Heroes' Prison

Chapter 595 - 570 Divine Artifact Fragment

The air once again settled into tranquility as Miyamoto Musashi opened his palm, glanced at the black stone, bit his lip, and then placed it back into the storage ring before logging off.

...

Within Rose Prison, countless criminals were having breakfast in the cafeteria. Huang Yi faced Thunder God across the table, with a bowl of steaming hot porridge, a deep-fried dough stick, and an egg in front of each.

"I’ve been drinking this porridge for years, and the taste is still just as bad," Thunder God sighed after taking a sip.

Huang Yi picked up the egg beside his bowl, tapping it against the table before peeling it, and asked, "You haven’t seemed to level up since you reached Level 100. What have you been busy with lately?"

Thunder God smiled faintly and said, "After ascending to the Holy Domain, the instrument panel of my Ancient Godship revealed an overseas coordinate. These past few days, I’ve been busy searching for that coordinate. Just yesterday, I finally reached the spot and discovered a relic of Sea God, including one of his lost possessions."

"Sea God?" Huang Yi perked up at the mention of the name.

Sea God was the eighth God Sealer in history, a mighty figure unforgettable to all marine races in The Second World. During the Distant Ancient Era, when The Seven Archdemons invaded, Sea God contended with the King of the Fallen, refined the five most powerful Giant Generals under his command, but lost his Divine Artifact, the Pillar of Sea God, shattered in the battle and its fragments scattered across the world. Soon after, Sea God ascended to the Divine Realm and vanished without a trace.

Huang Yi was quite familiar with Sea God. The Sea-Calming Divine Staff in the hands of the Sea Dragon Emperor was a piece of Sea God’s Divine Artifact, the Pillar of Sea God. When Huang Yi had captured that Giant General, he had used the Sea-Calming Divine Staff to dispel the Demonic Attributes Imprint on that Giant General, reverting it back to an Ancient Giant.

Furthermore, the Tidal Calling Siren Princess, the guardian of Hero Harbor, was once a maid under Sea God’s command. She had been confined in Heroes’ Prison for countless years until Huang Yi set her free to become the first Territory Guardian of Hero Harbor.

"Yes, the Sea God! My Ancient Godship was built by Sea God to transport islands, modeled after the God of Life’s Noah’s Divine Ark, so, in a way, I’ve inherited a part of Sea God’s legacy! Just yesterday at that coordinate, I went through great trouble to acquire a fragment of a Divine Artifact, actually a part of the Pillar of Sea God. I tested its power; such a small fragment, yet it’s almost on par with a piece of Epic Equipment!" Thunder God said, a slight smile on his face, clearly in good spirits.

"Then your bid for first kill just got a lot stronger!" Huang Yi, having peeled the egg, took a bite and said, "Yesterday, after I secured the Master of War title in the 5000-man mode, I got a fragment of Epic Equipment. There are five pieces of this fragment, each first kill awards one piece, but my Heroes’ Guild alone can’t secure all the fragments. I’ll share with you the tactics for the first boss, Master of War, later, so you can save a lot of time compared to other teams. The Master of War is like a Gatekeeper; killing it allows you to challenge Bosses 2, 3, 4, and 5 in any order, no sequence required. Pick one and aim for a first kill."

After some thought, Thunder God said, "I’ll take on Boss number two, as I’ve farmed it multiple times during the 90s floors. Boss number two has the highest requirements for the tank, and I’m confident I can withstand it better than others. As for you, you’re good at attacking, so you’d be more suitable to challenge Boss number four..."

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After breakfast, Huang Yi returned to his cell, shut the door, exercised briefly, and then entered the forum to check the latest news.

Upon opening the 24-hour hot posts, he saw that the first few posts were all related to his deeds from the previous day. He scrolled past them to look at the later posts.

"Ganges becomes the guardian of the Indian Continent, renaming it to Ganges Continent!"

"Italian rising star T.N.T., specially visits the Land of Dongying for overnight talks with leaders Miyamoto Musashi and Heavenly Dao, discussing secret cooperation."

"Brazil’s largest port, Amazon Port, has been completed, capable of accommodating eight hundred deep-sea battleships simultaneously, ranking third in the world in throughput, only behind Sun Port and Hero Harbor."

As Huang Yi read through each message, almost every day something major was happening on the continents of The Second World; the entire world was changing in the blink of an eye. One hundred billion people were simultaneously shaping this world, their powers complementing and checking each other, combining into a force that drove the world in an unknown direction. In this giant tide, everyone could only go with the flow—even someone as powerful as Huang Yi could not control the direction of the world on his own.

After browsing through the hot news posts, Huang Yi was about to exit the forum to enter The Second World when a new top-sticker announcement appeared in the most prominent position, its title bolded and highlighted in red—

"The Third Annual Grand Celebration is about to begin!"

Huang Yi immediately clicked to look.

"Dear player friends, The Second World’s annual grand celebration is upon us once again. This year’s event will take place on June 5th in India’s capital, New Delhi. We will evaluate all players’ performance over the year and present a series of awards. As for all the awards, nominees will be notified through system messages, so please stay tuned."

The third Grand Celebration was coming!

Huang Yi couldn’t help but feel a bit nostalgic—he had participated in the second Grand Celebration as a newcomer last year and had won the Best Newcomer award, one of the top five prizes, which brought him into the ranks of super-first-class masters. This year, he would participate as a veteran, contending for the other awards, including the highly sought-after Best Individual Award.

Only by receiving the Best Individual Award could one truly stand at the pinnacle of the world; it was an indispensable proof. In the first Grand Celebration, Dao Feng won the Best Individual of the celebration, becoming the deserved number one person in the world. Since then, his fame echoed across the globe and lasted until his retirement. Even now, long after his retirement, his name remains a legend, with countless people reminiscing about him.

At the second Annual Celebration, Sharp Sword stole the limelight by winning the Best Individual Award. Not long ago, during the round-robin stage of the martial competition, he even defeated Huang Yi, becoming the only player in his group to score a perfect 31 points, advancing victoriously. Many have said that if he hadn’t lost to Miyamoto Musashi’s S-grade potion in the semi-finals, he would have likely competed with Huang Yi for the ultimate title of Martial Emperor!

Now, the third Annual Celebration is about to commence, and Huang Yi is undoubtedly one of the favorites to win the award. His radiance has been too dazzling over the past year. And once he secures the Best Individual Award, it would signify that Huang Yi could, like Mr. Huang Sha, the CEO of Era Corporation, put forward a new request!

Even the Chairman of the World Federation cannot boast such an opportunity!

Huang Yi composed his emotions and entered The Second World.

As soon as he logged on, he took out an Energy Stone and filled up his 3000 Energy Value points.

He then took out the Class Upgrade Scroll and used the Eye of Time to check it.

He had been looking at this scroll for many days, always unsatisfied with its effects.

However, today, when Huang Yi saw its brand new effect, all his dissatisfaction vanished instantly.

The Class Upgrade Scroll had finally randomized an effect that satisfied Huang Yi—

[Class Divinization]: Sacrifice the next five Class Skills you’ve yet to learn. In exchange, reduce the cooldown of a Class Ultimate Move by 90%, gain a new Exclusive Skill, and attain one opportunity to ascend to a Divine Class. As long as you meet the conditions, you can be enthroned as a Divine Class.

Upon reading the initial description, Huang Yi didn’t feel much, but upon reaching the last sentence, he couldn’t control his excitement.

This scroll could actually allow a Rare Class to ascend again, becoming a Divine Class!

This was a term he had never even heard of!

Currently, in The Second World there are only three known tiers of professions: Common Class, Advanced Class, and Rare Class, with nothing beyond. But now, this scroll revealed very important information—that above the Rare Class, there is a Divine Class, although no one had ever been aware of it. Huang Yi was the first to learn of this news.

Besides the potential for ascension to a Divine Class, the scroll had two other benefits. First was the reduction of 90% of the cooldown time for a Class Ultimate Move. Huang Yi currently only knew one Class Ultimate Move, which was the Hand of Execution. Once he used this scroll, its cooldown time would shrink from 10 days to just 1 day, significantly enhancing its utility for daily usage.

The second benefit was gaining a new Exclusive Skill. Every Rare Class has only one Exclusive Skill; Huang Yi’s was Judgment. As the name suggests, Exclusive Skills are unique, matchless—one-of-a-kind abilities that others can’t possess. They may not be suitable for all circumstances, but in certain special situations, they can produce miraculous effects. The most typical example is Zhitian Shi’s Corpse Fusion, which when combined with a Special Energy Stone makes one nearly invincible!

The single cost of this scroll is the sacrifice of the next five Class Skills yet to be learned. This means if Huang Yi uses this scroll, he will never be able to learn the skills for levels 135, 145, 155, 165, and 175—ever.

After weighing the pros and cons, Huang Yi still felt that the benefits of the scroll far outweighed any drawbacks. Setting aside the chance to ascend to a Divine Class, just the reduction of 90% of the cooldown time for a Class Ultimate Move and the addition of a new Exclusive Skill could easily compensate for the five missing skills.

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Today is the last day of 2013. Thank you, everyone, for accompanying "Heroes’ Prison" through the past year. At this moment, you may be in different cities around the world—in the mainlands, Taiwan, overseas. The world is so vast; I don’t know exactly where each of you are. In this sea of people, meeting is fate.

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