Heroes' Prison

Chapter 173 Massive Casualties

As for the other melee members who died, Lin Yiqin did not arrange for their resurrection. The Redemption Priest’s Combat Resurrection could only be used once a day, and he had to ensure that every Combat Resurrection was used on the most critical person.

"60 seconds have passed, everyone return to your positions! Our performance this time was too poor, actually losing 138 people! The death toll for this level must be strictly controlled within 100 people! With our current state, how can we even talk about getting the first kill?" Lin Yiqin chastised the whole team, and all members of the Yanhuang Legion hung their heads low, trembling with fear, not daring to utter a word.

Compared to Dao Feng, Lin Yiqin was much stricter. In the hearts of the Yanhuang Legion, he was like a drill instructor, brooking no defiance.

"The Pope’s team averages only 63 casualties at this level, half of what we have! As one of the world’s top teams, are you content to be so far behind them?" Lin Yiqin sternly questioned.

The faces of those Yanhuang Legion members showed guilt.

Huang Yi had a good impression of Lin Yiqin. Just in terms of raid leadership, Lin Yiqin was more suitable than Dao Feng. Only with such strict discipline could he achieve good results in the efficiency-focused raid environment. Dao Feng largely served as a figurehead, a leader steering the Xuanyuan Clan in the overall direction, not fit for hands-on every matter.

"Brothers, you are one of the world’s top teams. Work hard for these two days, train well, and once we bag the first kill, we can completely relax for a while!" At that moment, Dao Feng spoke up, encouraging them and defusing the tense atmosphere on the field.

Members of the Yanhuang Legion all tightened their grip on their weapons, inspired by Dao Feng’s words.

Lin Yiqin and Dao Feng, one with sternness and the other with encouragement, adjusted the morale of the Yanhuang Legion.

"I am undying..." At that time, the distant Zombie King suddenly uttered a mighty voice and slowly stood up. All the wounds on his body had healed, and his body had grown even larger, as big as a small mountain.

However, the thick plate armor on the Zombie King had fallen off, completely exposing his rotting and stinking huge body. He was only draped in some tattered clothes, and his defensive power should have decreased significantly. But his agility had suddenly increased, and the rotting body also attracted a swarm of flies buzzing around, numbering in the many millions. The overall threat of the Zombie King at that moment was stronger than his previous form!

"Alright, the BOSS has revived! Ranged classes continue the attack, Dong Huan, your Mages Group go for a burst, bring out the spirit of the world’s number one Mages Group!" At that time, Lin Yiqin turned to look at the Mages Group led by Dong Huan.

All members of the Mages Group, led by Dong Huan, immediately waved their Magic Wands and released their most powerful output. Densely packed Skill Radiance blanketed the sky, with Ice Attribute, Fire Attribute, Earth Attribute, Arcane and various other types of skills all mixed together, forming the most potent burst of damage, all pouring onto the newly resurrected Zombie King in the distance.

At the same time, archers and other Ranged Classes also unleashed their fury, taking aim at the visibly stronger Zombie King.

At this time, the Zombie King’s loss of Health Points was indeed faster than before. Without the layer of plate armor, its defenses greatly weakened, unable to withstand the powerful ranged attacks any longer. But its current form had significantly increased its agility and attack power, battering Little Zongzi with no chance to fight back, creating a perilous situation.

"Little Zongzi, activate your Exclusive Skill now, don’t worry about Energy Value consumption!" Lin Yiqin ordered the main Tank, Little Zongzi.

Little Zongzi immediately nodded, and his shield forcefully smashed into the ground, instantly causing a scarlet Blood Pool to appear and form a domain around him, spanning roughly fifty meters. Both he and the Zombie King’s colossal bodies were within the Blood Pool, charging and clashing, creating surging waves of blood.

At that moment, the Zombie King’s rate of Health Points loss suddenly increased significantly. Not only that, but its attack speed and movement speed all decreased! In contrast, Little Zongzi’s attack speed and movement speed both noticeably hastened, his gigantic body becoming as agile as a monkey.

It seemed that Little Zongzi’s Exclusive Skill had a significant effect in weakening the enemy and greatly enhancing himself. Employing it now had indeed sped up the pace of taking down the BOSS.

"The Pope’s team’s biggest advantage is the number of survivors. Each time the BOSS revives, they suffer fewer casualties than us. But their average damage output is not as high as ours. Therefore, in this safe damage-dealing environment, everyone must give their all to fight for time!" Lin Yiqin instructed the Team, "Currently, their progress is similar to ours. If this training effect continues, in three days they can also defeat the Zombie King, which is roughly the same time as us. When that time comes, we will definitely be competing simultaneously. So during the output phase, we need to expand our advantage to compensate for our inferior casualty numbers!"

Huang Yi, holding that large hammer, stood in place, slightly puzzled. All the Team’s Ranged Classes were going all out with their output, while the Melee Classes just stood by quietly. With this force idle, he didn’t understand why Lin Yiqin hadn’t directed them to join the fray.

Seemingly aware of Huang Yi’s confusion, Ruoshui considerately explained, "Instakill, be patient for now. That Zombie King stinks to high heaven, attracting a lot of flies. If you rush in there, you’ll be swarmed by tens of thousands of flies. Each fly’s attack power is very low, but with so many attacking together, it gets nasty. They could instakill you in a moment, and we’d be too late to heal you!"

"Huh? Tens of thousands of flies attacking at the same time?" Huang Yi suddenly laughed!

He had a legally protected Class Talent that allowed him to suffer only the highest 10 instances of damage per second. To him, hundreds of thousands of flies were no different from just 10 flies!

Of course, this didn’t mean that he wouldn’t take the rest of the damage. Legal Protection meant absorbing the highest 10 hits of damage, with the keyword being "highest," so if stronger attacks hit him, he would still have to prioritize those higher damages.

However, Huang Yi didn’t rush forward; he still stood quietly in his original spot. This was just a training session, not a real pursuit of the first kill, and since it was his first time here, there was a lot he didn’t understand. Merging into the team and following orders was of utmost importance. What he focused on more was familiarizing himself with this BOSS, contemplating strategies for defeating it so that when the time came to really challenge the Zombie King for the first kill, he could then apply his own tactics.

The attack on the field was furiously underway; the Zombie King’s defense had greatly decreased, and in the Blood Pool, its situation worsened. Its Health Points plummeted so fast that, in just ten minutes, it struggled in the Blood Pool and died!

This form was strong, but it met its death much quicker than the first form.

"Everyone, be alert, the BOSS is resurrecting again! The little zombies are about to reappear!" Lin Yiqin said with a serious tone.

As his words fell, sure enough, a bunch of little zombies burst out from the Zombie King’s corpse, each clad in thick Plate Armor, identical to the previous batch.

But their number was several times that of the previous ones! They swarmed in densely, with each one almost in an invincible state, each possessing the ability to kill a person instantly. A moment’s inattention could lead to death!

"Melee Class, charge!" Lin Yiqin then issued the command and led the charge towards those little monsters, using his agile movements to tangle and delay the little zombies.

Following that, every Melee Class charged, holding back the flood of zombies! Various classes with control skills like freeze, imprisonment, and slow also helped to delay the little zombies. However, due to their overwhelming numbers, they couldn’t be fully controlled, and it wasn’t long before casualties within the Melee Class began to occur in succession.

A minute later, the ground was littered with a dense sprawl of bodies, totaling four to five hundred!

"This time, our casualty count is four hundred ninety-two, which is somewhat better than our previous training sessions. Everyone continue to maintain this momentum! When the BOSS dies for the third time, the number of zombies will increase by fivefold. By then, I hope our team can keep at least half of our members alive. If the number falls below that, it will be very difficult to take on the Zombie King’s final form!" Lin Yiqin took stock of the casualties.

"I am undying..." Just then, from afar, the Zombie King uttered the same line again and stood up once more.

This was its second resurrection. After killing it this time, it would evolve into its ultimate form!

The Zombie King now, not even clothed in tattered garments, was stark naked, exposing its ugly, rotting body. Its defensive power was even lower, but it was more agile than before, overall evolving towards an Attack Type BOSS.

"Corpse Worm outbreak!" Just then, the Zombie King suddenly stretched out both hands and pounded its chest several times, letting out a loud roar!

As the roar sounded, the ground was torn open, revealing a dark and ominous abyss, as if Hell’s Gate were opening.

Soon, from the depths of that abyss, one after another insect resembling a beetle—but with a much larger body, each the size of a Barbarian Bull—with huge pincers in its mouth, crawled out. Their ferocious appearance was enough to strike fear at a glance.

"Attention, everyone! This is one of the Zombie King’s Random Skills. Melee Class, focus on killing the Corpse Worms! Try to dodge and don’t face them head-on! Ranged Class, continue attacking the Zombie King!" Lin Yiqin quickly issued countermeasures.

Yet another Random Skill! Today, following the Yanhuang Legion, Huang Yi had witnessed several Random Skills.

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