this point? Everyone can talk big. Right now, our focus is summarizing, reviewing, and striving to push the progress forward next time! That's the key!"
He Ye Xiaoxiao is a girl. Although she looks thin, she is actually very powerful when she lectures.
Especially after more than three months of leading the team, she is no longer the cautious and hesitant novice commander. Now, as long as she finds that the team members are doing something wrong, she will criticize them mercilessly.
After being scolded by her, the four remote controllers fell silent. Although they did not look very convinced, they still held back and did not refute because of He Ye Xiaoxiao's scolding.
Xia Mo stood in the corner without saying a word and continued watching.
Despite He Ye Xiaoxiao's insistence, the contribution points of the four people who left the battle without permission were still deducted, which served as a wake-up call for other members.
"It's not easy for us to open up new areas. One person's death will affect the team's rhythm and morale. It's not that the guild doesn't allow chatting, but that's only during the process of killing small monsters. Once the boss appears, everyone must be on edge and concentrate on following the instructions. Only in this way can we surpass those powerful guilds and win the honor."
Everyone lowered their heads silently and began to reflect on the problems they had encountered during the land reclamation.
Doubao was the first to raise his hand: "My skill casting is not very stable. Many times I threw the health recovery skill to teammates who didn't need it, resulting in teammates who needed treatment not being able to receive it in time."
He Ye Xiaoxiao nodded her chin: "Okay."
A female warrior named Sicilian Legend followed up, "My skill hit rate is a bit low. Even though the monster is right in front of me, I still miss."
"Well, go on."
Another warrior stood up and said, "My aim was also bad, especially that [Taunt]. I threw it three times before it succeeded once, so I didn't catch the third one. Sorry, everyone..."
"And me, I'm an assassin, supposed to be a penetration attacker, but my positioning is terrible. I've been targeted by helpers several times while running, and I've lost a lot of health from being hit."
…
More and more members began to summarize, and He Ye Xiaoxiao took notes in her notebook while listening.
The meeting ended only after everyone except Xia Mo had spoken.
Everyone left the meeting room one after another. He Ye Xiaoxiao sat on the chair, pinched her brows, looked at what was written in her notes, and sighed.
Xia Mo pulled the chair next to her and sat down: "Do you have any ideas?"
He Ye Xiaoxiao frowned and shook her head: "The third echelon is still too bad. Everyone has shortcomings that cannot be made up for. This is really impossible to improve in the short term."
Failure to upgrade means that the dungeon cannot be passed, and if it cannot be passed, the honor will be lost.
Not only that, there is also a copy of [Abyss Back City] later. If you can't pass the Burning Abyss, the Abyss Back City is out of the question.
"Have you thought of any solution?"
It can be seen in the copy that the strength gap between the third echelon and the second echelon is too great. Xia Mo's summary of He Ye Xiaoxiao is not surprising. Instead of lamenting this fact, the most important thing is to come up with a solution right now.
He Ye Xiaoxiao pointed at the rankings on the paper and shook her head gently: "There is no solution, unless all the people in the third echelon are replaced."
At the same time, in the conference hall of the Black Domain Kingdom.
The white-faced ghost was walking back and forth in a panic.
"We're only missing the last one, Old Five. The team can't get through no matter what. It's all Xiao Qi and the others' fault. We've given them the best equipment, yet they still keep making mistakes!"
Several other managers looked at him, then looked at Heiyu Qingtian who was sitting on the main seat with a sullen face, and did not dare to say anything more.
The oppressive atmosphere lasted for an unknown amount of time before everyone finally heard the person sitting there speak.
"Replace all of Group 7."
"Ah?" The white-faced ghost stopped in his tracks, a look of shock on his face. "Change everything?"
Hei Yu Qing Tian raised his eyes: "Do you want me to say it a second time?"
The white-faced ghost waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, the main thing is... replace them, we don't have any other groups to replace them."
"There are so many people in the guild, can't you find a replacement?"
The White-Faced Ghost was a little embarrassed and scratched his head. "If we rank them by combat power, we can find other groups, but their combat power is high only because they have good equipment. If we really talk about operation, they are not even as good as Xiao Qi and the others."
"And, and you know..." He paused, "A lot of people have left our guild recently, so we really don't have any suitable people available..."
After saying that, he winked at the administrators nearby, and they nodded like chickens pecking at rice: "Yes, yes, President, Vice President Bai is right."
Heiyu Qingtian glanced at them coldly, and several people shut up instantly.
A few minutes later, just as Xia Mo was discussing tactics and personnel allocation with He Ye Xiaoxiao again, she suddenly received a message.
She was not surprised by the person who sent the message. After all, they, Qingyao, had formed an alliance with the other side on the third day after the loach catching activity. However, Xia Mo did not expect that the president of the First Guild, who had always been aloof, would actually take the initiative to talk to her about dungeon cooperation.
[Black Domain Sky: I know you're also fighting the Burning Abyss. Since we all have the same goal, would you consider collaborating?]
The fact that Heiyu Qingtian took the initiative to send a message only means that they are also in trouble.
Xia Mo suddenly remembered the new guild [Listening to the Wind in the Bamboo Forest] that Xiao Hongchen had jumped to. This guild has been gaining momentum recently. Not only did they openly poach people from the Black Domain Kingdom some time ago and poached several capable people, but they also won the first kill in the pre-dungeon a few days ago, and became famous all over the world.
Faced with such a powerful enemy, all major guilds are working hard to advance the progress of the Burning Abyss, including the Black Domain Kingdom.
Considering that the Black Domain Kingdom is Qingyao Zhishang's ally and that this cooperation will bring far more benefits than disadvantages to Qingyao Zhishang, Xia Mo was about to agree when suddenly, another new message came.
As soon as he saw the sender, he frowned.
[Zhu Feng: Long time no see. Have you been pushing the Burning Abyss recently, Qingyao Zhishang?]
It’s no wonder she doesn’t like to talk to this guy. He has too many thoughts and doesn’t speak honestly. It’s really tiring to deal with such a person.
Ever since that meal, she told Qingshui that the other party wanted to form an alliance with Qingyao directly, and they had no contact since then. Now that he wanted to look for her at this critical juncture, he probably didn't hold it in well.
[Aren't you guys also pushing the dungeon? How's the progress going?]
When faced with a malicious question, the correct approach is not to answer it directly, but to ask the question back and let the other party take up the question.
After sending the message, Xia Mo crossed his legs and waited.
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