Heroes' Prison

Chapter 143: Medicine Bottle

The night deepened, yet the Teleport Plaza remained bustling, with teams of players chattering and laughing as they grouped up to raid the Tower of Pantheons. Someone soloing it like Huang Yi was a rare sight.

Huang Yi had already used up his 10 raid attempts, and five parts of his Level 33 Murloc Nightcrawler Suit had been replaced with a Level 50 Purple ’Executioner’s Set.’ Besides his orange gear that didn’t need replacing, he was just missing one item—a cloak.

And after the attribute bonus from the five pieces of Level 50 purple gear, his attack power had finally broken ten thousand, shortening his clear time to 29 minutes.

With nothing else to do, Huang Yi decided to solo the five-man mode of the Tower of Pantheons. This time, he was teleported to the 40th floor again.

He first test his strength on a minion, and his ten thousand-plus attack power could still instakill the minions here, which meant that his Plague could wipe out a whole area’s minions in one wave. The monsters in this five-man mode offered higher experience points, which accelerated his leveling speed.

However, the boss fights were much more difficult, especially the final boss. Huang Yi used various magic items to push his abilities to the limit, but he still couldn’t defeat it; he was always just a little bit short. If his attributes were just a bit higher, he would have been able to defeat the final boss.

Huang Yi carefully checked his storage ring, searching for anything that could be of use. After a while, his gaze suddenly locked onto a bottle.

The bottle looked like a test tube used for chemical experiments, transparent and capped with a wooden stopper, entirely unremarkable.

It was the very medicine bottle he had bought with some Unique Achievement Points from a Traveling Merchant in the Desolate Sands. This medicine bottle could breed a drop of potion each day, the effects of which were random and unpredictable. Even the legendary instant-kill potion had a chance of appearing.

Huang Yi picked up the bottle and looked at it; currently, it contained a drop of potion crimson like blood.

’Blood Loss Potion’ (Grade D, Magic Item—Potion)

Upon use, it inflicts a powerful attack on an enemy, reducing a target under Level 50’s health by 10%.

Seeing the effects of this potion, Huang Yi was slightly surprised; he had never seen such a unique potion in the Magic Shop before.

The strength of this potion’s effect depended entirely on the strength of the target; the stronger the target, the more potent the potion’s effect. If the target was a boss, the potion’s effect would be incredibly overpowering, reducing the Health Points directly by 10%! However, if the target was just a minion, then this potion wasn’t even as good as one of Huang Yi’s normal attacks.

Still, since the potion only reduced the target’s health by 10%, the player had to deal with the remaining 90% themselves. If the gap in strength between the player and the target was too great, then using the potion would simply be a waste.

This potion was undoubtedly very suitable for use on the last boss, whose level was exactly 50, meeting the usage requirement. More importantly, Huang Yi had always been so close to killing it; this potion could be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

Next, Huang Yi entered into combat with the boss once more, and when the boss’s health was down to only 10%, he immediately used the ’Blood Loss Potion.’

In the next moment, he smashed his hammer down hard on the boss, and an unrivaled force burst from his weapon, striking the boss!

Suddenly, the boss’s remaining 10% health instantly depleted, and it fell to the ground dead. The boss, which he had failed to kill multiple times before, was finally slain by the potion.

Huang Yi crouched down, collecting the items the boss had dropped. Among them was the very set cloak he had been longing for—

’Executioner’s Cloak’ (Purple Gear, Armor Set—Cloak)

Physical Defense: 140

Strength+180

Critical Hit Rate+5%

Attack Power +4%

Attack Speed +3%

Durability: 860/860

Required Level: 50

Equipment Score: 280

Item Description: How much pain of life was exchanged for this bloodstained cloak.

[Executioner’s Set]

Three pieces: Attack +5%

Five pieces: Attack Speed +15%

Seven pieces: Critical Hit Rate +20%

This cloak was much better than the Level 33 cloak Huang Yi was wearing. He immediately swapped it out, and his attributes increased a notch. Currently, he had put on six pieces of the set, activating the first two set effects. However, he hadn’t changed his shirt because the one he was wearing was even better Orange Gear.

Huang Yi teleported out, reset the dungeon, and continued to solo grind the uninhabited Mode of the 40th floor.

Now that he had put on a cloak with better attributes, he was finally able to narrowly defeat the last boss. The efficiency of farming the secret realm began to improve, very much like the single-player mode. With higher experience points available here, he was getting closer and closer to Level 44.

At last, the long night passed, and Huang Yi had been grinding all night. The results were splendid, leaving him just 10% short of experience to reach Level 44. A few more runs would see him leveling up to 44.

A new day had begun, and the NPCs of The Second World had also gotten up, starting their new day’s activities. The players, on the other hand, were logging off in droves to go to classes or work, leaving the city suddenly emptier.

Huang Yi also logged off. At that time, the criminals in Rose Prison were having breakfast, the best time of their day. Everyone was eating their own breakfast, chatting, and sharing stories from before their incarcerations, savoring the memories.

The criminals here were among the most heinous from around the world. Before their incarceration, they were the top talents in their respective fields. But now they lay wasted here without an opportunity to display their abilities. All they could do was reminisce.

Huang Yi suddenly wondered, if all these criminals were brought into The Second World, would the entire Second World experience a major earthquake?

These several thousand top talents from around the world, once they entered The Second World, would definitely not be ordinary characters. Their arrival would directly alter the entire landscape of The Second World! Among them might even emerge figures like the Thunder God! Gathering this group together would undoubtedly create an overwhelmingly powerful force!

However, it was impossible to get virtual equipment in prison. Even if it were smuggled in secretly, it wouldn’t work. Huang Yi’s ring was the smallest virtual device, which is why it could be delivered by the Hummingbird. The cost of making this ring was too high; it was simply impossible for every inmate in the prison to have one.

Huang Yi shook his head, discarding this impractical idea, and began to eat his own breakfast.

The rising morning sun outside the window gradually climbed higher, its golden rays streaming through the windows, obliquely illuminating the darkness of Rose Prison with a rare warmth. Many inmates comfortably squinted in the sunlight, their faces peaceful.

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Day off tomorrow, time to go all out!