Heroes' Prison

Chapter 178 Emergency Assembly

Huang Yi returned to the list of posts and continued browsing.

"[Instakill] Instakill’s first day joining the Yanhuang Legion, setting the fastest progress in history!" Among the top ten hot posts on the forum in the past 24 hours, Huang Yi saw a post related to himself.

Just by looking at the prefix of this post, one could tell it was written by his fan. Since the time he saved Dragon City and triggered a frenzy of forum posts, a tradition of prefixes had been passed down. This format of prefix had now become a common practice across the forum. Each celebrity had their own unique prefix, like Dao Feng’s was "[Dao]," Thunder God’s was "[Thunder]," and Dragon Spike’s was "[Dragon]," which made it convenient for their fans to search.

Huang Yi clicked on the post to take a look.

"Yesterday, Instakill officially joined the Yanhuang Legion, assisting Dao Feng in the rush for the world’s first kill of the Zombie King. Since the recent failure of the cooperation between Thunder God and Dao Feng, the collaboration between Instakill and Dao Feng has attracted lots of public attention. Last night, the Yanhuang Legion conducted a joint training with Instakill, which was meant for team coordination. We have no news about the details of this training session, but from the Tower of Pantheons leaderboard, we can see some clues. The best progress last night for the Yanhuang Legion was reducing the health points of the thrice-resurrected Zombie King to 10%! This progress was a significant improvement over their previous best of 21%, and the only difference in the Yanhuang Legion was the addition of Instakill! Therefore, it’s not difficult to infer that the Yanhuang Legion, very likely with Instakill’s direct assistance, achieved this unprecedented progress. Currently, the Angel Legion under the Pope still maintains their previous fastest progress at 22%, a very distant gap. Looking at the current situation, the Yanhuang Legion is very likely to obtain the world’s first kill of the Zombie King with the help of Instakill..."

The author of this post obviously favored Huang Yi, inferring Huang Yi played the key role just by looking at a screenshot of the leaderboard, while hugely downplaying the contributions of the other members of the Yanhuang Legion.

Huang Yi simply laughed it off and exited the post to continue looking at others.

Just then, a brand-new essence post suddenly flashed into view——

"Caught off guard! The Pope launches an early attempt at the Zombie King world’s first kill, currently past the halfway mark!"

Seeing this post, Huang Yi was startled and immediately opened it to read.

"Shocking news! The Pope is currently rushing for the world’s first kill of the Zombie King! An hour ago, the Pope led the Angel Legion in a sudden attempt at the world’s first kill of the Zombie King, bringing in dozens of Rare Class Holders for a decisive victory. According to the current progress on the Tower of Pantheons leaderboard, today’s Angel Legion is ferociously powerful, breaking the world record for killing the first boss, Fist. They are currently going all out against the Zombie King, having already defeated its first form, with significantly fewer casualties than before—only 23 people deceased. With this momentum, the Angel Legion will definitely secure the world’s first kill of the Zombie King within an hour. The Yanhuang Legion is caught off guard, with incomplete personnel and no preparation. Even if they start their charge now, they cannot defeat both Fist and the Zombie King within an hour, missing out on the competition entirely. This post will continue to report on this event, so stay tuned!"

Seeing this post, Huang Yi’s heart sank since it was marked as an essence post, it certainly wasn’t fake. Moreover, from the screenshot of the Tower of Pantheons leaderboard, one could clearly see that the Pope Legion’s time to kill Fist indeed broke the world record, considerably faster than before. This indicated that their strength must have suddenly increased a lot, very likely with the sudden addition of dozens of Rare Class professionals.

Now, the Yanhuang Legion was almost driven into a corner with no chance of turning things around. They had thought it would take two more days for the Angel Legion’s strength to peak, which would be the most logical time to attempt breaking the world record. Unexpectedly, the Pope had made a sly move, recruiting dozens of Rare Class Holders all at once, catching them unprepared!

Huang Yi didn’t waste any more time and immediately entered The Second World at the fastest speed!

Upon logging in, Huang Yi instantly received three offline messages, all from Dao Feng, and they had been sent just one minute ago, clearly also having just received the intel.

"Instakill! Get to the Teleportation Field for assembly as soon as you log in! We must urgently charge for the first kill! We can’t afford to delay a single moment!" In Dao Feng’s words, a dire sense of urgency was evident.

Huang Yi swiftly made his way to the Teleportation Field in Xuanyuan Town. The town was noticeably emptier than usual, it being daytime and many people at work, marking a low point in log-ins, with the streets hosting less than half the usual nighttime crowd.

Those few people on the streets were looking anxious, seemingly worried about something, continuously turning their heads to gaze toward the direction of the Teleportation Field. Xuanyuan Town was filled with a tense and oppressive atmosphere at this moment, suffocating, with the sunlight from above unable to impart any warmth.

Soon, Huang Yi arrived at the Teleportation Field in Xuanyuan Town, where over a hundred people had already gathered. Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin were there pacing back and forth, their bodies exhibiting immense anxiety.

"Instakill! Quick, join the team. The Pope Legion has unexpectedly launched the first kill early and has already finished off Fist, the first boss. Now they’re attacking the Zombie King; we need to start an emergency sprint immediately," Lin Yiqin called out to Huang Yi from a distance, sending him a team invitation.

Without hesitation, Huang Yi accepted and joined the Yanhuang Legion. The team only had a few hundred members at the moment, as most of the Yanhuang Legion’s members were not online yet; they could only gather so few, and the situation was extremely dire!

"Instakill, I know you definitely did not display your true strength last night. The situation is urgent now; the Pope Legion has already successfully killed the first form of the Zombie King, and we’re definitely too late to catch up with them. But the reason I’m still organizing personnel here is that you’re here. Now, I’m asking you seriously, with your ability, with your way of fighting, how confident are you that you can kill both Fist and the Zombie King within an hour?" At this moment, Dao Feng stared straight at Huang Yi, his tiger-like eyes emitting a powerful authority, as if he could see through Huang Yi’s innermost thoughts and catch any flicker of expression. Right now, he wanted a real answer.

In the face of Dao Feng’s sharp gaze, as cutting as a blade, no one could lie—his eyes could see through any falsehood!

Huang Yi pondered, quickly flashing through the scenes from last night’s training in his mind, then matching them with his own abilities like a computer. Three seconds later, he had his answer. Looking into Dao Feng’s eyes, he said, "Thirty percent confidence."

"Good!" Dao Feng nodded, "Then we’re with you to the end! I hope that you’ll give it your all from now on, without holding anything back. I will compensate your losses tenfold, I promise on my honor as Dao Feng! Next, the Yanhuang Legion will use all its strength to rush this urgent first kill mission. You can make any demands based on your play style, and we will do our utmost to meet them. From now on, everyone, including myself, Dao Feng, will follow your commands. Brother Instakill, please!" Saying this, Dao Feng bowed deeply to Huang Yi.

This was the first time in two years that Dao Feng had bowed to someone else!

He had always been the world’s number one, unstoppable and formidable, and there was never anything that made him bow his head. But at this moment, he bowed to Huang Yi! If this were to spread, it would shock countless people!

However, Huang Yi suddenly understood Dao Feng.

With Dao Feng’s status, he did not need to bow his head to anyone for the sake of a mere first kill, and even if he didn’t get it, it wouldn’t affect him. His solid position as the world’s number one for two consecutive years couldn’t be shaken by just one or two first kills.

But now, he had bowed to Huang Yi for that first kill, and this action was clearly for the sake of the five thousand brothers of the Yanhuang Legion. People said that the Yanhuang Legion had become one of the famous teams relying on Dao Feng’s fame; they had never earned a significant, collective honor for the whole team! This public opinion was a shackle, always binding the Yanhuang Legion tightly, glorifying Dao Feng alone and shaming the entire legion.

Now, with Dao Feng’s bow, his stature in Huang Yi’s eyes grew even taller!

Dao Feng was truly a man of great courage and sentiment, like a great leader worth following for a lifetime! And only such a leader could unite all the people of the Xuanyuan Clan as one!

With Huang Yi’s support, Dao Feng straightened his back, standing tall like Optimus Prime, holding up the sky. His expression became serious once more, and he turned to a member of the Yanhuang Legion, issuing a command, "Zun Yue, immediately dispatch someone to contact all the members of the Yanhuang Legion, and order them to log in within three minutes! The guild will compensate for any losses caused in real life!"

The next moment, the man nodded and logged off, beginning to contact the thousands of Yanhuang Legion members who were not online.

The Xuanyuan Guild was operating at maximum efficiency at this most critical moment.

Gradually, a minute passed, and more and more people began appearing in the Teleportation Field, obviously just logging on, all of whom were receiving the team invite and joining the Yanhuang Legion.

In just one minute, the team’s numbers had surged to a thousand. (To be continued. If you like this work, I invite you to vote with your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)