MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

The war against the Demonic Tribe was in full swing and it brought with it both benefits and drawbacks to the players.

One of the benefits was a change in the continent that allowed players to choose between fighting against the Demonic Invasion to become Demon-slaughtering Heroes or joining the Demonic Camp as a member of their army and enjoying a few unique perks.

Since this was only a game, there was no right or wrong answer to a player’s choice.

The assistance that the Second Demon God, Aersith, asked of Li Yi was straightforward. There was a shrine in each of the major continents of the Pantheon Continent that the Demonic Tribe could not enter. No demons, not even Aersith, were allowed entrance and there were consequences for doing so. They would be reduced to ashes by the gods.

However, mortals were free to enter these shrines whenever they pleased. Aersith requested that Li Yi journey into the Four Major Elemental Shrines and break the four — Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth seals.

Breaking the seals in the Four Major Elemental Shrines would release energy from them, spreading throughout the entire continent. Consequently, the Demonic Tribe would not be able to step foot into the continent, foiling their plans for total war.

Aersith took out a map of the Four Major Elemental Shrines and handed it to Li Yi. He would be able to find the shrines easily if he used the map.

In his past life, no one had stopped the war and for a long period of time, the Pantheon Continent was under the control of the Demonic Tribe. Li Yi, a citizen of the Eastern Continent, lamented this.

With both the teleportation doors and Return City Stones rendered useless during this period, flying mounts became the quickest way to travel for the Eastern Continent players.

If the war was stopped, what sort of interesting twist would happen in the game?

Li Yi was filled with expectations.

With Aersith gone, Li Yi did not rush to the Four Major Elemental Shrines. Instead, he headed to Foreignland.

His Affinity with the Traitors’ Alliance’s leader was now at Worship, which was an unachieved feat in his past life. Li Yi looked forward to seeing if there were any changes to the mercenaries.

As Li Yi held the Emperor Sword, he could teleport to any map with no restrictions. However, his Teleport skill could only be used in the Pantheon Continent. he could teleport from Foreignland to the Pantheon Continent but not vice versa.

Hence, he made the smart decision to purchase a Traitors’ Alliance Return City Stone.

While Jiaojiao and the girls rested, Li Yi embarked on a long journey to the Traitors’ Home.

Every member greeted him with a friendly smile due to the mysterious leader’s Worship. Li Yi’s status within the Traitors’ Alliance was rising, going beyond the heights that players could reach.

Raising his Affinity with the Traitors’ Alliance’s members was not hard, but it was a different story with their mysterious leader. In his past life, many players had fumbled about, yet even after eight years, nothing on the method to increase the mysterious leader’s Affinity was ever published.

Luck had played a huge role in Li Yi’s ability to raise the mysterious leader, Aersith’s Affinity to Worship.

Li Yi bought a Traitors’ Alliance Return City Stone and walked into the mysterious leader’s room.

Aersith had long since returned and was seated on a chair. Cupping her chin, she was deep in thought.

Aersith was surprised by Li Yi’s presence. “Custodian of Blademaster Aragon, why is it that you’re here to see me so quickly? Could it be that you have broken the seals in the Four Major Elemental Shrines?”

Li Yi smiled. “No, I have not. I’m here to ask you if I can hire you as a mercenary?”

Aersith stared at Li Yi in wonder, unable to utter another word.

Li Yi repeated his request, “Your Holiness, Aersith, can I hire you as a mercenary?”

Aersith nodded. “Of course, you can.”

Li Yi swung his arm. “Hired!”

Ding!

System Notification: [Li Yi and mysterious leader Aersith have established employment relations. Due to Aersith’s special status, she is not restricted from the hiring pool or the alliance’s pact. She can not only aid Li Yi in killing monsters, but she can also help him kill players…]

He now possessed the strongest mercenary in the Traitors’ Alliance.

Compared to Alleria, the Panda Fighter, and the female Wizard, Pamela, Aersith’s attributes were unbelievable. Her attributes were more than the three combined and her level, an incredible Level 210. Moreover, she could also gain EXP from killing monsters. In other words, she was capable of leveling up.

The Second Demon God’s attributes were Aersith’s attributes. Having hired her, her attributes were no different from her Demon God identity.

Surely, taking along a real Demon God to PK and monster-farming would be exciting?

Despite Aersith’s strength, she had a major weakness. If she died, the employment relations between her and Li Yi would be cut off. Her memory would also be lost forever.

The newly spawned Aersith would, in more accurate terms, be a completely different intelligent being.

While the Second Demon God was powerful, she should be used with caution. It would be a great loss to Li Yi if she died.

After Li Yi led Aersith away, the room of Traitors’ Alliance’s leader was left empty and the Second Demon God was nowhere to be found in the Demon God Castle.

Aersith was a special mercenary. She was unique, similar to the Tuhr Sacred Sword that could only be obtained by one player. Since Li Yi had hired her, in theory, she would stay by his side forever, and would only leave if Li Yi quit playing for an extended period or accidentally left her to die.

With Aersith by his side, Li Yi set out for the Demon God Castle.

He wanted to test Aersith’s abilities and, as a result, had set his sights on Genghis.

Whether the Second Demon God or the First Demon God was more powerful, who would know without attempting the real thing?

Although Genghis had respawned, no one besides Li Yi had managed to kill it.

When Li Yi made it to the Demon God Castle, he noticed that the Third Demon God, who guarded the castle entrance, was absent. This meant that the Third Demon God had been killed.

“How crazy. I’ve sped up the game’s progress. I didn’t expect there to be someone who can kill the Third Demon God at this point.”

Walking towards the Demon God Halls, Li Yi moved the mechanism in the proper order to enter.

“Heyyy ahh!”

“Wham!”

“Thousand Lotuses in Full Bloom!”

“Hundred Budding Flowers!”

Before Li Yi made it into the hall, he heard sounds of a woman yelling.

From the voice and skills used, Li Yi could tell the identity of the woman in battle with Genghis.

It was none other than Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut.

The lass was fighting the First Demon God, should he interrupt?

Li Yi thought about it before summoning Aersith.

“Use your Eye of the Demon God, I want to see what’s happening inside.”

Aersith exclaimed, “Custodian of Blademaster Aragon, you seem to be familiar with my powers.”

Muttering an incantation, Aersith held a transparent crystal ball in her hands. As she gently stroked her finger on it, the scene in the Demon God Halls appeared on the surface of the crystal ball.

There were no visual obstructions to the Eye of Demon God, enabling sight of any area within 500 yards. 10 Demonic Power points were exhausted with every use.

Inside the Demon God Halls, Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut in her Flaming Dragon Armor was engaged in a violent struggle with Genghis. Just like Li Yi, she had opted to go solo.

A powerful energy engulfed Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut. Though she moved fast, Genghis’ bone spurs still managed to deal damage to her, and she had to use the super recovery skill, Hundred Budding Flowers to keep her HP above 60%.

Hundred Budding Flowers unleashed energy orbs all over the body in protection, recovering 30% – 50% of HP. 30 seconds was required for the string of energy orbs to form.

The 30-seconds heal working together with Sacred Potions enabled Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut to survive against Genghis for some time.

Aersith said, “I know this woman. She took the lives of ten thousand demons in the Demon God Castle. She challenged me several times. Who would have thought she did not leave and instead came to challenge Genghis?”

Li Yi watched in admiration as Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut fought Genghis. After the preview, he gave up on stirring trouble for her.

Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut’s strategy was decent, and her equipment met the requirements to kill Genghis, but luck was not on her side. Genghis had summoned the Demon Dragon, Kolanian.

Unlike regular demons, the Demon Dragon had an immortal body and only Dragonslayer, which was dropped by Genghis, had a small chance of killing it. Even a god could not kill it.

Dragonslayer was the sole enemy of the Demon Dragon and Li Yi was the only person who possessed it.

Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut may be good but the was nothing she could do against the immortal Demon Dragon.

“Wham! Wham!”

Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut immediately swung two Blasts of Qi at Kolanian before running to the entrance in an attempt to escape.

It was not Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut’s first attempt at Genghis. She already knew that Kolanian could not be defeated, so when the Demon Dragon appeared, she immediately decided to abandon the battle.

“Camouflage!”

Right before Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut ran out of the Demon God Halls, Li Yi used Camouflage to hide from view.

“The Second Demon God!”

At the sight of Aersith, Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut gathered huge energy waves in the palm of her hands to blast at her.

“Tst —”

Releasing her deep purple Territory, Aersith vaporized Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut’s energy waves.

Having missed, Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut placed her hands on her hips and yelled out loud, summoning a raging aura that surrounded her body. With her hair dancing in the wind, she took a leap and swung her fist at Aersith.

“True — Fist of the Raging Overlord!”

This was her most powerful class skill. On the same level as True Overlord Arrow, its power was equal to damage-dealing Territory Skill.

The aura around Fluttering Snow Purple Water Chestnut transformed into a golden meteor heading towards Aersith with extreme speed.

Aersith gently raised her arm, prompting her deep purple Territory to swiftly extend towards her surrounding…

Li Yi shouted in the Party Channel, “Aersith, don’t kill her.”

Tst —

With the deep purple Territory flooding over Fluttering Snow, her body disappeared into thin air.

Vanished in a puff of smoke…

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