Heroes' Prison

Chapter 382 - 374 Supreme Overlord Flame

Apart from that, there hadn’t been any major events on the forum in the past few days, as if it were the calm before a storm.

By now, Huang Yi’s incarnation was nearly at the treasure spot; just one more mountain to cross to reach it.

This place was a desolate wilderness rarely visited by humans. Since passing through a village three days ago, he hadn’t seen a single soul. Without the treasure map, finding this treasure would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Just then, a vast and ancient voice suddenly resounded between heaven and earth—

"[System Announcement]: The Chinese player [Dragon Spike] has taken the lead in establishing the first nation [Dragon Nation], becoming the first Heaven-Sent Emperor, with a reward of 1000 Public Prestige points and obtaining the [Unique Achievement] — [Eternal Emperor], China National Honor Value +1."

Huang Yi was slightly stunned; a while ago, the Pope had created the first religion, forging a new type of power beyond guilds.

And now, not much later, Dragon Spike had established the first nation, carving out yet another new type of power.

Huang Yi already possessed the key item to create a religion, the Heart of Religion, and each hall master in the Hero Guild was tirelessly striving for this.

From now on, he had one more goal to add to his list, and that was to create a nation.

The key item to establish a nation was the [Imperial Jade Seal], which required the defeat of an emperor to acquire. Months ago, Dragon Spike had killed the wandering King of the Windhammer Kingdom, King Yong, Feng Chui, and got the world’s first Imperial Jade Seal. Several months had passed before he finally established the nation, a testament to the hardships he must have endured.

Soon, another system announcement echoed through the world—

"[System Announcement]: The Chinese player [Dragon Spike] has contributed 3 National Honor Points, reaching the Name Bestowing condition and is hereby bestowed the title [Dragon Emperor]."

Dragon Spike had already accumulated two National Honor Points before, and now he had finally received his Name Bestowing, which was directly related to the emperor achievement he had just earned.

Thus far, five Name Bestowings had been created in the world—God of Slaughter, Pope, Thunder God, Heavenly Emperor, and Dragon Emperor.

More Name Bestowings would inevitably appear, like Japan’s Miyamoto Musashi, Russia’s Giant Bear, Vinnie, the United States’ Kid, Egypt’s Pharaoh, and others, who had already two National Honor Points each and were on the verge of receiving a rightful name.

Additionally, Dao Feng, who had long retired, also had two National Honor Points, but he had been out of the public eye for a long time, as if he had vanished into thin air. His level progression was extremely slow; reaching only level 80 now, he was completely out of the top ranking group.

At this moment, the velociraptor had carried Huang Yi’s incarnation over a mountain ridge, and suddenly the view before him opened up vastly.

Huang Yi snapped out of his thoughts and gazed down. Below was a small grassland dotted with tents. Figures were cooking over fire inside, with smoke curling upwards—the five-hundred strong Elite Adventure Group of the Hero Guild unmistakably.

Huang Yi immediately urged the velociraptor to dash down, his silhouette flashing by as the sound of the velociraptor’s gallop spread, quickly drawing everyone’s attention as they turned to look.

"Instakill, you’ve finally arrived!" As Huang Yi reached the midst of the crowd, Overlord immediately stepped forward to greet him.

At this time, the rest put down what they were doing and stood up, gazing at Huang Yi with excitement.

"We’ve been here these past days, unable to go to Dragon City, only able to follow your news on the forum. We already know about the events of these days, and we didn’t expect you to have killed so many Holy Domain Warriors," Overlord said, glancing at the excited faces of the members and explaining to Huang Yi.

Huang Yi nodded, looked around at everyone, and spoke loudly, "Everyone, have your meal. After we finish this meal, we’re going to take a crack at Leizes’s treasure. After this battle, I will temporarily leave the Hero Guild until I avoid the pursuit of the Celestial Realm experts, then come back to fight alongside you all. I hope I can still see everyone by that time."

Hearing this, the crowd momentarily was taken aback, and a heavy mood enveloped them. Huang Yi’s significance to the Hero Guild was like Dao Feng’s to the Xuanyuan Clan; he was a flag, a leader, a pioneer leading everyone forward—a soul figure, irreplaceable. After Dao Feng’s withdrawal, the Xuanyuan Clan had taken a heavy hit and was surpassed by the Hall of Famous Generals. And now, the Hero Guild faced the same situation.

In this oppressive atmosphere, everyone finished their lunch.

"All right, everyone follow my command. We’ll head for Leizes’s treasure now," Overlord commanded loudly after the meal.

The five-hundred strong Elite Adventure Group it began to move in an orderly fashion. These five hundred were experts in outdoor adventuring. Their levels might not be very high, their equipment not necessarily strong, but they were top-notch when it came to outdoor capabilities, moving at great speed through the wilderness.

The grassland was small, and it took only a few minutes for everyone to cross it.

"Hmm? Is that Leizes’s treasure ahead? I can feel it," Huang Yi suddenly said, looking at a valley between two mountains ahead, addressing Overlord.

"Yes!" Overlord nodded, "The entrance to Leizes’s treasure is in that valley."

"It looks like this trip is destined to yield a bountiful harvest!" Huang Yi said with a slight smile. He possessed a treasure-sniffing ability, capable of detecting treasures within a ten-kilometer radius.

He had already sensed the presence of two pieces of legendary equipment there. Moreover, the treasure spot was so extensive that he had only sensed a part of it; he didn’t know how big the entire vault really was.

Soon, the group arrived at the valley between the two mountains and made their way to the deepest part.

The weeds in front had all been cleared away, revealing a stone gate covered with moss that looked no different from a normal rock surface from afar.

"This is the entrance to Leizes’s treasure. We have a brother with clairvoyance who discovered that there’s a Holy Domain Guardian inside, something we can’t deal with, so we’ve been hesitant to open this gate," Overlord said to Huang Yi. "Now that we’ve found the mechanism of the stone gate, we can open it at any time and go in."

Huang Yi stroked his chin, his forehead writhed, and he opened his third eye, which also had the power of clairvoyance. He immediately looked through the stone gate and soon saw what was inside.

Behind the stone gate was a vast stone chamber, carved with intricate magic engravings. Every stroke was meticulously crafted, like the work of a master artist, more exquisite and complex than the engravings Huang Yi had seen in the Golden Holy Dragon’s treasure, highlighting the extraordinariness of this treasure spot.

In the center of the stone chamber stood a statue of a mage in a green robe. Its level was not hidden but displayed openly—level 112.

To get through this stone chamber and into the deeper parts of the treasure, it had to be defeated.

"Everyone back up and get your life-saving skills ready. Once the mechanism is activated, let me go in alone. After I go in, close the stone gate," Huang Yi, having understood the situation inside, immediately told the crowd around him.

The crowd quickly dispersed, each preparing their ultimate life-saving moves to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop by the Holy Domain Warrior inside.

"Boom!" At last, the stone gate, which had been closed for countless years, was opened. Moss from the gate kept falling off, landing on the ground, and a breath of age-old dust suddenly rushed out from the treasure room behind the gate.

The situation everyone feared ultimately didn’t occur; the Holy Domain Warrior was still inside and hadn’t come out.

Huang Yi rushed in at once, his figure disappearing from the sight of hundreds of onlookers.

The stone gate closed again with a "boom," and the crowd took off their guard and began to wait patiently outside.

...

Huang Yi walked forward in the dark stone chamber, his footsteps echoing as if to reach deep into history.

Approaching the Holy Domain statue, Huang Yi summoned the Heroes’ Prison and released an incarnation of a criminal.

Then, with a "zzt" sound from his hand, a tuft of green flames suddenly struck the Holy Domain statue from a distance.

"Crack," the statue immediately came to life. Its activation condition was simple: it would come to life if anyone tried to enter deeper into the treasure or if someone attacked it.

"Transform, Treasure-Sniffing Cat!" Huang Yi’s body suddenly shrank, transforming into the small form of a Treasure-Sniffing Cat and using the racial skill "Nothingness" to completely vanish into thin air, becoming invisible and untouchable.

At the same time, the criminal incarnation released from the Heroes’ Prison also fully materialized. Seeing Huang Yi disappear, the Holy Domain Guardian successfully switched its target to the newly exposed criminal incarnation and charged swiftly at it.

"Boom!" The criminal incarnation was hit so hard it became disoriented. After steadying itself, it immediately counterattacked the Guardian.

Thus, two mighty beings began to fight fiercely. Their strength was closely matched, making the battle indecisive; their momentum was like a rainbow, and the light from their skills and the aftershocks from the fight made the ground tremble.

The five hundred members of the adventure group outside the stone gate held their breath, waiting patiently.

Inside the stone chamber, Huang Yi watched the battle between the two powerhouses from up close. They were equally matched for the moment, but as time passed, the criminal incarnation was bound to be killed.

His control over releasing criminal incarnations had reached perfection. The one he had released was almost as strong as the Holy Domain Guardian, enough to be killed by it but strong enough to severely injure the Guardian, giving the adventure group members a chance to land the final blow.

"Pfft!" After a while, the Holy Domain Guardian hit the criminal incarnation with a spell, blowing it up and making it vanish into thin air.

But the Holy Domain Guardian was also severely injured and could hardly stand.