Heroes' Prison

Chapter 590 - 565 The Moment When the Whole Audience Holds Their Breath

"Brother, do you need my mass resurrection?" Xiao Chunzi suddenly looked up and shouted at Huang Yi. Although she hadn’t reached the Holy Domain Rank, due to her strong support abilities, she hadn’t sacrificed herself like the others and was still here now.

Huang Yi immediately shook his head and said, "No need, the Master of War will enter the ’Capture King’ state when its health is down to 2%. We can’t break through with a zerg-rush tactic. Right now, I just hope that a few of us can push its health down to 2%, and then it’ll be up to me to duel it one-on-one."

From the 91st to the 100th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, each level had the same instance, the same Boss—the Master of War; only the difficulty varied. Huang Yi had fought the Master of War on the 90th floor several times before and knew it well.

In previous levels, there were two universally acknowledged difficult points with the Master of War: the Iron Blood Torrent at 30% health and the Capture King state at a near-death 2% health!

The Capture King state doubled all the Master of War’s attributes—except for attack and health—and more importantly, in the Capture King state, it would only take damage from the team leader, ignoring any attacks from others. Even control skills would be nullified! This rendered zerg-rush tactics essentially ineffective, making it a true test of the team leader’s solo abilities.

Therefore, Huang Yi just hoped the team could bring the Master of War down to 2% health, at which point their mission would be complete.

However, this was just Huang Yi’s one-sided tactical assumption. This Boss was designed for a mode with five thousand players, and it might use some new fixed and random skills, all of which were uncertain factors.

"I’m going to explode you!" Right then, the Head of the Mage Hall, Light Demon spat out his saliva, cursing at the Master of War with gritted teeth while releasing various powerful magic skills relentlessly, like a human artillery battery!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The hands of Qianye Fengwu, the Head of the Hunter Hall, had become a blur, the arrows shot out from her bow stringing into a line, densely peppering the Master of War’s body!

"Weakness curse! Slow steps! Defense reducing light!" The High Priest, Prideful Death God, tapped his Priest’s Staff repeatedly, enveloping the Master of War with a barrage of negative status effects.

Nonetheless, their numbers were ultimately too low, and considering this was a Boss for five thousand players, they, lacking Huang Yi’s high attributes and status, struggled greatly and barely made a dent in the Master of War’s health. Meanwhile, the Skeleton Soldiers who had swiftly ascended from the foot of the mountain had overcome the obstacles of the previously sacrificed team members, climbing up again at a rapid pace!

"Brother, it looks like we won’t reach 2%! Should I use the mass resurrection?" Seeing the situation, Xiao Chunzi stomped her foot in urgency, deciding to use her racial ultimate skill.

"Don’t waste your ultimate, it would be pointless to use it now!" Huang Yi immediately stopped Xiao Chunzi, his hands erupting in flames, and hurled fireball after fireball at the Master of War from afar.

In his Beast King Form, his limbs naturally emitted flames. After six evolutions, these flames had turned purple, becoming a projectile weapon that could be hurled to harm enemies—one of his few long-range offensive modes.

"Pff!" Just then, the fastest batch of Skeleton Soldiers had climbed to the summit and began attacking the few team members who were still standing.

"Use your life-saving skills to withstand it, pay no mind to them, focus all attacks on the Master of War! Priests, heal up!" Huang Yi continued to give orders, instructing the whole team to maintain their offense.

More and more Skeleton Soldiers surged to the mountaintop, engulfing the handful of remaining members!

"Pff!" At that moment, one of the Chief Mages from the Mage Hall, Solitary Mage, was impaled by a Skeleton Soldier, collapsing to the ground!

"Big bro, I’ve done my best!" The Head of the Mage Hall, Light Demon, after saying his last words to Huang Yi, was overwhelmed by Skeleton Soldiers!

"Big bro, I can’t hold on, I’m using feign death!" At that moment, Qianye Fengwu threw a sentence at Huang Yi and immediately ceased her attacks, dropping to the ground.

Feign death was a signature life-saving skill of the Hunter-type class. It allowed one to temporarily lie down and play dead, reducing incoming damage by 70% but leaving them unable to move.

Under the wave of Skeleton Soldiers, the team rapidly faced collapse as one member after another fell. They were on the brink of being wiped out!

Soon, only two people were left alive in the team: Qianye Fengwu, who was feigning death, and Huang Yi.

Huang Yi had too high a Status Level and possessed the God of Slaughter’s Bestowed Attributes, including the Legal Protection Talent, rendering him immune to zerg-rush attacks. The Skeleton Soldiers hardly inflicted any damage on him.

And after this do-or-die offensive, the Master of War’s health had fallen to 2.05%—almost reaching the target!

Huang Yi’s incarnation swiftly flew down the hill, stood before the Master of War, and fiercely struck down with Heavy Judgment!

"Pff!" The Master of War solidly received the hit, and its health immediately dropped to 2%!

"Capture the king to capture the rogue!" At that moment, the Master of War boomed its voice, invoking the infamous Capture King state!

In an instant, it became incredibly powerful, with all its attributes, aside from attack and health, doubled, including Attack Speed, Defense, Resistance, critical hit, Movement Speed, and more.

At that point, Huang Yi’s incarnation could no longer penetrate its defenses, unless he resorted to normal attacks aimed at exploiting the 20% Dark Attribute and Holy damage. But, attacking that way would be extremely slow, virtually impossible against the now considerably strengthened Master of War.

But Huang Yi had another method—

His incarnation abruptly switched to Agile Cat Form!

The Agile Cat Form was small and nimble, seemingly insignificant in comparison to the enormous Master of War.

But the next moment, his body emitted a dazzling white light, resembling a tiny sun, growing brighter and containing a terrifying power!

"Boom!" A violent explosion resounded, the intense shockwaves sweeping through everything, shaking earth and sky alike!

Huang Yi’s incarnation self-destructed, delivering the most powerful attack in his arsenal!

The blast from the self-destruction swept away everything in its path, and suddenly, the whole world turned a vast expanse of white. Nothing could be seen, not the mountainside, not the Master of War, as if the world had returned to primordial chaos!

It felt as though a century had passed before the light from the self-explosion finally dissipated, and everything returned to calm.

Huang Yi was still alive, standing at the summit, gazing down through the thick dust in the air towards the scene on the mountainside.

Suddenly, he witnessed an incredibly eerie sight!

The colossal body of the Master of War was falling backward as if it had been blown up and killed. But then, a large hole burst open on its stomach, and out rushed a smaller version of the Master of War, with only a sliver of health left.

"Life Split?" Huang Yi’s Eye of Time had predicted this skill of the Master of War.

This was a new skill, exclusive to the Master of War in the five-thousand-player mode, called "Life Split"—it could split into a new Master of War with 10% of its attributes when facing a lethal blow.

At that moment, the smaller Master of War charged toward Huang Yi at the mountain peak with the speed of flight.

Huang Yi stood his ground, not dodging or avoiding, emanating an aura of unprecedented strength as he slammed his most powerful attack skill down on the charging Master of War—

"Hand of Execution—Heavy Judgment!"

At that moment, there was even a sharp gleam on his axe, which pulsed with a heart-stopping power!

He had unleashed his Class Ultimate Move, learned at Level 95—the Hand of Execution. The power of Heavy Judgment soared from three times a normal attack to five times!

This was his Class Skill with the longest cooldown, a full ten days, but it was also his most powerful!

As long as the BOSS charged forward, and this hammer struck it, the first kill would be secured!

A victorious light seemed to shine from Huang Yi’s axe! The hearts of all the players in the team surged with excitement! They were only one step away from victory!

But in this do-or-die moment, the body of the Master of War suddenly emitted a glaring white light, unleashing a power that sent shivers down the spine!

The scene was all too familiar, and utterly terrifying!

This was, unmistakably, the prelude to self-destruction!

The self-destruction was regarded as one of the strongest skills, especially coming from a five-thousand-player mode BOSS, and surviving it was almost impossible!

And Huang Yi was still some distance away from the BOSS; there was simply no time to kill it!

Soon, the luminescence from the Master of War reached its most dazzling state!

The self-destruction was imminent!

"Whoosh!" Just at this critical moment, a piercing sound came from behind Huang Yi!

An arrow, trailing a streak of light, suddenly hit the Master of War!

A Powerful Strike!

Turning his head, Huang Yi immediately saw Qianye Fengwu!

At the critical time, she had resurrected from her feign death state, firing this crucial arrow!

"Boom!" Like a hammer sealing fate, the Master of War staggered slightly after being hit by the powerful arrow, and the bright white light quickly dimmed!

Then, it fell backward.

It was finally dead!

A five-thousand-player mode BOSS, a boss that was almost invincible at this stage, had just been killed!

At the same time, countless players worldwide who were watching the leaderboard saw the health bar of the Master of War instantly drop to 0, its name turning dim, signifying it had been vanquished!

The next moment, a grand voice echoed between heaven and earth, and every player in every corner of the world heard an announcement—

"[System Announcement]: [God of Slaughter] led 4987 members of the Sword of the Hero to achieve the world’s first kill on Master of War, Arnoshwa, Xinge, of the 100th Floor in the Tower of Pantheons, obtaining [Arnoshwa’s Golden Belt (Legendary)]. In this kill, the member [God of Slaughter] contributed over 80%, becoming the first player to exceed 50% personal contribution in a five-thousand-player mode first kill, and earned the [Unique Achievement]—[First Blood King], adding +1 to China National Honor Value." (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to 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.)