Heroes' Prison

Chapter 345 - 337: The Order of Pursuit

Following that, Huang Yi began to check the success rate of his battle soul for the day.

His attack spirit had already reached the 7th Stage, with only the last two, the 8th and 9th Stages, left—the success rates for these were so low that he had yet to see a success.

After expending 1500 energy points, Huang Yi’s Eye of Time revealed the success rate for the 8th Stage of the attack spirit.

This time, the system’s judgment was—success!

Moreover, the increase was exactly the maximum value of 9%!

"What great luck!" Huang Yi chuckled, immediately choosing to level up.

He didn’t give Thunder God a heads-up before leveling his battle soul to de-level as before. Now, since Feng Zhi’s Half-Beast Tribe had been destroyed, and no one knew where Feng Zhi had gone, they couldn’t continue to pay Thunder God anymore.

Instantly, Huang Yi’s experience points plummeted by 80%, dropping him from level 82 down to 81, making him vanish without a trace from the top rankings.

However, his strength had increased significantly. Being a class focused on brute attack power, his attack strength was far beyond that of average players. A 9% increase in his attack power resulted in a truly terrifying actual increase. His attack power soared from just over 49,000 to more than 53,000, surging by roughly 4,000 points in an instant!

With such high attack power, Huang Yi couldn’t wait to leave his residence and teleported to the Tower of Pantheons to unleash his overwhelming attack strength.

Huang Yi targeted the 70th stage of the Tower of Pantheons!

Currently, the world record for the 70th stage was held by Miyamoto Musashi with a time of 16 minutes and 31 seconds.

Huang Yi had never attempted to break this world record before because doing so would grant him 50% of the experience points for his current level. It was very unwise to break the record at a lower level, and also quite challenging.

Now, at level 81 and with his attack power having skyrocketed, Huang Yi felt he could take a stab at this world record. As his level would increase, more people would successively break the world record, making it increasingly difficult to do so. He might not be able to break it later on.

Having used a variety of magic items to further boost his strength, Huang Yi swiftly teleported to the 70th stage and began his first dedicated attempt to break the world record.

The 70th stage was a large hall with a relatively small area. The five bosses could be reached in a straight line without detouring, so the time spent traveling was short.

In such a map layout, the time taken to defeat the bosses was especially critical. As long as one could maintain an advantage during this phase, it was very likely to break the world record.

Huang Yi ignored the small creatures along the way and rushed at full speed toward the second boss!

This was a brand-new strategy he had adopted for the sake of challenging the world record!

The five bosses on the 70th stage were not in a straight path but were distributed in a pentagonal shape. To defeat these five bosses using the traditional method, he would have to make an entire circuit.

But Huang Yi had come up with an entirely new strategy based on this layout.

As he charged toward the second boss, his left hand wielding the broadaxe launched a "Flying Axe" toward the first boss’s direction!

The maximum reach of the Flying Axe was 20 times Huang Yi’s level value in meters. At level 81, his Flying Axe could reach a maximum distance of 1620 meters. The first boss was approximately 1000 meters away, well within his attack range.

The Flying Axe, traveling at a speed of 100 meters per second, swiftly struck toward the first boss. After 10 seconds, it hit the first boss, causing damage equivalent to 30% of Huang Yi’s attack power!

Then, Huang Yi chose to retract the axe head. Since the first boss had been attacked, it naturally charged at full speed toward him, effectively delivering itself for him to kill.

Immediately after, Huang Yi launched the "Flying Axe" from his right hand toward the third boss, the distance still being about 1000 meters!

Soon, the third boss was struck by his attack and came charging at him, teeth bared and claws unsheathed!

At that moment, Huang Yi had also arrived in front of the second boss and began his attack!

While fighting, the first and third bosses arrived one after another at Huang Yi’s side. It was as if he could kill three bosses in one go, saving the travel time for two of them!

Five minutes later, all three bosses were swiftly slain by Huang Yi!

Then he rushed toward the fourth boss, and with the Flying Axe cooldown complete, he threw it toward the fifth boss, drawing it over...

In this manner, by using the Flying Axe tactic to pull the monsters, Huang Yi only needed to make two trips to defeat all five bosses!

And this time, Huang Yi’s completion time was 8 minutes and 11 seconds!

This was half the time of the previous world record held by Miyamoto Musashi!

Such an improvement margin had never been seen before in the history of The Second World!

There had never been a world record that could surpass the previous record by half the time!

After breaking the record, a treasure box with gleaming gold appeared in the void ahead of Huang Yi, a generous reward from the system for the record-breaker.

Huang Yi stepped forward, extended his hand to open the treasure box, and looked inside expectantly.

Inside the treasure box was the same three things as before.

The first was a ball of green light, representing 50% Experience Points. Huang Yi reached out to touch the light, and his level shot up to 82.

The second item was a Grade B Energy Stone, capable of increasing one’s Energy Value by 5,000 points. Huang Yi pocketed it.

Then came the third item: a sheepskin scroll that looked similar to the Earth Dragon Valley scroll he had obtained last time; it appeared to be a map as well.

Huang Yi picked up the sheepskin scroll and unfolded it to look. As expected, it was a map. The map depicted various terrains marked with a red line leading to an area circled in red.

Above the map, in big letters, was written "Leizes’s Treasure".

It was a treasure map, and given that it was a reward for breaking a world record, the treasures inside must be incredibly valuable, likely no less than those in Earth Dragon Valley.

Currently, the Hero Guild’s adventure group, "Light of the Hero," had been established and could be put to good use. Once the group leader, Overlord, returned, Huang Yi could arrange for him to explore this treasure.

After that, Huang Yi left the Tower of Pantheons and teleported back to the 70th floor. Using the same method, he broke the record again, regaining 50% of his Experience Points and re-entered the top ten of the world rankings.

His world record would be tough to break. He had achieved it in half the expected time, leaving an unsolvable challenge for others.

He then began to farm the 79th floor of the Tower of Pantheons at full speed, leveling up while collecting Dark Breath for the awakening of Nefalem’s Bloodline.

Huang Yi went back and forth, repeatedly farming; when he finished his runs in solo mode, he farmed the lower floors in five-person mode. Little by little, he collected Dark Breath, which was absorbed by Nefalem’s Bloodline. Besides, there were Orange Gear and Purple Gear dropped, which all went into the Guild Warehouse for other guild members to exchange with Contribution Points.

Like this, Huang Yi farmed into the deep night. The moon hung clear in the sky, and the stars twinkled, with seven colored stars presenting a magnificent sight.

At that moment, a vast and distant voice suddenly echoed between heaven and earth:

"[System Announcement]: Chinese player [Thunder God] has taken the lead in building the first Deep Sea Battleship. He is rewarded with 1,000 Public Prestige points and has obtained the [Unique Achievement] — [Age of Exploration]. China National Honor Value +1."

Huang Yi looked up at the starry sky and smiled faintly.

It seemed that Thunder God’s Deep Sea Battleship had been completed, triggering the system announcement. Having previously attained two points of National Honor, he should soon receive a name bestowing from the system.

Sure enough, the next moment, the heavens and the earth resonated once more with a voice:

"[System Announcement]: Chinese player [Thunder God], through contributing 3 points of National Honor, has met the conditions for name bestowing and is hereby awarded the title [Thunder God]."

This name bestowing process was almost identical to that of a Pope’s; no need for an additional name as the name "Thunder God" already sounded sufficiently grand and dominant.

Thus far, three people in the world have been bestowed with a name, and once they reached level 100, they would all have the chance to become Legendary Heroes.

Just when Huang Yi thought the announcements would settle, another announcement suddenly boomed through the land, and this one related to him:

"[System Announcement]: As [God of Slaughter] has frequently slaughtered the Half-Beasts, he is deemed provocative towards the entire Half-Beast Race. The Half-Beast Holy Land of the Central Continent has declared [God of Slaughter] as a public enemy of the Half-Beasts and issued a kill order, calling upon all Half-Beasts worldwide to jointly pursue the kill on [God of Slaughter]. Any Half-Beast who successfully participates will be granted cultivation by the Half-Beast Holy Land."

This announcement thundered across the world, heard by every continent, with more than two hundred properly tuning in!

The announcement directly turned nearly a billion Half-Beasts into enemies of Huang Yi!

No one in The Second World has been declared a universal enemy until now; Huang Yi was the first!

From this point on, his troubles would be never-ending, and his enemies would be unkillable. Those Half-Beasts, motivated by the prospect of cultivation from the Half-Beast Holy Land, would undoubtedly go to great lengths to pursue him.

"[System Prompt]: Since you have become the public enemy of the Half-Beast Race, all Half-Beast members in the Hero Guild under your command have been forcibly expelled from the guild."

Huang Yi took a deep breath. The greatest trouble he had ever encountered in The Second World had arrived!

Just then, he received a message from Yun Sihai, the current head of the Xuanyuan Clan:

"Instakill, I have already warned all the Half-Beast members of the Xuanyuan Guild not to partake in the pursuit against you. If discovered, they will be expelled immediately."

"Thank you!" Huang Yi replied sincerely.

He had always been allies with the Xuanyuan Clan, and now, while facing danger, they still chose to stand with him.

Subsequently, Huang Yi received another message, this time from Dugu Lengcang:

"Instakill, I’ve just issued a command to my Lone Army Guild. If any member pursues you, I’ll kick them out instantly."

Huang Yi sent a thanks back, feeling slightly consoled.

At least, when times were toughest, there were still friends who hadn’t abandoned him. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)