Heroes' Prison

Chapter 496 - 486 Five Consecutive Slash Rune

[Five-Strike Slash Rune] (B-grade, Magic Item - Rune Stone)

It can be fused with a charge skill, bestowing the following effects: perform a continuous quintuple stab at phantom-like speed, dealing physical damage equivalent to 10% of attack power to all enemies along the path and reducing their defense by 30% for 5 seconds.

This rune stone is considered a high-level B-grade item. Huang Yi could only fuse it with the [Pursuit] skill, which had already been combined with a similar [Surprise Slash Rune]; however, the effects of that rune were quite ordinary, allowing for only five surprise slashes without any additional effects. He had been wanting to replace it but had not found a suitable rune stone.

Now this rune stone was undoubtedly very appropriate. The Pursuit skill originally came with a 2-second dizziness effect. Following the fusion with this rune stone, it would also gain damage and defense reduction effects, significantly enhancing the skill’s power.

"You take this rune stone. Although I have a charge skill too, I’ve already fused it with a slowdown rune stone. You’re about to enter a solo match, and you need it more than I do," Qin Shiyu spoke up first. Like Huang Yi, she also belonged to a warrior class with a rare occupation; all warriors possessed charge skills, so both of them could use this rune stone.

"Alright!" Huang Yi and Qin Shiyu no longer needed pleasantries between them, so he directly used the Five-Strike Slash Rune Stone to bind it to the Pursuit skill.

[System Prompt]: Congratulations on successfully fusing the Five-Strike Slash Rune into the skill [Pursuit].

[Pursuit]: Consumes 20 points of rage, quickly charging in a direction, causing enemies that are struck to fall into a dizziness state for 2 seconds. Maximum charge distance is up to 40 meters, with a cooldown time of 1 minute.

With the attached Five-Strike Slash Rune effect: You can perform a continuous quintuple charge at phantom-like speed, dealing physical damage equivalent to 10% of attack power to all enemies along the path and reducing their defense by 30% for 5 seconds. Only the last charge’s target will experience dizziness for 2 seconds. The direction of the charge needs to be controlled by oneself, and the final charge can be used at any time to induce dizziness.

This rune still only had a dizziness effect on the last charge; it couldn’t induce continuous dizziness on five people.

Afterward, the trio left the Tower of Pantheons. The solo match was about to begin.

"Big brother, you have to do your best! Your match is coming up. Don’t let the pocket money I bet go to waste!" Back at Dragon City’s Teleportation Circle, Xiao Chunzi clenched her little fists and made a cheering gesture towards Huang Yi.

"Don’t worry, not only will your pocket money not go to waste, but it will also earn a big sum." Huang Yi patted Xiao Chunzi’s head and said with a slight smile and confidence.

He possessed the Ancient Giant’s Blood, which greatly countered T.N.T. Moreover, he also had a 50% Demon Resistance, plus an additional 14.5% from a level 145 Demon Clan’s Fang, summing up to 64.5% to withstand most of T.N.T’s demonic damage, rendering T.N.T’s most proud tactics useless. T.N.T could only rely on fire attacks apart from demonic attacks, but Huang Yi’s Fire Resistance was at a full value of 75, granting him an immunity to 75% of fire damage, thus nullifying T.N.T’s fire attacks as well. If T.N.T had any other ace up his sleeve, it should have been forced out by Thunder God in the morning’s team match, not withheld until now.

Unless T.N.T saved a trick that went beyond Huang Yi’s imagination, he would definitely not be able to win the match.

Huang Yi checked the current prize pool ratio; within more than ten hours, T.N.T’s prize pool funds had been rapidly growing. Since T.N.T revealed their resurrection skill capable of countering Huang Yi’s instant-kill potion, their prize pool had been growing far faster than Huang Yi’s. Now Huang Yi’s prize pool was at 20 trillion gold coins, and so was T.N.T’s. From the initial 4:1 ratio, it had leveled to 1:1, and this number would likely stabilize soon, as the betting time would close with the start of the match.

If Huang Yi won this match, then according to the 1:1 prize pool ratio, 2 trillion of the 20 trillion gold coins from T.N.T’s prize pool would flow into his pockets, equating to a whopping 10% split by himself!

"President, go for it!"

"Big Brother God of Slaughter, cheer up, I bet 10,000 gold coins on you to win!"

At this moment, some players from the Hero Guild saw Huang Yi and brightly cheered him on, rubbing their hands together in anticipation.

[System Prompt]: The match time has arrived. Would you like to be teleported to the competition area now?

Just then, the match time had finally come!

Huang Yi immediately chose yes, and then vanished on the spot.

Not only that, but players all around, as well as players from across the continents around the world, also vanished on the spot, teleported to the Two-Dimensional Battlefield, ready to watch the quarterfinals of the individual matches.

The familiar din was still deafening, with countless spectators shouting and roaring, journalists and commentators scattered among them, creating a boisterous and tense atmosphere!

Billions of voices merged into a vast river, assaulting everyone’s eardrums as if pounding against a teetering dam!

Huang Yi looked up at his opponent; T.N.T had also teleported in, holding a magic wand, blue eyes deep and mysterious, his signature bald head lending him an imposing and enigmatic presence.

This was their first encounter; Huang Yi was the best newbie last season, and T.N.T was this year’s best newbie!

The two best newcomers faced off in such a manner!

This match attracted the largest audience, countless people eager to see if T.N.T could trample over Huang Yi to rise to the top!

"God of Slaughter, you must already know that I have a means of resurrection in place, just like the Resurrection Skill your sister Xiao Chunzi has, even if you use the instant-kill potion, you can’t win this match," T.N.T said as he rubbed his bald head and spoke to Huang Yi from a distance.

Huang Yi smiled inwardly, his supply of instant-kill potions had been exhausted, leaving only two fake potions, he couldn’t use one even if he wanted to. Yet outwardly, he nodded, "I understand, which means our match is fair, I won’t be using the instant-kill potions."

"That’s good! I hope we can have a thrilling fight tonight. I’ve bet one hundred billion Gold Coins on my victory, because I know no one can withstand my sharp attacks!" T.N.T remained as confident as ever, exuding a strong aura and seemingly not taking any opponent seriously.

The entire audience erupted in thunderous applause at the right moment, especially those who had bet on T.N.T, his domineering presence gave them immense confidence!

"Only one minute left in the preparation time!" Just then, the countdown from the system echoed throughout the venue, and this moment was the best time to use magic items.

Next, Huang Yi and T.N.T each took out various magic items such as magic potions, whetstones, rune stickers from their storage rings, and began to enhance their powers.

Huang Yi calmly used a large number of magic items.

Among them, when he was using the whetstone on his axe, he stealthily applied the Ancient Giant’s golden blood to it. The other magic items were more or less the same, but this Ancient Giant’s blood was something others couldn’t acquire by hook or by crook, and it was Huang Yi’s secret weapon to defeat T.N.T! It could easily slice through T.N.T’s formidable Demon Clan’s body!

"The preparation time is over, the match officially begins!" One minute elapsed, and the System Prompt resounded across the venue!

"Scorched Earth!"

"Storm of Thunder Clouds!"

Huang Yi quickly activated two equipment effects, his body suddenly turned into a phantom, dashing rapidly towards T.N.T!

He unexpectedly launched a Charge right at the beginning! Almost in the blink of an eye, he covered the distance and reached T.N.T!

Seeing this, T.N.T didn’t evade but instead revealed a smile. He stood still, quickly aimed the magic wand in his hand at the swiftly approaching Huang Yi, as if he was ready for a do-or-die moment.

This scene was extraordinarily abnormal, a mage facing a warrior’s charge, choosing not to dodge but to endure it!

Such people are either extremely skilled or extremely unskilled, and T.N.T was obviously the former, his action meant that he was certain of victory.

"Body of Lightning and Thunder!" Almost instantaneously, Huang Yi, who was in a high-speed Charge, activated an attached skill on his Thunder Left Hand, granting himself magic immunity for the next ten seconds, rendering magic attacks ineffective against him.

Upon seeing this, a hint of scorn flashed in T.N.T’s eyes. He indeed intended to attack Huang Yi, although his attack seemed to be Fire Attribute on the surface, his real killing move was demonic series attack!

This was a secret no one had discovered before, many people who died at his hands thought it was his Fire Attack that killed them, but in reality, demonic damage was the primary cause, with Fire Attribute merely a decoy!

"Boom!" The next moment, Huang Yi finally collided with T.N.T!

The expected dizziness from the collision didn’t occur, T.N.T remained unscathed as if he had used some skill to acquire immunity to Huang Yi’s Charge Skill!

Not only that, T.N.T quickly counterattacked, the magic wand in his hand suddenly erupted with intense flames, exploding violently right against Huang Yi’s body!

A wave of burning heat scattered, and the venue turned into a sea of fire, T.N.T’s defensive counterattack was executed quite well, not only did he acquire immunity to Huang Yi’s Dizziness but he also inflicted a severe attack on him.

The spectators all shrank back, such an explosive attack was absolutely unavoidable for Huang Yi, probably costing him half his life. But a small number of experts knew that Huang Yi had already activated Magic Immunity, meaning Fire Attacks, which fall under Magic Attack, should be ineffective against him and he should not have sustained damage.

In midst of the flames that filled the sky and the deafening cheers of the crowd, T.N.T laughed, he seemed to have already seen the image of Huang Yi with an empty health bar, expecting Huang Yi to become like the other experts he had faced before, falling at his feet and becoming a stepping stone to his rise.