MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

With 12 Wind Pearl Fragments found in just a little past two hours, Li Yi and Little Elf from the Magical Realm set off to the Wind Altar in the center of the desert in preparation to revive the Wind Emperor.

“The quest you’re on, requires all twenty-five dungeons to be cleared?” While on the way, Little Elf from the Magical Realm asked this question.

Li Yi nodded.

The journey to ascend to emperorship was to subdue all revived emperors. There was only a Frost Imprint on the Emperor Sword. He was still far from having all the emperors submitting to his rule…

“If you’ve done them all, you’ll become Emperor?”

“Of course.”

Little Elf from the Magical Realm smiled and dangled the piccolo in her hand, “I want to do it too.”

Li Yi pretended to be surprised as he looked back at Little Elf from the Magical Realm, “Sure, let’s see who’ll become Emperor first.”

“Jiaojiao can become a Queen. I wonder what it feels like to be an Empress.”

“Isn’t it the same whether you or I become one?”

Li Yi tugged Little Elf from the Magical Realm’s hand, giving it a little squeeze.

Blushing, Little Elf from the Magical Realm turned her head to one side, “That’s not the same.”

Li Yi stared at her with a serious look on his face, “Okay then, when I become Emperor, I’ll hand the throne to you. That’s a promise.”

“Really?”

“You don’t want to be King and you’re willing to give up being an Emperor. Lil Yi’zi, what’s your grand goal in playing Pantheon?”

“Get on with all the beauties in the world, conquer the seven seas and soar the sky!”

Little Elf from the Magical Realm stomped her foot, “Be serious!”

Li Yi smiled and wrapped his hand around Little Elf from the Magical Realm’s waist without answering further.

“Beware, I sense danger ahead.”

The White Elf Vagabond Alleria stopped in her tracks and warned Li Yi.

The four dirt pillars erected amid the sand came into plain view. This was the legendary Wind Altar.

Li Yi placed all 12 Wind Pearl Fragment on the ground and pulled Little Elf from Magical Realm aside before ordering Alleria to step ahead.

12 Wind Pearl Fragment dazzled in a shimmering glow. It was not long before these fragments amassed into a whirlwind. A transparent armored warrior appeared from the whirlwind like a genie emerging from a magic lamp.

The armored warrior held a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. Revealing only its upper body, its lower body was composed of the whirlwind. Suspended mid-air, its huge statue indicated a rather imposing grandeur.

The armored warrior was called Aurakir. Apart from its name, it held the title, Wind Emperor.

“Who dares disrupt the Wind Emperor’s peace?”

The Wind Emperor, Aurakir’s opening speech sparked howling winds to coil around Li Yi and his party.

Tst tst tst —

Before the battle even started, Li Yi, Little Elf from the Magical Realm, and Alleria were already losing HP.

Aurakir’s super powerful debuff, Ripping Windstorm would reduce a character’s HP by 1% every 3 seconds and lower players’ SPD and ATK SPD by 20%.

Should they lose the battle with the Wind Emperor, Aurakir, the 12 Wind Pearl Fragments would scatter across the land. In other words, failing the challenge would result in restarting the search of fragments…

With Aurakir wielding its sword to stab at Alleria, the battle came to an official start.

In the first phase, the altar would be filled with a maze of invisible yet touchable Air Walls. If players wanted to attack Aurakir, they must first exit the Air Wall maze to engage with Aurakir. Any attacks before doing so would not harm Aurakir but instead, be deflected by the Air Walls as a result.

Li Yi and Little Elf from the Magical Realm extended their arms out to feel around in an attempt to advance.

Little Elf from the Magical Realm had never been through an Air Wall maze but with a great teacher beside her, it made things easier as she could just imitate him.

Li Yi crawled and jumped with incredible speed, taking only fifteen seconds to break away from the Air Walls and come face to face with Aurakir.

“Water Clone! God Mode!”

Tch tch tch tch tch tst —

Li Yi no longer opted for Hunt Target. As the bosses’ IQ grew higher, the Hunt Target was deemed ineffectual. It was better to invest his time elsewhere.

He fired two Powered-up Arrows followed by a Shooting Star Arrow Hail while Little Elf from the Magical Realm initiated Wind Miracle f to increase the party’s ability to deal damage.

Aurakir’s 300 million HP was cut in half by Li Yi instantly.

“Repulsive mortal, you cannot afford to anger the Wind Emperor!”

Letting out a bellow, Aurakir’s huge body disintegrated into tens of thousands of thumb-sized Aurakirs in a poof. These tiny Aurakirs held tiny swords and shields as they swarmed towards Li Yi’s group.

This was the second phase, the zillion clones of Wind Emperor.

Alleria activated Megashield Impact to lure Aurakir’s tiny clones away.

While Alleria was occupied with casting damage-reducing skills, Li Yi fired a second round of Shooting Star Arrow Hail.

Szh szh szh szh…

Mini Star Arrows shot at the mini Aurakirs, each arrow wiping out a clone. As the sound of bubbles popping went on, the number of Aurakir’s clones diminished.

By the time Li Yi’s Shooting Star Arrow Hail was over, Aurakir’s tiny clones had all been destroyed.

With a golden Achievement Panel jumping into their screen, Li Yi and Little Elf from the Magical Realm obtained Dancing in the Windstorm achievement.

Due to the insanely high damage Li Yi dealt, Aurakir died before the third phase came about…

“It’s… It’s over?” Little Elf from the Magical Realm was in shock.

“Successfully achieved, give me a kiss.”

Little Elf from the Magical Realm swiftly shuffled aside, glowering at him with a blushing face. “Momo’s next to me, watch what you’re saying.”

“You should have said so earlier, I didn’t know.” Li Yi scratched his head before waving towards Little Elf’s direction. “Momo, can you see me? How was the Grass Mud Horse I bought you the last time?”

With a blushing red face, Little Elf from the Magical Realm turned her head to a side to spit in contempt.

Li Yi laughed out loud and pointed at Aurakir’s corpse. “Sister Rong, you go loot the corpse. Wind Emperor drops a Vagabond equipment set so it suits you best.”

The Emperor Sword flew out and rotated as it hung over Aurakir’s head.

Little Elf from the Magical Realm would not be able to see this as it was only visible to the person on the quest.

Aurakir’s soul snuck out of the corpse and bowed on one knee towards Emperor Sword, in a display of submission.

Tst —

With the return of the Emperor Sword, a Wind Emperor Imprint could now be found on it.

The Disappearing Wind dungeon was done!

Little Elf from the Magical Realm went to loot the corpse. She has better luck than Li Yi, scoring not just 6 Sky Vagabond equipment fragments, but a Wind Emperor’s Invitation.

With this item, there was an additional chance to clear Disappearing Wind in Heroic Mode.

Little Elf from the Magical Realm was overjoyed. “Wow, this item must be expensive!”

Li Yi did not hold back in depressing the MILF, “That’s the cheapest.”

Aurakir’s equipment drops were either cloth or leather armor. Cloth and leather equipment were the cheapest kinds in any game.

“Work hard to get a full Wind Emperor Sky Set and you’ll be the Invincible Continent’s No. 1 Healboob¹.”

“Bah, I’m a healer, not a healboob.” Little Elf from the Magical Realm then added, “It should be Qian’er!”

Due to Little Elf from the Magical Realm’s earlier mention of Momo watching beside her, Li Yi did not banter on. The sexual nature of the topic was unsuited for a child.

“Are we clearing the dungeon again? Jiaojiao’s calling me.”

“I won’t be needing your help now. Go party with Jiaojiao and the rest and seize more first kills.”

“Sure.” Little Elf from the Magical Realm gestured a victory sign at Li Yi before disappearing from the dungeon.

Li Yi then quit the dungeon and headed to another familiar dungeon, the Wild Fury to attempt the Fire Emperor.

The Wild Fury dungeon was most loved by spellcasters. In his past life, there were many spellcasters who farmed this dungeon day after day, year after year for the Fire Emperor Equipment Set.

Breezing through Normal Mode, Li Yi then entered the dungeon in Heroic Mode.

Three hours later, the Wild Fury’s first kill was attained by Li Yi. The Emperor Sword also managed to gather Fire Emperor Imprint.

When Li Yi secured the Wild Fury’s first kill, the World Channel was spammed with another four Heroic Mode first kills. The Fluttering Snow Alliance’s Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut seized the Twilight City, Assembled Gods took down the Hammer of Adversity, Brother Windcloud Nine led his team to seize the Knight of Revelation while Unending Unmatched’s party secured the Barbaricland…

Players from the three continents were working with great vigor against each other.

Li Yi was not affected by these first kills because he was not proficient in these dungeons to begin with. He knew how to play it, but he was not confident enough to try his hand at them.

Knowing and proficiency were two separate matters, after all.

Another piece of good news came just as Li Yi was entering the Night Emperor dungeon of which he was an expert in his past life. Mad Dragon and Infinite Insanity, the tank duo formed a five-man party and achieved the first kill of the Moonlight Woodland dungeon in Heroic Mode.

It was not long before another party with their names concealed seized the first kill of the King’s Protection in Heroic Mode.

…

Li Yi carried his Orange Quality Bow along the dark forest pathway. In front of him was the White Elf Vagabond Alleria leading the way.

The monsters in the Night Emperor dungeon were Dark Elves of the Thief class with unlimited Stealth. In his past life, Li Yi played a Thief class, so he was familiar with the Night Emperor dungeon’s progress. In more brazen words, he could avoid all enemies until the final stage with his eyes closed if he had Stealth.

Li Yi was not an expert in many dungeons in his past life, but the Night Emperor dungeon was one he was an expert in.

“Vanquish the intruder!”

Three Dark Elves appeared out of the blue beside Alleria, swinging daggers in an attempt to pierce her.

Pft! Pft! Pft!

A huge damage value in red appeared above Alleria’s head. The strikes by these Dark Elves were all Critical Hits!

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