Heroes' Prison

Chapter 583 - 559: The Heavenly Dao’s Abacus

Huang Yi’s challenge to the Master of War on the 100th floor quickly spread across the entire world.

Apart from Miyamoto Musashi, leaders of many S-rank teams, such as the Pope, Giant Bear, Pharaoh, Ganges, and many others, were closely monitoring the situation. They had a direct interest in the initial kills, which they had planned to contest after some time, but now their plans were disrupted by Huang Yi alone! And they had no way to intervene or compete, they could only watch helplessly!

At this moment, countless people around the world turned their attention to this matter, occasionally opening the leaderboard to check Huang Yi’s progress.

The first time, Huang Yi failed when he got the Master of War down to 89% Health Points!

The second time, the Master of War’s Health Points dropped to 85%!

The third time, 84%!

The fourth time, 82%!

And so, Huang Yi kept challenging tirelessly, refreshing the progress record on the leaderboard time and again. Although his progress was slight each time, maybe just 1% more damage than the previous attempt, the pace of his progress still shocked countless onlookers.

This record had become a one-man show by Huang Yi, beyond the reach of others, a record only he could break.

Finally, during this late night, players around the world finally saw no more change in the records, and the leaderboard now showed the Master of War’s progress halted at 57% Health Points!

After a day’s effort, Huang Yi alone managed to get a boss designed for a 5,000-player mode down to 57% Health Points! Incremental progress eventually converged into this stunning achievement!

...

The next day, Huang Yi quickly finished breakfast and went online.

His solo challenge of the Master of War on the 100th floor now firmly occupied the forum’s headlines, becoming a topic of interest for countless people.

"Unprecedented! God of Slaughter’s solo raid of the Tower of Pantheons’ 100th floor Master of War, with the current best progress reaching 57%!"

"Miyamoto Musashi searches throughout the continent for Special Energy Stones to hinder God of Slaughter, competing for the 100th floor Master of War’s initial kill!"

"Battle Master tournament team champion; Undead Flying Dragon breaks through Heavenly Realm; Hero Guild listed in Oskan Royal Academy’s top power rankings; God of Slaughter faces the Tower of Pantheons’ 100th floor alone... A series of positive news drives the Hero Guild’s stock value to soar, with the latest data showing its market capitalization has exceeded 3 trillion US Dollars! Firmly in the leading seat amongst Second World’s listed guilds!"

"Ronald, the president of Brazil’s largest power, the Amazon Guild, announces the investment of one billion US Dollars to acquire Brazil’s professional intelligence organization—Hand of Darkness, to enhance intelligence gathering capabilities."

"Exclusive interview with Desire Arises from the Heart, one of China’s top ten masters: I represent official China!"

...

In the 24-hour hot posts, the top three were all related to Huang Yi’s solo raid of the Master of War, but the news about Miyamoto Musashi collecting Special Energy Stones was very unfavorable for him, subtly introducing an element of uncertainty.

Actually, Huang Yi had been concerned about Zhitian Shi’s involvement from early on. With her Corpse Fusion Skill, as long as she used a Special Energy Stone to fuse with a player’s corpse, there would be no problem for her to seize the initial kill of the Master of War.

Huang Yi could now only race against time, to see if he could secure the initial kill before they found the Special Energy Stone. However, Energy Stones like that weren’t items one could just find by wanting to, even if Miyamoto Musashi purposefully searched for them, there was no guarantee of finding one; Huang Yi still had a great chance.

He quickly went online and continued towards the Tower of Pantheons. He had to seize the initial kill soon, because by tomorrow, all players on Hero’s Continent would no longer have the 10% All Attributes boost. It would become even more difficult to solo raid then, and he might fail due to the lack of that extra 10% attributes.

Shortly after, Huang Yi arrived at the Teleportation Field. It was crowded with people, all teleporting to the Tower of Pantheons to Level Grind, and the area was filled with the noise of the bustling crowd.

"Little One, from your professional perspective, do you think Big Brother God of Slaughter can complete the solo raid?"

"Although I really hope Big Brother God of Slaughter can succeed, that 30% Health Points ability of the Master of War is almost unsolvable! And the Boss’s Ultimate Move just before dying is also exceedingly powerful. It’s very difficult for Big Brother God of Slaughter to solo... Of course, that’s just my point of view. Since Big Brother is daring enough to take on the challenge, he very likely has already thought of a solution!"

"Let’s check the leaderboard later and see how far Big Brother God of Slaughter gets today. Tomorrow is the last day of the celebration, and I hope he puts in extra effort to claim that initial kill while we still have a 10% increase in All Attributes!"

At this time, many members of the Hero Guild were discussing Huang Yi’s solo attempt against the War King. Such an endeavor was unheard of; in prior races for first kills, especially for the 50th floor in The Second World, top-tier S-rank teams fought bitterly for the achievement. Now, he alone was attempting to solo, an endeavor that inevitably caught the attention of many.

Subsequently, Huang Yi and his Incarnation continued to teleport to the 100th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, embarking on a new day of struggle.

...

One hour later.

The Pope was leveling on the 105th floor of the Tower of Pantheons. Suddenly he waved his Magic Wand, unleashing a massive Thunder Ball that struck the last boss, depleting its remaining Health Points and clearing the floor.

He approached, picked up the drop items from the boss without a glance, and tossed them directly into his storage ring. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he couldn’t help opening the leaderboard to check the progress records for the 100th floor of the Tower of Pantheons.

At that moment, like countless other players around the world, he was shocked—the progress record of the War King on the 100th floor had been refreshed once again!

The record was still held by Huang Yi. This time, he had brought the War King down to 53% Health Points, almost halfway through!

The Pope closed his eyes, envisioning the image of Huang Yi. That mere twenty-year-old was incredibly formidable, evoking a profound sense of unease in him.

The Pope shook his head, casting aside the uneasiness, and immediately closed the leaderboard panel. He swiftly teleported out, resetting the secret realm to continue his grind for levels.

By the time he finished the fourth run of the Tower of Pantheons, he couldn’t resist opening the leaderboard again. By then, the record had been refreshed once more—Huang Yi’s best progress now showed the War King at 47% Health Points! He was past the halfway point!

Finding it unbearable, the Pope took a deep breath and immediately sent a message to someone, "Advance the plan, notify the Angel Legion at once, we must step up our leveling pace! Next week we’ll vie for the first clear of the 100th floor, practice killing the first boss, and then compete for the world’s first kill for the second boss!"

...

At this time, players around the world were in a frenzy almost every hour or so. Because almost every hour or so, Huang Yi would refresh the War King’s progress record.

That day, he steadily pushed the progress record forward, step by step!

53%! 47%! 46%! 43%! 40%!

With every hour or so, the War King’s progress would leap forward several percentage points, inching toward that final goal of 0%!

That evening, Huang Yi was challenging the War King for who knows how many times. At this point, the War King’s Health Points had dropped to 30.4%, breaking the previous progress record once again.

"Heavy Judgment!" Huang Yi’s axe smashed severely onto the War King’s golden armor, luckily landing a critical hit and striking the War King’s Health Points down to 30%!

Seeing this ratio of Health Points, Huang Yi tensed up. He knew the War King was about to unleash a super strong attack skill—an unstoppable move that couldn’t be countered, not even by Silence!

At that time, a ring of golden light suddenly erupted from the War King, entering a brief state of Invincibility, granting Immunity to all skills and attacks. He thrust his Golden Halberd fiercely into the ground and proclaimed in a booming voice, "Pitiful mortals! The torrent of war is unstoppable, and the progress of civilization needs the push of chariots. The fields of Hope must be watered with Iron Blood!"

With that, the golden light around the War King vanished disconcertingly, as he came out of his invincible state. However, His golden armor now bore several large holes, and endless blood flowed from within him, like a flood, sweeping in all directions, covering a large area of the battlefield!

Soon, the entire battlefield had transformed into a Blood Pool, and Huang Yi was instantly stained red by the bloody waters, taking continuous damage!

This skill, named the "Iron Blood Torrent," was a move the War King used at 30% Health Points, with an extremely large range and very high damage. Moreover, this skill would persist indefinitely; only by whittling the War King’s Health Points below 20% would the onslaught cease. In the mode for five thousand players, this skill was all the more formidable. Even Huang Yi could not withstand it as his Health Points rapidly decreased!

Even if he banished the War King into the sky with Judgment, it was futile; the Iron Blood did not flow from elsewhere but poured out incessantly from the War King himself, an endless torrent that could submerge even the Void Battlefield.

In just half a minute, Huang Yi couldn’t hold on. He was slain by the War King! This time, the progress stalled at 30%!

No further attempts followed; Huang Yi wasn’t able to unravel this skill, so he couldn’t continue the fight.

Even calling upon the entire Heroes’ Guild for assistance wouldn’t help, as the whole team would be engulfed in this AOE attack and rapidly wiped out, unable to heal fast enough. Unless the entire team’s strength climbed a notch and they substantially increased their damage output to cut the War King’s Health Points below 20% before being killed by the Iron Blood Torrent, thus automatically ending the skill. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)