MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi made his move, and the price of the Sacred Potions in the Auction House fell abruptly again to 5 Gold Coins a bottle!

“Yellow Grass, Dragon Scale, Blood Coral, Blue Soul, Green Tranquility, Purple Hope….”

Panda-eyed Autumn Love was completely awake now as she murmured the names of a dozen herbs under her breath.

“The absolute minimum cost for making the Sacred Potion is 7 Gold Coins at the very least. This goes especially for the Blue Soul, you have to kill a Blue Quality monster, and even then there’d only be a very slight chance of it dropping. It’s always been really pricey, so how did the price drop to 5 Gold Coins? Just how?”

Autumn Love rubbed her eyes forcefully and stared at the price in the Auction House for a long while before she was forced to accept the truth.

Autumn Love did not miscalculate. It was true that it cost at least 7 Gold Coins to make a bottle of Sacred Potion, so since she bought them at 6 Gold Coins each, even in the worst case scenario, she would not sustain any losses.

However, this time… She was wrong because her opponent was Li Yi, not any regular player. If she tried to calculate her earning according to the conventional prices, she would definitely lose, and lose hard.

“So you’re willing to lose just to fight me? Fine, two can play at that game!”

Autumn Love calculated the costs for a long time, and no matter how she looked at it, she would earn. Therefore, she decisively bought all of the Sacred Potions in the Auction House.

The production costs were right there, so she would never a loss!

Li Yi continued to buy Sacred Potions. There was no end to the stock, and each bottle stayed at 5 Gold Coins apiece.

Autumn Love continued to buy them as well, but after three rounds, she was getting slightly stunned.

More Sacred Potions appeared at 5 Gold Coins a bottle, and she began to analyze the situation calmly.

It all came down to costs, costs, costs. That was most important, so it seemed that no matter what, she would not lose.

In that moment she hesitated, all the Sacred Potions going for 5 Gold Coins each at the Auction House sold out. Immediately after, she received a message from Brother Xian.

“Lil Autumn, I still have a few Sacred Potions here, 6 Gold Coins each. You interested?”

“Ha…”

When she received that message, Autumn Love nearly laughed out loud. Thankfully, she reacted quickly enough and covered her mouth.

“Brother Xian, I’ll buy as many as you have at 6 Gold Coins each, but I don’t have a lot of cash on hand right now. Why don’t you reserve them for me first? I’ll say it again, I’ll take as many as you have!”

Autumn Love began to sell all her Sacred Potions at 5 Gold Coins each.

She could not take it anymore. Although her calculations clearly showed that the selling price was clearly lower than the minimum costs, the way the seller kept restocking infinitely still scared her.

She would rather break even than make a loss!

Autumn Love’s way of thinking was right. There was no way she was going to take Brother Xian’s wares now, but she told him she would take it all. It was quite clear what she wanted to do; she wanted Brother Xian to buy her stock, so she would not make a loss.

As soon as Autumn Love put up her wares, Li Yi’s selling price changed as well. From 5 Gold Coins, it dropped again to 4 Gold Coins.

“Mama mia…”

Autumn Love cried, as in she really cried. She really regretted it right now. If only she had let go of her wares earlier, she would have earned. She had been playing with fire, and now she was burned.

“If I hadn’t bought some at 8 Gold Coins, I wouldn’t end up like this. I… Sigh, I…”

It was too late for regrets, however. It was too late for anything.

Li Yi bought the potions en masse, and after buying for two hours, he put all five thousand bottles that he had bought back on auction at 4 Gold Coins each…

The end result of this Sacred Incident was that anyone who had any Sacred Potions in hand, from the strongest bad*sses to the weakest rookies, could no longer sell any of their stock. Forget Autumn Love, even Li Yi’s hands were tied.

The market was temporarily saturated, as there was more than sufficient supply in the Auction House. Who would try to hoard the stock now?

The dozen main profiteers, with Brother Xian as their leader, stopped buying any more Sacred Potions. Their plan was very simple; they would rather make a loss themselves, as long as it meant that they could pull Black Autumn down with them.

Now, their mission was accomplished.

8 Gold Coins, 6 Gold Coins, 5 Gold Coins, 4 Gold Coins…

Autumn Love looked at her inventory full of potions and ran out of tears to cry.

“But costs, why? Costs? Why?”

That night, Autumn Love kept repeating those two words over and over again, non-stop, even past daybreak…

…

Li Yi settled the matter of the potions and then went back to drinking with the three girls.

He was not about to lose to them, so he let loose and drank to his heart’s content.

It was a pretty good day for him too. The Sacred Potions were such a boon for him, bought for 2 Gold Coins and sold for several times that. Besides, it seemed like this profit margin would last for a lot longer.

What a windfall!

When Li Yi drank with Fire Ice, even when looking at Fire Ice’s cherry-red face, all he could think about was the pile of glittering Gold Coins.

“Ice, you look really rich.”

“…Rich?”

Li Yi’s words caused Fire Ice to crack her mind over it drunkenly for a long while, but she still could not understand it.

At the end of this drinking session, Jiaojiao and Qian’er helped each other into the bedroom. Li Yi wanted to go in too, but Qian’er, who was drunk but not intoxicated, pushed him out again.

“Guild Master, let’s drink…”

Fire Ice went above and beyond today. Li Yi had always taken some pride in his alcohol tolerance, but upon drinking with Ice today, he somehow felt like he had lost to her.

“I… I can’t do this anymore.”

Li Yi burped and returned to his room.

All that alcohol had made him tired and sleepy, so Li Yi lay onto the bed and fell right asleep.

Moonlight shone into his room through the window, and all was silent.

…

The next morning, Li Yi woke up from his drunken stupor, and he massaged his heavy head as he walked out of the bedroom.

Class Traits: ¹

Warrior

Swordsmen use swords, axes, hammers, and heavy armor.

Greatswords and Two-handed Greatswords have the highest ATK but lower DEF. Rapiers and One-handed Swords are weaker, but they specialize in combo hits.

Spellblades summon the power of the four main elements and imbued them into the blade, using skills like Fury Fire Slash, Frost Slash, Windstorm Blade, Earth. They have long cooldown times.

Sword and shield users, who hold a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, have the weakest ATK and the highest DEF. They play the role of the party’s main tanks.

When Wizards use weapons, their staffs have high ATK and move quickly. They usually wear cloth armor.

Elemental Wizards control wind, fire, and lightning. They have extremely high ATK and slightly high CON.

Dark Wizards use their contract with the devils to have the devils possess them. They specialize in curses, with high ATK and CON, but their weakness is that they suffer more damage from Light-attribute attacks.

Theurgists use divine spells to change dimensional laws. They have the longest cooldowns but deal more damage than every other class.

Brawlers wear cloth armor, heavy armor, and leather armor.

Bare-handed fighters use their fists and legs to attack their opponents. Their attacks look good and their ATK is explosive, but their fist-type weapons have the shortest reach.

Aura users can use their aura to attack long-range. They have weaker CON, but they can use some regeneration skills. Glove-type weapons.

Weapon users can use all sorts of weapons. They have average CON and ATK, but compared to the other two types, they can use weapons from all classes.

Summoners use swords, magic staffs, wooden staffs, cloth armor, and leather armor.

Elf Summoners use wind, fire, and lightning. Elves’ summoned pets have weaker ATK, and they may use Sacrifice and Fusion. There is a time limit.

Contract Summoners tame their pets to fight. Their ATK is average. They can wear leather armor and carry swords, with a certain degree of ATK. Their advantage is that they can fuse with Spirit Beasts.

Undead Summons may be summoned in bulk, but their weakness is that they take extra damage when hit with Light attacks.

Druids wear cloth armor and leather armor.

The healing support types don’t heal as well as pure healer classes. They use staffs.

The natural types use the power of nature, similar to Wizards. They use staffs.

The beast types can transform into all sorts of animals and attack. They use fist weapons, and are divided into main tanks and DPS.

Priests use staffs and cloth armor.

Light Priests are the strongest healers.

Darkness Priests use Darkness-attribute attacks.

Blessed Priests are the strongest support and gods at buffing. However, very few manage to successfully transfer to this class.

Paladins use heavy armor, swords, axes, and hammers.

Golden Paladins are the strongest main tanks, with their natural ability for the strongest DEF and the strongest ATK.

Dark Paladins use physical skills with the Darkness attribute. Has long cooldown times.

Heavy-armored Paladins have extremely high DEF, usually function as main tanks.

Archers use swords, axes, bows, cloth armor, and leather armor.

They have powerful shoots over long ranges, and are the natural enemies of Wizards. Specialize in Critical Hits.

Those who can tame pets can use beasts in battle, but the beasts are not very strong in ATK.

Others control elements.

Thieves use daggers, short swords, cloth armor, and leather armor.

When Assassination types are using Stealth, their ATK will be multiplied, but if they are found, their ATK will be reduced drastically.

Cyclone types specialize in consecutive hits and have extremely high AGI.

Poisonous Thieves use poison to aid their attacks.

Paladins use swords, axes, and hammers.

Defensive Paladins are main tanks.

Punishment Paladins are DPS dealers.

Holy Paladins are healers.