MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Even with the damage reduction on Alleria’s Orange Quality Shield, she still sustained quite some damage. After three strikes, over 300 thousand HP was reduced.

Behind Alleria, Li Yi fired his arrows, easily killing the three dark elves.

Since Stealth was unavailable to the Archer class, the only way he could access the ability was by transforming into a Lighting Leopard. However, the Stealth provided by the transformation had a short duration. Thus, Li Yi decided to have a main tank lead the way.

Standing still, Alleria cast healing spells to recover.

“Advance, Alleria!”

“Human, stay behind me, danger lurks!”

Alleria gripped her shield as she forged ahead.

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The Night Emperor dungeon’s difficulty lay in its invisible monsters. However, if one knew the position of the monsters, any danger was significantly reduced.

Of course, if one was not a Thief, a few battles along the way would be unavoidable.

The two instant kill zones, Surrounding of Hundred Thieves and Chain Detonation, in the Night Emperor dungeon were no threat to Li Yi. as he maneuvered left, right, up and down to pass through them with ease.

In his past life, Li Yi had been going solo to the Night Emperor dungeon for more than two years. If he failed the dungeon, he might as well jump off a building.

The Night Emperor dungeon’s final boss was the original Dark Elf Queen, Azsara. She was a Thief and proficient in all three paths.

The Night Emperor, Azsara wielded a pair of daggers named Devil’s Strike. They were an uber legendary weapon that Thieves longed for. Some players who wielded Devil’s Strike estimated that the effect of this Purple Quality Weapon eclipsed that of Orange Quality Weapons.

[Special effect: Chance on hit to multiply attack damage 2 to 5 times and increase Hit Rate and Critical Rate to 100% for the next 3 seconds.]

As a Thief, one would experience being a super god when Devil’s Strike’s effect triggered.

Devil’s Strike was once a weapon Li Yi coveted. Sadly, he never managed to obtain it. The drop rate was simply too low. Legend had it that apart from equipment fragments, Queen Azsara would drop weapons, such as Devil’s Strike. However, he had been clearing the Night Emperor dungeon for two years but had never come across Devil’s Strike. In fact, he had found any weapons.

In the shadowy forest, Alleria held her shield while fixing her gaze on the beautiful Dark Elf Queen.

The dark elves had tanned skin but were still good-looking, especially Queen Azsara of the Night Emperor dungeon. During the era of her conquest of the dark elves, she was dubbed the most beautiful of the dark elves.

“You’re here to seek trouble. Oh hehehe… Where are my guards? Come and protect me!”

As Queen Azsara’s laughter echoed in the background, four Dark Elf Warriors in armor appeared out of thin air behind her. Marching in unison, they made way towards Alleria.

Before fighting Queen Azsara, her servants must be defeated.

Bp bp bp bp…

Li Yi drew his Orange Quality Bow back, killing them before they could reach Alleria.

“I hate this feeling. My captain, come and protect me!”

A Dark Elf Priest dressed in black robes appeared. Making an entrance, it unleashed a group curse.

Li Yi and Alleria’s attributes were halved but this posed no threat as the Dark Elf Priest had only 3 million HP. A single True Overlord Arrow from Li Yi sent it packing.

Alleria swung her arm to cast Cleanse, dispelling the curse’s effect.

“Darn it, do I have to do it myself? Hehe, it’s better this way. The great Dark Queen… will personally kill you!”

With Azsara’s body disappearing due to Stealth, Li Yi ordered Alleria to draw her out with Megashield Impact.

As the only Earth Vagabond that wielded a shield, Alleria had excellent abilities. She was an expert in various skills related to shields. Her Megashield Impact had a 25-yard ATK range, putting it just beneath the Warrior class.

Azsara had just drawn close to Alleria with Stealth when she struck by Megashield Impact. Furious, Azsara swung the dark Devil’s Strike in her hands, slashing them at Alleria.

The special effect of Devil’s Strike could only be triggered after a hit was made so Queen Azsara’s first strike was not too bad. It only dealt normal damage to players.

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The two daggers pierced Alleria, reducing over 100 thousand HP. Li Yi then noticed one of the Devil’s Strike pair turning blood red.

This was the sign that the special effect had been triggered.

For the next 3 seconds, her attacks would deal 2 to 5 times the damage. She would also have 100% Hit Rate and Critical Rate.

“Earth-ward!”

Li Yi yelled out in advance and at the same time, the Orange Quality Bow in his hand began to shimmer, unleashing a Shooting Star Arrow Hail at Azsara.

Alleria had just activated a damage-reducing skill when the blood red Devil’s Strike stabbed her body.

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Although Alleria had 1 million HP, damage reduction from her Orange Quality Shield and a damage-reducing skill activated, Queen Azsara still took away over 600 thousand HP from her. This was the power of the Thief class’ divine weapon, Devil’s Strike.

It was then that the other Devil’s Strike turned red, however, Li Yi’s forceful attack gave Azsara no chance to continue her assault, bringing them to the second phase.

Disappearing with Stealth, Azsara’s coquettish voice was heard. “I hate this feeling. My guards, I need you. Revive…”

The four Dark Elf Warriors and Dark Elf Priest were resurrected by Azsara and received a powerful buff, Queen Azsara’s Blessing, giving them immortality as long as Azsara remained alive. If they died before Azsara’s death, they would immediately revive.

With Azsara disappearing and hiding away with Stealth, the five immortal guards charged towards Alleria.

Alleria was engaging with the Queen’s guards when Li Yi activated God Mode to sense his surroundings. He was surprised to find that Queen Azsara was not displayed on the minimap.

What a powerful Stealth!

During the phase in which the Queen’s guards were resurrected, Queen Azsara would make use of Stealth to hide. If players were unable to track her down, sooner or later, they would be dragged to death by the guards.

Li Yi turned around to draw his Orange Quality Bow back and fired an arrow at a tree on his left.

“Stinger Arrow!”

Pft!

Letting out a moan, Queen Azsara’s body emerged on the tree but she quickly vanished with Stealth.

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Queen Azsara may be in Stealth Mode but damage values still emerged above her head. Li Yi’s newly acquired Stinger Arrow could deal constant damage on the target. He did not need to take blind shots to know where Azsara was hiding.

Focusing on the direction where the damage values were appearing, Li Yi continued to fire Stinger Arrows.

Alleria alone was enough to handle the Queen’s guards and as long as Li Yi hurried in killing Azsara, the boss battle would come to an end.

While she was in Stealth, Azsara would not lay a finger on players, only play hide, and seek with them. However, the ATK of the Queen’s guards would increase each time she took damage, putting them in a compromising position the longer the battle dragged on.

Finally, Li Yi chanced upon a great opportunity to fire a Shooting Star Arrow Hail at Azsara.

With the Night Emperor dungeon’s default level at 130 and Queen Azsara’s HP above 350 million, even Li Yi could not kill her in one shot, resulting in a prolonged battle.

Queen Azsara finally went down after the Shooting Star Arrow Hail. However, Alleria had fallen to the guards’ attacks, losing her life once again.

Li Yi checked Alleria’s Affinity. He let out a sigh of relief after confirming it was still above Worship. He then walked towards Queen Azsara’s corpse to loot it.

Ding! With a crisp ring, Li Yi feasted his eyes on a pile of equipment fragments…

His fortune was no different from before. Apart from fragments, there were more fragments.

The Emperor Sword flew out and floated above Queen Azsara’s head. It was ages before it flew back in failure.

Queen Azsara’s soul did not appear. This meant she had yet to submit to his rule.

Another wasted effort.

Li Yi left the Night Emperor dungeon and headed to the Eternal Light to attempt the Light Emperor again. The result left him content as the Light Emperor’s soul appeared, kneeling on one knee before the Emperor Sword in a pledge of allegiance.

Thus, came the end of the Eternal Light dungeon.

Out of the five dungeons Li Yi was an expert in from his past life, Queen Azsara was the only one he had yet to subdue.

Li Yi was not very familiar with the remaining dungeons. It would be his first time attempting them.

“100 Gold Coins to purchase a Night Emperor’s Invitation, mail it through if you have it!”

Li Yi shouted a few times in the World Channel, but it was a waste of his breath as no response was heard of. Emperor’s Invitations were also dropped in Normal Mode but the chances were low.

Li Yi looked at his friends’ list. Realizing Jiaojiao had not entered a dungeon, he immediately sent her a message.

“Lil Chili, take me through the Spellking’s Tomb once.”

“What what what what?”

“Take me through the Spellking’s Tomb dungeon, don’t tell me you’ve already cleared it today?”

“Of course not. I was about to call for people to hit a 10-man group dungeon.”

“You cleared all twenty dungeons in Normal Mode?”

“Twenty dungeons? Are there that many?” Jiaojiao did not know there were two Secret Dungeons.

“What’s the point of going for the group dungeon if you haven’t cleared all the dungeons? It hasn’t been unlocked; you can’t enter.”

“No way. You mean I can’t try it now?”

“Duh, the group dungeon only unlocks once you clear all twenty dungeons.”

Jiaojiao was silent for a moment before answering with a hollow voice, “Okay then, I’ll reluctantly carry you through the Spellking’s Tomb.”

Ten minutes later, Jiaojiao and Li Yi met at the Spellking’s Tomb dungeon.

Li Yi only saw Jiaojiao entering. No other people were in sight.

“Where’s Qian’er and the rest?”

Resting her greatsword on her shoulder, Jiaojiao placed her weight on one leg. Immensely proud with herself, she replied, “Your sister here alone is enough.”

“What? So, you’re saying, you’re going to carry me through alone?” It was Li Yi’s turn to have his jaw drop.

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