Heroes' Prison

Chapter 261 - 256: Sand King—Klissris

Just then, Black Wolf saw a group of people charging towards this direction from afar, and it was none other than Ice Wind Water Soul and his group!

A chill flashed across its eyes as it swiftly charged forward.

"Hmm? Isn’t that Black Wolf? Why has it come back? Could it be that it has already eliminated Instakill?" At this moment, Ice Wind Water Soul also spotted Black Wolf and immediately conjectured, then he excitedly called out with a smile from afar, "General Black Wolf, congratulations on your triumphant return!"

"Hmph, congratulations?" Black Wolf was unable to contain its fury, immediately charging into the crowd, and in a frenzy, hundreds of players were instantly struck dead, throwing their formation into complete chaos.

"Black Wolf, what are you doing? We’re allies!" Seeing this, Ice Wind Water Soul immediately shouted.

"Hmph, allies? I’m afraid your ally is Instakill!" Black Wolf roared angrily and immediately lunged at Ice Wind Water Soul, carrying with it a repressed killing intent. As a Holy Domain Warrior, it had suffered repeated humiliations and had long harbored a bellyful of rage, with Ice Wind Water Soul now becoming the object of its venting.

"Ice Barrier!" The next moment, Ice Wind Water Soul instantly deployed a skill of the Ice Mage, tightly enveloping himself to avoid being killed by Black Wolf.

"Hmph, all of you go to hell!" Seeing that Ice Wind Water Soul was temporarily out of reach, Black Wolf unleashed its fury on the players around it, stomping its foot fiercely and sending a ring of shockwaves sweeping in all directions, displaying the strength of a Holy Domain Warrior, instakilling thousands of players in an instant!

At this point, the field had turned into a veritable Purgatory!

Just then, a voice suddenly echoed between heaven and earth—

"[Area Announcement]: [God of Slaughter] has planted the Subsidiary Battle Flag of the [Heroes] Guild in this area, henceforth, this area becomes the territory of the [Heroes] Guild."

Everyone on the scene paused, all stopping their hands.

...

Meanwhile, far away in Dragon City, Huang Yi was planting the flag atop a tall Magic Tower.

Now was an excellent opportunity, as the plaza below was deserted, with all players having completely fled. The only threat, Black Wolf, had been scared off by him and wouldn’t dare return anytime soon.

This was a perfect vacuum of time; once the Subsidiary Battle Flag was planted, it was temporarily safe, with no one coming to take it down.

The next instant, Huang Yi immediately took out the Book of Heroes and without losing a second, entered Heroes’ Prison!

That Subsidiary Battle Flag was suddenly left unguarded, standing forlorn at the highest point of Dragon City, fluttering in the wind, exhibiting its fragile form.

Before long, Huang Yi arrived at the Realgar Stone Chamber, immediately transformed into his Agile Cat Form, swiftly grabbed a bunch of keys, and then referred to the numeration on the keys against the information in the Book of Heroes.

By now he had no time to be picky about the criminals; whichever key he caught, with that criminal he’d enter into a contract.

However, when Huang Yi found the corresponding page, it was blank, with nothing written on it, indicating that the cell was empty and its prisoner had died over the lengthy course of years!

There were over sixteen thousand cells in Heroes’ Prison, with only over five thousand criminals; on average, only one out of three keys was valid!

Huang Yi, left with no choice, had to continue using precious time to grab keys from the air.

After two attempts, he finally caught a valid key—

Desert Grim Reaper. Nessus (Level 140, Serial Number 7578)

From the Distant Ancient Era, a warrior from the mysterious desert, because his name desecrated the great Death God, he was captured and eternally imprisoned within Heroes’ Prison.

This criminal was nowhere near as high-level as the Undead Flying Dragon, but with no time left, Huang Yi had no choice but to rush towards the cell, guided by the map in the Book of Heroes.

Above on the Magic Tower, the Subsidiary Battle Flag was still fluttering in solitude.

In the distance, shadows flickered, vaguely heralding a large group of enemies approaching!

It was Feng Zhi’s forces!

"General Black Wolf, please tell me what’s going on; there may be a trick to this!" Out of the Ice Barrier, Ice Wind Water Soul yelled after hearing the announcement of the flag planting, he felt a sense of unease.

Hearing this voice, Black Wolf also suddenly felt a surge of doubt, sensing that something was amiss. It immediately ceased its slaughter and recounted what had just happened in Dragon City.

"There’s a problem!" After listening to Black Wolf’s description, Ice Wind Water Soul immediately made a judgment, "Instakill is definitely deceiving you. If he really wanted to set you up, why would he inform you in advance about the White Dragon King’s ambush? He should have let the White Dragon King attack you stealthily and kill you outright. Moreover, it’s been so long and the White Dragon King hasn’t caught up, which implies he isn’t in Dragon City at all! General Black Wolf, you’ve been tricked! There’s only Instakill inside Dragon City, without any backup; he is bluffing you! You must hurry back to Dragon City and eliminate him!"

After hearing Ice Wind Water Soul’s analysis, Black Wolf also found it reasonable.

It had become skittish, the shadow cast by the White Dragon King was too profound, to the point that at the mere news of the White Dragon King’s approach, Black Wolf had instinctively fled, without deeper consideration, and only now did it come to its senses.

"Damn Instakill, I’ll tear him to pieces!" Black Wolf cursed out loud and immediately turned around, speeding back toward Dragon City. At the same time, it issued an order to the Skeleton Ocean, "All skeletons, heed my command, stand down and let them pass, do not obstruct them any longer, we are temporarily cooperating with them!"

In an instant, all the skeletons stopped their assault and moved aside, creating a wide avenue for the two hundred thousand people on the battlefield. It was as if the sea parted, materializing a road out of nowhere.

Ice Wind Water Soul and Shi Lei immediately commanded their guilds to rush forward, hoping to reach Dragon City as soon as possible and eliminate Huang Yi!

...

At this time, although Huang Yi was unaware of the events taking place outside, he knew his time was limited. He rushed with the fastest speed he could muster to the cell of the Desert Grim Reaper.

Within the cell was a towering criminal, with the head of a wolf but the body of a man, his muscles bulging with a sense of strength.

"Desert Grim Reaper, I’m offering you a chance at freedom. Sign the guild contract with me quickly, and I’ll let you out!" Huang Yi said urgently.

The imposing figure turned its head to look at Huang Yi, red lights of hatred glowing in its eyes as it gritted its teeth and said, "You’re a minion under Death God’s command, I would rather die than submit to you!"

Huang Yi was slightly taken aback. He hadn’t expected the Desert Grim Reaper to be so principled as to reject even freedom!

Moreover, the tone of its voice revealed an ironclad resolve that was not likely to be swayed in a short period of time.

At this critical juncture, fate played a joke on him, costing him a great deal of time!

Inside the prison, 99% of the criminals were more than willing to sign a contract with him, but he had to encounter one of the 1% who wouldn’t.

With no choice left, Huang Yi had to return to the Realgar Stone Chamber and continue grasping at keys!

...

Meanwhile, Feng Zhi and his forces had once again hurried to the plaza beneath the Magic Tower!

"That war flag is atop the Magic Tower, everyone climb up quickly and take it down!" Feng Zhi looked up at the war flag fluttering on the Magic Tower and immediately issued the attack order.

The Magic Tower was too high for ranged classes to reach; they had to climb up to strike it.

Outside of Dragon City, the figure of General Black Wolf could also be seen in the distance. It was about to return to Dragon City, and farther away, the guilds under Ice Wind Water Soul and Shi Lei were rapidly approaching as well!

Now, several powers were all converging towards Huang Yi’s war flag at breakneck speed. The flag continued to wave in the wind, the character "Kill" on it now seeming so fragile!

...

Soon, Huang Yi returned to the Realgar Stone Chamber, released the previous key, and continued grabbing for more. These keys could not be placed in a storage ring, nor could they be taken to the outside world. Each time the Heroes’ Prison was used, fetching keys was a necessary process that had to be undertaken.

Finally, after spending some time, Huang Yi caught another key that wriggled in his hands like a slippery eel, desperate to escape.

Clutching it firmly, Huang Yi quickly checked its number in the Book of Heroes. This time he was in luck, having caught a valid key –

Sand King Klissris (Level 195, Number 1708)

In the Distant Ancient Era, a common scorpion of the endless desert absorbed the aura of corruption and transformed into the Scorpion King. After ambushing a messenger of the Death God’s Temple, it was captured and imprisoned in Heroes’ Prison.

This turned out to be another powerful desert dweller, just like the Desert Grim Reaper, yet from an even more distant ancient era with potentially greater strength due to its age!

Huang Yi immediately checked the Book of Heroes’ map and hurried to the cell of the Sand King!

...

In Dragon City, a few speedy players had already ascended to the top of the Magic Tower. The area was deserted except for a battle flag flapping in the wind and a dragon head with a dark world inside its mouth.

"Isn’t this Dragon’s Mouth Instakill’s signature skill?" Soon, some well-informed players recognized the entrance to Heroes’ Prison.

"Quick, while Instakill isn’t here, let’s take down his war flag!" A squad leader immediately gave the order and charged towards the flag, attacking with full force.

The rest of the dozen or so people also rushed up and started attacking the war flag with all their might. The flag was smacked loudly, soon to be destroyed!

...

Inside Heroes’ Prison, Huang Yi finally arrived in front of the Sand King’s cell!

Inside the cell was a giant scorpion, coiled on the ground, its lethal tail poised and barbs gleaming coldly. Its mouth was flanked by two large pincers, slightly open, ready to snap down and likely cleave a victim in two.

"Sand King, sign a guild contract with me, and I’ll let you out," Huang Yi stated straightforwardly as he produced a Contract Stone.

"Hmm? Is it finally my turn? I’ve been waiting for a long time!" The Sand King said with a hint of excitement. It immediately released a drop of blood that flew out and landed on the stone, eagerly absorbed into it.