MMO: Pierce Heaven Til' It Breaks
chapter-244

Chapter 244: Party Battle

Unlike the solo arena battles, the party arena battles had a daily limit on the number of attempts. They could only have three consecutive tries every day, regardless of whether they win or lose. Once the twenty days of fighting were up, the final rankings would be calculated and the Seasonal Champion identified.

The Star Fire Guild was currently in first place, having yet to lose a single round. Meanwhile, Little Drunk Cat had lost 4 rounds and was currently placed in fifth.

When it came to the battles between parties, it began with a mixed melee during which they collected points. Once a party had more than 2,000 points, they would automatically enter the rankings. After that, they would battle only the two teams closest to them in the rankings.

For example, the opponent that the Little Drunk Cat Guild could challenge right now was the Dream Guild in fourth place, while the sixth-placed God Creator Guild could challenge the Little Drunk Cat Guild, and so on. A loss would mean a drop in ranks and a win would lead to a rise as they climbed their way to the top, one step at a time.

Right now, Little Drunk Cat’s goal was to reach 10,000 points as soon as possible. That way, they could challenge the Star Fire Guild, who had already qualified for the finals.

The Star Fire Guild had achieved 10,000 points, so they had been successfully promoted to the finals. Unless another guild could achieve 10,000 points, they would not need to accept any challenges from other guilds.

Platinum Hand, the party in second place, faced much more tragic circumstances. They had 9,500 points, so they just needed to win one more time in order to be promoted. However, their opponents would not let them have their way. War God Clan, in third place, used their strength in numbers to keep Platinum Hand out of the finals, time and again.

This time, Li Yi was personally commanding his party as they battled the Dream Guild!

The two sides were to face each other three times. If one side could win twice in a row, the third match would be unnecessary. The winner would earn 500 reward points whereas the loser would have 500 reward points deducted from them.

The Guild Master of the Dream Guild, Flower Underpants, took this battle very seriously as well. Even though Shangguan Bailu was still the commander, he was personally participating in the battle as well.

The participants from both sides were transported into the arena. It was the Battle of the Plains map.

The two armies stared each other down across the distance. The 120-second countdown appeared before their eyes. When the number reached zero, the battle would begin immediately.

Flower Underpants said, “Although the opponents are our allies, I do not wish to lose this match. I want you all to give your 120% and lay waste to our opponents. Bailu, come explain our tactics.”

Shangguan Bailu nodded and placed a bright red skull above Li Yi’s head. Only then did she tell the rest of the party, “There are no obstructions on the Battle of the Plains, so it’s all up to our raw power. When the battle begins in a bit, you have to do all it takes to destroy Dark Wing. Once we finish him off, we’ll already halfway to victory.”

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“Although the opponents are our allies, I bet none of you want to lose this match, right?” Li Yi looked at the members of the Little Drunk Cat Guild smilingly as he casually placed a bright red skull marker on Shangguan Bailu.

“Don’t underestimate this little dwarf lady. Her commanding skills are no worse than our Great Commander, Pretty Good Mood. That’s why our strategy to kill off their commander as soon as possible, rendering them useless without their leader. After that, kill the healers first, followed by the ranged attackers, and finally the main tanks and melee fighters. Also, those of you with crowd control classes must control them well. Fear Spells, Repent Spells, use whatever you can use and try to weaken the enemy as much as you can.”

“Leave this to me, boss. My greataxe has been thirsting for this for far too long.” One of Little Drunk Cat’s Violent Warriors, March, shook the greataxe in his hand and would not stop squawking about it.

“With Charge and Enhanced Charge, I’m confident I can take her down with just one hit, boss.”

“Sure, we’re counting on you then.” Li Yi smiled at March slightly.

The 120-second countdown hit zero, and the battle had officially begun!

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!”

There was a cloud of white smoke as everyone summoned their mounts and rushed forth. When the two armies clashed and the players were attacked, the mounts would once again fade to smoke.

The two sides officially crossed swords, and two hundred-man parties launched into a mad brawl.

All of the members from the Dream Guild obeyed Shangguan Bailu’s instructions and rushed toward Li Yi desperately. All they wanted was to take him down. As for Li Yi’s side, their orders were to take down Shangguan Bailu and devoid her army of a leader.

“Waa-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya, Charge!”

The Violent Warrior, March, roared out and gave himself a Berserk Fury buff (increases ATK by 30% for 10 seconds). He then used Charge and darted forth like a bolt of lightning.

Shangguan Bailu hid at the very back of the line, but this posed no difficulty for a Violent Warrior. He used Charge and hit his targeted area, but it was not meant for him to attack his opponent. Instead, he continued to use an Enhanced Charge at the area ahead of him. The two skills had taken him right up to Shangguan Bailu.

“Waa-ya-ya-ya, take a bite of my axe!”

March swung his axe down at her. Shangguan Bailu kept her composure and a skeleton rose from the surface of her skin, enveloping her.

“White Bone Screen!”

White Bone Screen was the Undead Summon’s signature invincibility skill, rendering them invincible against all forms of damage for 12 seconds.

March used his burst of Fury, slashing down with his greataxe. The word Miss kept appearing above Shangguan Bailu’s body as the invincibility special effect made her completely immune to March’s attacks.

Countless ice and fire projectiles and arrows rained down on them. March used Shield Wall, but even that was not enough. He was killed in an instant.

“Kill Dark Wing, kill Dark Wing!”

The bright red skill above Li Yi’s head (that he could not see) was extremely eye-catching. All the members of the Dream Guild rushed at him relentlessly. Judging from the way they charged at him. It seemed that they would never rest until they had taken him down.

Li Yi drew his bow and shot his arrows fiercely. His ATK was extremely OP, cutting through the classes dressed in cloth armor as though they were made paper. It would only take one Critical Hit, or two, three normal hits at the very most. Most people fell to his attacks before they even reached him.

“Charge! Charge! Mind Shock, Fear! Repent!”

Li Yi killed more than ten enemies, but by then the other side had also reached him. All sorts of skills were tossed at him desperately, and more than twenty Warriors used Charge on him.

“Dark Devour!”

Li Yi dispelled the effects and activated his Rocket Propellant. Rather than retreating backward, he rushed into the horde of enemies. Immediately after that, his body sparkled with golden light and he used the Shoot at Random skill.

“Shoot at Random!”

Li Yi spun on the spot and sent countless arrows flying randomly. In an instant, another dozen or so enemies were downed…

“Charge! Charge! Mind Shock, Fear! Repent!”

Another wave of players aimed at Li Yi threw several dozen types of magic at him again, instantly interrupting his Shoot at Random.

There was no helping it. Potions were not allowed in arena maps, or else Li Yi would just have to drink a Hegemonic Body Potion to make the end result very different.

The Little Drunk Cat Guild’s healers restored Li Yi’s HP and dispelled his statuses, while the members of the Dream Guild launched all their most powerful skills at him.

“Survival Instinct! Shoot at Random!”

Shoot at Random was a guidance skill. It had no cooldown time, so as long as the player had mana, they could use it infinitely. Li Yi used Shoot at Random again, and another dozen or so opponents crashed to the ground.

“Resolve of No Return!”

“Battle Roar!”

The bunch of players from the Dream Guild surrounded Li Yi and pummelled him with their strongest moves, forcefully interrupting Shoot at Random again.

Finally, Li Yi fell, but the other side sustained heavy losses as well. There were only slightly over thirty people left from their hundred-man party.

Once a character died, they would be instantly transported out of the arena. Li Yi was no exception. There was a flash of white light before his eyes, and he returned to the Black Peak Arena.

“Go, my brethren!”

“Don’t worry, Brother Yi, Ignite!” Chen Yang’s loud roar came across the Guild Channel, followed by good news. “I’ve finished off Shangguan Bailu.”

“Kill!”

There was a strength in numbers. The Battle of the Plains map did not take strategy into account anyway. The side with better equipment and higher ATK had a better chance of winning.

The battle was over in an instant, and the Little Drunk Cat Guild had won with ease. The statistics showed that Li Yi alone had killed off 51 enemies.

Compared to when he played as a Thief, this result was horrendous.

Although every other member of the Little Drunk Cat Guild expressed their admiration for Li Yi, he himself was far from satisfied.

Of course, this had much to do with the fact that Li Yi never joined any party battles in the past life…

He had long since gotten used to fighting alone. If he had known how to evade or how to coordinate with his party members earlier, he could have performed even better.

After some reflection, Li Yi instantly understood where he was lacking. He was confident that he would do better next time.

Both sides rested for 10 minutes and then the second match began.

This time, they were not faced with a field of plains. Instead, it was Pinnacle of the Fire’s final dungeon, the Fire Devil map.

That was right, the two sides were going to decide who was the winner here at the Fire Devil map!

The two sides drew lots, but Little Drunk Cat’s luck clearly was not the better of the two. They drew the attacking lot whereas the Dream Guild drew the defending lot.

The offensive side and the defensive side were different. The defending side could use the Fire Devil map’s boss-level flying-bird warplanes, while the attacking side could only use the smaller flying-bird warplanes. It was like the dungeon battle, but the only difference was that the monsters of this map had become the defending side players.

“Luck isn’t really on our side, but it’s fine. We were the ones who got the first kill record for this map, after all. Seeing as we could take down the Fire Devil Ifrit, there’s no way we’ll fail to take these guys down, right?”

Li Yi’s words immediately lit a flame in everyone’s hearts.

“Get onto those planes and let’s wreck ’em!”

Li Yi waved his hand and the members of the Little Drunk Cat Guild roared excitedly as they boarded the small-sized flying-bird warplane.

This was a battle that took place entirely in mid-air. The defending side protected the base’s Energy Sources whereas the attacking side destroyed them. They had one hour to decide the winner.

Chen Yang shook his head and sighed. “It’s too bad that Green Umbrella Guest kid isn’t here today, or else our chances of winning will be even greater.”

“It’s not like we could lose with the Guild Master here anyway. Don’t you remember Guild Master’s moves when we took down the Fire Devil? Now that was something.” Pretty Good Mood laughed heartily.

“That’s true. Brother Yi was only a little bit weaker than me, but was a lot of bits stronger than others.”

“Bits my *ss. You, take 20 people and destroy the Western Energy Source. Mood, take another 20 for the Northern one. Everyone else, come with me to the place of the final Energy Source, and we’ll duke it out with them.”

There were three Energy Sources around the base, and each had 500,000HP. If they destroyed all the Energy Sources, it would be the attacking side’s win.

“Brrrrr—”

A large flying-bird warplane flew toward them from the front and launched a violent spread shot at all the members of the Little Drunk Cat Guild.

The boss-level large-sized flying-bird warplanes were completely under the player’s control, so they could use all of the boss warplane’s skills. That included a large-area veil of bullets and crazy lock-on skills with terrifyingly high ATK.

“Target locked on, Archer Dark Wing. Charging Red Energy Source, charging Blue Energy Source, charging complete, activating Energy Cannon! Fire!”

The large-sized flying-bird warplane fired off a super-thick pillar of light that headed straight for Li Yi…

For the second match of the battle, Shangguan Bailu’s strategy was exactly the same as it had been the last time. Just as before, they had to kill Li Yi no matter what it took!

“If we kill him, we might still stand a chance of winning. If we can’t kill him, we won’t have even a sliver of a chance!”

“He’s not that OP, is he?”

“If we’re talking about Dark Wing, then yes, he is!”

“Bam—”

The super-thick pillar of light instantly blasted straight through the small-sized flying-bird warplane that Li Yi was riding…