Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1368 - 1298: Returning to the Underworld, Sharp Sword Reappears!

Huang Yi wasn’t actually killed by the Heavenly Demon, but died because of the BOSS’s [Curse of Desire]!

His life was linked with that beautiful BOSS; when the BOSS died, he also had to die.

However, he was no longer so afraid of death because his Level 210 Nefalem Bloodline Talent was called [Never Reincarnate].

No matter how many times he died, he wouldn’t experience reincarnation. Moreover, having once obtained the attribute of not dropping equipment upon death, his death now only had one consequence, which was losing levels!

He was originally Level 297, but now dropped to Level 296.

At this moment, he had already entered the Death Space.

When players die in the wilderness, they’ll enter this dark space. Even if one had strong Dark Vision, they wouldn’t see anything. This represented the darkness and despair of death.

Additionally, no messages could be received here, rendering communication with the outside world impossible. The only sounds that could be heard were system announcements from outside.

No one would want to stay here any longer than necessary and would quickly leave.

But now, Huang Yi saw scenes in this Death Space.

After entering the Death Space last time, he already knew this was the Underworld. A drop of the Tears of the Underworld King had fallen into his left eye, giving him the ability of the Eye of the Underworld to see the Underworld’s scenery.

At this moment, he was at the foot of Purgatory Mountain. Looking around, this Purgatory Mountain was identical to the real Purgatory Mountain, except it was colorless, only black and white.

Huang Yi’s left eye scanned around. There were wandering souls nearby, and a few particularly striking souls whose forms were fierce and postures imposing, standing out among the spirits, seemingly BOSS-type souls.

There were six such souls, and among them was the recently killed Seventh Challenge’s beautiful BOSS [Desired Woman, Qian Se]!

However, she appeared dazed, aimlessly drifting around with no intent to attack him. These souls had lost all consciousness.

From their number, it wasn’t hard to deduce that the other five BOSS-level souls corresponded to the BOSSes of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Sixth Challenges. They had all been slain by the Heavenly Demon’s party.

Soon, Huang Yi spotted another familiar figure among the souls — the leader of the Temple Knight Order!

Previously, this leader had sacrificed his life to revive the Assassin, deliberately offering it up, allowing Kid to use the power of life exchange to bring back the Assassin.

It seemed that the foot of Purgatory Mountain gathered the souls of NPCs who had been killed on the mountain.

Suddenly, Huang Yi’s gaze stopped!

He stared intently at a big stone not far away.

Upon that stone sat a figure, eyes closed in meditation.

It was a man in his twenties, tall and thin, with a long sword strapped to his back, his flowing long hair dancing with the wind, exuding the aura of an absolute Swordsman.

That was Sharp Sword!

Sharp Sword hadn’t appeared for some time. He was always mysterious, and no one outside could guess his whereabouts.

This time, as The Second World faced an unprecedented apocalyptic crisis, all experts rushed to save it, but Sharp Sword did not show himself.

Now, in the Underworld, Huang Yi finally saw Sharp Sword once more!

At this moment, Sharp Sword suddenly opened his eyes, leaping down from the stone, and turning his head to look around, as if searching for something.

When his gaze fell upon Huang Yi, it finally stopped, his pair of sharp eyes fixed intently on Huang Yi, showing a profound smile.

Huang Yi maintained a vacant expression, striving not to meet Sharp Sword’s gaze, to avoid the other discovering he could see the Underworld.

Sharp Sword averted his gaze from Huang Yi, turning instead to those Purgatory BOSS souls.

He suddenly flicked his hand, producing two bloodied hooks, one in each hand, hooking them onto two BOSS-level souls!

The hooks immediately embedded into the two BOSS souls, firmly anchoring them.

Subsequently, Sharp Sword gestured, summoning a peculiar creature beside him.

This creature had six arms, its body covered in bulging muscles, its expression fierce, looking like the evil deity worshipped in temples.

This was exactly the Barbarian God Simulacrum Huang Yi had crafted for Sharp Sword.

However, this Barbarian God Simulacrum rode a powerful Barbarian Bull, to which it was perfectly matched. The two shared a kindred aura, full of Brute Force, as if fated to be together.

"Hmm? Could this be the original mount of the Barbarian God?" Huang Yi suddenly realized, recalling the Barbarian God’s description—

The Barbarian God is a God Sealer from the First World. He is the son of the War God and the Goddess of the Night, with the Divine Power of the Heavenly God, and possesses six arms. He was born from the Golden Cave in the high mountains, and rode a Barbarian Bull upon birth, able to ride the clouds and fly. By his second year, he became the strongest being in the First World, and by his sixth year, he successfully sealed divinity, entered the Demon Realm, and became one of the 108 Great Demon Gods.

The Barbarian God rode a Barbarian Bull upon his birth, and the Barbarian God before him also rides a Barbarian Bull, making him increasingly resemble the real Barbarian God!

In comparison, Huang Yi’s own Barbarian God Simulacrum isn’t as close to the original. Moreover, some time ago, when Sharp Sword deployed the Barbarian God Simulacrum, its displayed power exceeded that of Huang Yi’s own Barbarian God Simulacrum at the time. Now, after some time, this Barbarian God Simulacrum must have experienced new enhancements.

It seems Sharp Sword definitely knows some secrets of the Barbarian God, or even has some deep connection, allowing him to cultivate such a powerful Barbarian God Simulacrum.

Once the Barbarian God Simulacrum was summoned, each of its six arms took out a meat hook similar to the one in Sharp Sword’s hand, quickly hooking all four remaining BOSSes.

Additionally, it also hooked that Leader of the Temple Knights, as well as another relatively strong soul.

Sharp Sword stepped forward, together with his Barbarian God Simulacrum, hooking this group of BOSS souls, striding towards the horizon at extreme speed, disappearing into the distance within moments.

Last time Huang Yi also saw Sharp Sword doing such a thing in the Underworld; he seems to be taking these souls somewhere for some unknown purpose.

All things in the world, once they die, must go to the Underworld, even deities who fall in the Heaven Realm must eventually come to the Underworld.

Sharp Sword should have very deep research on Underworld soul bodies; otherwise, he couldn’t be always collecting these powerful souls. Huang Yi even speculates that Sharp Sword has a method to resurrect these Underworld NPC souls!

In the Mortal Realm, resurrecting an NPC is very difficult, even Super-First Master Kid faces various restrictions.

But Sharp Sword is in the Underworld; directly manipulating NPC souls in the Underworld should be more convenient.

Additionally, Sharp Sword had previously asked Huang Yi about the source of his equipment and later used Huang Yi’s equipment skills in battle.

Huang Yi had previously speculated that Sharp Sword probably acquired similar equipment in the Underworld and has a method to transcend the barriers of the Underworld to bring them into the Mortal Realm.

If items can be brought into the Mortal Realm, then surely there’s a way to bring souls into the Mortal Realm for resurrection.

Watching Sharp Sword’s departing direction, Huang Yi immediately chose to resurrect.

Once chosen, the Purgatory Mountain before Huang Yi burst into color, no longer black and white, but more vivid!

"God of Slaughter, did you die?" Very quickly, Huang Yi received messages from other team members.

"I dropped one level, now starting to climb the mountain again!" Huang Yi replied briefly and dashed swiftly towards the mountain peak.

Even with his extremely fast speed, it takes a long time to climb back to the Seventh Layer.

"We have now found the shortcut in the Thunder Hole and can soon teleport to the Sixth Stage." Thunder God sent a message.

Huang Yi felt somewhat worried; the three Heavenly Demons are strong enough to kill the male BOSS of the Seventh Stage without much trouble. He wonders if Thunder God and the others will make it in time to block them at the Seventh Stage.

While running, Huang Yi took out three items from the beautiful female BOSS he just defeated from his storage ring.

Purgatory is the final layer of the Tower of Pantheons, where every BOSS drops treasures far exceeding those of other layers!

But those previous stage original BOSSes were all killed by the Heavenly Demons’ team, who obtained the precious dropped items. This is the first time Huang Yi killed an original BOSS in Purgatory, finally obtaining the treasures from this layer.

Huang Yi looked expectantly at the three items in his hand——

The first item is a bead.

This bead is sky blue, with a faint swirl of white mist on top, continuously floating, like white clouds in the blue sky.

This is precisely the treasure in the eyes of Ascension Stage strongholds — the Heavenly Pearl! It allows an Ascension Stage stronghold to take one step forward instantly!

After killing the Demon Clan master Fànyú, Huang Yi once obtained two Heavenly Pearls, directly taking two steps in the Ascension Stage.

The Heavenly Demons upgraded to the Divine Domain so quickly also due to the frequent use of Heavenly Pearls!

Now, Huang Yi’s loss from dropping a level was offset — he lost one level due to that beautiful BOSS but gained a Heavenly Pearl, canceling out the loss.

However, he did not immediately use this Heavenly Pearl; given his current strength, there is no qualitative difference between Six Steps to Heaven and Seven Steps to Heaven, so he kept the Heavenly Pearl to use at a more critical time later.

The second item dropped by the BOSS is a pink crystal heart, completely transparent, shimmering and crystal-clear, constantly pulsating.

Huang Yi immediately checked its attributes —

[Female Heart] (Special Item)

The heart of Desired Woman, Qian Se. With this heart, one can ignore the Desire Flame of the Seventh Layer of Purgatory and enjoy various benefits reserved for female players, such as equipping gear exclusive to female players and learning skills only female players can learn. If one obtains the [Male Heart] from the Seventh Layer of Purgatory, the two hearts can be fused into a brand new mysterious treasure.