Heroes' Prison

Chapter 301 - 296 Designing a Trap

During the following period, Huang Yi and Overlord exerted all their efforts in searching for the heart of the Sand Thief King. They had already accumulated 42 hearts, and as they progressed further, it became increasingly difficult to find them. Overlord’s perception ability had a range of only five hundred kilometers; beyond that range, he couldn’t detect anything. Sometimes, there were no heart hiding spots within five hundred kilometers, and they had to switch to another area to continue the search, which took a great deal of effort to find the next one.

And in these days, Huang Yi had also been contemplating a plan to deal with that cunning serpent, gradually forming a rough outline.

He had his incarnation rush over as well, ready to carry out the plan at any moment.

That day, after searching together for a full day, Huang Yi’s true form, his incarnation, and Overlord finally found another heart hiding spot. They immediately headed into the Underground Palace and began quickly slaying monsters to push forward.

"After we get this heart, let’s head back to the city," Huang Yi said, swinging the Legendary Ghost Axe to kill the lesser monsters as he turned his head to speak to Overlord. "The rest of the hearts are probably all in the Black Serpent’s possession now."

"Okay!" Overlord immediately nodded in agreement.

"Hm?" At that moment, Huang Yi’s eyebrows lifted as he shook his head toward Overlord, "We need to leave early, the Black Serpent has come looking for us again."

"Are you going too?" Overlord asked, putting away his cane and looking at Huang Yi.

Huang Yi shook his head, "No, like last time, you run first. I’ll cover our retreat." As he spoke, he swung the Legendary Ghost Axe firmly behind Overlord, standing like a solid wall that blocked the tide of monsters.

Overlord immediately turned and rushed towards the exit, disappearing into the dark end of the palace after a while. Once again, Huang Yi was left alone in the Underground Palace.

As Huang Yi fought, he observed the walls of the Underground Palace. Long ago, he had discovered that every wall in the Sand Thief King’s Underground Palace was carved with Magic Engravings, displaying powerful protective abilities. It was difficult to break through the walls, so one could only enter and exit through the doorway. By blocking the entrance, one could create a sealed environment, trapping anyone inside without a means of escape.

The embryonic plan that Huang Yi had formed was also influenced by these walls bearing Magic Engravings.

Next, he was about to execute this plan. He planned to ambush the Black Serpent and force that wily serpent to take action.

He immediately transformed into his White Dragon Form, and with a resounding dragon’s roar, he used "Dragon’s Might" to disengage from battle with the surrounding minor monsters.

Then, he took out the Book of Heroes and summoned the entrance to the Heroes’ Prison, hastily entering it.

Huang Yi went straight to the Realgar Stone Chamber, casually grabbed a bunch of keys, and checked the Book of Heroes. One of the keys corresponded to a cell holding a Level 173 Swordsman.

Huang Yi quickly arrived at the cell door of the criminal, inserted the key, but did not turn it to open the door immediately. Instead, he waited in silence.

"Hey, why aren’t you turning the key?" The Swordsman criminal inside the cell saw Huang Yi insert the key and was somewhat excited at first, but became a bit discontent when he noticed Huang Yi then remained motionless.

"You’ll be able to get out soon," Huang Yi said, paying him no more mind but instead turning his attention to the situation of his incarnation.

His incarnation, which had taken the form of a Treasure-Sniffing Cat, was waiting outside at the entrance of the Underground Palace. It had used the Void Skill to hide quietly in that spot.

Soon, through the vision of his incarnation, he could see the Black Serpent approaching like a gust of wind.

"Oh! Damn, they’ve gotten ahead of us again!" the Black Serpent cursed when it arrived at the entrance and saw the transparent doorway.

"Go down and check it out!" The serpent said flatly.

"Yes, Master!" The Black Serpent immediately leaped into the entrance, entering the interior of the Underground Palace.

At that moment, Huang Yi inside the Heroes’ Prison sprang into action, swiftly turning the key and cracking open the prison cell door by 50 percent, allowing a 50 percent strength incarnation of the Level 173 Swordsman to escape.

A Level 173 powerhouse at 50 percent strength would definitely surpass the Black Serpent. Huang Yi’s aim was to compel the serpent to make a move because without acting, the Black Serpent would undoubtedly die.

Right after, Huang Yi chose to teleport out of the Heroes’ Prison, immediately transformed into the Treasure-Sniffing Cat form, and also used the Void Skill, disappearing into the air.

The entrance to the Heroes’ Prison swiftly dissipated, and the Swordsman’s half-strength incarnation materialized, looking around at this world with apparent excitement.

However, quickly after Huang Yi’s departure, the key to the Swordsman’s cell lock, now without control, automatically flew back to the Realgar Stone Chamber, and the cell door was locked once again. The connection between the Swordsman and his incarnation was severed. From that point on, only pure combat instinct remained in that Swordsman’s incarnation.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the Underground Palace, Huang Yi’s incarnation canceled the Void State and rapidly transformed back to human form. There, at the entrance of the Underground Palace, he summoned the entrance to the Heroes’ Prison!

This time, the entrance to the Heroes’ Prison appeared exactly at the exit of the Underground Palace, firmly sealing the exit below!

It was the only way Huang Yi could block the exit of the Underground Palace. If he tried to replace the well cover and fill in the earth, it would have been a mere formality. The Black Serpent was a powerful Holy Domain Warrior who could simply flip the cover over and escape in an instant, rendering the blockade ineffective.

But now, with the entry of the Heroes’ Prison pressing down on the passage, it became impenetrable. Not just the Black Serpent, even a regular deity who came here would not be able to break through the entrance of the Heroes’ Prison. Only deities of the same level as the Death God, such as the God of Life, God of Time, and God of Space, might manage it.

Finally, an enclosed environment was formed within the Underground Palace. The swordsman’s incarnation and the Black Serpent were trapped inside, with the only way out sealed off, making escape impossible. The walls of the Underground Palace were inscribed with powerful magic engravings, which were difficult to forcefully breach. They could only fight it out inside, and only when one side perished, would the battle come to an end.

"Master, why do I feel that there is something strange about this Underground Palace?" Just then, Huang Yi’s real body inside the Underground Palace saw the figure of the Black Serpent approaching, still entwined with that peculiar black python.

"Hmm? What is that!" Just at that moment, the Black Serpent suddenly noticed the swordsman’s incarnation within the Underground Palace and was taken aback.

"How come the guardian of this Underground Palace is so strong?" The python was also immediately puzzled upon seeing the swordsman’s incarnation.

"It seems, it seems it’s not a guardian!" muttered the Black Serpent suddenly, "Its aura is too strong, it seems to be even more powerful than me!"

"Swoosh!" Right then, the swordsman’s incarnation also spotted the arrival of the Black Serpent, and immediately charged over like a bolt of lightning, brandishing his sword in a vigorous thrust.

"No good, he has become stronger, quick, run!" The python immediately sensed something wrong, urged hastily, and there was a hint of command in its voice.

The Black Serpent didn’t dare to linger and immediately turned around, dashing full speed towards the exit, quickly reaching below the entrance.

"Hmm? It’s blocked!" Seeing the entrance engulfed in darkness, the Black Serpent exclaimed in surprise, but before it could think further, it leaped towards the entrance with all its might.

"Snap!" Just as the Black Serpent reached the entrance, a black barrier suddenly emerged from that spot, bouncing the Black Serpent down with great force!

It had touched the entrance of the Heroes’ Prison, protected by a powerful barrier personally laid down by the Death God. Although the Black Serpent was a formidable Holy Domain Warrior, in the presence of the Death God, it was no more than a slightly larger ant.

Delayed by this, the swordsman quickly closed in, waving his broadsword, and stabbed at the Black Serpent again.

"Damn it, someone has set us up!" This time, the Black Serpent finally realized it had fallen into a trap. This Underground Palace housed such a powerful swordsman, and as soon as it entered, the entrance was blocked, clearly, someone wanted it to fight to the death with the swordsman in this Underground Palace.

"Swordsman friend, can’t we talk this over?" the Black Serpent asked the swordsman urgently, while struggling to dodge.

However, the swordsman was just an incarnation, having lost control from the main body, devoid of any intelligence, left only with the most primal fighting instinct, slaughtering all living beings it encountered, making any communication with the Black Serpent futile.

"Master, what do we do now, I’m no match for this swordsman!" At that moment, the Black Serpent was going all-out in the struggle against the swordsman, but managed only to defend and lacked the power to counterattack, hence placing its hope on the python.

The python flicked its forked tongue, eyeing the swordsman coldly without making a sound, seemingly lost in thought.

"Pugh!" Just then, the swordsman’s incarnation pierced the Black Serpent’s abdomen with his sword, splashing a trail of fresh blood, inflicting a significant wound on it.

"Master, save me quickly!" the Black Serpent called out anxiously while trying to evade.

But no matter how much it screamed, the python remained silent as if dead, not responding at all.

The more the Black Serpent fought, the more panicked it became, its injuries getting increasingly severe. It fought from the entrance of the Underground Palace to its deepest end, back and forth, as skill radiance submerged everything. All the monsters in the Underground Palace turned to dust under the aftershocks of the battle between the two Holy Domain Warriors, not even their corpses could be found.

Such Holy Domain Warriors, each of their actions earth-shattering. Even though Huang Yi was in a state of Nothingness, he could still feel that tremendous momentum. If he manifested his figure, he would probably drain his life instantly.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Inside the Underground Palace, the intense sounds of battle continued as the two Holy Domain Warriors reached a fever pitch. The Black Serpent was already covered in blood, and death was only a matter of time.

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