Heroes' Prison

Chapter 567 - 546: Turns out, this is the final showdown

Everyone seemed to have their throats clenched, their gazes fixed intensely on the droplet of liquid on the ground, as if their eyes shattered alongside the potion, scattering all over the place!

"Actually, this instant-kill potion is fake," Huang Yi’s calm voice broke the silence of the entire arena, resounding in everyone’s ears!

The stunned audience was now dumbfounded, even their ears seemed to freeze!

Huang Yi had actually admitted with his own lips that this bottle of instant-kill potion was fake!

In that moment, Miyamoto Musashi’s mouth hung open like an idiot, his mind completely blank!

No matter how he thought about it, he never imagined that Huang Yi would do such a thing!

In his expectation, Huang Yi would either directly refuse, make excuses, or cling to the hope of luck and hand the potion over for examination. He never thought that Huang Yi would boldly admit it was a fake potion and, so decisively, pour out the bottle in front of the whole world!

Just then, one of Japan’s two leaders, Heavenly Dao, stared at Huang Yi in disbelief, exclaiming, "So, you only had three instant-kill potions, and this last one was to confuse the enemy’s intelligence!"

Huang Yi glanced at the shocked expression on Heavenly Dao’s face and at Miyamoto Musashi’s dumbfounded look. The two Japanese leaders had severely lost their composure.

He nodded indifferently, "Yes! In fact, I only had three instant-kill potions, but I was extra cautious and intentionally made a fake one to mix in. However, it was this fake potion that made so many of your opponents wary, causing many of you to deviate in your tactical strategy. I believe when you were devising tactics, you racked your brains to deal with my instant-kill potion. Just a mere fake potion, and it fooled you completely; even you, Miyamoto Musashi, with so many S-level potions, were deceived. It seems your skills are still not refined enough! You’ve got a lot of work to do!"

Huang Yi’s words were spoken casually, as if an elder was encouraging a junior to work hard, but in reality, it was a harsh slap to Miyamoto Musashi’s face!

Miyamoto Musashi was known as the person with the most S-level potions in the world, his claim to fame, his forte! Yet, it was in this area of expertise that he was led around in circles by Huang Yi’s fake potion, what a disgrace!

"Very good!" Miyamoto Musashi finally recovered, spitting out these two words through clenched teeth. His mouth twitched slightly, and he tried to maintain a smile, but that smile had a twisted semblance, "No wonder you all like knock-off things, a dog can’t change its habit of eating shit, I can understand. God of Slaughter, watch out for yourself, we’ll meet again before long, and I hope you can still smile then." With that, Miyamoto Musashi gestured grandly and immediately led all members of the Martial Arts Guild to teleport out of the Second Dimension Space.

Suddenly, the stage was half empty, leaving only Huang Yi’s Hero Guild. The entire arena was quiet; countless people were still in shock and hadn’t snapped out of it.

Miyamoto Musashi actually lost composure to the point of using insults like "a dog can’t change its habit of eating shit", ruining his image, a stark contrast to the previously cordial leader image, undifferentiated from the lower-quality players.

Huang Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart; Miyamoto Musashi resorting to insulting language meant that he had believed the fact. The best method to lie is in fact a mix of truth and falsehood, admitting to some of the falsehoods could successfully divert people’s attention, thus covering up other lies.

Now, others would only think that the three instant-kill potions he had used before were all real, and only this one was fake. With this, no one would suspect the fake potion he used in the match with Thunder God. After all, even Miyamoto Musashi, so familiar with S-level potions, couldn’t confirm through the footage that it was a fake potion, let alone others.

In another corner of the spectator stands, Thunder God also finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had not expected that Miyamoto Musashi would suddenly realize there was something wrong with Huang Yi’s instant-kill potion. His heart had been hanging all the while, worried about how Huang Yi would handle it.

If Huang Yi had clung to hopes of luck and handed over the potion for Miyamoto Musashi to check, then the relationship between him and Huang Yi might have been exposed!

With Miyamoto Musashi’s keen eyesight, he naturally could tell that it was a fake potion. Once Huang Yi admitted to it, he would be completely at a disadvantage! Because Miyamoto Musashi had personally inspected that bottle of potion and knew the characteristics of the fake instant-kill potion, he could easily find out that the potion used in the competition between Thunder God and Huang Yi was also fake upon comparing it to the recording.

Huang Yi’s direct pouring out of the potion and his confession that it was fake not only maximized the humiliation of Miyamoto Musashi, striking at his pride, but also prevented Miyamoto Musashi from being able to examine the potion. Thus, there was no longer any evidence, and the audience wouldn’t doubt why Huang Yi wouldn’t let Miyamoto Musashi check the potion.

Indeed, that was the case. Now even Miyamoto Musashi and Heavenly Dao believed Huang Yi’s words, thinking he only had one fake potion. Miyamoto Musashi was even more furious to the point of saying things like "a dog cannot change its nature," which, as a public figure, were very unbecoming statements.

At this point, the entire audience finally became noisy, with many people patting their chests, feeling incredibly relieved! When they placed their bets during the team finals, they treated that instant-kill potion as an important asset for the Heroes’ Guild, and after much consideration, they bet on the guild. Little did they expect that the potion would be fake! Fortunately, this misinformation actually led them to win their bets.

The host quickly interjected with a smile, smoothing over the situation, "Who would have thought that there would be combat at the martial arts tournament and also at the awards ceremony. I remember at the first awards ceremony, Sharp Sword issued a challenge to God of Slaughter. And in the second and third award ceremonies, there were confrontations between God of Slaughter and Miyamoto Musashi. I hope everyone can have more competitions on the battlefield instead of verbal disputes. Whether it’s God of Slaughter or Miyamoto Musashi, both are exceptional contenders, and everyone is remarkable. Friendship first, competition second. Now, let us invite God of Slaughter to say a few words!"

With that, the host turned his head towards Huang Yi, nodded with a smile, and extended his hand in invitation. The noise from the entire audience ended abruptly, and they refocused their attention on Huang Yi, ready to listen to his speech.

Huang Yi stepped forward, looked around at the entire audience, scanned the countless faces like grains of sand along the Ganges, and nodded, saying, "Thank you to everyone at the Hero Guild, as well as everyone who has helped, encouraged, or paid attention to us. I’m deeply grateful to friends like Yun Sihai and Dugu Lengcang. I vividly remember a while back when I was walking on the streets of Dragon City, some members of the Hero Guild said to me, ’Martial Emperor doesn’t sound as good as Martial Saint.’ At the time, I told them that I’d give up the Martial Emperor Title and we’d take the Martial Saint one home. Now, I want to say to those people, we did it! The Heroes’ Guild did it!"

"This Martial Saint Title is not only mine, nor just for the five hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild, but it belongs to every member who still stands by the Hero Guild. After the individual competition ended, almost all the senior leaders of the Heroes’ Guild left, but I wasn’t worried that the guild would collapse because I firmly believe that this guild can withstand this storm, I have absolute confidence it will grow into a behemoth of The Second World, and I believe they’ll wait for our return. We have this belief. Now, the storm has passed, we’ve become stronger, and we’ve also won the team championship! Every single person in the Hero Guild is the best!"

As he spoke, Huang Yi turned to look at the members of the Heroes’ Guild behind him, his gaze slowly passing over each member’s face, and he continued, "I’ve always believed that the strength of a power organization is not measured by their fighting capability, but by the intensity of their beliefs. With such strong beliefs, no matter how powerful the enemy, even if they could cover the sky with one hand, control the world, or we are defeated time after time, with our comrades falling around us, nothing will stop our march towards victory..."

Huang Yi’s voice clearly resounded in the ears of every spectator in The Second World, in numerous televisions, handheld photon brains, and old-fashioned radios across the real world, as well as in the ears of all members of the organization behind him. At this moment, they were scattered across the world, with different identities and devices, and some were even risking their lives on missions, but Huang Yi’s voice was simultaneously coming through their invisible earphones.

At that moment, Huang Yi’s gaze settled on Qin Shiyu; he no longer moved but stared at her, as if he was looking at the group of people behind her, "Here, I would like to give special thanks to a group of people, thank them for everything they have done for me. Although we are far apart for now, I always believe this isn’t forever. As long as we hold on to our beliefs, one day, I will sprint past that finish line, Starting Point, and return to your side. Even if one of us is in Heaven and the other in Hell, we will eventually reunite!"

At that, Huang Yi gently closed his eyes.

Qin Shiyu also gently closed her eyes.

In the real world, numerous members of the organization scattered across the globe also all closed their eyes.

In their minds echoed the last words of No. 1—

Even if one of us is in Heaven and the other in Hell, we will eventually reunite!

At this moment, everyone in the organization, whether real or virtual, was bound tightly together at heart.

They had been fighting together for too long, and this time they had taken a significant step towards their ultimate goal.

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