Xi Zhou was clearly not as impulsive as Deng Hua Ye, still staying in the team without moving, and sent a message to Lan He: "What should we do?"
"What do you think?" Lan He replied.
"I'm actually quite curious, it's just a pity that I've been excluded and can't witness it firsthand," Xi Zhou said.
"So, you don't think he's just bragging and showing off?" Lan He asked.
"It doesn't seem like it. Maybe it's precisely because he hasn't changed his class that he dares to go without a priest, ready to fill in temporarily if needed," Xi Zhou explained.
"Hmm, I also think there's no need for him to waste everyone's time for nothing. Let's give it a try then!" Lan He said.
"Then I'll leave the team," Xi Zhou said as he left the team.
"Yun Gui has come back. Most people in the guild have already used up their attempts," Deng Hua Ye mentioned. Yun Gui was originally a member of their elite team, temporarily leaving to make room for Jun Mo Xiao, and now he was rejoining. It was difficult to find the last missing member in the Elite Hall. The Elite Hall was full of experts, all eager to run dungeons. At this time, except for Lan He and his team who had specifically waited for another attempt, everyone else had either already used up their attempts or was on their last one.
The experts became curious when they saw Deng Hua Ye calling for people. Everyone knew that Deng Hua Ye's team already had the guild's strongest three DPS, and all three were online. So why were they still calling for DPS?
"Is there anyone who hasn't been to the Frost Forest yet? The more violent, the better. Come quickly, we're aiming for a record!" Deng Hua Ye didn't explain, just desperately spammed in the guild channel.
"I'll come!" Finally, someone responded. Deng Hua Ye saw it was Zhi Yue Qing Cheng. This was a girl. In a place like the Elite Hall where experts gathered, female players were quite rare, and a girl was treated like a treasure. Teams fought over them, making going on a dungeon run with a girl seem like a privilege, resulting in the high-level girls not having a fixed team.
"Qing Cheng, then come over!" Deng Hua Ye didn't say much, just reported the location.
Yun Gui and Zhi Yue Qing Cheng quickly arrived and joined Lan He's team. Yun Gui was already part of the team and knew the situation, but Zhi Yue Qing Cheng was somewhat confused. The team had no MT, no healer, and there was an unfamiliar person whose class... was actually none?
"God, do you think these two are suitable?" Deng Hua Ye asked Jun Mo Xiao with a hint of sarcasm.
So, Ye Kai really took a serious look: "Hmm, they'll do."
Yun Gui was also an Elemental Mage, wielding a level 20 purple weapon, the Water Spirit Staff. Both being level 20 staffs, the Water Spirit Staff and the Copper Staff had similar basic attributes, with the difference lying in their additional attributes—one added a level to the Fireball skill, and the other added a level to the Iceball skill. From the choice of staff, one could see that these two Elemental Mages were following different elemental paths.
As for Zhi Yue Qing Cheng, she was a Magic Scholar, a class within the Mage category, known as the scientists among mages, using a large number of magical tools for combat and possessing some close-combat capabilities.
Zhi Yue Qing Cheng's weapon was a level 20 purple Crystal Magic Wand, not the broomstick exclusive to Magic Scholars. Thus, Ye Kai couldn't determine her skill path from her weapon and had to ask, "Which school are you from?"
"Dark physical arts," Zhi Yue Qing Cheng said.
"Did you level up Xiu Lu Lu?" Ye Kai asked. Xiu Lu Lu was a provoking and monster-pulling skill of Magic Scholars.
"Leveled with my character," Zhi Yue Qing Cheng replied. Meaning, she would immediately spend skill points to upgrade it whenever the skill was eligible for leveling up.
"Oh, that's great," Ye Kai said.
"Is God satisfied?" Deng Hua Ye asked from the side.
"Yeah, it's fine, let's get ready to go in!" Ye Kai said.
Zhi Yue Qing Cheng still hadn't fully grasped the situation when she heard Lan He announce, "Listen up, everyone, Jun Mo Xiao will be commanding this dungeon run."
"You're commanding?" Zhi Yue Qing Cheng was surprised.
"Hmm," Ye Kai said.
"Why?" Zhi Yue Qing Cheng was puzzled.
"For the record," Ye Kai said as he stepped into the dungeon.
"Hey, hey..." Lan He called out, but Ye Kai had already disappeared into the forest, clearly having entered the dungeon. Lan He was frustrated! How were they supposed to discuss tactics outside the dungeon? Once inside, the timer starts, and explaining then would waste so much time!
"God has already gone in, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and tremble, mortals!" Deng Hua Ye laughed loudly.
"I'll find you later," Lan He cursed, and the four of them hurriedly entered the dungeon as well.
The monsters in the Frost Forest were green-skinned, blue-nosed goblins, with ranged attackers, melee fighters, and magic users among them, a diverse variety clearly no longer as monotonous and predictable as in the newbie village. Moreover, all the goblins looked exactly the same. Until they attacked, it was impossible to know what type they were.
After Lan He and the others entered, the dungeon timer officially started. No one stood foolishly at the entrance; they hurried along, listening to Ye Kai's instructions: "Having a Magic Scholar makes it much easier. We'll use a blitz strategy."
Lan He was startled: "How do we use a blitz strategy?"
"You don't know blitz?" Ye Kai was even more surprised than Lan He.
Of course, Lan He knew. In Glory, a blitz meant drawing all the monsters that could be aggroed at once, then gathering them for a mass kill. But this strategy was used when there was a certain level of suppression over the dungeon and a strong MT was present, not heard of in same-level dungeons.
"Blitz means..."
"I know, I know, I just don't understand how we're going to use blitz?" Lan He said.
"I'll pull the monsters, then Xiu Lu Lu to gather them, Fire Mage with Flame Surge, Ice Mage with Blizzard, and then..."
"You're saying it as if you didn't say anything. Alright, go pull the monsters! We'll blitz." Lan He was in tears. He of course knew the basic process, but the key to a blitz was on the person pulling the monsters, whether they could bring back a group of monsters alive. That was the question. But with just four words "I'll pull the monsters," the most critical issue was summarized. Lan He saying anything more was a waste of time. Well, if we die, we die! Lan He sent a waterfall sweat emoji to express his current feelings.
Seeing Lan He say so, the other three resigned themselves to their fate, lining up with waterfall sweat emojis to follow. Only Ye Kai tapped a smiley at the end, shouting, "Let's go."
Jun Mo Xiao ran out, and Lan He and the others watched his back, feeling it was a case of a brave man going never to return.
"I have to say, he's quite bold. I admire him," Lei Ming Dian Guang commented amidst the teasing.
"Follow up," a shout came from ahead. The four lifted their waterfall faces and stepped forward, already seeing Jun Mo Xiao approaching two goblins. One goblin started throwing stones, and the other began casting Ice Arrow, the four collectively said, "Tragic, starting with two ranged monsters."
The stone and ice arrow flew out, but they saw Jun Mo Xiao's body seemed to just sway a bit, and the stone and ice arrow had already flown past him.
"Damn, really? Zigzag dodging!" Lan He exclaimed.