MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

“What do the Winged Ones eat? Can you feed her, Goddess?”

Li Yi picked up little Feathershine and rocked her, growing anxious.

“The Winged Ones are like humans, so they can eat whatever humans eat.”

“Whoosh!”

Li Yi instantly teleported to the Auction House and bought a few Cuisines before returning home.

“Squee-squeak.”

When little Feathershine saw the food, her eyes immediately lit up and she flew right at the food, digging in.

Her body was only the size of a person’s thumb, but her appetite was shocking. She could eat food that was several dozen times larger than her, flying as she ate. In the blink of an eye, she had digested it all.

Li Yi had bought eleven Cuisines, and little Feathershine ate seven in one go before she finally flew back to Li Yi’s palm, satisfied. There, she rubbed her round belly with her fat hands and fell asleep.

“She sure can eat, huh? How adorable.”

Jiaojiao poked Feathershine with her finger, overflowing fondness in her gaze.

The Hunter Goddess sighed, “The Winged Ones were hypnotized by the gods. When they’re born, they’re forced to accept their destiny as protectors of Mount Pantheon. It is something they can never escape for all their lives. This Winged One is very fortunate that her mind is completely her own. If you raise her carefully, she will surely become a wonderful battle companion.”

“Haha, but of course!”

While little Feathershine was fast asleep, Li Yi checked her Attributes again and was pleasantly surprised to find that she even had an Equipment Pane. This meant that, just like the players, she could carry weapons and wear equipment.

Although little Feathershine was still young, the existence of the Equipment Pane was enough to convince Li Yi that she had infinite potential.

After all, she did not have a level cap, and she could even wear equipment. Sure, her current Attributes were utter garbage, but what about when she grows up? For one, her Attributes were guaranteed to increase, but even if they did not, as long as she could use weapons and wear equipment, she would still be a ridiculously OP Legendary Pet.

Jiaojiao narrowed her eyes. “Feathershine isn’t a really nice name, shall we give her a different one? I recommend Yiyi.”

“Hmpch, hmpch…”

As though she heard Jiaojiao’s words, little Feathershine opened her eyes and rolled them at Jiaojiao before turning around lazily and going back to sleep.

It looked like she was not particularly fond of the name Yiyi.

Li Yi thought it over and gave little Feathershine a new name.

It was Dolly!

Feathershine’s name became Dolly, and Dolly seemed to be completely aware of the change as well. She just slept soundly in Li Yi’s palm.

The Hunter Goddess returned to the Orange Quality Bow, after which Li Yi and Jiaojiao watched Dolly sleep for a long time before he carefully put her back into the Pet Pane Dimension.

Over there, she could rest uninterrupted.

Li Yi said with a laugh, “Looks like I’ll have to keep some Cuisines on me from now on.”

The lifestyle class Cook enabled one to cook all sorts of monster meats into delicious meals. Anyone could learn this skill, and it was easy to train as well. As long as he had a good supply of monster flesh and bones, he could keep leveling up the class.

Jiaojiao pinched Li Yi’s chin flirtatiously, tilting her head. “Come, fight a boss with me!”

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The two figures teleported away from the house.

The quest boss Jiaojiao wanted to defeat was not too strong, but it had too much health. If she were to fight it alone, it would take her at least half an hour. Jiaojiao could not be bothered to waste all that time, so she roped Li Yi in to help.

Li Yi’s ATK was crazy high, and he was in a brilliant mood after he obtained that Legendary Pet, so he put his all into beating the boss. In the end, he used a Chrono Burst Stinger Arrow and killed the HP sponge of a boss with one shot.

“You freak, if your ATK is so high, why aren’t you leading us to kill the Demon Gods?”

The Fourth and Fifth Demon Gods had already fallen to Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut, so now all the players on the Pantheon Continent have turned their sights to the Third Demon God.

Li Yi smiled mysteriously. “When I reach Level 190, I’ll bring you to fight it without you even asking.”

He had been grinding levels lately so that he could defeat the Third Demon God. He had not meant to lose the Fourth and Fifth Demon Gods’ first kills, and this time, he did not want any more nasty surprises.

Besides, now that the Evil God Summoning Scroll was 20% complete, it stated that it needed a Material Quality 80 Void Energy Shard. The Demon God bosses had the highest drop rate for these things.

Ever since her throne was usurped, Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut had disappeared from the public eye. It was not that she had quit playing Pantheon, it was just that she was keeping an extremely low profile, casting aside everyone else and running around the Foreignland instead.

When most of the players had just arrived at Sin City, Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut had already reached the Third Demon God. However, her level was too low, so she tried and failed to defeat it a few times. As a result, she had to give it up for now, so she ended up leveling solo near the Foreignland Rift.

Any and all players who attempted to attack the Third Demon God before they reached Level 190 did not make it back alive. There was simply no way they could succeed.

Unlike the other Demon Gods, the Third Demon God had an ultimate skill called Apocalyptic Black Light. Only players that were at Level 190 or above could learn the Level 190 skill to evade it.

Li Yi split up from Jiaojiao and teleported to the Newbie Village, where he learned Beginner-level Cuisine. After that, he took a useless blank old bow and went outside the Newbie Village to kill Small Wild Boars for their flesh.

There were Intermediate- and Advanced-level Cuisines available at the Auction House, and they were not expensive either. However, there were no low-grade meat ingredients for one very simple reason. Most players had leveled up plenty by now, and not many chose to focus on Cuisines from the very beginning. Low-grade meat was cheap and sales were few and far between, so very few players hunted these things professionally. If he wanted it, he would have to farm it himself.

“Looking for meat, 10 Silver Coins for a batch. I’ll take as many as you have!”

Li Yi blasted out a message in the Regional Channel as he farmed them. Right now, he would take any bit he could; after all, it would save him some time.

After spending more than three hours on this, Li Yi had obtained more than 300 chunks of Small Wild Boar Meat. It was enough for him to go straight to being an Intermediate Cook.

Li Yi set up a fireplace and began to cook.

“Sizzle…”

“Sizzle—”

The flames danced and the fragrance of meat wafted everywhere. Before he took on Cuisine, Li Yi’s Cuisine Mastery was a zero. Now that he was officially picking it up, his failure rate was 80%. As a result, he could use a dozen pieces of meat and not have his Mastery increase at all.

[Your cooking failed, and the Small Wild Boar Meat in your hands has vanished…]

[Your cooking failed, and the Small Wild Boar Meat in your hands has vanished…]

[Your cooking succeeded, and you obtained a deliciously crispy piece of Roast Wild Boar Meat.]

If it were not to feed Dolly, Li Yi would have never considered learning Cuisine.

In no time at all, he had used up all 300 odd pieces of Small Wild Boar Meat, and Li Yi’s Beginner-level Cuisine Mastery bar was full too. Now, he could go to a cook and learn Intermediate-level Cuisine.

“Come out, Dolly!”

Li Yi waved his hand, and the chubby, fair, naked Dolly appeared on his palm.

“Phew… Phew…”

Dolly’s arms were wrapped around herself, and there was even a sparkling liquid flowing from the corner of her mouth. She was sound asleep.

“This is a Legendary Pet?”

Li Yi was annoyed but amused at the same time. After all, all of his current pets could be summoned as and when he liked, and none of them had ever been this lazy.

Li Yi picked up a piece of Roasted Wild Boar Meat and brought it closer to Dolly.

“Dolly, here, have some meat…”

“Gurgle… gurgle…”

Dolly snored from her throat, but then her adorable little nose took a deep breath, and she actually raised her head even though she was asleep, dragging her limp body toward the meat…

Li Yi moved the meat upward, and Dolly’s head followed it, up and up. When she could no longer go any higher, she finally whined resentfully and opened her eyes. With a shake of her wings, she wrapped the meat in her embrace.

“Pfft pfft pfft, kakkakka…”

Dolly demolished the large chunk of roast meat in an instant.

“Snorts snort—”

Just then, an Adult Wild Boar walked toward them and lowered its head, charging straight at Li Yi.

Li Yi had been roasting meat in a farming site, so there were many Adult Wild Boars wandering around.

Li Yi just lifted his hand, and the Adult Wild Boar was down and out.

For successfully killing an Adult Wild Boar, Li Yi earned 1 EXP.

He then checked Dolly and saw that her EXP had not increased at all. It was still at 0/100.

“Killing monsters won’t give her EXP?”

Li Yi paused for a moment and then put the greedy Dolly as well as the dozen pieces of Roasted Meat onto the floor. Drawing his blank bow, he unleashed shots in all directions.

Over twenty Adult Wild Boars collapsed and Li Yi earned 23 EXP, but when he checked Dolly again, he saw that her EXP had not changed at all.

“You’re kidding, right?”

When he realized that Dolly did not receive any EXP, Li Yi’s high spirits instantly plummeted.

If she did not gain EXP, did that not mean she would never level up?

In that case, what could such a small Legendary Pet do except sleep?

Li Yi felt a headache coming on.

He waved at Dolly, who was stuffing herself. “Dolly, come here!”

“Squeak!”

Dolly held her Roasted Meat and shook her head determinedly, refusing to go to him.

Li Yi was exasperated. Now he finally knew what they meant when they said Dolly’s nature was Spoiled.

After giving it some thought, Li Yi summoned the female Dwarf Wizard that he had most recently hired, Pamela. He then ordered her to use the Orange Quality Staff and kill the Wild Boars nearby.

Using a hired hand to kill monsters in the wild reduced the amount of EXP players would get, as these mercenaries could not fight forever, either. Once they went past their time limit, they would be automatically dismissed.

Li Yi had Snickersnee forge three Orange Quality Weapons. He gave the Shieldsword to Unending Unmatched, the Orange Quality Shield to Alleria, and the final Orange Quality Staff to Pamela.

The Orange Quality Staff was called Madivon’s Ultimate Arcane Scepter. As the name suggested, this staff was most useful to Arcane Wizards, among which the female Dwarf Wizard Pamela was an expert.

“Bam! Bam! Bam!”

Armed with the Orange Quality Staff, Pamela kept using Arcane Burst over and over again. The Adult Wild Boars around then died by the dozen, and Li Yi began to receive EXP faster.

Since Li Yi’s level was too high, he would still only receive 1 EXP per kill. The same went for Pamela.

Unlike the Panda Fighter and Alleria, Pamela’s level was not fixed. Instead, it would increase as they killed more monsters, which was why Li Yi was willing to waste an Orange Quality Staff on her.

It was not easy to get Pamela to Worship him, and even that was made simpler because Li Yi knew the Defiants’ Confederation members well. Otherwise, it would never have been so easy.

“Hai!”

While Pamela was off killing boars everywhere, Dolly finished eating, patted her round belly in satisfaction, and flapped her tiny wings so that she could return to Li Yi’s palm, where she fell asleep.

‘F*ck, she’s sleeping again…’

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