Heroes' Prison

Chapter 266 - 261: Tomb of the Four Generals

"I know!" Huang Yi nodded. Every player typically starts with the most difficult A-grade secret realm and then, if they fail, they choose to try the B-grade, testing each difficulty one by one until, as a last resort, they select the lowest D-grade secret realm.

Next, Huang Yi stepped forward a few paces and stepped onto the Teleportation Circle.

"[System Prompt]: As a Name Bestower, you can unlock one opportunity to challenge the S-grade Class Transfer Secret Realm. Do you wish to accept the challenge?"

Just then, Huang Yi suddenly received a system prompt!

An S-grade Class Transfer Secret Realm, that was something he had never heard of before; he was the only one in The Second World blessed with the privilege of name bestowing!

The difficulty of this S-grade secret realm must be extremely high, and with only one chance available, if he failed, he would not be able to enter the S-grade secret realm again. He had to grasp this opportunity well!

Huang Yi paused, making no choices, as the situation had now exceeded his expectations. If it had been an A-grade challenge, he would have been fully confident in completing it. But with the emergence of an S-grade challenge, he had to reconsider his strategy.

"Hm? What’s wrong?" The attendant saw that Huang Yi was standing in the Teleportation Circle without disappearing and couldn’t help but ask in confusion.

"Please wait a moment," said Huang Yi with a slight smile, offering no further explanation.

After a while, a person who looked exactly like Huang Yi walked in from outside the door.

"Hm? What’s going on here?" The attendant was taken aback at the sight of Huang Yi’s doppelganger, momentarily confused.

Without a word, Huang Yi immediately chose to enter the unprecedented S-grade secret realm. He wanted to test whether this secret realm would allow his doppelganger to enter with him.

Every secret realm had its unique rules. Although the doppelganger was part of his strength, it was still quite special. Some single-player secret realms might allow him to enter with his doppelganger, while others might not. Huang Yi wasn’t certain and could only try his luck.

The next moment, a force of suction came through, and Huang Yi’s vision shifted, appearing in an entirely new location.

This time, his doppelganger was teleported along with him—the secret realm had permitted both him and his doppelganger to enter.

Huang Yi surveyed the secret realm. It was a pitch-black corridor constructed from massive black stones. The boulders were carved with primitive totems, exuding a strong sense of history, reminiscent of a Remote Ancient underground palace. Up ahead, the corridor was shrouded in darkness; even with his Dark Vision, he couldn’t see what lay at the end.

However, he was not in a hurry. Now was the moment for his doppelganger to prove its worth.

Huang Yi controlled the doppelganger to open its exclusive Third Eye and looked toward the end of the corridor.

The vision of the Third Eye was incredibly powerful, far surpassing that of Huang Yi’s own body, and it immediately saw through to the end of the corridor.

The corridor was roughly 200 meters long, opening out into a Stone Chamber where Ghost Shadows flickered faintly, bearing an ominous atmosphere.

"Call of the Wild!" Huang Yi’s own body promptly summoned hunting dogs and a Falcon, commencing to scout ahead, while he and his doppelganger followed at a distance, allowing any danger to be first borne by the dogs and Falcon.

Gradually, Huang Yi and his doppelganger ventured deeper and deeper.

Cautious footsteps advanced into the dark corridor, echoing into the distance. Huang Yi walked for quite some time without encountering any danger.

At last, Huang Yi safely reached the end of the corridor, and suddenly, there appeared a line of small characters on the ground before him—

"This is the resting place of the Four Great Generals under Wind Sword Somrett."

"Wind Sword Somrett!" Huang Yi softly murmured the name, having heard of this person’s heroic deeds before.

Wind Sword Somrett was a highly renowned hero in history, deeply connected to the Sword Emperor.

The Sword Emperor was one of the Ten Great Deity Sealers in the history of The Second World, and Wind Sword Somrett was his most distinguished disciple with formidable strength, who had once established a vast empire.

This tomb held the Four Great Generals under Wind Sword’s command; naturally, the challenge to pass would be extremely difficult, making sense for it to be classified as the unique S-grade Class Transfer Secret Realm.

With his mind prepared, Huang Yi turned to look at the stone chamber outside the corridor.

The chamber was roughly the size of a basketball court, empty and void of decor, save for a dozen or so black Ghost Shadows floating in the sky.

Upon seeing Huang Yi’s arrival, these Ghost Shadows swiftly gathered and slowly fused into one shadow.

This shadow formed into a man with a powerful aura, clad in silver equipment that shone brilliantly: Helmet, Armor, Bracer, belt, pants, Boots—each piece of gear was exquisitely luxurious and noble. Every Engraving on the Armor was filled with texture, giving off a mild glow, far superior to the equipment Huang Yi wore; in the man’s hand was a Golden Blade that constantly emitted a silver Sword Gleam, illuminating the dark Stone Chamber, even at a glance exuding an air of invincibility.

And this man’s information was displayed without reservation—Level 100 BOSS!

At that moment, the man slowly descended to the ground, bringing with him an overwhelming pressure.

Upon seeing this BOSS, Huang Yi was washed over with a sense of powerlessness, knowing that this was an enemy he simply could not defeat. This had nothing to do with skill or effort; it was a sheer gap in strength! Unless he could release the criminals from the Heroes’ Prison, but within the secret realm, there was no way to summon the entrance to the Heroes’ Prison.

Huang Yi pondered for a while. Up until now, he hadn’t seen anything special within the secret realm, nothing that could provide external help or shortcuts; it seemed he could only rely on his own strength to attack it.

Next, Huang Yi commanded his incarnation to charge forward!

"Pfft!" The hammer of the incarnation smashed onto the man’s body, only causing him to sway but inflicting no damage at all—not even a break in defense!

Indeed, this man was invincible! Huang Yi’s heart sank. He might as well put an end to his challenge in the secret realm, as he couldn’t even get past the first hurdle.

Nevertheless, he still had to try. As long as he wasn’t dead, there was still hope.

Following that, his real body charged forward. Since the incarnation couldn’t break through the defense, it was time for the real body to take action.

"Bang!" After Huang Yi’s hammer struck, the man merely shook his body and remained unharmed. Even with Huang Yi himself taking action, he couldn’t breach the man’s defenses!

"Scorched Earth!"

"End of the World!"

"Judgment!"

Next, Huang Yi used three area-of-effect abilities consecutively. All three abilities ignored defenses and directly inflicted damage on the enemy.

Finally, the man began to take damage. However, curiously, the man hadn’t made a counterattack up to this point, just standing there staring at Huang Yi.

"Hey, have you had enough?" Suddenly, the man asked indifferently.

Huang Yi was slightly taken aback; no matter how he thought about it, he hadn’t expected the man to refrain from attacking. Instead, he was speaking calmly to him.

"What’s the matter?" Huang Yi frowned, "Aren’t you the boss?"

"If I were the boss, do you think you’d still be alive to talk to me?" the man retorted.

"Then who are you?" Huang Yi stopped his attacks and asked, puzzled.

"I am your competitor!" the man declared indifferently, "Next, the challenge will officially begin!" Saying this, the man snapped his fingers!

Suddenly, the walls of the Stone Chamber split apart, revealing the entrances to two passageways, pitch black and leading to unknown destinations.

"This Underground Palace is the tomb of the Four Great Generals. Next, I will compete with you. Each of us must pass through each general’s tomb in turn and obtain the corresponding epitaph. Whoever collects all four epitaphs first will be victorious. Of course, if you can’t hold on, you can always choose to give up. Once you give up, the other party will win by default. Understand?"

"Understood!" Huang Yi nodded. However, he still didn’t hold much hope for victory, considering his opponent was a level 100 powerhouse who was likely to complete the challenge before him.

"Then let’s begin!" The man said indifferently, then, like a wisp of smoke, dashed into one of the passageways, disappearing from sight in the blink of an eye.

Huang Yi immediately chose the other passageway and rushed in.

After rushing for a while, two forks in the road appeared ahead. Each fork had a puppet soldier at the entrance.

One of the soldiers was tattered, with no single piece of good equipment on him, looking like he could fall apart at any moment.

The other soldier, however, was clad in a fine suit of armor, holding a great sword that glinted with golden light, looking awe-inspiring and formidable!

Clearly, Huang Yi had to choose one of the forks to continue and had to defeat the corresponding puppet soldier guarding it.

Logically, he should choose the tattered puppet soldier, who was obviously the weakest. But Huang Yi felt it might not be that simple. For the system to design such a secret realm, there must be some meaning to it. It’s not necessarily about making the logical choice.

Huang Yi immediately controlled his incarnation, choosing the puppet soldier in the fine armor and hammered down at it.

"Bang!" In the next moment, the soldier’s chest caved in, taking significant damage.

After being struck like that, the soldier came to life instantly, swinging the golden blade in its hand ferociously at Huang Yi’s incarnation!

"Swoosh!" The slash was formidable, with the sword gleam shining so bright that it made the entire passageway gleam gold, blinding to behold. Once this blade struck the enemy, it was likely to cleave the foe in two. Yet the blade’s speed was so fast and fierce that Huang Yi’s incarnation had no time to dodge!

The next moment, he was solidly struck!

Huang Yi had a sneaking suspicion that his incarnation was dead, split in two, and this aid had left him in an instant. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to cast your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)