Heroes' Prison Chapter 84

The boss was a Skeleton General, entirely composed of a bony frame that rattled unsteadily on its feet. It constantly shed white bone powder while making a creaking noise similar to an old, creaky wooden door, as if it might fall apart at any moment. However, its armor was of excellent quality. The helmet shone with a golden luster, and it wielded a white bone blade in its hand, its edge so sharp that one could tell at a glance it was no ordinary weapon.

Huang Yi had fought this boss on the 13th floor. The most formidable aspect of this boss was its ability to charge and stun its target, followed by a slash that dealt immense damage. Hence, to fight this boss, one had to dodge its charge and not get stunned by it.

But this was the 20th floor, and Huang Yi had no idea what additional abilities this skeleton might possess.

The next moment, Huang Yi charged forward, his Wolf Fang Club striking fiercely at the skeleton’s wrist joint and dislocating it in their first exchange.

This was the experience he had gained while fighting on the 13th floor: such skeletons had weaker joints than other monsters, which could be easily dislocated. Once dislocated, the skeleton’s attacks would be significantly hampered.

As expected, after dislocating its wrist, the skeleton let out a strange cry, grabbed its wrist with its other hand, and snapped it back into place with a strong twist. During this time, Huang Yi had already dealt considerable damage to it, gaining a lot of time.

"Swoosh!" A black fog emanated from the skeleton and it quickly charged at Huang Yi!

Huang Yi had anticipated this, stepping to the side to dodge the attack, but at that moment, the skeleton charged again with such speed that it became a blur, stunning Huang Yi and following with a slash that instakilled him!

The skeleton could perform consecutive charges, a capability absent on the 13th floor, and its attack power was much higher, capable of instakilling him with a single strike.

Huang Yi resurrected at the entrance to the secret realm with a deeper understanding of the skeleton’s strength. He couldn’t afford to be hit even once, or it meant death. This required extremely high agility; even the robust physique of the Half-Beastmen could not withstand it in the face of absolute attack power.

Next, Huang Yi rushed back to face the skeleton, now fully restored to full health points.

The rules in the secret realm differed from the outside world. After player death, there were no death penalties, no loss of levels, no reincarnation. Bosses in the secret realm were also different from field bosses. No matter how much damage they took, as soon as they were out of combat, they would immediately recover all their health points! So all the health Huang Yi had depleted earlier was for naught, and he had to start the fight over again.

This time, with his previous experience, he fought more cautiously, managing to reduce the Skeleton General’s health to 97% before it suddenly charged three times in a row, stunning and instakilling him!

The third time, Huang Yi managed to get the skeleton’s health down to 96%...

And so, Huang Yi kept trying, dying time after time, but with each attempt, he made small improvements, sometimes managing to reduce the skeleton’s health by only 1%! To others, it might have seemed like time to give up, but Huang Yi continued to try, determined to give it his all within the next 24 hours!

Gradually, Huang Yi figured out the Skeleton General’s combat patterns, and his fighting became smoother. The timing of his deaths got later and later.

After practicing non-stop for four hours, he could now get the skeleton down to 20% health before dying. The incremental progress made earlier had accumulated, resulting in a noticeable improvement!

When the Skeleton General’s health was at 20%, it would enter a state of fury, becoming faster and much harder to dodge. With Huang Yi’s current level, dodging its furious charges was extremely difficult!

After being instakilled by the frenzied skeletons three times in a row, Huang Yi finally gave up on the idea of continuing to practice. In those three attempts, he felt no progress at all— the skeletons, once enraged, were too powerful, so powerful that no matter how much he practiced, he could no longer make any progress. This was no longer a gap that practice could bridge; it was suppression by his attributes, which could only be overcome by leveling up and enhancing his attributes!

Huang Yi pondered for a moment and ultimately decided to carefully take out a small, transparent potion from the storage ring!

This potion, called Swift Potion, could increase movement speed by 30% for one minute, with a prohibitive cost of 100 Gold Coins and a cooldown of one whole day! If he used this potion in front of the skeleton, it would mean that he couldn’t use it again for the second boss due to the long cooldown!

But Huang Yi decided to take it anyway. If he couldn’t get past the first boss, there was no point in thinking about the second one.

This time, when Huang Yi got the skeleton down to 20% Health Points, he immediately used the Swift Potion. Instantly, a sensation of lightness surged into his body, reaching every limb, and boosted his movement speed significantly. The effect was incredibly apparent—it truly was worth the 100 Gold Coins for such high-level merchandise!

Huang Yi moved as swiftly as the wind, and the skeleton was just as fast, creating a blur on the field as they chased one another. Thankfully, it was Huang Yi in the fight. His mastery over his body was exquisite; if it had been someone else, the Swift Potion wouldn’t have made any difference.

As time ticked by, the duration of the Swift Potion Huang Yi had taken grew shorter, yet the skeleton’s charge continued unabated. Huang Yi could only maintain his high-speed movement, a slight mistake could result in him being struck by the skeleton’s charge, a situation filled with peril!

seconds! Only 10 seconds of the Swift Potion’s effect remained! Yet the skeleton was still charging, showing no signs of stopping!

seconds!

Huang Yi could almost feel the light energy on his body beginning to fade, soon to lose its effect completely. But the skeleton was still charging, not stopping—an unprecedentedly long charge that far exceeded Huang Yi’s expectations!

Finally, the effects of Huang Yi’s Swift Potion wore off completely, and his speed slowed down at once!

The skeleton caught up almost in the blink of an eye, almost crashing into Huang Yi!

"Transform into Spirit Cat!" Out of options, Huang Yi could only choose to shift forms!

"Midair Change of Direction!" Just as the skeleton was about to charge at him, Huang Yi abruptly moved to the side, narrowly dodging the skeleton’s attack.

Although transforming into a Spirit Cat increased his speed, it was very detrimental to his subsequent attacks. The Spirit Cat’s Attack Power was very low, and once a form was changed during battle, it was irreversible!

This meant that now that he had switched to the Agile Cat Form, he couldn’t change back to Half-Beastmen form unless he could kill this skeleton or be killed by it, breaking free from the battle status with it; otherwise, he couldn’t revert back.

But with the minuscule Attack Power of the Spirit Cat, it wasn’t even enough to break the skeleton’s Defense, let alone kill it.