Heroes' Prison

Chapter 363 - 355: Mobilize the Whole Team

Many Holy Domain warriors weren’t heroes, like the Sand Thief King, whose level was as high as over 170, higher than many heroes in the Heroes’ Prison, yet he wasn’t considered a hero.

This was like monsters of the same level having distinctions such as ordinary, elite, and boss monsters; you couldn’t judge strength simply by level.

"I know you all are very strong," Huang Yi continued speaking to the hundred Holy Domain warriors facing him, "but if they discover your presence, they definitely won’t rush into our territory, so it would be best if you all hid first, without letting them know. Wait for them to truly invade our territory, then suddenly strike, dealing them a heavy blow all at once!"

"How long do we need to lie in ambush? If it’s for too long, I’m not up for it!" a burly swordsman said with a deep voice.

"If it’s fast, just one day, but if it’s slow, it should only take a few days at most," Huang Yi reassured him, "You’re all too conspicuous right now. Shrink your bodies to the smallest size possible, look ordinary and inconspicuous, and gather your auras so that no one else can detect you."

"Alright!" The hundred criminals began to shrink their bodies, some of the magical beast races were able to shrink to palm-sized creatures, like the Sand King.

Human heroes could change to normal human size, appearing completely ordinary to the eye. As long as they didn’t actively reveal their aura, they wouldn’t attract attention.

"All right! Prepare to welcome your freedom!" After saying this, Huang Yi chose to teleport out of the Heroes’ Prison.

The clear sunshine rained down, as Huang Yi re-emerged in the outside world. As he left, the entrance to the prison began to fade, and the hundred released criminals also appeared on the ground.

This was the most criminals Huang Yi had ever released in one go – a hundred at once!

They looked at the blue sky and the sun, at the vibrant flowers, plants, and trees and suddenly cheered, filled with excitement and elation!

"How many years it’s been since I last saw the blue sky!"

"So this is what sunshine feels like; it’s been so many years since I’ve seen the sunlight!"

"Oh! This little grass is so beautiful!"

...

These criminals were like children, curious about everything in this world.

With a slight smile, Huang Yi said to these ’children’ like a parent, "As long as you protect this territory well, you can stay in this beautiful world for life. Now, be mindful of hiding. Those hundred Holy Domain Half-Beastmen will come in the next few days."

At that moment, they were in a remote area of Dragon City, with no one noticing the hundred heroes, and even if someone did, they wouldn’t be able to gauge their power.

In fact, Dragon City was now the most fortified place on the continent, with a hundred Holy Domain warriors crammed into this tiny speck of land, guarding it together.

After that, Huang Yi left the area. He had already prepared a hundred heroes, which was an external force and ultimately not the right path. He needed to enhance his own strength.

Huang Yi flipped through his storage ring and took out a circular black stone.

This stone, called "King of the Fallen’s Contract Stone," was left behind by the Mermaid Princess who had committed suicide the last time he was at that seaside port.

The stone was filled with the Power of Corruption, belonging to the Dark Breath. It could form a contract with Biliev, the King of the Fallen, granting immense power and making one a member of his forces, forever opposing The Second World.

If The Seven Archdemons died, then the user would suffer collateral punishment, entering a state of rebirth, akin to deleting an account and creating a new character, starting from zero, a punishment more severe than any other. In short, the stone was such an item, where risks and opportunities coexisted, allowing one to gain immense power instantly yet also leaving no way out.

However, Huang Yi was a special case; his Beast King Race had evolved into an Eyeless Demon. According to information from the Sand Thief King, demonic creatures could directly absorb the Dark Breath in the Contract Stone, not affected by the Contractual Power.

With a flicker of his body, Huang Yi immediately transformed into the form of an Eyeless Demon, his eyeballs vanished, and his inner world unfolded the Heart Eye, still allowing him to see the grey and white world.

In his Eyeless Demon form, he could clearly feel that the Contract Stone was filled with an immense Dark Breath, far more than what he had gathered from killing monsters, and it was of a much higher purity as well.

Huang Yi immediately chose to absorb the Contract Stone, and a sucking force appeared on his hoof-claw, tightly latching onto the stone.

A wisp of black gas immediately emerged from the Contract Stone, entering into his hoof-claw and merging into his body! Huang Yi integrated all this Dark Breath into the Nefalem’s Bloodline, using it to awaken.

Huang Yi felt indescribably comfortable all over, as if the Dark Breath was a kind of tonic for him, merging into his blood bit by bit. The high-quality Dark Breath was far more effective than what he absorbed from killing monsters. He could distinctly feel that his awakening process was much faster than before.

However, he soon encountered a major problem!

His absorption rate was too slow; he could only absorb two points of Dark Breath per second, which was even lower than his efficiency from killing monsters.

From that Contract Stone, only a trickle of breath was being absorbed into his body, and compared to the vast amount of Dark Breath within, what he absorbed was negligible. He had no idea how long it would take to fully absorb it.

Probably, as the Eyeless Demon is among the most inferior of demonic creatures, one of the countless cannon fodder under The Seven Archdemons, it was not very realistic for such a low-grade creature to quickly absorb the Contract Stone from the King of the Fallen.

Those who had previously made contracts with the King of the Fallen, such as the Murloc Nightcrawler Slark, the Sand Thief King, and the Mermaid Princess, were all without a doubt Holy Domain Warriors, and their absorption rate was much faster.

It surely must be related to the level. As Huang Yi’s level increased, his absorption speed would also become faster, especially after reaching Level 100, when there would likely be a qualitative change!

In this way, both of Huang Yi’s bodies were absorbing Dark Breath. His original body was level grinding on the 81st floor of the Tower of Pantheons, storing ordinary Dark Breath from the monsters that were beyond his level after their death to support his use of "Demonization". Meanwhile, the high-quality Dark Breath from the Contract Stone absorbed by his incarnation was used to awaken the Nefalem’s Bloodline.

...

In the meeting hall of the Wind Kingdom Guild, the guild leader Ice Wind Water Soul was organizing a meeting with the senior members.

"Everyone, I believe you’ve all heard the system announcement this morning, things have gone far more smoothly than we imagined!" At that moment, Ice Wind Water Soul, with a smiling face and high spirits, said to the high-level executives, "In just one day, the Half-Beast Holy Land has dispatched a hundred Holy Domain Warriors to pursue the Instakill. These aren’t just one or two Holy Domain Warriors, but a full hundred, well enough to crush any power on this continent! The Half-Beasts are fighting for their dignity this time, deliberately showing off their strength to the world! This is exactly to our liking!"

"That’s right! To think that Instakill would be so arrogant as to make Barbarian kneel and apologize, he truly touched the Half-Beast Holy Land’s Reverse Scales, and now, they are taking the most insane approach to take revenge on Instakill. Next up, Instakill is bound to die, and might even be camped at the Respawn Point, being killed over and over again until even Reincarnation doesn’t quell the rage. Those hundred Holy Domain Warriors might chase across continents, killing wherever Instakill reincarnates, all the way until he hits Level Zero," a brawny man said joyfully.

"This time it’s a hundred Holy Domain Warriors—they’ll probably directly steamroll over the Hero Guild’s territory, and the Hero Guild will definitely be destroyed. They’re filthy rich after all, so we need to get our share in this! Beat the other guilds to it and eat up the Hero Guild!" As Ice Wind Water Soul spoke, he licked his lips and turned to a high-level member, "Xiao Shiyilang, have your intelligence department keep a close eye on the information about those hundred Holy Domain Warriors, and also the news from the Hero Guild. We have some scouts planted in the Hero Guild; now is the time for them to play their part."

"Yes!" The high-level member nodded immediately.

"Guan Xiang, Black Skin, Braised Egg, you three lead a team of one hundred thousand and check out that port owned by the Hero Guild. According to our scouts in the Hero Guild, they spent a huge fortune to build that port. Go see if you can take it for ourselves. Once we have that port, we’ll have struck gold!"

"Yes!"

"Lang Ge, after we depart, you stay behind to guard our guild headquarters. We’re moving out in full force, which will leave our base most vulnerable. You must guard it well and not let our old home be taken down."

"Understood!"

"Those without allocated tasks, this time follow me and we’ll attack the Hero Guild ourselves!" Ice Wind Water Soul looked around the room and rested his gaze upon a brawny man, "Fluttering Maple Leaf, as the leader of the Battlefield Group, your mission is quite important. Organize all of the guild members who are online as fast as possible. Every combat player must move out en masse and head right away to wait outside Dragon City. This time, all of us high-level members will go together, using millions of soldiers to eradicate the Hero Guild! Given the speed of those hundred Holy Domain Warriors, they are expected to arrive today or tomorrow, so we must leave at the earliest opportunity, or else we might miss the spoils."

"Yes!" The Battlefield Group leader known as Fluttering Maple Leaf nodded his head.

After musing for a moment, Ice Wind Water Soul said, "Also, call in those Allied Guilds to set off with us immediately. If there’s a chance, let them act as cannon fodder! Those people are like grass on the top of a wall, swaying towards whichever side is stronger. This time, let them go to their deaths, paving the way for us."

"Alright! Everyone go about your tasks! This time, we will rise to power stepping over Instakill and the Hero Guild, instantly becoming a behemoth, sitting at the same table with the Xuanyuan Clan, the Hall of Famous Generals, the Sun, and the other guilds!" Declaring this, Ice Wind Water Soul displayed a smile of uncontainable excitement on his face, as if that glorious future was within easy reach.