Heroes' Prison

Chapter 573 - 549: The Most Mysterious Scroll

Huang Yi also found this person called "Gentleman" very mysterious. The Gentleman being able to defeat "Desire Arises from the Heart" proved that he was undoubtedly very strong. However, how strong he truly was remained unknown; it was hard to gauge his real power from the previous knockout matches. True strength often only revealed itself when pushed into a corner, just like Zhitian Shi—if she hadn’t used her Corpse Fusion Skill, Huang Yi would have thought she was just a pretty face.

Nobody knew how many such figures were concealed in The Second World. They could have brushed past you on the street, or they might have been at a pub at dusk, just like any ordinary person, ordering a glass of fruit wine and slowly savoring it as they watched the sunset. Sharp Sword and T.N.T were such figures, each surfacing from the sea of people. They didn’t represent everyone, as there were certainly others who continued to hide, unknown big shots who might suddenly rise to the top without a moment’s notice.

After briefly reading a few posts, Huang Yi entered The Second World.

Upon entering The Second World, Huang Yi’s true body appeared in the City of Roses. The surroundings were quiet and peaceful, with the beauty having departed, leaving behind only the silent sunshine and the faint scent of roses in the air. The romance of the previous night seemed as if it were still right before his eyes.

At that moment, Huang Yi’s body swayed and abruptly split into two.

The newly appeared figure was his avatar, possessing 10% of his strength.

In The Second World, each time one reached a new Status Hierarchy, a set of brand-new ’Class Abilities’ could be born.

The ability of the Holy Domain level is to create an avatar, and every Holy Domain Warrior knows how to do it. The reason why Huang Yi could release the avatar of a criminal in Heroes’ Prison was that every warrior above the Holy Domain had this ability.

Other players who later reached the Holy Domain level would all have the ability to create an avatar. This kind of avatar is permanent and doesn’t have a time limit like typical avatar skills do. However, this avatar skill has a disadvantage: it consumes the actual strength of the original body to split off. For example, after creating an avatar with 30% of one’s Attributes, the original body would only retain 70% of its Attributes. Unless the avatar merges back into the body, it stays this way.

However, if an avatar dies, the punishment is quite severe, and the original body would need a long time to recuperate and regain strength, greatly affecting its power! This ability is thus not very suitable for fighting but instead is used as a support tool.

If one reaches the Heavenly Realm level, an additional brand-new Class Ability is gained—Skill Dispel, which can dispel one of the enemy’s skills!

This ability is extremely powerful! Although it can only dispel one of the skills and not all of them, the impact on the battle is significantly large! For instance, if Zhitian uses Corpse Fusion to significantly increase her power and fights a Celestial Realm Expert above level 200, the expert can choose to dispel her Corpse Fusion skill, rendering it ineffective! Similarly, if Huang Yi were to use Judgment on a Celestial Realm Expert, the expert could also dispel Huang Yi’s skill, making the Judgment ineffective!

But one thing to note is that such Status Hierarchy abilities must be genuinely earned by reaching the corresponding level; they’re not valid for temporary level boosts. For example, both the Level Up potion and Zhitian’s Corpse Fusion can temporarily raise one to the rank of Holy Domain or Heavenly Domain, but because these are temporary boosts, they don’t grant these Class Abilities.

In fact, skills like Level Up or Corpse Fusion that increase one’s level are considered skill effects, not an actual level. Even before the martial arts competition, when Zhitian used Corpse Fusion, her level temporarily reached 100, but she did not trigger a system announcement because it was only a skill effect. In contrast, when Huang Yi became the first to breakthrough level 100 a while back, it was his actual level, achieved without the assistance of any skills, and thus it was recognized by the system.

Next, Huang Yi’s true body, with 90% of his Attributes, went to the Tower of Pantheons to start Level Grinding.

His 10% strength avatar, meanwhile, teleported to Tiantai City to the Reward Vault exchange location to see what treasures were in the vault.

As for his incarnation, it was in Dragon City, preparing to distribute the 500 Champion Rings they won last night to the Heroes’ Guild.

Now, his efficiency was high, working on three things at once.

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At noon sharp.

All 500 members of the Heroes’ Guild assembled in the council hall of the city hall, lining up in anticipation to receive their Champion Rings.

All 500 of these members belonged to the Hero Guild. Dugu Lengcang had volunteered the night before that the external reinforcements he brought did not need the Championship Rings; their purpose in joining the Heroes’ Guild was to win more Stone Exchanges, which could be exchanged for better items in the Reward Vault.

Huang Yi’s incarnation stood at the very front of the line, scanning the Heroes’ Guild members before him. They were the core talents of the Hero Guild, and at that moment, each one of them was beaming with joy and whispering amongst themselves.

"Dong Xi, how many Level-Up Potions did you exchange for?"

"Three bottles! I still have some Stone Exchanges left to get other things. There are so many great items in the Reward Vault, especially those beautiful Legendary Skirts—I want every single one of them!"

"I also exchanged for three bottles! Once I reach level 97, I can directly advance to the Holy Domain Rank! But my boyfriend wants them too, so I guess I’ll give them to him!"

At this moment, these members of the Heroes’ Guild were mostly conversing about the Reward Vault—being the group champions, they had plenty of Stone Exchanges and exchanged them for a lot of good stuff.

Huang Yi raised his hand and gestured in the air, signaling everyone to be quiet.

Instantly, the members of the Heroes’ Guild quieted down, looking up at Huang Yi with anticipation in their eyes.

Huang Yi’s gaze swept over each person’s face, and he spoke loudly, "Let’s not talk for now. I know you’re all very happy, but there’s another exciting task to do. Next, each of you will receive a Champion Ring. None of us know its Attributes yet—I don’t know either. Let’s all find out together now!"

Having said that, he took out the box that held five hundred rings and gently opened it!

In an instant, the entire room brightened up a notch!

Several hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild all craned their necks to peek inside the box!

Inside the box were rings shimmering with flowing light, of the same design and luminescence, neatly arranged, and incredibly dazzling!

The material of the rings had a high-quality feel, and they somewhat resembled crowns shrunk many times over. They were resplendent and gleaming, emitting an aura of nobility, like something from the Royal Family; not even the thickest layer of dust could conceal their brilliance.

Huang Yi extended a finger and carefully picked up one of the rings.

Immediately, he felt a substantial weight in his hand, signifying the ring’s heft and exquisite craftsmanship. It was extremely comfortable against the skin, almost irresistibly so.

The ring felt so pleasant in hand that Huang Yi caressed it for quite a while before finally sharing its attributes with the entire group—

[Hero’s Ring] (Orange Gear, Jewelry Set - storage ring)

Magic Defense: 100

Health Points +3%

Attack Power +3%

Movement Speed +5%

Drop Rate Doubled

Equipment does not drop upon death

[Hero’s Ring Set]

Five hundred players each wearing a Hero’s Ring, when at least two players are online, can use the attached skill [Hero’s Teleportation]: All players with a Hero’s Ring will be interconnected and able to teleport to any player who has the ring. Teleporting to the side of another requires the latter’s approval. Teleportation has no cost and cooldown time is dependent on the teleportation distance, not exceeding a maximum of one hundred days.

Durability: 2000/2000

Required Level: 80

Equipment Score: 700

Item Description: The fate of heroes lies on the battlefield. — Commemorating the Heroes’ Guild victory at the martial arts tournament.

"There’s even an attached skill!" When they saw the attributes of this ring, the whole room erupted in astonishment!

Even Huang Yi had not expected that this storage ring, like his Ancestral Jewelry Set, would possess an attached skill, despite not being Legendary Equipment. Together, the complete set provided an additional skill!

Storage rings with attributes were already incredibly rare, and even the storage ring he had did not come with an attached skill. But now, all five hundred of them had one!

Although the ring was merely classified as Orange Gear and required only a Level 80, its Equipment Score was as high as 700. A regular Level 80 Orange Gear ring would score around 400, while a Level 80 Legendary Ring would score 800, which meant this ring was almost on par with Legendary Equipment.

The ring’s combat attributes were not particularly notable; its greatest strengths lay in its support abilities, especially the doubled drop rate and the no gear drop upon death. Such attributes were rare, scarcely found even on Legendary Equipment.

Moreover, the attached skill was a highlight; five hundred people could teleport to each other. This ability had many uses, such as traveling quickly, assembling, or escaping from enemy pursuit. However, the cooldown duration was a bit vague, determined by the distance of teleportation. The greater the distance, the longer the cooldown.

With this Hero’s Ring, the five hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild would be more closely connected. These five hundred individuals were in fact elites selected from subsidiary groups like Sunset’s Battlefield Group, Overlord’s Adventure Group, and Knight’s Instance Group. They were usually separate and didn’t often come together, but now with this ring, they could instantly teleport from any corner of the continent to Huang Yi’s side at his command, assembling at incredible speed.

Just like the saying goes, a single arrow shot into the sky is met with a mighty army on the ground!

Huang Yi turned his head, shifting his gaze from the Hero’s Ring to the several hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild below, who were eagerly eying the storage ring with excited faces. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to vote with your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)