Heroes' Prison

Chapter 182: Zero Deaths Once Again

Seconds ticked away, and the small zombies continuously chased after Huang Yi, their heads tilted back as they soared through the air much like the zombies in biochemical movies—certain death awaited anyone they touched.

"I am undying..." Finally, a minute passed! The small zombies instantly vanished without a trace, and soon after, the Zombie King uttered a familiar line as he resurrected for the first time, rising from the Void Battlefield.

"Little Wai, you’ll be the one to combat resurrect me!" Huang Yi immediately issued a command!

Little Wai was one of the two Redemption Priests in his exclusive team of priests, possessing the skill to resurrect during combat.

Huang Yi charged straight towards the Zombie King, neither dodging nor evading, and was killed by the Zombie King.

With that, the Void Battlefield finally dissipated, Huang Yi’s body fell rigidly to the ground, and the Zombie King landed as well.

The very next moment, the main tank Little Zongzi once again withstood the Zombie King’s attack, and a beautiful girl rushed over from the crowd—it was Little Wai, who Huang Yi had just mentioned. She immediately used the combat resurrection skill to bring Huang Yi back to life, allowing him to return to his human form.

At this point, the second form of the Zombie King was not something melee classes could handle—surrounded by swarms of flies, melee classes that rushed in would be instakilled by hundreds of thousands of flies!

At this stage, Huang Yi couldn’t allow the melee classes to slack off completely—it would be a waste to not use their combat power. He immediately gave out another order, "All melee classes with an attack power over twenty thousand, attack! All Shadow Priests, cast Thin Burial on these melee classes, ensuring they won’t die within five seconds. Each of the ten Shadow Priests will be responsible for one melee class. As one Shadow Priest’s Thin Burial is about to end, the next must pick it up to ensure that the melee classes are always in a state of Thin Burial! We can’t have any casualties!"

With the command given, a few melee classes scattered across the field charged out. In the current phase, any melee player with an attack strength of twenty thousand was a top-notch fighter. Even within the Yanhuang Legion, only about a dozen melee classes such as Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin met the criteria.

They all rushed to the Zombie King’s side and began to attack, enduring the relentless pestering of countless flies. At the same time, all the Shadow Priests started coordinating tightly, casting their Thin Burial skill on these dozen or so formidable melee classes.

Thin Burial, one of the signature skills of a Shadow Priest, keeps an ally from dying for five seconds! It is generally used during the Zombie King’s resurrection phase when countless small zombies emerge and instakill players. With Thin Burial on them, the chance of survival is much greater! Thus, whether it was the Pope Legion’s Angel Legion or the Yanhuang Legion from before, they all saved Thin Burial for this phase to ensure survival rates. Huang Yi’s approach, however, had not been used before, marking a novel strategy.

"All ranged classes, activate your burst skills!" commanded Huang Yi, as he too charged towards the Zombie King. His attack power might not have reached twenty thousand, but he had legal protection and was unaffected by the flies, allowing him to continue dealing damage persistently.

The Zombie King’s health points plummeted rapidly, a tad quicker than the previous evening—because by this time last night, there had already been over a hundred casualties, whereas now, the Yanhuang Legion still had a full roster, an unprecedented achievement!

...

Meanwhile, an update was made to the sticky post in the forum—

"Breaking news! A bizarre scene unfolds once more! Right after the Zombie King’s first resurrection, the Yanhuang Legion has remarkably suffered no casualties, with all five thousand members alive! Just last night during the Yanhuang Legion’s training, this phase caused a casualty scale of over a hundred people. The best global record set just today by the Pope Legion was twenty-three deaths. With such an eerie performance from the Yanhuang Legion, it’s very likely still associated with Instakill. This uncertain factor could be the largest basis for the Yanhuang Legion’s potential comeback. If Instakill can work out a new strategy, it would indeed save a lot of time. Yet, the Pope Legion, currently under the Angel Legion, has brought the fourth form of the Zombie King down to 50% of its health points, with roughly 3,500 members still alive. Despite the intense pursuit from the Yanhuang Legion, it seems hopeless for them to catch up now. What a pity for such an excellent new strategy!"

The tone of the post’s author now held some recognition for the Yanhuang Legion, yet they still didn’t see a bright future for them, considering the vast difference in progress—it seemed impossible to catch up. In the forum, most of the players replying sided with the Pope, believing that the first kill would undoubtedly belong to them. Only a few die-hard fans of Huang Yi and Dao Feng continued to blindly believe in the Yanhuang Legion.

In the real world, some students in class and working adults were also informed of the current situation through messages on the web.

"Bai Lin, quick, look! The Yanhuang Legion has developed a new strategy, and not a single person has died!!" At this moment, in a high school in Shanghai, China, a teenager immediately nudged the classmate in front of him and pointed his Handheld Photon Brain towards him.

"What? Who came up with this strategy? They were already ditching Fist, and now, to have no one dead!" The rest of the boys gathered around to stare at the updated message on the Handheld Photon Brain.

"I don’t know if it’s because of Instakill. By the time school’s out, the result for the first kill should be out, and it will probably be captured by the Pope, right?"

"Yeah, that scoundrel Pope is so shameless, starting the race for the first kill ahead of time. How sly! Otherwise, with the Yanhuang Legion’s tactics today, they would definitely get the first kill..."

At this time, in every corner of the world, some people were following the event. Some were just spectators, casually keeping tabs, others had noticed it unintentionally and didn’t pay much attention. But as two new strategies came to light one after the other, even those who hadn’t been particularly interested started to pay attention.

...

Meanwhile, in another room within the Tower of Pantheons, the Pope Legion’s Angel Legion was vigorously attacking the Zombie King’s fourth form. They seemed relaxed, as if they had already secured the world’s first kill of the Zombie King, and some started to chat.

"Oh! My God, that group of Chinese players actually has zero casualties!" a player exclaimed casually while attacking and glancing at the leaderboard data.

"What kind of strategy did they use to achieve zero casualties? We’re relying on those dozens of Rare Class Holders to keep our casualties so low, but how did that makeshift team manage it?" another player said, puzzled.

"Quiet down, everyone. That group of Chinese is employing a very innovative and efficient strategy to compete with us. But it’s just a futile struggle; we will definitely clinch the world’s first kill of the Zombie King! Tonight we shall celebrate all night long! Get ready to have a wonderful evening!" the commander of the Angel Legion addressed the crowd, his voice filled with ease and confidence.

...

Huang Yi was oblivious to everything outside as he had devoted himself entirely to commanding at this moment. After Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin—these ten or so powerful Melee Class professionals—joined the fray, the health of the Zombie King started decreasing at an accelerated pace, especially Dao Feng’s attack; his output seemed to equal that of several Melee Class professionals around him.

"Now, besides Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin, all other Melee Class professionals attacking the Zombie King fall back! All Shadow Priests reserve their Thin Burial exclusively for these two!" Huang Yi commanded swiftly. The Shadow Priest’s Thin Burial was almost depleted within the team, and soon they wouldn’t be able to continue without a break. He quickly adjusted the strategy based on this situation, leaving only Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin, the two with the highest melee damage, ensuring all Shadow Priests prioritized their survival.

With a cooldown time of 4 minutes and over a hundred Shadow Priests on the field dedicated to casting Thin Burial only for these two, it was essentially possible to create an infinite loop, guaranteeing there were always Shadow Priests ready with their Thin Burial off cooldown.

Gradually, with the tireless bombardment of the unscathed Yanhuang Legion, the Zombie King’s second form was once again reduced to a Bare Life State!

"All mages, cease fire!"

"All archers, stop attacking!"

...

Huang Yi gradually directed the Yanhuang Legion to dial back their damage output, controlling the Zombie King’s remaining health with precision. Finally, when the Zombie King had only 20,000 health left, he once more activated the Judgment Skill, forcibly pulling the Zombie King high into the air, killing it!

Subsequently, a large swarm of little zombies emerged from the Zombie King’s corpse, striking towards Huang Yi with bared teeth and claws, where any contact would result in an instakill situation. Just like before, Huang Yi transformed once again into the White Dragon King form, flew up into the sky, and evaded the attack of this swarm of little zombies.

After waiting for a minute, the Zombie King resurrected for the second time. Huang Yi immediately landed in front of it, killed outright by the Zombie King!

The Void Battlefield disappeared again, and Huang Yi’s body fell. A Redemption Priest instantly resurrected him.

At this point, Huang Yi was temporarily out of combat. He transformed his Body of White Dragon back into human form and charged towards the Zombie King again, fighting alongside Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin amidst a swarm of flies.

The Zombie King had resurrected for the second time, but the Yanhuang Legion was still at full strength, with a survival rate still at one hundred percent!

This data, once more broadcast through the leaderboard, was displayed before the eyes of the entire world!

This time, all players following this first-kill competition finally changed their expression!

The first time being at full strength could be understood as somewhat reasonable, after all, the Pope Legion’s Angel Legion only suffered a few dozen casualties.

But to have a zero casualty rate a second time was terrifying! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it 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.)