MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Li Yi walked through the dense forests of Grizzly Hills, taking each step with great care as he carefully observed each bear he encountered.

There were several hundred pets available for the Archer to capture. Naturally, each different type of pet possessed different degrees of strength. Some were strong while others were weak, each to varying degrees.

The weakest pets for Archers were small creatures like squirrels, tortoises, frogs, and the like. Their ATK was pathetically weak, so they were only ever good for decoration purposes.

There were five types of pets in all: the Attack types, the Defense types, the Support types, the Mixed types, and the Decoration types.

There were so many types of pets that it was a pain to decide on one, but there were always a few generous players who were willing to share their experiences. Once they had more stories to exchange and compare, it became significantly easier to decide.

Putting aside the legendary pets, the Violent Bear King was definitely one of the strongest in terms of power among all of King of Pantheon’s many Defense-type pets. It even earned the title of Pseudo Legendary Pet.

The Violent Bear King was a Defense-type pet that you could use until max level without having to change it.

There was once a fascinating saying at the expense of Archers, claiming that Archers’ greatest dream was not to learn Overlord Arrow but to own an *sshole-busting Bear King.

In the past life, many Archers camped here, night and day, all so they could tame a Bear King. Unfortunately for them, though, most of them failed, and only a select few lucky ones who knew the way to catch it succeeded.

Every player only had one chance to encounter the Violent Bear King. There was only one chance that would decide if the player ever got it.

Li Yi still remembered the scene he had seen here at Grizzly Hills upon coming here for a Hunt for Bear Gallbladders quest.

At the time, Grizzly Hills was being sealed off by three large guilds who were working together. Several tens of thousands of players guarded the entrance to the map, not allowing anyone to enter.

This was all so that certain Archer in the guilds could capture the Bear King without any interruptions. There was no helping it; the Violent Bear King only respawned once a month (in real time), and if there was a player who had once encountered the Violent Bear King present in the Grizzly Hills forests when it was about to respawn, the Violent Bear King would definitely refuse to respawn.

Everyone got one chance, making it both fair and cruel.

If you wanted to ensure you caught the Violent Bear King, you must make sure to do it early. By the later stages of the game, once the capturing method was made public, this place would never again have even a day’s peace. Sure, those three large guilds sent several tens of thousands of people to guard the entrance to the map, but could they have completely prevented everyone else from entering?

Not necessarily!

Back then, Li Yi had snuck inside already, and he had been lucky enough to witness the capturing of the Bear King. Since the Bear King did not interfere with his Hunt for Bear Gallbladders quest, he had not thought anything of it, but when he was killing regular bear monsters and collecting their gallbladders, the three large guilds actually sent assassins after him.

In a fit of rage, Li Yi decided not to let it slide. He used Stealth to sneak back and then killed the Violent Bear King with a few stabs.

The Archer chick who had been hunting the Violent Bear King was so angry that she cried. Each person only had one chance, so what could she do? The only thing she could do was cancel her account and start over…

[−1356]

[−1432]

Li Yi moved as he unleashed his arrows, using the Ironback Tortoise to protect his back just in case.

A Level 40 regular bear-type monster had 9,000–15,000HP, but with his current ATK, he did not need to have the Ironback Tortoise pull aggro for him. He could easily kill off any bear-type monster that ran up to him solo.

Li Yi did not kill each and every bear-type that he happened to see. He was choosing his targets carefully, killing only the female bears and not one of the male bears.

He had no choice. If he did not do that, he would not be able to see the Violent Bear King even if he searched the whole forest. The only way to get the Violent Bear King to show up of its own accord was by killing off a certain number of the female bears in this forest.

Killing both males and females did not work either. The moment you killed one male bear, the female bear kill counter from before would automatically return to zero.

Running away whenever he saw a male bear and only killing female bears that had strayed from the pack—that was what Li Yi was doing now.

“Roar—Roar—”

Three Adult Female Bears chased after him and Li Yi took a few rapid steps back. When all three Adult Female Bears had lined up, he drew his bow and gathered his energy. “Creak creak creak, whoosh—”

“Penetrating Arrow!”

An arrow with terrifying momentum flew toward the three Adult Female Bears, spinning as it went. It went through the first bear, then the second, and the third…

[−1765]

[−1564]

[−1367]

The Archer’s Level 40 Shooting Path skill, Penetrating Arrow, had no cooldown time, and it could be unleashed after 5 seconds of charging. It was pretty powerful, but its strongest point was the fact that it could penetrate several targets. If used well, it could be a decent AoE Skill.

“Creak—Creak—Whoosh—”

He used another Penetrating Arrow, and the three Adult Female Bears were also right in front of him now. Activating the Fiery Boots’ special skill, Li Yi escaped quickly. The Ironback Tortoise used Stomp and kept a tight hold on their aggro, killing all three Adult Female Bears soon enough.

It was still unknown just how many female bears needed to be killed in order to lure the Violent Bear King out, but one thing was for sure, and that was that the Violent Bear King definitely would not show up if you killed any less than 2,000 bears.

He had only killed several dozen female bears now, which meant he was still a long way from the lowest possible requirement for luring out the Violent Bear King.

These bears did not drop equipment or money, but they would drop medicinal ingredients and miscellaneous items, such as bear gallbladders, bear paws, bear skin, bear bones, and the like. These could be used in a variety of ways, so Li Yi was killing two birds with one stone when he gathered these ingredients as he killed the bears.

Li Yi had killed about 100 female bears when there was a ding and the system notifications sounded: [Your actions have angered the Violent Bear King, prepare to face its wrath!]

“Roar—”

An Elite Black Bear roared, darting out of the trees. With one Charge, it knocked into Li Yi and made him Dizzy.

[−903]

The Black Bear dealt 900+ in damage with just one swipe of its paw, nearly killing Li Yi off instantly.

Li Yu used Dark Devour to remove the effects and ran away quickly, getting the Ironback Tortoise to tank for him.

Elite-level Black Bears had 150,000HP and extremely high ATK. Warriors of the same level could not withstand consecutive Critical Hits from it, and neither could the Ironback Tortoise. It could only resist the Black Bear for a short while before it was killed off by a Critical Hit.

Once a certain number of female bears were killed, an Elite Bear would appear. This one had to be killed, or else the Violent Bear King after it could not be triggered.

Moving as he attacked, Li Yi leaped up and down, using the forest to his advantage to fight a guerrilla war against the Violent Bear King.

Each of Li Yi’s arrows could deal 1300+ in damage, and if it was a Critical Hit, the damage could even multiply. Other than its slightly OP Charge attack, the Elite Black Bear’s SPD was nothing to shout about, making it very easy to kite.

Resounding Shot! Repelling Shot!

Every time the Elite Black Bear tried to approach Li Yi, it would be repelled. This angered it so much that it roared wildly, but soon enough its HP was completely cleared out, and it collapsed to the ground with a howl.

Li Yi went up to collect the spoils of battle. There was one High-quality Bear Gallbladder, two Legendary Bear Paws, as well as a complete piece of blue-quality Bear Skin.

More than ten male bears all ran toward him at the same time, but Li Yi used Camouflage to hide.

About seven or eight minutes later, the male bears finally returned to normal and scattered.

Li Yi continued to hunt the Adult Female Bears.

The Elite Bears showed up every so often. Them spawning worked as a signal to the player, telling them that the Violent Bear King was being triggered.

The Elite Bears could also be captured, but Li Yi only had one target, and that was the Violent Bear King. As for the other pets, he did not consider them at all.

As he continued to walk into the depths of the forest, a sparkling gold treasure chest appeared before Li Yi’s eyes.

Treasure chests were littered all over King of Pantheon’s world maps, and Grizzly Hills was no exception. Since the unspoken level of this map was Level 40, the treasure chest was a Level 40 one as well.

There were three bears around the treasure chest, guarding it. Li Yi used Mislead and Pseudocide to lure them away easily.

He walked to it and immediately saw that it was locked, so he took out a Universal Key and opened it with a “clack”.

[You have obtained a Wind-battered Fishing Hat from the gold-colored treasure chest.]

[Wind-battered Fishing Hat (Head)]

[No level requirements (Gold-colored Equipment)]

[DEF +20]

[WIL +20]

[Special effect: Fishing skill +20 points]

[Special skill: When you touch this fishing hat lightly, the chances of you hooking a rare item increases by 1%. Lasts for 30 minutes (cooldown time 30 minutes). Note: Although there is a large hole at the top of the hat and it looks slightly battered, the main principle of fishing is that the body stays cool when the heart is still. So, I think no one would mind, right? – Fishing Master, Fenrir]

…

“I somehow got the divine weapon for fishing…”

The Wind-battered Fishing Hat was not very useful to Li Yi because he rarely went fishing, but this fishing hat was truly nothing less than a divine weapon to carefree players who liked to fish.

It could infinitely increase the rare item rate by 1%, making everything that was previously impossible possible. With this hat on your head, all you had to do was be willing to spend the time. Go, fish, and all sorts of rare items awaited you.

“If I gave this to her… she’d probably love it, right?”

A beautiful silhouette flashed past Li Yi’s mind and pricked him in the heart.

‘Will we still meet in this life? Perhaps, we might not? Should I still go for it? For sure, right? Or…’

Three bears ran at him but Li Yi was still spacing out. By the time he recovered, he was already lying dead on the ground.

“F*ck me!”

This was his very first time dying like that, without even moving…

Li Yi corpse-ran back in a huff and carefully resurrected away from the gazes of the three bears before he continued to proceed through the forest.

Three days had passed and more than 2000 female bears had died by Li Yi’s hands. At the same time, since he was in the midst of triggering the Violent Bear King, the female bears that he killed would not respawn. As a result, Li Yi had to run back and forth, searching for a long time before he could find even one more female bear.

The fewer female bears there were, the higher his chances of triggering the Violent Bear King. However, Li Yi was slightly frustrated. He had killed more than thirty Elite-level Bears by now, but why was the Violent Bear King still refusing to appear?

There was definitely no problem with the method, the only problem lay in that damned trigger rate.

Over the past three days, not only had he risen by one and a half levels, but his Backpack was also growing full to the brim with materials.

‘I don’t buy it. I don’t believe that you’ll stay hidden even if I kill off every single female bear in this forest.’

Li Yi’s stubborn temper flared up again.

…

Pinnacle of the Fire

At the entrance to the Death of a King dungeon, corpses lay all over the ground while cries for blood filled the sky!

They were fighting again.

At first, it was the Savage Tribe that lead the massacre to clear the area, while the members of the God Creator Guild banded together to fight back. After that, the Star Fire and Dream Guilds also joined the battle, and the situation went out of control.

The reason behind all this conflict was very simple. The large-sized guilds had all reached the Dwarf King Vladimir’s third stage, and only the final stage lay between them and a first kill. Those who had shifty intentions and intended to use some trickery would naturally choose to make their moves at a time like this.

‘Kill! Whoever dares to approach this door, I’ll kill them all.’

The Guild Master of the Savage Tribe, the Orc Violent Warrior, Milk Dipper Solitary held one large axe in his hand, cutting an imposing figure as he stood guard in front of the entrance.

…

Just then, in Room 107 of a certain hotel, Yang Xingchen and Hua Feihua sat together, arms over each other’s shoulders and backs as they watched the live game footage on the television screen.

“Your husband’s ATK is quite high, his DPS is over 1000 now, right?”

“He’s still not stronger than you, though.” Hua Feihua rolled her eyes at Yang Xingchen, her gaze meaningful.

Yang Xingchen chuckled and poured wine into both the empty cups, handing Hua Feihua one.

“Cheers!”

“Clink!”

They tapped the glasses against each other lightly and drained their glasses.