Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1040 - 984: Skull of the Dark Duke

After finishing the sentence, Huang Yi used his divine-level class skill at level 240—

Instant Decision!

[Instant Decision]: Absolute Skill, consumes 200 Rage, can directly kill all enemy targets with Health Points less than 30% within a 300-meter radius. Cooldown time is 5 minutes.

In an instant, a dazzling blood light surged from Huang Yi’s body, sweeping in a circular pattern across all directions, covering the heavens and earth within a 300-meter radius!

This Light of Death completely ignored the obstruction of the Blood Escape Barrier, directly sweeping onto the Dark Priest!

"Boom~" The hunched body of the Dark Priest trembled abruptly and then remained motionless, as if it had turned into a statue.

A gust of wind blew, rippling over the body of the Dark Priest.

The next moment, its hunched body fell backward into the sky.

He is dead!

His Health Points had already fallen below 30%, and after encountering this move from Huang Yi, he was directly instakilled!

With the death of the Dark Priest, the thousands of Skeletons a kilometer away vanished entirely. They were merely summoned by the skill’s effect, and with the summoner’s demise, they all had to disappear.

The world suddenly became silent, leaving only Huang Yi alone. He stood motionless at his original position, gripping the Wrath of the Godslayer, and breathed lightly.

He finally achieved victory in this battle!

He alone killed a top-level sky domain expert at level 285!

In the eyes of current players, a top-level Heavenly Domain Demon at level 285 is an enemy that is absolutely unreachable, existing only in myths and legends. Even a fully equipped large group would be wiped out facing it.

Yet now, Huang Yi alone had killed such an expert! It took only a minute or two from start to finish!

His strength has climbed to become one of the world’s top-notch few experts, towering over billions of ordinary mortals.

This is all thanks to his Nefalem’s Bloodline and the Eternal Tyrant, a divine-level class!

Huang Yi’s divine-level class possesses only four skills, but each one is incredibly powerful. Besides the recently used "Cleanse the Royals" and "Instant Decision," there are two more skills—

Kill Without Mercy: A level 180 skill, consuming 200 Rage, making Huang Yi’s attacks uncontestable by any skills or talents for the next 30 seconds. Cooldown time is 5 minutes.

Execution of Nine Clans: A level 210 skill, consuming 200 Rage, causing any skill used on an enemy to affect nine additional enemies simultaneously. Cooldown time is 5 minutes.

Among them, "Kill Without Mercy" has already been fused into the Wings of Slaughter and can no longer be used separately.

The other three skills can be used individually. They possess ultimate move power but do not have the lengthy cooldown time of an ultimate move or high Energy Value consumption, allowing for frequent use, nearly flawless!

In the eyes of common class players, divine-level skills are just ordinary skills within a divine class.

"[System Prompt]: You have killed one of the 72 spellcasters of the Annihilation Array, creating a gap in the array, now temporarily suspended."

Finally, this powerful formation surrounding the entire Hero Empire was stopped by Huang Yi!

Additionally, Thunder God, Dao Feng, Sharp Sword, and Dragon Spike each went to deal with those spellcasters. If their side is complete, then more gaps will appear in the Annihilation Array.

However, this is just a temporary victory, as the Demon Clan will certainly send more experts to fill the gaps. Even a second wave of demigod-level experts may appear, and the crisis of the Hero Empire is far from over.

After killing the Dark Priest, a large amount of Experience Points flooded into Huang Yi!

Such a massive amount of Experience Points could originally allow an ordinary player to level up several times. But for Huang Yi now, they are barely noticeable, merely causing the Experience Percentage to shift slightly.

Additionally, the death of the Dark Priest brought two types of value improvements to Huang Yi.

The first is Power of Faith. As the Dark Priest belongs to a religious figure, after killing him, Huang Yi gained 1.5 million Faith Power, bringing him slightly closer to his 1 billion goal.

The second is Power of the Nefalem. Huang Yi’s level 270 Nefalem Talent, called "Transform Nefarim Power": After killing enemies possessing divine or demonic powers, he can automatically absorb their divine or demonic powers, transforming them into Nefalem Power. The stronger the enemy, the more Nefalem Power is transformed.

The Dark Priest was a level 285 top-level Heavenly Domain Demon; after killing him, Huang Yi gained a whopping 5 points of Nefalem Power. Under normal circumstances, Huang Yi could recover 1 point every three days, making these 5 points equivalent to half a month’s natural recovery.

However, during the previous reversal of the Bone Staff, he consumed 3 points. In reality, after this battle, he has only gained a net 2 points of Nefalem Power, which is relatively acceptable.

Huang Yi waved his hand, summoning the Barbarian God Simulacrum to absorb the soul of the Dark Priest.

The Barbarian God immediately walked to the corpse of the Dark Priest, crouched down, and pressed a large hand onto its chest.

Instantly, the corpse of the Dark Priest turned into a rich blood light, which merged into the Barbarian God’s body, strengthening an acupoint at its chest!

After being nourished by this immensely powerful soul, the Barbarian God’s aura became even more intense.

Its original form was that of a muscular giant with six arms. The last time it absorbed the pain acolyte at the High-level Heavenly Realm, a pair of blood wings dripping black blood grew behind it. This time, after absorbing the Dark Priest’s soul, its form did not undergo much change, but the entire body became more condensed. Its bulging muscles were compressed considerably, making its figure slim and vigorous, greatly increasing agility.

The Barbarian God is currently the strongest simulacrum cultivated by Huang Yi, but still much weaker than Huang Yi himself; it can only fight monsters in places like the Tower of Pantheons. Facing top-level celestial BOSSes out in the wild, it doesn’t serve much purpose.

Unless it can be elevated to the strength of the Barbarian God owned by Sharp Sword, then facing powerful figures like the Dark Priest in the future, it could become a significant aid.

After the Dark Priest’s death, an ancient sheepskin scroll burst from its body, falling onto the muddy ground beside it.

Huang Yi bent down, picked up the scroll, and opened it for a look.

The scroll depicted a detailed map illustrating the geographical features of this large area. It marked five black dots, one of which was precisely the valley Huang Yi was currently in!

This sheepskin scroll was precisely a part of the "World-Ending Formation" diagram, marking the detailed locations of nearby five spellcasters.

Now, Huang Yi could follow the diagram to directly reach the locations of those spellcasters without painstakingly searching everywhere.

Huang Yi stored the map away.

He took a deep breath, walked a short distance, and eagerly picked up the last piece of loot —

Bone Staff!

This Bone Staff was a vital treasure for the Dark Priest, adding significantly to its strength. If Huang Yi hadn’t reversed it, this battle could have ended very differently.

Huang Yi’s slender fingers gently caressed the Bone Staff. A warm holy aura emanated, feeling very comfortable; he quickly checked the information on this staff.

This staff was special; the staff itself wasn’t particularly powerful. But the skull embedded at the top was exceptional; it was an S-grade treasure far surpassing the staff itself in power —

[Dark Duke · Midnight’s Skull] (S-grade, contract-type treasure)

Required Level: None

Item Description: Dark Duke · Midnight, was a warlike demigod under the Dark King. He once led an army to conquer the First World at the command of the Dark King but was blocked by the Barbarian God of the First World. Knowing he wasn’t a match for the Barbarian God, he went to challenge and fought till his last breath, never retreating. After his death, the residual thoughts in his skull were still filled with a belligerent instinct, never surrendering!

The skull cannot be shattered by enemies below demigod level. During spell attacks, it greatly enhances spell power. In physical attacks, it can easily break through the enemy’s defense. The specific effects vary with the user’s strength.

Even reduced to bones, I won’t admit defeat! — Dark Duke · Midnight

This skull, just as said by the Dark Priest, belonged to a Dark Duke, a powerful demon clan expert at the demigod level!

However, even such a formidable existence was slain by the Barbarian God. That was the true Barbarian God of the First World; after Divine Enthronement, he went to the Demon Realm, becoming one of the one hundred and eight Great Demon Gods. Huang Yi’s Barbarian God Simulacrum was crafted as a replica of it!

However, what Huang Yi was focused on was not the skull’s origin, but its classification type!

It turned out to be a contract-type treasure!

Contract-type treasures, also commonly referred to by players as "pet equipment," "follower equipment," etc., are equipment exclusively for use by contract partners!

Contract equipment is very scarce, and its quality is generally not high, with S-grade items being one in ten thousand.

Prior to today, Huang Yi never obtained such treasures until finally acquiring his first one today!

Huang Yi turned to look at the Barbarian God Simulacrum beside him, then decisively used the "Reverse of Gods and Demons" skill once more, reverting the Bone Staff back into a demonic-type item, then handed it to the Barbarian God, saying, "This skull’s owner has some connection with you, how about using this Bone Staff?"

"Thank you, Master!" The Barbarian God nodded and reached out one of its hands to take the Bone Staff.

The Barbarian God is a deity of the Demon Realm; thus, this simulacrum naturally possesses demonic powers. After reverting the Bone Staff into demon equipment, it’s just right for it to use.

With this Bone Staff, the Barbarian God’s aura surged dramatically again, enhancing its strength, and narrowing the gap with the Barbarian God simulacrum owned by Sharp Sword!

However, this enhancement is unconventional. Items like contract treasures completely depend on luck; they are hard to find, and cannot be used as a regular means to enhance the Barbarian God’s strength.