Heroes' Prison

Chapter 435 - 425: Hand of Execution

Huang Yi was now level 96, three levels below the Warrior, which meant he would suffer damage equal to three times the Warrior’s attack power every 10 seconds after the Warrior used that skill. This damage was undefendable; it would be dealt directly and continue until the end of the fight.

The skills under Huang Yi’s control were quite ineffective against this Warrior, and even using a life-saving skill like Last Stand would be of no help. The duration of the skill was too short to kill the Warrior in time.

And transforming into the Treasure-Sniffing Cat and using the Void Skill to dodge was pointless because the Warrior’s skill would last until death with no fixed time limit. The only way to end it was to kill the Warrior.

But now, with Skill Copying given to him by Xiao Chunzi, the situation was different.

Huang Yi attacked the Warrior with vigor, skillfully dodging each of his skills and gradually reducing his health.

After a long battle, the Warrior’s health finally dropped to 30%!

"Strongman’s Retaliation!" At that moment, the Warrior finally used the move that had repeatedly killed Huang Yi before, causing damage equal to three times his attack power to all enemies within a 100-meter radius every ten seconds!

Huang Yi was on the brink of disaster!

But at this moment, he suddenly unleashed a brand-new skill!

A golden light descended from the high skies and enveloped him!

The next moment, his level soared, instantly reaching level 99!

This skill was none other than the final move of the first boss on the 89th stage of the Tower of Pantheons! It allowed him to directly raise his level to 99 and elevated his attributes and equipment to the standard of level 99!

Just before entering this secret realm, Huang Yi had gone to the 89th stage of the Tower of Pantheons precisely to experience that skill so he could copy it at this crucial moment.

The skill lasted for 10 minutes. Now that Huang Yi’s attributes and equipment had advanced to level 99, effectively increasing by three levels, the boost wasn’t substantial, but it was just enough to counter the Warrior’s "Strongman’s Retaliation" skill!

Now that Huang Yi and the Warrior were at the same level, he no longer suffered any harm from that skill.

Huang Yi continued the momentum from before, engaging the Warrior with renewed confidence, free from any past concerns.

The Warrior used some new skills afterward, but none posed any real threat to Huang Yi. In the end, Huang Yi crushed the Warrior with a Heavy Judgment, turning him into a cloud of crimson ashes that gently drifted to the ground.

At last, Huang Yi breathed a sigh of relief, for he could now learn the level 95 skill!

He immediately crouched down, eagerly pressing his palm on the crimson ashes, as a red glow flowed through his hand and into his body.

Then, he acquired a Class Ultimate Move—

[System Prompt]: Congratulations, you have learned the Executioner Class’s level 95 skill [Hand of Execution]

[Hand of Execution]: Consumes 200 points of Rage to infuse oneself with the powerful force of execution, temporarily enhancing the effect of a certain skill, limited to active class skills, and effective for only one use, with a cooldown of 10 days.

The altered effects of skills are as follows:

[Disarm]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the duration in which the opponent can’t use weapons is increased from 10 seconds to 30 seconds.

[Judgment]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the attack power inflicted on surrounding enemies every second is increased from 30% to 100%.

[Pursuit]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the duration of enemy dizziness is increased from 2 seconds to 5 seconds.

[Special Pardon]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the duration of immunity to the same adverse conditions and control effects the target was released from is increased from 1 minute to 3 minutes.

[Heavy Judgment]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the attack power of the next Normal Attack is increased from 300% to 500%.

[Swift Judgement]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the boost in Attack Speed is increased from 50% to 200%.

[Net of Justice]: After releasing with [Hand of Execution], the target area of the net’s grasp is increased from 100 square meters to 500 square meters.

This [Hand of Execution] skill was somewhat similar to the [Forced Execution] he learned at level 85. It had no inherent power, but could be combined with other skills to change their effects.

The skill was only effective on active class skills and unrelated to racial skills and exotic skills. Currently, Huang Yi had seven active class skills; when unleashed with the Hand of Execution, their power generally increased by two to three times.

Disarm, which previously only prevented an enemy from using their weapons for 10 seconds, now lasts for a full thirty seconds! If a real fight were to break out, being unable to use a weapon for half a minute would be incredibly frustrating.

As for the group attack skill Judgment, it started to show signs of group instakills. There were already few players who could withstand a single attack from Huang Yi, and now, with Hand of Execution unleashing this skill, it meant a group of players would simultaneously suffer damage equivalent to 100% of his attack power, which was pure damage that couldn’t be defended against.

Moreover, Huang Yi’s strongest single-target attack skill, Heavy Judgment, was upgraded from three times his attack power to five times. Even Thunder God, regarded as the world’s number one knight, wouldn’t be able to withstand his attack with mere flesh and must take protective measures.

Finally, the most noticeable improvement was to Huang Yi’s most valued group control divine skill, Net of Justice—the skill’s radius was increased fivefold, from one hundred square meters to five hundred, achieving a qualitative leap.

Huang Yi was very satisfied with his ultimate move, Hand of Execution. The only downside was the characteristically long cooldown of major skills. This skill could be used only once every ten days, and even then, one could only select one skill to use at a critical moment. During regular battles, it was not something to rely on.

Then, Huang Yi contentedly teleported away.

Left behind was nothing but a decaying battlefield, with broken flags fluttering forlornly under the dimming sky.

Just at that moment, a ripple spread through the air, and a figure appeared.

This person appeared to be in his late twenties, with unremarkable features, wearing a set of assassin’s leather armor, exuding an aura of endurance in the shadows. The leather armor was embroidered with a circling Golden Holy Dragon that resembled some kind of dragon robe, making him look like a king of assassins.

He glanced at the spot where Huang Yi had just been, a thoughtful expression on his face. Then he turned and slowly walked toward a warrior in the distance.

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After returning to Dragon City, Huang Yi continued to grind levels in the Tower of Pantheons at a snail’s pace.

Gradually, midnight approached. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he stopped level grinding and teleported out of the Tower of Pantheons.

"[System Prompt]: You’ve registered to watch the 128-to-64 match for player [Quick Spike]. The match is about to start, would you like to enter?"

At this moment, Huang Yi received a long-awaited system message. He had registered early for Quick Spike’s critical match and naturally planned to watch it.

Immediately, Huang Yi used [Oss’ Eye Mask] to alter his appearance, then selected yes.

The next moment, his vision blurred, and he was teleported to a familiar place.

The arena still resembled the Ancient Roman Colosseum, where he had competed with Heroes’ Guild during the day. Now he was back again, but this time he had gone from competitor to spectator, which gave him a completely different perspective.

Now, the seats were crowded with people, the noise of the crowd even louder than during the team competition he had participated in earlier.

"Hello, may I ask whose match you’re here to watch?" At that moment, a female spectator sitting next to Huang Yi turned her head and asked him. She had yellow skin and black eyes, looked Asian, but her Chinese was slightly off, carrying a bit of a Japanese accent—probably a Japanese.

"I’m here for Quick Spike, how about you?" Huang Yi replied and then asked in return.

"No wonder!" The female player’s eyes lit up with realization, "I was wondering why there were so many spectators tonight. It turns out, besides Sakura’s fans, there are also fans of Quick Spike. I’m here to watch the cutest boy in the world, Sakura," she said, her eyes shining with admiration.

"So, Quick Spike’s opponent is Sakura?" Huang Yi remarked, his heart sinking a bit with worry for Quick Spike.

Sakura was one of Japan’s top players, second only to Heavenly Dao and Miyamoto Musashi, and was the most outstanding new player in Japan last year, competing with Huang Yi for the best rookie award. Recently, he formed an alliance with Black Warrior, Sakura, and Meiji, with these four top Japanese players forming a "Four Nations" team, a strong contender in the team category of the tournament.

While Quick Spike was skilled, his race and class were ordinary, and it was very difficult for him to have any hope of victory against someone like Sakura.

At that moment, about half of the spectators were female players. Sakura was a handsome young man who had endorsed sanitary pad commercials, which made him hugely popular among female players; almost all the women had come for him.

But Quick Spike’s fan base was also not small; he was one of the only two ordinary players who had made it this far in the tournament, a legendary dark horse. Many people were there just to witness his match firsthand.

At that moment, the two contestants were teleported into the Colosseum, appearing before countless spectators—it was none other than Quick Spike and Sakura themselves.

The crowd burst into screams. The Japanese female player next to Huang Yi even stood up, shouting Sakura’s name with all her might.

Sakura pushed a strand of hair behind his ear, exposing his pale neck, and gave the audience a shy smile.

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