Heroes' Prison

Chapter 619 - 594: The 3rd Epic Component

Three minutes later, the Alchemist and Huang Yi emerged together into the outside world.

The Alchemist was a Celestial Realm Expert, invincible here. From now on, even if the top-level Holy Domain Beasts from the deepest parts of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range were to escape, they could not threaten the safety of this place!

Huang Yi did not stop there. He returned into the Heroes’ Prison to continue his search for criminals of this kind.

He opened the "Book of Heroes" and began to search page by page. His gaze swept over each criminal, and aside from the first hundred or so whose information was not available, he could see the information of all the others.

Finally, after flipping through the pages for a long time, Huang Yi once again locked onto a target—

Witch Doctor.Zavak (Level 109, Number 12412)

A Near Ancient Period wizard, who excels in voodoo and witch doctor techniques, was imprisoned for life for poisoning the Nameless Servant Spirits of the Death God’s Temple.

This criminal’s expertise was somewhat similar to alchemy, dealing with medicinal arts; they also had the ability to create potions, which should be able to assist Lu Ye. His number was 12412, ranking quite low among the inmates of Heroes’ Prison, meaning his cell key would fly comparatively slowly, a characteristic which could be used in its identification.

Huang Yi continued flipping through, gradually finding other criminals with abilities in those areas—

Zaun Madman.Doctor Mundo (Level 113, No. 10322)

A mad doctor from the Zaun region during the Near Ancient Period, imprisoned for life for capturing three Hellhounds from the Death God’s Temple to conduct medical experiments on them.

Plant Elf.Green Vine (Level 122, No. 9534)

A green vine from the Death God’s Temple’s rear garden during the Near Ancient Period, it devoured a Messenger from Hell’s soul, gaining wisdom and attempting to escape the Death God’s Temple, thus being imprisoned for life.

Toxic Sorcerer.Liselle (Level 155, No. 4756)

In the Near Ancient Period, a herbalist scholarly sneaked into the garden behind the Death God’s Temple and, after being stung by a toxic worm, turned into a monster full of deadly poison, thus being imprisoned for life.

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After flipping through the entire "Book of Heroes," Huang Yi found about a dozen criminals with abilities in alchemy, pharmaceutical manufacturing, herbal science, and venom studies, and he firmly memorized their numbers.

Then, he began the long journey of searching for keys. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack to find these dozen or so keys among over ten thousand.

Huang Yi wove through countless streaks of golden light, catching the keys over and over again. After several hours of effort, he finally stopped.

With this effort, he had only managed to capture five keys, releasing the corresponding five criminals. From now on, they would be the protectors of this territory. All of them were research maniacs, even using themselves as test subjects. With their help, Lu Ye’s research should progress rapidly.

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After being busy half the day, Huang Yi finally left the Heroes’ Prison and returned to the outside world.

The sky had already reached dusk, with the sunset sinking in the west, the golden afterglow spread throughout the world. The clouds at the horizon turned a fiery red, and below the cliff, the forest rang with the sound of birds returning to nest—a day had passed just like that.

At this moment, Shadowmaster stood on the edge of the cliff, with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant undulating mountains. His tall silhouette stood against the endless golden afterglow, outlining a silhouette that carried a melancholic air.

"So many years have passed, she must have turned to dust by now!" At that moment, Huang Yi faintly heard Shadowmaster’s low murmuring, filled with boundless lamentation and sorrow, dissipating into the air like the slowly setting sun.

Huang Yi slowly walked over to Shadowmaster’s side, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Thinking of someone from the past." Shadowmaster wore a metal helmet, his expression unseen, but his sorrow was evident in his voice, "When she fell seriously ill, I snuck into the Death God’s Temple’s medicinal garden in search of a divine grass to help her, only to end up captured in the Heroes’ Prison. Countless years have passed, and she must have turned to dust. No matter how great my strength, I can no longer find her; no matter how many worlds I travel, I will never find another person exactly like her."

"Yes," Huang Yi nodded, "Everyone is unique. Once lost, they can never be replaced. No matter how much time passes or how vast the space, it can never give birth to another exactly the same person."

"That’s why I like shadows," said Shadowmaster, as his shadow suddenly stood up, facing the sunset, and slowly said, "Shadows never change; as long as you exist, it will always follow you, and no one can take it away. How I wish I could become her shadow, to accompany her in life and in death."

"What about that giant ape? How is it doing?" Huang Yi, feeling the atmosphere turning a bit too melancholic, casually changed the subject.

"Following your order, I’ve brought it to the brink of death with severe injuries. It shouldn’t be difficult for you to kill it now," Shadowmaster’s tone lost its sadness when talking about this subject, returning to his usual cold demeanor.

"Thank you!" Huang Yi said, looking down at the bottom of the cliff where the giant monkey was still lying, covered in shocking wounds and barely clinging to the last breath of life.

Huang Yi immediately leapt from the endless sunset, diving off the cliff and toward the golden-tinged forest below.

Swooping down with his wings, he landed in the forest at the base of the cliff, in front of the giant monkey. The Level 170 beast, once killed, should yield a substantial amount of Experience Points—a fleeting opportunity not to be missed.

His subsidiary battle flags weren’t unlimited; they required contribution points from the guild to exchange. Contribution points were also needed for leveling up the guild and expanding the territory, making them scarcely sufficient. He couldn’t use the subsidiary battle flags to release criminals to attack the Holy Domain warriors within his territory and thereby level up.

So far, his experience of killing NPCs much higher than his own level with the help of the Territory Guardian was limited to a measly few times. Previously, some Holy Domain warriors from the Half-Beast Holy Land and even the Celestial Realm Expert Man Tian who were sent to assassinate him all died within his territory. Each time a powerful warrior came to attack his territory, he could use it as an opportunity to level up.

Huang Yi immediately released a Godslayer’s Mark and then summoned his true self since his incarnation was unable to level grind. Only by killing the giant monkey with his true self could he earn the Experience Points.

After his true self arrived, he immediately swung the Bloodstained War Halberd in his hands and smashed down a Heavy Judgment on the giant monkey!

"Pfft!" Instantly, another bloody hole appeared on the heavily injured giant monkey!

This giant monkey was level 170, only 38 levels above him, and it was in a heavily injured state, significantly weaker than at its peak. Besides, with a Godslayer’s Naming, his status level was the same as the giant monkey’s, making this attack highly effective.

"Heavy Judgment!"

"Heavy Judgment!"

Huang Yi relentlessly attacked the giant monkey, repeatedly inflicting new wounds on it, depleting its already scarce Health Points further and further.

Finally, when the giant monkey had only a sliver of Health Points left, Huang Yi switched to Normal Attacks to preserve its body, and ultimately killed it.

At that moment, a warm current rose in Huang Yi, leveling him up from level 132 to 133. Being only 38 levels above him, the giant monkey yielded limited Experience Points.

With a flick of his finger, Huang Yi took out a level 133 Demon Core from his storage ring and immediately consumed it, leveling up to 134 in an instant. This put him a bit further ahead of Yang Yuheng, who was second in the world rankings, buying him more time before being caught up to.

Next, Huang Yi promptly absorbed the giant monkey’s corpse into his War Soul, replacing a level 120 Soul Spirit! The upgrade of fifty levels in Soul Spirit immediately soared the Attribute Bonus, increasing the Evasion Value by 4% and adding 5 Holy Domain Strength points. The growth in power came with these incremental accumulations.

After the disappearance of the giant monkey’s corpse, all that remained was a pair of metal-gleaming Gauntlets. The giant monkey must have unearthed a human relic or Underground Palace, acquiring these gauntlets therein. Born and bred in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, with no interactions with the human world, it was virtually impossible for it to acquire equipment by other means—only from palaces or relics could it find such items.

Huang Yi immediately picked up these gauntlets and examined their attributes—

[Wells’ Claw] (Legendary, Weapon - Gauntlets)

Close Combat Attack Power: 110-130 Holy Domain Points

Strength +15 Holy Domain Points

Attack Power +15%

Critical Hit Rate +5%

Critical Hit Effect +15%

Attack Speed +10%

Boxing skill attacks increase Attack Power by 5%.

Attached Skill:

[Boxer’s Dominance]: Only usable by Boxers. When activated, enters Boxer’s Dominance state for 3 seconds, allowing any boxing skill to be used without cooldown. Each use costs 5% Health Points, with a cooldown of 5 minutes.

Durability: 2500/2500

Required Level: Increases correspondingly with level, currently level 130.

Equipment Score: 2485

Item Description: I need to fight vigorously to rip open the hearts of others, but you captured my heart with just a glance. —To my dearly beloved scholar Miss Dong Xi.

Another piece of Legendary Equipment! And it was especially crucial being a weapon. Huang Yi had been lucky enough to obtain this Legendary piece, as it was rare for Holy Domain warriors to drop Legendary Equipment, let alone a Magical Beast that wasn’t human.

Neither the Attribute Bonus of this pair of Legendary Gauntlets nor its Attached Skill was suitable for Huang Yi. They were weapons for a Boxer, a different branch of the Warrior Class. Besides, their quality was not as good as the Bloodstained War Halberd he held, with clearly lower Attribute Bonuses and several hundred points less in Equipment Score. Huang Yi’s Bloodstained War Halberd was initially an Epic Weapon, but now, with two components fused, it far surpassed lower-tiered Legendary ones!

However, the gauntlets arrived at just the right time. Thunder God was currently leading his Sun Team in the struggle to claim the first kill of the 100th Floor’s second boss in the Tower of Pantheons. They made 99% progress yesterday, and they should be able to secure this first kill today. Then, Huang Yi would have the chance to obtain the third component for his Bloodstained War Halberd, and these gauntlets could be perfectly used for Burning to restore the weapon’s might.

Opening the leaderboard, Huang Yi intended to check the progress of Thunder God’s team, but just at that moment, a vast voice sounded between heaven and earth—

[Secret Realm Announcement]: [Thunder God] led his Sun Team of five thousand members to achieve the world’s first kill of the 100th Floor’s Judge Kendall in the Tower of Pantheons, earning [Kendall’s Barrier (Legendary)]." (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to vote for it with Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets on Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)