Heroes' Prison

Chapter 212 - 210: Seeing Qin Shiyu Again

Huang Yi had imagined their reunion many times, perhaps on a day as sunny and splendid as today, where he would wait for her in a garden in Dragon City, surrounded by the fragrant scent of flowers, with butterflies flitting about, and she would come, wearing a floral dress, walking slowly.

But no matter how much he thought about it, he never imagined that one day he would be collecting Qin Shiyu’s corpse!

Huang Yi slowly walked over and knelt in front of Qin Shiyu’s body.

At this moment, Qin Shiyu’s face was covered, her features invisible, but just from those eyes alone, he knew it must be Qin Shiyu, no matter how much she changed, those eyes remained the same.

"Xiao Yu, I’m sorry, I’ve arrived too late!" Huang Yi murmured, reaching out to embrace her corpse.

He didn’t know how long it had been since they were apart, but at last, he was touching her again, albeit only in this virtual world.

"[System Prompt]: You are desecrating player [Qin Shiyu]’s corpse, please let go within five seconds, or you will enter a Sinful State!"

At that moment, a system prompt sounded.

Once a player died, their corpse must not be disturbed, or it would be considered a Sinful State, just like committing murder with malice.

But Huang Yi continued to hold her tight, ignoring the system prompt, for if he abandoned Qin Shiyu’s corpse there out of fear of the Sinful State, that would be the true sin.

Huang Yi lifted Qin Shiyu up, held her in his arms, touched her hair with his hands, and softly said, "Xiao Yu, you rest well for now, just like when you were very little, don’t worry about anything else!"

In that moment, Huang Yi was like any ordinary young man, holding a girl in his arms, kneeling under the scorching sun, with the dust dancing quietly all around him.

By then, he had already entered a Sinful State; with every second that passed, his Sin Value increased by one, but he still did not care, continuing to stroke Qin Shiyu’s hair and said, "Leave your revenge to me!"

Huang Yi, carrying Qin Shiyu’s corpse, walked out of his dwelling and into the desolate alley outside. There were few people online at that time and the place was quite remote; with Qin Shiyu on his back, it was like walking through a realm of death.

After a while, Huang Yi finally saw another player in the alley, and he approached to ask, "Hello, could you tell me where Feng Zhi’s residence is?"

"Huh?" The person turned around, glanced at Huang Yi, saw he was carrying Qin Shiyu’s corpse, his face turned to shock, and he immediately advised, "Why are you carrying Qin Shiyu’s corpse? Doing so will put you in a Sinful State! Quickly throw her down! Moreover, Feng Zhi and Qin Shiyu are archenemies, when Feng Zhi sees how much you care for Qin Shiyu, he’s going to be furious."

Huang Yi took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions in his heart, and calmly said, "It’s fine, you just need to tell me where Feng Zhi is."

"Feng Zhi doesn’t seem to be online. Usually, at this time, he would be standing on the city wall observing the situation with the Skeleton Army, but tomorrow afternoon is the moment of assembly, he will definitely come online!" The player kindly reminded, "You must not have been online for a while, so let me remind you, now the Supreme Commander is Feng Zhi, remember to gather in Dragon City’s Central Square before 5 PM tomorrow afternoon, we are preparing to break through. If you have friends in Dragon City, don’t forget to pass the message." After saying that, the player turned and left.

"Tomorrow afternoon at five!" Huang Yi repeated the time to himself, carrying Qin Shiyu’s body back to her dwelling, placed her on the bed, and sat beside her, guarding her.

...

After a long journey, Huang Yi’s incarnation finally arrived at the Treasure Spot.

In the Golden Holy Dragon’s Underground Palace, the Skeleton Horse that his incarnation rode before was still there, waiting for its master’s return.

This showed that no one had entered during this time; otherwise, the Skeleton Horse wouldn’t be sitting there, unharmed and untouched.

Huang Yi felt relieved, thankfully the treasure was still a secret, he turned his head to look at the Barrier of the treasure entrance.

The next moment, all he saw was a sealed stone wall!

The entrance to the Barrier had been mysteriously blocked by the stone wall once again!

These few days, no outsiders came to this place, yet the stone wall had eerily closed up!

In that instant, Huang Yi felt a chill run down his spine!

In the dim light of the Underground Palace, he stared deathly at that stone wall, with all sorts of recent experiences surfacing in his mind, a burst of questions suddenly emerging!

First of all, it was abnormal for the Treasure Spot to have no Guardian.

Huang Yi had been to the Sand Thief King’s Underground Palace before, where numerous monsters obstructed him, and in the end, there was even a Level 60 Ice General guarding that heart. Yet here, he saw no obstructions, clearly indicating that the Golden Holy Dragon did not wish to hinder treasure hunters, allowing others to enter smoothly.

Secondly, the treasure’s mechanism required a Dragon Claw to open, which showed that the Golden Holy Dragon wanted those with Dragon Clan bloodlines to enter. However, once inside, Huang Yi discovered that one needed to exceed Level Two Hundred in order to leave, a might so rare even in Ancient Times, and not even a peerless powerhouse like the Harbinger of Doomsday, Lucifer, surpassed Level 172.

Obviously, the Golden Holy Dragon wanted the entering Dragon Clan members to die!

But that stone wall would close again after a period, returning to its original state, indicating that the Golden Holy Dragon wanted to repeat the process, continuously sending Dragon Clan bloodline bearers in to die, one after another.

Huang Yi faintly guessed a horrifying truth!

Perhaps, he wasn’t the first to enter the Treasure Spot. Before him, it was likely that some Dragon Clan members had already visited this spot and had managed to trigger the mechanism to enter, only to all have perished.

However, there were no remains within the Treasure Spot, which suggested that their Essence of Life, even their corpses, had been absorbed by something!

And that something was very likely related to the Golden Holy Dragon!

Piecing together these conjectures, it was very probable that the Golden Holy Dragon had some purpose that could only be fulfilled by absorbing the life essence of dead Dragon Clan bloodline bearers.

The treasure was indeed real, but its actual purpose was to lure treasure-sensitive Dragon Clan members to it; essentially, the Treasure Spot was a trap set by the Golden Holy Dragon, with Huang Yi just one of those who had been duped!

Staring quietly at the wall, Huang Yi suddenly thought of many things, as the conspiracy slowly lifted its veil.

However, he quickly came to terms with it in his heart, no matter what schemes the Golden Holy Dragon had, he could still carry out his own plan.

The reason he had returned to this Treasure Spot was not only to close the mechanism but also with another purpose in mind.

Next, he transformed back into his White Dragon Form and flew up to the ceiling again, opening the mechanism. The stone wall reopened, revealing the mysterious Barrier.

Then, he switched to his Half-Beastmen form, stepped out of the Golden Holy Dragon’s Underground Palace, and exposed himself upon the Desolate Sands outside, wandering around.

At that moment, Huang Yi spotted a pack of Sand Wolves in the distance and immediately charged at them, swiftly subduing the pack.

He stared into the eyes of the Sand Wolves, as if gazing at the Sand Thief King from leagues away, and slowly said, "Sand Thief King, I know the Desolate Sands are your empire, where every Sand Wolf, every scorpion, every Rattlesnake serves as your eyes. You must be able to sense my presence. I just want to tell you that your heart is now beating within me, full of vitality, endlessly bringing me life, making my existence truly lush. It is indeed a heart worthy of you, the Sand Thief King."

With a slight smile, Huang Yi continued, "If you want to retrieve this heart, then I’ll be waiting for you in the Golden Holy Dragon’s Underground Palace. I hope you’ll come yourself to take it back. If you send underlings instead, you surely won’t get this heart back. I am of the Dragon Clan and have discovered the true treasure of the Golden Holy Dragon. However, there’s a formidable Guardian inside that I can’t defeat on my own, and I need your help to kill it. In exchange, I will give your heart back to you, and in return, you will have to share the treasure with me..."

After finishing, Huang Yi switched back into his White Dragon Form, displaying his dragon body through the eyes of the Sand Wolves to the Sand Thief King miles away.

His plan now was to lure the Sand Thief King into the Golden Holy Dragon’s Barrier, which would trap him once he entered. Considering there were no entities exceeding Level Two Hundred across the land, the Sand Thief King surely did not surpass that level.

If the plan succeeded, he could not only keep the heart but also completely eliminate the threat of the Sand Thief King.

Next, Huang Yi’s Incarnation returned to the Golden Holy Dragon’s Underground Palace, leaving a footprint on the ground in front of the Barrier’s entrance. If the Sand Thief King arrived, he would undoubtedly understand the implication and enter the Barrier.

However, he would surely be cautious and might send an avatar first to scout the situation. If he found a real treasure inside, then his true body would enter. Therefore, Huang Yi had to take some additional precautions.

Huang Yi stepped into the Barrier. The stone tablet at the entrance still stood there, a structure he definitely needed to destroy, since it revealed that one must reach Level 200 to leave. If the Sand Thief King saw these words, his true body would never enter.

Huang Yi summoned the Heroes’ Prison and walked inside.

He made a beeline for the Stone Chamber storing the keys, grabbed a few, and selected a target—

Double-Headed Dragon, Jackie Luo (Level 193, Number 1754).

A peculiar Dragon Clan member from Ancient Times possessing two heads, imbued with both ice and fire abilities. Captured for causing chaos in the Death God’s Temple, flagrantly wicked, and sentenced to life imprisonment!

That was the target! Huang Yi quickly followed the map in the Book of Heroes to the prison cell of this Criminal!