novelraw Chapter 156 One Minute Ago
Chapter 156 One Minute Ago
At that moment, in The Second World’s over two hundred continents, in every city, on every mountain peak, across every plain, on each island, this voice resounded!
Whether they were players resting in the cities, roaming through the shops, those furiously level grinding in the Tower of Pantheons, or wanderers drifting through the deserted wilds, they all heard this voice!
Tens of thousands of experts, striving for the annual grand event, all stopped their efforts, looking towards the eastern sky as if gazing at that exceedingly dazzling new star!
The several dozen contenders for the New Player of the Year award slightly relaxed their grip on their weapons, issuing sigh after sigh!
Back in the real world, media editors on 24-hour shifts hastily churned out press releases to broadcast globally!
The phrase "Legendary Equipment" echoed instantaneously across both worlds, reaching the ears of countless people!
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Just one minute earlier, the Tower of Pantheons had been the center of attention worldwide, with two top-level teams clashing for the first kill of the first boss, as the first piece of Legendary Equipment was about to emerge! Numerous players, journalists, and analysts were monitoring the situation closely.
Some reporters had even prepared two articles in advance, one for Dao Feng achieving the first kill and claiming the first Legendary Equipment, the other for Heavenly Dao getting the first kill, crafting a legend. As soon as the announcement rang out, they’d be able to instantly select the corresponding article to release, beating other media outlets to report to the world!
In the final moments of tension, the Heavenly Group under Heavenly Dao and the Yanhuang Legion under Dao Feng both unleashed their ultimate bursts of fury, with the boss’s Health Points of both teams nearly simultaneously dropping to the final 1%, as the world’s first kill was about to be born between the two Teams!
Every person felt as if they could hear the sound of the Legendary Equipment about to be born, every heart was thumping rapidly! Every living member was trembling! Behind every tiny damage figure, there lay the fervent hopes of countless players!
Just as the two Teams’ bosses were down to the last sliver of health, a system announcement sounded throughout heaven and earth!
At that instant, everyone experienced an illusion as if that system announcement was for them—as if they had achieved the world’s first kill, exploding the first piece of Legendary Equipment! Everyone’s faces broke into triumphant smiles!
However, when the words "Chinese players" were announced, the smiles on the faces of the five thousand elite members under Heavenly Dao instantly solidified!
As for the members of the Yanhuang Legion under Dao Feng, hearing the words "Chinese players" sent them into fits of uncontrollable jubilation! Even Dao Feng’s grip on his knife became unstable—the announcement seemed tailor-made for them!
Immediately after, the words "Instakill" resounded through the announcement!
Members of the Yanhuang Legion were still laughing, unable to comprehend, until a second later when their smiles simultaneously froze, unable to recover!
At the same time, both teams halted there and then, standing motionless in front of the frenzied boss, as if all life had been drained from them!
They were stunned by the announcement!
"Thunder God has fallen! Reserves, go hold off the boss!" Suddenly, a piercing scream erupted within the Yanhuang Legion!
Members of the Yanhuang Legion slowly came back to their senses! They saw the main tank, Thunder God, already lying at the boss’s feet!
With no one left to fight back, the boss charged into the Magic-based Class’s area, the Long Spear in its hand wildly sweeping through, as the ranged players fell down like wheat under the scythe! Those few remaining damage dealers in the team were being slaughtered mercilessly!
Merely twenty-two seconds later, the last member of the Yanhuang Legion fell! A complete team wipeout!
Huang Yi’s announcement caused the BOSS that was within their grasp to quickly flee!
Elsewhere, the situation for Heavenly Group was the same as the Yanhuang Legion, with their battle rhythm suddenly thrown into chaos. The BOSS rushed into the area of the magic-based class with weak armor, instantly killing hundreds of players!
However, unlike the Yanhuang Legion, the main tank of Heavenly Group didn’t fall. He quickly regained control of the BOSS and, 27 seconds later, with only a little over a hundred members of Heavenly Group left, they successfully killed the BOSS!
In an instant, a pile of items burst forth!
Among them, a masterfully crafted belt that radiated with bright yellow light, happened to fly into Heavenly Dao’s hands, who caught it in one grasp.
At the same time, another voice resonated between heaven and earth—
"[Mystic Realm Announcement]: Japan player[Heavenly Dao], leading his 5,000-member Heavenly Group, achieved the world’s first kill of Dragonlance Pfister, obtaining the[Fester’s Belt (Legendary)]."
Two announcements, only 27 seconds apart!
But at this moment, they sounded so ironic. The second announcement had both the world’s first kill and the Legendary Equipment drop, but not a single National Honor Point!
Their entire 5,000-member team was ultimately one step behind Huang Yi.
"Is it Legendary?" At this time, Sakura approached Heavenly Dao and, looking at the belt, asked expectantly.
Heavenly Dao casually threw the Legendary Belt he was holding onto Sakura, as if tossing aside trash, then turned around and left the Tower of Pantheons without uttering a single word.
"Damn it! Instakill actually stole our National Honor Points, unforgivable!" After Heavenly Dao left, some members of Heavenly Group cursed out loud!
If it hadn’t been for Huang Yi, their world’s first kill would have been a perfect feat; the world’s first piece of Legendary Equipment would have been born, triggering a system-wide announcement and earning National Honor Points, stunning the world.
But now, all they triggered was a mystic realm announcement, earning no honor but instead making the matter widely known, filled with irony. Their proud 5,000 people couldn’t even compare to Huang Yi alone!
"The era of Instakill has arrived!" At this moment, a man dressed in black, holding a long sword, gazed at the eastern sky and murmured to himself before leaving the Tower of Pantheons.
"Yet another Dao Feng has risen!" The deputy leader of Heavenly Group shook his head and also left the Tower of Pantheons.
"Do I still have a chance to catch up with him?" Sakura muttered to herself while holding the Legendary Belt.
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At this time, the entire The Second World was thoroughly disrupted by the back-to-back announcements! But everyone only remembered the first announcement; no one paid attention to the world’s first kill anymore because that first kill had lost its significance.
Nobody expected that the first piece of Legendary Equipment wouldn’t emerge between Dao Feng and Heavenly Dao, nor did it drop in the Tower of God; instead, someone whom nobody had thought of suddenly obtained it, catching everyone completely off-guard!
Nobody knew how Huang Yi managed to get that piece of Legendary Equipment, what kind of extraordinary encounter allowed a mere player to accomplish this unprecedented feat before Heavenly Dao’s 5,000 elite members!
This is a secret, this is a legend.