MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

System Notification: [Fire Ice has left the party…]

Everyone corpse ran back into the dungeon, and Fire Ice immediately went offline after she respawned.

“Oof, the little missy is disheartened,” sighed Big Boy.

Feeling guilty, Li Yi took off his goggles and called Fire Ice on the phone.

After a long period of ringing, Fire Ice finally picked up the phone.

“I’m stupid aren’t I. I’m so sorry for always dragging you down…”

“What do you have to be sorry for? You were pretty impressive back there. Since it’s your first time doing this dungeon, it’s only natural for you to make mistakes. So, stop blaming yourself, you did well. I used to be weaker than you, but look at me now, who could beat me?”

After a solemn silence, Fire Ice replied, “I know that you’re consoling me, thanks. However, I don’t want to drag the party down anymore, so …”

“No buts, come online at this instant! This is a command from your Guild Master!”

“…”

“Did you hear what I just said?” Li Yi asked in a sharp tone.

“I—I don’t…” Fire Ice’s was caught in a maelstrom of emotions.

“If you heard what I said, then you would come online. If not, then I’ll take it that you didn’t.”

Li Yi hung up the phone.

Fire Ice had a gentle personality, but when she decided on a matter, it would be difficult to change her mind. Thus, the only way to turn her around is by getting rough with her.

Li Yi’s sternness did the trick. Five minutes later, Fire Ice was back online.

He invited her back to the party and nobody said anything unpleasant, it was a type of encouragement that they had come to a consensus to.

Big Boy said,” The only reason we got wiped was due to our lack of coordination, it isn’t that big of a deal. What’s a dungeon without any wipes eh? The more we lose, the more we improve.”

“It’ll be fine after a few more bouts of practice. I remember back when Big Boy and I were grinding a single-boss dungeon and we lost 100 or so times before clearing it. Just thinking about it still makes me mad,” said Lil Girl.

God-Killing Gale agreed with an energetic nod.

Jiaojiao smacked Fire Ice’s shoulder, saying,” Let Perverted Wing guide you through this. He has no notable skills except for his excellent guidance for women.”

“Excellent guidance for women?” Fire Ice was stunned.

“Did you see what happened back at the T*ttygrabbergate?”

Fire Ice blushed as she lowered her head, not saying a word.

“Ahem, alright, let’s get going. We’ll go through the same routes again, and this time we’ll plan the battle strategy properly to clear this stage in one shot!”

Li Yi interrupted their conversation and went ahead.

Big Boy blinked his eyes and asked Jiaojiao jokingly, “Miss Jiaojiao, what’s a T*ttygrabbergate? Could you explain that properly to me?”

“I’ll explain it to your father, how bout that? Scr*w off, I already have a special someone.”

Jiaojiao pulled Fire Ice and chased after Li Yi.

Aside from Li Yi, Jiaojiao treated every other male in the same manner. She remembered that Li Yi had made a similar joke back in the past.

“I should marry someone like you.”

“Why?”

“Long legs, a well-proportioned figure, a beautiful face, a small mouth, and a hostile nature.”

“I agree with the long legs, well-proportioned figure and the beautiful face. However, what does that small mouth and hostile nature imply?”

“With your small mouth, you’ll eat less and with your hostile nature, I could rest well knowing that you won’t look for someone else.”

“You’re the hostile one! Scr*w off!”

“We’re so familiar with each other, shouldn’t we get closer instead?”

“Actually…”

“Actually what?”

“A small mouth comes with certain benefits as well.”

“Like what?”

“Morning bl*wjobs would feel much better.”

“F*ck off… Pui! Pui! Pui! I’ll kill you for your perverted thoughts!”

“You understood what I meant?”

“Girl, I did not surf on SIS on a whim!” (TN: SIS is a pop-up site)

…

After Jiaojiao’s consolation, Fire Ice had finally calmed down. Getting team wiped in a dungeon was not that big of a deal, and for them to achieve that much was already an impressive feat.

Medusa’s name was purple in color, which indicated that she was an epic-level boss. Her strength was no joke.

After getting team wiped, the one who lost the least was Li Yi. With a Sacramental Stone Fragment in hand, it prevented him from losing any experience points after dying. Aside from a loss of durability on a few equipments, he was as good as new.

The party reassembled before Medusa’s lair. This time, they had another tactic in mind. Autumn Love painstakingly drew a new map on the floor which detailed the operating space of each member, every one of them had their own small operating circle. Nobody was allowed to leave their circle before the boss had been slain. With that, they should be able to avoid the activation of Poisonous Blood Reaction.

“Ice, stop blaming yourself. These dungeons aren’t that hard, just do it a few more times and you’ll be good to go,” said Li Yi to Fire Ice before they began their battle.

“Alright.” Fire Ice nodded her head energetically.

Li Yi laughed, “Actually, your lips are actually quite s*xy. You should smile more to flaunt your thin lips.”

Fire Ice was puzzled…

“The normal dungeons aren’t that tough, the true challenge comes in the epic-level Large-sized Instance Dungeons,” said Big Boy.

“What’s an epic-level Large-Sized Instance Dungeon?” asked Fire Ice.

Big Boy replied,” It’s the most attractive Instance Dungeon within King of Pantheon. Compared to the grindfest of a dungeon we’re doing right now, the difference is like the earth and the sky.”

Fire Ice asked Li Yi, “Guild Master Dark Wing, do you know what an epic-level Large-sized Instance Dungeon is?”

Li Yi shook his head, and glared at Big Boy as he asked,” Since you’re at such a high level and you know this much, could it be that you’re one of the legendary closed beta players?”

“Shh… Heaven knows, the earth knows, you know, and I know, just make sure that this stays between us.”

“Are you for real?”

“I think so… Perhaps? Maybe? I’m not quite sure.” Big Boy scratched his head, confused.

Big Boy’s attitude stumped Li Yi.

‘Is he a closed beta player or not? Sigh… I can’t confirm it.’

As to the meaning of an epic-level Large-sized Instance Dungeon, Li Yi knew about it. Out of the five group dungeons in the Light and Dark Instances, two of them were epic-level Large-sized Instance Dungeons.

Epic-level Large-sized Instance Dungeons, more commonly known as the end-game of normal dungeons, had multiple complex playstyles…

“We’ll begin in five seconds, starting from now. 5…4…3…2…1!”

Mutated Small Wild Boar rushed ahead, and just like last time, used ultimate suicidal skill to draw aggro.

An emerald light descended from the skies, killing hundreds of Isis Great Wizards and inflicting Poisonous Blood Reaction onto the party.

Queen Medusa stepped down from her throne and swung her hair, unleashing the invincible small snakes.

The first half of the battle was not a problem, Fire Ice played it perfectly. She followed the plan of attack and stayed within her operating circle. As a matter of fact, she did not get bitten even once after all the small snakes had been disposed of.

‘She did well. Compared to the last time, she is now way better.’

However, during Queen Medusa’s Magic Burst Spell phase, the party made another error.

As Medusa’s Magic Burst Spell covered the entire area, the only way to dodge it is by moving around. As God-Killing Gale tried to evade the explosions, he had unknowingly breached Autumn Love’s side.

“Don’t drag me down…”

Before Autumn Love could finish her sentence, blood arrows shot out of her body, and she fell alongside God-Killing Gale…

“Shoot at Random!”

“Blizzard Spell!”

Big Boy continuously evaded the explosions, whereas Li Yi and Wang Wang Dumplings continuously used their AOE skills, concentrating on clearing the small red snakes.

Without two DPS, the others had begun to worry. Why? They were afraid that they would fail to deal enough damage, which would extend the fight and cause the boss to go berserk.

Big Boy was still affected by Weakness whereas Jiaojiao’s level was low. Even as she tried to level up along the way, her attacks had only dealt around 200 damage to the Queen. Although it was better than nothing, her main use in battle was her use of ‘Double Curse’.

The only remaining main DPS were Li Yi and Wang Wang Dumplings.

“Do we get wiped or continue with the battle?” shouted Big Boy.

“We fight!”

Li Yi roared and retreated to Autumn Love’s corpse as he fought. He then took out Cardiac Pacemaker Model V5.

Under normal circumstances, the cardiac pacemaker could only be used in non-combat situations and it served the same purpose as a Resurrection Spell. However, the limitation did not apply to Li Yi.

“Camouflage!”

[Forceful retreat from battle!]

“Whether this works or not would depend on our fate.”

Li Yi placed the cardiac pacemaker onto Autumn Love’s chest.

Zap…Zap…

The cardiac pacemaker latched onto Autumn Love’s chest, and with a jolt of electricity, Autumn Love stood up.

‘That did the trick!’

“Brother Gale, the pacemaker could only be used once every hour, I’m sorry.”

Li Yi fist-bumped with God-Killing Gale’s corpse and rushed towards the boss.

With Autumn Love revived, the DPS rate had gone up once more.

Li Yi did not revive God-Killing Gale because his melee class did not allow him to go near Queen Medusa. Whereas long-ranged classes were not restricted by the same limitation. With skills like Frost Arrow, Ice Awl Spell and Ice Spear Spell, they could attack as they pleased. Due to their ranged advantage, it was easier for them to move around.

“Don’t mess up, give it your all, we can do this!” Li Yi shouted.

Autumn Love’s commands were no longer useful. Unconsciously, Li Yi had picked up the role of the commander, and under his commands, the number of mishaps was visibly reduced.

They had given the same commands, but when Autumn Love did it, many mistakes appeared. However, when Li Yi did it, nobody made mistakes…

Li Yi was unsure of the reason.

Medusa’s attacks became more and more OP. She released her small snakes periodically and used her Magic Burst Spells randomly. The only cycle that was less stressful was when she used her Petrification Beam.

The effect of the Mirror of Amplification was too powerful. It had reflected many of Queen Medusa’s attacks and saved the party a lot of trouble.

Gradually, Queen Medusa’s attacks began to change. She no longer released the invincible small snakes and opted to throw poison instead.

With a speed that did not suit her, she slithered around the lair and left a sickly-green trail. The trail was the Snake Tribe’s strongest poison, one step and it would immediately cost the victim’s life!

With the poison sprawled all over the cave, the party was surrounded by poison, both above and below. At that moment, she launched the group Magic Burst Spell once again…

“Ice, Holy Light Illumination!”

This phase was the deadliest of them all. However, with Fire Ice’s Holy Light Illumination, this deadly phase would become the easiest one.

‘Stay still, ignore the Magic Burst Spells and we’ll endure through it!”

Fire Ice and Lil Girl’s Holy Light Illumination had replenished the party’s health. Under both of their powerful healing, the dreadful Magic Burst Spell was reduced to nothing.

Li Yi and the other DPS wasted no time loitering around. They continued to bombard her as they endured the fearsome Magic Burst Spells. They used all of their ultimate skills, drank all of their potions and before they knew it, they had already unveiled Queen Medusa’s HP pool.

[30,000,000 / 85,000,000]

Queen Medusa only had 30,000,000 HP left!