Heroes' Prison

Chapter 608 - 583: Ice Phoenix Crystal (4th Update)

Finally, Huang Yi passed through countless passages and arrived at the outermost Stone Chamber.

At this time, countless players had gathered here, representing various forces, all on high alert, firmly sealing the exit and preventing anyone from leaving. In addition, Stealth Lamps were lit all around, which could reveal those who were invisible.

This Underground Palace had indeed become a cage from which ordinary people could not escape.

However, Huang Yi was no ordinary person. He simply activated his Absolute Invisibility and passed through the crowd. Even if he walked past those Revealing Lamps, his figure would not be exposed.

Just like that, Huang Yi left the Underground Palace openly, while those tens of thousands of people were kept in the dark, vainly searching and killing within the palace, competing for a non-existent treasure. Among them, the Sub-branch of the Hall of Famous Generals, falsely accused, suffered the most, almost falling victim to a siege by all forces, finding no peace.

...

After leaving the Underground Palace, Huang Yi continued towards the direction of the Dragon Tomb, a journey that would take a very long time. At the same time, he sent a message to Yi Feng, the head of the affairs department, asking him to arrange for someone to send a message to A Lifetime in a Day, inducting Ghost Shadow and Ghost Speech into the Guild. Ghost Speech and Ghost Shadow were sincere individuals with commendable strength; they were only a little low-level, but once they joined the Hero Guild, they would become an even closer band of brothers.

After distancing himself from the Underground Palace, Huang Yi walked alone through the forest for a while. Seeing no one around, he then summoned the Little Dragon and had it use Holy Dragon Descent; he mounted it and continued towards the Dragon Tomb.

Now Huang Yi had time to examine the great treasure he had just acquired! He extended his hand and gently opened the box.

In an instant, a resplendent light radiated from the box, as if jewels of the world had emerged!

Huang Yi looked inside with anticipation and saw that the box contained three items, quietly arranged.

The first item was a pair of earrings. These earrings were made of bronze, engraved with a familiar, rugged pattern that was identical to the one on the handle of the Epic War Halberd in his possession, obviously from the same civilization.

[Bloodthirst Earrings] (Special Equipment)

Evasion Value +3%, and it increases all equipment attributes from the Blood Empire civilization by 3%.

These earrings were a very rare Special Equipment, independent of conventional equipment parts, considered an extra piece of gear. Huang Yi had previously acquired Special Equipment before; the Oss’ Eye Mask he wore was one of them. That eye mask also provided a slight boost to his attributes, not much, but it was as good as a giveaway since others didn’t have it.

The earrings added to Evasion Value, slightly enhancing agility-related attributes, while the second attribute was effective on the handle of the halberd in his hand. His War Halberd Handle was a relic of Emperor Somrett, belonging to the Blood Empire civilization, and could benefit from the earring’s enhancement, with equipment attributes improved by another 3%, making it even more formidable.

Huang Yi immediately put the earrings on, and his temperament subtly shifted towards a more dashing and unrestrained air.

Next, he looked towards the second item in the box. It was a stone, white-handed, emitting a milky glow, filled with a frightening strength!

Huang Yi had seen this type of stone before! It was precisely the Sky Crystal Stone he had seen in the formation used to hatch the Little Dragon! This stone was higher-level than the Holy Crystal Stone, only to be condensed by Celestial Realm Experts at the cost of their Essence of Life, and had a wide range of uses.

In various Life Skills such as Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Blacksmithing, Alchemy, Enchantment, and so forth, Holy Crystal Stones are top-tier materials. In auction houses, some of the flagship items couldn’t be bought with Gold Coins, requiring Holy Crystal Stones as equivalent value assets—gold may devalue but Holy Crystal Stones would not. And now, Huang Yi held a Sky Crystal Stone in his hand, rarer than the Holy Crystal Stone.

Things like Holy Crystal Stone and Sky Crystal Stone were very difficult to manufacture. Although Huang Yi had killed quite a few Holy Domain Warriors, he did not have many Holy Crystal Stones. Previously, Huang Yi had obtained dozens of the Hearts of the Sand Thief King, excellent materials, but he had not been able to turn them into Holy Crystal Stones, as the Hero Guild did not have a craftsman of that caliber, and NPCs of such level were exceptionally rare.

Holy Crystal Stones were usually created by Holy Domain Warriors using their own Essence of Life, which made the process somewhat easier. But to consume Essence of Life meant a hard-to-recover decline in strength, which is why very few Holy Domain Warriors would spend their Essence of Life to create Holy Crystal Stones.

"Yiya yiya!" At that moment, the Little Dragon seemed to sense something delicious and let out an immature dragon’s cry, flying distractedly, occasionally turning its head to peek at its back.

"This is a stone, not meat; do you want to eat it too?" Huang Yi said with a slight smile, not being able to help but bring the Sky Crystal Stone to the Little Dragon’s nose for a whiff.

"Yiya yiya!" Instantly, the Little Dragon excitedly nodded its head, trembling all over, flying in an extremely bumpy manner, almost throwing Huang Yi off.

"Hey, hey! Stop it! I’ll feed you, alright!" Huang Yi quickly patted the Little Dragon’s head and shoved the Sky Crystal Stone into its mouth.

"Crack! Crunch!" Instantly, the Little Dragon clamped its mouth open and shut, munching on the Sky Crystal Stone as if it were a sugar bean, producing a crisp chewing sound. Squinting its eyes with sheer delight, it seemed to be savoring some sort of exquisite delicacy from the human world.

Soon, the Sky Crystal Stone was swallowed up, and the enormously potent essence of the Celestial Realm’s life force was absorbed in one gulp, transforming into energy for its growth.

At the same time, a dazzling golden radiance burst from its forehead, so brilliant under the sunlight that Huang Yi couldn’t keep his eyes open.

After a while, when the golden light finally faded, ten more scales had appeared on the Little Dragon’s forehead! Arranged neatly, the scales glimmered with a golden hue, looking both beautiful and sturdy.

This Sky Crystal Stone was indeed an incredibly formidable Heaven and Earth Treasure; just one of its effect far surpassed that of dozens of Heart of the Sand Thief King.

"Yiya, yiya!" At that moment, the Little Dragon licked its lips, turned its head towards Huang Yi and called out again, as if it wanted more.

"There are not so many good things for you to eat. So far, I have obtained only one Sky Crystal Stone, and you have already eaten it. However, there is only another stone left in this box – do you want to eat that one too?" Huang Yi said, taking out another stone from the box.

This stone was transparent, about the size of a thumb, and emitted a blue glow like a crystal. Encased within its center was a tiny shadow, seemingly a bird-like creature with an elegant and noble form. Overall, it looked somewhat like an intricately crafted piece of amber art.

Many players would recognize this stone—it was a Boss Crystal!

To increase the layers of the War Soul, Experience Points and Crystals are required for enhancement. Huang Yi had seen many Boss Crystals before, but they were mostly commons under level 100. In contrast, this Boss Crystal, housed in the same box as the Sky Crystal Stone as the ultimate treasure of that Underground Palace, was clearly something special.

Huang Yi immediately checked the attributes of the crystal—

[Ice Phoenix Crystal](S-grade, Material)

Description: A crystal stone that condenses the soul spirit of an Ice Phoenix (Level 203), can be used as a War Soul’s spirit or for other purposes.

Indeed, this crystal was not an ordinary Boss Crystal; it was a crystal of the Celestial Realm level, and it originated from a highly rare creature—the Ice Phoenix!

The Ice Phoenix belonged to the Phoenix Clan, one of the few powerful beings that could be discussed in the same breath as the Dragon Clan, though far rarer in number. The Dragon Clan has many branches and varieties, but the Phoenix Clan is different, consisting only of three branches: the Ice Phoenix, the Fire Phoenix, and the Dark Phoenix.

Among the Dragon Clan, there are strong and weak members, with the strong including the Three Great Top Dragon Clans, and the weak including the White Dragon, or even weaker ones like the Skeleton Dragon. However, there is no concept of weakness among Phoenixes; as long as it is a Phoenix, it is formidable. Huang Yi had yet to see a Phoenix with his own eyes, and he didn’t even know if Phoenixes existed on this continent.

"Yiya, yiya!" At this time, the Little Dragon seemed to sense the presence of the Ice Phoenix Crystal, eagerly crying out as if to plead, hoping to have a taste.

"No more eating. I need this Ice Phoenix Crystal!" Huang Yi firmly decided, as this Ice Phoenix Crystal was truly of great use to him, and feeding it to the Little Dragon would not bring out its utmost potential.

Huang Yi then stored the Ice Phoenix Crystal into his storage ring, sharing the stone with his own self.

His self, who was far away in the Tower of Pantheons leveling up, immediately took out the Ice Phoenix Crystal from the storage ring and looked at the Barbarian God in front of him, who was helping him level grind, and said, "Barbarian God, come here! Inside this Ice Phoenix Crystal is the soul spirit of an Ice Phoenix – it can be infused into one of your acupoints."

"Thank you, Master!" The Barbarian God expressed gratitude with a word of thanks, then promptly approached, its massive figure standing obediently in front of Huang Yi, an expression of absolute submission displayed.

At Level 60, Huang Yi had learned a Nefalem Skill called Demons’ Acupoints, whereby each Demon God he created had nine acupoints, into which the soul spirits of enemies could be infused to strengthen them. Originally, these soul spirits had to come from enemies personally slain by Huang Yi, but certain special treasures were an exception, and the Ice Phoenix Crystal in his hand was one such treasure.

Wasting no time, Huang Yi consumed a bit of Power of the Nefalem to summon the soul spirit of the Ice Phoenix from within the crystal into the body of the Barbarian God, activating another of its acupoints and significantly boosting its strength.

As the War Soul of Huang Yi, the enhancement of the Barbarian God meant an increase in Huang Yi’s own strength, equivalent to a double enhancement!

The Ice Phoenix enhancing the Barbarian God’s acupoint, the Barbarian God boosting Huang Yi’s War Soul—with one ring linking to another, their functionalities were brought to the extreme!

Now, two of the Barbarian God’s nine great acupoints had been activated. The first one by the soul of the Half-Beastmen Celestial Realm Expert, Bloodthirster.Man Tian, whom Huang Yi had killed earlier. The second was the recently absorbed soul spirit of the Level 203 Ice Phoenix! Both soul spirits were of high quality—truly Celestial Realm level!(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)