MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Under the effects of Eternal Darkness, Eukana had 50,000,000 HP. She was now able to use many ‘beyond-godlike’ skills, and they were so powerful that it had left many players speechless.

Li Yi activated Heart of a Clear Mirror, discerning Eukana’s position and he shot an arrow towards her direction.

Pew!

[−5,432]

“Did that idiot, Angust fail?”

Clink…Clank…

The metal chains binding Eukana clanked vigorously as she rattled them.

She shook her chains frequently and as Demoness Ruins prohibits the usage of flying mounts, players were forced to evade the chains by jumping.

They needed to jump from one chain to the other!

Under Eternal Darkness, the surroundings were enveloped by pitch blackness. Thus, when the players jumped, they were unable to see the next metal chain. In other words, they had to rely wholly on their intuition and instincts…

After numerous attempts, the vast majority of parties were still unable to withstand Eukana’s first strike.

Before the chains below started to shake, Li Yi jumped in advance. He only saw the next metal chain halfway through his jump. However, he had used too much power in his first jump—

—and twisted his jump!

Fortunately, he could rely on his cape’s special skill, ‘Fly’. Using a brief instant of Fly, he landed safely on the metal chain.

‘That was close!’

Had it not been for Fly, it would not have ended well…

Eukana waved her wand, shooting out a chain of head-sized green orbs and scattering them to the surroundings.

Hundreds of green orbs floated in the air. Although they held no offensive power, should one touch it accidentally, they would start an explosive chain reaction, and when that happens, all of the players on the chains would be hurled away.

It was another party-wiping skill, and to make matters worse, it was a sustained-type. Soon, green orbs would cover the entire battlefield.

Had it not been for the ‘Eternal Darkness’ status, Eukana would only release a single green orb. The time it took for the green orb to explode was also extremely slow, allowing players to easily dodge it.

As Li Yi jumped and fought, he made sure to carefully evade the green orbs as well.

Eukana’s attack style was extremely OP. As she was a Curse Priest, it allowed her to use various abnormal-status-inflicting abilities.

The continuous blood reduction skill, Blood Stasis was small potatoes compared to the Plodding and Fear Spells.

Since Li Yi was battling Eukana alone, he would undoubtedly be the target of all her attacks.

The Plodding Spell had struck him, slowing his movement to a crawl. He used Survival Instincts to dispel it, but then came Fear Spell. After using the special skill, Dark Devour to dispel it, he was struck with Plodding Spell once more.

Clink…Clank…The metal chains below rattled once more. Still affected by the Plodding Spell, Li Yi sluggishly jumped towards the next chain.

A green orb floated toward him, but he was still affected by Delay. Unable to dodge it, he collided with the orb head on.

“BOOM!”

The Green Orb exploded instantly, and Li Yi was thrown off the metal chains. Above him, several hundred green orbs exploded in a chain reaction. If there was a party around, he suspected that they would all be annihilated as well…

“God Mode!”

Hunter Goddess’ projection appeared behind Li Yi. She extended her wings and flew them to safety.

Li Yi landed beside Jiaojiao and activated Camouflage, successfully breaking away from the battle.

‘Test completed!’

“So, can you beat her?” Jiaojiao asked.

“I can beat you if that counts.”

“Pfft, wait till I level up. Then I’m going to solo her. You still have a ways to go before coming close to me.”

Li Yi was too lazy to answer her.

At this time, Big Boy and Autumn Love had already entered the other two passages. Li Yi informed them that he and his team were waiting for them in front of the boss.

The three of them waited for about half an hour for Big Boy and Lil Girl to arrive, and another hour and a half for Autumn Love and her party.

There was no need to ask, by observing Autumn Love counting her fingertips to no end, it was clear that she had gathered numerous snakeskins…

All three switches were turned on and Eternal Darkness had been dispelled. The No. 2 boss before them, Eukana’s full features had finally been revealed.

Her height was over fifteen meters, with a full head of white hair. Her skin was like dried fruit and her eyelids were trenches, with only two deep holes where her eyes should be. She looked more ferocious than the male isis Angust, and the most shocking feature was that her body had been pierced by several metal chains, suspending her in mid-air and disabling her movements.

‘No wonder she could control the metal chains…’

Legends say that Eukana was the first beauty of the Snake Tribe, but her good looks had garnered the jealousy of the queen of the isis. The queen set a trap for her and locked her there to watch over the gates for all eternity.

“Once the metal chains start to shake, jump. Be wary of the green orbs, draining skills and make sure not to fall down. Also, if you get poisoned, make sure to continuously heal your HP as Eukana’s poison cannot be dispelled. When we reach the poison stage, make sure to maintain a high DPS. Otherwise, we’re doomed once the metal chains have been completely coated with poison. Ah, one more thing, when Eukana falls, try to make her head face the North side.”

Autumn Love’s explanation was as detailed as always.

Without Eternal Darkness, Eukana’s HP was only 15,000,000.

“Hold on to this. Consume it immediately when you see Eukana using her poison.”

Before the battle began, Li Yi handed out three of his newly refined Azure Potion to Fire Ice and the others.

All of the members from Little Drunk Cat had received it, whereas the others had not.

“Dark Wing, what kind of potion were you handing out?” Big Boy had noticed his action.

“A potion that is refined from a demoness’ snake hair. It reduces poison damage by 90% and the effect lasts for ten minutes. Do you want it? It costs 1,000 Gold Coins per bottle.”

“How dishonorable! I’ll take two!”

Big Boy sent Li Yi a trade request and placed 2,000 Gold Coins.

Li Yi responded in kind and he placed two bottles of Super Antidote, completing the trade.

God-Killing Gale furrowed his eyebrows, asking, “Do you have more? I want it too!”

“I have three bottles left!”

“I’ll take one!”

God-Killing Gale bought one as well.

Autumn Love glanced at him, not saying a single word. She would rather die than spend 1,000 Gold Coins to buy an antidote.

“Missy Autumn, if you give me 110 strands of the Demoness’ snake hair, I’ll gift one bottle to you.”

Autumn Love shook her head stubbornly, raising three fingers at him.

“I’ll give you three strands at most…”

Li Yi rolled his eyes.

The battle began in earnest. Since Eukana was unable to move, the aggro was all based on chance, making a Main Tank useless in this scenario and making healing a priority.

In this battle, the pets were useless as well. The humans were already having a hard time on the chains; a pet would immediately die in the current scenario.

“Did that idiot, Angust fail?”

Eukana asked as she extended an eerily green hand to rattle the chains.

Although she was unable to see, her body had been pierced by numerous metal chains, enabling her to sense the weight of objects stepping on the metal chains.

“Jump!”

The eight of them jumped simultaneously toward the next metal chain.

Big Boy and Lil Girl’s landing were the most precise whereas Autumn Love and Wang Wang Dumplings fell short slightly, but they still kept their footing. As for Jiaojiao, she had already survived the terrors of Super Trampoline 250. Thus, these solid chains were a piece of cake for her.

Fire Ice and God-Killing Gale had made mistakes. One of them had used too little force whereas the other had used too much, the both of them could only watch as they helplessly fell off…

Li Yi activated Fly, supporting Fire Ice first and then retrieving God-Killing Gale.

“Thanks… I owe you twice now.” God-Killing Gale looked gratefully towards Li Yi. If Li Yi did not come to his rescue, he would have to corpse-run and lose his EXP.

“Are there enemies?” asked Eukana as she tilted her head. She waved her staff and shot out a cluster of green orbs.

The green orbs spun quickly as they charged towards Fire Ice.

“Ice, dodge it and retreat.”

“Okay.”

Fire Ice quickly replied and turned her body. She stepped forward, but there was nothing up front, so she plummeted…

Li Yi stared, dumbfounded. His special skill, Fly was still on cooldown, so there was no way for him to save her.

“My apologies, I am truly sorry…”

Fire Ice covered her face in shame as she fell.

“Death’s Grasp!”

At that critical instant, the petite Jiaojiao contributed once more. She reached out her little arms and shot out a ray of purple light towards the plummeting Fire Ice, grabbing her and instantly pulling her up.

By changing into full attack mode, Death’s Grasp could be used to pull allies.

“Thank you…”

To avoid another blunder from Fire Ice, Li Yi dashed forward to attract a green orb. When the green orb finally exploded, he was already on another metal chain.

“Fight!”

Autumn Love yelled, initiating the attack.

“Stay away from me, Intruders!”

Eukana roared furiously after receiving the attacks. She waved her staff and released numerous curse spells in a frenzy.

Eukana’s Curse Spells had a special condition, no matter how many people there were in a party, she would only stop after every member had been struck.

With numerous negative statuses on them, it took them a great deal of energy to move around. Fortunately, the normal Eukana’s rate of attack was very slow. Furthermore, she would not rattle the chain for more than three times from the beginning until the end of the battle.

Another green orb floated towards them. This time, Li Yi was prepared and had already made precautions regarding Fire Ice.

Regarding skill, Fire Ice had none. Her power was all due to Li Yi’s efforts to nurture her into the Little Drunk Cat’s main healer. The powerful envy-inducing Holy Light Illumination that she was wielding would allow any player to become top-tier instantly.

The others were far better than her, they dodged immediately after seeing the green orbs. However, when the green orb approached Fire Ice, she immediately panicked. She looked towards the orb, then back at her feet. After hesitating for an extended period of time, she stepped forward, only to misstep and plummet once more…

“My apologies, I…”

Li Yi activated Fly, grabbing her in mid-air.

“Thank you…” Fire Ice was as dull as always.

“Hahahaha.”

Jiaojiao was amused. She used both of her long legs to jump from one chain to the next precisely and firmly, surprising everyone except Li Yi.

“Such amazing jumping prowess!” Even Big Boy had to praise her.

At this moment, Eukana unleashed a party-wide Blood Stasis. All eight of them were hit without exception. Their HP dropped every second and in a blink of an eye, all of their HP had hit rock bottom.

Lil Girl and Fire Ice acted in concert, with a concurrent flash of white light, they replenished everybody’s lost health.

[−6,755]

[−5,433]

After practicing for a while, Li Yi had mastered the movements as well. He jumped around as he launched his attacks. The DPS Statistics Panel had displayed his DPS at 12,111, firmly putting him in the first place.

Only in a battle with continuous movement could one’s true skill be revealed. With the same class and the same equipment, their damage cycles would be almost the same. What other criteria would there be to look at? Well, it is one’s skill!

Li Yi could attack as he moved without a single pause, and so did Big Boy. However, due to the nature of Dark Wizards, who possessed a lot of Guidance-type Spells (Stationary sustained chanting spells) had made it difficult for him to display his true abilities in the current circumstances. This was not to say that he was weaker than Li Yi but at an environmental disadvantage.

15,000,000 HP was not a lot, especially so when they had gotten used to the battle conditions halfway through the fight, hastening the process of the battle.

However, when Eukana’s HP had dropped to 5,000,000, trouble reared its ugly head.

Due to everybody’s constant stepping on the metal chains, the chains shook non-stop, causing the puncture wounds from the metal chains to bleed non-stop. Initially, it was of little consequence, but when the jade blood coated all the chains, its true power was unveiled.

[Eukana’s Poisonous Blood]

[Effect: Depletes HP by 300 every second. Every 20 seconds, Poisonous Blood’s Strength would be doubled, the effect could be increased up to 100 times!]

Stacking twice would cause a reduction in 600 HP, stacking thrice would result in 900 HP. As the battle dragged onwards, Poisonous Blood’s effect would continue to rack up…

Fire Ice began to use Holy Light Illumination. However, the situation did not improve by much. The HP replenished was insignificant compared to the HP lost, making it a dire situation.

“Use the antidote!”

Li Yi bellowed as he took out his bottle of Super Antidote, drinking it in one gulp.

Everybody drank their antidote, except Autumn Love.

Since she did not have any…

“Fire Ice, Lil Girl, remember to save me later. AAAHHHH…”

Autumn Love took off all of her equipment as she grabbed the chains tightly. Not long after, she was poisoned to death…