MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

When Golden Eye opened its eyes, it would attack the target closest to it. If it could not take down the target within ten seconds, it would close its eyes. If it did manage to kill the target, however, it would continue to the next target, and that would repeat endlessly.

If the main tank was not strong enough, the party would be wiped out as soon as the battle began.

Brother Windcloud Nine had learned a Territory, so he was now far stronger than he had been in the past life. In the past life, he was the ninth strongest of the Top Ten Main Tanks. Now, he was at least in the Top Three. As long as the healers helped him now and again, he was perfectly capable of tanking Golden Eye.

Ten seconds later, Brother Windcloud Nine stayed standing. Golden Eye stretched open its arms and closed its eyes.

“Smack!”

As though the lights had been turned off, the entire floor of the tower was plunged into deep darkness.

While Golden Eye’s eyes were closed, the players could not see anything either. They had to rely on their hearing to avoid its attacks.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh…”

There were a few flashes of light in the darkness. Those were the attacks the boss was emitting from its eyes.

Li Yi barked his orders. “Run carefully, and make sure you aren’t hit. Be aware of who’s around you, make sure you don’t collide into each other!”

Golden Eye could move randomly in the darkness, casting Golden Light as it pleased. If a player was accidentally hit, they would instantly be petrified for 60 seconds. Their health would drop by 99% too. In other words, getting hit was more or less a death sentence.

“Bam!”

While they were trying to avoid the Golden Light, Windcloud Killed and another Windcloud Clan member collided into each other. Both of them ended up permanently petrified.

“Smack! Smack!”

Golden Eye’s Golden Power debuff became two levels weaker. It immediately began to shoot out even more rays of Golden Light.

Li Yi shouted, “Stay away from the ones who’ve been petrified and make sure you don’t touch them, or else you’ll end up petrified too.”

In this darkness segment, players colliding into each other led to more dire consequences than them getting hit by the Golden Light directly. Once they bumped into each other, they would stay dead forever.

The tower was not very vast to begin with, and now they had two statues standing in the middle of the area like pillars. Their bodies could still sparkle a little in the dark at first, but soon enough, their figures melded into the darkness completely.

“Bam! Bam! Bam!”

In their attempt to avoid the Golden Light, another three players bumped the ones who had been petrified.

“Bam bam bam…”.

As the space they had to maneuver diminished rapidly, more and more players accidentally collided into one another. By the time the darkness segment passed, only ten people from the party managed to survive.

“Swoosh!”

Golden Eye opened its eyes, and the piercing golden light enveloped the tower again.

While Brother Windcloud Nine and Jiaojiao were still alive, they were at a certain distance from Golden Eye. A Wizard stood nearby, and when Golden Eye snuck out to attach it, the Wizard grew anxious. He wanted to escape using Flash, but he had barely gotten halfway there when he was petrified forever.

“Pfft pfft pfft—”

Golden Eye slid up to a Warrior and acted as quick as lightning, killing him within three seconds.

“Smack! Smack!”

Golden Eye’s debuff kept weakening, and Golden Eye’s Attributes gradually increased as well.

While Golden Eye’s eyes were open, players could not move or face it. They could only stand still with their backs against it.

The two main tanks were too far away, and the other players could not put up a fight. All they could was watch helplessly as Golden Eye stabbed their teammates to death with its bare hands, killing one after the other…

Li Yi had fallen as well. Although he had activated his Chrono Territory to its full power, all his power could do to Golden Eye was slow it down slightly. Its effect was almost negligible.

The Trap Archer skill, Keep Going If Alive did not work either. The damage Golden Eye dealt came in waves, causing the player some damage every few seconds. It was exactly the kind of attack that countered skills such as Keep Going If Alive.

“We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die! Let’s call it a day!”

As Golden Eye slid toward Brother Windcloud Nine, Brother Windcloud Nine took off his equipment and threw in the towel.

There were only two main tanks now, so how could they possibly keep up the fight? They may as well die and come back next time.

Brother Windcloud Nine collapsed to the ground in an instant. The last one was Jiaojiao, and she died by Golden Eye’s hand as well.

This was Li Yi’s first attempt with a party, and they had been completely annihilated!

Brother Windcloud Nine bribed the warden, and the entire party was resurrected.

“That’s f*cking impossible! I haven’t come across such a crazy fight in a while. Sorry for earlier, guys. That was my fault.” Windcloud Killer sighed helplessly.

Now that they had failed the challenge, they had to make some conclusions from the experience they had gained. After all, if they just tried it brainlessly, they could try a hundred times without making any progress.

Qian’er said, “There’s the matter of where we’re standing, too. It’s mainly because twenty-five of us are too many, and the tower is quite cramped. We can arrange our positions before the battle, but once the boss uses its light attack, we start running and then the formation will be completely broken.”

Brother Windcloud Nine nodded. “Yeah, that makes sense. There isn’t much space in the tower, and we can’t even hide from that light attack the boss uses. How should we solve this problem?”

Just then, another elite from the Windcloud Clan, Windcloud Hand said, “Here’s an idea. Everyone just has to draw a circle in the ground and make sure you don’t move out of the circle unless it’s an attack you must avoid. I think that should help.”

Brother Windcloud Nine nodded again. “Sure, yeah, we can give that a try first.”

Li Yi said, “Where the main tanks stand is also an issue. When the boss opened its eyes earlier, the main tanks were too far away. That’s the main reason we were wiped out.”

Windcloud Killer said, “The boss moves randomly when it’s dark, so how can they be sure to be near it when it opens its eyes? Are they supposed to chase it around?”

“That’s what the main tanks will do next.”

“Urk…”

Although they had only given it one try and lasted less than five minutes in battle, the strategy meeting after the battle took Li Yi and the others more than half an hour.

Although they could bribe the warden with money and repeat the challenge over and over again, every attempt was still worth its weight in gold. If they still could not make it through, Brother Windcloud Nine would not be thrilled about the money he spent, no matter how much money he had left.

Who would spend money only to buy a ton of frustration?

“All clear? No more questions? We’ll start fighting after one minute, get your buffs ready!”

There was a flurry of white light, and everyone covered themselves in buffs. The party of twenty-five was locked and ready to rumble.

“Main tanks, go!”

This time, Jiaojiao led the pack. Lifting her greatsword, she rushed at Golden Eye, whereas the others quickly ran to their prearranged positions.

“Swoosh swoosh…”

Golden Eye opened its eyes and everyone stopped moving, leaving Jiaojiao to take the first round of attacks.

While Jiaojiao’s HP and DEF were not as high as Brother Windcloud Nine’s, she had an OP healing Territory Skill in Mortal Bash. When her health decreased, she just had to swing at Golden Eye with her eyes closed and turn back quickly, thereby restoring her HP.

Mortal Bash was amazing at restoring health, and its cooldown was merely ten seconds long. With the healers’ help, Jiaojiao could tank Golden Eye solo just as easily as Brother Windcloud Nine had.

“Ahhh lalalala…”

“Smack!”

Golden Eye closed its eyes again, and darkness fell upon them…

Li Yi shouted in advance, “Main tanks, chase the boss! Everyone else, avoid the attacks within your own circles!”

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