MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks

Panda Novel

Explosions rocked the air as the tanks pressed forward. Whenever they encountered large mechanical arachnids, the first thing they did was to flee. If fleeing was not an option, their only choice was to lock themselves in a deathmatch.

The party under Brother Windcloud Nine’s command constantly had their tanks demolished, whereas Li Yi who trailed behind them constantly repaired the tanks they left behind. As such, the tanks in Li Yi’s arsenal continued to increase.

Aside from that, they did not let the tanks that were abandoned by the other parties go to waste. Whenever they had a chance, they made sure to recover them.

…

Thum! Thum!

A huge iron fortress could be seen from afar, and in front of this fortress, stood a five-meter-tall colossal robot spider. It constantly shot lasers toward its surroundings and attacked any enemies it saw.

Anybody who saw it would be shocked to see a name on top of the spider. It read, ‘Prototype B7 Spider King’!

It was the first boss of Glory, and any players that wished to proceed would need to bring it down.

The corpses of the Paladins from the Church of Light and the High Disciples from the Cursing Sect were littered about. Currently, there was only a hundred or so of them that were still alive, and they were in the midst of giving their all in erecting a magical barrier to block Spider King’s laser beam.

The magical barrier constantly wavered, and it gave an unsettling feeling that it could break at any moment.

“Annihilate the intruders! Protect Lord Yuge’s flesh! Alter life! Create life…”

Spider King took massive strides forward, and when it reached the barrier, it raised its claws to tear at the barrier.

Shrip! Shrip! Shrip! Shrip!

The magical barrier shuddered even greater than before, and cracks began to form. It was about to break…

Naturally, if no players arrived, the magical barrier raised by the forces of Light and Dark would remain like that forever…

The first to reach the iron fortress was not Brother Windcloud Nine. Instead, it was Amber Sword Heart from the Southern Continent. He united all the major guilds from the Southern Continent and reached the fortress from another direction.

Though Amber Sword Heart and his party had arrived early, they did not engage in combat. Instead, they stood from afar and patiently observed Spider King’s attack style.

Not long after, the parties led by Brother Windcloud Nine and Li Yi reached there in tandem. Behind them was a party that was considerably large, and it was led by Night Moon from Reigning The World and Ashy Sky from Legendary Tribe.

None of these four parties dared to make the first move.

Since resurrection spells were unusable in Glory, failing to defeat the boss was akin to failure.

“Gentlemen, how does working together sound?” The pale-faced Ashy Sky’s voice rang out.

Out of the four major parties, the one that was led by Brother Windcloud Nine was the largest, followed by Amber Sword Heart, Li Yi, and finally, the alliance between Legendary Tribe and Reigning The World.

Nobody answered as they were unwilling to cooperate.

Disappointed, Ashy Sky spoke. “Sister Moon, shall we?”

Night Moon shook her head. Engaging now would mean that they will serve as the lab rats for other parties. There was no way that she would do such a silly endeavor.

On the other hand, the mentality of the players from the other parties was not much different from Night Moon’s. Nobody was willing to go forward, and everyone was still waiting.

Just as the 4 major parties were in a standstill, a bunch of players came barging in from afar. The figure leading them was riding a rare black donkey and was none other than Scumbag Wang from the Huashan Guild. Behind him were two other figures, Hua Feihua, and Hua Feiwu, and they followed closely behind him.

Though Century Flower Guild and Huashan Guild had not been annihilated, their tanks had all been destroyed. Half of them had suffered casualties, and together, their numbers were below 500.

“Charge!”

Without an ounce of hesitation, the first thing Scumbag Wang did when he saw Spider King was to raise his shortsword and charge forward.

“CHARGE—”

Scumbag Wang’s subordinates rushed forward enthusiastically. None of them feared death, and if they were in the past, their tactic would definitely have taken down cities.

“Lil Brother Wang’er, return quickly! Don’t go!” In her panic, Hua Feihua shouted in a cutesy voice.

By that point of time, Scumbag Wang was already under Spider King’s foot. When he heard Hua Feihua’s voice, he whipped his head around, only for Spider King to shoot out a laser beam from under its belly, obliterating Scumbag Wang.

“Sister Huahua, you ca…” Poor Scumbag Wang could not even complete the word ‘call’ before being disintegrated.

“Charge! Avenge Leader Scum—”

The Huashan Sect charged forward, only for Spider King to unleash the laser beam from its belly once more. It only took a single strike to send those before it into oblivion.

Hsst…Hsst…

The battle had ended, and as such the protective barrier that enveloped the battle zone disappeared as well.

Every time a battle started; Spider King would raise a protective light barrier around the combat zone. This served to prevent other parties from interrupting the boss battle, and at the same time, would prevent the party that was fighting the boss from escaping. In other words, those who attempted to fight Spider King had two options, it was either kill or be killed.

Not even five seconds had passed, and they were all dead.

Scumbag Wang and his lot could not even be considered as lab rats…

At that instant, Hua Feihua caught sight of Li Yi and instantly forgot the whole Scumbag Wang fiasco. She instantly took on a joyful expression and winked her eyes playfully as she glued herself to Li Yi.

“Brother Dark Wing, you’re here as well huh…”

A jet-black greatsword landed in front of Hua Feihua, blocking her from coming any closer. Lady Jiao could not bear to watch any longer, and as such, lashed out.

“Who’re you? Why’re you acting so close to him? Do you guys have something going on?”

“Dark Wing’s my big bro, who’re you?”

Jiaojiao examined Hua Feihua and caught sight of her ample bosom. She then hoisted up her own chest and proudly proclaimed, “I’m his side chick. Pfft…Nah, I’m actually his girlfriend!”

Hua Feihua observed Jiaojiao’s skin tone and while rubbing her own cheeks, she jeered, “Um Miss, are you an African?”

Jiaojiao bellowed, “Scr*w you! Who’re you calling black!”

“Get back in!”

Li Yi grabbed Jiaojiao by the neck and dragged her into the tank. He then locked the tank’s cover and gave Hua Feihua the cold shoulder.

He was not the least interested in Hua Feihua, and as such, he cared little of her opinion of him.

On the other side, Hua Feihua shouted, “Century Flower Guild, 250 players, anyone wants us?”

“We’re offering 500 Gold Coins per head, and we have no limits!” Brother Windcloud Nine yelled out.

Very quickly, Century Flower Guild had joined Brother Windcloud Nine’s team, and Hua Feihua was dragged away by Hua Feiwu.

Kaboom! Kaboom!

Ten green tanks mobilized. Legendary Tribe and Reigning The World could no longer sit still, and as such, they mobilized their tanks and charged into Spider King’s territory.

The protective light barrier that surrounded the territory was erected, and it cut off all connections of the intruders to the outside world.

“Annihilate the intruders! Protect Lord Yuge…”

Spider King gave up on destroying the magic barrier and charged at the party, claws and fangs at the ready.

Hsst…Hsst…

Spider King had two eyes, and each of them could fire long-range laser beams. Furthermore, its mouth can spit out a spider-silk-like light, and once it hit, its targets would turn into a spider cocoon which required the aid of other players to be destroyed. If players failed to destroy it within a designated time frame, the players within the cocoon will be turned into Spider King’s minions.

The strategy that Ashy Sky and Night Moon employed was a two-pronged pincer assault, with five tanks in front of it and five tanks behind.

The attack prowess of a tank with 100 players within it was terrifying, and each blow would deal around a million damage, which was much higher than the damage that 100 normal players could deal together.

Spider King’s HP was displayed as a percentage, and after Ashy Sky and Night Moon’s minute-long assault, its HP was still displayed as 100%. If it were not for the damage counter showing their damage of a million per shell, most people would misunderstand and perceive attacks to be useless on it.

The boss’ HP was too thick.

“Annihilate the intruders…”

Spider King’s attack style was pretty simple, it only shot lasers from its eyes and shot silk from its mouth. The laser beam was very powerful and was able to take out 300,000+ HP per shot, and though its silk could not wrap the tanks into cocoons, it was still able to lower the tanks’ movement speed.

“Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!”

The ten tanks fired a relentless barrage, but the Spider King’s HP remained the same. On the other hand, the ten tanks had taken multiple hits from the laser beams, and as such, had lost a huge portion of their HP.

The situation was not looking good…

“Annihilate the Intruders! Prototype B7, initiating target-lock sequence. Target confirmed, firing in five seconds.”

Spider King stopped shooting its laser beams and its eyes turned red. One of the tanks had been marked with a skeleton symbol.

[5,4,3,2,1!]

Tch-Tch—

Spider King’s movement speed was out of this world. It was even faster than a Warrior’s Charge, and in mere moments, it had reached the marked tank. It raised its claws and let out an insectoid cry. Within three seconds, it demolished the noble tank.

Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!

Sticky silk threads shot out towards the 100 players within the destroyed tank.

“Annihilate the intruders! Prototype B7, initializing target-lock sequence. Targets confirmed, attacking in two seconds.”

Tch-Tch—

After a mere two seconds, Spider King attacked again. This time, it had locked onto another tank and demolished it instantly as well…

Spider King’s HP was displayed as 99%, and it was truly enraged. It destroyed tanks one after another, and in a blink of an eye, none of the tanks remained. They were all demolished.

It continuously shot out the sticky spider silk as well, and when Ashy Sky and Night Moon had gotten over their shock, there was no longer anything they could do by then.

The two parties that consisted of nearly 1,000 players had all been bound up by the spider silk, and after 30 seconds, the cocoons broke open, revealing monsters that had a human face attached to a spider’s lower-half…

Team-wipe…

The battle was over, and with that, the protective barrier was dispelled. Despite that, the human-faced spider monsters that were formed by the players did not disappear. Instead, they were gathered around Spider King’s butt and were hopping around ecstatically.

Those who watched the events unfold were left dumbfounded.

Tch-Tch-Tch-Tch—

White rays of light constantly shot out from Spider King’s territory. It was the effect that came with using Light Amulet, and with that, Ashy Sky and his men had been resurrected.

It was rewarded to Legendary Tribe for taking down Ice Howl, but unlike them, Reigning the World’s Night Moon had no such luck. All her party members had been slain, and they were all transported out of the dungeon.

The human-faced spiders were still prancing about, and the revived Legendary Tribe players realized that some of them had their faces.

An ominous feeling struck the hearts of those observing.

Flower Underpants was shaken. “The battle is already over, but the small monsters are still there? How’re we going to fight them?”

Li Yi was blabbering solemnly, it appeared as if he was formulating a strategy against Spider King.

That was how OP Spider King was. As long as there were players that died due to the spider silk, the human-faced spider monsters would be produced, and they would remain even after the battle. In a way, this boss battle would become harder with time…

In Li Yi’s past life, Spider King was one of the few No Patch, No Down (NPND) bosses within King of Pantheon! ¹