Heroes' Prison

Chapter 523 - 513 A New Entrance to Heroes’ Prison

Five minutes later, every person within the sub-territory of Dragon City had received an urgent message from Huang Yi and Qin Shiyu, instructing them to evacuate Dragon City immediately. Otherwise, they might perish there.

This message instantly sparked immense curiosity among countless individuals. Why would an evacuation be necessary all of a sudden? Nobody knew what had happened.

But many obediently evacuated nonetheless, with members of the Hero Guild heeding the orders particularly well. Almost all had departed Dragon City. The once bustling Dragon City became desolate as if doused with a bucket of cold water.

The once crowded streets were left with but a few people wandering. They were curious outsiders who had chosen to stay behind to see what would occur. The anomaly in the city was soon reported on forums, drawing the attention of some.

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Meanwhile, far away on the continent of Dongying, Miyamoto Musashi stood at the topmost floor of the City Hall, listening to the report from the head of the intelligence department.

"Big brother, God of Slaughter indeed sensed Man Tian’s arrival and quickly issued an evacuation order. Dragon City is essentially a ghost town now," the intelligence officer reported.

"That’s not surprising!" Miyamoto Musashi looked at the intelligence officer and smiled faintly, as if he had foreseen this scenario, "The God of Slaughter is the Guardian of the Hero’s Continent with such monitoring capabilities. But an empty city is still a city. Should Man Tian destroy it, it would be a heavy blow to the Hero Guild."

"Then, big brother, how confident do you think Man Tian is in killing him?" the intelligence officer asked expectantly.

"Very likely!" Miyamoto Musashi spoke cautiously, "If the God of Slaughter disregards the safety of Dragon City and hides away carefully or even goes offline to avoid conflict, then even Man Tian won’t be able to kill him. Now, we’ll have to see if the God of Slaughter takes action. No matter what, either the God of Slaughter or Dragon City must be destroyed, which will be beneficial for our next move. This operation isn’t just about the tournament," he said, narrowing his eyes mysteriously, implying something deeper.

"What do you mean, big brother?" the intelligence officer asked, slightly startled and baffled.

Miyamoto Musashi turned and walked to the window, gazing out at the world blanketed in white snow, and said, "Have you ever felt that our land of Dongying is a bit too small?"

"What?!" The intelligence officer gasped, his mind seemingly racing to a realization.

Miyamoto Musashi caught a snowflake that had drifted through the window and said in a deep voice, "I’ve always heard that the Hero’s Continent is beautiful and bountiful. Our Ironhoof has rested for too long. It’s time we set foot there and conquered that rich and beautiful land..."

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Huang Yi’s incarnation walked alone through the streets of Dragon City. The city was now silent death, the streets empty, and row upon row of streetlights shone silently, with the desolate night wind blowing around the remnants of winter foliage.

Beyond the sound of the night wind, only his solitary footsteps could be heard, advancing one after the other. He saw that a shopkeeper on the street had left in a hurry, leaving the door ajar. He walked over and personally closed the door of the store.

Each shop had settled here, bringing more prosperity to the city. To Huang Yi, Dragon City was like his child. He had once saved this city from an ocean of skeletons, saving Qin Shiyu along with it. This city held too many memories for him. He could not tolerate its destruction. No matter the crisis, he was determined to resolve it. He had fended off a hundred Holy Domain warriors from the Half-Beast Holy Land before. This time, he would stop Man Tian and once again save the city.

Gradually, Huang Yi walked out of Dragon City’s gates and into the desolate outskirts. An endless expanse of wasteland stretched before him, dotted with a few lone sea buckthorns under the night sky, looking even more desolate as the branches and leaves rustled in the night wind.

Summoning his Two-Headed Lin mount, he mounted and, under the light of the moon, charged deep into the Desolate Sands, kicking up trails of dust.

After several upgrades and expansions, the sub-territory had grown considerably. The outer regions now stretched 250 kilometers from the walls of Dragon City. In other words, within a radius of 250 kilometers from Dragon City, he reigned supreme, like the emperor of this land, where his word was law.

Having stealthily traversed on his Two-Headed Lin for a while, Huang Yi finally stopped in a region one hundred kilometers from Dragon City. This area lay in Man Tian’s trajectory; to reach Dragon City, Man Tian would certainly have to pass through this zone.

Huang Yi flipped his palm and took out an item from his storage ring. It was a thick book with a slightly worn cover that emitted an ancient aura; it was none other than his "Book of Heroes."

"Feared by Pantheons! Heroes’ Prison!" Huang Yi turned a page and read the inscription on the cover, summoning the entrance to Heroes’ Prison!

In an instant, a colossal dragon head emerged, standing tall in the wilderness like a towering peak.

The Dragon Head was made of iron bones and steel sinews, its eyes fierce and menacing, exuding an aura of terror under the moonlight, as if the Dragon God itself had descended, far more magnificent than any previous dragon head.

Standing before this Dragon Head, Huang Yi seemed as insignificant as an ant. The entrance to Heroes’ Prison grew more impressive with his increasing strength, now reflecting his advancement to the Holy Domain Rank. Indeed, this Dragon Head was different!

The Sea Dragon Emperor had mentioned that this Dragon Head was one of the Dark Demon Dragon’s, ranking alongside the Holy Giant Dragon and the Golden Holy Dragon as part of the Three Great Top Dragon Clans.

The Dragon Clan was already a noble and powerful species, and the Three Great Top Dragon Clans were even the strongest among them. Among the Ten Great Deity Sealers in the history of The Second World, three were from these top dragon clans.

The entrance to the Heroes’ Prison could have such variations, probably not just because of the power of Death God, but also likely related to the situation of this Dark Demon Dragon’s skull itself.

"This is too big, make it smaller!" Huang Yi looked at the dragon head in front of him and sighed. Such a large entrance was not convenient to use, visible from a far distance, lacking in concealment.

As his words fell, the entrance quickly shrank to just seven or eight meters high. Satisfied, Huang Yi nodded and strode into the mouth of the dragon, entering Heroes’ Prison.

He was going to set a trap for Man Tian.

If Man Tian had come after him two days earlier, he would have had to ask the injured Sea Dragon Emperor for help, and even then the outcome was uncertain. But now, having ascended to the Holy Domain, he had new means to deal with Man Tian—using the Heavenly Realm criminals from Heroes’ Prison!

Before reaching the Holy Domain, his strength was too weak to obtain the keys to the Heavenly Realm criminals. Now that he had broken through to the Holy Domain, and even reached Level 114, obtaining a key of the Heavenly Realm Level should be a piece of cake.

Huang Yi quickly arrived at the stone chamber where the keys were located, looking up at the keys fluttering like strands of golden thread flying about. He swiftly unfolded the wings of his incarnation and flew up, turning into a string of shadows. In the blink of an eye, he was up, moving much faster than before he had ascended to the Holy Domain!

"Whoosh!" A golden shadow flashed past him, and almost reflexively, Huang Yi reached out his hand and firmly caught the key.

This key, numbered 1562, unlocked a Level 199 criminal. If it were before, Huang Yi could still get this key, but it wouldn’t be as easy as now, where he could obtain it effortlessly.

Huang Yi released the key and continued his search.

Suddenly, his gaze landed on a rapidly darting key to his left; its speed was clearly a notch faster than the one he had just pursued, likely of the Heavenly Domain Rank.

"Forced Execution! Pursuit!" Huang Yi directly activated Forced Execution, racing through the air towards that key!

The key was extremely agile, sensing Huang Yi’s approach, it immediately changed direction, trying to escape!

But Huang Yi’s pursuit was fused with the Five Consecutive Slash Rune, allowing him to charge five times in succession. Once again, he shot towards the key, his mind set on capturing it!

After five consecutive charges, Huang Yi drew closer and closer to the key, until he was less than a meter away!

"Whoosh!" At that moment, the key trembled fearfully as if alive, turned its head, and tried to continue its escape.

Huang Yi didn’t rely on any additional abilities, but simply reached out his hand and in the blink of an eye, firmly caught the key! After breaking through to the Holy Domain, his movements were as fast as lightning!

The key wriggled like an eel, struggling fiercely, but it was no use. Huang Yi’s palm was like iron tongs, tightly grasping it.

Huang Yi took a look at the key and quickly found its number—1423!

He swiftly took out the Book of Heroes and searched for this number—

Darkspawn Sword Demon Aatrox (Level 200, number 1423)

In Ancient Times, a bloodthirsty swordsman of great strength, for sneaking into Death God’s Temple and stealing the Blood of the Demon Well, he was captured and eternally imprisoned here!

Indeed, a Celestial Realm Expert!

Huang Yi breathed a sigh of relief. Although this was just the lowest level of Celestial Realm Experts, he was not inferior to Man Tian. Man Tian was a Level 203 Celestial Realm Expert, only three levels higher than this Darkspawn Sword Demon, but the Darkspawn Sword Demon was a hero from Ancient Times!

Heroes transcend the rank of leaders, and heroes have a most distinguished trait: they disregard status level! For example, this Darkspawn Sword Demon, although its strength is Level 200, at its peak before imprisonment, it could compete with the Top-Level Heavenly Domain warriors of more than 290 levels!

In the Heroes’ Prison, those criminals with numbers at the very end have levels just over 100, even lower than Huang Yi’s. Yet they were famous in eras like the Near Ancient Period and the Distant Ancient Era, crowded with strong figures, because they were heroic characters! Their strength far surpassed ordinary warriors of the same level! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)