Heroes' Prison

Chapter 314 - 308: Upgrade Incarnation

"Haha, Instakill is nothing special after all. He had to use so many skills. I’m tired today, see you next time!" At this moment, the mocking voice of Mirror Broken suddenly arose, growing more and more distant, and disappeared into the far-off regions in an instant!

Ten seconds later, both End of the World and Aeonic Plague Effect dissipated, leaving only Scorched Earth continuing its effect, the ground a complete mess as if a fire had swept through the forest.

Huang Yi ceased Scorched Earth and looked in the direction where Mirror Broken had vanished, his brow slightly furrowed.

This was the most dangerous battle he had fought. Mirror Broken was full of tricks, fully exhibiting the sly nature of an assassin. Today, he had almost fallen here.

However, this was also due to his incarnation being too weak. If it had been his real self, it would have been a different story altogether. Once All Attributes increased, Agility, Evasion Value, Attack Power, defensive power, and vitality would all improve, and this was not as simple as a mere 50% attribute increase—the trajectory of the battle would have been completely different from the start.

Sometimes, opponents might successfully kill his incarnation, but when attacking his real self, they might not even break his defense, let alone kill him. The real self and the incarnation may seem to differ by only 50% in attributes, but in actual ability, they are worlds apart; each 1% increase means a geometric increase in strength.

Huang Yi’s incarnation found it extremely tough to genuinely kill Mirror Broken.

He calmed his emotions and remounted the Velociraptor, continuing his journey towards the town.

The forest returned to its peaceful state, but the scorched earth and burnt trees on the ground bore witness to the battle that had taken place.

Just then, the silhouette of a person suddenly appeared in a tree, gazing in the direction Huang Yi had gone off to.

That silhouette was none other than Mirror Broken!

He furrowed his brow slightly and murmured to himself, "This ’Instakill’ does not seem as strong as the legends suggest; his attributes are too low. The attack from my third clone actually made him run out of blood..."

Mirror Broken shook his head and lithely leapt down, heading off in a different direction.

In that fight, his real self didn’t even make a move. The three Mirror Brokens from before were all his clones.

What he didn’t know was that Huang Yi’s real self also hadn’t made a move. While that battle was ongoing, Huang Yi’s real self was level grinding in Tower of Pantheons, multitasking while battling against him.

At this time, Huang Yi, while riding on the Velociraptor, pondered the recent battle. It was the strongest player enemy he had encountered since arriving in The Second World. Mirror Broken was already a renowned expert.

Following this battle, Huang Yi began to feel dissatisfied with this incarnation; it was still too weak. In situations like the recent one, it was at a major disadvantage, being brought to near death with just a few attacks. If the incarnation itself could be stronger—even if it had only 50% of the real self’s attributes—that wouldn’t be so weak. The material used to create the incarnation would grant additional strength to it.

When he first created this incarnation, he just casually selected a low-level corpse to use. At the time, with his own level being low, this was a necessity. Now that he had reached level 74, it was time to switch to a more powerful incarnation. When that time came, he would transplant the heart, legs, blood, and that peculiar third eye to the new body—these were the essences of the current incarnation and could be reused, whereas the rest of the parts would be completely renewed.

Huang Yi decided to create a brand new incarnation immediately. His real self left the Tower of Pantheons and returned to the secluded stronghold, summoned the Heroes’ Prison, and went to the morgue.

The morgue was densely packed with corpses, basically arranged according to their level of strength. He was now level 74, and the most suitable corpses for refinement would be around level 150. Anything higher would geometrically increase the time required for refinement.

Huang Yi carefully selected among the various corpses before him.

There were Magical Beasts that crawled, those from the oceans, those that flew in the sky, and even some whose names he didn’t know;

On the human side, there were Swordsmen, mages, Boxers, archers, and many other types of strong beings;

In addition to these, there were some hybrids of beasts and humans, with heads of dogs and bodies of humans, bodies of dogs and heads of humans, half-human and half-dog—odd shapes and creative forms abounded...

Huang Yi browsed back and forth for a while and finally picked out a series of parts—

a pair of Level 153 Birdmen wings, an arm from a Level 152 Boxer, the torso of a Level 156 assassin, some scales from a Level 150 Dragon Turtle Fish, and the ears of a Level 149 Elf mage.

These five parts would be the focus of this incarnation’s upgrade. Along with the previously acquired fire ability from Lucifer’s Legs, the long-lasting life from the Heart of the Sand Thief King, and The Third Eye that could see through many visual barriers, his incarnation, after this upgrade, would surely undergo a qualitative leap and become an almost omnipotent body!

Huang Yi immediately used the Corpse Refining Technique, releasing five strands of unique corpse refinement energy that merged into the five parts of the corpses.

The five strands of Corpse Refinement energy would slowly imprint his will into these five corpses, eventually separating them out for the next step of refining, and finally, step by step, assembling them together.

After completing all this, Huang Yi clapped his hands, looked at the five corpses with anticipation, and left the Tower of Pantheons.

...

Meanwhile, in an inconspicuous small town on the mainland.

In the only tavern in the town, four or five people were drinking and chatting.

"Mirror Broken, come on, tell us about your fight with Instakill!" In a dim corner, a young boy diligently poured some rum for a portly man.

This portly man, dressed in greyish-green leather armor and with several daggers hanging from his waist, exuded a sleazy aura; he was Mirror Broken, who had fought a battle with Huang Yi’s incarnation.

Mirror Broken picked up his glass, tipped back his head to drink, wiped his mouth with his hand, chuckled, and said, "Instakill really isn’t much to be scared of, just a bit quicker in reaction. He’s not that strong; he almost died by my hand! At that time, I used my unique tracking skill to trace his steps and ambushed him on his only path. With just one arrow, I took out a quarter of his health..." Mirror Broken then recounted the rough details of the battle, shocking his few friends around him.

"Is Instakill really all bark and no bite? Why was he so fierce when he killed those 300,000 people of Feng Zhi? I saw that video on the forum; Instakill was like a War God, not this fragile!" A skinny boy asked, puzzled.

"Muhuang, what do you know? Who is Mirror Broken, would he lie to us? I think Instakill is probably just stronger in group battles. Just now, Mirror Broken said that Instakill used three group battle skills in a row to force him back. In a one-on-one, I bet Instakill would be a pushover."

"The Fall of Splendor is right; I also feel Instakill is that kind of player who excels in group battles, not one-on-ones. If Mirror Broken went all out, he could surely take down Instakill."

Listening to the conversation of the young men around him, Mirror Broken nodded and smiled, "Going all out, I indeed have a good chance of defeating him. But at the time, I had other considerations. Though Instakill wasn’t as strong as I imagined, he basically rendered my three shadows useless. I thought my Shadow Assassination Technique would take him down, but he dodged it. Losing the three shadows made the subsequent fight inconvenient, so I left temporarily. Next time, with a change in battle tactics, I will surely take him down."

"So when will you make your next move? We’d love to come to watch!" A young man said eagerly, his eyes shining as he topped off Mirror Broken’s glass with more rum.

"I’ll wait until I learn the Level 75 skill. Instakill and I are both Level 74; an extra skill could lead to more variables in the fight and make it more fun," declared Mirror Broken confidently, downing the rum in his glass.

"What if Instakill keeps hiding in his Guild Territory? We can’t possibly storm in; there are unparalleled experts guarding it. Anyone who enters is as good as dead," another boy asked with concern.

"If he doesn’t come out, we’ll lure him out. Just kill a few of the Hero Guild’s underlings, and he’ll have to come out for revenge," Mirror Broken said calmly, his tone full of confidence.

"Mirror Broken, you’re really our idol. It won’t be long before you overtake Dragon Spike and become the world’s number one assassin!"

"Of course, you guys just keep working well for me. If I’m in a good mood, I’ll teach you a trick or two that will be invaluable."