Heroes' Prison

Chapter 574 - 550: News of the Spirit of Thunder and Lightning

"Alright, stop looking! Come up one by one and collect it! Everyone gets a share!" Huang Yi said with a smile, beginning to distribute the five hundred Hero’s Rings.

One could only wear one storage ring, and it was basically impossible to fill it up completely. Regardless of their rank, each member on the field was issued one, and Huang Yi himself was no exception.

After the storage rings were distributed, the hundreds of Heroes’ Guild members immediately put them on and inspected them carefully, some of the girls even playfully asked their companions to take screenshots and photos.

Huang Yi also replaced his ring with a Hero’s Ring. Instantly, he felt a faint connection with hundreds of people, which allowed him to teleport to any one of them just by their consent and confirmation.

Now, Huang Yi’s teleportation abilities were very rich!

As the Guardian of Hero’s Continent, he could teleport to any public city without needing to activate it.

His Legendary Headband contained an attached skill from Godslayer’s Mark, which also allowed him to open a teleport to any place where he had set the mark.

With the Hero’s Ring in his hand, he could teleport between himself and the five hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild.

At different times, these three distinct abilities could play different roles and could handle almost any situation.

...

After receiving the Hero’s Rings, the five hundred members of the Heroes’ Guild dispersed to attend to their own tasks. Most of them went to other system cities, ready to continue redeeming items from the Reward Vault.

Huang Yi’s avatar, with ten percent of his power, also arrived at the Reward Vault in Tiantai City.

It was a tall stone building, crowded with people, all there to exchange items. Fortunately, the space inside was limitless, allowing each player to enter a separate room, undisturbed by others.

Huang Yi made his way through the crowd and into one of these rooms, where it felt like he had entered a different dimension, isolated from the outside world. He found himself in a vast room filled with cabinets, and each compartment of the cabinets contained all the items from the Reward Vault, labeled with a tag that provided brief information about the item. The further he went inside, the more precious the items on the cabinets became.

Huang Yi walked through, his eyes sweeping over item after item, roughly browsing through these artifacts.

The Reward Vault possessed a large number of valuable items, rare even in auction houses, and not easily purchasable no matter how much money one had.

For instance, in terms of equipment, the highest one could redeem was Legendary Equipment; in terms of potions, the highest was A-level potions, including Level-Up Potions that directly increased a level before level 100; there were also Spirit Stones, which could instantly succeed the 9th Stage of the War Soul; besides that, there were Energy Stones and other items universally sought after by players.

However, some extremely top-level or special items, such as Epic Equipment, S-level potions, and Special Energy Stones, were not available in the Reward Vault.

The better the item, the more Stone Exchanges were needed, and they weren’t easily obtainable. If one wanted to buy someone else’s Stone Exchanges, that was also not possible because they were bound and could not be traded! Each player’s Stone Exchanges could only be used by themselves!

However, after exchanging for an item, it could be traded, providing a channel for players to give gifts. If one had a lot of Stone Exchanges, they could redeem some items to give to friends and relatives.

Huang Yi had made his way here, even lunging for many tempting items himself, considering he was one of the people with the most Stone Exchanges in the world. As the competition progressed, each match’s Stone Exchanges increased, and as the runner-up in the individual competition and the champion in the team competition, he had amassed a total of 6,450 Stone Exchanges, many of which he could redeem.

The Reward Vault had just opened today and would never close. Players could later obtain Stone Exchanges through the Tower of Pantheons, though the Drop Rate was quite low, and they might not come across one even after many attempts.

Huang Yi resisted the impulse to redeem several times and finally reached the very end of the room.

Ahead, there was only one last cabinet left.

This cabinet stood alone, with only one item displayed on it as if it were too disdainful to be placed with the other items, exuding exceptional value.

Out of curiosity, Huang Yi walked over. His footsteps creaked on the wooden floor, echoing as if he was walking through time, ready to unearth treasures from ancient times.

Finally, Huang Yi arrived in front of the cabinet, taking a careful look at the item placed on top.

It was a sheepskin scroll, bound by a hemp rope with its end trailing off the counter, beckoning limitless imagination and the desire to grasp the rope and gently tug it to unveil the scroll.

Huang Yi immediately looked at the tag of the sheepskin scroll—

[Class Upgrade Scroll]: Can be used for profession advancement. When used by a Common Class, it advances to an Advanced Class; when used by an Advanced Class, it advances to a Rare Class; when used by a Rare Class, the effects are unknown. Required exchange stones: five thousand.

Effects unknown? Reading the last sentence, Huang Yi suddenly paused. The scroll had very clear effects for both Common and Advanced Classes, potentially elevating their respective ranks, but when it came to his Rare Class, the information ceased.

It was like gambling; no one knew what would happen next, leaving it all to fate. However, for Rare Class Holders like Huang Yi, it still remained incredibly tempting. Nobody didn’t want to go further; it’s just that very few wished to be the first one to ’eat the crab.’

Gazing at the scroll before him, Huang Yi seemed to discern the future strategy of Era Corporation. Era Corporation must be looking to narrow the gap between ordinary players and top players since, for regular players, top players were akin to gods.

Being a Rare Class was an absolute label of a master. So far, there were only a few thousand Rare Class players in the world. Before any player entered The Second World, they had the opportunity to become a Rare Class—the only condition being the completion of a Rare Quest. However, due to the difficulty of these quests, countless players failed and subsequently fell behind Rare Class players, constantly oppressed by their disadvantage.

However, things would be different in the future. After reaching the Level 100 Holy Domain, ordinary players would have a massive leveling advantage, requiring half the experience to level up compared to Rare Class Holders, thus leading in terms of levels.

Now, something like the Class Upgrade Scroll had appeared in the Reward Vault, and while the required exchange stones were a vast number—possibly taking years to gather—at least there was a glimmer of hope.

While pondering, Huang Yi eventually decided to act against the norm; he would exchange for a Class Upgrade Scroll!

Although Era Corporation aimed to bridge the gap between top and regular players, it didn’t necessarily mean directly harming the interests of the top players. The scroll’s effect was only unknown, not necessarily detrimental.

More importantly, he could foresee what was unknown to the system!

Because he had the Eye of Time!

Huang Yi immediately reached out and grabbed the scroll!

At this moment, countless people around the world wanted to make the same move as Huang Yi, but countless others simply couldn’t, only able to covet the scroll with their eyes.

Five thousand exchange stones were needed for the Class Upgrade Scroll. Within China, aside from Huang Yi, only Thunder God could exchange it immediately. Others, even Super-First Masters like Sharp Sword and Dragon Spike, would need to spend some more time in the Tower of Pantheons in order to gather enough stones, for they had focused on individual competitions during the previous martial arts tournament, either not participating or contributing insignificantly in team events.

"[System Prompt]: You have spent 5000 exchange stones to exchange for [Class Upgrade Scroll]."

Following the system prompt, most of the exchange stones in Huang Yi’s storage ring vanished right away.

Huang Yi gripped the scroll in his hand, the texture of the sheepskin scroll felt very distinct, with a sense of weight to it. He pinched the cord with his fingers; pulling this cord would signify the use of the scroll.

Finally, he heard the system’s prompt—

"[System Prompt]: Do you wish to use the [Class Upgrade Scroll] now?"

As this prompt sounded, the system’s determination of the scroll’s effect was already made. The program didn’t wait for a player’s confirmation to decide the effects of the scroll; it was determined the moment the system issued the confirmation prompt. The principle of the system’s programming in The Second World was like winning a prize when opening a bottle cap from a beverage. It’s not that the phrase "You Win" or "Thank You" gets printed on the cap after you buy the beverage; it has already been printed there. At the moment of purchase, whether you’ve won or not is already decided, and opening the cap reveals the outcome.

Huang Yi took a deep breath and immediately used the Eye of Time to check the system’s determination.

In an instant, 2000 points of his energy value were consumed!

This was practically like burning money!

However, these two thousand energy points finally revealed the system’s determination—

The scroll wouldn’t upgrade Huang Yi’s Rare Class, but instead, it allowed him a chance to modify his Class Talent!

Class Talent was innate from the moment of choosing the profession, with no precedent of it being modifiable. Now, the scroll in Huang Yi’s hands held that capability.

Touching his chin, Huang Yi fell into deep thought. His Class Talents were already quite good; if it was about modifying Class Talent, the effect wasn’t significant— the newly modified Talent might not be better than his current one.

Huang Yi decided to wait and see by tomorrow. If the effect of the sheepskin scroll was random, then after the 24-hour refresh period, it should change to something else. He could always use the Eye of Time again, if necessary. He could bear the consumption of energy value, but a mistake with the Class Upgrade Scroll would be a heavy loss. (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 visit m.qidian.com to read.)