Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

Training Room 1, Wujiang City Extraordinary Abilities Vocational and Technical College.

It was already 11 p.m., but the training room was still brightly lit.

The roars of virtual monsters, the whooshing sounds of skills being unleashed, and the rapid breathing of humans rose and fell in waves.

"wrong!"

"Stop everything!"

Xia Yue's shouts echoed in the empty training room.

She stood at the edge of the training field, holding a tactical board covered with notes.

In the center of the field, Liu Hui, Yang Mei, and Zhang Tian were panting heavily, their faces showing exhaustion.

In front of them was a row of holographic projection devices.

"2 minutes and 47 seconds, which is 9 seconds slower than the time in the previous training session."

"Liu Hui, what were you hesitating for when you were pulling the monster? You took two extra steps, wasting a full three seconds!"

"Yang Mei, your timing for casting Frost Nova was wrong! You cast it before the monsters were fully grouped together, so the coverage is only 70%!"

"Zhang Tian, ​​what happened to your skill combos? You just stand there waiting for your skills to cool down after unleashing a combo? Can't you use basic attacks to finish off the damage?!"

A barrage of criticism came crashing down on him.

Liu Hui lowered his head; the shoulder armor of his heavy armor was somewhat deformed—it was caused by falling to the ground during training.

Yang Mei's robes were soaked with sweat and clung to her body, making the light of her staff in her hand somewhat dim.

Zhang Tian fared even worse; the webs between his hands were split open, and blood dripped down the hilts of his sword.

They have been training here for more than six hours straight.

From 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., I barely rested except for eating some energy bars to replenish my energy.

The reason is simple—the crushing defeat in yesterday's dungeon dealt them a huge blow.

Although Li Xu didn't say it explicitly, the disappointed look in his eyes when he left clearly expressed his doubt: "Is this the level of the top student in the grade?"

It deeply stung the four members of the team.

Especially Xia Yue.

As the team leader, she was the one who strongly advocated for getting rid of Lin Yu and bringing in Li Xu.

If the Dawn Squad is demoralized because of this, then she will be the biggest sinner.

"Keep going!" Xia Yue gritted her teeth. "This time, the goal is to get it under 2 minutes and 30 seconds!"

"If you can't do it, practice until you can!"

The four of them restarted the training equipment.

Ten holographic projections of towering camels instantly appeared in the arena.

This is the kill requirement for the first area of ​​the level 15 elite dungeon - "Crimson Desert".

"start!"

Liu Hui charged forward with his shield raised, activating his "Taunt Aura".

His movements were much more precise than before, and his movement routes were carefully designed to ensure that he could attract the attention of all the monsters at once.

Yang Mei waved her staff, and the "Ice Seal" spell landed precisely in the center of the monster-gathered area.

This time, she waited for the moment when Liu would completely gather the monsters together.

Xia Yue and Zhang Tian made their moves at the same time.

Flaming arrows flew like meteors, and sword flashes were like lightning.

2 minutes 29 seconds.

The battle is over.

"This is an improvement." Xia Yue looked at the data, her expression finally improving. "But it's still not enough."

"The most powerful B-level professional squad can finish this off in 1 minute and 40 seconds."

"We currently lack support buffs, so we can slow down the requirement to within 2 minutes."

She pulled up the instructional video—a training recording of a top university team that she had bought online at a high price.

In the video, the five people work together seamlessly, as if they were one.

The tank's ability to pull monsters is fluid and seamless, while its crowd control skills provide precise coverage.

Especially for damage-dealing classes, every skill they unleash is at the perfect moment.

The most important thing is rhythm.

The entire battle had a unique rhythm, and everyone knew what they were supposed to do at what time.

On the contrary, they...

"Our previous tactics..." Zhang Tian murmured, watching the video, "seemed to lack any real skill."

When Lin Yu was around, they could always easily clear dungeons.

Lin Yu would tell them when to use their skills, when to reposition, and when to focus fire.

All they need to do is follow orders.

Now that Lin Yu is gone, they realize that their so-called "ultimate output techniques" and "slick movement" are probably not even beginner level in the eyes of true masters.

"Summer Pranks"

Liu Hui smiled wryly: "In four words, it's all about summer beatings."

Overwhelming opponents with superior equipment, overwhelming them with higher levels, and so on...

Under Lin Yu's command.

"Keep practicing!" Xia Yue closed the video, her voice laced with determination. "Now that we know where the problems are, let's solve them one by one!"

I practiced for another two hours.

"Ten-minute break," Xia Yue finally relented.

The four men slumped onto the floor of the training room, panting heavily.

His hair was stuck to his face with sweat, and he looked disheveled.

But even with such diligence, they still face an unsolvable problem—

Without Lin Yu, the output has decreased.

Moreover, it has decreased significantly.

"In the last round, my DPS was 612." Zhang Tian looked at the data panel. "When I played with Lin Yu before, I could consistently stay above 1000."

"Mine is 683," Xia Yue said in a low voice. "It used to be around 1100."

Despite working hard all night, my output was still down by nearly 40% compared to before.

This cannot be explained by losing 79.8 points of all attributes.

"What on earth happened..." Yang Mei rubbed her throbbing temples. "Could Lin Yu's buff really be that strong?"

"Impossible!" Xia Yue immediately retorted, "He's just a C-level alchemist!"

"Li Xu is a Rank B spiritual healer!"

"Don't you guys even realize how much stronger a B-rank profession is than a C-rank profession?!"

"Moreover, Young Master Li comes from a prominent family with abundant resources; how could he possibly be inferior to Lin Yu?"

"But the fact is..." Liu Hui said softly, "our output is indeed much lower now."

Silence fell over the training room.

The four of them racked their brains but still couldn't figure it out.

Perhaps they haven't adapted to the new rhythm of teamwork yet?

Perhaps it was because Li Xu's buffs weren't being used to maximize his damage output?

Maybe it's...

"Enough!" Xia Yue stood up, interrupting everyone's wild thoughts. "Now is not the time to dwell on the reasons."

"The new semester is about to begin, and we will face the challenge of the entire school."

She glanced at the three men, her voice icy: "If our performance doesn't meet Li Xu's expectations, he can simply leave!"

"The third young master of the Li family has no shortage of teams that would want him!"

These words were like a bucket of ice water poured over the heads of the three of them.

Yes, Li Xu joined the Dawn team because he was attracted by their strength as the "top student in the grade".

If it turns out they are not as good as they seem...

Li Xu could simply pack up and leave.

In that case, the four of them would truly have lost both their wife and their army—they would have lost a large sum of money and failed to retain Li Xu.

It was absolutely the laughing stock of the whole school.

"Starting tomorrow, everyone will be in the training room for ten hours every day!"

Xia Yue gritted her teeth and said, enunciating each word clearly, "The morning theory classes are indispensable, and the afternoons and evenings will be entirely dedicated to training!"

"While searching for the reasons for the decline in output, we also improved our technical skills."

"We need to at least let Li Xu see our progress!"

Her eyes burned with an almost obsessive flame: "I know this path is difficult—a thousand days of arduous training might only earn you a single instinctive reaction in battle."

"But for the team's future, we must push ourselves to the limit!"

The four looked at each other.

The same flame ignited in their eyes.

Just as the atmosphere reached its peak, Yang Mei suddenly remembered something and took out her phone from her training uniform pocket.

"By the way, have you guys checked the school forum?" She swiped the screen and found a post: "Someone revealed that Lin Yu brought two pet animals back to her dorm this afternoon."

"A beast pet?" Zhang Tian raised an eyebrow. "Could this kid have gotten incredibly lucky and stumbled upon some rare bloodline?"

"The post says they're just two ordinary pet animals." Yang Mei continued scrolling down, "A white cat and a pink bear, neither of them have any rare bloodlines."

She paused, then added, "The post also said that Lin Yu formed his own team, and he was the only one in it."

"The team name is 'Lin Yu Team'."

The training room was silent for a few seconds.

Then...

"Hahahaha!" Zhang Tian was the first to burst out laughing. "A one-man squad?"

"So... nobody wants him anymore, so he has to raise his pets all by himself?"

"Even if we compensate him with over 60,000 yuan, that's definitely not enough to buy a rare bloodline pet," Liu Hui laughed. "He'll probably just buy a couple of cheap ones to get through graduation, right?"

"He's just a piece of trash." Yang Mei shook her head. "Without us, he can't even put together a proper team."

Xia Yue didn't laugh, but the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

Yeah, Lin Yu's in such a sorry state now, he can only form a one-man team with two trash pets...

How could someone like that possibly have any impact on the Dawn Squad?

"You guys actually suspect that Lin Yu's departure from the team caused our damage output to drop?" Zhang Tian scoffed. "I told you it was impossible."

"Yeah, he's probably having trouble even graduating now," Liu Hui said, pursing his lips.

"Alright." Xia Yue waved her hand. "He's already left the team. What he does for a living is none of our business."

"Our most important task right now is to do our own thing well."

"Meet in the training room at 1 p.m. tomorrow."

"Be one minute late, and you'll have to practice for an extra hour."

The four of them exchanged a smile, completely putting Lin Yu's matter out of their minds.

What they didn't notice was that there was a latest reply below the forum post:

"Someone spotted Lin Yu in the dungeon area. He was running a level 5 dungeon with a beautiful silver-haired girl."

"They're incredibly fast, making a trip every five minutes..."

But this reply was quickly drowned out by other gossip.

After all, who really cares about a C-level support who gets kicked out of the team?

……

……

at the same time.

In the Crimson Desert dungeon, the five members of the "Bond" team have already cleaned up the battlefield.

Both regular monsters and elite monsters drop very common materials.

It's not very valuable, but it will be useful for completing school assignments.

Lin Yu had already made an agreement with the "Bond" team that she would only take the equipment that dropped.

So they didn't care what materials they obtained.

The two teams continued onward.

At this moment, all five members of the team wore dejected expressions.

Only after cleaning up the battlefield did they have time to check the data from the battle.

At first, the three outputs were very happy when they saw their personal data.

Wow, the damage per second is over 3000!

Previously, when they were doing normal dungeons, their highest DPS was only around 300.

It has now increased tenfold.

Of course, this DPS is partly due to Lin Xue pulling the monsters together in a dense cluster, allowing their AOE skills to deal explosive damage.

It also relies on the help of Lin Yu's buff.

Regardless of the reason, the damage was inflicted by myself, so seeing the numbers is naturally very satisfying.

However, when they saw the team leaderboard, they were speechless.

Lin Yu ranked first with a precipitous drop rate of over 9000!

The three outputs instantly stopped laughing.

They all saw that the senior's attack skill was single-target, and could only hit one monster at a time.

Unlike them, who can wipe out an entire area with a single AOE skill.

In this situation, their damage per second is only one-third of that of their senior.

In short, you still need to practice!

The chubby boy looked at the injury rankings and fell silent.

The only name on it is that of the senior student.

He was able to participate actively in the first battle, but in the second battle, he was just a spectator.

Nana felt the same way when she looked at the healing leaderboard.

The top spot on the list belongs to a senior student, who heals over 700 units per second.

The second-ranked student is a senior student who heals more than 300 per second (damage recovery is counted as self-healing).

As for her?

She hasn't used a single healing skill since entering the instance.

They don't have any treatment data, so they can't be included in the rankings.

The archer girl also saw the healing leaderboard, walked over, hugged Nana, and teased her:

"Someone's healing output is 0? Could they be a fake priest?"

Nana sighed, momentarily speechless.

The journey ahead was filled with shocking sights.

The oasis is in complete disarray.

The once lush vegetation was trampled into a wide "path" by the monsters.

The trees along the way were leaning to one side or the other, and some were even uprooted.

The small pond in the center had been stirred up and the water was now extremely murky.

Further afield, the situation is even worse in the weathered ruins area.

The weathered stone pillars and ruins were smashed to pieces by the charging monsters, leaving rubble everywhere.

The ground was covered with all kinds of claw and hoof prints, the deepest of which could sink half a foot.

"My God..." Nana murmured, looking at the scene before her, "Just how insane are these monsters..."

"It's not that Warcraft is crazy." The bespectacled boy pushed up his glasses and looked at the back of the silver-haired girl in front of him. "It's that the senior is too strong."

"Being chased by so many monsters, he was still able to calmly circle around and lure them all to the designated location..."

"If it were any one of us," the chubby boy said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid our legs would have given way and we wouldn't have been able to run."

"Forget about running away, just seeing so many monsters charging at me almost made me wet my pants," the assassin boy said honestly.

The five people exchanged glances, and each saw the same respect in the other's eyes.

I've never heard of this amazing and beautiful senior before at school.

Are they simply ignorant?

"Where did the senior find such a strong teammate?" the bespectacled boy muttered to himself. "If only our team had a tank like that..."

"Stop dreaming." The archer girl patted him on the shoulder. "Actually, there's still a lot we can improve on..."

"If we do what we're supposed to do well, we can become stronger in the future."

Lin Yu, who was walking at the front of the group, did not notice the discussions behind her.

He was checking Lin Xue's status after her upgrade.

Lin Xue's consciousness sank into the system panel, and her data clearly appeared:

Name: Lin Xue

[Level] 12

[Profession] Guardian of Sacred Heart (S-rank)

[Health Points] 3720

[Mana Points] 1280

[Physical Defense] 170

[Magic Defense] 168

[Physical Attack Power] 292

[Magic Attack Power] 127

[Strength] 130

[Agile] 134

[Constitution (Main Attribute)] 372

[Mental State] 128

[Magic] 126

[Talent Skills]

Heart of Stone: Resistance to mind control skills +50%. If attacked by such a skill, there is a 10% chance to cast the same skill on the caster. (Skill effect enhanced)

Divine Favor: Upon entering combat, you are blessed by the gods, purifying all abnormal statuses, gaining a shield equal to 200% of your own health, increasing damage reduction by 50%, and increasing movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.

Divine Link: Upon entering combat, link yourself to an ally, absorbing 30% of the damage taken by that ally. While in this state, any fatal damage taken by an ally will be transferred to you. Cooldown for the next effect on a specific ally after triggering the "Fatal Transfer" effect: 300 seconds.

[Standard Skills]

Guardian Heart (Passive): Upon entering combat, increases own physical and magical defense by 30%. All damage dealt will generate a taunt value of 100 times on the target. Restores own health equal to 50% of the damage dealt.

Duel Order Lv.2: Attacks a single enemy, dealing 200% physical attack damage, grants a shield equal to 100% of own health, increases damage reduction by 20%, and forces the enemy to attack the user for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Combo Storm Lv.2: Continuously attacks all surrounding enemies for 5 seconds, dealing 60% physical attack damage per second and forcing them to attack the user. Cooldown: 30 seconds.

裂地重击Lv.1：重击地面，引起地面震荡，对周围全部敌人造成100%物理攻击力的伤害及1秒的眩晕，后续造成持续5秒的30%减速。冷却时间：20秒。

Lin Yu carefully compared the data before and after the upgrade.

从11级升到12级，林雪的主属性「体质」从342增长到372，增加了30点。

Each of the other attributes increased by 10 points.

This increase...

"Under normal circumstances, an upgrade should increase the main attribute by 15 points and each of the other attributes by 5 points." Thinking of this, Lin Yu's eyes lit up.

This means that the Transformation Pill's effect of "100% increase in all attributes" not only takes effect during transformation but also continues to affect subsequent upgrades and growth!

Lin Yu previously thought that the Transformation Pill only improved the current attributes.

He was also worried that letting Xue'er, who was only level 11, use the Transformation Pill too early might cause her to lose the benefit of doubling her attributes.

After all, the higher the level of the pet, the higher its base attributes, and the greater the benefits after doubling.

But now it seems that I was worrying too much.

The enhancement effect of the Transformation Pill is continuous, lasting throughout the entire growth process of the beast girl!

No matter when you use it, you will not lose double the attribute growth.

"As expected of an exclusive skill for an SSS-level class..." Lin Yu thought to himself, "It's ridiculously powerful."

Double the attribute growth, plus the overall attribute boost provided by the "Essence Nourishing the Body" skill...

When Lin Xue reaches level 100, her base attributes will reach a terrifying level.

At that time, the numerical advantage brought by the attributes alone will be enough to crush most opponents of the same level.

Not to mention the powerful skills that S-class professions come with!

And this is just a beast girl.

If all five beast pets in the team are S-rank classes, all have transformed, and all have reached level 100...

Lin Yu felt a surge of anticipation just thinking about it.

At this point, he also noticed another change:

Lin Xue's "Combo Storm" skill has been upgraded from Lv.1 to Lv.2.

The duration has been increased from 3 seconds to 5 seconds, and the damage per second has been increased from 50% of physical attack power to 60%.

Total damage has doubled.

More importantly, the forced taunt duration has also been increased by 2 seconds.

"An extra two seconds of forced taunt is equivalent to an extra two seconds of crowd control..." Lin Yu analyzed, "This skill is now more practical."

In dungeons after level 20, some monsters will exhibit the characteristics of "aggro reset to zero" and "aggro disorder".

The former will suddenly clear all aggro and go straight for the highest damage output;

The latter will cause confusion in the monster's aggro targets, making it difficult to hold them reliably.

In this situation, the value of skills that force taunting becomes apparent.

The longer the taunt lasts, the safer the damage-dealing class becomes.

The stronger Lin Xue's ability to withstand damage and control the situation, the more Lin Yu can focus on assisting and commanding, resulting in higher overall team efficiency.

"Senior, we've arrived."

The voice of the boy with glasses pulled Lin Yu back from her thoughts.

Looking up, there was a wide expanse of sand ahead.

In the center of the sandy land stood a dilapidated altar.

The altar was made of dark red stone, its surface covered with strange runes, and it emitted an ominous light under the dark red sky.

Scattered around the altar were many skeletons—some human, some of various magical beasts.

The wind swept across the sand, creating a howling sound, like the wailing of the dead, sending chills down one's spine.

This is the area for the final boss battle.

The ruler of the Crimson Desert, the final boss of the level 15 elite dungeon, the "Sandstorm Lord".

"Is this where the BOSS battle takes place...?" Chen Ming swallowed hard.

The five members of the "Bond" team all looked at Lin Yu in unison.

His eyes held expectation, nervousness, and above all, an almost blind trust.

Having been through the baptism of that battle, they were now completely convinced—

With this senior in charge, nothing is impossible.

Lin Yu looked around, then at the sleeping teddy bear in her arms, and finally her gaze fell on Lin Xue.

"Get ready," he said calmly. "We'll start the boss fight in three minutes."

The desert wind suddenly picked up.

The runes on the altar began to light up one by one.