Heroes' Prison

Chapter 442 - 432: Inconceivable (4th Update!)

And almost simultaneously, his Thunder Left Hand’s "Heavy Judgment" had already formed, smashing down in an instant!

Huang Yi’s series of actions were completed within a mere second, the whole process as smooth as flowing clouds and water, or even to say it happened in a spark, with practically no gap found between one skill and the next.

Many spectators on site couldn’t keep up, only players with keen eyesight and commentators could barely make out what was happening.

"Bang!" The next moment, Arthur Artolia took the full brunt of Huang Yi’s heavy-handed strike, his health points plummeting to their bottom!

A flicker of despair finally crossed Arthur Artolia’s icy features, feeling an almost insurmountable gap!

From the beginning until now, it was just a matter of seconds, and aside from her initial rush with Invisibility against Huang Yi, she had since been on the defensive. Like a lamb in the grip of a lion, Huang Yi had her firmly under control, with no escape possible, all her resistance so feeble.

This was the first time she felt this way in nearly three years since she came to The Second World. As the top expert on the British Continent, she was the strongest, unable to find a match, but now she had finally met a world-level master, and the gap was glaringly apparent.

However, desperate as she was, the resistance must go on—her dictionary had no place for the word "give up"!

Her health might be at its end, but she possessed a talent similar to Huang Yi’s "Death Penalty Exemption," one that prevented her from being instakilled, though with subtle differences. Huang Yi’s exemption could only activate once a day, and once triggered, it would increase his Attack Power by 100% for the next minute, carrying a somewhat offensive inclination.

Arthur Artolia’s life-saving talent, on the other hand, could activate twice daily, but without the increased attack power, purely a life-saving talent.

The reason she hadn’t died just now was because this talent had been activated, leaving her with just a sliver of health.

At that moment, a sinister, almost hysterical smirk that had never appeared before suddenly crossed her face of despair—a reckless, cost-be-damned counterattack! With that last shred of health, she intended to completely turn the tables!

The next moment, she unleashed her most powerful move—Self-Destruction!

Her move wasn’t the same as Huang Yi’s Little White Cat form self-destruct; this self-destruct was high-level, possessing the power of the explosion yet allowing her to remain undying. After the explosion, she would be immediately resurrected with full health, although her Level would drop by one.

This skill was a trade-off, reducing her own level in exchange for creating a moment of extreme damage, with a whopping cooldown of ten days!

She had secretly held onto this move until now, never willing to use it, but facing Huang Yi, she finally decided to play her trump card!

...

By this time, the entire venue was already in an uproar. Though they couldn’t clearly see the exchange between Huang Yi and Arthur Artolia, Huang Yi’s final Heavy Judgment was so immense that even the less astute spectators could tell who had the advantage in this match.

After such a heavy attack, Arthur Artolia was most likely dead!

But at that moment, Arthur Artolia didn’t fall as everyone expected; her body remained intact, suddenly radiating a blinding light like that of the sun, so dazzling that it was hard to keep the eyes open!

"Boom!" The next moment, her body exploded violently!

All of a sudden, the field was thrown into chaos, with the massive shockwave radiating outward, obscuring all sight! The shockwave was so intense that even the barrier in front of the spectator stands wobbled slightly!

The entire audience gasped, many guessing what had happened on the battlefield!

"It’s a self-destruct move!"

"Her Majesty’s dignity is truly inviolable; even the God of Slaughter must die with her!"

"How shameless, resorting to self-destruct when losing!"

Instantly, two opinions echoed through the stands. In the eyes of the British players, the explosion was a testament to dignity, but for the Chinese players, the self-destruct was deemed disgraceful.

At this point, a commentator from a Chinese TV channel immediately started analyzing, "Dear viewers, the field is in chaos right now, and it’s unclear what has happened. However, judging from the few seconds of combat we’ve just seen, God of Slaughter has the absolute upper hand, having beaten Arthur Artolia handily. Although she ultimately used a self-destruct type of skill, going out together with God of Slaughter, according to the rules of the duel tournament, there won’t be a draw. The system will determine the ultimate winner based on their performance in battle, and God of Slaughter should be declared the victor. But for now, this is all speculation, so let’s wait for the dust to settle and see what has really happened."

...

"Sunset, do you think Brother Yi will die from this?" At this point, among the hundreds of millions of spectators in the stands, two players using the zoom function were looking at the battlefield miles away from them. The person speaking was none other than the Stranger Hall Master of the Hero Guild—Ghost Cloud’s Words.

"It depends on whether there’s any follow-up damage from the self-destruct," Sunset replied with a frown. "If the self-destruct is a one-time damage, then Brother Yi won’t die; he has a talent called something like Death Penalty Exemption, which can prevent an insta-kill, but after using the skill, he’ll be left with only 1 health point. If there’s more follow-up attack, I fear Brother Yi might fall here."

"Is it really that simple?" Ghost Cloud’s Words muttered to himself, continuing to watch the scene.

At that moment, the hundreds of millions of spectators’ eyes were glued to the central battlefield, not missing a beat!

The System Prompt had not announced the result of the battle until now, indicating there were still developments to come!

"Hmm? Look, someone is emerging from that dust and smoke!" Some sharp-eyed spectators suddenly exclaimed.

Through the gradually dissipating dust on the field, a vague figure could be seen still standing proudly, hazy and indistinct.

"Could it be Her Majesty?" hope surged among the spectators from the United Kingdom.

"Look at his figure; it seems like the God of Slaughter, and the outline of the weapon in his hand is an axe!" several Chinese players shouted one after another!

"It’s definitely the God of Slaughter!" More and more Chinese spectators cheered. As the dust cleared, the silhouette became clearer and was extremely similar to Huang Yi.

When the dust finally settled, the figure was clearly visible to everyone—it was indeed Huang Yi!

He was still holding an axe, and his body was spotless, as if he had not suffered any attacks.

At that moment, the entire audience erupted!

Huang Yi had ultimately survived!

But just then, a figure suddenly appeared behind him—it was Arthur Artolia who had self-destructed!

She raised her long sword like lightning and swung it fiercely towards Huang Yi!

Suddenly, countless Light Swords erupted out, shooting densely towards him, engulfing the area where Huang Yi stood in the blink of an eye!

"It’s over!" Sunset’s face darkened, and his tone became extremely pessimistic, "Yi must have triggered his Last Stand life-saving skill when the self-destruction happened. But so much time has passed since then, the duration of that skill must have elapsed, and Brother Yi has only a sliver of Health Points left; he can’t possibly dodge this time!"

Ghost Cloud’s Words furrowed his brows tightly, silent and watching the battlefield with concern, waiting for the Skill Radiance to dissipate.

The audience once again grew noisy at this turn of events that no one had anticipated, including the seasoned commentators. At this moment, they could only wait for Arthur Artolia’s Group Attack Skill to fade away to see whether Huang Yi was still alive.

Soon, the Skill Radiance had completely dissipated, but there was no one there.

"Eh? What happened? Has the God of Slaughter been shredded to pieces, with not even a corpse remaining?" The entire audience was shocked and began to look around for Huang Yi.

The atmosphere of the stadium suddenly turned eerie; first, it was Arthur Artolia who had disappeared, and now it was Huang Yi’s turn. The battlefield changes in the blink of an eye, and no one could predict what might happen next.

"Boom!" Just then, behind Arthur Artolia, there came a sudden whoosh of wind, and a figure burst forth from the air, holding an axe, and slammed it down onto Arthur Artolia!

This figure turned out to be Huang Yi!

Arthur Artolia was caught off guard by this sudden change and took the blow solidly, catapulted backwards in the air!

At the same time, her Health Points plunged once again! Her Undying talent came into effect a second time, exempting her from this death!

But this was merely her last second of life! The axe in Huang Yi’s left hand was already hurtling through the air towards the still-airborne Arthur Artolia!

"Pfft!" Without any surprise, the Flying Axe struck her body!

The next moment, Arthur Artolia turned into a corpse and crashed to the ground, sliding a distance before coming to a complete stop.

Following that, the System Prompt’s voice rang out—

"[System Prompt]: God of Slaughter has won this battle, Points +1, Total 1 point."

The entire stadium fell silent, everyone staring dumbfounded at Huang Yi.

Standing quietly in the center of the field with everyone’s gaze upon him, they could clearly look down upon his figure. But at this moment, everyone’s gazes seemed to turn into awe, looking up to the Huang Yi who stood atop the world.

They had not understood much of this battle; they only saw clearly that Huang Yi was seemingly destined to die but had miraculously won the fight in an inconceivable manner.

"What... What just happened? How did the God of Slaughter come back to life?"

"He went through the self-explosion, and then endured Arthur Artolia’s Group Attack Skill, how does he still have over 80% of his Health Points left?" (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point(qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)