MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

If one were to follow the conventional method for clearing the Soul Gate, they would need to attempt Regal Mode at the very least in order to fight the completed Soul King. However, since King of Pantheon allowed their players a great degree of freedom, aside from the conventional method for killing the Soul King, many other surprises awaited the players.

Back to the video, the moment the battle began, the main tank, Out of Print immediately charged forward. Shortly after, he was wrapped up by the Soul King’s tentacles, viciously smashed into the ground a few times, and perished.

With the main tank now dead, Jiaojiao rushed forward. However, the Soul King forcefully swiped its tentacles and caught the remaining five members. With that, their first kill attempt had ended in a pitiful team-wipe.

Not long after, the party started their second attempt. This time, the main tank, Out of Print did not immediately rush forward. Instead, he ran circles around the Soul King, while the others stayed behind and silently observed.

After wildly swiping its tentacles for quite some time, the Soul King finally lowered them. At that moment, The Cat that Sings gave the order to attack.

From what Li Yi could tell, Fengxi had the highest DPS within the party. However, the b*stard constantly remained in Stealth Mode while they were fighting the boss; popping out only every once in a while.

The six of them attacked with all their might, and after a while, they pulled back. They then began circling the boss again, waiting for the next opportunity to strike. However, it was then that a change occurred…

By the logic of how the normal boss battle progressed, had they continued to attack in the same manner, the only outcome that awaited them was a team-wipe. The reason for this was simple, as the Soul King’s attack pattern was not constant. Instead, it would gradually change its attack patterns as its HP decreased.

As they fought, Sister Windcloud Nine pulled out her Tuhr Sacred Sword and it dealt a powerful slash. Not only did it injure the Soul King; it had also slain the main tank, Out of Print.

To the Tuhrs, the sword was known as the Tuhr Sacred Sword. In reality, though, the more accurate name for the sword was ‘demonic sword’. After all, once it went berserk, it no longer differentiated between friend or foe, and it would kill everyone indiscriminately, including its own master.

It was similar to Li Yi’s Explosive Ape, as the demonic sword was considered as a Neutral creature.

“Don’t make me grab your t*ts! Hurry up and put away your sword!”

The Cat that Sings reprimanded and Sister Windcloud Nine shuddered. She attempted to sheath the demonic sword, but now that it had gone berserk, it no longer listened to her words. It was still racing around and slashing everything in sight.

The lore of the dungeon was that Pope Shirui and Great Lord Moigne had joined forces to seal the Soul King. As such, the two of them were currently standing not far from the battle and were giving it their all to suppress the Soul King’s strength.

After hacking at the Soul King a few times, it lost interest in the boss. Instead, it headed towards Great Lord Moigne and unleashed a flurry of slashes, instantly cutting the already low-HP-ed Moigne down.

When the Great Lord was dead, the seal had weakened as well. Then, the demonic sword spun around and targeted Pope Shirui. Once both chiefs were down, the seals on the Soul King were completely unlocked.

The Soul King’s full form had now appeared…

“F*ck me! Lil Jiao, support me in clamping down this crazy woman’s hands! I’m going to give a good groping!”

The Cat that Sings roared and pushed Sister Windcloud Nine onto the ground. One of her hands was on Sister Nine’s breasts, and the other was under her skirt. It was an extremely lewd move.

Jiaojiao was dumbfounded. She did not think that Cat was so ballsy…

“Your image! Take care of your image! Sigh.”

The arrogant c*nt lord, Fengxi walked forward to pull The Cat that Sings away. However, it was at that instant that the demonic sword spotted its owner being humiliated, and it immediately flew into a fit of rage. It sped towards them, and with a few strokes of its body, The Cat that Sings and Fengxi had been disposed of.

Woosh! Woosh! Woosh….

The demonic sword was now seeing red and it had cut down the Holy Paladin, Dingding Dongdong as well. At that moment, The Soul King’s seals had completely vanished, and it finally attacked.

Jiaojiao was not spared, the moment the Soul King’s tentacles pierced her, she was pronounced dead…

Sst—

The demonic sword soared into the air and slashed down, opening up a portal in thin air. It then dragged its owner, Sister Windcloud Nine into it. The Soul King gave a thunderous bellow, and before the dimensional rift had completely closed, it crept its way inside it as well.

The video fell silent. Jiaojiao lay on the ground and continued to record. By Li Yi’s estimates, everyone else was also recording, but aside from Sister Windcloud Nine herself, no one knew what exactly went down.

Li Yi fast forwarded to approximately five hours later, when the System Announcement was made…

In a situation where only one party member survived, they had somehow managed to blunder their way to success…

“Nine-nine, what happened?”

“I…I’m not too sure myself…”

“Sister Nine, I was wrong! I’ll prostrate myself right this instant, so feel free to grope me however you want!”

The Cat that Sings lay as straight as an arrow on the ground.

“Image, take care of your image!”

….

Li Yi messaged Jiaojiao, “So you didn’t see how the kill was done?”

“Nope.”

Li Yi was disappointed. Jiaojiao’s recording might have been complete, but it was missing the most crucial element. It seemed that in order to find the answer, he would need to question Sister Nine herself.

In spite of that, his worries were now laid to rest. Even if the other guilds managed to get their hands on the playthroughs, there was not much to gain from them. After all, Sister Windcloud Nine herself had not recorded her playthrough, and the others’ playthroughs were worthless.

Li Yi contacted Tyrant Sword King the Fifth. “5 Million for the complete playthrough. Deal?”

“Send it over!” Tyrant Sword King the Fifth answered almost instantly.

“Money first.”

Ding!

The mailbox notification rang out. Tyrant Sword King had sent over 5 million Gold Coins.

Li Yi sent over the video. “It’s a recording from the beginning all the way until the end. Not a single edit has been made.”

…

Li Yi contacted Sister Windcloud Nine and asked her for details about how the Soul King was killed.

In reality, though, nothing much had occurred. When the Soul King entered the demonic sword’s dimension, the demonic sword had reached its time limit and was forcefully returned to Sister Windcloud Nine’s inventory…

As for what happened after that, Sister Windcloud Nine had blasted the stupid-looking (Sister Windcloud Nine’s own words) motionless Soul King with a variety of skills until the System Announcement was made.

‘Simply put, did that mean that the Soul King’s strength was suppressed within the demonic sword’s dimension? And since it couldn’t attack, it was effectively a log and had been slowly ground to death by Sister Windcloud Nine?’

Li Yi could not help but break into a cold sweat when he thought about it.

After all, if that was the case, then the playthroughs that all the major guilds were vying for, were effectively worthless.

Ding!

At that moment, Li Yi received a private message. It was from Tyrant Sword King the Fifth.

“Dark Wing, what thou hast done is highly unethical.”

Tyrant Sword King seemed to be in a bad mood. He had addressed him as ‘thou’, which was an obvious dig at Li Yi.

“It’s the complete playthrough, no?”

“It’s complete alright, but what I want is Sister Windcloud Nine’s recording, not Queen Jiao’s.”

“I can’t help you with that since Sister Windcloud Nine did not record her playthrough.”

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth fell silent. He was, without a doubt, seething with rage right now. After all, who would feel happy about paying 5 million Gold Coins for a rubbish playthrough?

Li Yi cared little about how Tyrant Sword King was currently feeling. For him, his goal had been achieved the moment he had spited his nemesis.

Just the fact that he was Qian’er’s actual fiancé alone was already enough to push Li Yi to spite him!

He remembered that back in his past life, one of the hardest parts about being with Qian’er was the immense pressure that came from Qian’er’s family. Furthermore, there was also the mysterious, endless pursuit of him, which had always come as odd. Only when Lil Chen Lang had discovered the truth, had Li Yi finally understood.

Since they were destined to never be friends, they would become enemies instead!

“The playthrough is useless! Everyone, we’re going to attempt it again!”

Li Yi thundered, and Shangguan Bailu called everyone up front to discuss their combat strategy.

Pretty soon, the curtains were raised on the battle. No mistakes were made in the first phase, and when they reached the second phase, they automatically spread out and carefully observed the ground.

“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”

Three tentacles lashed out, and three party members jumped in sync, effortlessly dodging them.

“Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh…”

A constant stream of tentacles burst out, but nobody was hit. All of them had evaded the tentacles…

The Soul King’s radiance dimmed, and it lowered all twenty of its tentacles. It shut its eyes and began to pant.

“Attack!” ordered Shangguan Bailu.

Their assault had officially begun, and King of Souls stood rooted to the spot as it took their attacks. Soon after, its HP began to drop; 1%, 2%…3%…

Ding! Ding!

At that moment, the word, ‘Reflect’, appeared in red font above the Soul King’s head.

“Halt!” Shangguan Bailu hurriedly shouted, but many failed to stop themselves. Their attacks hit the Soul King, and without exception, they were all reflected towards them.

Once an attack was reflected, its strength would be amplified by several factors. With that, the Ice Wizard, Wang Wang Dumplings had perished…

Shangguan Bailu bellowed, “Hold your ground! We only lost one person, there’s still hope! Everyone, halt your attacks!”

All 24 members had stopped attacking, and the healers were replenishing everyone’s health.

“Silence!”

“Come out! My servants!”

A dark whirlpool appeared and out walked Great Lord Moigne and Pope Shirui at the same time. One of them cast ‘Holy Light Impact’, and the other cast ‘Group Curse’.

Everyone in the party was Silenced, and as such, none of them were able to use their skills. Furthermore, Great Lord Moigne and Pope Shirui entered a frenzied state at the same time and were too much for the party to handle.

Without exception, the 24-man party was annihilated…

Li Yi chose to resurrect as a group. Once everyone had gathered together, they were speechless yet again.

Both great chiefs entered a frenzied state at the same time, and the party was not allowed to heal during this period. How were they supposed to survive this phase, then?

Confused Fox commented, “The Fluttering Snow Alliance reached 3%, and so did we. It looks like all of us are stuck in this phase.”

Brother Windcloud Nine nodded. “Yeah, this phase is pretty hard to deal with, since the party is silenced and both chiefs get frenzied at the same time.”

Li Yi scrunched his brows and even after being lost in thought for quite some time, he was unable to come up with a solution.

‘If only Sister Windcloud Nine had not participated in the dungeon. We would easily clear this phase once she pulls out that demonic sword. However, since she has already completed her dungeon run, we would need to wait for the dungeon to reset next month for her to participate again.’

“This is definitely the wrong strategy. There must be some gimmick to clearing this phase. We just haven’t figured it out.”

“Agreed.”

“Everyone, come and give your opinions. Let’s try to solve this puzzle.”

All 25 people were now engaged in discussion…

As long as they had not figured out the gimmick, attempting the battle was a waste of challenge attempts. The first clear of a dungeon was a test of skill, it required not only cooperation but patience as well…

“Party leader, I’ve got it!” exclaimed the Ice Wizard, Wang Wang Dumplings with his hand raised.

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