Heroes' Prison

Chapter 466 - 456: The Awakening of Nefalem’s Bloodline Begins

"No wonder neither I, the Sea Dragon Emperor, nor the Fallen Messenger could sense that Giant General. You’ve hidden it in such a place," the Sea Dragon Emperor said, turning his intense gaze upon Huang Yi. His eyes sparkled with admiration as if he was looking at his own child, growing fonder and more amazed with each glance.

"I’m going in first," Huang Yi said to the Sea Dragon Emperor and Jin Jiao. Holding the Sea-Calming Divine Staff, he entered the Heroes’ Prison through the gaping maw of the Dark Demon Dragon.

Cell 1573 was dark and damp, currently imprisoning a tall criminal covered in bloodstains, who at this moment was howling furiously. It was none other than the Giant General.

Ever since Huang Yi had captured it and thrown it into this cell last night, it had been howling non-stop, like a mad dog devoid of any intelligence. But no matter how it roared, the cell door wouldn’t budge, firmly holding it prisoner.

Upon seeing Huang Yi’s arrival, the Giant General howled even more fiercely, repeatedly slamming against the cell door with its already wounded body, struggling wildly without any sense of pain or fatigue.

Huang Yi felt relieved; fortunately, he had incarcerated it while it was unconscious. If such a ferocious beast had awoken and reached the Hero’s Continent, the casualties would have been unimaginable.

Ignoring the raging Giant General in the cell, Huang Yi turned his attention to the Giant General’s Whip lying on the ground.

The Giant General’s Whip was a key item capable of controlling the Giant General. Once the whip was refined, there wouldn’t be any difficulty in subjugating the Giant General.

The process to Dispel the Demonic Attributes Imprint with the Sea-Calming Divine Staff was very simple; one needed only to touch the item for the disintegration to occur automatically. Huang Yi bent down, picked up the Giant General’s Whip, and wrapped it around the Sea-Calming Divine Staff.

"Szzzt!" Immediately, the Giant General’s Whip reacted to the staff as if water had met fire, emitting a sizzling sound and releasing a plume of black smoke that scattered in all directions, drifting towards every cell around!

The refinement began as a stream of cool, water-based elemental energy flowed continuously from the Sea-Calming Divine Staff into the whip, driving out the demonic aura bit by bit. Black smoke kept pouring out of the Giant General’s Whip.

"Hmm? What a strong essence of dark breath!" Huang Yi, feeling the black smoke, couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.

This essence was as pure as that of the Contract Stone of the King of the Fallen that he possessed!

However, while he absorbed the dark breath from the contract stone at a slow pace, this black smoke was very dense, forced out by the Sea-Calming Divine Staff, and hovered naked in the air, ready for Huang Yi to absorb.

It was like a sponge; if Huang Yi tried to absorb the moisture within on his own, he could only draw it slowly. In contrast, the Sea-Calming Divine Staff was like ringing out the sponge forcefully, pushing its contents out for Huang Yi to absorb.

Without wasting a moment, Huang Yi opened his mouth and inhaled the dark breath continuously into his body, using it to awaken his Nefalem’s Bloodline!

He had absorbed a lot of dark breath into his Divine Demon Bloodline, including the common dark breath from monsters of no lower level than himself as well as the pure dark breath from the King of the Fallen’s Contract Stone, but there was still no sign of awakening.

After absorbing this massive and pure dark breath, however, Huang Yi suddenly felt a commotion within his body, as though something inside was wriggling, eager to awaken.

Huang Yi, drenched in large beads of sweat, struggled to absorb the dark breath from the Giant General’s Whip, while the Sea-Calming Divine Staff also continuously forced the dark breath out for him to absorb.

Gradually, Huang Yi’s entire body began to emanate a faint black aura, casting his figure in an eerie, hazy light. His eyes too began to darken, even the whites slowly stained black like ink spreading in water, a sight both terrifying and majestic. To any observer, he might resemble a creature of the demonic races, yet the nobility of his aura far surpassed any demonic creature, as if he belonged to an entirely different world.

If at this moment Huang Yi were not secluded in the Heroes’ Prison, but still in the presence of the Sea Dragon Emperor, the emperor would undoubtedly perceive that the aura emanating from Huang Yi was far more sublime than that of the Fallen General summoned by the Fallen Messenger the previous night, and even more exalted than the aura of The Seven Archdemons!

It was like the sole supreme existence between heaven and earth. Although the aura as a whole was not yet strong, just a tiny flame, it felt as if it were divine, high above all others, rendering all creatures lowly in its presence. Once this small flame ignited, it could destroy everything, slaughtering all life!

But now, within Heroes’ Prison, no one could sense that aura from Huang Yi, this secret was known only to him!

Finally, Huang Yi’s eyes had completely turned black, not a hint of white to be found anymore!

It was at this moment that he received a system prompt—

"[System Prompt]: Your Nefalem’s Bloodline awakening has exceeded 50%, granting you immunity to 50% of Demonic Damage, and your normal attacks gain an additional 10% Darkness-based damage. You need to use higher quality Dark Breath to proceed to the next stage of awakening."

Upon hearing this system prompt, Huang Yi trembled slightly with excitement. After long-lasting efforts, his Nefalem’s Bloodline was finally showing signs of awakening!

The vast and pure Dark Breath emanating from the Giant General’s Whip indeed played a decisive role, propelling his awakening progress to half in one fell swoop!

Although it wasn’t a complete awakening, he had at least taken a huge step forward! And a 50% immunity to Demonic Damage had emerged as well!

This also gave Huang Yi a clear conjecture that if he achieved a 100% awakening and fully became a Nefalem, he might be entirely immune to demonic damage! With this, his resistance to demonic creatures would greatly increase. Even if a Fallen Messenger attacked him, they would need to use physical or other non-demonic attacks to harm him!

’Demonic’ also referred to ’Dark Attribute.’ This type of attack far surpassed ordinary magic elements such as Fire, Ice, Wind, and Earth Attributes, and was even beyond the high-level Thunder Attributes. Only the Holy Elements like Xiao Chunzi’s could compare to the Dark Attribute. Dark and Holy Attacks were also considered almost unstoppable damage because resistance equipment for them was basically non-existent. Even Lightning Resistance gear was exceedingly rare, let alone for the superior Dark and Holy Attributes. The simplest and most effective way to resist these two types of damage was Absolute Defense, and the "absolute" part is essential!

However, both Dark and Holy Attacks were very rare as well, with only a few professions having such skills. Even the previous Huang Yi needed to use the Eyeless Demon Race’s [Demonization] to perform Dark Attacks. The Demon Clan is born with demonic attacks, which is precisely what makes them so terrifying! Now, Huang Yi’s normal attacks already carried 10% Dark Attribute damage, which was almost impossible for enemies to defend against.

Huang Yi was gradually evolving into a natural enemy of the Demonic Races. At least now, the threat from the demonic races against him was significantly reduced. However, compared to the true natural enemies of the Demon Clan—the Ancient Giants—Huang Yi still had a long way to go, for the Ancient Giants possessed powerful Holy Attacks, the very thing demons feared the most. Huang Yi didn’t have Holy Attacks, so his damage to demons was limited. Xiao Chunzi, on the other hand, was an expert in this field, as her Nefalem’s Bloodline was inclined towards Holy Elements.

Now, Huang Yi needed higher quality Dark Breath to continue the awakening. The Dark Breath of the Giant General’s Whip was of no significant use anymore. Even in vast quantities, it could not further awaken his Nefalem’s Bloodline to a higher level.

If he wanted to fully awaken his Nefalem’s Bloodline, he would have to visit the Abyss and absorb the Dark Breath from the Demon King’s Gate. But now that the difficulty had greatly decreased, he estimated that absorbing just a portion would be sufficient for awakening.

Huang Yi, having awakened half of his Nefalem’s Bloodline, was in great spirits. The Giant General’s Whip couldn’t be refined in a short time, and the forced out Dark Breath wasn’t much use to Huang Yi anymore, so staying here became pointless.

Next, Huang Yi teleported out of Heroes’ Prison.

"Big brother, will you accompany me for a stroll in the Dragon Palace?" As soon as he came out of Heroes’ Prison, Huang Yi was seized by the sleeve by Jin Jiao. The Sea Dragon Emperor, on the other hand, was sitting on the Dragon Throne with his eyes closed, his whole body radiating a golden light, seemingly concentrating on healing.

"Sure!" Huang Yi was in a good mood, nodded his head, and accepted Jin Jiao’s invitation.

Afterward, Jin Jiao grasped Huang Yi’s hand and left the Sea Dragon Emperor’s chamber, wandering around outside.

The Dragon Palace was huge, larger than any city Huang Yi had ever seen, seemingly endless at a glance. And the architecture here was built using beautiful corals, crystals, and colored glaze, a sight too splendid for words. Additionally, what floated around wasn’t air but seawater, yet it was so special that Huang Yi could still breathe in it comfortably.

The layout of the Dragon Palace was also meticulous, strictly arranged according to status. The Sea Dragon Emperor’s chamber was in the very center, followed by the council hall, sacrificial altars, temples, and other buildings.

There were also many people in the Dragon Palace, most of them shrimp soldiers, crab generals, and murlocs, who all stopped and bowed when they saw Jin Jiao and Huang Yi. The tattoo on the back of Huang Yi’s hand was a symbol of his status, and even without Jin Jiao, people would bow to him upon seeing it.

"Big brother, this is your residence in the Dragon Palace, it was just allocated to you by father!" At this moment, Jin Jiao led Huang Yi through twists and turns, arriving at a mansion in the central area of the Dragon Palace.

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