MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks Chapter 261 - Making His Move

Since the Lightning Leopard was not a boss, it was not immune to the players’ crowd control skills. However, if players kept repeating the same crowd control skill, it would naturally build up its own resistance.

For example, the Freezing Trap’s Freeze effect would last for 12 seconds the first time it activated, but if a player used it again, the time would be shortened to 11 seconds, and so on. The duration it would be controlled would gradually reduce to the point the Lightning Leopard would become immune to the effect.

The Lightning Leopard had 12,000,000 HP. Even if 4 people worked together, it would still take several hours.

The Lightning Leopard was extremely fast. Although the party did not have any main tanks, Princess Huaiyu’s Purple-gold Combat Tiger could easily play the role of a main tank.

The Purple-gold Combat Tiger held down the Lightning Leopard, blocking most of its attacks. Meanwhile, the others controlled their aggro and dealt damage. When they noticed that the Lightning Leopard would let out a roar throughout the fight, they would immediately run far away to avoid its pounce in advance.

If they did not have a powerful pet to resist the Lightning Leopard, this battle would not be possible at all. With the Purple-gold Combat Tiger, this battle had become all too easy,

The Purple Lightning Leopard’s HP trickled away. 9,000,000, 8,000,000, 5,000,000, 3,000,000…

When the Lightning Leopard’s HP fell below 1,000,000, the four members of the party began to look s.h.i.+fty. All of them, without exception, were plotting something. As the boss’ HP fell, the duration of their little pact was also coming to an end.

“Pfft-pfft!”

Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n was the first to make his move. He attacked Princess Huaiyu, but she had long since antic.i.p.ated that he would do that. She immediately dismissed the Purple-gold Combat Tiger and fell to the ground, using Pseudocide. She was even craftier than he had been because by doing so, the Lightning Leopard had lost a target for its aggro.

“F*ck, you guys are f*cking shady!” Not Gray Wolf swore loudly. He bit the tip of his finger, drawing blood, and unleashed a Sacrificial Summon.

“Guardian of Ancient Kings, Bagradin!”

A well-built knight in black armor crawled out of the ground. Unlike the Headless Horseman, he did not wield a greatsword. Instead, he held a s.h.i.+eld in each hand.

Bagradin had extremely high DEF, but at the same time, the punishment dealt to the master who summoned him was much harsher as well. The Summoner would sacrifice half of their own attributes, which would then be temporarily placed on Bagradin. Also, the Summoner would lose 50 HP every second, so this thing was undeniably a vampire.

Bagradin went forth and pulled the Lightning Leopard’s aggro steadily.

“Darling, it’s all up to you now,” Not Gray Wolf roared.

“Explosive Poison Trap!” Call Me Red Wolf attacked as well. This couple was much craftier than Princess Huaiyu and Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n. Long before Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n broke the truce, Call Me Red Wolf had already begun to secretly set up traps around them. Now, all she had to do was trigger them.

Although Trap Archers did not have any explosive skills, there were also fewer restrictions imposed on them when they set up their traps. That was why they could set up multiple traps at once. If ignited at the same time, the destructive force behind it would be a force to be reckoned with!

The Weakening Trap (which reduces the target’s attributes), together with the Venomous Trap and the Critical Hit Trap, blew Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n and Princess Huaiyu who was still in Pseudocide mode, sky high. By the time they landed, they were already dead.

“I’m always playing shady tricks! You’re still no match for me there.” Call Me Red Wolf laughed heartily and focused her attacks on the Lightning Leopard.

When it came to tricking others and countering those tricks, Princess Huaiyu and Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n were still wet behind the ears…

Not Gray Wolf pulled out a HP Recovery Potion and downed it. He then took out a Bandage, just in case.

The amount of HP he was losing as a result of summoning Bagradin was ridiculous. If it were not for that HP Potion, Not Gray Wolf would have collapsed a long time ago. Of course, both the Potion and the Bandage were limited by a cooldown period. Once he finished using both of these, Not Gray Wolf’s time would soon be up.

“F*ck them sideways, those two motherf*ckers actually dared to attack first,” Not Gray Wolf cursed.

Now that it was only the two of them attacking the Lightning Leopard, the going went much slower. Of course, Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n and Princess Huaiyu were not going to take this lying down either. They corpse-ran back as quickly as they could and stood next to their corpses, ready to resurrect at any moment.

Seeing as Gray Wolf was just about at the end of his line, Call Me Red Wolf stopped attacking as well and went straight to using Capture.

1%… 5 %… 16%…

This time, Call Me Red Wolf’s luck was extraordinarily good. The Lightning Leopard did not struggle. It just crouched there obediently, and the way things were going, it was clearly going to be captured!

“In your dreams!”

Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n and Princess Huaiyu resurrected at the same time and launched attacks at Call Me Red Wolf.

76%… 78%…

“Smack!”

Their attacks immediately interrupted Call Me Red Wolf’s attempt at Capture. This had enraged her so much so that she roared out loud. Without even using her skills, she bared her nails as she pounced at them, trying to scratch their faces off.

“Darling, this is a game, a game!” Not Gray Wolf just kept howling. Just then, his HP ran out as well, as he fell to the ground with a thump. The Guardian of Ancient Kings, Bagradin, also vanished instantly…

The Lightning Leopard’s aggro was diverted again, and it immediately zoned in on the target with the second highest degree of aggro, Call Me Red Wolf. It darted over like a bolt of lightning and scratched her fiercely, putting the hysterical Red Wolf back in her place.

Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n and Princess Huaiyu both used Capture at the same time. In the end, Princess Huaiyu got there first, and the channeling bar began. Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n failed, so he immediately aimed at Princess Huaiyu and shot arrows at her fiercely.

The Purple-gold Combat Tiger appeared and blocked Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n’s attacks.

1%… 5%… 16%… 37%…

Since it had less HP now, the channeling bar for capturing the Lightning Leopard clearly took longer to load.

Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n could not hit Princess Huaiyu, so he immediately changed targets and sent an arrow flying at the Lightning Leopard instead.

With a “smack”, the channeling bar vanished.

“Awoo—”

The Lightning Leopard pounced and landed right in front of Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n. It swung its claws, and Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n was laid flat on the floor.

The Purple-gold Combat Tiger went up to distract it, and Princess Huaiyu continued to use Capture.

The channeling bar started up again, this time uninterrupted!

1%… 5%… 16%… 37%… 89%… 95%…

“Powered-Up Arrow!”

“Whoosh—”

A pale-blue arrow with an alarming force flew toward Princess Huaiyu, spiraling as it went. Li Yi had made his move!

“Purple-gold Combat Tiger, Defense Mode!” Princess Huaiyu yelled out in the nick of time. The Purple-gold Combat Tiger roared loudly, its body turned to purple light as it enveloped the surface of Princess Huaiyu’s skin.

The Purple-gold Combat Tiger’s Defense Mode was even more OP than Violent Bear’s Protection. The owner would obtain twice the pet’s attributes on top of their own, and they could even use the pet’s unique skills.

Princess Huaiyu became a monster that was part human part tiger. Her HP immediately jumped to 20,000+. Li Yi pierced through her heart with an arrow, dealing her [−2,897] in damage.

97%…

“Smack.” The channeling bar vanished.

Although he did not manage to kill her instantly, he still succeeded in intercepting the channeling bar.

“Chain Arrow Skill! Eliminate!”

Three more arrows reached her. Princess Huaiyu could not evade them in time, and they found their target once more. This time, she lost 9,000+ HP, and just then, Li Yi’s three arrows achieved Critical Hits, resulting in Activation!

“Piercing Arrow!”

“Swoos.h.!.+”

The arrow made a very clear noise as it hit Princess Huaiyu. When a Piercing Arrow landed on its target, it would randomly remove one of the target’s status buffs.

Unfortunately for her, that one arrow removed her Defense Mode.

Princess Huaiyu was separated from the Purple-gold Combat Tiger, and she only had 100HP left now. Just then, the Lightning Leopard reached her and swiped at her with its claws.

“Roar—”

Li Yi gave the Violent Bear King, who was far away, a hit of Mislead. He then shot at the Purple-gold Combat Tiger a few times, successfully pulling away its aggro.

He was in no hurry to capture it. Instead, he shot it as he retreated away from this area.

There were still 4 players lying on the ground, after all. Although he was confident that he could take them down, he would also have to go through a channeling bar when capturing the Lightning Leopard. When that happened, he would not be able to deal any attacks. All he could do was stand there and take the hits. That was why he had to be careful.

“Dark Wing!”

Not Gray Wolf was the first to recognize Li Yi.

“Can everyone listen to me for a moment? Let’s not fight amongst ourselves and work together, sincerely this time! We’ll give up on this pet. As long as we can kill Dark Wing, you guys can have it.” Not Gray Wolf sent Princess Huaiyu and Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n a message.

“Alright, let’s kill Dark Wing!”

The 4 of them began their so-called sincere truce once more…

Li Yi ordered the Violent Bear King to run. In no time at all, he had led the Lightning Leopard away.

He used Capture, and the channeling bar began!

1%… 5%… 16%… 39%… 89%… 93%…

“Smack!”

It was unfortunate. When the channeling bar reached 93%, the Lightning Leopard broke free and the Capture attempt failed.

‘One more time!’

1%… 5%… 16%… 39%… 89%… 97%…

“Smack!”

It was even more frustrating this time. 3% more, and he would have gotten it…

Li Yi kept his calm and had the Violent Bear King fight the Lightning Leopard. Now that the aggro was safely pulled, he drew his bow and shot madly.

In order to get the Lightning Leopard’s HP to less than 1,000,000 as soon as possible, Li Yi did not use the unlimited Star Arrows that came with the orange bow. Instead, he used the most advanced Flame Arrows, depleting its HP as quickly as he could.

Not Gray Wolf and the other 3 resurrected at the same time and gave chase.

Li Yi attacked the boss while occasionally turning around to attack them. The position he was standing in was very precise. He just had to take one step, and the opponents could no longer hit him with their ranged attacks, whereas Li Yi could easily shoot at all 4 live targets.

Princess Huaiyu was the first to fall. To Li Yi, she posed the biggest threat. Although he did not know how long the Purple-gold Combat Tiger’s combination attack was on cooldown, he still killed her as soon as he could, just in case. He could not go wrong there.

The second person he killed was Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n. As a Shooting Path Archer himself, Li Yi was also very apprehensive of Critical Hits.

Unease Without e.j.a.c.u.l.a.t.i.o.n was killed off as well, followed closely by Red Wolf. That crazy b*tch had nearly lost it with anger after she failed to catch the Lightning Leopard. She actually took off her blouse and even pulled off her bra, and was now fighting topless. Li Yi was flabbergasted just looking at her…

“Darling, can we put your clothes back on first? Don’t let others see you!” Not Gray Wolf was almost in tears.

“No way, I ain’t getting proper ventilation with this on!”

“Sigh—”

Not Gray Wolf held his face, at a loss for words.

Red Wolf could not approach Li Yi, and the traps that she had planted could not be used at all. Li Yi just had to lift his hand and unleash a few arrows at them to disable them completely.

Out of the 4, only Not Gray Wolf remained.

Li Yi did not even look at him. He just turned around and continued to shoot at the Lightning Leopard.

“Hey f*cker, are you underestimating me?” Not Gray Wolf turned red with anger and he summoned a large horde of Little Skeletons. They rushed at Li Yi, swaying as they went.

Li Yi moved as he shot his arrows. The Little Skeletons were astoundingly slow. It would be a surprise if they could hit him.

“Mislead!”

With a wave of his hand, Li Yi cast Mislead on one of the Little Skeletons. After that, he shot the Lightning Leopard a few times, diverting the Lightning Leopard’s aggro. It pounced at the Little Skeleton, and Li Yi took that opportunity to heal the Violent Bear King…

“F*ck me, you…” When he saw what Li Yi was doing, Not Gray Wolf was so angry that he nearly coughed up blood.

The Headless Horseman was on cooldown, the Guardian of Ancient Kings was on cooldown. Right now, Not Gray Wolf could only unleash Little Skeletons. In Li Yi’s eyes, using the pets he summoned to pull aggro was barely just an act of recycling trash…

When the Lightning Leopard’s HP fell to around 300,000, Li Yi used Capture once more!

1%… 5%… 16%… 39%… 89%… 99%…