In Excellent Eras practice room, the team players were all looking at one another. They had also seen the newest system announcement. Happys new record was ahead of them by a huge chunk. Their current dungeon run was pointless.

"How could that be?" Sun Xiangs One Autumn Leaf rolled after being blown away. When he stood up again, he didnt charge back in. This guy was already beginning to mutter to himself.

The reputation of pro players wasnt undeserved. Xiao Shiqin was startled at first, but after thinking back, he felt like there wasnt anything the team had done wrong. Perhaps Happy performed better or perhaps Happys equipment was better than their current equipment, but such a huge gap in speed meant that the issue lay elsewhere.

XIao Shiqin quickly found the issue.

The first boss!

Happy had definitely gotten rid of the first bosss signal flare, altering the dungeons difficulty and allowing them to achieve such an extraordinary clear time.

"The first bosss signal flare? Yes, it must be that part." Sun Xiang responded soon after hearing Xiao Shiqins words.

"Theres no point continuing is there? Hurry up and call the guild department to send over another batch of accounts. We need to carefully study the first boss." Sun Xiang called out.

Xiao Shiqin heard the request. Wasnt this what he was most worried about? He was afraid that the team would raise Ye Qiu onto a pedestal and put all their energy into studying dungeons.

Dungeons were PvE, but pro players should be focused on PvP. The reason that Ye Qiu and his team ran these dungeons was definitely in order to improve their PvP capabilities, but if Excellent Era concentrated on doing this, it would result in the reverse.

"Theres no hurry!" Xiao Shiqin immediately advised against it, "Thats about it for this run. Lets finish it up first. Theres still another ten-player dungeon, Gray Corners Underground Market. Lets go do that one next! Ye Qius team will most likely go to that dungeon and improve that sides record."

Sun Xiang wanted to turn the tables, but it would be difficult in this dungeon. If they received another set of characters, it was just one more try. Whats more, they needed to study the dungeon, meaning their run would be similar to a first attempt at a dungeon. They definitely wouldnt be able to achieve a good time. Plus, would they even be able to figure it out after just a few runs? Sun Xiangs proposal was too unreliable. A counterattack would also feel slow. As a result, Xiao Shiqin suggested to hurry and finish this dungeon and then run over to the last one. They would be the ones chasing Happy then. It would act as a motivator for them. Soon afterwards, he urged everyone to hurry.

After Ye Xius team set a record for Sealed Mountain Thief Hideout, they indeed rushed towards Gray Corner. Their goal was the same as their goal at Sealed Mountain Thief Hideout, take down the record and waste Excellent Eras time.

However, they hadnt found any shortcuts in Gray Corners Underground Market like they had in Sealed Mountain Thief Hideout. Ye Xiu was still confident though.

Their team might not be as practiced or as coordinated as a pro team like Excellent Era yet, but if it was just for this dungeon alone, then Happy was definitely superior to Excellent Era.

They used this dungeon every day as their practice for teamwork. It was similar to having a home field advantage. Everyday gave them two attempts, and many days had passed since their first clear. Even if Excellent Era urged themselves forward, they wouldnt be able to catch up in familiarity and proficiency towards this dungeon so easily.

"Just do it like we usually do. Theres nothing to be worried about." Before entering the Underground Market, Ye Xiu gave them words of advice. Even though Sealed Mountain Thief Hideouts record had frightened Excellent Era, Ye Xiu knew that it hadnt been a perfect run. Perhaps just having a direct competitor made them tense up. As a result, Ye Xiu specifically addressed this point. However, that was the best he could do. The rest was up to them.

They entered the dungeon. Their progress through it went swiftly like before. Mo Fan, who had never done any teamwork practice before, started following along everyday after this times DPS lesson. However, they were currently running a new dungeon. For a moment, he wasnt able to adjust. In fact, this used to be a practice method in the past.

As Mo Fan assimilated into the team, the teams combat strength naturally rose immensely. Dont look at how the DPS of Mo Fans Deception was still only better than Chen Guos Chasing Haze and Luo Jis Concealed Light. His integration into the team no longer made him an obstruction. In addition, by adjusting to the features of Deceptions class, they could sometimes coordinate a higher DPS battle method.

41:37:11.

Happy was the first to set a new record. It was quite a bit faster than their previous record that they had intentionally held back on. Excellent Era had arrived to the dungeon one step later, so they were still struggling in the dungeon. Happys new time gave them a clear goal as what to aim for.

"Hurry, faster! A bit faster!"

This voice belonged to Excellent Eras Sun Xiang. His leading was pretty much just urging everyone to hurry. The details of their tactics and team coordination was given to Xiao Shiqin to deal with.

When Happys record appeared, Excellent Era subconsciously paid attention to when they first entered the dungeon and then let out a small sigh of relief. This time, the other sides time was faster than their current time at least. They still had hope.

As for how much hope they had...

As the players battled and calculated in their heads, their conclusion wasnt too optimistic, especially for Xiao Shiqin. He was the most clear about their current situation, so he was the closest to the truth. From their current progress, if they continued using this stable strategy, Excellent Era would not beat Happys 41:37:11, but if they didnt use this strategy, Xiao Shiqin didnt know where else they could improve. Even pro players needed time to study this kind of task. Xiao Shiqin hoped that everyone would remain calm even after losing this round. He hoped that they wouldnt stand up and get into an either you die or I die stance.

The events did not unfold the way Xiao Shiqin wanted. Before their final time came out, when the outcome became clear, Sun XIang flew into a rage. He hated how his character didnt have three heads and six arms, capable of defending against a hundred and crush this dungeon with a point of his finger.

The end result was that, during the final boss battle, their time went past Happys record. Their final time was slower than Happys record by almost two and a half minutes.

Two and a half minutes sounded like a short amount of time, but for a speed run, it was a huge ravine. To fill up this gap, the amount of effort needed wouldnt be any less than figuring out how to stop the signal flare from Sealed Mountain Thief Hideouts first boss. Xiao Shiqin became even gloomier. This Ye Qiu kept on making trouble for them! The more he was afraid of something, the more likely it would happen.