Heroes' Prison

Chapter 217 - 213 King of Slaughter

Gradually, ten minutes passed, and the Void Battlefield had emptied considerably, with over a hundred thousand players already slain by Huang Yi. Another hundred thousand hung on in their dying struggles.

At this point, Feng Zhi no longer knew how to command this scattered team. His mind was a blank, and he smelled the stench of death. He suddenly realized that some people should not be provoked, for once provoked, there was no turning back. Even with hundreds of thousands of people as support, it was futile. As many as there were, that many would fall.

"Instakill, stop killing, I’ll hand them over right now! All those who killed Qin Shiyu, I’ll give them all to you, to do with as you please!" Finally, Feng Zhi chose to compromise, his voice trembling as he made an overture to Huang Yi.

"Too late," Huang Yi glanced in Feng Zhi’s direction, uttered two words, and continued his systematic slaughter. Now that they were in the midst of the Void Battlefield, only death of one party could stop the carnage, and Feng Zhi’s compromise was useless.

"Think about it, if you kill our several hundred thousand players, we won’t let you go! Our entire Half-Beast Tribe, even the entire Half-Beast Race, will be your enemy! The holy land of our Half-Beast Race will issue a kill order, calling all Half-Beast Tribes around the world to hunt you down. Then you’ll never have a day of peace!" Feng Zhi continued trying to persuade Huang Yi.

"When you laid hands on Qin Shiyu, why didn’t you think of these?" Huang Yi asked while continuing his onslaught.

"You, having killed our hundreds of thousands, will be cursed by people all over the world. Even Dao Feng and the others have never done anything so insane. All your honors will crumble in an instant, and you’ll turn into a monster ..." Feng Zhi’s exhortations were weak and feeble.

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Gradually, another 10 minutes passed, and only a few thousand players remained scattered across the entire Void Battlefield. They had given up resistance, standing foolishly in place like soulless beings, waiting for death.

Finally, after Huang Yi’s massacre, only Feng Zhi was left in the Void Battlefield. He, too, gave up resistance, allowing Huang Yi to end him.

"Instakill, you’re beyond redemption now. Our Half-Beast Holy Land will surely issue a kill order, and all one hundred million Half-Beast Players around the world will hunt you down! You’re doomed! Even if you kneel before me and kowtow, we won’t spare you. There’s no one who can save you, neither in heaven nor on earth!" Feng Zhi kept spewing threats, as if he could already see Huang Yi being chased by a hundred million Half-Beast Players.

Huang Yi walked straight up to Feng Zhi and smashed him into pieces with a hammer!

With that, over three hundred thousand players had been entirely wiped out by Huang Yi!

This was the most brutal slaughter in The Second World in two years, an unprecedented first for anyone to kill so many players in one go!

Just then, a layer of blood light suddenly surged upward from Huang Yi’s body, like a beam of divine light!

Then, there came a voice between heaven and earth:

"[System Announcement]: Chinese player [Instakill] has slaughtered over three hundred thousand players within half an hour, with blood light soaring to the skies, committing grievous sin, triggering a special event. The leader of The Seven Archdemons—the King of Hell, Yanmo, unilaterally lists[Instakill]as The Eighth Great Demon King, titled [King of Slaughter], henceforth [Instakill] becomes the first Heaven-Sent Demon King."

That moment, the voice echoed in every corner of the world, on every continent; every online person heard it!

A million people in Dragon City were completely stunned at this moment, and even Huang Yi himself was slightly taken aback, having not expected his massacre to catch the attention of the King of Hell!

But this announcement brought no benefits to him, no National Honor Points, not even Public Prestige, and it even brought negative consequences. The Seven Archdemons were enemies of the whole world, and now Huang Yi became The Eighth Great Demon King, effectively becoming the enemy of the world!

However, this was just a unilateral action by the King of Hell, tantamount to forcibly pinning this hat onto Huang Yi, it was not something he sought out. He could declare to the whole world that he does not recognize this title.

The Void Battlefield vanished, and Huang Yi returned to the ground. At that moment, the blood light on his body shone like a blood-red sun, with hundreds of thousands of Sin Value resting upon him.

Whoever killed him could instantly loot all the equipment on his body, including those Legendary Boots.

But no one dared to make a move, not even to get close to him.

Huang Yi squatted down and once again hoisted Qin Shiyu onto his back. He had been drawn into the Void Battlefield just now, while Qin Shiyu, being an outsider, was not pulled in.

Now, the ground around him was littered with equipment, piled up like a mountain. After those 300,000 players died, each one had dropped a piece of gear. However, their gear wasn’t impressive, mostly Green-Blue Gear; even Purple Gear was exceedingly rare, which Huang Yi didn’t even bother to pick up.

Next, Huang Yi turned his head to look at the several hundred thousand players in the square. At that moment, they were all staring at him with fear, as if they were looking at a Demon King.

"That announcement was a unilateral act by the King of Hell. I have nothing to do with them. What I did just now was simply revenge, not creating enemies. In a sense, I am on the same boat as you. If you trust me, join my team, and I will strive to lead you out of Dragon City," Huang Yi said as he created a Battlefield Group mode, setting the conditions for joining to none, allowing anyone to join his team at any time without confirmation.

There was a moment of hesitation among the crowd, but soon they joined Huang Yi’s team one after another. Huang Yi had already rescued them once before; now, the vast majority chose to trust him. Moreover, the formidable combat power he had just demonstrated also gave them a sense of security. Some were influenced by the atmosphere and followed the crowd to join Huang Yi’s team.

Huang Yi checked the team’s numbers, and in a short while, over 500,000 players had joined his team, ready to follow his command. He estimated that aside from Feng Zhi’s 300,000 players, the rest would join his team.

"Arrange yourselves into groups and sub-teams as you were before," Huang Yi instructed, looking towards the direction of the Golden Holy Dragon’s treasure, then said to the whole team, "Next, we wait here. The Sand Thief King might have problems at any moment. Once he encounters problems, it will be our moment to break out."

"How do you know it will run into problems?" some players asked, mustering their courage.

"Because I’ve set a trap and am waiting for the Sand Thief King to fall into it," Huang Yi said, closing his eyes to await quietly.

The several hundred thousand players in the square were in the dark, but they all inexplicably trusted Huang Yi; with his abilities, it truly seemed possible that he could lead them out.

At this point, everyone waited together.

Over at another part of Dragon City, the Resurrection Platform was crowded with the 300,000 players that Huang Yi had killed. Among them, over 20,000 had unfortunately entered Reincarnation, while the rest dropped a Level and lost gear.

Right now, this group looked like defeated soldiers, gathering here, not daring to venture out, for fear of incurring Huang Yi’s wrath once more.

"Instakill is despicable! He actually colluded with The Seven Archdemons. I knew something was off with him; how else could a mere player steal the Heart of the Sand Thief King? How could he possibly save Dragon City?"

"Exactly! I bet his equipment and strength came from The Seven Archdemons. He has no real ability; otherwise, he couldn’t have developed so quickly in a few months! With The Seven Archdemons backing him, no wonder we couldn’t kill him despite our tens of thousands. What’s the point of continuing like this?"

"It’s not fair! We should jointly protest to the Era Corporation. The Era Corporation obviously favors Instakill. He probably got his Rare Race and Rare Class specially arranged by them. His Legendary Equipment must have also been a gift from The Seven Archdemons, and he didn’t really achieve the Zombie King’s first kill himself; he must have been supported by The Seven Archdemons!"

The crowd began discussing fervently, linking Huang Yi with The Seven Archdemons. All of Huang Yi’s previous efforts turned into a perception of unearned success, attributed to The Seven Archdemons.

At this moment, Feng Zhi looked around at everyone and said loudly, "You all have seen it! Instakill has no real ability and has reached his position today only because of The Seven Archdemons. From now on, post more about these truths on forums. We need to rally friends and relatives, gather support from our Races, and pursue Instakill together, giving him no peace! What we do is just, and what Instakill does is evil. All his friends and family are surely his accomplices; we must eradicate them all!"

"Instakill now has over 300,000 Sin Points. A single death will cause him to drop all his gear and fall to Level 1. Now we can use skeletons to kill him indirectly. Let’s lure the Skeleton Bosses outside Dragon City to attack, and Instakill will surely not escape! He is now a cancer in Dragon City; if we do not remove him, we cannot possibly lead everyone out of Dragon City," Wei Yangsheng, who orchestrated Qin Shiyu’s murder, also joined in stoking the fire.

Meanwhile, similar sentiments started surfacing in online forums, accusing Huang Yi of collusion with The Seven Archdemons. All his former honors vanished like smoke, and countless slanders were thrown at him.

The adverse effect of that system announcement became apparent quickly. With that single announcement, Huang Yi faced tremendous disrepute. After the media added fuel to the fire, he was on the path to becoming a World’s Enemy, bracing for an unprecedented public opinion backlash.

The King of Hell was cunning and calculating. With a casual move, he managed to destroy a rising star among the Heaven-Sent, eliminating a future threat. Perhaps Huang Yi would even cave under the pressure and actually join The Seven Archdemons, thereby truly welcoming a Heaven-Sent Demon King with unlimited potential. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point (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.)