Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1023 - 967 The Final Countdown

The few drops of mysterious serpent’s blood were obtained by Huang Yi even before reaching the Holy Domain. He had attempted several evolutions but had been unable to absorb them.

Until the last time, the mysterious serpent’s blood finally showed signs of loosening. Now that his level has increased, there is great hope for success!

Huang Yi cautiously opened the bottle and let a drop fall onto his palm.

"[System Prompt]: You have obtained the blood of a mysterious species, do you choose to absorb and evolve?"

Huang Yi chose yes!

The next moment, his palm began to vigorously absorb that drop of mysterious serpent’s blood.

That drop of mysterious serpent’s blood trembled violently, like a solid iceberg slowly thawing, but it still resisted Huang Yi’s absorption. As time passed, the two gradually maintained a balance.

"[System Prompt]: Target blood strength is too high, unable to absorb."

Failed again!

Huang Yi sighed slightly in his heart. He was already at level 270, yet he still couldn’t absorb that mysterious serpent’s blood. What mysterious identity did the other party have to possess such great ability?

"Hmm? What on earth is this drop of blood? It actually resisted your absorption!" At this moment, Thunder God curiously stared at the drop of mysterious serpent’s blood in Huang Yi’s hand, and said in amazement.

"I don’t know either. I’ve had this mysterious serpent’s blood for a long time..." Then, Huang Yi recounted the process of obtaining this mysterious serpent’s blood.

In fact, he could feel that the strength of this mysterious serpent’s blood was about the same as the blood of the Dark King. But he has the Nefalem’s bloodline and the blood of the Demon Clan, and having evolved the form of the Eyeless Demon before, he laid the groundwork, making the absorption of the Dark King’s blood a bit easier. However, this mysterious serpent’s blood did not have these foundational factors, so absorbing it was more challenging.

Huang Yi couldn’t help but recall the last time he got information about the mysterious serpent; recently, when he discovered that mysterious island with a giant eyeball, he used the Eye of Time and saw that the mysterious serpent had been there and had even entered the black hole within the mysterious giant eye, which led to an unknown place, even Huang Yi couldn’t enter.

After the Reincarnation ended, Huang Yi had been busy and hadn’t been able to return to that mysterious island to investigate further.

Just then, a solemn and majestic voice suddenly echoed throughout the world, making an announcement to the entire world—

"[System Announcement]: [Frozen Lemongrass] has become a Heaven-Sent Hero, bestowed with the name: Ice Queen."

Both Huang Yi and Thunder God were slightly taken aback!

Another person has become a hero!

And Huang Yi had even met this person before; a while ago at the Oskan Royal Academy, he had personally seen his classmate, Si Chengcheng, having an ambiguous relationship with Frozen Lemongrass.

Frozen Lemongrass was the first student of the Oskan Royal Academy and was much more senior than Huang Yi, having even managed to enter the academy’s administration, becoming a member of the academy council. The guild under her command is called Phoenix Society, comprised of top female students from various classes within the academy, and very powerful.

In recent times, she began to rise to fame, although previously she had never been listed in any of the annual grand ceremony awards and could be considered an old newcomer. Some predict that she is likely to be the best newcomer at the next annual grand ceremony, and now she has become a hero, advancing to the ranks of super first-class masters, greatly increasing her chances of winning!

Huang Yi’s face grew grave, and he turned to look at Thunder God, saying, "The Oskan Royal Academy no longer has Heroic Aura, players can’t become heroes through the hero trial anymore. But now, Frozen Lemongrass has become a hero, it seems she might have also discovered a mysterious island and absorbed Heroic Aura, becoming a hero!"

"That might very well be the case!" Thunder God nodded and reflected, "When I discovered a mysterious island, it had a huge mouth, and the mysterious island you found had a giant eye, additionally the Pope also became a hero in this way. Now, there’s another Frozen Lemongrass, I wonder what organ they discovered?"

"I really wonder whose facial features these belong to? And what is the destination of those connected black holes?" Huang Yi frowned, filled with curiosity.

This secret seems to be connected to that mysterious serpent, if we can figure out the owner of those giant facial features, or discover where those black holes lead, then the identity of the mysterious serpent should be deduced.

Thunder God stroked his chin, somewhat puzzled, and said, "This Frozen Lemongrass is a bit different from us! She hadn’t received a name bestowing before, but now she’s become a hero, and the system directly gave her a bestowed name!"

"This must be due to the rewrite of the rules in the Heaven-Sent Era!" Huang Yi speculated.

Since the five of them initiated the Heaven-Sent Era, the system announced that some world rules were rewritten, and Frozen Lemongrass appears to be an example of this.

Previously, players had to receive a name bestowing before they could become heroes, but now they can become heroes directly, then be awarded a name bestowing, greatly simplifying the process!

"The situation is truly changing rapidly, with the Heaven-Sent Era arriving, every player has the potential to soar to great heights. As for Frozen Lemongrass, it’s unclear if she is a friend or foe, our lead won’t last long. I need to hurry back to complete the Third-tier Trial and enhance my strength. Dao Feng and the others should be almost finishing their Third-tier Trial too, quickly, you must share the coordinates of that mysterious eyeball you discovered with him, so he can absorb that portion of Heroic Aura. In this way, the five of us super first-class masters will all be heroes, giving us a better chance to withstand the Seven Archdemons." Having said that, Thunder God walked briskly to the helm, rapidly pulled the lever, and pushed the Divine Ship’s speed to the maximum.

Huang Yi turned his head and looked at the sky outside the porthole.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the changing clouds, seeing the boundless universe outside. The avatars of The Seven Archdemons were converging from all directions of the universe toward The Second World like meteors chasing the moon, ready to descend with the fury of thunder!

...

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

In these two days, the momentum of the demonic invasion became even more intense. The Demon Clan continued to emerge from the Abyss without end, including top-level Heavenly Domain demons, whose every gesture could destroy a region.

The invading army was also frequently active. Due to the relationship with Miyamoto Musashi and T.N.T, the Demon Clan didn’t attack the invading army, greatly boosting their arrogance. Troops freely rampaged across the Hero’s Continent, crazily seizing land, on the verge of turning the tide to victory.

Huang Yi’s side was also desperately improving their strength. Dao Feng, Sharp Sword, Dragon Spike, and Thunder God had all completed the Third Tier. Dao Feng quickly headed to the deserted island Huang Yi had discovered, racing against time to absorb the heroic aura from the mysterious giant eye to become a hero before The Seven Archdemons descended.

But no matter how strong they became, they were just a few individuals; it couldn’t influence the overall situation, unable to withstand the trend of the demon invasion. The Demon Clan was endless, impossible to kill them all.

Fortunately, the ten Semigod Guardians of the Hero Empire and numerous Heavenly Domain Guardians worked day and night to defend the borders of the Hero Empire, preventing any Demon Clan from setting foot there. But apart from the Hero Empire, the rest of the Hero’s Continent had completely fallen!

Currently, all living beings on the continent, whether players or NPCs, humans or beasts, had almost entirely retreated within the boundaries of the Hero Empire. Even the migratory birds spending the winter in the south flocked back to the north within the Hero Empire’s range.

Apart from the Hero Empire, the rest of the continent also suffered from the demonic invasion, living beings in torment, rivers ran with blood. Some powers even took advantage of the chaos to loot or directly joined the Demon Clan.

Now, the entire world was in shambles, on the brink of annihilation.

On this day, Huang Yi logged in early and, as usual, checked the forums for the latest situation.

"Countdown only five hours left! The Seven Archdemons are about to gather, ready to bathe the Hero’s Continent in blood!"

"Swamplanders’ Holy Land on the Central Continent has been destroyed, all Heavenly Domain experts slaughtered, the level 297 chief fallen!"

"Russia’s largest city suffered a demonic invasion, the super-first-class leader Giant Bear was killed in action!"

"Agony Demon Sect leader Groer the Remnant descended upon the Blood Moon Continent with lightning, the Blood Clan leader, unable to withstand the pressure, led his top experts to convert to the Agony Demon Sect!"

"Hero’s Continent national war final deadline is only two days away! The invading army has already occupied 72% of the land! Their victory is a foregone conclusion!"

...

Indeed, once entering the forum, it was full of bad news, calamities being reported everywhere!

The most eye-catching was the Hero’s Continent!

Three days ago, the system had already issued an announcement, declaring the countdown for The Seven Archdemons to gather. Now there were only five hours left!

These past two days, Oskan Royal Academy had tried various ways to stop the catastrophe. The two vice deans even battled the avatars of the King of Annihilation in outer space several times but to no avail. Moreover, as time went on, more demon avatars arrived, forcing the vice deans to retreat and hide.

In fact, just the few demon kings who had arrived already had the power to bathe the Hero’s Continent in blood. Yet, they hadn’t taken action personally, patiently waiting for the King of Hell to arrive, ready to strike with thunder once gathered, operating with extreme caution!

To make matters worse, the national war’s final deadline was about to end, with the invading army gaining absolute advantage thanks to the demonic invasion.

The Hero Legion could only retreat within the Hero Empire’s boundaries, not daring to launch a counterattack, forced to watch the national war fail!

Huang Yi sighed in his heart, exited the forum, and entered The Second World.

As soon as he logged in, he heard a solemn voice resonating between heaven and earth—

"[System Announcement]: [Sword Emperor] has become a Heaven-Sent Hero."

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Huang Yi first encountered content related to Frozen Lemongrass in Chapter 848.

Huang Yi discovered the mysterious python entering the giant eyeball on the deserted island, content relevant in Chapter 764 (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)