Heroes' Prison

Chapter 168 Success Rate

"I heard Big Brother Dao Feng invited Instakill over, and this time we should be able to get the first kill before the Pope and his team, right?"

"That’s hard to say; last time Thunder God joined us we thought we would secure the first kill too, yet we still came up short! Our guild still lacks a bit of luck. Otherwise, how could the Heavenly Group have gotten the first kill on Dragonlance?"

"If only Instakill and Thunder God could join our Xuanyuan Clan, I bet our guild could instantly surpass the Pope’s Heaven!"

...

Along the way, Huang Yi heard the pedestrians around him mostly talking about his collaboration with Dao Feng.

Soon, Fire Dance brought Huang Yi to the tallest building in the center of Xuanyuan Town, and with great excitement, she introduced, "Instakill, have a look, this is the core of Xuanyuan Town, the highest-level City Hall among all the guilds in the world right now, even the Pope’s Heaven’s Guild can’t compare to us. Dao Feng is inside waiting for you!" With that, Fire Dance stepped onto the stairs and entered the tallest building.

Huang Yi looked up at the City Hall and stepped inside.

Fire Dance led Huang Yi all the way to a room at the very top of the City Hall, knocked on the door, and said, "Big Brother Dao Feng, Instakill is here."

Soon, a series of footsteps was heard, the door opened, and the person who opened it was Dao Feng himself.

"Instakill, welcome to Xuanyuan Town!" Dao Feng stepped back a few steps and invited Huang Yi in.

Huang Yi nodded and immediately walked in.

At this moment, it seemed a roundtable meeting was being held in the room. Around a round table sat three people, all of whom were sizing him up.

"Come, Instakill, let me introduce you," Dao Feng said with a slight smile as he began to introduce the three people seated around the table to Huang Yi.

"This is Dong Huan, our guild’s Chief Mage! His Mages Group is the main damage output for this first kill!"

"This is Lin Yiqin, our Dungeon Group Leader! The first kill mission is mainly his responsibility."

"Last is Yun Sihai, who you already know. He’s our Deputy Guild Master and also the Adventure Group Leader. The rest of the high-level members are either busy or organizing the Yanhuang Legion’s training, so they couldn’t come. I’ll introduce them to you later."

After the introductions, Dao Feng pulled up a chair and said to Huang Yi, "Have a seat! Let’s have a small meeting."

Huang Yi nodded to the three at the table and found a spot to sit down.

"Lin, give Instakill a brief overview of our progress in the instance," Dao Feng said to the man named Lin Yiqin.

Lin Yiqin, who looked to be about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, carried a long sword on his back and had a penetrating gaze, exuding a fierce aura. He was clearly a swordsman who pursued a powerful offensive capability.

"Alright, Big Brother!" Lin Yiqin nodded, looked at Huang Yi, and said, "Currently, the best achievement of our Yanhuang Legion is that we can reduce the Zombie King’s health to 21% in its last form. The fight lasts for 57 minutes, and the first casualties occur during the BOSS’s first resurrection. Our team’s survival rate is relatively low, especially during the BOSS’s last resurrection, which results in significant casualties. Once the number of casualties exceeds 4,500, we can basically declare a team wipeout, which usually happens around the 53-minute mark when the BOSS’s health is at 22%. Our progress is roughly on par with the Pope’s Angel Legion, but their fights last about three minutes longer than ours, giving us a slight advantage."

Pausing momentarily, Lin Yiqin continued, "For the next three days, you’ll train with us to get in sync and then we’ll show you our team configuration. After three days, we’ll officially challenge the Zombie King’s first kill. Your primary task is to stay alive because, based on the previous zombie kings, they all unleash a Corpse Water Torrent skill when they are down to their last 1% health. We assume the 50th-layer Zombie King will have this skill too. It’s undismissible and can only be tanked, so we’re bound to a wipeout. According to what we know, you should have a skill that can draw enemies up into the air to fight, so when we wipe, use this skill to avoid the Corpse Water on the ground. The BOSS’s last sliver of health will be left for you to finish alone."

"I see, I’ve got the gist of it," Huang Yi nodded. What Lin Yiqin said was almost the same as what Poet had guessed on the forums. They collaborated with Huang Yi precisely because of his skill, "Judgment."

"Tonight, come join our training, which will last for about two hours. You should be online at the time, right?" Now it was Dong Huan, the Chief Fire Mage who spoke. Dong Huan appeared to be the youngest in the room; assuming his image wasn’t virtually generated, he seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen, still of school-age.

"Alright, no problem!" Huang Yi could be online any time during the 24 hours of a day. Prisoners in Rose Prison can be considered the most idle people in the world, so idle that many choose suicide.

"Instakill, which level is your War Soul at now?" Yun Sihai asked.

"Only at the 3rd Stage," said Huang Yi. He had been focusing on gaining Experience Points this week and hadn’t worked on leveling up.

"That’s good, there’s still a lot of potential for improvement," Dao Feng nodded, "I’m currently at the 8th Stage, and right now, I don’t dare to advance any further! Otherwise, I’ll end up like the Pharaoh of Egypt who recently failed his attempt at the 9th Stage. Not only did he drop a level, but he also cleared out both the 8th and 7th Stages, dragging down his team. They still haven’t defeated Dragonlance Pfister, completely losing their chance at the second round of first kills."

"Yeah, a 2% success rate is too low. So far, only Thunder God has succeeded globally. Who knows when we’ll be able to make it up there! It all comes down to luck," Dong Huan sighed.

...

After chatting for about half an hour, everyone left on their own. Huang Yi had nothing else to do, so he decided to head to Xuanyuan Town’s Teleportation Field to continue grinding in the Tower of Pantheons.

Now, his Experience Points had reached 99%, and he didn’t want to level up any further, for leveling up would mean a loss.

Because War Soul enhancements deducted Experience Points based on a percentage of the Current Level, the higher the level, the more Experience Points would naturally be deducted, so it was most cost-effective to enhance War Soul at Level 50.

The reason why Dao Feng and the others leveled up to 55 was out of necessity. First, they dared not enhance their War Soul beyond a certain number of layers. Because the success rate was very low, and a failure would lead to a regression in strength—especially at critical moments aiming for world first kills, a setback in strength could be fatal, as the Pharaoh of Egypt had learned painfully. Therefore, they would rather level up than risk enhancing their War Soul.

Secondly, after reaching Level 55, they could awaken a second War Soul, which could also be used to enhance their strength.

Furthermore, people like Dao Feng were top-ranked players on the leaderboards, and leveling up could help them maintain their positions, having a certain positive effect.

Therefore, many experts chose to enhance their first War Soul to the 8th Stage and then level up to 55, awakening their second War Soul and continuing to increase their strength.

Although this would impact their late-game strength, it wasn’t an issue if everyone did it.

Huang Yi, of course, had no intention of leveling up. He decided to use these Experience Points to enhance the Fourth Layer of his War Soul.

System Prompt: To enhance the Fourth Layer of the War Soul, 40% of the Current Level Experience Points will be required, along with four Level 40 Boss Crystals. The success rate is 70%. Do you wish to enhance?

The success rate had dropped to just 70%!

During the enhancement of the Third Layer, the success rate was as high as 98%, but upon reaching the Fourth Layer, the difficulty had soared markedly after crossing a threshold!

However, this wasn’t a problem for Huang Yi!

Next, he was about to embark on a War Soul journey that no one in the whole world had ever taken!

He activated the Eye of Time!

The Eye of Time could foresee the system’s forthcoming decisions, and the success rate was determined by the system!

In other words, he didn’t need to worry about the success rate at all!

Before enhancing the layers, he could use the Eye of Time to check if the system would mark him as a failure. If he was to fail, he could simply try again later until the system judged him as successful, thus avoiding the waste of Experience Points and Crystals!

This ability was a crucial guarantee for Huang Yi to quickly catch up to Dao Feng and the others!

Dao Feng and his group had always hesitated to enhance their War Soul because they couldn’t know whether they would succeed. To succeed, they had to use massive amounts of Experience Points, repeatedly trying and enduring failures, wasting a tremendous amount of Experience Points. A failure meant wiping out all previous gains, leading to a regression in strength that couldn’t be recovered in less than a couple of months.

Huang Yi had no such concerns!

The only thing he had to worry about was the consumption of Energy Value. He had never used the Eye of Time to check the system’s success rate before and was unaware of how much Energy it would consume.

But as long as it wasn’t too outrageous, spending some Energy Value was fine—better than losing Experience Points.

Then, Huang Yi used the Eye of Time to confirm the outcome of this War Soul layer enhancement—

Soon, the result revealed itself—

This time, the enhancement of the War Soul would be judged as a success by the system!

Huang Yi immediately checked how much Energy Value he had spent—400 points.

"Phew!" he finally sighed in relief; this amount of consumption was still within an acceptable range.

However, this was only the Fourth Layer. As he progressed, the Energy Value required would increase accordingly, especially for the final 9th Stage, which he estimated would cost two to three thousand Energy Points just for a single viewing.

Huang Yi immediately enhanced his War Soul to the Fourth Layer, which added 5% to his Health Points. With the first three layers included, that was a cumulative 13% increase in Health Points!

He decided to push through and challenge the Fifth Layer! It required 50% Experience Points, but the success rate was only 50%.

Once again, he activated the Eye of Time. (To be continued. If you like this piece, you are welcome to vote with Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)