Heroes' Prison

Chapter 253 - 248: Exhausting All Means

Huang Yi flew to the 6th floor, landed, and began to sit and meditate to recover health, With "Shadow Dance," he recovers 3% of his Health Points per second when he’s not in combat.

The Falcon, however, was circling high above, maintaining combat status with Belis. But the Falcon was too fragile to withstand an attack, and if killed, Belis would completely break out of combat status, making previous efforts in vain.

Huang Yi breathed slightly, staring at Belis below, who was desperately trying to put out the flames on his body. Its Health Points had dropped to 45%, having lost half its life.

The battle had reached its halfway mark by now. With one final push, Huang Yi would claim the Guild Token.

After more than twenty seconds, Huang Yi’s Health Points finally were full, and he immediately returned to human form, grabbed his weapon, and rushed down from the sixth floor.

By then, Belis had almost extinguished the flames on his body, the fire weakened significantly without the Hunting Dog’s continuous fire attack.

"Swoosh!" Just then, Huang Yi reached the first floor, a Pursuit charged forward, and he hammered it onto Belis’ body, re-entering combat status.

Belis tried to counterattack, but Huang Yi charged far away like lightning, then circled back for the attack, creating a series of phantoms.

On the last charge, Huang Yi stunned it for 2 seconds and initiated Heavy Judgment.

Huge damage numbers exploded from Belis, its Health Points plummeted, and in just two seconds, it was down to 35%!

"Disarm," Huang Yi didn’t give Belis a chance to fight back, immediately seizing Belis’s weapon and continuing his assault.

Now, Huang Yi’s attack rhythm was the same as before: first Pursuit, then Heavy Judgment, followed by Disarm, using a sequence of skills.

A long ten seconds passed, and Belis’ Health Points were down to the final 10%, on the verge of death!

"I am willing to burn everything at the cost of my life!" At last, Belis activated its Ultimate Move, letting out a long howl to the sky, and suddenly, a vast blaze erupted from its body, sweeping across the entire space and burning everything.

This was an all-range attack, affecting everything in the sky and on the ground, dealing massive fire damage to all enemies in the range. The Falcon in the sky was burnt to death, not even ashes remained.

At that moment, Huang Yi too was in the midst of flames, and even with Judgment activated, pulling Belis into the flames with him, there was no escaping it.

But he had 75 points of Fire Resistance, reducing 75% of fire damage! And as his All Attributes had increased by 100%, he wasn’t instakilled. His Health Points were steadily decreasing, dropping by about 5% per second.

Belis’ Health Points were also diminishing since this skill burned its Health Points as a cost, damaging the enemy thousands at the expense of eight hundred to itself.

Now, both were losing Health Points, a race to see who would fall first!

Huang Yi’s Health Points were far from as robust as Belis’, and at this rate, he was certain to die first. Without hesitation, he immediately activated Eye of Time and charged toward Belis. Now, he could foresee Belis’ imminent actions, and after charging in, his moves became much more exquisite, dodging Belis’ attacks early and tangling around it agilely.

However, Belis was enveloped in a layer of flame which granted it strong defensive power, greatly reducing the damage. Huang Yi’s attacks were like hitting a turtle’s shell.

Finally, Huang Yi’s Health Points were burned down to the last 5%!

"Last Stand!" he executed his life-saving skill, which prevented death for ten seconds!

At the same time, this skill also increased his Attack Power significantly. He maximized his damage output, seizing the moment and furiously assaulting Belis!

Both were on the brink of death, it was a race to see who would fall first!

seconds!

seconds!

seconds!

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Huang Yi counted down nervously, his time for the Last Stand was running out, while Belis’ Health Points were decreasing very slowly!

Eventually, the timer reached the last second, and Belis’ Health Points were still at 2%!

As soon as the final second ended, Huang Yi with just his bare Health Points would surely die!

Suddenly, Huang Yi’s figure flickered, transforming into a small, nimble cat—the Treasure-Sniffing Cat he had just evolved recently!

He then activated the Treasure-Sniffing Cat’s Racial Skill—Nothingness!

In an instant, Huang Yi disappeared, as if he had never existed!

This was not Invisibility but true disappearance!

In a state of Nothingness, he couldn’t be detected or attacked, as if a non-existing person, completely ignoring the blazing flames around him!

Just at that moment, his Last Stand time expired, his Health Points barely hanging on to the last 87, narrowly preserving his life!

Belis, seeing Huang Yi vanish, frantically searched around in anger, but couldn’t find him anywhere, with the flames still burning on its body, devouring its Health Points more and more!

If this continues, Huang Yi won’t even need to lift a finger; it will burn itself to death!

Biting its teeth in frustration, Belis anxiously withdrew the skill. Now, its Health Points had dropped to a mere 30,000, and it was on the brink of death!

If Huang Yi were still in his human form, a single Heavy Judgment would be enough to kill Belis. But he had already used his chance to transform during battle, and since he wasn’t in his White Dragon Form, he couldn’t use Dragon’s Might to escape combat. He had no choice but to stay in his Treasure-Sniffing Cat form until the end of the fight.

Now, he found himself in an awkward position. He and Belis were still locked in combat, and if he wanted to survive, he couldn’t move; otherwise, he would reveal himself. With his mere sliver of health, even the lightest breeze from Belis’s attacks could kill him instantly.

Moreover, since he was in a Void State, he didn’t even have a physical body, much less the ability to regenerate health, so he had to maintain the Bare Life State.

Furthermore, in his Treasure-Sniffing Cat form, he couldn’t wield any weapons, which greatly reduced his attack power. Only his other equipment remained effective.

Huang Yi waited patiently. He had purchased three pieces of Level 60 Orange Gear at the auction in Tiantai City, two of which inflicted a Bleeding state on enemies upon attack, slowly draining their health.

Although he hadn’t attacked Belis directly, the Bleeding state was taking its toll, steadily reducing its health.

After ten seconds, the duration of the Bleeding effect ended, and Belis’s health halted at the 10,000 mark, still not dead.

A sigh escaped from Huang Yi’s heart; he was still just a bit short on luck.

"Come out already!" Belis roared madly, turning its head left and right, searching for Huang Yi’s figure.

"Coward, come out and fight me if you dare!"

"Coward!"

Belis, brandishing its broadaxe, kept cursing around, but Huang Yi didn’t show up, as if he had already left.

Finally, exhausted, Belis sat down with a thump, breathing heavily.

"Huff, huff, huff!" The sound of its breathing, rhythmic and oppressive, filled the air.

"Whoosh!" At that moment, out of nowhere, a small cat suddenly appeared and struck Belis hard, its sharp little claws ripping a long gash in its flesh!

This was Huang Yi, who had transformed into the Treasure-Sniffing Cat. After waiting for several minutes, he finally made his move again!

"You’re asking for it!" Belis swung its broadaxe down swiftly onto the ground, sending out a ring of shockwaves that scattered in all directions, sweeping through everything. No matter how agile Huang Yi was, he couldn’t avoid it.

"Last Stand!" Once again, Huang Yi activated his racial skill, guaranteeing he wouldn’t die for the next 10 seconds!

The only reason he had waited so long was to allow this skill to cool down.

For the next 10 seconds, he could launch his attacks unrestrainedly. Currently, his offensive options were very limited: no weapons were accessible, class skills unusable. His only choices were his Treasure-Sniffing Cat racial skill, exotic skills, and his innate Beast King racial skills.

When it came to exotic skills, the strongest was the legendary End of the World from his Legendary Equipment, but using this skill cost 10% of his life. With only a thread of health left, he couldn’t afford to trigger it!

In terms of racial skills, his racial ultimate, Colossal Beast Transformation, was still on cooldown, unavailable for use!

He had truly reached the end of his rope!

"Scorched Earth!" In the next moment, Huang Yi activated the effect of his Legendary Boots. It wasn’t a skill, just an effect, similar to the Light-leeching Attribute.

Scorched Earth only dealt damage equal to 5% of Huang Yi’s attack power, but the benefit of this effect was that it inflicted direct damage, ignoring Belis’s defense entirely, so there was no issue of whether it broke through the defense or not.

Even though Huang Yi was unarmed, his remaining equipment still worked, and his attack power continued to slowly chip away at Belis’s health.

"Call of the Wild!" Once more, Huang Yi summoned both the Hunting Dog and the Falcon, directing them to attack Belis with all their might.

It was a three-pronged assault: Huang Yi, Scorched Earth, and the Summoned Beasts, all fervently striking their target!

Belis, too, attacked Huang Yi hysterically, desperate to eliminate him, but Huang Yi couldn’t die for the next 10 seconds, rendering its attacks futile!

Belis’s health dwindled further, dropping slowly from 10,000 to the final 1,000!

But at that moment, the window for Last Stand was coming to a close!

With regret, Huang Yi gave Belis one last look and activated Void State again, vanishing into thin air.

At the same time, Scorched Earth vanished as well.

The triple assault was suddenly reduced to two, leaving only the Hunting Dog and Falcon in the fight.

"Boom!" Seizing the opportunity, Belis caught the Falcon and smashed it to death, but in its final counterattack, the Falcon managed to knock over 100 points of Belis’s health.

The battlefield had dwindled to a single Hunting Dog continuing the assault, firing a green flame with all its might, scorching away the last 400 or so Health Points of Belis.

"Crack!" In a flash, Belis caught the Hunting Dog and tore it to shreds with its bare hands!