MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi paid no mind to Black Autumn as he continued camping at the dungeon entrance and waited patiently.

Since the Glory Instance Dungeon had yet to be released and the other Instance Dungeon’s first kills had already been claimed, for the past few days, there was nothing much to do aside from running Black Rock Mountain once every day.

Recently, the peacefulness of Tidal Throne was also disrupted. There were players going in and out every day, and they were there for no other reason than the Legendary equipment that dropped from the Vile King.

Though many players came every day, those that were able to clear it were few and far between. Since the tactic for defeating the Vile King was complicated, those who knew it had no difficulty clearing it. However, those who did not would find it beyond difficult.

In a short span of an hour, Li Yi had already observed at least 20 parties entering Tidal Throne.

A moment later, another five red dots came swimming over. They had gold hair, azure blue eyes, were massive, and they were all Southern Continent players.

“Kill the foreigners!”

Those five Southern Continent players had poor luck, as they encountered players from the Invincible Continent immediately after arriving. Ever since the release of the Light and Dark Instances, the animosity between the three major camps was no longer resolvable, and now meeting here basically spelled inevitable battle.

Both parties crossed swords and before long, another ten or so Invincible Continent players came out from the dungeon. The new participants charged forward, and together they took down all five of the Southern Continent players.

This was the territory of the Invincible Continent, and they feared no foreigners as they could call for backup easily with a single shout.

“Camp them! Camp them!”

The ten or so Invincible Continent players were brimming with enthusiasm.

Just as the players from the Invincible Continent started prancing around the corpses of the Southern Continent players, the Western Continent players that had entered Tidal Throne a moment ago came barreling out and launched a pre-emptive strike.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Out of the three players from the Western Continent, the Archer was undoubtedly the strongest. Every arrow he launched took down its target, and without much of an effort, the ten or so Invincible Continent players were dead in the water.

“Daybreak, your skills are improving,” chuckled the Orc Warrior.

“You ain’t bad yourself. For a Violent Warrior to take down five targets underwater, it ain’t bad at all.” The Archer laughed heartily.

“Let’s leave quickly. Otherwise, we won’t be able to retreat once they call for backup,” urged the Priest.

“What a waste, these guys only dropped trash items. Sigh.”

The Archer let out an exasperated sigh and summoned out his seahorse mount to take his leave.

Poof! Poof!

The other two players called out their mounts as well and tailed the Archer.

Back at the entrance to Tidal Throne, the five players from the Southern Continent hurriedly got up and made a mad dash towards the dungeon…

Li Yi summoned Mermaid Princess and gave chase to the three Western Continent players.

Mermaid Princess was many orders of magnitudes faster than the seahorses. At its top speed, it only needed a minute to catch up to them.

Tch-psh-bish-tst-pst-brrrr—

“Powered-up Arrow!”

Li Yi drew his Orange Quality Bow and shot the Priest.

“Thud!”

An arrow pierced through the Priest’s skull, dealing critical damage of [−12,876], instantly turning the Priest into a corpse.

“Crippling Shot! Meteor Arrow! Meteor Arrow…” Li Yi’s second target was the Archer since the Warrior had a thick HP bar but held no offensive threat. As such, the moment he settled the Archer would mean the end of these three players.

“Dark Wing!”

The Archer yelped in surprise and had already raised his bow.

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

Both of them hit at the same time. A damage counter of [−4,345] appeared on top of Li Yi’s head, but for the Western Continent Archer, it was [−8,764]!

“Are you Shoot Until Daybreak?” Li Yi asked while he fired. Naturally, he was familiar with Shoot Until Daybreak, but the Archer before him looked nothing like the Shoot Until Daybreak he knew. He had a plain face, and it felt as if he had used Trickery Ring.

The Archer stiffened up but reverted quickly. He coldly snorted, “I didn’t expect you to know me. Hehe, I was just about to look for you, but here you are, delivering yourself to me.”

“Charge!”

The Orc Warrior Charged towards Li Yi underwater. However, it was easily swatted away by Mermaid Princess’ beautiful tail.

Since they were underwater, the Legendary Mount, Mermaid Princess reigned supreme!

Li Yi totally ignored the Orc Warrior and focused on Shoot Until Daybreak.

“Shoot at Random!”

Shoot Until Daybreak twirled around and launched arrows at all directions.

“Meteor Arrow! Meteor Arrow!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Due to Mermaid Princess’ speed, none of Shoot Until Daybreak’s arrows could touch Li Yi. In addition, Li Yi’s Meteor Arrow was as fast as a meteor, and due to this, Shoot Until Daybreak could not dodge even if he tried. With little effort, seven arrows were successfully lodged inside him.

“Daybreak, stand behind me!”

With a furious roar, the Orc Warrior swam towards Shoot Until Daybreak to become his shield.

“Powered-up Arrow!”

Tch-psh-bish-tst-pst-brrrr—

“Boom! Boom!”

The Orc Warrior was struck by the arrow, and so was Shoot Until Daybreak. They were pierced like a Tanghulu ¹ .

Shoot Until Daybreak was at low health and the Orc Warrior could not even lay a finger on Li Yi. Li Yi undoubtedly had the upper-hand in this battle.

“Fine, fine, I admit that Pantheon’s Number One Archer is certainly impressive. However, if I had the courage to enter the Invincible Continent, I would definitely not fear you.”

Shoot Until Daybreak gritted his teeth, produced a bullet-shaped helmet, and slipped it onto his head.

Li Yi widened his eyes.

The Epic Helmet was his long-sought item, that refused to drop even after defeating the boss several times. It was none other than the Vile King’s Brainwashing Helm!

A ray of crimson light burst forth from the brainwashing helm. It was extremely fast, and before he could manage to dodge, it had already entered Li Yi’s body.

System Notification: [The Brainwashing Helm has taken its effect. You have temporarily lost your control…]

“Hahahaha…”

Shoot Until Daybreak laughed maniacally. He suddenly raised both of his hands, and Li Yi followed suit. When Shoot Until Daybreak put them down, Li Yi did the same as well.

The Brainwashing Helm had taken effect, and Li Yi was under Shoot Until Daybreak’s control.

Indeed, the Epic Equipment that dropped from the Vile King was pretty good, but the best was the Brainwashing Helm that enabled players to control others…

“Old Ba kill him! He can’t move right now!”

Shoot Until Daybreak bellowed at the Orc Warrior.

The Orc Warrior’s eyes lit up, and he swam towards Li Yi with haste…

“D*mmit!”

Li Yi’s body was wholly under Shoot Until Daybreak’s control, and though Shoot Until Daybreak’s Engineering level was below his, he had no problem maintaining one minute of mind control.

With his body under control, he could not use any skills or special skills to dispel the effect. He was in a precarious position…

The Orc Warrior swung his blade down, but Mermaid Princess automatically evaded, causing the Orc Warrior’s attack to miss.

The Orc Warrior turned his head around and shouted, “Daybreak, this won’t do! His mermaid mount can dodge my attacks!”

“Just carry on! I’ll do what I can on my end!”

Shoot Until Daybreak rolled his eyes and came up with an idea. He controlled Li Yi and forced him to strangle Mermaid Princess. His idea was that Mermaid Princess would dismiss herself if she could not breathe.

“Good idea! What a great idea!”

The Orc Warrior hopped with joy, and once again swung his sword down onto Li Yi…

Thud!

The sword landed squarely onto Li Yi’s shoulders.

[−4,754]

Having her neck strangled had caused Mermaid Princess great pain. She glumly glanced at her owner, and then at Shoot Until Daybreak. With a flap of her beautiful tail, she swiftly charged towards Shoot Until Daybreak.

“What the f*ck!”

Shoot Until Daybreak was focused on using the Brainwashing Helm, and he did not anticipate Mermaid Princess charging at him. His concentration was broken when he dodged to the side, and with that, the Brainwashing Helm’s effect on Li Yi had vanished. “Retribution Windstorm! Flaming Dragon’s Roar! Crippling Strike! Carulla’s Arrow!”

There was no way Li Yi was going to let this opportunity slip away. He launched Carulla’s Arrow and with that, Shoot Until Daybreak collapsed.

Ding!

A shiny bullet-shaped helmet dropped out from Shoot Until Daybreak, and Mermaid Princess surged forward rapidly. Li Yi extended his hand and scooped the item up.

‘I’ve gotten the Brainwashing Helm at last!’

“Meteor Arrow…” Li Yi spun around to deal with the Orc Warrior. After ten seconds, the battle was over. The Orc Warrior was also rather unfortunate, as the sword in his hand and his armor dropped at the same time and were immediately snapped up by Li Yi.

“Dark Wing, you and I cannot coexist!” Shoot Until Daybreak bellowed while lying on the ground.

Li Yi coldly spat, “I’ve never intended to become friends with you.”

Li Yi took out Divine Looking Glass, keyed in Shoot Until Daybreak, and observed his equipment. After doing so, he finally understood the change in his appearance.

Shoot Until Daybreak did not have a Trickery Ring, instead, he had a special accessory on him, called Hypocrite’s Mask, which allowed him to change his appearance.

“I couldn’t get this item even after grinding it for a long time. You have my thanks man!”

Now that he had gotten his hands on the Brainwashing Helm, Li Yi was in an extraordinarily good mood.

“Let’s go Lil’ Mermaid!” Li Yi gently patted Mermaid Princess.

Mermaid Princess showed off its speed and sped away.

“Thank you so much for your help this time.” Li Yi caressed Mermaid Princess’ lustrous hair. He was in a good mood. Had his mount not been Mermaid Princess, he would have been in real danger.

Ding! Ding!

System Notification: [Due to the praise received, Mermaid Princess is extremely delighted. Your Affinity with Mermaid Princess has risen by 1,000 points.]

“Hahaha…” Li Yi was overjoyed.

He set Mermaid Princess on auto-pilot and checked out the stats of the Brainwashing Helm.

[Vile King’s Brainwashing Helm (Epic Quality)]

[Equipment Level: Level 50]

[END +300]

[AGI +300]

[INT +300]

[WIL +300]

[Reduces damage received by 10%.]

[Special Effect: Increases the resistance to all control skills by 50%.]

[Special Skill: Releases a brainwashing ray of light. If it succeeds, the target will be mind-controlled. If it fails, the user’s mana would be reduced by half. Brainwash lasts for 30 seconds, and the cooldown is 5 minutes. (For every level of the user’s Engineering Skill, the mind control duration would be doubled. Furthermore, the odds of success would also be greatly increased.)]

…

He had farmed the Vile King for close to a year and it did not drop, he never expected it to drop that easily from other players…

Li Yi was in a great mood.

The item drop rates from players were abysmal within King of Pantheon. However, the almighty Carulla’s Arrow seemed to increase the chances of player drops. Li Yi was still completely certain of the hypothesis though, and he still wanted to verify it when he had time.

Just as Mermaid Princess’ speed was in full swing, Pretty Good Mood sent over a message.

“Guild Master, are you there? Something’s happened!”

“What’s up?”

“Bird in the Warehouse was scammed!”

“Who’s that?” Li Yi lagged for a moment.

“He’s the Thief that rolled Deathcharger last time! He was scammed for 5,000,000 Gold Coins at the Auction House!”

“Alright, wait for me! I’m coming!”

Li Yi dispelled Mermaid Princess, gripped his Return City Stone and teleported back to the Celestial Capital…

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