Heroes' Prison

Chapter 431 - 421: One of Us

"Instant Mass Healing is the ability to instantly heal injured team members back to full health status. As long as there’s a fraction of a second of downtime, it can heal through it. In other words, as long as an attack doesn’t instakill, even if a group focuses their fire, they can’t kill the target, because the focus fire doesn’t happen in a single move and there’s downtime between attacks. This is known to be the most powerful healing skill to date and is probably Lapis Lazuli’s Class Exclusive Skill that requires Energy Value to use. However, releasing such a powerful healing skill for the entire group can only last for a minute or two before all the Energy Value is consumed."

"As for Mass Resurrection, we’re all very familiar with it, it’s Pharaoh’s signature skill, resurrecting all targets within its range. However, this skill generally has a very long cooldown time and is usually reluctant to be used because once it is, it may not be available for the next match. Before now, only Pharaoh had the ability to perform Mass Resurrection in the whole world, but in this match between the Heroes’ Guild and the Unbeatable Group, it’s astonishing that two players with this ability have emerged! It makes the entire match thrilling and feels like the standard of a late-tournament battle."

"In this match, Lapis Lazuli and Xiao Chunzi became the two most dazzling individuals, aside from Unbeaten and Instakill. They both were dark horses of this martial arts tournament, not widely known before, but the competition has pushed them into the limelight. And as the tournament intensifies, there will undoubtedly be more players like Lapis Lazuli and Xiao Chunzi emerging, stunning the world’s population. In the next annual grand ceremony, in the list of nominees for Best Newcomer, they’re very likely to be named."

"The strength of the Heroes’ Guild also started to truly reveal itself in this match. In the past, when people talked about the Hero Guild, they would only think of God of Slaughter, but in this match, the overall strength of the Heroes’ Group shouldn’t be underestimated either. Influenced by this, the stock price of the Hero Guild rose by 12% in just half a day, showing the capital market’s optimism towards the Heroes’ Group..."

The post was detailed and even included a video. It was considered the most exciting team match of this martial arts tournament.

After browsing through a few posts, Huang Yi logged off.

...

When he logged in again, it was the next day.

All the matches from the top 256 to the top 128 around the world had ended. Only two teams from the Hero Guild remained in the group match from yesterday’s noon, and both advanced. The individual matches began at midnight last night, and Huang Yi had a good night’s sleep without watching them.

Now, what he was most concerned about was whether Knight and Quick Spike had advanced.

The moment he logged on, Huang Yi appeared at the top floor of City Hall.

Qin Shiyu was sitting there as usual, dealing with the internal affairs of the Hero Guild, overloaded with tasks.

Noticing Huang Yi’s arrival, Qin Shiyu looked up at him and smiled warmly, "Brother Yi, let me guess, are you most concerned about whether Knight and Quick Spike have made it into the ranks?"

"You guessed right!" Huang Yi nodded, walked over, and sat down at the table in front of Qin Shiyu, looking at her expectantly.

Without playing coy, Qin Shiyu immediately said, "Between the two, Knight had some bad luck, coming up against Brazil’s number one, Ronald, and after a long hard struggle, ultimately lost. On the other hand, Quick Spike was fortunate enough to encounter an evenly matched opponent and finally advanced to the top 128 in the world. He did very well; there are only two ordinary players left in the world that have come this far, besides Quick Spike, and that’s the leader among ordinary players, Yang Yuheng."

"I had no idea Quick Spike would go so far!" Huang Yi was somewhat stunned, as in his mind, it was supposed to be the higher-ups of the Heroes’ Guild who would make it to this stage, as they were Rare Class players and generally had Legendary Equipment. Their strength was deemed somewhat stronger than Quick Spike’s. But as it progressed, their luck seemed to run dry, like Sunset who directly faced Sharp Sword, a top-level expert, and lost regrettably. Quick Spike, however, hadn’t encountered such super first-class experts, performing well with both strength and fortune.

"Brother Yi, in a few hours it will be noon and our guild’s two teams have to start the battle from the top 128 to the top 64. This final knockout match will probably be tough; the Heroes’ Guild can manage with you there to handle any situation, but the other group probably won’t advance," Qin Shiyu expressed with some concern.

"Don’t be sad. With only sixty-four teams qualifying globally, this difficulty is too high, and it is normal for us to advance only one team." After saying this, Huang Yi checked the time; it was already 9:34 a.m., only two and a half hours left until the next match.

...

Gradually, more than two hours passed.

The Heroes’ Guild had already gathered in the square in front of City Hall, the atmosphere charged with enthusiasm, and each person’s face brimming with confidence. After defeating the formidable Unbeatable Group in yesterday’s match, today’s opponent should not be as strong.

Around the square, members of the Hero Guild crowded densely, all watching the Heroes’ Guild with hopeful eyes, wishing them to advance again.

"I heard that today’s Heroes’ Guild match has attracted over a hundred million viewers to the scene."

"That must be spurred by yesterday’s match, but today might not be as exciting. Teams like the Unbeatable Group are rare, and the system usually separates strong teams so they don’t meet too early."

In the crowd, there was a buzz of conversation, discussing the upcoming match.

Huang Yi turned to look at Quick Spike amidst the crowd.

By now, Quick Spike was no longer the obscure figure as before; he had become the major dark horse being discussed all over the world.

The fighters of the Heroes’ Guild, some were top Rare Class, others slightly lower Rare Race, and at the very least an Advanced Class. Each of them had a higher starting point than Quick Spike, the ordinary player. But at this moment, they were all surrounding him, humbly asking for advice.

"Quick Spike, if the opponent is a priest and my attack power is relatively low, how should I perform my combo to kill them?"

"How can a warrior quickly approach a mage after using up their charge skill?"

"With limited rage value, which skills should a warrior combine to maximize output and save rage?"

One by one, the warrior players from Team Starting Point asked Jian Feng Kuai their questions. Although their classes differed, they were all warrior-class players with many fundamental skills in common, providing the same effects with only slight differences in parameters.

Jian Feng Kuai patiently guided them, approachable and devoid of the typical brashness and arrogance of youth—much to Huang Yi’s silent approval.

[System Prompt]: The match time has arrived, would you like to teleport your team to the competition venue now?

Finally, 12 noon arrived!

Huang Yi immediately chose to teleport into the battlefield.

The next moment, all the Heroes’ Guild members saw the familiar scene, the familiar battlefield.

However, today’s audience greatly surpassed yesterday’s.

According to forum statistics, over one hundred million viewers chose to watch Huang Yi’s match today. This didn’t even include the audience for the opposing team; if they were also a popular team, the number of spectators on site might break two hundred million.

"Woah! Woah! Woah!" The whole audience cheered loudly as they saw Huang Yi and the Heroes’ Guild enter, the cheers deafening, even more enthusiastic than yesterday’s atmosphere.

It was then that the opposing team also teleported in.

Huang Yi and all the Heroes’ Guild members quickly turned their heads to look over.

Among the group opposite them, some were using their real-life appearances, with black hair and yellow skin—another group of Chinese.

"Hmm? They are..." Quickly, Sunset, Knight, and Overlord from Rose Prison were taken aback and about to shout out loud, but they ended up swallowing their words.

Huang Yi fixed his gaze on the group before him, also sighing inwardly!

This time, they were up against their own people!

The team before them was one of the Sun Guild’s squads, with some being the brothers from Rose Prison.

Only, they were a substitute team for the Sun Guild and not the Seed Team led by Thunder God.

At this point, the players from Rose Prison within the opposing team also recognized Huang Yi and his teammates, their expressions suddenly turning awkward.

"Hmm? It’s the Sun Guild. Today we’re going to tear them to pieces!"

"Damn, I’ve always been annoyed by the Heroes’ Guild. It doesn’t matter if they have God of Slaughter; we’ll fight to the death today to force out their ultimate skills, making them less effective in the subsequent matches!"

Unfriendly voices rose from both teams, each member rubbing their hands together, ready for a good fight.

These people were not players from Rose Prison and didn’t know that the Sun Guild and the Heroes’ Guild were actually one and the same. They, like everyone else on the outside, had transformed the rivalry from when Huang Yi and Thunder God competed for the Rookie of the Year into a feud between the two guilds, considering each other archenemies.

"Didn’t expect it to be a showdown between Heroes’ Guild and Sun Guild, this match is going to be interesting!"

"It’s a pity that the Sun Guild sent a substitute team whose strength is much weaker than the Heroes’ Team. They are destined to fail this time. It would’ve been exciting if it was the Seed Team led by Thunder God himself!"

At this moment, the spectators in the arena also started discussing, treating the match as a mini-rivalry battle.

"Big brother, the leader of their team is a brother from Rose Prison. I just happened to have exchanged business cards with him; he just sent me a message saying that since they can’t win, they might as well make a few intentional mistakes and won’t fight too fiercely." At this time, Sunset quietly sent a message to Huang Yi.

Huang Yi hadn’t expected that they would get into the global top 64 in such a way. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)