Mo Shigui, as the guild leader of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, just led his members and a native of the Flowing Water Country to break the holy record of the first level with a time of thirty minutes and seven seconds.
That was almost ten minutes faster than the record previously set by the natives!
It was a record that the natives absolutely couldn't break without relying on Holy Spirits.
When Mo Shigui walked out of the Tower of Trial, he was greeted by a crowd of people who offered flowers and applause for him and other members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild for their 'feat'.
However, those celebrating the Dancing Nuclear Guild were not players, but soldiers and some ministers of the Flowing Water Country.
The Dancing Nuclear Guild had actually helped the NPCs of the Flowing Water Country refresh their record, and the players outside the Tower of Trial were already used to the Dancing Nuclear Guild setting new instance records.
The first time, passersby players might still exclaim how awesome it was, but by the second and third times, they got used to it. Awesome as it was, they thought it better to spend the time leveling up themselves.
"Great Holy Spirits, the world will remember your feat" a minister who accompanied them immediately flattered upon seeing the terrifying record time of thirty minutes and seven seconds.
"Oh, what about the rewards?"
Mo Shigui didn't care much for the praise from these NPCs. The minister immediately took out a large bag of magic stones, handing over fifteen hundred pieces to Mo Shigui.
When Mo Shigui touched the bag containing the magic stones, a prompt popped up: 'Please choose the distribution of magic stones.'
Magic stones were non-tradable items and could only be exchanged for costumes at the Pixie Merchant. Mo Shigui distributed all the magic stones to the Furry Rabbit in the team.
In the past few days of running instances, they had collected all the costumes they wanted, except for the Furry Rabbit, who still lacked three. This run was to get new clothes for the Furry Rabbit.
"Oh, great Holy Spirits, may I boldly ask... what do you collect these magic stones for?" the minister asked as Mo Shigui was about to turn away.
"Hidden quest? No..." Mo Shigui glanced at Prince Segman in the team, who was talking to the Furry Rabbit. He was the only native in the team, and it was hard for Mo Shigui to see him as an NPC during the instance.
The NPCs in Holy Spirits always gave Mo Shigui the illusion that they were real people, which gradually made him accustomed to the terrifying amount of preset dialogues and high intelligence of the NPCs in Holy Spirits.
"To get new clothes. If you want to know more, you can ask the Pixie Merchant. This instance record should last for quite a while." Mo Shigui said, "We won't take on the first level tasks anymore, the second level..."
Before Mo Shigui could finish his sentence, the holy record on the first level's glory monument was suddenly refreshed once again!
'Congratulations Abyss Temple Guild: Can Xin, No Eyes, Egg Fried Rice, Tablecloth, Swimsuit Cop, Non-Herniated Disc for breaking the Tower of Trial's Iron Bug Nest speedrun record with a time of twenty-eight minutes and thirty-two seconds, currently ranked first!'
Mo Shigui's brows twitched slightly, and the calm expression on his face froze.
Those ministers of the Flowing Water Country who thought the holy record was thoroughly secure panicked instantly. They glanced at Mo Shigui and then at the entrance of the Trial Tower.
"Old Song! Sorry! We've broken your record again."
The Elemental Mage with the ID Can Xin carried his magic wand and walked out from the entrance. Mo Shigui's expression did not change much. The rivalry between the Dancing Nuclear and Abyss Temple Guilds had been ongoing for a long time, almost to the point of forming emotional bonds.
"It's fine, we've already earned enough magic stones. We're planning to tackle the second level." Mo Shigui appeared calm or rather knew that the greatest meaning of the holy record on the first level... was to cheat magic stones from those NPCs.
The elite pioneers of the Dancing Nuclear Guild had already earned enough magic stones. There was no need to continue entangling with Abyss Temple on the first level. The holy record of the first level would, at most, be broadcasted near the instance, not even server-wide announcements.
A record with such a small impact was not worth fighting a bloody battle with Abyss Temple.
"What a coincidence. We are also starting the second level tomorrow, but today, we can still refresh the first level record by another minute." Can Xin said as he walked to the ministers of the Flowing Water Country, clearly intending to poach business.
The ministers were bitter. The holy records had long been monopolized by the Holy Spirits. If the Flowing Water Country didn't seek the Holy Spirits to set holy records, the Dark Flame Country or the Rising Sun Country would certainly seek them.
"Guild Master, are you sure we won't give it another try?" a Gun Master named Ion Spark walked up unwillingly to ask.
"No point, too few players know about this record, it doesn't benefit our guild much," Mo Shigui said.
"But Guild Master! Holy Spirits' official page just got updated!" another team member said.
"Official webpage updated?"
Mo Shigui didn't ask what was updated. He was a man of action, summoning the Celestial Browser tool.
The official page of Holy Spirits was as simple as always, with only a login button and a qualification draw button.
Every time Mo Shigui saw this page, he wondered: 'What does the Holy Spirits official want to do?'
With Holy Spirits' current popularity, any game company should be thinking about how to make a lot of money, like through promotions or selling overpriced activation codes.
Mo Shigui believed that now an activation code for Holy Spirits priced at a hundred thousand might even be bought.
But not only did the officials lack these promotional activities, even the official website was unusually passive, with no in-game screenshots or promotional videos, looking as if saying "If you get the test qualification, just play, if not, I can't help it."
Today, this simple official website finally had a new option... an option named Holy Records.
Holy Records? Isn't that what the NPCs call instance completion records?
Mo Shigui clicked in. A list of all current instances in Holy Spirits popped up in front of him. Without thinking, Mo Shigui clicked into the first level of the Tower of Trial.
The webpage instantly changed. The first thing that caught Mo Shigui's eye was 'Holy Record Holder—Abyss Temple Guild.' Below that was a string of player IDs.
While these words alone weren't much, the issue was that the webpage also included a video, one named 'Play of the Game'.
Mo Shigui opened the video and found that the player used was from the YouTube Video Network, which meant... the officials of Holy Spirits had uploaded this video to the official YouTube channel, with the account being 'Holy Spirits Game Official'.
This Play of the Game video recorded footage of Abyss Temple's strategy in the first level.
But passing players had no patience to watch the entire strategy content, so the officials cleverly presented the most exciting parts of the strategy in a movie-like quality and editing.