Heroes' Prison

Chapter 360 - 352 God Without Darkness

As she spoke, her face turned ugly, "I’ve done the math. If we keep the Heavenly Curtain Barrier active, then we would have to use 70% of our guild’s daily income to maintain it."

"Hiss!" The next moment, everyone inhaled sharply!

Though the Heavenly Curtain Barrier was secure and could protect the Guild City continuously, the cost of the magic stones was unbearable for everyone. Previously, when Huang Yi attacked other guilds, none of them kept the barrier active at all times because the consumption of magic stones was just too high; those smaller guilds simply couldn’t afford it. And this Wind Kingdom, already ranked 21st in the China Region and one of China’s largest guilds, even they felt the strain.

"No, we can’t do this. We must think of another way!" a senior member immediately shook his head.

"How about this!" Ice Wind Water Soul suddenly said, "Let’s activate the Heavenly Curtain Barrier first, to prevent Instakill from causing trouble in the next few days. At the same time, we’ll call on our Half-Beast members to persuade their respective tribes to, once again, request aid from the Half-Beast Tribe, sending more warriors from the Holy Domain to continue shouting outside Dragon City. In addition, we’ll create a new guild and plant our flag outside Dragon City, claiming any area we please, so Instakill won’t be able to upgrade his sub-territory. When expanding territory, it has to grow outward in a circle and it would inevitably overlap ours, which is a conflict, and the system wouldn’t allow him to upgrade. Unless Instakill can come out and wipe out our territory, making it No Man’s Land again, but with Holy Domain Warriors guarding outside, whoever steps out will die."

"Hmm! This is a good idea!" another senior member immediately agreed, "This only requires the one-time cost of creating a new guild, nothing compared to the drain of maintaining the Heavenly Curtain."

At this, the surrounding senior members all nodded, finding the plan feasible.

Ice Wind Water Soul turned to a pale, sickly thin man sitting among them and said, "God Without Darkness, you handle this! Leave our guild first and go create that new one."

"Cough, cough! Okay!" The man named God Without Darkness coughed as if severely ill, weakly nodding.

...

The next day, after breakfast, Huang Yi logged on early to check the forums.

"Barbarian Wen kneels and apologizes to Instakill, the entire Half-Beast Race loses face! God of Slaughter relies on the power of the Sand King, continuing his arrogance!"

"Instakill levels up twice in succession, overtaking Miyamoto Musashi to become the world’s number one! Miyamoto Musashi says he will go into Cold Storage to catch up at full throttle!"

As expected, Barbarian Wen’s death was immediately the top forum headline, Huang Yi clicked to see!

The post began with a video, unmistakably the event of Barbarian Wen’s killing from the day before. Starting with the Half-Beast Players outside the territory taunting, through Huang Yi’s expansion of territory, to Barbarian Wen kneeling in apology, finally to Sand King torturing Barbarian Wen before Huang Yi killed him... it was all recorded and uploaded to the forum.

After that, the post’s author shared their opinion—

"I believe that after watching the video above, the most shocking scene was Barbarian Wen kneeling and apologizing. A powerful figure representing the Half-Beast Holy Land, kneeling in front of his enemy, apologizing to the entire Half-Beast Race in front of everyone—it’s a huge humiliation to the entire Half-Beast Race. Up till now in this pursuit, Instakill has achieved an unprecedented victory. This time, the Half-Beast Race has completely lost face."

"Now, I believe all Half-Beast Players feel a deep frustration. The Half-Beast side has attacked time and again, whether players or NPC powers, all uniting against God of Slaughter, but each time they were dismantled by him. However, I think that Ice Wind Water Soul’s Wind Kingdom should be the ones in the most pain right now. They stepped out from behind the scenes, hoping to bolster their reputation by capitalizing on Barbarian Wen’s prestige, but now that he is killed, they have become the most conspicuous target. As we know, God of Slaughter is ruthless and seeks vengeance, exacting it tenfold, hundredfold. He will surely launch a ferocious reprisal at Wind Kingdom next! The future looks bleak for this large guild ranked 21st in the China Region..."

The post was on point; Huang Yi indeed planned to retaliate against Wind Kingdom next.

He had been trapped in Dragon City for the past few days, unable to go out, and his Hero Guild members suffered daily at the hands of Wind Kingdom, with tens of thousands of casualties weighing heavy on his heart. And yet he was powerless to fight back, being called a coward. Some guild members were already losing heart because of this. He’d been bottling up this resentment for days, and now he was ready to unleash it.

Huang Yi logged off and looked at other posts.

The news about his ascent to the top of the Level Rankings caused quite a stir, with Miyamoto Musashi reacting most strongly. Ever since Dao Feng had retired, he had been at the top of the Level Rankings. Now overtaken by Huang Yi, he decisively chose to Freeze himself, training twenty-four hours a day online, a pace that would far exceed Huang Yi’s. Catching up was just a matter of time.

"Instakill, a coward, basks in reflected glory, relying on the power of the Sand King, leading to the death of a hundred thousand Half-Beasts!"

"Ten thousand Half-Beastmen strutted about, bolstered by the power of their Barbarian Marks, only to be slain by God of Slaughter!"

At that moment, Huang Yi saw two trending posts side by side, both with the same sentence structure. However, the one on top was published by Half-Beast Players to humiliate Huang Yi, while the one below was posted by his fans as a retort against the Half-Beast Players. Both sides were in an irreconcilable argument.

During this time, although there were many Half-Beastmen insulting Huang Yi, regarding him as a public enemy and attacking him with various languages, his fans had also been speaking up for him all along.

"God of Slaughter revels in his momentary victory, but will surely face the thunderous retaliation of the Half-Beastmen!"

Then, Huang Yi noticed another post related to himself. The author was Heartless Reminiscence, a celebrity on the forums, as famous as Poet and Wen Tao.

Huang Yi immediately clicked to take a look.

"In yesterday’s incident where Barbarian Marks knelt to apologize, Instakill achieved an unprecedented victory. However, this victory also planted the seeds of a major calamity! Before this, the bounty on Instakill was merely a symbolic action taken by the Holy Land of the Half-Beast to cater to their various Half-Beast Tribes—it wasn’t really about killing Instakill, but more about pacifying Half-Beasts around the world. They only dispatched the likes of Barbarian Marks—a strong character, but not too forcefully, so Instakill still had a great deal of freedom."

"But the kneeling and apologizing of Barbarian Marks yesterday completely changed the nature of this matter! It’s tantamount to humiliating the Holy Land of the Half-Beast, dragging them entirely into the mud. It’s no longer just an issue concerning one or two Half-Beast Tribes, but it became a personal matter for the Holy Land of the Half-Beast! They must launch a thunderous counter-attack; otherwise, they would have no credibility left!"

"How powerful is the Holy Land of the Half-Beast? I can’t measure, but what I am sure of is that Barbarian Marks must only be an average figure there, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so cowardly as to kneel and apologize. Following this, the Holy Land of the Half-Beastmen could easily dispatch tens or even hundreds of Holy Domain Warriors, forming a Holy Domain Legion to wage war against the Hero Guild and level Dragon City, slaughtering Instakill all the way to Reincarnation! Instakill might have the Level 195 Sand King to rely on, but even the Sand King would have to die with regret in such a situation! If I am not mistaken, today the Half-Beast Holy Land is about to make a thunderous move..."

Huang Yi agreed with the perspective in this post. The incident of Barbarian Marks kneeling yesterday had indeed caused too much damage to the Holy Land of the Half-Beastmen, and they were sure to unleash a fiercer counter-attack next.

He wasn’t worried though; he would deal with any attack the enemy made with equivalent measures.

Next, Huang Yi entered The Second World.

Huang Yi’s main body was still in charge of level grinding, while his incarnation dealt with other matters.

"Instakill, today just over five thousand members were killed in the wild areas! Barbarian Marks’ death yesterday had a great effect; today the number of guild members who were victims is significantly lower than yesterday. Wind Kingdom has pulled back their offensive." At that moment, Huang Yi received a message from Yi Feng, the head of the Department of Affairs.

"Do I need to step in?" Huang Yi asked.

"No need for that, we’ve killed even more of the enemy. Sunset, that warmonger, has already given a retaliatory order to his Battlefield Group. We are now targeting members of Wind Kingdom in the wild, and we’ve killed over fifty thousand of them today." Yi Feng replied.

Huang Yi nodded slightly, letting Sunset carry on without too much interference from him.

"Little Riddler, collect detailed information about Wind Kingdom in the next few days!" Huang Yi sent a message to the head of logistics, Little Riddler.

This was the biggest rival guild he had ever faced. To retaliate against them, he needed to understand them more deeply.

"Already on it, they are a large guild with a lot of information. I’ve arranged for an intelligence group to take full responsibility for this task," Little Riddler replied immediately.

"How is that port construction going?" Huang Yi then inquired about the progress of the seaport construction.

"I’ve arranged for all available Life Class Players to build at full speed. We expect to have a super port completed within a month that can accommodate thousands of Deep Sea Battleships entering and leaving the port at the same time. However, funding is currently tight. This pace of construction is a huge drain on our finances. Should we slow it down?"

"No need, just keep investing, don’t worry about the funds. Overlord is currently leading his Adventure Group in search of Leizes’ treasure, and they should find it soon. That will bring in a large sum of money. If he’s late, then I’ll find a way to plunder some guilds." Huang Yi replied. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welcome you to give us your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)