MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks
chapter-220

Chapter 220: Black Wind Valley

Five days! Li Yi engrossed himself in the Arena for five whole days. Using his experience from his past life, he did not encounter Sark even once. Other than the time he threw in the towel for Shen Lang, he had an undefeated streak.

18,000 Battlefield Points put him firmly in first place, a whopping 5,000 points ahead of the player in second.

That should more or less do it.

Li Yi stopped grinding points. As things were now, all he had to do was maintain his position. If he kept grinding points, he would just end up meeting stronger and stronger NPC opponents.

In truth, ever since he reached 13,000 Battlefield Points, he had stopped encountering players as his opponents. All of his opponents were, without exception, Elite NPCs from the Arena itself.

The other players encountered the exact same thing. Upon reaching 13,000 points, all of their opponents became NPCs, and each match became harder than the last. The reason why the player in second place was 5,000 points behind him was that Li Yi knew how to handle Elite NPCs while the others did not.

Although Li Yi had many Battlefield Points, his luck was clearly only average. Even after so many battles, he somehow had yet to obtain even one Battlefield Honorable Gift Pack. On the other hand, at least a dozen of the players he had defeated already obtained one…

Li Yi constantly kept an eye on the Arena rankings while he rode solo toward Black Wind Valley.

Jiaojiao was carrying Wind-on-Snow every day, helping her to farm levels. She would also occasionally put in a good word for Wind-on-Snow with Li Yi. Her intention could not be clearer. Just as before, she wanted to introduce Wind-on-Snow to Li Yi and make her his girlfriend…

What on earth was she thinking? The more Li Yi thought about it, the more depressed and frustrated he became.

Black Wind Valley was a Level 60 map. Three types of monsters spawned there, namely spirits, zombies, and skeletons.

There were a great many monsterlings. They had high ATK. low HP, and extremely fast respawn rates. If one was not careful, they could easily be swarmed to death by the monsterlings that spawned instantly.

In the past life, many powerhouses liked to farm solo in Black Wind Valley. It was exciting and awarded plenty of EXP. However, Li Yi was not interested in that. Archers specialized in ranged attacks, and Black Wind Valley’s terrain was treacherous. The Archer’s line of sight was blocked, so he would not be able to perform to the most of his abilities as well. If it were not for the continuation of his Epic-level Class Quest, he would not have bothered going.

Of course, Li Yi had also made all the necessary preparations for this trip. He was almost at Level 62 now but he had yet to learn the Level 60 Skill Tomes. Black Wind Valley was a Level 60 map, so it could drop Level 60 Skill Tomes. If he encountered an Elite or a Leader-type monster, he was not going to let it escape.

The Blazing Ape clambered across the mountains. With this mount, his traveling time had been reduced significantly. Add that to the Ice Toad King’s jumps, and he could now access many of the places he could not reach in the past.

Li Yi even looted 5 large treasure chests along the way, obtaining a total of 60 Gold Coins and a piece of blue equipment. That was only moderately lucky, allowing him to break even for the cost of the Universal Keys he used.

After rushing on his way for more than two hours, Li Yi arrived at the Eastern Ocean. Riding the Mermaid Princess, he took the ocean route and proceeded toward Black Wind Valley.

The Mermaid Princess moved extremely quickly underwater. Although the ocean route was longer, it was faster to take once he took the Mermaid Princess’ speed into account.

After an hour of traveling by sea, Li Yi arrived at Black Wind Valley.

This was a world where black was the predominant color. There were black clouds above his head, and everything beneath his feet was black. It was almost as dark and gloomy as the Dwelling of the Undead.

Undead-type monsters gathered here by the swarms. They ate whatever they laid eyes on, so they had eaten all the trees and all the small creatures. When there was not anything left for them to eat, they began to eat each other. Compared to the Undead monsters in the Dwelling of the Undead, the undead here were even more terrifying.

Black Wind Valley’s backstory had much to do with the Cursing Sect. Ever since the day the Evil God was exiled and the Cursing Sect came to be, this had been one of the Cursing Sect’s secret bases, just like the Curse Land. The difference was that the Cursing Sect devotees here met with an extremely tragic fate. They encountered a mad leader, the Apothecarist Zangila.

The Apothecarist Zangila idolized the Evil God madly. In order to help the Evil God return, he controlled normal people who did not believe in the Evil God with his medicines, turning them all into the Evil God’s most devoted followers.

Once, when the Apothecarist Zangila was testing out some new potions, the potions exploded and the effect covered the entire Black Wind Valley. All of the living creatures there were infected. Some became zombies, some became shelters, and others could not get over their grudge, so their souls became spirits. This was the story behind the monsters in Black Wind Valley.

When the Castellan Archimonde was young, he had encountered Zangila. That was how he ended up so badly poisoned that he could not leave his bed.

Completely unlike the well-organized undead in the Dwelling of the Undead, the undead here did not care for anyone or anything. They would devour even their own compatriots, so the fate of players went without saying.

Gulping down a bottle of Invisibility Potion, Li Yi carefully went around the many undead and made his way deeper into Black Wind Valley.

Blackbeard Mike’s descendant lived in this valley, and he was a super rare Elite. Unfortunately, Blackbeard’s descendant was currently also undead, so when the player found him, they had to kill him once first before they could purify his soul.

Blackbeard’s descendant spawned randomly, which made him impossible to find. Plus he was a super rare Elite, so every time he spawned, he would only remain there for five hours at most. After that, he would automatically disappear, and it would take at least 3 to 10 days for him to spawn again.

He was extremely difficult to find. In the previous life, countless people could not get past this quest, spending half a year, one year, and even two or three years without completing it.

Of course, this only happened in the later stages of the game, when more players came to Black Wind Valley. Now, there was not a single player in Black Wind Valley. So long as he was willing to spend some time, it would not be hard at all to find Blackbeard’s descendant.

Undead monsters had rather powerful Sensory abilities. Li Yi used Camouflage and an Invisibility Potion, but he was still discovered by a group of zombies as soon as he walked into the valley. They rushed at him, fangs bared.

There were fifteen of them, but they did not move quickly. He could run away!

The Violent Bear King roared as it rushed at them, pulling the aggro of all the zombies with one Sweep.

The Violent Bear King had high HP and DEF, making it Li Yi’s most loyal meat shield. Ever since he obtained this pet, Li Yi’s battles became a lot easier.

“Powered-Up Arrow! Eliminate!”

Li Yi drew his bow and let loose his arrows. The two consecutive arrows pierced through the bodies of eight zombies, and then he added a few more shots to finish them off easily.

One thing all undead monsters had in common was that they had powerful ATK but low DEF and not much HP. A normal Level 60 zombie monster had about 6,000HP. With Li Yi’s damage being as terrifying as it was, he would definitely be able to kill one with no more than 4 arrows.

When the Violent Bear King was left with about 1,000HP, Li Yi finished off this group of zombies.

He went up to them and looted their bodies. Other than a Ragged Cloth, a Worn Leather Belt, and 300 Gold Coins, there was nothing else. Undead-type monsters had another characteristic… namely that they were constantly broke.

Li Yi retreated rapidly, distancing himself from the zombies’ corpses.

“Hooowl—” The zombies that had been killed crawled up again, swaying. They would instantly resurrect even if they were killed. Players who did not know about this ability of theirs would stand close to their corpses after killing them, putting themselves at risk.

Li Yi ignored the zombies that were crawling up once more. He chugged another bottle of Invisibility Potion and continued on his way.

“Fiery Explosion! Inferno Impact!”

Ahead of him, there was a flash of firelight, followed by the howls of countless undead monsters.

‘There’s someone here?’

Li Yi was slightly stunned. Once he recovered, he immediately strode ahead quickly.

Black Wind Valley was a Level 60 map. Although there were no level restrictions on entering, just who could be bad*ss enough to come in here and farm monsters?

The area at the heart of the valley was an empty space without any obstructions nearby. Just then, a male Human Wizard dressed in a long black Wizard’s robe was levitating there, his feet slightly off the ground. He held his staff high above his head, and fireballs fell from the sky, one after the other, crashing into the undead monsters around him. This was the Fire Wizards’ signature move, Meteor Volcano!

“Whoosh—”

The male Human Wizard killed the zombies all at once using Meteor Volcano, and then he immediately switched to Flash (teleportation), leaving the area. Subsequently, he used small fireballs to pull the zombies nearby before running back to his previous position. Once he was there, he continued to use Fiery Explosion, Inferno Impact, Meteor Volcano…

The male Human Wizard rinsed and repeated those moves as he farmed the monsters, his actions clean and neat. Even faced with several hundred zombies approaching him from all sides, he could still move freely and avoid taking any damage whatsoever.

It was the Fire Emperor, Lonely Semi City!

Even before he saw the man’s face, Li Yi could already guess his identity.

Right now, most players were at around Level 50. Only a very few BAMFs would dare to come into a Level 60 map and farm monsters solo. Even fewer players could use the Fire Wizard movesets so fluidly. Other than Lonely Semi City, Li Yi could not think of anyone else.

‘No wonder he’s always been at a higher level than anyone else. The way he’s farming ain’t any worse than how I farmed at the Underwater Remnants. This guy… Could he have some equipment that allows him to regenerate mana infinitely?’

Lonely Semi City’s mana was close to infinite. Li Yi watched for more than a dozen minutes, and yet he never once saw Lonely Semi City sit down to recover his mana. The latter just kept fighting without stopping.

Lonely Semi City completely ignored the monster corpses piling up on the ground. He was a level-grinding maniac who did not seem to care about anything other than EXP.

Li Yi watched him for another dozen minutes or so before he started to feel bored. Just as he thought, this Lonely Semi City sure was OP. He farmed for so long without even a moment’s pause. Li Yi nearly called hacks. He just repeated and repeated the same moves. Add that to his stoic expression and if it were not for his in-depth understanding of King of Pantheon, Li Yi would really have suspected that this guy was a robot rather than a human.

Li Yi retreated quietly without greeting Lonely Semi City. Instead, he went around the latter and continued to look for Blackbeard’s descendant.

“Zangila, you mad monster, I’m gonna kill you, I will…” Heart-wrenching screams reached his ears from ahead, and Li Yi perked up.

Only two monsters in Black Wind Valley could speak. One was Zangila and the other was Blackbeard’s descendant. That line just now was specific to Blackbeard’s descendant!

Li Yi followed the voice and soon found Black Wind Valley’s super rare Elite. It was a dwarf zombie wielding sledgehammers with both hands.

This dwarf zombie was Blackbeard’s descendant!