Heroes' Prison

Chapter 175: The Last One

At this moment, Huang Yi found himself missing the days when he would solo grind. When he was alone, the Zombie King would get devoured by his Orange Weapon as it died, preventing it from using its Resurrection Skill. However, in team mode, the boss’s death was considered a team kill, not his own personal kill, which meant the Devouring Effect didn’t work, and he could only watch helplessly as the boss resurrected over and over again, which was extremely bothersome.

"In the next 30 seconds, melee classes can deal five times the damage to the BOSS. All melee classes, charge and sacrifice yourselves now, every bit of health we can take from the BOSS counts! Dong Huan, it’s your turn to command next!" Lin Yiqin said, before charging at the Zombie King himself. Not only that, all of the melee classes, including Dao Feng, all rushed at the BOSS.

Their rapidly advancing figures all carried an air of resolute determination, as if moths to a flame!

"Instakill, you’re up to sacrifice next. We’re going to help the ranged classes heal up now!" At that moment, the group’s priest captain suddenly spoke, and then led all the girls to the side of the ranged classes.

Huang Yi’s surroundings suddenly became deserted, without the circle of women around him anymore. He didn’t mind, gripping his Orange Weapon and charging at the Zombie King, prepared to sacrifice himself.

"Hold on, Brother Instakill, your health isn’t full yet!" At that moment, Ruoshui suddenly called out to Huang Yi, just like that previous time.

Turning around, Huang Yi saw Ruoshui still standing behind him, not having left. At that moment, she was waving her Priest’s Staff and topped off his health.

In fact, during this period, Huang Yi hadn’t taken any damage, so the other priests hadn’t paid any attention to his health points. But when using the "End of the World" skill, he had to lose 10% of his life in order to cast it, a small detail that almost no one noticed.

"How did you notice?" Huang Yi asked.

"Because I’ve been watching you all the time!"

"Thank you," Huang Yi nodded, then turned and charged at the massive Zombie King.

This was just a practice session, and using all their strength, they were destined not to push the BOSS down, so exploring entirely new tactics became key. Now, the act of sacrificing melee classes was a new tactic that Lin Yiqin was trying out.

Soon, all the melee classes had reached the BOSS and started attacking the Zombie King, but there were hundreds of thousands of flies swarming around the BOSS, all beginning to assault these melee classes.

All the melee classes activated their life-saving skills—damage reduction, invincibility, undying, and all sorts of life-saving skills were turned on, fighting to stay alive just a little longer and inflict damage on the Zombie King.

However, Huang Yi was an exception. He had Legal Protection, so the flies couldn’t use their numbers to overwhelm him. This protection was almost useless most of the time, but when facing an enemy that relied on sheer numbers, it was a divine-level talent.

With this group of fearless melee classes launching a fierce assault, the Zombie King’s health dropped rapidly! It had completely transitioned from a Defensive Type BOSS to an Attack Type BOSS, its defensive power greatly reduced, and at that moment it also had a debuff that made it take five times the damage from melee attacks for 30 seconds. Hence, even though the melee classes knew they would die to the flies, they charged at the Zombie King to deal as much damage as possible.

At this point, the Zombie King had to withstand the damage from the melee classes as well as the ranged classes, and its health rapidly dropped to 70%!

However, under the relentless assault of the flies, the melee classes started falling one by one, from ordinary members gradually to key members, with fewer and fewer survivors. As this give-and-take continued, the rate at which the BOSS’s health decreased also slowed down.

"Thousand Swords Piercing Heart!" Just then, Lin Yiqin’s face showed a look of resolve. His long sword turned into thousands and darted towards the Zombie King, slashing it to pieces and causing it to stumble backward from the barrage, but he too was overwhelmed by the swarm of flies and fell.

At that point, the BOSS’s health was left at 60%! And on the field, only two melee classes remained, Dao Feng and Huang Yi.

"Fatal Strike!" At that moment, Dao Feng also let out a loud yell, and a golden radiance burst forth from his body, landing on his massive golden war blade, forming a golden Sword Qi.

The golden war blade shattered the void and flashed directly in front of the Zombie King, then came crashing down with immense force!

"Pfft!" The colossal body of the Zombie King was cleaved by the blade, a gigantic war blade wound over ten meters long cut deep into its body, exposing the inner organs and causing massive unprecedented damage!

At the same moment, Dao Feng, amidst the sea of flies, fell backward into the sky, like a giant who had died in battle.

Now that Lin Yiqin and Dao Feng were both dead, the battle had reached its most critical stage.

"Next, I’ll take over the command. All ranged classes stop conserving your magic value, go all out and attack the Zombie King, aim to reduce its health to 10%!" At that moment, the team’s Chief Mage, Dong Huan, took over command.

"Huh? Why hasn’t Instakill died yet?" Very soon, Dong Huan suddenly looked towards the feet of the distant BOSS and exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, the others couldn’t help but turn to look, and they were shocked to see that among the dense swarm of flies, there was still one melee class desperately attacking the Zombie King!

By this time, all melee classes should have already been sacrificed, yet this silhouette was still resisting the attack of hundreds of thousands of flies in battle! His figure in the swarm of flies was hazy, almost indistinguishable, but if one looked closely, they could still vaguely see a shadow darting with Agility. Amidst the Zombie King’s nimble steps, he always found the best gap, and his positioning with every step was just perfect, never getting hit by the Zombie King’s attacks!

This person was naturally Huang Yi. In fact, the reason why Yanhuang Legion had called him over was to have him preserve his life until the Zombie King was at its last 1% Health Points before making a move. But now it was just a practice session, not the actual first kill, so he didn’t need to hide and preserve his life.

"Assign someone to specifically heal Instakill Brother, he must have a special Talent which is why he’s survived," Dong Huan quickly regained his composure and made the decision.

At that moment, a petite figure immediately rushed towards Huang Yi—it was none other than Ruoshui who began to solely focus on healing Huang Yi.

In fact, Huang Yi wasn’t really taking any damage right now. He was under Legal Protection, unconcerned about the swarm of flies’ attacks. As long as the BOSS didn’t hit him, he basically wouldn’t die.

"Corpse Rain!" At this moment, the Zombie King suddenly unleashed a Random Skill, and corpses began to fall from the sky, landing amidst the crowd of ranged classes.

"Everyone, dodge the corpses from the sky on your own!" Dong Huan urgently said.

The formation of the ranged classes was immediately thrown into disarray, each player dodging the falling corpses individually, but death was still unavoidable, and one after another, ranged classes went down quickly.

A minute later, the Corpse Rain finally stopped, leaving a mountain of corpses on the ground, and now there were even fewer survivors on the field. Random Skills were like this, filled with uncertainty. Once encountered, there might be massive casualties, or even a complete team wipeout.

The survivors then continued to attack the BOSS.

Gradually, the Zombie King’s Health Points finally dropped to 20%, surpassing Yanhuang Legion’s best record!

But by this time, only 500 members of the Yanhuang Legion were left, surpassing the critical point of a team wipeout. The situation had turned dire, and the defeat was essentially sealed.

"Everyone push harder, let’s try to avoid another wave of heavy casualties. With the output of our 500 people, we must at least get the BOSS down to 10% before we die, to achieve today’s training objective. Clerics, pay attention to Little Zongzi’s Health Points!" Dong Huan encouraged, as the surviving players all went all out in their assaults, their weapons trembling in their hands, showing the spirit of a last desperate effort.

And those thousands of members who had died were all watching this tragic scene through God’s perspective, silently blessing the surviving members.

Everyone was praying for the Zombie King’s Health Points to fall below 10%, because then the Zombie King would be able to use a new Basic Skill.

Basic Skills were skills the BOSS would definitely use, reoccurring in every fight. Understanding an additional Basic Skill meant one more piece of knowledge about the BOSS, and a head start in devising counter-strategies.

During the first, second, and third forms, the BOSS had each used a new Basic Skill when its Health Points reached 10%. But for this final form of the Zombie King, what kind of Basic Skill it would use at 10% Health Points was currently unknown to anyone in the world.

If they could bring the BOSS down to 10%, the Yanhuang Legion would be the world’s first team to witness this Basic Skill and research countermeasures in advance, making the first kill much more likely.

Ten minutes later, the Zombie King’s Health Points had dropped to 13%, with only 352 people left on the field.

"Corpse Water Spray!" At this moment, the Zombie King opened its massive jaws and spat towards the distant ranged class. A stench-ridden stream of Corpse Water shot out from its mouth, raining down on the ranged class like a shower, another Random Skill.

Suddenly, a swath of ranged classes was drenched in the Corpse Water and immediately fell to the ground dead, the already severe situation worsening.

Furthermore, the Corpse Water had a Breeding effect, becoming more abundant, eventually enveloping the standing area of all the survivors. The entire team started to take sustained damage that could not be Dispeled.

Gradually, the Zombie King’s Health Points fell to 11%, with only 57 survivors left on the field!

"I’m out of magic, clerics stop healing me, Instakill, command is yours!" At that moment, Dong Huan decisively said, waving his Magic Wand and releasing the last Fireball of his life, striking the BOSS and bursting into a splendid radiance.

Then, Dong Huan, the Chief Mage, also fell.

At the same time, Huang Yi received full command of the remaining few dozen people.

His task was to lead these last few, knocking off that 1% of the Zombie King’s Health Points! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)