Heroes' Prison

Chapter 603 - 578 Encounter with a Gentleman

Ghost Speech saw Huang Yi unleash such a fierce combat-level move and was momentarily taken aback, as if he was seeing him for the first time. But Ghost Speech quickly recovered, stretched out his hand, and in no time at all pried out the three Treasure Gold Stones!

After that, he joined the battle alongside Huang Yi. His magic wand danced wildly in his hands, bombarding the remaining three enemies with skills that burst forth with dazzling glows on their bodies, demonstrating an impressive explosive power.

"Pfft!" Just then, a gleam of a dagger appeared on the neck of one of the enemy mages and his scant health points were emptied out in a flash, leaving his body to slowly fall to the ground.

"That’ll teach you to shoot at me!" At that moment, Ghost Shadow’s cursing voice suddenly sounded from behind the mage. Shortly after, his slender body materialized out of thin air, clutching a blood-stained dagger. He belonged to the Assassin Class, the natural bane of squishy classes like mages and priests.

Although Ghost Speech and Ghost Shadow were of low level, they were two promising seeds, both from Advanced Classes, and their strength surpassed that of ordinary players.

"Alright, let’s go! Don’t waste any more time!" Huang Yi stuck the remaining two with his spear and then called out to Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech to follow as he led the way deeper into the passage.

Watching Huang Yi’s retreating figure, Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech exchanged glances, their expressions complicated. The strength Huang Yi had just displayed made them feel as if the distance between them had suddenly grown vast, as if he was from a completely different world, creating an invisible barrier between them.

"Come on! We’re a team now." Huang Yi, noticing they hadn’t followed, turned back and called out to them again.

"Okay!" Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech quickly nodded and hurriedly caught up. This time, they were wise enough not to fight over the treasures in the passage and focused on keeping up the pace so as not to hold Huang Yi back.

After moving forward a while, the passage suddenly opened up before them, revealing ten more pathways!

"Keep to the left!" Without any hesitation, Huang Yi charged towards the leftmost passage.

Subsequently, the three of them raced down the passage, choosing pathways in several instances, each time from among ten options. The once large crowd had vanished after multiple splits. Now, only the three of them remained in this passage.

"Damn it, ten more paths? When will this end?" Upon encountering another set of ten paths, Ghost Shadow couldn’t help but curse sotto voce.

"How about we split up this time? Each of us takes a different path. That way, the odds of finding treasures will at least increase a bit." Ghost Speech proposed, looking at Huang Yi and Ghost Shadow.

"Sure! It’s a waste for all three of us to stick together!" Ghost Shadow readily agreed, nodding his head.

"Alright then! I’ll continue on the left." Huang Yi also nodded in agreement and was about to head down the leftmost path.

"Bro!" Just then, Ghost Speech suddenly called out to Huang Yi, took out a purple-gold stone from his storage ring, and handed it over, saying, "Those three Treasure Gold Stones from earlier are still with me. You haven’t taken yours yet! We are about to split up and who knows if we’ll ever meet again. You’re far stronger than us, and you probably won’t stay long in Warcraft City. I might not get another chance to give you the Treasure Gold Stone."

Huang Yi turned to look at Ghost Speech and Ghost Shadow; they were strangers who had met by chance, and it seemed likely they wouldn’t meet again in the vast sea of people. This parting might indeed be the last.

All was quiet in the dark passage as Huang Yi looked into their sincere eyes.

"I don’t want that stone." Huang Yi shook his head and then turned, patting both Ghost Speech and Ghost Shadow on the shoulder. "If you’re interested, you might want to join the Hero Guild. I have a bit of a relationship with ’A Lifetime in a Day,’ and although your levels aren’t high, he will definitely let you in. Fellas, our paths crossed by chance. I wish you good luck! Five pathways ahead, one kilometer on, there’s a Grade B Energy Stone. On the 6th path, about eight hundred meters ahead, there’s a Spirit Stone." After dropping this information, Huang Yi quickly turned and dashed into the next passage, leaving Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech looking at each other in surprise.

Huang Yi was now operating solo. No longer concealing his strength, he used full speed to sprint ahead. The expanse of the Underground Palace was unknown, and so far, there was no end in sight.

Huang Yi ran for about a kilometer and finally stopped, turning to look at the wall of the passage on his left where a Grade B Energy Stone was embedded. He reached out and pried it free. His Treasure-sniffing Ability had discovered this stone earlier, and the treasures he had pointed out on the two pathways for Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech were also detected by this ability. However, he didn’t have the energy to search every passage, so he decided to do them a favor.

Continuing his journey, Huang Yi advanced deeper into the passage, scouring for various treasures.

"Hmm?" Just then, Huang Yi perceived a piece of Legendary Equipment ten kilometers ahead of him!

The best treasure he had found so far was just a Grade B Energy Stone; he had never stumbled upon something as incredible as Legendary Equipment before!

He immediately quickened his pace, dashing towards the distance, with the urgent sound of his footsteps echoing clearly within the cave, growing farther and farther away. At the same time, in the countless passages of this underground palace, various players were either speeding forward, turning their heads in search of treasure, or fighting each other over such prizes. Very few could delve as deep as Huang Yi had done; the majority of players were still behind.

After progressing for a while, Huang Yi suddenly discovered an opening in the wall of the passage, leading to a horizontal corridor! This horizontal corridor must connect many vertical ones! The passages were beginning to intersect! The entire underground palace was turning into a grid pattern, with all passages interconnected, allowing players to encounter each other.

Huang Yi dared not linger and continued to accelerate towards the location of the legendary equipment, going madly! Along the way, he saw several horizontal corridors, getting more and more interconnected.

Just then, Huang Yi’s sprinting figure abruptly slowed because he suddenly sensed seven pieces of legendary equipment ten kilometers away!

This huge number immediately startled him!

But soon, his expression darkened because those seven pieces of legendary equipment were moving swiftly! This indicated they were not treasures but rather players wearing legendary equipment, speeding along their way!

"Gentleman!" Almost instantly, Huang Yi thought of the Gentleman and that female player!

He had noticed earlier among the tens of thousands at the Starting Point, only the Gentleman and his female companion donning a bamboo hat possessed legendary equipment. The Gentleman had four pieces of legendary gear, and the woman had two, adding up to six pieces between them. But now, there were seven pieces of legendary equipment moving quickly, which meant they had acquired another piece in their recent exploration!

What made Huang Yi even more uneasy was that they were also heading at high speed towards the piece of legendary equipment he had sensed, as if they knew exactly where it was hidden!

It had become a race against them now! If he were to meet the Gentleman before getting his hands on the piece of legendary equipment, he would certainly not be able to outcompete them. Even if he summoned his true self, it would still require a troublesome battle.

Huang Yi immediately took out a potion from his storage ring that would increase his movement speed, tilted his head back, and drank it down, then continued speeding forward. If the tunnel hadn’t been so narrow, he would have even summoned Little Dragon to fly him there.

In this manner, the distance between Huang Yi and the Gentleman kept closing, both focusing on that piece of legendary equipment as their target. Neither took any detours, both were straightforward.

Finally, by taking a shortcut, Huang Yi arrived at the destination first!

Ahead was a stone chamber with a barrier in the middle, shrouding a cloak that radiated golden light. The cloak sparkled magnificently as if woven from golden threads, casting splendid radiance within the dark stone chamber.

That was indeed the piece of legendary equipment Huang Yi had sensed!

However, standing quietly in front of the cloak was a skeleton, clad in rusted armor, brandishing a sword in its left hand and a shield in its right. It was undoubtedly a Holy Domain Rank NPC Guardian!

Without defeating this Skeleton Guardian, Huang Yi couldn’t claim the legendary cloak. The presence of the barrier prevented any sneaky attempts to steal it, and he had no choice but to defeat the Holy Domain Guardian by direct confrontation.

"Heavy Judgment!" Without wasting any time, Huang Yi deployed his most powerful attack against the Skeleton Guardian, thrusting his long spear vigorously into the skeleton.

"Ding!" A sound of metal clashing against stone rang out, as the Guardian’s defensive power proved astonishingly high. Even with Huang Yi’s high-level attack, he only managed to reduce 1% of the skeleton’s health points. The Skeleton Guardian’s level was also revealed, a whopping Level 110!

With a sigh, Huang Yi realized that the Gentleman was only ten seconds away from this location. In such a short span, even if he summoned his true self, he wasn’t certain he could secure the legendary cloak.

He decided to respond to the changes without changing his tactics; continuing to attack the Skeleton Guardian while waiting for the Gentleman to arrive to see what move he would make next. If the situation became uncontrollable, he wouldn’t mind having his true self teleport over.

"Tap, tap, tap!" Soon, urgent footsteps approached from afar, and two figures appeared at the entrance of the stone chamber. One dressed in black, the other in white, each wearing a bamboo hat, they were indeed the Gentleman and the female player.

At that moment, when they saw Huang Yi battling the Skeleton Guardian inside the stone chamber, both were slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting to encounter someone else here.

The atmosphere suddenly tensed!

Huang Yi, the Guardian, the two players, the legendary equipment, all shared the same room! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read at m.qidian.com.)