MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi had finished recovering and he had led The Cat that Sings to an appropriate position. Once he had finished adjusting her posture, he nodded his head in satisfaction.

“When I give the signal later, just run straight ahead. Remember, you are not to change directions, otherwise, you’ll slam into a wall.”

“Relax man, my ability to walk in straight lines is unparalleled!” The Cat that Sings voice was full of confidence.

Li Yi mobilized, and after firing three shots of Meteor Arrows, he managed to lure away the Six-tailed Scorpion.

“Sister Cat, run!”

While Li Yi was busy kiting the Six-tailed Scorpion, The Cat that Sings activated Cyclone Step and dashed frantically ahead.

She ran in a straight line, and after running for about thirty or so meters, a sliver of light had finally reached her eyes. Sister Cat’s eyesight within the game was not as bad as it was in reality, and as long as there was a mere sliver of light, it would be sufficient for her to observe her surroundings.

Li Yi had been running circles with the Six-tailed Scorpion in tow, but once he noticed that The Cat that Sings had safely entered the next path, he unleashed his True Overlord Arrows as he pushed the scorpion back.

Li Yi was falling back as well. While Li Yi repelled the monster, he had also made sure traveled. Once he had made it out of the Six-tailed Scorpion’s domain, Li Yi then used Pseudocide to leave the battle.

The Cat that Sings was delighted. “So how’s that? Ain’t my running a fine thing?”

Li Yi ignored her. As he was in the Pseudocide state, talking would immediately disrupt the said state, which would be undesirable, to say the least.

The Six-tailed Scorpion stared at its surroundings in confusion, and a moment later, it returned to its domain.

‘Bypass successful!’

“Finally, a source of light. F*cking hell, being blind really sucks.”

The light had come from the depths of the cave, and as the two traveled further ahead, the brighter their surroundings had become.

“Be on your toes. Usually, the deepest area of the cave is the most dangerous. So, don’t you go dying on me before we get ourselves some treasure.”

The Cat that Sings activated her Stealth and scouted ahead.

As long as there was a light source, Sister Cat’s courage would return.

“Sshhh…sshhh…”

Some ominous noises had resounded ahead of them, but Li Yi and The Cat that Sings had not encountered any scorpion monsterlings along the way. Before long, they had already reached the deepest part of the cave.

Within the innermost depths of the cave, laid a massive and shiny Nine-tailed Scorpion. The light that had permeated Sister Cat and Li Yi’s vision had come from the said monster.

Two rarely seen silver treasure chests were located at both sides of the Nine-tailed Scorpion.

The silver treasure chests were a rare sight within the game, and one of their greatest characteristics was that they did not contain any trash items. Furthermore, they could contain any item that had existed within King of Pantheon, aside from trash ones, of course.

The Cat that Sings excitedly waved the daggers in her hands. “Well, what do you know, there ARE treasures in here. Meowtherf*cker, at least our efforts aren’t in vain.”

“While there are indeed treasures in here, it’s a whole different matter on whether we could retrieve them.”

“Stay here, your big sis will test out its strength for you.”

Without waiting for Li Yi to express his opinion, The Cat that Sings had already used Stealth to sneak ahead.

The glittering Scorpion’s name was called Nine-tailed Scorpion King. From its name alone, players could already discern its identity as the head honcho of all the scorpions from within the cave.

‘The Six-tailed Scorpion earlier had the ability to negate both physical and magical attacks, so what’s the Nine-tailed Scorpion King’s gimmick?’

Li Yi used his Divine Looking Glass on the scorpion, but aside from its title as the Nine-tailed Scorpion King, everything else were just question marks.

Its strength was a mystery to Li Yi.

While Li Yi was analyzing the Nine-tailed Scorpion King, The Cat that Sings had already snuck her way behind it. Then, she launched her Cyclone Formation.

Tch-tch-tch-tch—

The powerful Territory Skill of Cyclone Thieves had been unleashed, and the Nine-tailed Scorpion King that was caught within it had immediately racked up several damage counters.

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As the string of damage counters continued to spew out of the Nine-tailed Scorpion King’s head, the lightning-fast Sister Cat had faded in and out of existence. She appeared from different corners of the monster, and relentlessly attacked it from all sides.

“Skitt…skittt…”

The Nine-tailed Scorpion King let out clicking noises as it constantly swiped its tails around. Nevertheless, it did not respond to The Cat that Sings’ aggression as it took the beating to the face.

“Hahaha, this d*mbass’ only has its high HP pool going for it. It’s actually quite weak, hahaha! See, it’s not even attacking me! Come and join me, Dark Wing, as we f*ck it up together!”

Li Yi did not walk forward. Instead, he squinted his and carefully observed the Nine-tailed Scorpion King.

‘Would it make senses for the king of the scorpions to be weak? Definitely not, and there is definitely something amiss!’

That was what Li Yi had mentally determined.

“Tch-tch-tch-tch—”

The Cat that Sings gradually gained speed, and in the end, she was able to appear in seven to eight different positions within a single second. Being a Cyclone Thief in the past life, Li Yi knew that it was a sign that Sister Cat was about to unleash her Coup de grâce.

Ding!

A small star appeared on top of The Cat that Sings’ head. The daggers in her hand shone with a rainbow-colored radiance as she plunged them both into the Nine-tailed Scorpion King’s body.

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A brilliant red damage text flew out of the Nine-tailed Scorpion King’s head, and following that, all nine of its tails drooped down.

Sshh…sshhh…

The Nine-tailed Scorpion was still alive. Even though The Cat that Sings had been attacking it for a long time now, its HP bar still did not appear. Furthermore, its actions were also quite odd. Not only did it not retaliate, but it was also rooted to the same spot, and it refused to even budge while it was under the assault of Cyclone Formation.

“What’re you waiting for? Get your *ss over here and f*ck this monster up!”

The Cat that Sings was still attacking it.

Li Yi shook his head. “Something feels wrong.”

“Feels wrong my *ss, fu…”

The Cat that Sings was about to break out a string of expletives when a deep rumble resonated from underneath the Nine-tailed Scorpion King. Suddenly, a Seven-tailed Scorpion the size of a human head scuttled out of the ground.

Rumble…rumble…

Rumble…rumble…

Not just one, but many Seven-tailed and Eight-tailed Scorpions the size of a human head constantly scurried out from underneath the Nine-tailed Scorpion King’s body.

Rumble…rumble…

Rumble…rumble…

“Poof! Poof! Poof!”

Upon making their entrance, the Seven-tailed and Eight-tailed Scorpions whipped up billows of black smoke, and once the smoke dispersed, the rascals had grown to the sizes of adults.

The Cat that Sings was dumbfounded by the turn of events, and she stood there in shock, remaining stationary all the while.

Li Yi yelled, “Hurry up and pull back!”

“Ah…”

 The Cat that Sings jumped up as if she had been startled from her dream, and she then headed towards the Seven-tailed Scorpion near her with her dagger raised. She plunged the dagger into the monster, but two white texts, ‘Immune’ appeared. The Seven-tailed Scorpion was just like the Six-tailed Scorpion, in the sense that it was immune to both magical and physical attacks.

“Fuck!”

Seeing that her attacks were futile, The Cat that Sings immediately turned tail and ran.

“Poof! Poof!”

An enlarged Seven-tailed Scorpion quivered its tails and unleashed seven spurts of poisonous liquid, landing directly onto The Cat that Sings’ body.

Psst-psst-psst—

Curls upon curls of black smoke surged outward from The Cat that Sings’ body. A mere instant later, her entire body had blackened, and she was now lying on the ground. She was dead for good…

The Cat that Sings who was lying on the ground shouted, “What the f*ck! These b*stards are too f*cking vicious. They blew my entire HP like it was nothing.”

Rumble…rumble…

Rumble…rumble…

A constant supply of Seven-tailed and Eight-tailed Scorpions streamed out from underneath the Nine-tailed Scorpion King. Their numbers were so great that it had caused goosebumps, and in a mere instant, they had filled up the cave.

The dense crowd of scorpions was an extremely disgusting sight to behold.

“Boom!”

Li Yi activated his Rocket Propellant, shot twenty yards away, and plummeted onto the ground as he used Pseudocide.

The Nine-tailed Scorpion King had given birth to way too many scorpion monsterlings, and since they were immune to both magical and physical damage, there was no way to exterminate them…