MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

The grey-black flames enveloped everyone, and a time limit appeared above their heads. Ten minutes!

This challenge was not very difficult. Kruder’s soul floated motionlessly in mid-air, allowing it to be hit by both ranged and melee attacks. As long as the DPS you dealt was sufficient, it would not be hard to defeat him.

Seven people already died earlier, so their damage output had decreased by a chunk. Add that to the fact that Old Green had been kicked out, and the party’s DPS output clearly did not quite make the mark.

“Fight, dammit, fight with everything you got! Everything!” Hua Feiwu kept roaring.

“Comrades from both guilds, listen up! I don’t care what class you play, I’ll personally reward 5000 yuan to whoever deals the last hit to that boss!”

Delicately Cute’s voice was not very loud, but the impact her words made when they entered everyone’s ears was enormous.

Heroes will rise to the occasion when there is money on the table. When they heard her words, many people immediately brought out the offensive potions, STR scrolls, and MAG scrolls that they had been hoarding away all this time.

Their DPS instantly inflated.

Faced with a dummy boss like this, all tactics went out the window. They just had to increase their damage output to the max and it would be mission complete.

“F*ck, an Advanced-level Unlimited Fury Potion! You’re crazy, bro, you can’t buy stuff like that even if you got the dough.”

An Orc Warrior from Dark Empire downed an Advanced-level Unlimited Fury Potion and his ATK immediately jumped up a large notch. Even more terrifying was the way the Advanced-level Unlimited Fury Potion not only temporarily increased his ATK, but it also added a temporary buff that kept his Fury Bar filled to the brim for three minutes.

For Warrior classes to achieve a high DPS, the key was to use Fury-increasing skills efficiently. However, once they downed an Advanced-level Unlimited Fury Potion, none of that mattered anymore. They just had to keep spamming their highest-damage skill and keep dealing damage brainlessly.

The Orc Warrior’s DPS instantaneously surged up, allowing him to rise from the teens to the top five in the rankings.

Even Li Yi could not help but sigh to himself. So what if his operational skills were excellent? Others could surpass him just by drinking a potion.

Although they were many men down, each fighter brought out their best moves. They watched as Kruder’s HP dropped rapidly, reaching rock bottom in an instant.

[Total kill time: 7 minutes.]

[Highest DPS dealer: Dark Wing!]

[Last hit on boss: Dark Wing!]

Both Delicately Cute and Hua Feiwu stared at Li Yi’s name on the Party Scoreboard, stunned.

Li Yi’s damage had been increasing exponentially from the very beginning, and once he reached first place, he never once dropped from the position.

The Orc Warrior who downed his Advanced-level Unlimited Fury Potion finally ended up in fourth place, with Hua Feiwu and Century Battlemaster placing ahead of him.

“Damn, I should have downed it earlier.” The Orc Warrior regretted it immensely. The effects of his Unlimited Fury Potion still had half a minute left on the clock, and now it was going to waste.

“The Guild will compensate you for the price of the potion.”

Delicately Cute was unexpectedly generous, and her words instantly caused the Orc Warrior to break into a grin.

“Allow me to voice an opinion.” Hua Feiwu raised his hand and smiled at Li Yi. “This time, Brother Dark Wing here has made the most significant contribution, so I think he should be the one to loot the boss and distribute the goods. Does anyone have any objections?”

The members of both guilds were simultaneously stunned.

In large-sized party dungeons like this, the ones who had the right to loot the boss were either the party commanders or leaders. Regular members had no right to loot the boss at all, not even if their DPS was the highest of the lot.

‘This suggestion of Hua Feiwu’s sure stinks of a bootlicker.’

Li Yi laughed coldly to himself.

Before they entered the dungeon, Delicately Cute had made it perfectly clear that whoever achieved the highest DPS would have the right to get their first choice of equipment.

As for the rights to loot the boss, Li Yi could not care less. Instead, he would much rather someone else do the honors. After all, his hand was way too unlucky. Throughout his eight years of playing King of Pantheon in the previous life, he could count the pieces of quality equipment that he had looted himself on one hand.

Delicately Cute smiled widely at Li Yi. “Dark Wing, since Guild Master Hua has spoken, it’s decided. Go ahead, you be the one to loot the boss.”

Delicately Cute’s attitude also took a 180 degree turn.

With that, everyone understood the situation slightly better.

In every game, who would not want to surround themselves with powerhouses? Provoking powerhouses without reason would just be causing trouble for oneself, no? Hua Feiwu understood that, and naturally so did Delicately Cute. At first, she had looked down on Li Yi because his level was not high and his equipment was trash. After witnessing Li Yi’s performance first-hand, however, she instantly changed her opinion of him.

This man was definitely a talent!

Comparing his past to his present, Li Yi could not help but sigh. Although King of Pantheon was just a game, how was this scenario any different from real life?

‘If you’re capable, they’re all over you. If you’re not, they’ll kick you away in an instant…’

They changed their opinion of him because he managed to accomplish something. Still, Li Yi never really cared about these things.

Lu Yi said with a smile, “I’ll pass on the looting part, you guys go ahead and get someone, anyone else, to do it.”

“Alright, I like your alacrity, Brother Dark Wing. I simply must make a friend of you.” Hua Feiwu laughed heartily, completely different from how he was previously.

“On second thoughts, that misunderstanding in the past with your friend is just a small deal. The only fault was that I didn’t know them at the time. Why, if that were to happen now, if I knew that they were your friends, how could I possibly do something like that?”

No matter what Hua Feiwu said, Li Yi just smiled politely without a word.

Delicate walked up and looted the boss.

Since this was a fifty-person Party-level Instance Dungeon, the drops from the boss were extremely plentiful. Aside from the equipment, there was a large variety of other items as well.

[Fire Spear (Two-handed Weapon, Gold)]

[Fire Staff (Two-handed Weapon, Gold)]

[Blazing Heart (Special Accessory, Gold)]

[Contract of Fire (Contract Summon Skill Tome)]

[Hand of Destruction (Dark Wizard Skill Tome)]

[Refinement Metals x19 (Material)]

…

In total, they obtained three pieces of gold-colored equipment, thirteen Skill Tomes for a variety of classes, two types of materials, and a Wrath Potion Recipe.

Li Yi said, “I’ll take the Blazing Heart and the Wrath Potion Recipe.”

[Blazing Heart (Gold-colored Accessory)]

[ATK +30]

[Fire Resistance +30]

[Special effect: When hit by a Fire Attribute Attack, there will be a chance of 20%–50% damage reduction.]

[Special effect: When in battle, automatically recovers 10 HP and 10MP every five seconds.]

[Special effect: Releases a small-sized fireball within a 30-yard radius directly ahead, resulting in 50 points of fire attribute damage. Skill Cooldown: 1 hour.]

…

The learning requirement for the Wrath Potion Recipe was 4000 points in Apothecary Mastery.

The Blazing Heart’s attributes, MP recovery in battle, fire damage reduction, and the small fireball ability meant that it was a very practical accessory for the early stages of the game.

Li Yi did not care one way or the other about the HP recovery, but MP recovery was precisely what he needed the most right now.

His DPS should and could have been even higher, but he did not have enough MP to meet his needs, and that was why he did not perform as well as he wanted to.

Since he placed first in DPS, he had the right to choose. Besides, Li Yi was not only number one in terms of DPS, he had even landed the last hit on the boss. (The player to land the last hit on the boss earned an additional 20% EXP.)

No one objected, and no one was dissatisfied with the result either. How could they, seeing as their DPS was not as high as his?

Delicately Cute handed the Blazing Heart and Wrath Potion Recipe to Li Yi. At the same time, she fulfilled her promise, transferring 5000 credit points into Li Yi’s account.

“Thanks.” Li Yi equipped the Blazing Heart and checked his GS.

279!

That one accessory instantly increased Li Yi’s GS by about 100 points. This was also something that could only be achieved by beating a Party-level Dungeon. If it was just five people running a small dungeon, they could go at it for weeks and still not achieve this.

As for the distribution of the remaining loot, Hua Feiwu and Delicately Cute discussed it over, coming to a consensus. In the end, the Fire Staff went to Hua Feiwu, and everything else was distributed to the other players.

Delicately Cute did rather well in leaving not a single scrap behind. After she was done distributing everything else, all she had left in her hands was a single Contract of Fire Skill Tome.

“Does anyone want this? Anyone at all?” Delicately Cute called out three times in a row but did not get a single reply.

Out of the tomes for the Summoning Path, Natural Summons and Undead Summons were the most expensive. Very few players went down that path, and not one of the 49 people present used that class, so naturally nobody wanted it.

“If no one wants it, you might as well give it to me.” Li Yi smiled.