Heroes' Prison

Chapter 142, Level 40

Huang Yi took out one of his own business cards from his storage ring and handed it to Ye Lan.

Upon seeing the name on the card, Ye Lan was shocked, as if meeting Huang Yi for the first time. He looked him over again and then asked incredulously, "You’re actually Instakill! Weren’t you just in the Sand Thief Tomb yesterday? How did you get here so quickly? Did you manage to escape from Ghost Axe Black Wolf?"

"Yes!" Huang Yi nodded, "I managed to escape by luck."

"Since it’s you, things will be easy from now on. If you have any equipment you need crafted, just bring the materials to me at any time. Only demands like yours suit my pursuit. I can no longer improve my proficiency with regular equipment, and of course, I won’t charge you a crafting fee. We’ll benefit mutually," Ye Lan said, before carefully putting away Huang Yi’s business card.

After a brief chat, Huang Yi left the blacksmith shop and headed towards the Teleportation Field.

The Teleport Plaza was always the most bustling area of a city, with streams of people passing through, including those who were about to battle in the Tower of Pantheons. It was always lively and noisy.

Huang Yi had not battled in the Tower of Pantheons for quite some time. Now, with two pieces of Orange Gear, one of which was a powerful Orange Weapon with the Light-leeching Attribute, his strength had greatly increased. He chose to challenge Level 40 directly.

The monsters on the 40th level ranged from Level 40 to 50. Being Level 43, Huang Yi’s drop rate was already high, and with his Overlord’s Pact Storage Ring, which doubled the drop rate, the system was heavily inclined to favor good equipment when determining loot.

Using the Eye of Time, Huang Yi reviewed the loot drops, and as expected, each boss would drop Purple Gear upon death. If it was someone else, such a scenario would be impossible due to the extremely low drop rate of Purple Gear.

Huang Yi swung the Bonecrusher Hammer he’d just acquired at a lesser monster!

The next moment, the creature exploded into a cloud of green Essence of Life that flew into Huang Yi, restoring 5% of his Health Points, not even leaving a corpse behind. This was the Devouring Effect of the [Bonecrusher Hammer].

Huang Yi quickly advanced, slaughtering forward, and after his Rage filled up, he activated Judgment, spinning rapidly and spreading the Plague in all directions, enshrouding an area of two hundred meters. Numerous lesser monsters became infected with the Plague.

After ten seconds, the field of view was clear, with the lesser monsters leaving no corpses, instead turning into Essence of Life, devoured by Huang Yi. His Health Points simply wouldn’t decrease anymore, each monster’s death restoring 5% of his Health Points. Wherever there were lesser monsters, it was as if there were health potions that could replenish his Health Points at any time.

Of course, this was also because his Attack Power was far superior to same-level monsters. A long time ago, his Attack Power had already far surpassed that of same-level monsters. Apart from being a mighty Rare Race and Rare Class himself, the most important factor was that he possessed the Overlord’s Contract Jewelry Set, which allowed him to equip gear up to 8 levels above his own! In this way, battling monsters of the same level was basically a complete rout, one move per monster, and only Elite Monsters could pose any challenge to him.

Wielding a powerful Orange Weapon, Huang Yi whipped up whirlwinds as he pushed forward in the Tower of God, like an unstoppable bulldozer, leaving nothing behind wherever he passed.

Half an hour later, he stood before the final boss.

This boss was Level 50, posing a huge challenge for Huang Yi, but he managed to fight quite smoothly.

This BOSS often summons some fragile minions with high attack power, which can actually be killed in two hits, but their attacks are very high. Once you are hit by them, the damage incurred is not less than being directly attacked by the BOSS, and if several minions attack at the same time, death is certain.

Ordinary players fight this BOSS by prioritizing the elimination of the minions before attacking the BOSS. However, Huang Yi does the exact opposite, utilizing the "Ice Chain Armor" he has—a piece of Orange Gear—that reduces the movement speed and attack speed of all enemies within a 50-meter radius by 20%. With the minions slowed down, and coupled with his own high agility, he is able to dodge the minions’ attacks and weave through them to fight the BOSS without getting hit. Whenever his health gets low, he kills a wave of minions to Devour and replenish his health, essentially using the minions as health potions.

Relying on this cunning strategy, he was barely able to defeat the BOSS and clear the level, taking a total of 39 minutes.

And the world record for this level is held by Dao Feng at 9 minutes.

Yes, 9 minutes, that’s Dao Feng!

This is a record that Huang Yi definitely cannot break now. When Dao Feng set the record, he was Level 55, had awakened his War Soul, and had already changed his Class, making his strength unfathomable. Huang Yi’s current strength simply cannot compare with his; this is the result of time accumulation, after all, Huang Yi’s growth time is indeed too short.

Huang Yi teleported in, reset the secret realm, and continued grinding at Level 40. With each run, his experience percentage would rise, and several pieces of Purple Gear would be added to his inventory.

Level 40 is currently the most suitable level for him because the last BOSS there is Level 50, which he can just manage to defeat. If it were an ordinary player, they would have to be at least Level 50 and have awakened their War Soul in order to defeat this BOSS. Going further up to Level 41 would see a significant spike in difficulty. Although Huang Yi now has an Orange Weapon, he has not yet undergone the War Soul Awakening, and his strength is still somewhat lacking.

After becoming familiar with it, Huang Yi had managed to reduce his clear time for Level 40 to 35 minutes, but it was still far from the world record.

The only record he could aim for was the world record for Level 30. At Level 43, he was not yet at the optimal level for breaking the record, but once he reached Level 45, he was determined to challenge the record for Level 30.

Currently, the world record for Level 30 is held by Heavenly Dao, who set it not long ago.

There is something very mysterious about Heavenly Dao, and that is his level. He emerged in the same era as Dao Feng and has always been competing with him, but his level suddenly stalled at Level 40, and it took him a very long time to level up! It has been almost two years now, and he is still only Level 45!

Such a leveling speed is even slower than that of an average player, let alone someone like Huang Yi. Currently, Huang Yi has been here for less than a month, but his level has already soared to 43, and he will soon catch up with Heavenly Dao’s Level 45.

Logically, with Heavenly Dao only being Level 45, he should absolutely not be able to catch up to Dao Feng, the Pope, and such characters in strength. Because Dao Feng, the Pope, and the others had reached Level 50 more than a year or two ago, and although their leveling stalled, they did not continue to level up because they poured all their gained experience into their War Soul, their strength was still improving.

Heavenly Dao, at Level 45 and without an awakened War Soul, shouldn’t be a match for Dao Feng and the others. However, the actual situation is the exact opposite; they have always been competitors and have engaged in competition in many areas. Currently, both Dao Feng and the Pope are leading their teams to assault the 50th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, and Heavenly Dao is also leading his team to attack the 50th floor, showing no signs of falling behind and constantly vying for supremacy.

This mysterious aspect of his level is certainly one of Heavenly Dao’s big secrets. Every top player has their secrets, and only they know what those are; outsiders will never be able to guess.