novelraw Chapter 183 Stagnation
Chapter 183 Stagnation
You should know, the Pope’s Angel Legion is famous worldwide for its low death rate. But even today’s Angel Legion still lost over two hundred people to the Zombie King’s second resurrection!
Now, the Yanhuang Legion seemed to suddenly be shrouded in a layer of mystery, and everyone suddenly felt they couldn’t understand this team anymore. They appeared to have stepped into another level overnight, different from any current teams in the world!
The author of that featured post on the forum updated again—
"The Yanhuang Legion has created another myth! After the Zombie King’s second death, the Yanhuang Legion still had zero casualties! This is a strategy the author cannot comprehend. Is this strategy created by Instakill? Is it related to his exclusive skills? If not, then this strategy should be one that can be disseminated. Every team can try it. In this way, the 50th floor of the Tower of Pantheons will see an unprecedented wave of assaults! The author believes that although the Yanhuang Legion may not get the first kill of the Zombie King, their strategy is shocking enough to the world. After this competition, countless powers will definitely seek to buy this strategy from the Yanhuang Legion; they are honorable even in defeat! Now, we just need to wait for the Pope’s Angel Legion to finish off the last 20% of the Zombie King’s health. After they get the first kill, this contest will also come to an end."
Even at this point, the author of the post still stood on the side of the Pope’s Angel Legion. Although the Yanhuang Legion was filled with eeriness at this moment and once again had zero casualties, in the eyes of many, there was basically no chance of getting the first kill.
On the other hand, the Pope’s Angel Legion also received news of the Yanhuang Legion’s zero casualties!
"How did they do it?" The commander of the Angel Legion suddenly frowned, feeling a trace of unease.
"Don’t worry, everyone keep fighting! They can’t catch up with us anymore." At this time, in the core area of the Angel Legion, a man in a black magic robe smiled slightly and took out an item.
When the members of the Angel Legion saw that item, the relaxed look returned to their faces, and they were no longer worried.
That item was a scepter that was only a half staff left.
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"Dao Feng, Lin Yiqin, you two keep on attacking, and have the Shadow Priest take turns casting Thin Burial!" On the Yanhuang Legion’s side, Huang Yi continued to use the previous strategy, sending up Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin, the two strongest melee fighters, to inflict more damage on the Zombie King in every possible second.
Just then, the Zombie King’s arm suddenly swung in a wide circle around him, and four figures appeared, looking exactly like Huang Yi, Dao Feng, Lin Yiqin, and Little Zongzi!
Huang Yi had never seen this skill before; it must be a random skill. The battle record showed that the Zombie King’s random skill was called "Close-range Duplication!"
From the name of the skill, it wasn’t hard to infer that it could duplicate all the melee players nearby! Since Huang Yi, Dao Feng, Lin Yiqin, and the main tank, Little Zongzi, were the only melee players beside it, this random skill naturally copied the four of them.
The one closest to Huang Yi was the duplicate of Dao Feng, which immediately charged at him with incredible speed!
Huang Yi surged forward with a Pursuit, stunning it for two seconds, then his hammer came crashing down.
The next moment, Dao Feng’s duplicate only lost a mere 1% of its health!
A bad feeling suddenly rose in Huang Yi’s heart. This duplicate was so strong, even stronger than Dao Feng’s original form. If Dao Feng himself were to take one of his hammer strikes, he wouldn’t have lost just 1% of his health. It seemed that the duplicated form was much stronger than the original, not something that could be resolved quickly!
"Dong Huan, your magic attack is the strongest, you focus on Little Zongzi’s duplicate! Dao Feng, Lin Yiqin, retreat with me to the melee area, all melee fighters attack our duplicates!" Huang Yi then issued an order and quickly retreated back to the melee group.
The melee fighters swarmed the duplicates of Huang Yi, Dao Feng, and Lin Yiqin. Despite the formidable strength of the duplicates, they couldn’t withstand the group’s onslaught and were eliminated in less than a minute.
Afterward, Huang Yi, along with Dao Feng and Lin Yiqin, rushed back to the feet of the Boss and continued their assault.
Next, the Zombie King cast several random skills, but none were very strong, and they all passed safely under Huang Yi’s competent command.
"Attention Yanhuang Legion! The Angel Legion is about to bring the Zombie King down to 10% health; they are nearing the first kill!" Just then, a player who kept an eye on the leaderboard announced some troubling news through the broadcast mode to the Yanhuang Legion.
"Everyone continue attacking, the Pope’s moment to taste defeat has arrived!" Huang Yi encouraged everyone, looking at the Zombie King before him.
The Zombie King’s health points had dropped to 45%! Facing the unharmed Yanhuang Legion, the Zombie King in this form wouldn’t last much longer.
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At this moment, that essential forum post was going crazy, everyone understood that the competition had reached the final critical stage; the author of the post also timely updated it—
"First kill is imminent! The Tower of Pantheons leaderboard data shows that the Angel Legion is about to get the Zombie King’s fourth form down to 10%, and there are still over two thousand members alive in the team! Last night, by this time, Yanhuang Legion had barely more than ten people left! It’s clear to see that, after introducing a dozen Rare Classes today, the Angel Legion’s strength has skyrocketed, making them fully equipped to claim the first team kill of the Zombie King! Let’s quietly wait for the announcement to sound!"
In the comments below the post, some American players had even started a countdown, countless people believed that in just a few minutes, the Pope’s Angel Legion would trigger a system announcement declaring the first kill on the Zombie King!
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Inside the Tower of Pantheons, it was an exhilaratingly intense moment for the Pope’s Angel Legion, as the Zombie King’s health was about to drop below 10%! Every player’s hands trembled slightly.
"Everyone pay attention, the Zombie King’s health is about to drop to 10%, at which point it will use a basic skill. Although we don’t know what this basic skill is, with the survival count of more than two thousand of us, whatever basic skill it uses, we’ll be able to kill it. Prepare for the announcement!" the commander of the Angel Legion said, barely containing his excitement.
The next moment, the Zombie King’s health finally dropped to 10%!
This was the first time the Angel Legion had brought the Zombie King to this stage, everyone held their breath, attacking while intently staring at the Zombie King to see what skill it would use.
Soon, in the eyes of the more than two thousand lucky ones, as well as from the God’s eye perspective of the more than two thousand dead members, a scene unfolded—The Zombie King glanced at the densely packed corpses at its feet, then suddenly opened its mouth and inhaled slightly towards those bodies!
Subsequently, blood-colored orbs of light started to rise from the corpses of the several hundred Melee Class players and merged into the body of the Zombie King!
The Zombie King’s health instantly restored to 100%!
A deathly silence fell over the field.
Those surviving members stared dumbfounded at the Zombie King, their offensives ceasing in their hands, their faces ashen with death.
"Corpse Explosion!" At the next moment, the Zombie King used a powerful Random Skill, and the corpses of those players in the crowd burst open, instantly killing hundreds of players who were caught off guard!
"Damn it! How could the Zombie King have such a skill!" the commander of the Pope Legion swore loudly, no longer able to maintain his composure!
"It’s bad, the Chinese are quickly taking down the Zombie King’s third form!" At that moment, a scream suddenly filled with intense fear rang out across the field!
People took a moment to glance at the leaderboard! Indeed, the Yanhuang Legion had the Zombie King’s third form down to 37% health, on the verge of its fourth form. By then, both sides would be close in progress, both facing the Zombie King’s fourth form.
"On my command, everyone use your strongest skills now, employ your highest damage output methods to attack the Zombie King! All Rare Classes go ahead using your Exclusive Skills, I will compensate tenfold for the Energy Stones you use. It’s time to go all out!" At this time, the core area of the Angel Legion, a middle-aged man in a black magic robe commanded with a heavy tone, and then he once again raised his Half Staff...
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Meanwhile, that hot topic forum post was quickly updated—
"Breaking news, the Angel Legion has encountered an unforeseen situation! In the current leaderboard progress data, the progress of the Angel Legion who brought the Zombie King down to 10% health suddenly halted and didn’t continue forward; it’s unknown what turn of events has occurred! Not only that, just now, their survival count suddenly dropped by a few hundred, likely having encountered a powerful Random Skill from the Zombie King!"
The author of the post wrote up to this point and also attached a screenshot of the leaderboard, which showed the Pope’s best progress against the Zombie King was 10% health, and it hadn’t continued from there. This leaderboard only displays the best score for the current instance run, so although the Pope’s Zombie King had full health again, the leaderboard would not show this, it still stopped at the previous 10%. From the outside, with just this data, players couldn’t guess what exactly was happening inside. However, the survival number of the Pope’s team was still quite good, with 1521 people remaining! That’s many more than Yanhuang Legion had last night!
Following that, the author of the post made his own speculation: "Last night, when Yanhuang Legion got to this point, they had also just been wiped out, unable to continue to make better progress, suggesting that the Zombie King in its fourth form at 10% health is very likely to use a special skill." (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to cast your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)