Heroes' Prison

Chapter 432 - 422: Group List

"Only one minute left for preparation!" At that moment, System Prompt echoed throughout the venue.

"The whole team, buff up!" Huang Yi issued his command with his usual composure.

Every class within the team deployed their buff skills, and various radiance lit up, significantly enhancing each member’s strength. Overlord also began chanting the melody of Soul Prelude.

Time ticked away second by second, both sides were in a solemn standoff, gripping their weapons tightly, eyes locked firmly on each other.

"Preparation time is over, the match officially begins!" Soon, at the system’s command, the battle was underway!

"Scorched Earth!"

"End of the World!"

"Storm of Thunder Clouds!"

"Judgment!"

Right at the start, Huang Yi unleashed his signature large-scale area-of-effect abilities; magma, poison fog, thunder and lightning all poured down, enveloping the entire field and bringing all members of the opposing team into the range of his attack.

"Pursuit!" Immediately after, he charged towards the opponent with an overwhelming momentum, still employing the most primitive tactics.

The distance of over a hundred meters was quickly crossed as he charged right up to the front of the five hundred opposing players, stunning a warrior among them.

Next, Huang Yi spun his body, once again activating Judgment, the whirlwind he whipped up caused enormous damage to the enemies around him.

"Everyone, attack him!" At this point, the leader of the Sun Guild team, "Crazy Fried Chicken," promptly issued an order. He knew Huang Yi was not afraid of group attacks and the correct approach should have been like the Unbeatable Group’s yesterday, sending only the highest-attack-power squad to attack him while the rest conserved their strength. His command now was an unintentional tactical error.

As he gave the order, the entire Sun Guild team turned their offensive towards Huang Yi, a deluge of Skill Radiance raining down, and quickly submerged him.

"You see, the team dynamics between sworn enemies are just different. Yesterday, the Unbeatable Group sent only one small team to attack Instakill. Now, the Sun Guild is pouring all their rage onto him, showing how deep the hatred runs. But this form of attack seems somewhat irrational; after all, God of Slaughter doesn’t fear group attacks."

The audience on site didn’t know the inside story and thought it was the intense anger that led to such tactics.

At that moment, Huang Yi was bathed in the baptism of various skills’ radiance but did not take much damage. The Sun Guild’s team, compared to yesterday’s Unbeatable Group, was much weaker; their top ten attackers posed a threat within a tolerable range for him.

"Heavy Judgment!" As soon as Huang Yi’s Health Points dropped to 50%, he stopped spinning and smashed his axe into a nearby player, turning them into mincemeat and recovering 20% of his Health Points.

He was effectively sustaining himself through combat, capable of healing himself. Should the enemies be more fragile, he could have continued slaying indefinitely.

"Everyone, hit him with all sorts of Control Skills, control him to death! Let’s see how arrogant he can be then!" At that moment, the leader of the Sun Guild, Crazy Fried Chicken, issued yet another misguided command to the whole team; his tone was filled with rage, as though he had a vendetta against Huang Yi.

Following that, a variety of Control Skills were thrown at Huang Yi, submerging him once again.

In a short amount of time, Huang Yi was afflicted with a variety of controls, with nearly every possible negative status affecting him.

"Special Pardon!" Huang Yi saw that the timing was right, he took a deep breath and cleared all the negative statuses from his body, and for the next minute, he gained Immunity to those statuses.

The multi-person control method played right into his hands; what he feared most was the Unbeatable Group’s method of controlling him in intervals from the previous day.

Now, Huang Yi was neither afraid of group attacks nor of controls, essentially becoming an unstoppable force; the battle was practically declared a victory for him.

Then, Huang Yi fought fiercely, cutting down opponents left and right, none able to withstand a single exchange. The numbers of the Sun Guild team dropped rapidly to below three hundred.

"Heroes’ Guild, go for it!" Seeing that the battle was nearly sealed, Huang Yi immediately issued a command to the whole team.

Soon after, the Heroes’ Guild, with five hundred members, charged ferociously at the severely wounded enemy, unleashing various skills that tilted the battle into a one-sided affair.

Merely three minutes passed, and the last enemy fell.

"[System Prompt]: Heroes’ Guild has won the battle and advanced to the top 64 in the world."

The match, in which both sides secretly cooperated, thus ended in a brutal fashion. The whole process appeared as a massacre by the Heroes’ Guild.

"Clap, clap, clap!" The audience stood up and began clapping enthusiastically.

"The Heroes’ Guild fought so fiercely. It’s clear how much they hate the Sun Guild, and now the conflict between the two guilds is intensifying. Their showdown is really something to look forward to!"

"They’re definitely going to meet next. My friend just went to watch the Thunder God’s Seed Team match, and he messaged me saying that the Sun Team led by Thunder God also won. Now, both Heroes’ Guild and Sun Team have entered the top 64, and next up will be the group stage, where they are very likely to be placed in the same group."

As the audience clapped and chatted, nobody imagined that Sun Guild and Heroes’ Guild were actually on the same side.

This secret was the joint trump card of Huang Yi and Thunder God.

Next, Huang Yi led the Heroes’ Guild back to Dragon City.

Many members of the Heroes’ Guild were waiting there, just as they had the day before. Upon seeing Huang Yi and the others teleport in, they cheered in celebration of the Heroes’ Guild entering the group stage.

"Big brother, our guild’s other team encountered Japan’s Heavenly Group. Although they fought tenaciously and didn’t shy away from the challenge, they ultimately failed!" At that moment, the head of the administrative department, Yi Feng, came over to Huang Yi and started to report.

"As long as they did their best, it’s fine," Huang Yi nodded. This outcome was almost what he had expected; at the stage of the final 64, typically only the strongest teams remained, and major guilds could generally advance only one seed team.

"Let’s call a meeting with all the senior members. Get Quick Spike as well," Huang Yi told Yi Feng, and then he, along with Qin Shiyu and Xiao Chunzi, stepped out from the crowd and headed to City Hall first.

The senior members of the Heroes’ Guild soon gathered in the council hall and sat down around the round table, quietly awaiting Huang Yi’s words.

"Let’s wait a bit longer, the final round of the team competition should be ending soon. We can check the group assignments in a moment," said Huang Yi from his seat at the head of the table.

Indeed, after waiting for over ten minutes, they did receive a message from the system. The top sixty-four teams of the tournament had been determined, and the group stage was next.

In the group stage, the sixty-four teams would be split into two groups, A and B. Each team had to battle against the other thirty-one teams in their group. In the end, based on the points scored, the top four teams from each group would move on to the next round.

By now, the group assignments had been announced; Heroes’ Guild was placed in Group A.

Everyone hurriedly scrutinized the group list to see which teams were in Group A. These teams would all become their opponents in the upcoming matches in the group stage.

"Damn, there are so many powerhouse teams!" After a brief glance at the list, Sunset, the leader of the Battlefield Group, couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Heavenly Group, Yanhuang Legion, the Mummy Legion under Pharaoh, Sun Team, Hall of Famous Generals... Now we’ve got a bunch of tough nuts to crack!" The expression of the Head of the Mage Hall, Light Demon, also darkened. Any of these teams mentioned were daunting entities in their own right.

"Don’t worry about these details," Knight said calmly. He spoke leisurely, "Whichever group we’re in makes no difference. Group B isn’t easy either; they have the Angel Legion, Giant Bear Team, Ganges, Amazon, Martial Way under Miyamoto Musashi, and also the Black Warrior, Ninja, Sakura, and Meiji, the four Japanese experts forming the Four Nations. Even God of Slaughter from the recently prominent T.N.T leading the Divine Nation was placed in Group B."

"Right, at this level, they are all powerhouses. It doesn’t matter which group we’re in. Let’s focus on the schedule," Huang Yi stated earnestly, looking around at everyone. "The group matches start tomorrow. Our first game is against Australia’s Kangaroo Legion. This team isn’t a super powerhouse like the Yanhuang Legion, Heavenly Group or Angel Legion, so let’s not use those Super Skills with long cooldown times. We should aim to win this match using normal skills and save the Major Skills for later matches."

"Correct, how we manage the use of skills is crucial and will directly impact our ranking," Sunset nodded in agreement, adding his opinion. "The most effective time to use Super Skills is against teams that are around our level of strength, like Hall of Famous Generals and Mummy Legion. As for teams that are weaker or much stronger than us, we should refrain from using our Major Skills. The weaker ones don’t need them, and we can’t beat the much stronger ones even with them. This is just like matching horses in a race. When facing super powerhouses like the Heavenly Group or Yanhuang Legion, we shouldn’t exert ourselves too much. Let’s settle for third or fourth place, since the top four advance to the next round anyway."

"Let’s do it this way, then!" Qin Shiyu also suddenly spoke up. She looked at Mysterious, the head of intelligence, "Intelligence department will handle this. Mysterious, arrange for your people to carefully watch every match. Look for which teams are strong and collect information on their Major Skills’ cooldown times. We will decide the use of our Major Skills based on your intelligence reports."

"Understood! I’ll get on it right away!" the head of intelligence, Mysterious, immediately nodded in acknowledgment. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it with Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)