MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi retreated tens of meters back while Sister Windcloud Nine took the chance when Mutated Yuge was turning its head to resurrect and ran behind Ouyang Qian.

It was then tha major reinforcements came — Fluttering Snow Alliance, Arthur’s Empire, Legendary Tribe, Reigning the World… More and more players arrived.

There was a time limit for players going into the second phase of the battle. Once the time limit was up, the number of players could not be increased any longer.

Li Yi looked into the number of survivors left in the party, it was 2,865.

“Guild Master, how do we play this?” Unending Unmatched walked over.

Li Yi raised his voice, “Those with 10,000 DEF step forward.”

Thirty-seven main tanks walked out of the line. Their DEF were at least 10,000 in value.

“Buff up!”

At the sparkle of glows, their regular buffs were cast. It was not long before a bunch of statuses boosted up on all the players.

Buffs were advantageous, hence Li Yi would always equip all regular buffs to enhance HP, ATK, mana, increasing his overall attributes by 50%.

Fully equipped with regular buffs, Li Yi issued the order to strike.

Without any clear vision of tactical strategy and orders to just go ahead, the main tanks charged up without a clue.

Li Yi has never played Glory dungeon in his past life, but he knew a little about Mutated Yuge, the final boss. The reason was simple, Mutated Yuge was voted as the most mindless boss for two consecutive years.

Yeap, it was only a body without a soul. Naturally, it would not have much of an IQ.

The most mindless boss meant the strategy to take it down is the most straightforward. This was why when Li Yi dared to launch an attack the moment he could.

The thirty-eight main tanks, including Unending Unmatched, flanked and encircled Mutated Yuge.

“Howl howl—”

Mutated Yuge roared as it smashed both its fists. It smashed whoever came its way or stood before it. Its ATK was pretty simple without any fancy moves. It was smashing with just its bare hands…

Mutated Yuge was punching at high frequency and high damage. Even those buffed main tanks were flooded with over [-20,000] damages, crippling five men in a blink of an eye…

A boss without no fancy moves was simple, yet ruthless. The way it attacked was so simple a noob could tell what it was doing.

At the back, several thousand were pulling their weight. Healers were pulling out their best moves — Holy Light Illumination, Breath of Fresh Air, Holy Light Sign amongst the fiercest skills unleashed. However, in actuality, the main tanks’ HP were plunging quickly with no signs of stopping.

With their efforts mostly in vain, it has not been one minute before only five out of the thirty-eight main tanks were left standing.

Unending Unmatched, Amber Sword Heart, Fallen Star, Brother Windcloud Nine, and Nightly Feather Mourn.

Nightly Feather Mourn was a main tank Warrior of Fluttering Snow Alliance. He never made it into the Top Ten Main Tanks rank in the past life, awkwardly taking the 11th place. Even so, his ability should not be underestimated as he is one of the trump cards of Fluttering Snow Alliance.

Brother Windcloud Nine was all about equipment. He took on all of Mutated Yuge’s heavy fists, without dodging or evading. The damage he suffered was the least amongst all the main tanks.

A +13 enhanced equipment was nothing against players but against monsters, its effect was powerful enough!

Apart from Brother Windcloud Nine, the other four players emphasized on technique, using Block to minimize damage and their shield to defend against heavy blows.

If Mutated Yuge’s attack frequency was any lesser, any powerful tank could easily resist against it. It was a shame though, the situation was otherwise. Mutated Yuge was so quick in its attack that the main tank could Block the first time but not the second.

A while later, the No. 1 of the Top Ten Main Tanks, Amber Sword Heart collapsed, followed by Fallen Star, Nightly Feather Mourn, Unending Unmatched…

Brother Windcloud Nine was still hanging on, striking this mindless boss. He was struggling the least.

Fallen players utilized their Light Amulet but those without Light Amulet remained on the ground.

Fortunately, inside the dungeon had different rules from the wild. There was a time limit to remain a corpse in the wild while within the dungeon, there was no such restriction. One could lie as long as they liked.

The main tanks were off and up on their feet in very quick, while the players behind watched with their hearts pounding. The DPS and healers only needed to fire and heal respectively without moving from their positions in this mindless battle.

All relied on the main tanks. Victory was guaranteed as long the main tank stood firm but the consequences would be disastrous should the main tank fall.

Shield Wall, Holy Shield Spell, Wind Shield’s Protection, such survival skills of these main tanks were useless against Mutated Yuge. Mutated Yuge may not have any skills, but its normal attack could cause Guard Break, Shield Break, and Invincibility Break.

Staying true to Fist to Flesh, this was Mutated Yuge!

When Mutated Yuge’s HP dropped to 82%, there were only two left out of the thirty-eight main tanks.

Brother Windcloud Nine and Amber Sword Heart!

Brother Windcloud Nine has not died even once while Amber Sword Heart died twice. The latter was in luck, when he was almost pulverized the third time, Dark Honor was triggered and he resurrected on the spot at full health.

“Brother Nine, we’re counting on you!”

The players at the periphery were hot with emotion. Anyone could tell that only Brother Windcloud Nine, this super equipment brute could stand up to Mutated Yuge, this high ATK mindless boss.

“Is he your husband?”

At the back of the party, Fire Wizard, Lin Qian, and Curse Priest Sister Windcloud Nine were having a brief chat.

“Yeah, my husband’s awesome.” Sister Windcloud Nine was proud.

“Better than Dark Wing?”

“Er…”

“Beauty, add me as a friend,” Lin Qian smiled as she sent a friend request to Sister Windcloud Nine.

At the front, Amber Sword Heart lucked out and triggered another Dark Honor upon death to revive again.

Amber Sword Heart has 100,000 HP while Brother Windcloud Nine has 150,000 HP. No matter the damage reduction or DEF value, Brother Nine has the upper hand.

Facing Mutated Yuge’s frenzied blows, Brother Windcloud Nine would not die as long as a healer kept hitting the heal button. However, the same circumstance would not work on Amber Sword Heart. He was more suited to tank against a boss with techniques.

When Mutated Yuge’s HP dropped to 70%, its body slowly turned red. This was the sign to go Berserk.

“It’s going to strike hard!” Brother Windcloud Nine turned anxious.

“Bp! Bp! Bp! Bp!”

Li Yi held on to the Orange Quality Bow as he stood in front of the pillar the hostages were tied to, helplessly shaking his head.

Pope Shirui and Great Lord Moigne had lost consciousness, unable to lend a hand to the party.

It was then the surface of Orange Quality Bow shimmered red, gradually heating up.

With Inextinguishable Tinder in play, he could not use it for now.

A few days ago, Li Yi bought some integration materials from the Auction House and Hunter Goddess was able to absorb a little from Inextinguishable Tinder using these materials, buying Li Yi more time to use Orange Quality Bow.

Li Yi stored his Orange Quality Bow and switched to his Purple Quality Bow to continue attacking.

Mutated Yuge’s HP suddenly dropped drastically. Its body may have turned red and its ATK rose high, but DEF would drop in exchange.

Main tanks whose DEF were not past the 10,000 value mark pounced ahead. Even if they were not able to resist, it was still better than being benched.

There were countless people collapsing but countless people stood back up, back and forth for a while until there was only Brother Windcloud Nine left.

With its HP at 50%, Mutated Yuge’s body turned pale red. Its ATK grew stronger.

Brother Windcloud Nine’s HP was hopping up and down like a roller coaster, unpredictable…

All healers of the party had their eyes fixated on Brother Windcloud Nine. Healers could not just mindlessly cast heals, they needed to time them.

There was always an interval between skills. If heal was used on a target with full HP, it was a complete waste. If a target’s HP is lost and recovered in less than one second, and the heal required several seconds of channeling time, if that could be done, that would be the mark of a true master.

Taking Iron Alliance as an example, Little Elf from the Magical Realm and Nirvana Inaction were such a master. Wu Old Wolf was still lacking a tad while Fire Ice was, in Li Yi’s words, a natural airhead…

Everyone knew that if Brother Windcloud Nine went down, this party would face TPK. His fate alone was closely linked to the entire party’s survival.

The most nervous of them all was not Brother Windcloud Nine but his wife, Sister Windcloud Nine.

Seeing Brother Windcloud Nine’s HP going up and down, unleashing her own skills was the furthest from her mind. She clenched her staff tight while holding her breath. She was so nervous, she did not even realize Qian’er groping her breasts.

“Quite huge.”

“What?”

“Nothing.”

“Howl howl—”

It was then Mutated Yuge’s HP dropped to 45% and its body turned completely red.

It was in Berserk mode!

“F*ck me!”

“OMG!”

Everyone knew the consequences of Berserk. They were all stunned at the moment.

They saw Mutated Yuge abandon beating Brother Windcloud Nine up and ran to the front of the pillar to slam its giant fists on Great Lord Moigne.

“Ah ah…”

Great Lord Moigne returned to consciousness from the attack. The HP displayed on his head was falling quick…

“Stop staring into blank space, healers! Heal Great Lord!”

Li Yi returned the healers to their senses with his loud voice. They locked in on Great Lord to cast their skills.

Great Lord’s HP has a great upper limit of 90 million. As long as they did not reach the upper limit, they were not wasting their mana. The healers cast their skills together, maintaining Great Lord’s HP at the 5 million mark (Moigne was in a deeply wounded state), without having it drop.

Mutated Yuge trashed Great Lord Moigne for a prolonged period but he did not die. The red on its body faded away.

Berserk status was gone.

“Howl howl—”

Mutated Yuge turned around and gave up on hitting Great Lord. It was now pursuing Brother Windcloud Nine.

“F*ck me, is this boss dumb or what?”

“It went Berserk but didn’t come hit us. It went after an NPC…”

“Stupid!”

Mutated Yuge sans Berserk state was no challenge on Brother Windcloud Nine. He stood there and took the punches, having his HP maintained above 50%.

Once Mutated Yuge’s HP dropped to 40%, its body turned red and it gave up on Brother Windcloud Nine again, heading for the pillar to beat up Pope Shirui.

Compared to Great Lord Moigne, Pope Shirui was lame, because her HP upper limit was only 100 thousand…

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