Heroes' Prison

Chapter 199 - 197 Headless Horse (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Forum posts about this city increased, and fans of veteran celebrities like Dao Feng, Dragon Spike, and Heavenly Dao organized groups to travel to Los Angeles to cheer for their idols. Huang Yi also saw a recruitment post from his own fan club; those fans assembled to head to Los Angeles in the hope of seeing him in person.

However, he definitely couldn’t go. Those people were bound to be disappointed; no one would expect that he would be in Rose Prison.

In today’s voting post, Huang Yi’s support rate ranked second, with Thunder God rising to first, but the gap was a mere 0.01%. Now, neither of them could break away from the other, with the support rate nearly the same every day.

Huang Yi searched for the situation in Dragon City, which was still the same as usual, without any changes.

The forum was relatively calm today; the most popular posts were about an Australian player and a Peruvian player who each obtained one National Honor Point, ascending to the ranks of world-level celebrities.

After briefly browsing, Huang Yi entered The Second World.

At that moment, the desert in front of him was still teeming with a dense Skeleton Army, with no sign of when they would retreat. This scene was undoubtedly very suitable for level grinding. Generally speaking, it’s very hard to find such densely packed monster zones in the wild. Huang Yi decided to go and test their strength.

He ran swiftly through the sandy terrain, charging towards the Skeleton Ocean like a diver plunging into the vast sea from the beach. Gradually, the skeletons became more distinct. There were various classes among them: Skeleton Warriors, Mages, Archers, and even Skeleton Knights riding Headless Horses.

Soon, the outermost skeletons noticed Huang Yi, the uninvited guest. A detachment of the Skeleton Army immediately broke off and surrounded him, like a small wave branching out from the ocean.

"Pursuit!" When the distance closed to 40 meters, Huang Yi’s body, like a phantom, rapidly dashed to the first Skeleton Soldier.

A group of Skeleton Soldiers raised their Bone Blades and slashed at him, but like a shadow, he dashed to the second soldier, the third, and the attacks of the Skeleton Soldiers all missed...

This was an effect Huang Yi gained after fusing the Ambush Slash Rune; his initial charges wouldn’t cause damage but allowed him to rapidly reposition like a shadow.

After charging five times, Huang Yi finally slammed into a Skeleton Mage, stunning it and interrupting its chanting skills. His hammer came crashing down with force.

"Puff!" The Skeleton Mage was instakilled. These Skeletons were Level 50, around the current mainstream level of players. Ordinary players might need several attacks to kill one, but Huang Yi, with his powerful Attack Power, could instakill them.

"Scorched Earth!"

"Judgment!"

The next moment, a layer of Magma and a storm of Plague unfurled within a 200-meter radius centered on Huang Yi, instantly engulfing tens of thousands of skeletons.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!" The dense sizzling of burning, like rainfall, rose up, merging into a vast symphony of death.

Seconds later, the Skeleton Soldiers, as if struck by a heavy blow, collapsed one after another, turning into Experience Points for Huang Yi.

These skeletons were different from those under the command of the Dark King Uk’ar from 30 years ago; they did not have Resistance to the Plague and would die upon infection.

After this preliminary probe, Huang Yi felt reassured. These skeletons were indeed suitable for level grinding, even better than any other place. Here was an ocean of skeletons, packed tightly together, endless to kill. One only needed to keep releasing wide-area skills to harvest Experience Points, no tactics required.

Huang Yi continued to charge towards the Skeleton Ocean, like a tiny grain of sand entering the vast ocean.

Wherever he went, the land became Scorched Earth enveloped in Plague mist, with clusters of Skeleton Soldiers falling by the tens of thousands, a wave killing nearly ten thousand skeletons, his level grinding speed soaring like a rocket.

The counterattacks from the skeletons were also incredibly fierce; volleys from Skeleton Archers and Magic from Skeleton Mages rained down upon him, which would have instakilled anyone else.

But Huang Yi did not die; he had the skill "Legal Protection," which only made him take damage from the top 10 highest hits. Having evolved through the Half-Beastmen and White Dragon forms, both greatly enhanced his Constitution. Plus, he had transformed his Light-leeching Attribute from his equipment into Constitution; his War Soul also added to his Health Points. After these enhancements, his Health Points were comparable to a typical Tank Class person.

In addition, he had several means to recover Health Points. His Judge Class had a Talent called "Life Reap," adding 3% Bloodsuck on attacks. Moreover, since he was solo grinding, the Devouring Attribute in his weapon was effective. For each enemy killed, his Health Points increased by 5%.

The current Huang Yi was perfect for countering swarm tactics. He could easily slay swathes of skeletons, but no matter how many skeletons there were, they could not kill him; they only served to deliver him Experience.

Gradually, Huang Yi plunged deeper into the Skeleton Ocean, and wherever he went, thousands upon thousands of skeletons fell like cut wheat, with no resistance. This tiny grain of sand transformed into a sharp knife, tearing through the Skeleton Ocean.

After slaying for two hours, Huang Yi stopped. During his previous days of travel, he had killed some monsters while level grinding. Now, after this bout of level grinding, his experience points finally reached 60%, enabling him to level up to the sixth stage of his War Soul.

The success rate for the sixth stage was 30%, and Huang Yi still used the Eye of Time to check the success rate. This time, he spent 600 energy points and saw the system’s determination—success! Moreover, he saw the specific increase percentage; this success would raise his health points by 6%.

Huang Yi immediately chose to enhance the sixth stage, increasing his health points by 6%. Although this was the minimum value, he didn’t mind. After he finished with the ninth stage, he would continue to go back and work on the sixth one. Every stage could be leveled up at any time, with no limits on the number of attempts.

So far, Huang Yi’s Life Soul had cumulatively increased his health points by 24%. However, he was now approaching the third phase, the seventh, eighth, and ninth stages, which had very low success rates. Many people could only reach the seventh stage at most, and those like Dao Feng were stuck at the eighth stage. Only a few lucky ones like Thunder God around the world had reached the ninth stage.

With his experience points emptied once again, Huang Yi charged back into the Skeleton Ocean, continuing to grind for experience points to enhance his War Soul.

Two hours later, the ground behind Huang Yi was covered with a dense layer of skeletons, as far as the eye could see. However, in front of him, there were even more skeletons; the ones he had killed were just a drop in the ocean, making no noticeable dent in the Skeleton Army.

"Hmph! Damn you, to have killed so many of our soldiers! Give me your life!" Just then, a grating noise made by bone friction sounded from the front.

Following that, from the Skeleton Ocean ahead, a headless skeleton horse, two to three meters tall, burst forth with green Underworld flames burning on its hooves, moving swiftly and majestically. On the horse’s back was a Skeleton General clad in armor, wielding a long blade, crushing and sending flying the skeletons in his path, displaying an unstoppable momentum.

This must be a Skeleton Squad Leader, and he even had a mount, making him much stronger than the average skeleton. Huang Yi took a longer look at the headless skeleton horse; its speed was even faster than his own, marking it as an exceptionally rare mount, far superior to the common rubbish mounts.

Huang Yi coveted the mount, a thought emerging in his mind—to capture this skeleton horse as his first mount!

At that moment, the Skeleton Knight charged towards him fiercely!

"Pursuit!" Huang Yi dodged the Skeleton Knight’s charge and rushed towards another skeleton, moving like a phantom, striking back and forth among the enemy forces, moving so fast that he was barely visible. The skeletons couldn’t lay a hand on him.

After the last strike, Huang Yi turned back and slammed hard into the Skeleton Knight, dazing both the rider and the horse.

Huang Yi quickly swung his hammer and struck fiercely at the Skeleton Knight’s waist, violently shaking its body, nearly causing it to fall from the horse.

Two seconds of dizziness passed, and the Skeleton Knight, wielding its blade, tried to slash at Huang Yi.

"Disarm!" Huang Yi leaped up, grabbed the Skeleton Knight’s wrist, and forcefully seized its weapon.

Weaponless, the Skeleton Knight had no choice but to trample at Huang Yi with the skeleton horse, but the warhorse’s close-combat agility was clumsy and never managed to strike him.

After ten seconds, the weapon returned to the Skeleton Knight’s hand, and its long-suppressed attack finally came swinging down.

"Shadow Dance!" In an instant, Huang Yi turned invisible, completely disappearing into thin air and continuing his attack on the Skeleton Knight while circling the headless horse.

The Skeleton Knight kept being hit without seeing the attacker, swinging its blade aimlessly, only to strike at empty space.

"Boom!" After ten seconds, Huang Yi finally reappeared, and by that time, the Skeleton Knight’s health had dropped to the Bare Life State.

Huang Yi swung his final hammer blow, shattering the Skeleton Knight’s bones and leaving only the skeleton horse in place.

"Headless Horse, you’ve got a new master!" Huang Yi patted the skeleton horse and swiftly mounted it.

"Clip-clop, clip-clop!" The skeleton horse, feeling the change, ran wildly, trying to buck Huang Yi off with its jerking back, but Huang Yi was immovable, as if he was part of the horse itself.

The skeleton horse ran chaotically and eventually left the sea of the Skeleton Army behind, vanishing from sight.

Several minutes later, the skeleton horse returned, now calmed down and obediently carrying Huang Yi.

Just then, Huang Yi finally received a system prompt...(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)