Hello brothers, I am A Xing. I have been addicted to "Ancient Soul" for a while, and I have run through the three lines of Xu Yi, Gu Huang, and Zhen Hu for several rounds. The speed pass time has been reduced from the initial 2 hours to 32 minutes. I won't talk about the process today, I'll just talk about the practical stuff and throw away the data directly.
Let's talk about the conclusion first: the core of speedrunning is not heap output, but route selection and resource management. The virtual memory line can be passed with the first level number, but the prerequisite is that you must understand the following three mechanisms.
First, the income from the sacrifice stream is more than 30% higher than that from redemption. Many people are hesitant about which one to choose, so let me just do the math: you can get 3 soul core fragments from a sacrifice, only 1 from redemption, and the soul core fragments are the only materials to unlock combat assistance skills. Speedrunning requires frequently changing gods to assist in the battle. Odin's "Lance of the Gods" has a 5-second cooldown but a burst rate of 280%. Loki's "Phantom Trick" can avoid a fatal damage. If you want to quickly accumulate the skill level of the gods, you must take the sacrifice route. Actual measurement was conducted at the "Throne of the Frost Giant" level in Chapter 3 of Xu Yi. After sacrificing 3 times, Odin's skills were directly upgraded to level 2, and the efficiency of clearing monsters increased by 40%.
Second, don't buy random equipment at the beginning, only grab “Broken Sword Hilt” and “Curse Amulet”. The former has a basic attack power of +12, and the latter has a critical hit rate of +5%. They can be found in the blacksmith shop on the initial map of Muspelheim, and the total price is only 150 soul money. Compared with other 300 soul money equipment in the store, these two pieces are twice as cost-effective. More importantly, the cursed talisman can trigger a special dialogue in the hidden treasure chest in Chapter 1 of the True Skeleton Line, which will directly give you a "Soul Eater" purple dagger - this weapon comes with 15% physical penetration, and can deal 800+ more damage in early BOSS battles.
Third, choose the quick route: skip all non-mandatory battles. The portals marked with blue dots on the Line of Memory map can be jumped directly, but many people don't know that the "cracks" on the edge of the map can also be drilled directly into by rolling. For example, in Chapter 4 "Gate of Purgatory", the main line requires killing 30 minions, but if you stand on the cliff on the right and use "Void Dodge" in the air before entering the map (triggered by two consecutive dodges), the system will directly refresh the path of the BOSS due to a judgment bug, saving 4 minutes of clearing monsters. I just recorded a test video, and it only takes 1 minute and 12 seconds from the beginning of Chapter 4 to the moment the BOSS falls to the ground.
One last word, if you want to clear the level within 30 minutes, it is recommended to use the "Valkyrie Hel" given at the beginning to assist in the battle. Her passive "Blessing of the Dead" can return 20% of the soul money when killing elite monsters. Combined with the fragment income from the sacrifice flow, you can earn an average of 450 soul money in one wave. Use this money to brush the "Blood of Berserker" rune in the blacksmith shop (requiring 500 soul money), and increase the attack power by 12%. The final BOSS battle is basically a matter of two rounds of skills.
The data is here, brothers, calculate the benefits yourself. If you don't understand anything, just ask, and I went on to dig into the new bug spots in the Guhuang Line.