Heroes' Prison

Chapter 176 Cold Storer

Huang Yi looked to his remaining teammates on the field; there were only four priests left, and they could no longer heal everyone. The remaining mages had completely depleted their magic value, unable to cast even the simplest of fireballs, and had completely lost their ability to deal damage. The main tank, Little Zongzi, was also on the verge of death, hanging on by a thread. The team had become extremely frail.

"Listen to my command, all mages without magic, sacrifice yourselves. Do not waste the priests’ healing skills any longer," Huang Yi ordered, deciding to abandon all the mages.

Gradually, every mage fell in battle, not a single one remained, leaving only 14 people on the field.

"All priests, report your magic value," Huang Yi asked.

"1%"

"1%"

"2%"

"1%"

The priests’ responses filled the air with a hint of despair. Mages without magic value merely meant no damage output, but priests without magic value spelled certain death.

"Have you all taken a magic potion?" Huang Yi asked.

"Yes." The priests replied as though it was obvious, by this point anything that could have been used had long been expended.

"What about skills that restore magic?" Huang Yi asked again.

"All used up, every method we could think of has been exhausted," a priest said in despair.

"All priests stop healing yourselves. Focus all healing on the archer with the highest damage output, everyone else sacrificial," Huang Yi once again adjusted the strategy, choosing to save only the most potent archer and forsaking everyone else, including the main tank.

Slowly, under the persistent damage of the Corpse Water, one by one, they fell, until finally, all ranged classes and priests lay dead, with the Boss’s health approaching below 10%.

"Boom!" At that moment, Little Zongzi fell, collapsing to the ground.

From the initial five thousand, only Huang Yi remained on the field.

By now, Huang Yi had 27% of his health points left!

Having evolved through the Half-Beastmen and White Dragon forms, his constitution was boosted, and his Judge class inherently increased constitution as well. Having awakened the Life Soul, his health points were higher than the average player’s. Even though the Corpse Water corroded him, it was still within his tolerance.

The Zombie King, with its nimble body, immediately turned to face the diminutive Huang Yi on the ground. Its health was about to drop below 10%, but it had only one enemy left.

The 4999 members of the Yanhuang Legion who had fallen watched Huang Yi in silence from a God’s perspective, all their hopes resting on him. Today’s training goal was to reduce the Zombie King’s health to 10% to trigger its unseen new basic skill, so they could formulate a counter-strategy and prepare for the next training session.

"Last stand!" Without hesitation, Huang Yi unleashed his racial skill. For the next ten seconds, he would not die, and his attack power surged.

"Thump!" Huang Yi’s hammer smashed into the Zombie King, sending rotten flesh flying and causing massive damage.

The Zombie King swung its enormous fists, violently aiming for Huang Yi.

Huang Yi narrowly dodged, evading the strike, but the aftermath still hit him, depleting his health points entirely. Had it not been for his last stand, that blow would have been enough to instantly kill him.

Huang Yi continued his assault on the Zombie King. All he needed to do was get the Zombie King’s health down to 10% to claim victory; no one, no matter how powerful, could face off against the last 10% of the Zombie King’s health alone.

Wounds multiplied on the Zombie King’s body as Huang Yi’s unrestrained attack power relentlessly whittled down its health ever closer to 10%.

After ten seconds, Huang Yi’s last stand came to an end, but the Zombie King’s health was still above 10%, missing only by a few final hits—just two or three more seconds were needed for success!

But at that moment, Huang Yi had no life-saving skills left!

If he faced an ordinary enemy, he could have opted for Shadow Dance, going invisible for ten seconds to strike, but this level 50 super Boss could see through invisibility. Both Fist before and this Zombie King could penetrate invisibility, rendering Huang Yi’s skill utterly useless.

"Charge!" The next moment, Huang Yi switched to offense in place of defense, charging into the Zombie King and stunning it for two seconds!

These two seconds were Huang Yi’s last chance! They were also the final hope for the 4999 members of the Yanhuang Legion!

The first hammer strike dealt over ten thousand points of damage!

The second hammer strike yielded the same, over ten thousand points of damage!

With the third hammer, Huang Yi struck a critical hit inflicting over twenty thousand points of damage, yet the Zombie King’s health points remained unchanged! But it had reached the critical point where just a little more damage would successfully bring it down!

Huang Yi swung the fourth hammer, but the Zombie King had finally awakened. With agile movements, it leapt aside, evading the blow.

To everyone’s dismay, Huang Yi’s final strike missed!

Following that, he had no more chances left. As soon as the Zombie King began its attack, Huang Yi would be instantly killed, not even able to withstand the aftershock of the battle!

4,999 Yanhuang Legion members who had perished were filled with despair, not expecting that they were just one hammer strike away from their goal! Their efforts were so close to coming to fruition, yet they fell short!

But just then, the Zombie King’s health points abruptly dropped to 10%!

Without any warning, amid everyone’s despair, it dropped to 10%!

Huang Yi exhaled deeply, looking down at the Scorched Earth where magma flowed on the ground.

Although he had missed the last hit, the Scorched Earth effect from his Legendary Boots had been flowing on the ground all this time, constantly burning the Zombie King. Ever since he and Dao Feng began killing those Corpse Worms, the Scorched Earth effect hadn’t been turned off. In that critical moment, this seemingly pitiful Scorched Earth effect managed to bring the Zombie King’s health points down to 10%.

At this moment, all the Yanhuang Legion members were stunned, and then they finally realized what had happened, watching intently to see which skill the Zombie King would deploy next!

This skill would determine their next strategy, as they aimed to secure the world first kill of the Zombie King!

The next moment, the Zombie King finally used the basic skill everyone had been eagerly waiting for—

It rotated its colossal head and opened its enormous jaws, sucking in the surrounding melee class corpses.

Then, from each melee corpse, a burst of blood light flew out and entered the body of the Zombie King, each burst adding 1% to its health points.

And there were as many as 85 melee corpses around it!

Each corpse added 1% to its health points!

This skill caused the Zombie King’s health points, which had been difficultly brought down to 10%, to surge to 95% in an instant, practically unharmed!

At this point, everyone had only one thought left—their strategy was wrong. Utterly wrong!

Previously, the melee classes had charged in to be sacrificed because the Zombie King had a debuff that made it susceptible to five times the damage from close combat, so everyone naturally assumed that melee classes should attack with all their might, even at the cost of their lives.

But unexpectedly, this approach had laid the groundwork for a massive problem in the latter part of the battle. The melee classes who charged in just provided material for the Zombie King to heal itself.

Now, only these five thousand people in the world knew this secret; no one else did, not even the Pope Legion. They had never brought the Zombie King to 10% health in this form and were unaware of this skill. Hence, their approach remained as clueless as before, still blindly sending melee classes to their doom...

Now, the Yanhuang Legion had left the Pope Legion far behind; they were the only team that knew the true strategy!

The next moment, with a single palm, the Zombie King killed Huang Yi!

Thus, the Yanhuang Legion was wiped out, but with this sacrifice, they had gained a secret.

Afterward, everyone resurrected at the entrance to the secret realm. Dao Feng found Huang Yi, gave him a bear hug without a word, patted his back; all his gratitude was expressed without saying anything.

The rest of the Yanhuang Legion looked at Huang Yi with eyes full of respect. Without Huang Yi, they would never have known the true strategy, making the first kill even more difficult to achieve.

"Today’s training ends here. If we train once more tomorrow night, we should be about ready. The day after tomorrow at 8 pm, we’ll make our move for the Zombie King’s world first kill! By then, everyone should have their Class Ultimate Moves, Resurrection Scrolls, Special Potions, etc., all cooled down. Adding Miao Sha’s help to that, we have a great chance of claiming the first kill!" Lin Yiqin declared loudly.

All members of the Yanhuang Legion showed excited expressions. They had failed to secure Fist’s first kill last time, and now another opportunity was right before their eyes, almost within reach. Their team was known because of associations with Dao Feng, not their own strength. To prove themselves, they needed to achieve this first kill, as it would be a testament to their honor.

For Huang Yi, however, the timing didn’t matter; having fought with the Yanhuang Legion once, he pretty much grasped the Zombie King’s battle tactics. But the Yanhuang Legion definitely needed to pick the time. They couldn’t be premature because some players’ Class Ultimate Moves and Magic Items might not have cooled down, affecting their strengths if they acted too soon. Two nights from now, at eight o’clock, practically the whole team would be in peak condition, ready to strike for the first kill with their strongest power.

The same went for the Pope Legion; in three days’ time, their team members would also be at their peak. Thus, it wasn’t that these top-level teams intentionally chose to compete for the first kill at the same moment; objective factors dictated their actions; they had no choice. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit 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.)