Heroes' Prison

Chapter 298 - 293 Oss’ Eye Mask

After taking a huge amount of damage, the mage finally struggled to his feet. He waved his magic wand swiftly at Huang Yi, unleashing a cold blast that continuously sprayed onto Huang Yi’s body, making it difficult for him and the Earthwalking Dragon to move; at the same time, they kept taking damage.

If it were an ordinary player, they might have been sprayed to death by this skill, unable to approach the mage and unable to escape, caught between a rock and a hard place, forced to endure such attacks continuously.

The next moment, Huang Yi immediately released the flames from his limbs in Beast King Form!

These flames, which had gone through several evolutions, had now turned yellow. Once released, they quickly covered Huang Yi’s entire body and the raptor beneath him, instantly easing the situation. The mage’s frost spray no longer had any effect on him.

After that, Huang Yi immediately summoned the hunting dog and falcon, commanding the hunting dog to shoot flames towards the mage, sizzling him apart—fire was his nemesis.

"Soul Transfer!" At this moment, the Overlord waved his cane, a beam of green light shot onto the mage.

Subsequently, a green light ribbon suddenly appeared on the mage, connecting it to both Huang Yi and the Overlord. Tiny green light points began transferring from the mage along the ribbon into their bodies.

Huang Yi discovered that his health points were gradually starting to recover—it seemed this skill transferred the enemy’s essence of life over to their side, restoring their own health points.

Huang Yi continued to urge the raptor to charge at the mage with brute force, knocking him dizzy and raining down a series of Heavy Judgments.

"Damn it!" The mage, seeing his attacks having no effect, couldn’t help but curse in anger and slammed his magic wand forcefully into the ground, bellowing, "Freeze everything!"

Immediately afterward, a thick layer of frost spread in all directions, swiftly encasing Huang Yi and Overlord along with their mounts in ice. Additionally, the two creatures summoned by Huang Yi couldn’t avoid it—the hunting dog, engulfed in flames, turned into an ice sculpture as its flames were extinguished. And the falcon flying in the air became a clump of ice, plummeting straight down, shattering upon impact, and dying on the spot.

This was one of the Mage Boss’s ultimates; once used, it immediately changed the tide of battle, taking the initiative.

"Oh piercing ice elemental, let this place become a frozen century, achieving the legend that will be told in a thousand years. When the eternal time flows over their faces covered with frost, when the despair in their eyes all turns into pain and death..." At this moment, the mage solemnly chanted a grand, ancient spell, as if preparing to unleash an unparalleled attack!

"Special Pardon!" The next instant, the ice encasing Huang Yi’s body suddenly melted, and he leaped down from the immobilized raptor, swinging his axe straight at the mage’s head!

"Pff!" Huang Yi’s axe was strong and heavy, chopping straight onto the mage’s shoulder.

"Crack!" The mage’s shoulder was slashed open with a long wound, blood gushing out, spraying everywhere. Now injured, his movement became somewhat impeded.

This was a wild BOSS; they exhibit behaviors when hurt, the heavier the injury, the weaker their movement, and all attributes would also decrease, making it more realistic than BOSSes found in secret realms.

By this blow, the ice on the Overlord finally dissipated, and both Earthwalking Dragons regained their freedom as well.

Next, the two of them along with both Earthwalking Dragons renewed their attack on the mage, regaining the initiative, leaving the Mage Boss with no strength to fight back.

Huang Yi and Overlord were both one in ten thousand Rare Class Holders, and coupled with the equally rare Earthwalking Dragons, the Level 70 Mage Boss was having a tough time against the two of them. Moreover, the BOSS’s class was a significant weakness; it was a glass-cannon mage, and what’s more, an Ice Mage—the weakest in attack power, focusing on control with attack as secondary, posing limited threats to the duo. If it were a Fire Mage with formidable attack power, then the Overlord could have been easily instakilled, and once Overlord died, only Huang Yi would have remained, creating a completely different situation.

BOSSes of the same level but with different classes pose different threats to players.

Under Huang Yi and Overlord’s fierce offensive, the Mage Boss couldn’t achieve any significant advantage, instead, his wounds multiplied, growing weaker and weaker until his health points dipped below 10%.

At this point, Huang Yi finally expended energy points to activate the Eye of Time, preparing for the Mage Boss’s counterattack. The last 10% was often when a BOSS fought most fiercely; a moment’s inattention could result in being killed instead.

Suddenly, Huang Yi’s Eye of Time saw that the Mage Boss was about to unleash an ultimate in 5 seconds. Huang Yi timed it, steadily outmaneuvering the BOSS.

After five seconds, he abruptly reached out, grabbed the BOSS’s wrist, executing "Disarm"!

Just as the BOSS was about to chant, his mouth was silenced, interrupted by the Silence effect that accompanied Huang Yi’s "Disarm" skill.

An ultimate move that hadn’t had the chance to be used was nipped in the bud.

Next, Huang Yi and Overlord continued their assault. Without its magic wand, the mage was even weaker, and after 10 seconds, its health points had been reduced to within 5%!

"Overlord, do you have a Silence skill? Cast it in 5 seconds!" Just then, Huang Yi’s Eye of Time foresaw the Mage Boss preparing to unleash another ultimate move in 5 seconds.

Without a word, Overlord waved his cane, but rather than targeting the mage, he targeted Huang Yi. A purple glow immediately fell upon him!

Immediately after, Huang Yi found that the cooldown for a skill he had recently used—[Disarm]—had suddenly reset. It seemed Overlord’s skill was able to clear skill cooldowns for allies, making it a very special support skill.

Before long, the magic wand was back in the hands of the Mage Boss, who immediately raised it, intending to unleash that peerless skill.

At that moment, Huang Yi repeated his previous move and used [Disarm] again, silencing the Mage Boss.

The mage became extremely frustrated, unable to cast two powerful spells. These were the kind of skills that needed the right moment to be used, and they could be activated just by shouting the name of the spell. But now he had missed the opportunity.

Like that, after both of its ultimate moves were silenced by Huang Yi, the Boss finally ran out of options and was ultimately defeated by Huang Yi and Overlord, falling to the ground.

"Hm? Did this Boss drop a human face?" At that moment, Overlord suddenly exclaimed, looking at the body of the Mage Boss.

Huang Yi looked down and indeed, the skin around the Mage Boss’s eyes had separated as if it had shed a layer, giving it a slightly eerie appearance.

Huang Yi crouched down, picked up the face skin, and took a closer look, realizing it was not a human face at all but an eye mask, its color identical to that of skin. When worn, it was indistinguishable from one’s actual face.

Huang Yi checked the item’s attributes.

[Oss’ Eye Mask] (Special Equipment)

When worn, allows one to change facial features at will, increases magic defense by 2%, and expands vision range by 10%.

This was a rare piece of special equipment with attributes. Huang Yi had previously purchased similar special equipment, like masks, which usually had no attributes and served only to conceal one’s appearance. However, this [Oss’ Eye Mask] had some attributes, and while not many, these attributes were essentially free bonuses that others didn’t have.

It was like Huang Yi’s Overlord’s Pact Storage Ring, which had attributes unlike those of ordinary storage rings. This meant he essentially had an extra piece of equipment than others, though the effects of such attributes were minimal and not decisive.

"You take this eye mask. You’re widely known as Instakill, and often need to change your appearance and hide your identity," Overlord suggested.

"Sure!" Huang Yi didn’t hesitate and immediately put on the eye mask.

Instantly, he felt the eye mask merge into his skin, becoming a part of his body. He touched his face but didn’t feel anything out of place. At the same time, his appearance changed completely. He could make his nose more prominent, his eyes larger, and his ears smaller—his facial features were completely adjustable. For hiding his identity, this was like a godly item—now he wouldn’t have to worry about being recognized on the streets.

After the Mage Boss’s demise, it dropped a few other items, including a piece of Orange Gear that fit Overlord well, so naturally, he took it.

The remaining loot was a few rather precious materials. Huang Yi carefully inspected them but did not see the [Special Energy Stone] that appeared last time. It seemed the Special Energy Stone had a very low drop rate and they had been incredibly lucky to get one previously.

After tallying the loot, Huang Yi walked over to the pedestal and looked at the golden box containing the [Heart of the Sand Thief King].

This time, while retrieving it, he still felt a measure of comfort, but when compared to the [Contract Stone of the King of the Fallen] that the Mermaid Princess dropped, the sensation was much weaker, and the Power of Corruption contained within was much diluted.

Huang Yi began trying to retrieve the [Heart of the Sand Thief King]!

Last time, his attempt triggered a system announcement, drawing the pursuit of the Black Wolf, but this time it was much quieter, with no disturbances, though the retrieval still required 10 minutes.

Subsequently, Huang Yi and Overlord waited patiently for ten minutes and successfully secured the heart!