MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Before he learned Territory Power, Li Yi had always assumed Territory Power would only appear after the level cap was revised. It was only when he learned it that he realized he had thought wrong.

In truth, Territory Power had existed from the very first day King of Pantheon began running.

After he earned Cursing Sect Pope Shirui’s Heritage and accidentally obtained Territory Power, it took Li Yi quite a while to recover from that unexpected surprise. He had been maniacally completing quests lately, not just so he could level up later, but also so he could further improve on his Territory Power. Just like gaining levels, he needed immense amounts of EXP to enhance his Territory Power.

At first Li Yi had thought that fewer than three players had access to Territory Power until the Pantheon officials announced that there were seven of these Territory Masters in total, turning all of his assumptions on their head.

When faced with a Territory, nothing else stood a chance. Before, Li Yi could use his powerful equipment and many special skills to ace the game, but this did not mean he would always lead the pack.

In truth, the advantage he had from his reincarnation was fading as time passed…

It was just like two bottles of the same volume, one of which was full and the other empty. If you poured water into the empty bottle, it would fill up eventually, but could the full bottle get even fuller?

That was why Li Yi currently intended to break past the bottle’s restrictions and increase his volume without limits.

This was also the reason why he sold off all of his equipment and the skills that came with them.

“Seven… seven… Other than Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut and myself, who else could there be?”

Li Yi was a little dazed, a list of possible names running through his mind.

Jiaojiao held up a thin finger and waved it in front of Li Yi’s eyes. “Lil Yi’zi, Lil Yi’zi, didn’t you hear me? I asked you, what are these Pantheon Ruins?”

Li Yi returned to his senses. “Pantheon Ruins, huh…?

“I don’t know either.”

Jiaojiao poked his head angrily. “Get out!”

Li Yi shook his head and smiled wryly, thinking to himself, ‘The Pantheon Ruins will be of help to you, but what can they do for me?’

Just as Li Yi was lost in thought, he received the Pantheon Ruins Teleportation Scroll. Just as he expected, this entrance ticket was locked and could not be traded.

Li Yi shook his head. “How unfortunate.”

“What’s unfortunate? How do you use this thing? Oh, there are words on it! O ancient gods in deep slumber, heed my call…”

Li Yi nearly jumped, yanking Jiaojiao away. “Shut your mouth, don’t read it out!”

However, it was too late…

“Whoosh—”

Jiaojiao’s body turned into a flash of white light and vanished into nothing.

“Guild Master, this…” Unending Unmatched was stunned.

“We didn’t form a party, and she went in alone. Even if we went in now, we wouldn’t be together with her anymore.”

“Urk…”

“Unmatched, prepare some more potions and scrolls before going in. Don’t waste it like she did.”

Li Yi waved at Unending Unmatched and logged off.

He was worried about Jiaojiao, so he wanted to log off and give her some tips. What he did not expect, however, was that as soon as he logged off, Jiaojiao took off her headset too.

“You went in?”

“Yeah. It was really dark and scary in there.” Jiaojiao shook her little head.

“Then why did you log off?”

“I died, so I came out.”

“Y-Y-Y-You… Gah, you piss me off!”

Jiaojiao blinked. “Why so anxious? Lil Yi’zi, what’s in there?”

“If you can pass the trials in there, you’ll earn Territory Power.”

“Territory Power? Well, f*ck me, what a loss!”

“Exactly! Who asked you not to listen to me?”

“Ahh, crap, crap, that’s a huge loss! Can I still go in later?”

“Sure, but you’ll have to wait a long time.”

No matter who it was, the only way to learn Territory Power was to go to the Pantheon Ruins. The Territory Power Li Yi had now was also something he had learned there.

Jiaojiao kept asking so Li Yi explained it to her patiently. Just then, Fire Ice and Qian’er arrived to congratulate Li Yi on his win.

Fire Ice raised her hand shyly. “I suggest we have a drink to celebrate.”

Jiaojiao clapped her hands. “Sounds good to me.”

The majority won. Quan’er did not agree or disagree, while Li Yi remained silent. The other two girls put their thoughts into actions and began cooking up a storm. Soon, there was a large spread of food before them.

As they drank, Qian’er asked about Territory Power, and Li Yi did not hide anything from them, telling them everything he knew.

“Territory Power is kind of like a mode, like the Wizards’ Arcane Aura that increases their INT upon activation. In fact, Territory Power is actually the final evolution of all these aura-type skills. Upon activation, it grants immunity to all Abnormal Statuses and increases your hit recovery to 100. That means combos won’t work on you.

“When Territory Power is activated, all of your character’s attributes will increase, and depending on the strength of your Territory Power, that increase could be huge. It’s not obvious in the beginning, but as you grow stronger, it becomes very formidable.

“However, Territory Power is just the beginning. If you want to get even better, you have to learn Territory Skills. These are very, extremely overpowered abilities, and they’re also how I managed to kill Tyrant Sword King the Fifth with one hit.”

Fire Ice’s little face was red as she bumped into Li Yi’s chest. “Come, Guild Master, let’s drink! Cheers to you!”

They gave a toast before Qian’er continued to ask, “How long does this Territory Power last? And most importantly, how do we learn it?”

“If I don’t use any Territory Skills, my Territory can probably last three or four hours, maybe more. I’ve never tried it out. And as long as you can enter the Pantheon Ruins, anyone can learn it.”

“How do we get in?” Jiaojiao asked.

Li Yi glared at her. “Open your mouth.”

Jiaojiao opened her little mouth and Li Yi stuffed a piece of braised meat in it.

“Just like that.”

“Mrgh…”

The piece of braised meat was too large, and Jiaojiao’s little mouth was completely stuffed.

Li Yi huffed, “You wasted your chance, so why’d you ask me?

“There’s a chance you could obtain a Pantheon Ruins Teleportation Scroll if you accept Hidden Quests. That’s how I did it, but I’m not sure if there are any other methods.

Li Yi was quite exasperated too. If he had known a way to enter the Pantheon Ruins at will, he would have long since told the others. However, he had gone in using extremely unconventional means, so others could not emulate him at all.

Fire Ice raised her glass again. “Guild Master, one more toast. Thank you.”

Jiaojiao stood up. “Well, aren’t you being a good sport today, Ice? Come on, I’ll drink with you.”

The two girls threw their heads back and emptied their glasses.

Next to them, Qian’er applauded, her glass as full as it was when they began.

Li Yi said, “Big-tits Qian, why aren’t you drinking?”

Qian’er glared at him and secretly lowered her body, trying to pull her chest back slightly.

She really hated it when others said she was large, when the fact remained that she was huge.

Fire Ice filled her glass and raised it again. “Guild Master, cheers to you!”

Just as Li Yi picked up his glass, his phone rang.

Jiaojiao’s eyes were bleary from the wine. “Which girl is it? Tell her you’re busy, this is a threesome…”

He glanced at the number. It was Little Elf from the Magical Realm.

“All the potions at the auction sold out!” Missus Rong’s excited voice reached his ears.

“Is anyone else selling?”

Li Yi took his phone and walked out of the bedroom.

Jiaojiao harrumphed. “Tch, acting all secretive even though it’s just a phone call. There must be something between them.”

“Lil Jiao.”

Qian’er approached her, putting one arm around Jiaojiao’s waist and playing with her earlobe with her other hand.

“Whatchu doing? That tickles.”

“I wanna ask you something. That punk’s such a flirt, so aren’t you the least bit angry?”

“I’m not his wife, so why should I be?”

“Haha…”

“Lemme tell you, my mom and my dad…”

Jiaojiao was drunk too, so she told Qian’er all about her family situation.

“Hey, you guys, let’s drink! Drink!”

Fire Ice the Glasses Girl could not find a drinking buddy, so she started drinking by herself.

Li Yi went online.

Using the Reusable Teleportation Stone, Li Yi instantly returned to Mermaid Sea and began to buy every Sacred Potion he could get his hands on.

The Sacred Potions he put on auction for 8 Gold Pieces each had sold out, but now there were a few more dastardly profiteers in the auctions trying to take a share of his business, selling Sacred Potions for 10 Gold Pieces a pop.

The only player who could obtain Sacred Potions right now was Li Yi alone, so he immediately knew that these profiteers had bought all their wares from him.

The Sacred Potions sold at 8 Gold Coins apiece at the Auction House had sold out, so now the selling price was 10 Gold Coins a bottle.

Li Yi bought 100 Sacred Potions at once and mailed them to Little Elf from the Magical Realm.

“Don’t sell them yet, let’s observe for a bit.”

The price of the potions at the Auction House remained very stable, not budging from 10 Gold Coins per bottle.

“I bought them at 6 Coins but sold them at 10. Hehe, I’m such a genius.”

Panda-eyed Autumn Love had not slept for two days. As soon as the competition ended, she had run straight to the Auction House.

There was no end to a person’s greed, and with Autumn Love’s smarts, it was very hard for her to lose money. However, one should not be too greedy, because if she kept trying to pull off these little tricks, she would wind up being the one who lost out in the end.

Over a dozen profiteers sustained huge losses overnight, and with the exception of Autumn Love, all of them had no more cash in their hands. All they had was a pile of Sacred Potions that was rapidly losing value.

How should they deal with the stock in their hands? The Sacred Potions at the Auction House had fallen to 8 Gold Coins each, so even if they wanted to sell theirs, they could not afford the losses…

Autumn Love approached them and offered 6 Gold Coins for their Sacred Potions.

It cost slightly over 5 Gold Coins to create Divine Essence and Mana Spring, and the market prices were 7 and 8 Gold Coins respectively. Sacred Potions were much more effective than both of those, so naturally, it would not cost so little to make either. At the very least, it must not cost less than 8 Gold Coins.”

“8 Gold Coins is the lowest value!”

Autumn Love calculated it carefully and was very sure of this. That was why she had the guts to search out those profiteers.

“Brother Xian, what should we do?”

“You decide, Brother Xian.”

“Didn’t Black Autumn make a ton of losses? Why does she still have the money to buy our wares?”

“Good point…”

These profiteers were cunning people to begin with, so how could they not understand what Autumn Love was trying to do?”

“Oh-ho, that Black Autumn is trying to swindle us too!”

The most capable of these profiteers, Brother Xian, was so angry that his body shook. If there was something people in their line of work hated the most, it was these little shady tricks.

“Brothers, we’ll lose for sure this time, but do you have the guts to go for the big game with me?”

“Brother Xian, what game? Just tell us!”

“We’ll follow you to the ends of the earth!”

Brother Xian responded to Autumn Love. “Lil Autumn, how many will you take at 6 Gold Coins each?”

“As many as you can give me.”

“Alright, we’ll give you all of them. Guess we’ll just have to take these losses, sigh…”

“I’ll take them all!”

Autumn Love bought all of the stock the dozen profiteers had left. She was absolutely certain that 8 Gold Coins was the lowest price, so she was sure she would not lose money here.

Li Yi did not put up his wares for sale, and the Sacred Potions sold for 8 Gold Coins each vanished from the Auction House. All that remained was a smattering of stock sold at random prices.

That was when Autumn Love put her stock up for sale at 10 Gold Coins each…

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