Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1071 - 1015: A Review of Number 2’s Identity

PS: The previous few Chapters focused on writing the entire battle in one go, so there was no space to review the foreshadowing of Heavenly Dao as No. 2. Now we can finally review those foreshadows. For those interested, I have directly marked the specific Chapters in parentheses concerning the previous content.

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"Brother Yi, you took so long to get me exposed. I’ve been waiting impatiently! These years, I’ve been maneuvering with those enemies while hiding my identity. It’s been too exhausting to live like that! Now I can finally be myself." Heavenly Dao shook his head with a smile and took a deep breath of free air.

Next, No. 1 Huang Yi, No. 2 Heavenly Dao, and No. 9 Qin Shiyu were just standing on a mountain of corpses and sea of bones, chatting about their experiences over the years.

The top 10 members of the Freedom Organization are the most core figures among the tens of thousands of members worldwide, coming from various countries.

Numbers 1, 2, and 3 are even the core of the core, capable of executing tasks in all aspects. Among them, No. 3 has already sacrificed, and the successor is still very young.

No. 4 is in charge of intelligence affairs. He was the one who learned from Sharp Sword that after using the Golden Ring to complete a Rare Quest, one could meet Mr. Huang Sha, the CEO of Era of Corporation. (See Chapter 2 for related content)

No. 5 is responsible for economic affairs. His personnel control several banks around the world. In the second Annual Festival, he once helped Huang Yi delay the award ceremony, ultimately allowing Huang Yi to win the Best Newcomer Award. (Chapter 220)

In addition, he paved the way for the Hero Guild to go public. (Chapter 400)

During the tournament, he also coordinated with Huang Yi’s plan to concede in the personal competition, managing the guild’s stock trading and earning a large sum of money. (Chapter 500)

No. 6 is responsible for assassination tasks. Recently, No. 6 was supposed to assassinate Rosiv Duncan, the Deputy Chairman of the World Federation. But because this matter concerned Huang Yi’s safety, No. 9 Qin Shiyu was worried and personally substituted No. 6 to carry out this task. (Chapter 715)

No. 7 is in charge of rescue, contact, and other affairs. It was he who personally sailed a ship to the waters near Rose Prison, going through great difficulties to deliver the Golden Ring into Huang Yi’s hands at Rose Prison. (Chapter 10, Chapter 208)

No. 8 has already sacrificed, and the successor is still growing.

No. 9 is Qin Shiyu, a specially trained beautiful agent of the Freedom Organization, an unparalleled beauty. Under certain special circumstances, No. 9 uses her beauty to complete missions faster.

No. 10 is a supplemental role, providing assistance in any area required.

Everyone from No. 1 to No. 10 has their own division of labor, responsible for different affairs, all managing a large number of subordinates, and are the lifeblood of the Freedom Organization.

Among them, No. 2 Heavenly Dao was one of the earliest members to enter The Second World, becoming one of the first batch of Super First-Class masters along with Dao Feng and others.

But he has always hidden his identity, never revealing himself in the real world. In the previous Annual Festival award ceremonies, he never attended, and even if he won an award, someone else collected it on his behalf.

When Huang Yi just entered The Second World, he had not yet met up with No. 9 Qin Shiyu, and there was no way to contact the organization. But when he killed Hydra Death Scales, it triggered a system announcement, confirming his identity to No. 7. (Chapter 10)

Heavenly Dao soon learned through No. 7 that Huang Yi was Instakill. Since then, he began subtly aiding Huang Yi in various ways.

However, Huang Yi didn’t know that Heavenly Dao was assisting him. He was even curious when he broke the 30th level world record of the Tower of Pantheons, wondering why Heavenly Dao didn’t go all out to break that record, allowing him to break it.

In fact, at that time, Heavenly Dao had just learned of Huang Yi’s identity, so he deliberately delayed the clearing time, letting Huang Yi break the record. (Chapter 147)

At that time, they couldn’t have any sort of communication. It wasn’t until Huang Yi first went to Dragon City and successfully met up with No. 9 Qin Shiyu that Qin Shiyu told him Heavenly Dao’s identity.

From then on, Huang Yi and Heavenly Dao began to have meaningful communication and cooperation. Heavenly Dao thus became Huang Yi’s ultimate backup strategy.

The first meeting between them was during the tournament. At that time, T.N.T, in order to weaken those Super First-Class masters, had the Demon Clan disrupt the continents they resided on, including the Japanese Mainland. As one of the leaders of Japanese players, Heavenly Dao led the Dongying Guild to resist.

At this critical juncture, Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild and Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group met in the team competition. Huang Yi, with a dominant advantage, made a famous "Hero’s Covenant" with Heavenly Dao, using the excuse of fighting against the Demon Clan, which was that no major skills would be used in the competition, and everyone would only use ordinary skills to fight.

Later, this "Hero’s Covenant" was also responded to by various teams around the world, with one Super First-Class team after another announcing their adherence to the covenant. (Chapter 458)

When the team competition reached the quarter-final’s last match, Thunder God’s Sun Team, Hall of Famous Generals, and Pharaoh’s Mummy Legion in Group A were competing for the last spot in the Final Four in Group A, pending the result of the last match.

In the last match, the Mummy Legion faced Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group, and Heavenly Group had already secured a spot in the Final Four, so even if they lost, it didn’t matter. Normally speaking, the Heavenly Group could just casually play without wasting those Major Skills, thereby preserving strength for the subsequent matches.

However, Huang Yi, to assist Thunder God, specifically had Heavenly Dao use all of their strength to defeat the Mummy Legion, thereby directly allowing Thunder God’s Sun Team to enter the top four of Group A.

The waste of strength by the Heavenly Group had once caused a lot of confusion among people. (Chapter 464)

Later, it came to the semifinals of the team competition. Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild faced Thunder God’s Sun Team, with the winner advancing to the finals.

They announced to the public that since both sides were Chinese teams, they would engage peacefully, deciding victory through rock-paper-scissors to maximize the winner’s strength retention. Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild won.

The other semifinal was between Miyamoto Musashi’s Martial Arts Guild and Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group, with the winner competing against Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild in the finals.

Miyamoto Musashi also proposed that since both sides were Japanese teams, they should spar peacefully for the greater good, maximizing the victor’s strength retention, but this proposal was rejected by Heavenly Dao.

Because Heavenly Dao was intent on exhausting Miyamoto Musashi’s strength, so even if they won, it would ease the pressure on Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild in the finals. (Chapter 491)

In that match, Miyamoto Musashi’s Martial Arts Guild exposed various secret methods, and eventually, they struggled to win against Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group, advancing to the finals to compete with Huang Yi’s Heroes’ Guild for the team championship.

To enhance their team’s strength, Miyamoto Musashi gathered masters from all top Japanese teams into his Martial Arts Guild. Heavenly Dao also joined, secretly stealing much of Miyamoto Musashi’s intelligence, leaking it to Huang Yi. (Chapter 493)

After the tournament ended, the world entered the Holy Domain era, and all super-first masters began competing for the first kill of the 100th floor BOSS in the Tower of Pantheons.

The most hopeful contenders for claiming the first BOSS kill were Huang Yi and Miyamoto Musashi’s sister—Zhitian Shi.

Zhitian Shi had an exclusive skill called Corpse Fusion, allowing her to merge a person’s corpse, adding their levels together, rapidly increasing her strength, and easily killing the first BOSS. But this exclusive skill consumed Energy Value too fast; only with the use of a Special Energy Stone, providing infinite Energy once, could it support the battle’s consumption.

At that time, Miyamoto Musashi scoured the Japanese Mainland for Special Energy Stones at a high price but without success.

Coincidentally, a team from Heavenly Dao and the Dongying Guild obtained a Special Energy Stone in the Tower of Pantheons!

Several people in the team suggested selling this Special Energy Stone to Miyamoto Musashi, allowing Zhitian Shi to achieve the first BOSS kill on the 100th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, granting this honor to the Land of Dongying, and also gaining a favor from Miyamoto Musashi.

But Heavenly Dao refused and ordered them to keep this secret. (Chapter 560)

Later, Huang Yi secured the first BOSS kill, obtaining the first part of the Bloodstained War Halberd, with the other four parts on the next four BOSSes.

At that time, top teams from all over the world competed fiercely for those BOSS kills, making the progress very tight.

But to kill the next four BOSSes, they first had to defeat the first BOSS.

To obtain the remaining parts early, Huang Yi revealed the first BOSS’s strategy to his closest allies, who were also the most powerful teams on Hero’s Continent—Thunder God’s Sun Team and Dao Feng’s Yanhuang Legion, allowing them to surpass other teams in defeating the first BOSS and quickly claim the second and fifth BOSS kills.

Additionally, Huang Yi let Qin Shiyu disclose the first BOSS’s strategy to Heavenly Dao, allowing the Heavenly Group to claim the third BOSS kill, successfully acquiring the last part.

However, within the Dongying Guild, Heavenly Dao did not have absolute control. After the part was obtained, it was divided among Deputy Chairman Zhan Dao’s faction. Heavenly Dao couldn’t give it to Huang Yi.

Coincidentally, Miyamoto Musashi kidnapped Qin Shiyu and several high-level officials from famous Chinese guilds, taking them to the Land of Dongying. To rescue Qin Shiyu, Huang Yi went to the Land of Dongying and ultimately rescued the hostages.

To intercept Huang Yi and retreat, Miyamoto Musashi summoned all Japanese masters to help, but Heavenly Dao was slow to arrive. (Chapter 634)

Later, to rescue Qin Shiyu, Huang Yi did not retreat with the Chinese masters but stayed alone in the Land of Dongying.

For Huang Yi’s safety, Qin Shiyu suggested getting help from Heavenly Dao No. 2, but Huang Yi declined. (Chapter 640)

However, Heavenly Dao still provided assistance in other ways, first forming a radical faction in the Dongying Guild, advocating for the annexation of the Martial Arts Guild, but was rejected by Deputy Chairman Zhan Dao. Helplessly, Heavenly Dao had "Yundan is still here" deliver a Heart of the Love God to Huang Yi. (Chapter 643)

Subsequently, Huang Yi officially declared war on Japan in Miyamoto Musashi’s Northern Sea City.

After the declaration, masters from all Japanese guilds supported Northern Sea City. As one of Japan’s two major leaders, Heavenly Dao naturally couldn’t be an exception. He dispatched the person who obtained the Bloodstained War Halberd part to Northern Sea City, indirectly giving it to Huang Yi to assemble all parts.

Additionally, Heavenly Dao went to Northern Sea City to stay close to Huang Yi, ready to expose himself to help if Huang Yi couldn’t avoid the crisis.

Fortunately, Huang Yi resolved the crisis, and Heavenly Dao took the lead to withdraw the Dongying Guild’s forces from Northern Sea City, causing guild after guild to follow suit, abandoning Miyamoto Musashi and easing the pressure on Huang Yi. (Chapter 659)