MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Carulla’s Arrow dissipated into a wisp of purple smoke and returned to Li Yi’s hand.

“Boom!”

Several purple rays burst out of Bloody Rose’s body like fireworks. Her corpse spun gloriously as it plummeted onto the ground…

“God-Mode!”

Hunter Goddess’ projection appeared behind Li Yi. With a flap of her massive wings, Li Yi reached Bloody Rose’s corpse to collect the equipment that dropped from her.

There were six item drops in total, including the signature red tights that Bloody Rose wore!

Bloody Rose lay motionless on the ground.

“Karma is a vengeful b*tch, the heavens dictate your reincarnation. You had this coming to you, Bloody Rose.”

Li Yi fluttered his wings and hovered before her corpse to provoke her.

She dropped six items in total, and all of them were purple equipment, which could be considered as a major blow to any player. In a game like this, what was considered as the most important aspect?

It was not skill, but equipment!

The emphasis on equipment only grew as the player level increased. This was the reason a piece of equipment could reach an exorbitant price of millions.

Bloody Rose’s corpse disappeared. Naturally, she decided to do a temple respawn.

Li Yi gave chase once again.

He had decided to resolve the problem of Bloody Rose once and for all. Thus, he could not let her get away that easily.

“Pew!”

Bloody Rose had just taken flight, but Li Yi’s super-long-distance attack came crashing in like a train. The arrow hit her rear, releasing a gust of frigid air and instantly freezing her into a popsicle.

The icon of Carulla’s Arrow had darkened after its use. Li Yi attempted to use it, only to receive a notification that stated it was currently unusable. Thus, the arrow he used this time was Frost Arrow!

Bloody Rose was unfortunate as well since she was frozen on the first shot.

“Eliminate! Eliminate! Eliminate! Eliminate…”

Since God-Mode was still active, Li Yi’s abilities were unrestricted by cooldowns. Thus, he provided no openings for her and launched a volley of Elimination Arrows, which pinned Bloody Rose onto the ground.

Luckily for her, she did not drop any items this time…

Bloody Rose lied on the floor and had no intention of getting back up.

Since Li Yi and her were both at the temple, it mattered little whether she respawned at the temple or on the spot. No matter which option she chose, the results would remain the same.

“Karma is a b*tch, did you ever thought of how it feels to be camped?” Li Yi stole her words to lecture her as he stood above her.

Bloody Rose’s corpse had disappeared once again…

She chose to respawn back at the Western Continent and had lost five levels in the process.

“Your days of tyranny won’t last much longer, Dark Wing. Mark my words, Justice will prevail soon!” Bloody Rose messaged Li Yi a vicious statement.

Bloody Rose was not making empty threats, because she appeared at the Eastern Continent within three hours of writing the message. Her goal? To kill the newbies.

“Don’t blame me for your deaths, blame Dark Wing instead!” With every person she killed, she made sure to speak the same words.

Every player above Level 10 was massacred and spawn camped. She made sure to rotate her killing spots and was hard to track down, which inflamed players everywhere.

Although Three Major Guild Alliance and Iron Alliance were at war, they drew a line when it came to killing players. Whenever they encountered low-level guild members, they gave them a free pass. They showed no interest in rampant killings, unlike Bloody Rose who hunted down players like a maniac. To add insult to injury, she spawn camped them as well. If she had her way, she would’ve camped the newbies for at least a month, but the fear of being surrounded haunted her…

“I don’t care who it is, as long as they manage to kill the b*tch called Bloody Rose, I’ll give them 20,000 Gold Coins!”

Defiantly Tyrannical had gotten the latest intel on Bloody Rose from the National Channel and immediately posted a bounty on her.

“FIND HER! And when you do, obliterate her!”

“I’ve met idiots before, but nothing ever came close to her!”

“I was only Level 10, and she had the audacity to kill me 30 times! My friend, who was originally Level 15, was killed more than 50 times, and now he has deleted his account.”

“I’ll pay anything to get her coordinates, no matter how much it takes!”

Her actions were simply outrageous! Countless players had banded together and were now in a witch-hunt for Bloody Rose.

Li Yi was p*ssed!

He was constantly tracking down Bloody Rose, but to his dismay, she could not be found within the Enemy List. By using Divine Mirror, he was able to locate her, but she was always gone when he reached the coordinates.

‘The f*ck? Could she have a Divine Mirror of her own?”

The more he thought of it, the more plausible it seemed.

Horned Griffin’s flight speed was a far cry from Fire Hawk’s, and God-mode’s flight was unable to be sustained for long periods. How on earth would he catch up to her?

“Members of Little Drunk Cat Guild be on your guard, Bloody Rose is currently near Blade Peak and is moving towards the West!”

While Li Yi gave chase, he announced Bloody Rose’s latest location within the Guild Channel.

Bloody Rose had indeed possessed a Divine Mirror of her own. She set Li Yi as its target and was constantly avoiding him. Although she could dodge Li Yi, she was still unable to avoid other players!

Li Yi’s strategy was very effective. Around ten members of Little Drunk Cat had found Bloody Rose and had launched a pincer attack.

After a bloody battle that lasted around ten minutes, Li Yi had finally arrived. However, the ground was littered with the corpses of the members from Little Drunk Cat and Bloody Rose was already long gone…

Li Yi stopped posting the coordinates within the Guild Channel and began to think of another strategy.

Unless he recruited the few elites he had in the guild, surrounding her was not a realistic option. Furthermore, her guerrilla tactics and her ability to summon her combat mount at all times had made tracking her down an even tougher task.

Li Yi’s ideas were decent, but so were Bloody Rose’s. When he used the Divine Mirror in the Celestial Capital, he realized that Bloody Rose was hunting newbies near Blade Peak.

There were no major cities in the vicinity of Blade Peak, which prevented him from teleporting there.

“F*ck!”

His opponent was constantly concealing her presence. What could he hope to do?

“I didn’t want to kill you guys, but Dark Wing has left me with no choice. Don’t blame me for this, instead, direct your hate to the grievous sins that Dark Wing has committed!”

Bloody Rose’s slaughter of the newbies was constantly being uploaded onto the official page and had stirred the official forum into an uproar…

“Platinum Hand assemble!”

Li Yi was really mad now. He assembled the members from Originally Platinum Hand and directed them towards Blade Peak to kill Bloody Rose.

Aside from Infinite Insanity and Mad Dragon, the others were not particularly strong. However, when assembled, they proved to be a fearsome force to be reckoned with.

They understood each other perfectly and their coordination was unparalleled. Be it a dungeon expedition or a wild PK, as long as the members of Platinum Hand were together, even Li Yi would have to think twice before crossing them.

Not long after, Mad Dragon gave a progress report, “Successfully slain Bloody Rose. We only suffered one death, group leader Lil Man…”

Since Platinum Hand had defeated Bloody Rose, the bounty that Defiantly Tyrannical had posted was now gone. The reward of 20,000 Gold Coins was automatically delivered to the person who killed Bloody Rose.

“Nice, keep up the good work!”

Defiantly Tyrannical posted yet another bounty, and the reward was still 20,000 Gold Coins.

Li Yi took out Black Dragon’s Fang from his inventory, along with the six pieces of equipment he got from Bloody Rose and delivered them all to Xu Man.

“Why did you deliver so many pieces of equipment to me?” Xu Man quickly responded.

“In order to expand my mighty harem, a little incentive is necessary.”

“Pui, how shameless.”

“Just keep it. As a guild leader, you’re always the first to die. It’s pretty embarrassing for a superstar.”

“Then I’ll accept it without any reservations, teehee.” Xu Man without further ado equipped the equipment.

After equipping the items, Xu Man’s HP increased by an absurd amount of 5,000+ and her attack was doubled.

Players from Platinum Hand, please proceed towards Barren Land. Bloody Rose is currently moving towards the North…”

Li Yi announced Bloody Rose’s latest coordinates.

He no longer needed to act by himself. In actuality, he did not even have a say in the matter, since Bloody Rose was purposely avoiding him.

Platinum Hand was able to go all out within this game of cat-and-mouse.

No matter where Bloody Rose went to, Platinum Hand would follow behind. If they were talking about individual strength, none of them was a match for Bloody Rose. However, their combined strength was overwhelming.

Bloody Rose used Thousand Shadow Kill, and Mad Dragon retaliated by using Shield of Earth to reduce the damage taken by his party. When Bloody Rose tried to sneak away using Stealth, Platinum Hand clumped together and launched magic spells everywhere…

Platinum Hand had finally quelled Bloody Rose’s rampage!

After a conflict that lasted for nearly a day, Bloody Rose had died 13 times and had returned to the Western Continent with her tail tucked between her legs.

The battle between Three Major Guild Alliance and Iron Alliance raged on. However, both had similar ideas and were mobilizing the non-elites. Since Three Major Guild Alliance had the number advantage, it appeared as if Three Major Guild Alliance had the upper hand.

In reality, both of them had suffered similar losses.

Bloody Rose wasn’t completely defeated though, as she had returned periodically to slay the newbies to provoke Dark Wing…

Oddly enough, aside from Li Yi’s arrow that made her drop six pieces of equipment, she did not drop any more despite the repeated deaths.

‘Maybe Carulla’s Arrow could increase item drop rates?”

Carulla’s Arrow’s description was still displaying three question marks, ‘???’ but Li Yi had determined that he could shoot the arrow once every 24 hours.

He called Fire Ice and Xu Man over to experiment with Carulla’s Arrow.

“Lil Man, stand there and don’t move. I want to try shooting at you.”

Fire Ice could revive her and since Xu Man was wearing Bloody Rose’s equipment, her HP had shot up to 7,500+, making her the perfect target.

“Do I need to take off my equipment?”

“Nope, I’m testing out its drop rate.”

“Fine, come at me.” Xu Man nodded her head and awaited her death.

After circling around Xu Man two times, he released his Powered-up Arrow at her, hitting the back of her cranium.

“Pew!”

Carulla’s Arrow went from the back of Xu Man’s head and pierced through her mouth. A golden damage counter appeared as well.

[−8,076]

[Critical Hit! Crippling Strike!]

Although the attack did not break her guard, the damage it dealt was sufficient to instantly drop Xu Man.

Ping…

A purple light emanated from Xu Man as she gently fell to the floor.

She really dropped an item…

Fire Ice immediately set out to revive her.

The arrow had indeed caused an item drop. Alas, it only dropped one equipment.

There was no way to test it further since Carulla’s Arrow could only be used once per day.

After Xu Man was revived, she used Stealth to sneak up behind Li Yi. With Black Dragon’s Fangs in hand, she launched a barrage of attacks on Li Yi.

[1 Combo!]

Woosh!

[1 Combo!]

Woosh!

[1 Combo!]

“What are you doing?”

“I’m practicing my combo attacks.”

“Oh, carry on then.”

[1 Combo!]

Woosh!

[1 Combo!]

Woosh!

[1 Combo!]

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