Heroes' Prison

Chapter 517 - 507 Borrowing the Blade to Slay the God of Slaughter

"However, I’ll go and break his record as soon as possible," said Huang Yi, immediately taking out five beads from his storage ring.

These beads were only the size of a thumb, pitch-black and semi-transparent, slightly soft to the touch, but they emanated an incredibly dense aura. They were none other than the Magic Beads found within the bodies of the Holy Domain Demons, where eating a Demon Core of the corresponding level allowed one to directly increase by one level.

Huang Yi popped a Level 100 Magic Bead into his mouth like a candy and quickly swallowed it.

In the next moment, his Level directly increased by 1, reaching Level 101!

After that, he swallowed a Level 101 Magic Bead...

Just like that, Huang Yi ate five Magic Beads and shot up to Level 105 in one go, surpassing Miyamoto Musashi once more to become the world’s top-ranked player by level! It was an unimaginably swift ascension, especially considering that, after the Holy Domain, the experience needed for him—a top-level player—to level up had already reached 2.1 times that of a regular player. And yet, he had soared through five levels in just a short time.

But at this point, he couldn’t eat any more Magic Beads because his next goal was to break the 90th Stage world record, and Level 105 was the last eligible Level for setting that record. Going beyond would disqualify the achievement from being recognized as a world record.

Just then, Huang Yi took a step forward but suddenly stopped.

"Hm? Brother Yi, what are you doing?" Qin Shiyu saw Huang Yi’s strange behavior and asked out of curiosity.

"Do you see it?" Huang Yi pointed to the spot he had just stepped on, where there was a faint footprint, hard to see without close inspection.

"Is that your footprint? What’s the issue?" Qin Shiyu crouched down, looked carefully, and finally recognized it as Huang Yi’s footprint.

"Actually, this isn’t just a footprint, it’s a Godslayer’s Mark! Now, let me show you a magic trick," said Huang Yi with a small smile. He pointed at the mark and theatrically said, "And now, for the moment of wonder! Change!"

As he spoke, a figure appeared where the footprint was, looking exactly like Huang Yi.

"Huh? What is this!" Qin Shiyu was startled by the newcomer, and only when she realized that this person also resembled Huang Yi exactly did she finally remember and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this your real body? Wasn’t your original body absorbing the Dark Breath in the Abyss?"

"Yes! This is one of my skills," Huang Yi nodded. His original body was indeed in the Abyss, absorbing Dark Breath from the Demon King’s Gate, countless miles away, but he had teleported back in the blink of an eye.

"But I can only use this skill once a day. As for the mark, I can activate and deactivate them at will," Huang Yi said, stepping on the ground again and releasing another mark.

His original body had just put down a mark near the Demon King’s Gate in the Abyss. As long as it wasn’t destroyed, he would be able to teleport back there again the next day, which was quite convenient.

"What is your original body doing back here?" Qin Shiyu asked, and then suddenly gave a sly smile. She stretched out both arms, hugging Huang Yi’s original body with one arm and his incarnation with the other, kissing each cheek, looking like a flirtatious woman.

"Stop it, or this will turn into a threesome. I have to go learn a new skill!" Huang Yi’s original body and incarnation each held Qin Shiyu, as though two men were embracing her, whispering to her on either side near her ears.

After that, his original body let go and hurriedly left.

Meanwhile, his incarnation wrapped an arm around Qin Shiyu’s waist and leaned in for a kiss.

One venture for love, the other for ambition.

...

Simultaneously, on the Land of Dongying, inside the city of the Martial Arts Guild.

A man dressed in traditional Japanese samurai clothing stood with his hands behind his back on the top floor of City Hall, gazing out at the nighttime view through the windows.

"God of Slaughter has leveled up to 105 all at once, surpassing you again," said a woman’s voice from behind him. She then emerged from the shadows, stepped beside Miyamoto Musashi, and stood there. The pale moonlight washed over her face, making her look ethereal and beautiful, like a dreamy apparition, almost too unreal to be true.

The two figures were Miyamoto Musashi, the Martial Emperor, and Zhitian Shi, the recipient of one of the top five awards for Most Charming at the previous annual awards gala and universally recognized as the world’s number one female player.

"Next up, I fear my 90th Stage world record may also fall to him," Miyamoto Musashi said, looking out the window without turning, as if the news was not at all surprising to him.

"You are the Martial Emperor. Your Status Level is one above his. Why can he still break your record?" Zhitian Shi asked softly.

"Because he is the God of Slaughter," Miyamoto Musashi’s gaze remained fixed on the Yellow Star in the sky, "His name bestowing is the first in the whole world to possess attributes, who knows what attributes have been attached. And the properties of my Martial Emperor title are known by everyone in the world, I am in the light while he is in the shadow, and I do not know what other methods he has."

"So how will you deal with him? The team finals are in three days," Zhitian Shi turned his head, his two starry beautiful eyes staring at Miyamoto Musashi.

"Borrow a blade to slay the God of Slaughter," Miyamoto Musashi said, showing a rare smile, "The God of Slaughter has one major enemy, and that is the Half-Beast Holy Land. In the past, the Half-Beast Holy Land sent the Celestial Realm Expert Man Tian to kill him, but he was injured instead. He definitely can’t swallow this defeat. I believe they are more worried about the rise of the God of Slaughter than we are and will surely nip him in the bud. And yesterday, a Half-Beast Player from our guild discovered the whereabouts of Man Tian. We could cooperate with him."

"But last time when the God of Slaughter hadn’t reached the Holy Domain, he managed to repel Man Tian with the help of an even stronger Heaven Domain Helper. Now that his strength has increased manifold, how can Man Tian kill him?" Zhitian Shi retorted.

A smile tugged at Miyamoto Musashi’s lips as he said, "Although my S-rank potions are running low, I happen to have one that suits Man Tian perfectly. Once he uses this potion, he will temporarily possess strength that surpasses that Heaven Domain Helper of the God of Slaughter..."

Upon hearing this, Zhitian Shi fell silent and stood quietly beside Miyamoto Musashi.

Outside the window, a cloud slowly drifted across the starry sky, obscuring the bright moonlight and casting a shadow over them.

...

Before long, Huang Yi arrived at the Pantheon’s Mystic Realms to learn new skills.

This mystic realm was a high-rise pagoda on a rooftop with no railings around it, where a misstep could lead to a fall. Quietly standing in the center were several warriors, each a powerful Holy Domain Warrior.

Without saying a word, Huang Yi charged directly at one of the Holy Domain Warriors, challenging their strength head-on.

"Boom!" Huang Yi launched an axe attack on a Holy Domain Warrior, who staggered backwards several steps, nearly falling off the rooftop, appearing utterly vulnerable.

Normally, as the level of a Rare Class Holder increases, the corresponding warriors become more difficult to defeat, and learning skills proves more challenging. But now, with seven pieces of Legendary Equipment, these warriors were no match for Huang Yi.

Just then, the Holy Domain Warrior launched an attack at Huang Yi, with an arrow unexpectedly shooting out from his sleeve—it was an Arrow Sleeve, a hidden weapon.

Huang Yi couldn’t dodge in time and was struck. But his War Soul meant his Life and Defense were maximized through levels seven, eight, and nine, making him far more resilient than an average warrior. As a result, he didn’t lose much health.

Without hesitation, Huang Yi charged forward again, continuing his assault on the warrior. With extremely high Attack Power, his was over 160,000, which equated to more than 1,600 points of Holy Domain Attack. The threshold for this Holy Domain Warrior was 1,000 Holy Domain Attack; exceeding this number meant there was a possibility of defeating him. Huang Yi far surpassed this figure, making the fight much easier for him.

In this manner, he and the Holy Domain Warrior exchanged blows on the rooftop, the clash fierce and intense. However, it was clear the warrior was steadily losing ground. Whenever Huang Yi’s health dropped, he would simply use the Bloodthirsty Slaughter skill attached to the Legendary Pants, spending excess Rage to recover health, functioning like a perpetual motion machine, never falling.

This challenge required not only defeating the warrior but also skill, for the rooftop’s edge posed a risk. If one misplaced their control and either knocked the warrior off or got knocked off themselves, it would mean certain death.

However, this wasn’t too difficult for Huang Yi. Three minutes later, with a Heavy Judgment, he reduced the warrior to ashes.

Huang Yi knelt down, pressing his hand into the ashes, which immediately turned into a red glow and entered his body, surging toward his limbs and bones.

System Prompt: Congratulations, your Judge Class Level 5 skill Rage Absorption has been upgraded to Level 2.

Once he received this system prompt, Huang Yi paused, surprised that Level 105 was not about learning a new skill, but upgrading an existing one.

Rage Absorption was his first class skill, available at Level 5, and is considered the most basic skill of the Judge Class. Now that this skill was upgraded to Level 2, his Rage cap instantly increased by 100 points. After equipment bonuses, Huang Yi’s Rage had reached 300 points. With this skill included, it meant a 400-point cap on his Rage.

Moreover, after the upgrade, this skill gained a new feature—Rage no longer depleted after combat! And with Huang Yi’s Legendary Ghost Axe attached skill, which added +1 Rage Point per second, this meant even if he didn’t fight, his Rage would slowly increase.

This visit proved fruitful for Huang Yi; although it was not a new skill, the boost to his strength was just as significant.

Next, he teleported out, heading straight for the 90th Stage of the Tower of Pantheons, prepared to break the world record.

Miyamoto Musashi had just set a new world record for the 90th Stage at 21 minutes and 58 seconds, where most of the time was spent traversing rather than fighting the bosses, so the speed of travel was crucial to breaking the record.

As soon as Huang Yi entered the 90th Stage of the Tower of Pantheons, he immediately used an ordinary magic item to summon his mount—the Two-Headed Lin—and mounted it.