Heroes' Prison

Chapter 153 Cataclysm at Bai Long Lake

Huang Yi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, cast aside all distractions, and began to focus on studying the sheepskin scroll.

If he could figure out the sheepskin scroll and create his External Incarnation, the impact it would have wouldn’t be inferior to a War Soul Awakening! It was his current breakthrough in terms of power. After all, it was highly unlikely that players like Dao Feng and Thunder God would have something like an External Incarnation. Huang Yi himself wouldn’t have known about the existence of Incarnations in this world if he hadn’t evolved into a White Dragon.

For the next three days, Huang Yi focused solely on studying the sheepskin scroll, seeking guidance from the White Dragon King whenever he encountered anything he didn’t understand, to which the White Dragon King provided answers. After he finished studying the scroll, he finally had a rough idea of how to create an External Incarnation, and the next step was to find the materials for it.

However, this matter had to be put on hold, as the materials for an External Incarnation were extremely rare. After all, it was essentially about recreating oneself, and there were very high demands for every inch of the Incarnation’s body and every organ. Huang Yi couldn’t yet gather all these materials and had to plan to visit the auction house when he had time to buy them at a high price.

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That evening, after dinner, Huang Yi went to browse the forums.

First, he still checked the voting thread for The Second World’s annual grand festival. Today, his support rate was 15.22%, ranking him second, while the first place was taken by Thunder God without any suspense, with a whopping support rate of 20.37%!

Ever since Thunder God had advanced his War Soul to the 9th Stage three days ago, triggering a system announcement, his support rate had once again surpassed Huang Yi’s, staying around 20%, whereas Huang Yi’s support rate had dropped to around 15%, widening the gap significantly.

In third place today was the Indian player Zi Xing, with a mere support rate of 8%. He was first at the very start, but as soon as Huang Yi and Thunder God mounted their charge, he was quickly left behind. At present, Huang Yi and Thunder God were far ahead, competing against each other. The rest were a bit behind, and unless they too could trigger a system announcement, there was no chance of catching up with the two of them.

Huang Yi then checked on the status of the 50th floor of the Tower of Pantheons.

The competition for the Tower of Pantheons’ 50th floor had reached a crucial milestone these past few days. Since Thunder God joined Dao Feng’s Yanhuang Legion, the progress of the Yanhuang Legion indeed accelerated, surpassing the Pope’s Angel Legion and closely challenging Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group. Last night, they made another breakthrough, reducing the first BOSS’s health points to 3%, moving in parallel with the Heavenly Group.

After browsing the homepage posts for a while, Huang Yi suddenly saw a very eye-catching hot post—

"Heavenly Dao recruits Japan’s two top experts Sakura and Black Warrior into the group, expecting to achieve the world’s first kill tonight!"

They were going to get the first kill tonight, which aroused some interest in Huang Yi. He clicked in to see the details—

"Ever since Thunder God joined Dao Feng’s Yanhuang Legion under Dao Feng’s command, the Yanhuang Legion has been advancing vigorously, seriously threatening the position of Heavenly Group. Last night, Heavenly Dao successfully cooperated with two top Japanese players, Sakura and Black Warrior, who will temporarily join Heavenly Dao’s Heavenly Group. With these two top players joining, the Heavenly Group’s power is set to skyrocket. Just an hour ago, news came from the members of the Heavenly Group that they are gathering in Tian’en City, the largest city on the Japanese mainland, and are about to start a new round of first kill assaults. To prepare for tonight’s battle, Heavenly Dao has also spent a fortune on special magic items to equip all members. It seems that the Heavenly Group’s preparations are very thorough, whether in morale or strength, reaching a peak. If everything goes well, they should be able to secure the world’s first kill of the first BOSS on the 50th floor of the Tower of Pantheons tonight, and the first Legendary Equipment might also be dropped by the first BOSS! This event will significantly determine the awards for this year’s Best Team, Best Guild, and Best Individual. Additionally, Sakura has been the most outstanding newcomer in Japan this year, having previously triggered a system announcement. She has been consistently ranked around fifth in the support rate for the Best Newcomer Award. Should she help Heavenly Dao achieve this first kill, she might also stand a chance to catch up with Thunder God and Instakill, creating a tripartite situation for the Best Newcomer Award..."

Huang Yi was quite familiar with the player Sakura. In the rankings for the support rate of the Best Newcomer Award, Sakura’s position had always been around the fifth. If it weren’t for Huang Yi and Thunder God, he would be one of the prime candidates for the award. As for Black Warrior, Huang Yi had heard of him—a top 10 expert in the Japanese Region. However, how formidable Black Warrior actually was remained unclear; after all, The Second World had over 200 continents, and each had its own masters. The strength of these masters was changing every day, as they performed feats secretly, especially now during the rush for the annual festival awards. No one could constantly keep up with the latest progress of each master’s strength.

After browsing the forums for half an hour, Huang Yi gained a general understanding of the latest global situation and then entered The Second World to start a new day of striving.

As soon as he entered The Second World, Huang Yi prepared to welcome Little White Cat’s embrace as usual.

But strangely, he did not see Little White Cat nearby!

Looking around, the island was eerily empty; Little White Cat, Little Wang, and Little Dragon had all disappeared, leaving no clue as to where they had gone.

Huang Yi felt a jolt in his heart and hurriedly searched around. Soon, he discovered some messy traces nearby that seemed to indicate a hasty departure. The entire Bai Long Lake was eerily silent, devoid of any White Dragons swimming about, reflecting a peculiar and abnormal atmosphere. Huang Yi felt something was amiss; something significant must have happened at Bai Long Lake!

Just then, Huang Yi shockingly discovered that Bai Long Lake was littered with dead fish, and a thin mist was rising from the lake’s surface, ascending into the air like steam from boiling water. The air was faintly filled with the scent of fish, as if someone was cooking.

Huang Yi quickly went to the shore of the small island and dipped his hand into the lake water.

Indeed, the lake water was scalding hot, nearly as hot as boiling water. Bai Long Lake had essentially become a heated pot, with the lake water boiled, and the fish had been cooked like dishes!

But Huang Yi still had doubts; given the physical strength of the White Dragon Clan, even if they were to soak in boiling water for a day and a night, they wouldn’t sustain any damage. They were creatures whose constitution could withstand regular magma without harm, so there was no reason for them to evacuate because of boiling lake water.

Clearly, there had to be another threat behind this!