MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

“60%…50%…40%…”

The Iron Alliance party had only entered two Dark Gates and had already managed to bring the seemingly invincible Soul King down to 40% HP. This was major progress, and it greatly excited the members of the party.

A day before, their current progress would be unfathomable as even the term, ‘Godspeed’ was an understatement when describing their current rate of progress.

“Hahaha! Guild Master, you’re too godly! How on earth did you figure this out?”

“Incredible. Absolutely incredible.”

“Heh, as long as you use your mental muscles, it isn’t hard to figure it out.”

Naturally, Li Yi would never admit that his idea had come from a weird, ecstasy-filled dream. As such, he randomly fabricated an excuse and went with it.

“I have awoken from my deep slumber…”

The Soul King brought its hands together, and a golden cloak of light shrouded its body, lifting it off the ground.

Shangguan Bailu gave the order to cease fire. After battling it numerous times, she had figured out that unless the Soul King was in some kind of abnormal state, they should not attack it.

After all, everyone here had felt Thunder of Heavenly Punishment’s might before.

“Do you want to taste the might of a god?”

The Soul King suddenly waved its hand and the golden light that enveloped it dispersed, encapsulating the party members like a balloon.

“I’ll make you understand the league I’m in — Power Restriction!”

“Thunder of Heavenly Punishment!”

Rolls of dark clouds surged forward, and countless thunderbolts came crashing down like rain…

The healers attempted to restore the party’s health pool, but to their dismay, they realized that the HP they restored was only one-tenth of their normal values.

The Soul King was panting while suspended in mid-air. When the DPS attacked it though, they noticed that their damage had dropped to only one-tenth of their normal values as well.

Without exception, all 25 members of the party had their stats reduced to one-tenth of their original values. That was the effect of the Soul King’s Power Restriction.

“Guild Master, we can’t hold on for much longer! The HP refuses to increase!”

Fire Ice was so anxious that her dainty little face had flushed red. She had already activated Holy Light Illumination and even Light Sacrifice, but the party’s HP continued to fall. It looked as if the party was about to meet its end.

At that moment, ‘20%’, flashed into existence above the Soul King’s HP bar in red text. It served as a hint, that once it reached 20% of its HP, it would stop casting Power Restriction.

Its currently HP sat at 31%, and if the party was not afflicted with Power Restriction, they would have easily succeeded. However, at their current state…

This phase was just plain sickening…

“Come out, Holy Light Envoy, Elenor!”

They had already come so far, so Li Yi just went all out. Once again, another precious Dark Contract Scroll had been used, and as of that moment, the only Dark Contract Scroll that remained was the one that contained the Fire Dragon Sword.

The moment Holy Light Envoy, Elenor appeared, she immediately cast Holy Light Illumination. The number one healing god of King of Pantheon’s healing abilities were out of this world, as in the short span of approximately ten seconds, the party’s HP was brought up to 80% and above.

They were temporarily out of danger, but the party’s weak attacks were still a problem. Li Yi was originally able to dish out 30,000 or so damage, but now, he was missing a zero, and his attacks were only dealing around 3,000 damage.

“Light’s Miracle!”

Due to their low damage and fearing the Soul King would enter Berserk state, Li Yi had originally intended to bring out the Fire Dragon Sword. Thankfully, at that instant, the Healer God, Elenor showed her hand. She cast the God-tier Skill, Light’s Miracle, and imbued everybody’s weapons with the ‘Temporarily Light Attribute’ status.

Now that their weapons were imbued with the Light Attribute, their damage was doubled!

The Soul King’s HP plummeted, and with Elenor the Super Healer God covering their health, the party no longer feared death. They could attack without any worries.

Forget the DPS, even the six healers had stopped healing and were dishing out their measly damage onto the Soul King.

Soon after, the Soul King’s HP had dropped below 20%. The shroud of Power Restriction had vanished, and the Soul King clumsily fell from the sky, creating a massive crater.

“Am I destined to fail? Is it because I’m not from the God race, and thus, I’m unable to fully wield the abilities of the Gods?”

The Soul King stood up, and the ‘Reflect’ word flashed imposingly above its head.

Everyone in the party had stopped moving. They were nervously observing its actions.

The ‘Reflect’ word was glowing even more strongly now, which meant that the damage reflected would be amplified by greater amounts. Should anyone accidentally attack it now, Li Yi estimated that they would be immediately reflected to death.

“Curse the Gods…”

The Soul King stood up straight and cast a Dark Gate on itself. The gate he summoned had vanished as quickly as it was formed. It was so fast that no one in the party had managed to enter it.

The moment the Soul King walked into it; the Dark Gate disappeared.

“F*ck me. A-Are we going to get annihilated?” Brother Windcloud Nine wiped off a cold sweat. He was feeling anxious.

Li Yi shook his head. “I doubt it. The gate appeared and disappeared so quickly that it’s obvious that it wasn’t meant for us to enter…”

Seconds ticked away, and an eerie silence filled the arena. Everyone held their breath and waited restlessly.

“Ultimate Fusion! Soul Paladin!”

“Bang!”

The sound of a dimension shattering rang out, and out stepped Great Lord Moigne, who stood there stylishly with a greatsword in hand.

There was the dark aura of a soul squirming around him, signifying that he had been possessed by King of Souls.

“Holy Light Impact!”

Great Lord Moigne dashed forward while casting Holy Light Impact. This shameless action of his had earned him the chiding of the Punishment Paladins within the party.

Normally, when one cast Holy Light Impact, they were unable to move. Before the skill had completed its animation, the players would be locked in 3 seconds of animation time, but now, the b*stard was concurrently casting…

“Brother Nine! Taunt him!”

It was the main tanks turn to shine. Brother Windcloud Nine raised the huge shield in his hand and hurled it forward, smashing it directly into Moigne’s skull.

Brother Nine had hurled his ‘Flying Shield’ in an attempt to break Moigne’s Holy Light Impact status. However, his idea yielded no success.

Holy Light Impact had not been stopped but had grown even stronger. Without a shield, Brother Windcloud Nine’s HP rapidly plunged, but luckily for him, he was a big, strong ox with HP over 200,000. As such, he was able to hold his ground for quite some time.

The Great Lord Moigne who had been possessed by the Soul King not only knew Paladin skills, but he was able to use the debuff, Soul Vision. It had the effect of ignoring a player’s DEF and all their positive buffs. In other words, it enabled him to deal a hundred percent damage.

If his target was someone from a cloth-armored Class, like the Summoners, he would be able to instantly kill them, even if they activated Phantom Footprints…

The three main tanks took turns tanking Moigne, and Mad Dragon was the first to fall. Since he had the lowest HP, even with the aid of the God Healer Elenor, he was unable to constantly take on the flurry of Holy Light Impacts.

Brother Windcloud Nine’s importance could not be understated. If one were to compare their skills, Unending Unmatched was several times better than him; but when it came to equipment, even ten Unending Unmatcheds were not enough to trump him. Brother Windcloud Nine had a complete set of +13 equipment, and though these stats were useless for players who liked to PK; within dungeons, these stats could be translated as, super overpowered!

Brother Windcloud Nine constantly drew Moigne’s attention, and together with Unending Unmatched, they fought shoulder to shoulder to take on the Holy Light Impacts. With that, their allies behind them had escaped the risk of being instantly killed, and they were able to freely attack.

Moigne shared the same HP as the Soul King, and as such, he originally had 20% HP. However, the b*stard was continually casting ‘Healing Skill’, which severely slowed the rate of his HP’s decline. Even after attacking for five whole minutes, his HP was still at 19%.

At that moment, Moigne suddenly lashed out. He dragged his greatsword behind him as he charged ahead, and based on his stance, it seemed that he was targeting the crowd behind the main tanks.

“Don’t retreat! Don’t even move a single step back! Hold the fort and charge forward!!”

“Megashield!”

Unending Unmatched howled and activated Megashield as he slammed himself into Moigne.

“ARGHHH….”

“ARGHHH…”

They looked like two bulls pitted against one another. Neither side made way for the other, and it made for an intense brawl.

Since Brother Windcloud Nine was a Holy Paladin, he could not use Megashield. Despite that, he was no slouch, and he voluntarily made his way to Unending Unmatched. They stacked their bodies together and blocked Moigne’s charge.

“I see that you two are good pals. I pray that both of you can stack onto one another for the rest of your lives…”

Someone from the party suddenly remarked, and it caused the party to erupt with a peal of laughter.

Without even glancing back, Brother Windcloud Nine scolded, “Windcloud Killer, you damned b*stard. I’ll deal with you once we’ve cleared this dungeon!”

“Noo, Brother Nine, yameteh…” wailed Windcloud Killer.

While Brother Windcloud Nine and Windcloud Killer were messing around, Shangguan Bailu suddenly shouted, “Take note guys! Activate your ultimate skills and take this guy down!”

Moigne was currently at around 17% HP. Should the party unleash all their ultimate skills now, there was a high likelihood of them ending the battle then and there.

“Wind Miracle!”

“Sanguine Berserk!”

“Weapon Mastery!”

“God Mode!”

“Firelord Possession!”

Everyone in the party cast their ultimate skills, and Moigne’s HP plummeted, from 16%…to 15%… to 14%… to 10%…

“Everyone, keep at it! We’re about to bring it down!” Shangguan Bailu gleefully shouted.

9%…5%…3%…

Just as Moigne’s HP had reached 2%, he suddenly carried out an action that shattered the party’s morale. He raised the greatsword in his hand up high, and shouted, “Holy Healing Skill!”

Tch—

A white glow wrapped around him, instantly restoring a huge chunk of HP…

Moigne was already down to 1% HP, but now, it had become 100%. It was… soul-crushing, to say the least.

“F*ck you and your dumb sh*t…”

“Well, I’ll be damned…”

“AAAAAHHHHHHHHH….”

Seeing the cockroach-like Moigne revitalized, the party could not help but lament.

Shangguan Bailu hastily cheered, “Don’t fret guys. This is a normal occurrence for this boss. This won’t happen again.”

Though she had no way of knowing whether it was the default design of the boss, stabilizing the party’s mental state came first. If they were to flounder now, all their earlier efforts would go to waste.

“Attack! Scr*w you! Let’s see how many times you can use Holy Healing!”

The party furiously attacked, and once again, Moigne’s HP gradually declined.

Meanwhile, Li Yi dashed behind Unending Unmatched, and with only a distance of a meter between him and Moigne, he unleashed his arrows into Moigne.

Since Holy Light Impact was constantly being cast, Li Yi’s actions were quite dangerous. Fortunately, Shangguan Bailu had a great deal of trust in him and did not call for him to return.

Had it been any other party member, Shangguan Bailu would have already hurled a string of expletives.

No one knew what Li Yi was thinking, it was only when the party had arduously brought Moigne’s HP back to 1% that his intentions were revealed.

When Moigne’s HP reached 1%, his HP would no longer drop, regardless of how the party attacked. During this period, Moigne suddenly raised his greatsword again and attempted to use Holy Healing Skill.

“Motherf*cker!” The moment Brother Windcloud Nine saw his animation, he cursed.

Woosh—

During Moigne’s Holy Healing Skill animation, Li Yi activated Violent Bear Protection and Rocket Propellant, blasting himself behind Moigne. Then, he disappeared…

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