Heroes' Prison

Chapter 581 - 557: Master of War

This matter will have to be set aside for now, he thought. Next evolution, I’ll see if I can absorb that drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood. As long as there comes a day when I can absorb it, I’ll naturally get detailed information about this blood from the system.

Huang Yi glanced at the Undead Flying Dragon and said, "Alright, I need to go now! Undead Flying Dragon, you’ve just advanced to the rank of Celestial Realm Experts, causing such a heavenly phenomenon. Though our Main Territory is incredibly distant from the outside world, and it’s very difficult for others to find this mountain even if they come here, we still have to be careful. Hide if you can."

With that, he sent his true body to the Tower of Pantheons for level grinding.

Meanwhile, his incarnation stayed here with Little Dragon, enjoying a rare moment of leisure and play with Xiao Chunzi and Little Wang. Although Little Dragon saw Little Wang first when it was born, Huang Yi had already bonded with it using his blood before it hatched, so it didn’t matter who it saw first, it was still closest to Huang Yi.

In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.

Huang Yi had been level grinding all the while, striving to reach the Intermediate Holy Domain rank. Since the Undead Flying Dragon advanced to the Celestial Realm, all players of the Hero’s Continent received a 10% boost to all attributes for three days. This greatly sped up Huang Yi’s grinding speed. With faster clear times, he finished solo mode and then played in five-person or ten-person teams. Like a machine, he repeated the same process over and over. According to this pace, he would reach Level 123 tomorrow.

He was still the first on the World Rankings, but those behind him were closing in fiercely.

The second rank on the World Rankings was no longer held by Miyamoto Musashi but by the leader among the Common Class players—Yang Yuheng! He was the only Common Class player to break into the top sixty-four in the previous tournament. After the Reward Vault opened, he used his exchange gained Level-Up Potions to rapidly break through to the Holy Domain rank and has been doggedly chasing since, already having reached Level 105 and was leveling up far faster than Huang Yi.

Moreover, over half of the players in the top hundred of the Level Rankings were now Common Class players, with Rare Class players gradually being pushed down. After their Rare Class reached the Holy Domain rank, they required more than twice the experience for leveling up compared to Common Classes, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not keep up with the pace of the Common Class players.

Currently, the number of players worldwide who had broken through to the Holy Domain rank had surpassed five hundred. Every day new Holy Domain players emerged, and some even helped their friends and family to level up, allowing them also to break through to the Holy Domain quickly.

The entire Second World was truly entering a brand-new Sacred Realm Era.

The next day, after having breakfast and doing some exercises, Huang Yi logged on early and checked the forum.

"The Guardian of the Hero Guild has broken through to the Heavenly Domain Level, making the Hero Guild the first player power acknowledged by the Oskan Royal Academy! All players of the Hero’s Continent receive a 10% boost to all attributes, celebrating for three days!"

"The Indian player leader Ganges has become the first player in the world to have a Second Class!"

"The Pharaoh founded the Nile Sect, becoming the second player religion! Over 10% of Egypt’s players have joined the sect!"

"A mysterious Chinese player, Gentleman, has successfully broken the world record of the 90th Stage previously held by God of Slaughter! He is likely to join the ranks of super-first masters!"

...

The 24-hour hot posts were filled with all sorts of news. With the advent of the Holy Domain Era, almost all masters were exerting their strength, entering an era of explosive growth. In such an environment, to not advance is to fall back, Huang Yi couldn’t maintain his advantage for long.

At the same time, some newcomers took advantage of this era to rise to the forefront of the trend. For instance, the mysterious Chinese player Gentleman, who appeared in the tournament, even broke Huang Yi’s previous record of the 90th Stage, a strength simply stronger than even veteran masters like Unbeaten.

After browsing briefly, Huang Yi logged into the Second World.

Upon logging in, he took out a medicine bottle, a Class Upgrade Scroll, and a Compass of Elemental Spirits from his storage ring and began to examine them. However, he quickly stowed them back into the storage ring. They had not brought any surprises, so he would have to wait until tomorrow to check again.

Immediately afterward, Huang Yi’s true body went straight to the Tower of Pantheons and began to grind levels with great effort.

He kept grinding until midday when a warm surge finally washed over him, and he reached Level 123! After over ten days of effort, he had finally made it to this important milestone.

Huang Yi immediately took out three black semi-transparent beads from his storage ring. These thumb-sized beads were a little soft to the touch. They were the Demon Cores for Levels 123 to 125!

Huang Yi opened his mouth and swallowed the Level 123 Demon Core like a jelly bean. Instantly, another surge of warmth flowed through him, and he shot up to Level 124, saving several days of grinding time.

Then, he swallowed another Level 124 Demon Core and soared straight to Level 125!

"[System Prompt]: Congratulations on reaching Level 125 and advancing to the Intermediate Holy Domain Rank. Each of your four fundamental attributes has increased by 10 Holy Domain Points."

With this, Huang Yi had finally reached the Intermediate Holy Domain rank! His status level had increased by one! If a Level 124 Holy Domain Warrior were to fight him, although there’s only one level difference, that single level creates a disparity of 40% in all attributes! In addition, Huang Yi also has the Martial Saint title which grants a +1 to his status level, meaning in terms of rank, he surpasses even those over Level 150 among the Advanced Holy Domain experts! Such a high rank gives him a significant advantage in battle!

However, this didn’t mean he could contend with Advanced Holy Domain experts just yet, as there were still gaps in level, talent, skills, equipment, and other aspects. Moreover, Level 150 was a major watershed moment; it was the level for the Second Transformation of one’s class. The First Transformation took place at Level 50, and the Second Transformation at Level 150, with the opportunity for a Job Change every hundred levels.

Huang Yi swallowed the last Level 125 Demon Core in his hand and instantly shot up to Level 126. In under a minute, he had soared three levels, a rate of leveling up that was unimaginable. But his supply of Demon Cores was dwindling, and it would be difficult to level up this swiftly in the future.

Within Huang Yi’s Nefalem bloodline was a talent called "Demon God Growth," which allowed him to gain attribute points corresponding to his level with each level up. Having ascended four levels in one go, he had gained nearly five hundred attribute points. When converted into Holy Domain attributes, this equaled five points, which he added entirely to his strength.

Additionally, at Level 120, he had received another Nefalem bloodline talent called "Strengthen Nefalem’s Power." This talent increased the recovery rate of Nefalem’s Power; every level up boosted the Nefalem’s Power from 1 point to 2 points, effectively doubling it.

Now that he had risen by four levels in one shot, his Nefalem’s Power had instantly recovered by 8 points!

It was now time for him to solo the first boss on the 100th Floor of the Tower of Pantheons!

However, before that, he made a trip to the Warrior Hall to learn the Level 125 Class Skill.

This Level 125 Class Skill was not new but rather an upgrade of the previously learned "Net of Justice" to the Second Level!

The parameters of the skill remained largely unchanged, but two new effects had been added.

The original Net of Justice could only drag enemies to Huang Yi’s side, but now it allowed dragging to any direction within a 100-meter radius. It was akin to tossing a sandbag, freely throwing enemies wherever one wished.

The second new ability was that the skill now had an area-of-effect impact! It inflicted damage equal to 100% of Huang Yi’s attack power on each ensnared enemy. If it were an ordinary player, Huang Yi’s strike could instakill them outright.

After the upgrade, the practicality of Net of Justice had surged, but its cooldown duration remained too long at a full three minutes, preventing frequent use.

Next, both Huang Yi’s main body and incarnation teleported to the 100th Floor of the Tower of Pantheons! This level was only available in a 5000-person mode, among the most critical stages in the Tower of Pantheons! Even the world-first kill on the 50th Floor rewarded Legendary Equipment, so the rewards for this 100th Floor were bound to be more abundant.

Teams from all over the world were eyeing the first kill here, fervently leveling up to compete. It would be some time before they could gradually start challenging the Tower.

Yet, no one around the world knew that Huang Yi was about to take on the challenge solo!

With a flash before his eyes, Huang Yi teleported to the 100th Floor of the Tower of Pantheons.

Before him stood a mountain, with a wide staircase leading to the summit from its base. It was at the summit where the boss was located.

Huang Yi and his incarnation took off, rapidly climbing the stairway. He had previously battled through the 90th and above stages, and the terrain of this secret realm was exactly the same as before; only the boss’s strength was different.

A few minutes later, Huang Yi and his incarnation finally reached the summit. A vast plateau several kilometers in size spread out at the top. At the very center of this empty plateau stood a towering boss, over twenty meters tall, decked in a massive suit of metal armor, resembling a Golden War God.

What stood out most about this boss were the objects in each of his hands.

In his left hand, he wore a huge metal gauntlet adorned with long spikes. One smash on a person would likely pulverize them to mincemeat, leaving not even a full corpse behind.

In his right hand, he wielded a cruel-looking war halberd. This halberd, over ten meters long and golden throughout, seemed to be forged from gold, reflecting dazzlingly sharp golden rays, filled with killing intent like a war machine capable of mowing down swathes of people with a single sweep.

This BOSS was none other than the first boss of the 100th Floor of the Tower of Pantheons—Arnoshwa Xinge, the Master of War, whose level was exactly 100.

————

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone!

I’m asking for Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets! Recommendation Tickets can be cast every day! Thank you!

If you like this book, please recommend it to your classmates and friends.

Those with high Fan Value, you can sign up in the "Extra" post pinned in the Qidian Review Area to become a character in this book! I hope everyone can support the official release; official readers may get the chance to become characters in the book.

My Sina Weibo is @Huang Huayi, if interested, you can follow me there. (To be continued... If you enjoy this work, your support with a Recommendation Ticket or Monthly Ticket at Qidian.com would be greatly appreciated. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)