Heroes' Prison

Chapter 588 - 563: The Last Moment of the First Kill Contest

"Powerful Strike!"

"Powerful Strike!"

"Powerful Strike!"

Right at this moment, the Master of War suddenly went mad, shooting out numerous overwhelming arrows screaming through the air, crazily strafing the crowd on the mountaintop like a machine gun!

"Pfft, pfft, pfft!" Instantly, team players on the mountaintop were like gunshot victims, falling en masse!

"A new skill!" Huang Yi’s heart sank at once!

He hadn’t expected that this BOSS, at 22% Health Points, would unleash a move similar to Skill Copying, employing Qianye Fengwu’s skill! Moreover, it executed it even more ruthlessly, without any cooldown, continuously firing away!

At that moment, the High Priest of the Prideful Death God suddenly turned to Huang Yi and explained urgently, "Big brother, I have a talent that lets me see the effect of the BOSS’s skill! It’s called Skill Repetition, which can randomly copy an offensive skill the enemy has used before, and it can be used without any cooldown until the BOSS’s Health Points drop below 15%!"

"Only copies offensive skills! No cooldown! Keeps going!" Hearing this, Huang Yi frowned.

At that time, the Master of War indeed acted as such, like a machine gun relentlessly firing off Powerful Strikes since the beginning and never stopping. Now, more than half of the team had fallen, and no one dared to poke their head out to attack it anymore.

"So this skill has no other limitations?" Huang Yi pressed on.

"No! The skill’s Magic Point consumption is the same! Qianye Fengwu needs to spend 20 Holy Domain Points to use this skill, and the Master of War must also expend the same amount of Magic Value to cast it," the Prideful Death God replied immediately.

"The skill cost is the same," Huang Yi pondered aloud amidst the clamor.

Although the Master of War was a warrior, it was a BOSS and possessed Magic Value as well, and a very high one at that. With its Magic Value, spending 20 Holy Domain Magic Power points each time wasn’t too severe a drain. It could definitely kill everyone on the team before running out of Mana Points, even Huang Yi could only avoid it by using Nothingness.

With a frown on his face, thinking deeply, Huang Yi ordered the entire team, "Everyone, give up now, start over!"

With that, he led the way in teleporting out of the Tower of Pantheons, returning to the outside at Dragon City Teleport Plaza. Soon, all team members had teleported out, disengaging from the fight with the Master of War.

Once freed from battle, the Master of War immediately returned to its original position, its Health Points instantly restored to full. The previously damaged terrain within the secret realm also returned to its original state, and the Iron Blood Torrent disappeared without a trace.

This attempt was declared a failure!

This news quickly spread around the world through the leaderboard’s updates.

Countless Chinese players monitoring the leaderboard shook their heads and sighed, feeling sorry for Huang Yi! They had been trying for two days, yet still hadn’t managed to secure the first kill!

Team leaders like the Pope, the Pharaoh, and Miyamoto Musashi from well-known teams, however, all breathed a sigh of relief! They still stood a chance!

Far away in the Land of Dongying, Zhitian Shi was level grinding in the Tower of Pantheons.

While she kept an eye on the leaderboard, she turned to Miyamoto Musashi and said, "Brother, God of Slaughter failed at 22% of the Master of War’s Health Points, at that moment their team’s casualties suddenly reached half. It seems that the Master of War uses a brand-new powerful skill at that point, we should be careful when we fight it later."

Miyamoto Musashi nodded, snickered coldly, and said, "A BOSS in five thousand player mode is extremely strong, it won’t be defeated so easily. God of Slaughter already failed solo, now he’s led thousands of team members to their doom, which is simply humiliating. They have two hours left until their celebration time, and by then their team will be even weaker, let’s see how he’s going to finish this! This 22% progress will be their best achievement!"

22%!

This percentage of Health Points was engraved in the minds of countless people!

Just like Miyamoto Musashi, many considered this percentage the limit of what Huang Yi’s team could achieve. It was unlikely they could surpass this figure. Huang Yi had spent an entire night figuring out how to counter the Iron Tide skill of the Master of War, and now they had only two hours left before the festivity time ended, making it nearly impossible to counter the Master of War’s new Ultimate Move at 22% Health Points!

"Alas! Our team just had a bit of bad luck! It looks like we won’t be able to secure this first kill!"

"But such a performance is still outstanding, we’re the fastest progressing team since no other team has managed to bring the Master of War down to 22% Health Points!"

At this moment, Huang Yi stood in the Teleport Plaza, hearing many Hero Guild players around him discussing the matter with a tone full of regret. Even some members of his team couldn’t help but lament, starting to lose hope for this first kill.

Huang Yi smiled slightly, looked around at all the team members, and encouraged them loudly, "Everyone did well just now! It was my tactics that had a problem, but we still have time. Next, I’ll use a new strategy, let’s go again!"

With that, he left his Incarnation outside and entered the Tower of Pantheons once more.

Everyone, without complaint or regret, followed Huang Yi’s commands unconditionally and immediately entered again, racing against time to climb back to the mountaintop.

Crowds of shadows ascended the steps as their footsteps sounded denser than the ticking of a clock’s second hand, as if their hearts were pounding violently!

After reaching the summit, the whole team got into formation according to the previous plan, buffed up, and adjusted to peak condition, then immediately began their second challenge.

This time, just like before, Huang Yi first Judged the Master of War into the air, and valiantly ground its Health Points down to the critical 30%, then committed suicide, switched to his Incarnation, and used "Net of Justice" to throw the boss from the mountaintop to the foot of the mountain.

The Net of Justice also reduced the Master of War’s Health Points below 30% this time, causing it once again to unleash Iron Blood Torrent! But just like the previous time, its surging blood flowed down the mountain’s slope, posing no threat to the people on the summit.

"Everyone listen to the order, use Normal Attacks only! No one is to use Offensive Skills! Remember, do not use any Offensive Skills," Huang Yi issued a brand-new command!

He was deploying a new strategy!

Immediately the entire team obeyed the order, using only Normal Attacks, raining down a dense barrage on the Master of War!

This round of shooting was plain and simple, without any flash, no skill radiance, no sound effects, no brilliance! It looked so unimpressive that it seemed weak!

Indeed, the damage from this round of attacks was much weaker compared to the first challenge, and the Master of War’s Health Points dropped much slower.

Huang Yi’s Incarnation leaped from the summit, and his black wings instantly fluttered, swooping to the Master of War’s flank, gripping the two Ghost Axes in mid-air, waiting patiently.

At this moment, just like in the previous challenge, the Master of War was rapidly scaling the summit. In the face of thousands of attacks pouring down on it, it was climbing against the tide.

"Solitary Mage, Ice Wall!" Seeing the Master of War about to scale the summit, Huang Yi quickly called out to the Solitary Mage.

The Solitary Mage immediately waved the Magic Wand, casting an Ice Wall to block the Master of War’s path. The Ice Wall was only as high as the Master of War’s neck, and the team had the high ground, still able to attack over the wall.

At that time, the Master of War’s Health Points dropped to 27%, and like last time, it grasped the top edge of the Ice Wall, pushed up with its arms, and climbed up the wall, ready to leap over.

In the last challenge, it was Qianye Fengwu’s Powerful Strike that made the difference, shooting the Master of War back down. But Huang Yi had just ordered that no one was to use skills without his permission. Now, with no interference, the Master of War was about to leap over the Ice Wall! When that happened, it would face an open path easily reaching the summit to slaughter all the Hero Guild players.

"Flying Axe!" In the nick of time, Huang Yi’s long-awaited Incarnation spent 5% Health Points to throw the Attached Skill of the Legendary Weapon—Flying Axe!

This skill allowed both axes to be used separately. This time, Huang Yi threw the axe in his left hand! The axe, with a fierce swooshing sound, flew rapidly and struck the Master of War, bouncing him back down!

The Flying Axe had a knockback effect; hitting an enemy would bounce it aside. Now parallel to the Master of War, the angle at which the Flying Axe knocked back was exactly towards the foot of the mountain.

The Master of War tumbled below the Ice Wall once more, providing the team with precious extra time to attack, nearly five thousand Normal Attacks pouring down ceaselessly.

Gradually, the Master of War’s Health Points diminished, but after some effort, it once again reached the top of the Ice Wall, and poised to leap down once more!

But just then, the Flying Axe in Huang Yi’s right hand very timely arrived for a second hit on the Master of War, knocking it down again!

By then, Huang Yi’s Incarnation had swiftly returned to the mountaintop and ordered, "When the Master of War’s Health Points fall to 22%, everyone retreat. Don’t show your heads, don’t get attacked by the Master of War!"

The team firmly remembered Huang Yi’s words and, while attacking the Master of War, kept a strict eye on its Health Points.

Finally, the Master of War’s Health Points were whittled down to 22%!

This was a critical Health Point percentage. Their failure in the last challenge had happened at this stage, and next, the Master of War was about to use Skill Repetition!

Huang Yi intensely watched the Master of War!

The success of his strategy hinged on what would happen in the next second!

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