Heroes' Prison

Chapter 541 - 530

A series of events that unfolded last night have firmly taken the top spots in the 24-hour hot posts. Currently, most of the posts on the forums are related to Huang Yi.

Over these past few days, the things he has done have been truly dazzling! First, he conceded in the solo competition, then he left the Hero Guild, followed by a stunning reversal at the award ceremony, where he became the first player to break through to the Holy Domain Rank. Then he crazily climbed to Level 113, last night he killed Man Tian, and with the power of the Demigod, he forced back the Barbarian Saint. He also set a new world record by breaking through the 110th stage of the Tower of Pantheons...

Any one of these matters would have been enough to keep the forums busy for a long time, but now they have all erupted at once over these few days, making it practically impossible to keep up!

And today, another major event that will dominate the forum discussions is about to happen, the team finals of the martial competition! This is the last match of the martial competition, and it’s filled with numerous variables after all the events that have taken place!

Countless people are looking forward to the evening’s arrival, wanting to witness this greatest match with their own eyes!

Huang Yi briefly skimmed the posts before quickly entering The Second World; he appeared at the top floor of the City Hall.

At that moment, Qin Shiyu was sitting in front of a large wooden table, her head bowed in concentration as she pored over some Guild documents. Golden morning light slanted in from outside the window, casting a glow on her fair neck. A strand of hair fell down, full of aesthetic beauty, causing Huang Yi to stare in a daze for a moment.

"Brother Yi," Qin Shiyu saw Huang Yi and immediately stopped working on her documents. She stood up and gracefully approached him, wrapping her arms around his neck and leaned in to give him a morning kiss.

"What document were you looking at? Don’t tire yourself out. Some things don’t need to be done personally; leave them to the people below." Huang Yi touched Qin Shiyu’s hair, speaking with concern.

"I’m looking at a question asked by a large number of players in our Guild," Qin Shiyu said intimately, resting her forehead against Huang Yi’s shoulder.

"A question asked to us? What question?" Huang Yi was slightly taken aback and puzzled.

"They’re asking if we’re willing to gather funds from them again. After our last call for funds, each person received one and a half times their investment, and they got a taste for profit, wanting to do it again." Qin Shiyu said, gazing closely into Huang Yi’s eyes, "Brother Yi, shall we bet again this time? With so many trillion funds in our hands, should we go wild once more?"

"No more risks!" Huang Yi shook his head firmly, "We placed bets before because we urgently needed a large amount of funds, and the money we made was like sending charcoal in snowy weather. But now we have enough funds, there’s no need to take risks anymore. I’m not absolutely sure we will win this match. It’s not wise to place bets under such circumstances. Even if we win, what’s the point? It’s just icing on the cake. And if we lose, it’s all for naught."

"I think so too," Qin Shiyu nodded in agreement, "Even if we were to place bets, it should be on ourselves. But now there are too many people betting on us, and the money in our prize pool has already surpassed that of Miyamoto Musashi and their pool. It’s not very profitable to bet on us."

"Has there been any news from Team 2 about Miyamoto Musashi and his team?" Huang Yi changed the subject, asking about their opponents for tonight’s match.

Qin Shiyu shook her head, "Not for now, Miyamoto Musashi’s Martial Arts Team has already gathered almost all the experts from Japan; their lineup is unlikely to change. Team 2 has already collected information about some of their top members, I’ll show it to you later. Actually, we need not pay too much attention to the others; the real enemy is Miyamoto Musashi himself. As a Holy Domain expert, if we can defeat him, the rest will not be a concern."

"Don’t jump to conclusions too soon. Some special skills can’t be evaluated by common sense, and Miyamoto Musashi’s team might just have such a person hiding among them," Huang Yi cautioned, shaking his head.

Following that, Huang Yi started doing his daily must-do activities.

He took out a medicine bottle from his storage ring, hoping to see what potion had been bred.

"Brother Yi, you’re still counting on that bottle! Today is the team finals, it probably won’t just happen to breed a top-level potion, will it?" Qin Shiyu teased when she saw what Huang Yi was doing.

"Hmm?" Just then, Huang Yi paused for a moment, his eyes fixed on the bottle as he murmured, "You know, you might have guessed right!"

At that moment, a drop of orange-yellow liquid lay quietly at the bottom of the bottle, flowing back and forth like a drop of orange juice.

"Really? What potion?" Qin Shiyu suddenly became interested, her beautiful eyes tracking the movement of the potion drop, filled with curiosity.

Huang Yi immediately shared the information of this potion—

[Double Boss Experience Potion] (Grade A, Magic Item - Potion)

After use, killing a boss will yield double Experience Points, but can only be effective once.

"What a pity!" Qin Shiyu saw the information about the potion and immediately felt sentimental, "This potion is of no use to us in the finals. It’s even more regrettable that it didn’t spawn yesterday; otherwise, when you killed Man Tian, if you had taken this potion, you would have gained double the experience, and could have easily risen to over Level 120!"

Huang Yi also felt it was such a shame, this potion just had to show up now instead of earlier, wasting the great opportunity with Man Tian!

A couple of days earlier, Huang Yi had also obtained a similar potion, which was the Double Experience Potion he got after breaking through the 90th Stage of the Tower of Pantheons. It allowed him to gain double Experience Points from monsters for half an hour. However, that potion was only effective on regular monsters and Elite Monsters, but ineffective on bosses. Whereas this potion in front of him was only effective on a boss, and it could only last for one time, making it highly targeted.

Huang Yi took out an empty Magic Bottle to carefully store this potion. There would definitely be a time to use it in the future. His journey in The Second World was still very long, and he might encounter opportunities even greater than killing Man Tian later on.

After a while, Xiao Chunzi also logged in, and the three of them started Level Grinding in the Tower of Pantheons.

To call it Level Grinding was actually somewhat misleading; more accurately, Huang Yi was helping Xiao Chunzi and Qin Shiyu level up. Xiao Chunzi was only at Level 70, a full 50 levels behind Huang Yi! And Qin Shiyu was at Level 93, also 33 levels behind Huang Yi! Huang Yi took them to grind on the 110-plus five-man mode, with the assistance of the Barbarian God Simulacrum, they were leveling up very swiftly! Xiao Chunzi and Qin Shiyu’s Experience Points were skyrocketing! Even the most common monsters were ones they couldn’t beat because of the huge gap in strength, but now, these monsters were falling by the thousands, turning into their Experience Points.

"Sister, how much Power of the Nefalem do you have now?" Huang Yi asked while killing monsters.

"Let me see! Mhm, I still have 16 points of Nefalem’s Power!" Xiao Chunzi obediently answered, holding hands with Qin Shiyu, strolling behind Huang Yi, purely leeching Experience Points.

"16 points, huh!" Huang Yi murmured in thought, "Your Returning Light requires 10 points, and Skill Copying needs 15 points. Let’s see if I can help you gain 9 levels today so that you can have 25 points of Nefalem’s Power, ensuring both skills can be used once."

Huang Yi’s plan was simple. In the short span of a day, it was impossible for him to raise his own level through Level Grinding. However, he could speed up Xiao Chunzi and Qin Shiyu’s leveling by taking them to fight higher-level monsters. Especially for Xiao Chunzi, who, like Huang Yi, had Nefalem’s Bloodline, would gain a point of Nefalem’s Power with each level. With Nefalem’s Power, she could unleash her two critical skills.

In this manner, Huang Yi tirelessly led Xiao Chunzi and Qin Shiyu to repeatedly grind through the Tower of Pantheons, with the Barbarian God’s strength far surpassing that of regular Contract Partners, offering immense help to Huang Yi.

Quickly, they finished their five-man mode runs and began grinding the ten-man mode. They continued until the evening, and Xiao Chunzi’s level soared by ten, surpassing the objective!

"Alright, sister, go to the Guild Warehouse and switch your Orange Gear for those that match your level. Then hurry to the secret realm to defeat the Warrior, learn new skills, and improve your strength by whatever margin you can. I’ve already learned the skills at this level and can no longer enter to help you fight the monsters. With your strength, it shouldn’t be hard to defeat the Warrior!" After coming out of the Tower of Pantheons, Huang Yi patted Xiao Chunzi’s head and said.

He then looked at Qin Shiyu and said, "Xiao Yu, go to the City Hall plaza and see the situation with the team organization. The competition is starting in a few hours. After the martial arts competition is over, I will quickly level you both up to Level 100. With me leading your leveling, there won’t be any bottleneck; you can go straight to Holy Domain."

"What about you?" Qin Shiyu heard the tone in Huang Yi’s voice, suggesting he had something to do, and couldn’t help but ask with curiosity.

"I have a very secret task to do, you will know about it soon." Huang Yi patted Qin Shiyu’s hair, smiled enigmatically, almost as if he was sharing a secret only the two of them knew.

"Then, see you later!" Though Qin Shiyu was itching with curiosity, she didn’t ask any further questions.

Afterward, the three split up, each going their own way to their tasks.

Huang Yi’s avatar and incarnation both traveled from Dragon City, teleported several times, and arrived in a city called Flower City.

This was an incredibly beautiful city, a sea of flowers, with all kinds of exotic flowers competing in splendor. The city walls were encircled with fences entwined with fresh flowers, and the ground was carpeted with flowers. The whole city was filled with flowers, as if out of a fairy tale, incredibly beautiful. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to go to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)