MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi fought The Cat that Sings, but the match did not end as quickly as some of the others. Instead, he made the match seem very difficult, as though it took everything he had to finish off Sister Cat.

His earlier performance had been too high profile, so Li Yi wanted to be more low-key this time. At the same time, he was doing The Cat that Sings a favor by protecting her reputation, making it seem like she put up a good fight. Otherwise, with his capabilities, he could have easily killed her off as soon as he saw the whites of her eyes.

He was Level 180, with 5,856 Holy Points, a base ATK of 150,000, and 1,300,000 million HP. Those were Li Yi’s current terror-inducing Attributes.

Among the monsters, there was a distinction between regular monsters, elites, and bosses. If the same categories applied to players, Li Yi would undeniably be a big boss among players.

Li Yi ‘struggled’ but won against Sister Cat, and he had not even used the Hidden Attributes on his Hall of Fame Set for those two consecutive wins.

In fact, he had yet to show even 10% of his real power.

Away from the stage, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s expression was slightly dark. He knew how terrifying Li Yi could be, more than anyone else.

“Heh, so you were holding back. But did you think you were the only one hiding your real powers?”

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s lips curved, and he strode into the arena.

In the second matchup of the second round, it was Unending Unmatched versus Tyrant Sword King the Fifth.

Li Yi had been especially low-key in his second round, but Tyrant Sword King the Fifth had no such qualms, making a huge splash as usual.

“Territory Release!”

The purple Territory expanded in an instant, enveloping Unending Unmatched. Immediately after that, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth bent over and lowered his body, hiding his Purple Quality Sword behind his back, posing as though about to draw his sword. He then barked once, loudly.

“Martial Skill — Nukitsuke!”

He drew a beautiful circle of light that covered the entire arena!

Compared to a normal Nukitsuke, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s version had a much larger range. Even at max level, a normal Nukitsuke would not have a range of more than 30 yards. This one attack of his, however, covered more than a chilling 70 yards.

Unending Unmatched saw that he was in trouble, so he immediately activated Absolute Invincibility and raised his Shieldsword to block the attack. However, he heard a squish, and the gleam from the Nukitsuke attack penetrated his body. A damage figure of [−966777] appeared above his head, and his HP instantly dropped to zero.

About three seconds later, Unending Unmatched’s body finally collapsed backward, falling onto the floor.

He had been dead since he was hit by Nukitsuke.

It was a knockout!

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth won!

By taking down Pantheon’s strongest main tank with one attack, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s performance had also stunned the entire audience.

The audience reacted even more fervently than when Li Yi finished off Drifting Snow earlier. They roared and howled, many of them even refusing to believe their eyes.

“D*mn, he took down a main tank with one blow?”

“Is Unending Unmatched made of glass?”

“That’s too f*cking unreal! He has his Shieldsword and his Territory for extra defense. I fought Unending Unmatched before. If I attack with all my skills activated, I have an ATK of over 30,000, but even I could only deal a few hundred points in damage to him. What the f*ck…”

“He’s so strong! As expected of the continent’s number one, that’s too f*cking b*dass!”

“The Continent’s Number One Sword God, bad*ss!”

The audience began to cheer, and then someone started with that title. Soon enough, everyone began to pick up the chant, and it gathered steam, becoming a unified howl of “the Continent’s Number One Sword God.”

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth laughed heartily and looked at Li Yi, his gaze dripping with contempt. He then stretched out an arm and pointed a big thumbs-down.

It was a taunt.

“Tch, Lil Yi’zi, fight back!”

Jiaojiao saw that too and instantly lost her temper, poking Li Yi.

Li Yi could not be bothered to respond. He just shook his head and said, “How childish.”

Reinforced Nukitsuke was not a skill that pure Weapon Warriors could use. For Tyrant Sword King the Fifth to use such a powerful Nukitsuke, he must have had help from the Sovereign Equipment Set’s additional attributes.

‘What a show-off, isn’t he worried that I’ll come prepared against him?’

Li Yi frowned slightly, lost in thought.

The second match began on the stage, and Tyrant Sword King the Fifth still used Martial Skill — Nukitsuke. This time, however, Unending Unmatched managed to defend against it.

The Nukitsuke skill required a bit of time to prepare, but it moved extremely quickly when activated. However, this attack had a very obvious weakness too, in that it could not reach enemies who were crouching down. The range of the attack only covered the opponent’s head and neck, so if the target simply crouched down, they would be able to completely evade the attack with ease.

“Charge!”

Before Tyrant Sword King the Fifth could recover from his Nukitsuke, Unending Unmatched activated Charge and headed straight for his target.

“Thunder Barrage!”

Several bolts of lightning crashed down onto Tyrant Sword King the Fifth.

“Bzzt! Bzzt!”

In the thunderstorm, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s Purple Quality Sword began to shine brightly. Having filled it with Killing Aura, he did not hesitate to stab the sword forth.

He was going to fight fire with fire!

“Bzzt—”

A damage figure of[−135566] appeared above Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s head, but Unending Unmatched suffered [−1132231] in damage. He had been killed in an instant again.

The Killing Aura could enhance the damage dealt and increase the power of a Critical Hit by several fold!

The two matches ended swiftly and neatly. The Continent’s Number One Main Tank, Unending Unmatched, had utterly lost to Tyrant Sword King the Fifth.

As a main tank, to be killed in an instant was nothing short of a humiliation.

He had ended up even worse than Shoot Until Daybreak.

“It’s Tyrant Sword King the Fifth’s win!”

The audience erupted into cheers.

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth had finished his second matchup in complete style, way overshadowing Li Yi. As a result, many players who waged on Li Yi’s victory changed their bets at the very last moment, instead betting that Tyrant Sword King the Fifth would win.

Ten minutes later, the third match began.

Pale Blue Elegance could send her target flying because the pet dragon she summoned could use the skill Wind Roar. This skill did not deal damage, and all it was good for was blowing its opponents away. It sort of counted as one of the Summoner class’ very few control skills.

Before the battle began, Jiggly tried to coax Pale Blue Elegance out of it.

“Pretty lady, just admit defeat. You’re no match for me.”

“How will I know you’re right unless I try? Besides, so what if I do lose? Why should I admit defeat?”

“I’m worried I’ll hurt you. When the battle begins, I’ll use Stealth to go behind you, then I’ll use Garotte and Scrape before releasing my Territory Skill. When that happens, your body will twist and break in my hands. It won’t be pretty, and I like pretty things, so… I’d rather not go to that.”

Jiggly’s little speech made Pale Blue Elegance roll her eyes angrily.

Pale Blue Elegance waved her Purple Quality Staff and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll try to make your death pretty. I guarantee it!”

The battle began, and Pale Blue Elegance summoned the enormous Dragon of Windstorms again. Opposite her, Jiggly shook his head and sighed, disappearing with Stealth.

“Use Hurricane!” Pale Blue Elegance commanded.

The Dragon of Windstorms raised its head and used Hurricane straight ahead. The range of the attack was by no means small, but unfortunately, it still did not hit Jiggly.

Since she could not see her opponent, Pale Blue Elegance had no choice but to order the Dragon of Windstorms to keep attacking, trying to beat her opponent into revealing himself with the continuous gales. Nevertheless, it never worked.

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”

When Jiggly finally appeared, it was behind Pale Blue Elegance. He managed to do what he said he would do, so when he said he would attack her from behind, he actually got around to doing just that. He even used every skill in the exact sequence as he claimed he would, without a single move out of place.

When Jiggly launched his sneak attack, the Dragon of Windstorms no longer received any commands, so it just stood there stupidly as its master was attacked.

While Pale Blue Elegance took a beating, she gave the Dragon of Windstorms further instructions. “Use Hurricane!”

The Dragon of Windstorms remained unresponsive, and it only reacted a long time later, opening its jaws to blow a hurricane into the sky, as though merely to obey it’s master’s order.

Pale Blue Elegance was shocked at how the Dragon of Windstorms was acting.

Jiggly did not care how she felt, however, using a series of combo skills in quick succession until Pale Blue Elegance lay dead and dejected on the floor.

If a Summoner’s weapon, their pet, became a dummy like that, how could they even put up a fight?

After the first match ended, Pale Blue Elegance resurrected on the spot and blinked her beautiful eyes, staring at Jiggly in surprise.

Jiggly waved. “Pretty girl, don’t look at me like that. Please make sure you never fall in love with me, because there is nothing I fear more than that.”

Underneath the stage, Dark God Empyrean South spat. “F*ck, would you rather a man fall in love with you, then?”

Pale Blue Elegance asked, “Why won’t my Dragon of Windstorms attack you?”

Jiggly raised his head and looked into the sky for a long time before he finally said, “Probably… because I look better.”

“Could that retard not show off for one f*cking second?!” Empyrean South could not help but swear.

Pale Blue Elegance asked again but to no avail. Jiggly had no intention of explaining.

After that, the second match began. Although Pale Blue Elegance changed her strategy and gave up on summoning the Dragon of Windstorms, using her Giant Magic Rock instead, the results did not change. She still died horribly at Jiggly’s hands.

Be it the Dragon of Windstorms or the Giant Magic Rock, both just stared dazedly at Jiggly. The Giant Magic Rock’s strongest attack was Self-destruct, but when she ordered it to self-destruct, it just rolled over and over on the spot until Jiggly killed Pale Blue Elegance. It was only when the match was over that it finally blew up with a boom.

The list of those who qualified past the second was announced.

Li Yi, Tyrant Sword King the Fifth, and Jiggly had all qualified.

The next segment of the competition was a contest of points. The three of them would fight each other, round-robin, and the first to collect three points would be the first to enter the finals. The person with less than 3 points would then be eliminated.

Li Yi messaged Tyrant Sword King the Fifth, “King Fifth, shall we start now? Or save it for the finals?”

He had agreed to fight Tyrant Sword King the Fifth, and now was their first chance at an official fight.

Tyrant Sword King the Fifth replied, “Save it for the finals. Failure to make it to the finals also counts as a loss.”

For the first match of the semi-finals, Li Yu chose Jiggly as his opponent, and they began their first battle.

“I’ll circle behind you from your left and then use Kick and Backstab to deal you a Critical Hit. After that, I’ll follow up with Garotte, Scrape, and Finishing Blow, killing you off all at once.”

Even though his opponent was Li Yi, Jiggly stayed completely confident.

When the battle began, Jiggly vanished with Stealth.

Li Yi smiled slightly and released his Chrono Territory, having it engulf the entire arena.

He did not use God Mode because he knew it did not work against Jiggly.

Jiggly was not using the regular Stealth skill. This was his Territory Skill, Spirited Away, and it allowed his body to vanish completely when he was in Stealth Mode. No attacks would be able to hit him…

Not a single skill would reach him, because while he was Spirited Away, he was truly ‘gone’.

Nevertheless, no skill in King of Pantheon is 100% perfect, and Spirited Away was no exception. Although the skill was powerful, it had a very short time limit of merely a few seconds. In any case, there was no way it lasted more than 60 seconds.

“Whoosh—”

When he guessed that Jiggly had more or less made it to where he was, Li Yi used Teleport to fly to the other end of the arena.

He was a full 40 yards away from where he started!

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