MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Iron Alliance had just retreated when a first kill notification came from the Light and Darkness Instances.

Big Boy had carried Lil Girl and another three party members and achieved the first kill in the Level 50 five-man Temple of Origin dungeon.

After three hours, Night Moon of the Western Continent took down the other Level 50 five-man Crossroad of Death dungeon. It has not been half an hour when the remaining Level 50 five-man Ancient Kingdom dungeon was cleared by a party led by an Armored Warrior called Amber Sword Heart.

With first kills of all five-man dungeons taken, Li Yi could not help but feel powerless towards the situation.

Although he was a reborn player and able to change certain events, he was not god after all. He could defeat Arthur but unable to attend to clearing dungeons at the same time.

Well, he won some and lost some. King of Pantheon has been in session for more than a year now, players were beginning to familiarize themselves with the game. Multiple experts began to reveal themselves, showing signs of budding talent.

“Fatty, pass down this message. Have all members of Iron Alliance clear five-man dungeons to pile on equipment.”

Li Yi was feeling a little down in the dumps so he returned to the city after giving that order.

All first kills of five-man Small Instance Dungeon were grabbed, so only Party-level Instance Dungeons were left. However, the current level of players and equipment were far below the requirements to tackle a Party-Level dungeon. Hence, they had to clear five-man dungeons in order to accumulate the desired equipment.

With first kills of five-man Small Instance Dungeon gone, they… really could not afford to lose the first kill achievements in the Party-level dungeons!

Li Yi came to the Auction House to check on the sales of Divine Essence Potion. When he saw what happened, he finally broke into a smile.

Sold out!

Not a single bottle was left. The Divine Essence Potions where he fluctuated the price multiple times, were all sold.

Seeing the Divine Essence Potions sold out meant that the majority of players had witnessed the potential of this potion.

Li Yi got in touch with One Gunman to tell him free himself up to purchase Light Grass and Darkness Grass as much as he could, even if the price was high.

He then went on a refinery frenzy. As the only current Apothecarist who could create Divine Essence Potion, he would be stupid if he did not take the opportunity to make big bucks.

The progress of the game has changed due to Li Yi’s rebirth and interference. Some of the events still happened while others took a different course. No one would know what the outcome would be for the Thief with perma-Stealth, Hostile Mutilation.

The best way to prevent future unknown happenings was to garner control over all possible development trends he could touch.

Li Yi stayed at home for three days and three nights, refining 5,000 bottles of Divine Essence Potions to sell in the market. Each bottle was worth 50 Gold Coins and the price was non-negotiable!

After completing this task, Li Yi ride his Horned Griffin to the Eastern Continent’s Celestial Capital.

The Eastern, Western, and Southern Continents each has their respective Celestial Capital, which was the Ruler’s Celestial Capital. Only when a player applied for Throne-claiming, would the Celestial Capital appear. It did not matter whether Throne-claiming was a success or not, the Celestial Capital was there to stay

With Li Yi applying for Throne-claiming, the Eastern Continent’s Celestial Capital was now open. In a short span of a few days, the number of players who had bound their Return City Stone to Celestial Capital had surpassed three million.

It had everything here. The top skill mentors, the top tinkers, the most shops with complete inventory, the best NPC services, and quests with more varieties.

Li Yi walked through the streets of Celestial Capital, admiring the buildings around him with delight.

As Celestial Capital had yet to be seized by players, they were only limited to binding their Return City Stone here, they still could not purchase the land in the capital.

Building a nest in Celestial Capital was definitely an achievement to be proud of. The benefits were immensely attractive.

There were players passing by in the streets, riding all kinds of rare mounts. There was barely anyone riding the common horse, simply because it was embarrassing.

Gray Wolf, Kodo, Chocobo, Bucktooth Dragon. Every rare and precious mount that could be seen in the game was here.

Li Yi was riding on Crimson Tiger King. This large tiger in blazing red drew the eye no matter where it went. It was a shame though. After taking a few steps, he realized that riding on Crimson Tiger King was no longer prestigious, as he had seen a few players riding the same Crimson Tiger King passing by…

Riding the same mount was basically the same as sporting the same outfit with a nobody. Li Yi was in a competitive mood. He switched to Holy Light Warhorse. Now, nobody could compare to him.

Li Yi was strolling around on Holy Light Warhorse and quickly reached the Celestial Capital center, Crown Square.

Right in front of Crown Square was the imperial palace. This square was where a King would inspect his troops. It was a grand venue. The square was also a place for banner-planting (Friendly PK among players. No punishment for deaths.), hence the bustling and lively scene. There would be tons of players battling it out here.

Li Yi had already turned off the banner-planting option. He was in no mood to exchange blows with these people.

Li Yi’s target was the female NPC in black, standing in front of the water fountain in Crown Square.

Gorgeous, unlike anything else in the world. Her temperament however, was something else entirely. It was a female White Elf NPC that was beautiful beyond anything in the world. Her name was Carulla.

“May the Holy Light be with you…”

“Ruler of God has his eyes on you…”

“Do you feel it? The charming floral scent in the air…”

Whenever players went up to converse with Carulla, she would only repeat these three sentences. Even if their Celestial Capital’s Reputation Value has reached Worship, she would only say those three indifferent responses.

She was the coldest yet most magnificent NPC. This was what players thought of Carulla.

No one knew of her history. The other NPCS in Celestial Capital never mentioned her. Carulla’s profile on the official web casted a mysterious web around her with those three responses.

“Legend has it…”

Players have been guessing Carulla’s identity for years and it was only after the opening of Mount Pantheon was her identity revealed. She was the King of Pantheon’s wife, God-Queen…

God-Queen Carulla had been lurking in Celestial Capital. Not just in the Eastern Continent’s Celestial Capital, her incarnations could also be found in the Celestial Capitals of the Western and Southern Continent.

She was watching the Pantheon continents’ every move, secretly plotting the Ruler of God’s Global Purge scheme.

Li Yi stood before Carulla, staring intensely at her. He was not eyeing her because of her beauty. To him, no matter how beautiful she was, NPCs were fake. Moreover, the women around him, such as Jiaojiao and Little Elf, were no less beautiful than Carulla.

His purpose to be here was simple. He wanted to kill Carulla.

The condition to break the second seal on the orange bow was to kill a god. If he went about the regular way of playing, he would not be able to kill an inferior god even at Level 100.

There were four difficulty levels in hunting down a god’s soul, C, B, A, and S classes. Based on Li Yi’s knowledge, if he were to kill an inferior god, he would only receive a C-class evaluation when he turned in the quest. Killing a higher level god would earn him a better chance in evaluation.

Li Yi aimed his bow at Carulla for a long pause, unable to decide whether to fire.

Although Carulla’s incarnation had only 30,000 HP, she would unleash God’s Territory if he could not kill her in one shot. She would then be invincible and attack her attacker. Judging by Li Yi’s current level, it was a guarantee that he would be instantly killed.

It was a one strike chance. If she was not killed in one shot, it would be harder the next time. Carulla was a high level NPC who came with her own built-in Aggro. She was not as generous as Elenor. She would kill on sight when her enemy was spotted.

Coordinated attacks were out of the question as she would only take the first attack before God’s Territory was launched. The number of people attacking did not matter. The key to victory was taking her down with one move.

When striking non-players, Li Yi’s one shot would inflict around 10,000 to 15,000 damage after consuming an Advanced-level Fury Potion and relying on Violent Bear’s Protection. However, causing 30,000 damage would be a difficult challenge.

Li Yi thought about it before putting his bow down. He took out his Call of Friends to assemble a party…

Little Elf from the Magical Realm was reeled in, and so was Fire Ice, Golden Gun Cannot Fall, Set Fire When There’s Wind, Confused Fox, One Big Bun…

All in all, Li Yi called upon nine of his friends.

“Brother Dark Wing, what’s up?”

It was quite unfortunate for Confused Fox as his summoning tool broke down in the midst of being pulled over. It exploded on the spot, killing him. Luckily, Fire Ice was there for the rescue, resurrecting him for free.

“Buff me up.”

Li Yi’s words had everyone’s jaw drop.

“No way, you called us here just to buff you up?” Confused Fox thought he misheard.

Li Yi was serious when he nodded, ‘Yes, just to buff me.”

His request was simple. Taking down Carulla was almost impossible with one hit, after all. The damage he could deal would never reach 30,000 without adding any damage-adding buff.

Everybody lost for words as they began to cast buffs on Li Yi.

Paladin with his Retribution Aura, Arcanist with his 5% Critical Hit buff, Light Priest and Sky Vagabond with their 10% attribute and 10% damage addition buffs. Not to mention, Curse Priest’s 10% DEF reduction buff on target.

Li Yi drank a bottle of Fury Potion and tiled his head back to say, “Little Elf, turn on Miracle of Wind at my signal.”

“Address me as big sis,” Little Elf from the Magical Realm corrected him.

“Golden Gun, stand in front of me. Let me shoot you to see how much HP will be reduced.”

“Oh, okay.”

Golden Gun Cannot Fall walked close to Li Yi.

Tst tst tst tst tst pst —

Li Yi drew Powered-up Arrow to the highest point before firing, penetrating Golden Gun Cannot Fall’s brain, dealing a good [-8,965] damage. Golden Gun Cannot Fall instantly collapsed…

“F*ck me!” Golden Gun Cannot Fall shouted as he remained horizontally on the ground.

Li Yi frowned as he calculated the damage value in his head. He had Fire Ice resurrect him.

Players saved by Resurrection Skill would not lose EXP nor level but the END of their equipment would take a 20% hit. The repair fee was quite a hefty amount.

“Not enough. Not quite there,” Li Yi calculated the numbers in his head before shaking his head helplessly.

Carulla was playing a Theurgist. Her ATK may be high but her DEF was low. Still, it did not change the fact that she has 30,000 HP. No matter how Li Yi crunched the numbers, he was still lacking another +10,000 in damage.

“So what’s the verdict? Am I turning on Miracle of Wind?” Little Elf from the Magical Realm butted in his thoughts.

“Turn it on!”

Li Yi firmly nodded his head and pulled his orange bow to aim at Carulla…

All he needed was to break her guard and a Critical Hit.

He was going in for the kill!

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