Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1359 - 1291: Last Survivor [God of Slaughter]! The Final Hope! (3)

The [Time of Georgia] of the Oskan Royal Academy Principal.

The Thunder God’s [Pillar of Sea God].

The Pharaoh’s [Bible of Faith].

The Heavenly Demon’s [Magic Dragon Wings].

The Blood Demon’s [Bloodstained Elegance].

And the Pope’s [Thunderbolt Staff].

However, this was merely a faint glimmer of hope arising from despair. Even though the [Thunderbolt Staff] had ascended to become a Divine Artifact, the Pope’s strength was still too weak to unleash the full potential of a finished Divine Artifact!

The two finished Divine Artifacts of the Thunder God and the Pharaoh were utterly useless in the face of the Greedy Demon Body. Even with the addition of the Pope’s finished Divine Artifact, no qualitative change could be expected.

Attempting to break through the Fifth Level and catch up with the likes of Heavenly Demons was still unrealistic!

The slight excitement among the people quickly extinguished, and once again, they strived to hurry towards the mountain summit, pondering ways to deal with the Greedy Demon Body as they pressed on.

After advancing a few steps, they suddenly received a message from the Pope.

Upon seeing the message, everyone halted, stunned for a moment, and then broke into joyful smiles—

"I found a shortcut!"

"It’s right within these clouds!"

This statement was like a window opening abruptly in the darkness, illuminating their previously despairing hearts!

They had painstakingly searched for a shortcut to bypass the Fifth Level to no avail, ultimately having to charge through the Fifth Level head-on, resulting in everyone perishing except for Huang Yi, the sole survivor!

Unexpectedly, the shortcut was discovered by the Pope!

Moreover, the clue to the shortcut wasn’t hidden in the Fourth Level but rather within the sea of clouds of the Third Level!

This news was even more thrilling than Huang Yi escaping the clutches of the Greedy Demon Body or the Thunderbolt Staff ascending to a finished Divine Artifact!

This was the true hope of climbing Purgatory Mountain!

It wasn’t until this moment that they finally dared to truly believe that they still had hope of catching up with the likes of the Heavenly Demons!

"God of Slaughter, quickly return to the clouds and meet up with me. We will be the first to pursue the Heavenly Demons and others, buying time for the others to climb the mountain!" At this point, the Pope hurriedly sent another team message.

"I’m coming right away!" Huang Yi immediately replied, quickly heading towards the sea of clouds on the mountainside.

"Pope, how did you discover the shortcut?" At this point, the Poet sent a team message asking.

The Pope quickly responded: "After my Thunderbolt Staff ascended to a finished Divine Artifact, it could manipulate all the thunder and lightning within the clouds. The areas covered by these lightnings were all perceptible to me, equivalent to the entire sea of clouds being within my control range. I perceived that these lightnings were all generated from a Thunder Hole within the sea of clouds, which was connected to a second Thunder Hole high on Purgatory Mountain. That second Thunder Hole seems to be at the height of the Sixth Level. Since Thunder Holes can teleport between each other, it must be a shortcut leading to the Sixth Level! I’ve now absorbed all the lightning within the clouds into the Thunderbolt Staff, rendering the clouds risk-free. I’ll immediately send you the coordinates of that Thunder Hole, where you can directly enter to teleport to the Sixth Level. The God of Slaughter and I will first move to intercept the Heavenly Demons, preventing them from ascending the mountain and buying time for everyone!"

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Above the clouds, in the area of the Fourth Level, Huang Yi was frantically rushing down the mountain, moving much faster than when climbing up, like rapid lightning.

His Wings of the Sun Chaser had already harvested massive amounts of sunlight, which transformed into his movement speed, making him as fast as light and electricity. Before long, he returned to the cloud layer at mid-mountain.

At this moment, the clouds ahead were no longer rumbling with thunder, silent as all lightning had indeed been absorbed into the Pope’s Thunderbolt Staff.

Without reducing speed, Huang Yi charged into the dark clouds, heading for the Thunder Hole coordinates released by the Pope.

Entering the dark clouds, sunlight was blocked off, and the surroundings turned grey again. The Light Harvesting process of the Wings of the Sun Chaser was interrupted, causing the previously collected light to quickly dissipate, and Huang Yi’s movement speed rapidly slowed back down.

Half an hour later, Huang Yi finally saw from afar a region deep within the dark clouds, faintly flickering with weak blue electric light, forming a circular hole shape.

However, the blue electric light around that circular hole was very weak. In the previous environment of lightning and thunder, this circular hole would have been hard to detect, with any other bolt of lightning being more conspicuous.

At that moment, in front of the circular hole, stood a familiar figure wearing a Mage’s Robe.

In that figure’s hand was a dazzling lightning bolt, half red and half white, exuding a celestial might that sent shivers down one’s spine from a distance.

It was none other than the Thunderbolt Staff in its finished Divine Artifact state!

Huang Yi hurried over and met the Pope.

"Let’s quickly go inside and jump to the Sixth Level!" The Pope said hastily to Huang Yi and immediately dashed into the circular hole, disappearing instantly.

Huang Yi also picked up his pace and rushed in.

The next moment, the world spun, a familiar sensation of teleport dizziness hit, and the surroundings changed rapidly into a chaotic mix of colors.

When everything settled down, the sky suddenly became bright again, with warm sunlight shining down. Above was the azure sky, and the sea of clouds had turned into a distant scene far below the mountain, farther than ever before. Huang Yi even saw the cliff where the Fifth Level BOSS, the Greedy Demon Body, resided!

They had indeed skipped the Fifth Level and arrived in the Sixth Level region!

Huang Yi turned his head to gaze toward the peak of Purgatory Mountain.

The summit was unprecedentedly close, seemingly within reach!

The Heavenly Demons and others were surely under that summit, launching their final sprint towards the ultimate secret of the Tower of Pantheons!