MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Once all the Karan City demons that had been camping at the Foreignland Entrance retreated, Li Yi and Jiaojiao headed for the Seventh Demonic Domain.

After spending some time on farming equipment, many players now had the right to farm monsters inside the Sixth Demonic Domain. The higher level the map, the better equipment it dropped. Now that the Seventh Demon God was dead and the Path of Darkness was open, the players who had been held back all this time naturally surged forth, every one of them refusing to be last.

In the Demonic Forest of the Sixth Demonic Domain, there were players killing monsters everywhere. However, many players did not immediately understand the changes that came with the new map, and so they got a free ticket back to the city before they even managed to kill a monster.

The demons of the Sixth Demonic Domain all had a certain degree of intelligence. Take the monsterlings for examples— they did not just stand there idly while the players killed them. Instead, when their HP became low, they would summon their comrades or run away.

They used ambushes, retreated, summoned their comrades, created traps, and threw bombs… Just like that, the monsterlings of the Sixth Demonic Domain taught the players a harsh lesson.

There were also many oblivious players who discovered the Karan City in the middle of the Demonic Forest and were overjoyed, as though they had discovered a new continent. They called their friends and formed a party, hoping to wash the city with blood.

Needless to say, it did not turn out that way…

There were several million demons camped out inside Karan City. Trying to form an army and raid them now was nothing short of suicidal.

The players gave it a few tries before they obediently retreated back to the Demonic Forest, where they could safely focus their attention on killing straggled monsterlings. For now, they had given up on attacking the city.

Before Li Yi and Jiaojiao arrived at Karan City, Brother Windcloud Nine led one attack, but even he could just barely enter the city. As for the others, they died before they even made it past the front gates.

“There are a ton of demons inside, and I even saw a demon shop.” Brother Windcloud Nine did not die for nothing; at least he brought back some useful information.

While Brother Windcloud Nine issued a full retreat, Li Yi and Jiaojiao successfully entered the city and made a beeline for the nameless hut, where they rendezvoused with Qian’er.

Qian’er had been running many quests, so now she could survive in Karan City even without Li Yi’s help.

Aragon had gone out of the city, so they had to wait for him to return before they could turn in the quest. It would be a long wait, though.

“Come with me!”

Li Yi called the two women over, and they snuck out of the Uninhabited Straw Hut.

After so many twists and turns down rendered the two women dizzy, they finally arrived at their destination.

It was the Infuser Naixiu.

“Go and talk to her.”

Li Yi gave the trash equipment he had bought in advance to Jiaojiao and Qian’er.

Although his Level 6 Infusion meant that it did not really matter if Jiaojiao and Qian’er learned Infusion, he still wanted to find out if, as the player who learned Infusion first, his Infusion was any different from that of other players.

“Too bad I don’t have anymore Rainbow Diamonds on me. Or else I’d give it another try…” mumbled Li Yi to himself.

Qian’er said, confused, “A Rainbow Diamond? What’s that do?”

Li Yi pointed at Naixiu. “It lets you learn a skill here.”

Qian’er pulled out a handful of sparkling Rainbow Diamonds and handed them to Li Yi. “Is it this one?”

It was a huge handful of Rainbow Diamonds, at least 150 of them…

Li Yi stared, dumbstruck, for a long while. He then grabbed Qian’er’s head and gave her a few hard kisses.

Jiaojiao yelled, “Ew, yuck, someone’s being a perv, someone’s being a perv!”

Qian’er shoved him aside and glared at him. “You’re taking advantage of me again! You’re shameless!”

Qian’er had looted these Rainbow Diamonds from the Water World treasure chest, but she did not know how important they were. She thought they were just useless rare gems, which was why she never told Li Yi about them. She had just kept them in her Backpack without ever touching them.

Her having Rainbow Diamonds was without a doubt an unexpected surprise, so Li Yi did not hold back, feeding the Rainbow Diamonds to Naixiu one after the other.

If one wanted to level up their Attribute Infusion, the only way was to feed this Infuser with her favorite Rainbow Diamonds.

In no time at all, more than 50 Rainbow Diamonds were gone, but Naixiu still only thanked him with a smile without mentioning a word about increasing his Infusion level.

What was the meaning of this? Could Attribute Infusion only reach Level 6 at the highest?

Li Yi was stuck.

In the past life, he had never had so many Rainbow Diamonds to spend on Attribute Infusion, so he had only ever reached the most basic Level 1 Infusion.

In fact, the mere fact that Rainbow Diamonds could be used to increase one’s Attribute Infusion only got out because some players posted about it on the forums.

However, that was also the extent of Li Yi’s knowledge. He had no idea what the upper limit for one’s Infusion level was, if there was one.

Li Yi refused to give up and continued to feed Naixiu Rainbow Diamonds…

Rainbow Diamonds were very rare and had many uses, so each time he gave her one, Li Yi’s heart ached.

When the 150 Rainbow Diamonds were almost all gone, Naixiu finally nodded and told him, “Attribute Infusion is a skill we demons take extreme pride in. Unfortunately, my knowledge of it is not perfect. This is all I can give you…”

Naixiu took out a black card and gave it to Li Yi.

“Take this, and you may yet learn even more advanced Attribute Infusion.”

Li Yi held up the card, looked at it, and was instantly exasperated…

It was a Level 6 Master Infuser Certificate.

…

Jiaojiao and Qian’er were completely lost, still watching him from the side obliviously. Most of a player’s interactions with NPCs were private, so others could not see what was happening.

Li Yi did not explain to them. He just shook his head helplessly and led them away.

He had used 150 Rainbow Diamonds and earned a Level 6 Master Infuser Certificate in return, but he had no idea if that thing could even be used…

If it truly was utterly useless, then what a waste that would be…

The three of them wandered aimlessly around Karan City, accepting every quest that they could. After spending half an hour on these quests, they finally headed toward Aragon’s hut.

When they looked inside, Aragon was home, but there were also two ugly green-skinned demons standing next to him.

They were players!

Li Yi recognized them in an instant.

Only upper-class demons could enter Aragon’s hut freely, so such lower-class green-skinned demons had to be players in disguise.

When the two players-turned-demons saw Li Yi’s party of three, they were slightly stunned too. One of them even instinctively reached for both sides of their waist.

This one was a Thief.

Li Yi narrowed his eyes and made another deduction.

Only Thieves would keep their weapons tied on both sides of their waists.

The other green-skinned demon gave the demon Thief a light shove, stopping the latter from reaching for his weapons.

Once a player launched an attack in Karan City, their morph would vanish instantly, and they would have to wait 24 hours before they could morph again.

‘That was fast. It hasn’t been long at all, but there are already players following Aragon into the city.’

Li Yi mused before he pointed at the two green-skinned demons, shouting at Aragon, “Aragon, who are these people?”

His tone was harsh, as though he was a superior demanding an answer.

In truth, he was also morphed to look like a lower-class demon, so if the other party was knowledgeable, that line alone would have blown his cover.

Nevertheless, it was safe to say that he pulled such a bluff because he was confident that the other side had no idea.

Li Yi was a hundred percent sure that these two players had never entered Karan City before this. In that case, it would be strange if they did know the difference between lower- and upper-class demons.

Aragon glanced at Li Yi and said crossly, “Just think of them as my friends.”

Aragon then waved at the two green-skinned demons irritably. “Go back. I’m tired.”

The two green-skinned demons exchanged a glance, but neither spoke a word.

When Li Yi first came here, Aragon had chased him away too, and now the same thing was happening to the two green-skinned demons.

“Be careful, you mustn’t let strangers into our midst!”

Li Yi yelled to complete the act, leading Jiaojiao and Qian’er out of the hut.

He really wanted to know who the two green-skinned demons were, so he did not really leave. Instead, he waited outside patiently.

When Aragon brought a player into Karan City for the first time, he would inevitably end up chasing them away. This was when the players were in the most danger because if they did not find the Uninhabited Straw Hut, they would more likely than not end up dying to demons.

Not long later, the two green-skinned demons walked out of the hut. Li Yi blocked their way, saying that he needed to interrogate them.

How would the two green-skinned demons know any better? Despite their anxiety, they had no choice but to answer Li Yi’s questions, unable to leave.

Their time in morph was running out…

Li Yi asked, “What did you eat last night?”

“We didn’t…”

“Can you two use magic?”

“No..”

“Why are you so skinny?”

“It’s not like we had a choice…”

Li Yi’s questions were ridiculous. Jiaojiao and Qian’er were hiding far away, but they could hear every word, and they had to clap their hands over their mouths as they giggled.

Just then, Li Yi calculated the time they had left and nodded. “Alright, that’s it for the interrogation. You can leave now.”

“Thanks…”

The two green-skinned demons looked at Li Yi gratefully and then ran away in a hurry. After taking just over twenty steps, their morph ran out at the same time, revealing their true faces.

It was the God of Massacre, Jiggly, and Dark God Empyrean South!

“So it was them…” Li Yi saw their faces clearly.

“Kill the intruders!”

“Slaughter these cursed, lowly vermin!”

“Kill them…”

“All lowly vermin must die!”

Several hundred upper-class demons appeared all of a sudden and surrounded them, killing them in an instant…

Jiggly and Empyrean South knew where their powers stood. After they fell, they immediately released their corpses and returned to their countries, free of charge.

Only a tiny handful of players could survive their first trip to Karan City without knowing about the Uninhabited Straw Hut. Even if Li Yi had not stalled them this time, their chances of survival were not high.

“Let’s go, girls. It’s our turn to get to business.”

Li Yi waved at Jiaojiao and Qian’er, entering Aragon’s hut once more.

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