Heroes' Prison

Chapter 592 - 567: Emperor Somerett

It seems that the Master of War had once been fond of a woman long, long ago, but somehow got captured and placed in the Tower of Pantheons, becoming a BOSS. This life-saving skill was exclusively for female players, clearly a special kind of affection towards women.

"Qianye Fengwu! Do you want this skill book?" Huang Yi turned his head to look at Qianye Fengwu. She was currently the most formidable female player on the field and had contributed significantly in the kill process just now.

Qianye Fengwu immediately shook her head and stuck out her little tongue, saying with a slight look of disgust, "I don’t want it! The thought of something bursting out of my belly to produce a smaller version of myself is just too disgusting."

Huang Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "That’s only the scenario when the BOSS uses it. The player’s use will be different, it won’t be exactly the same as the BOSS. I guess it will be like the process of a normal clone, it won’t be disgusting."

"I still don’t want it. Just thinking about the Master of War using this skill gives me psychological shadows," Qianye Fengwu still shook her head.

Huang Yi didn’t insist any further, instead he waved the skill book towards Xiao Chunzi and said, "Sister, you’re a bit weak in the life-saving skills department. You learn from this book!"

"Okay!" Xiao Chunzi always listened to Huang Yi, and she agreed immediately, walking over to Huang Yi’s side to take the skill book and chose to learn it right there and then.

Huang Yi picked up the second item. It was a blue crystal stone, clear and extraordinary, almost like a sapphire. Just looking at it gave off a noble feeling, distinguishing it from ordinary items.

"Hmm? A soul crystal?" Huang Yi blurted out. He had seen such an item twice before, having two such crystals in his storage ring, earned after breaking the world record on the 90th and 110th stages. Such items originated from extremely high-end sources, either from a world record or a world-first kill, clearly showing it was an absolute treasure.

But this soul crystal was a mystery itself, it didn’t have any documentation, and players needed to research it themselves. Until now, Huang Yi had no idea what it was used for, so he simply kept it for himself.

Huang Yi continued to take inventory of the items. Among these, there was an A-grade energy stone containing ten thousand energy points; ten spirit stones that could directly enhance the War Soul’s 9th stage; an advanced Holy Domain Beast Spirit Stone, which allowed a War Soul to absorb a high-level Holy Domain class soul spirit... In addition, there were other small treasures, such as a flute that could stun beasts, a kite that could make a player fly temporarily, and so on.

Finally, lying in front of Huang Yi was the last item—a rather inconspicuous handle.

This handle appeared to be just a small part of something, bearing no patterns, and looked quite ordinary. But upon closer inspection, one could sense an antiquity to it, as if it were from an ancient tool that has finally been unearthed to see the light of day again.

Huang Yi immediately checked its attributes.

[Somerett’s Bloodstained War Halberd Handle] (Special Item, Tradable)

Countless years had passed, and Emperor Somerett’s Blood Empire had long since vanished into thin air, his bloody halberd that had conquered numerous lands now shattered to pieces. The four bosses on the hundredth floor of the Tower of Pantheons each possess a piece of it. Burn a piece of legendary equipment to infuse power into this fragment, and the fragment shall regain its might. Assemble all five fragments and the Epic Weapon—Somerett’s Bloodstained War Halberd—shall come together. Aside from that, should you collect four of the fragments, they can also be restored by a Divine Craftsman’s repair, without the need for the last piece.

Emperor Somerett!

Seeing this name, Huang Yi took a deep breath and clenched the seemingly insignificant handle in his hand. He had long heard of Emperor Somerett’s deeds, even feeling a vague connection to him!

Every player at level 50 had the opportunity for their first job change by passing the Class Transfer Secret Realm, with difficulties ranging from the simplest D-grade to the most difficult A-grade. Back then, Huang Yi had his first job change, and since he was the only player in the world with Name Bestowing capabilities, he had the chance to challenge the S-grade secret realm!

In that S-grade Class Transfer Secret Realm, Huang Yi competed with an NPC to acquire the epitaphs of the four generals; whoever collected all four epitaphs first would win. The four generals with epitaphs in that secret realm were none other than the Four Great Generals under the command of Emperor Somerett!

Emperor Somerett was a top-level demigod from the Primordial Era, a historic warlord who was once one of the Ten Great Deity Sealers and the most accomplished disciple of Sword Emperor! Using his mighty Bloodstained War Halberd, Somerett conquered countless races; wherever he went, rivers of blood were sure to follow. Numerous mighty heroes became spirits under the blade of his halberd, and he came to be known by historians as "Emperor Zhan Ge." Emperor Somerett, with the war halberd in his hand, personally founded the historically renowned Blood Empire, which once spanned vast territories. Even today’s continents of many countries still bear remnants of the Blood Empire.

And now, the handle in Huang Yi’s hand was a part of Emperor Somerett’s legendary war halberd, famous for being an epic piece of equipment! It far surpassed the category of legendary! Aside from the ethereal Divine Artifacts, it was the most powerful equipment there was!

Huang Yi now had two components of epic equipment. Besides this handle, there was also the Thunder Left Hand, which could be used directly upon acquisition, but this handle couldn’t be used right away, momentarily considering it a special item.

The quality of this war halberd was clearly superior to the Thunder Guard Bracers, as each of its parts required the burning of a piece of legendary equipment to restore its might. This kind of cost, if spoken aloud, could scare a player to death. At this stage, countless players had never even touched a piece of legendary equipment. Even Huang Yi, the first among legends, had painfully acquired only eight legendary items. And just to restore this handle, it would need one legendary item to be burned. If all five components were gathered, that would mean burning five legendary items! Such a cost, even for Huang Yi, was very hard to bear.

However, it was impossible for Huang Yi to obtain all five components, as that required securing the first kills of five different bosses. And now, the world was at a stage where Holy Domain players were surging forth. Once their numbers grew, the top S-rank teams around the world would have the capability to compete for those first kills, making it virtually impossible for Huang Yi to monopolize all five.

There was another alternative: to aim for gathering four components, then seek a Divine Craftsman for repair. While Huang Yi didn’t know any Divine Craftsmen, he was a student at the Oskan Royal Academy, the strongest place in The Second World, which surely had a Divine Craftsman within its ranks.

But securing four first kills was also incredibly difficult and achieving it solely with the Hero Guild was out of the question! Huang Yi planned to diversify this goal, having Thunder God’s Sun Team help secure one first kill, and tasking Yun Sihai, Lin Yiqin, and their Yanhuang Legion to obtain another one. Then the Hero Guild would take another first kill. With this strategy, there was hope of collecting four components.

Huang Yi slipped the handle into his storage ring. As the guild leader of the Hero Guild, and with a contribution rate exceeding 80% in this kill, what he took didn’t need to be discussed with anyone else.

Huang Yi smiled at the whole team and said, "Alright, good work everyone! The leader of each subteam, later on, register each member’s contribution points. These items will be placed in the Guild Warehouse; anyone who has their eye on something, just exchange it with your contribution points!"

Everyone nodded happily. This time, their involvement was akin to just passing by without putting in much effort, yet every one of them gained a great deal.

Apart from the spoils on the ground, each person involved in the first kill automatically received three hundred Stone Exchanges. These were untradeable, distributed directly by the system into each player’s storage ring, and even Huang Yi, as the guild leader, had no control over them. Just these three hundred Stone Exchanges were enough to make their venture worthwhile.

Huang Yi immediately teleported out. Next on his agenda was considering the burning of a piece of legendary equipment to restore the might of that epic handle! In addition, his Godslayer’s Naming had undergone a second upgrade, attaching a new skill he had yet to examine.

Huang Yi immediately checked his Name Bestowing Skill—

[Instakill]: Can directly kill a player, and no means exist to block it. Cooldown is 100 days.

This attached skill was essentially equivalent to an instant-kill potion!

Other skills typically enhance oneself or deal immense damage to enemies, but Instakill goes straight for the jugular, directly causing the enemy’s death upon use, making life-saving skills and talents useless against it. Even Thunder God, the world’s strongest knight, with the most formidable Knight’s Body, couldn’t resist it. The best way to counter this skill would be through revival skills, like the Returning Light that Xiao Chunzi has, which allows for continuous resurrection and combat after death.

During the duel tournament, Huang Yi had profoundly realized how practical an instakill potion could be. It was one of his trump cards; without the potion, he wouldn’t have been able to advance to the top eight. However, since then, the medicine bottle had not bred any more instakill potions, leaving this trump card absent for too long.

But now, he had regained this trump card once again. Moreover, the skill’s name matched perfectly with Huang Yi’s; his name was Instakill, and he now possessed a Name Bestowing Skill called Instakill! It was as if the system had tailor-made it for him!

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