Heroes' Prison

Chapter 624 - 599: The World-Shocking Level Rankings (Third Update)

Huang Yi was like a messenger sent by the Death God, reaping the lives of these Holy Domain Beasts, ending their suffering while also increasing his own Experience Points. Some beasts, not yet dead, even crawled toward him soliciting death, longing to end their pain sooner.

The imperfection, however, was that these Holy Domain Beasts were mostly Junior and Intermediate level, with very few Advanced Holy Domain Beasts over Level 150. Even the Advanced Holy Domain Bosses were just over Level 150, barely reaching the Advanced Holy Domain Level. As for the Top-Level Holy Domain Beasts, not a single one was seen, leaving him wondering whether they existed here at all.

Soon, after Huang Yi killed a Level 131 Dragon Blood Lion, a warm current surged through him, and he leveled up to Level 137! In just a few minutes’ time, he had soared from 7% of Level 136 to Level 137, a rate of leveling up unimaginable in places like the Tower of Pantheons.

And this number, through synchronizing with the leaderboard, was displayed all over the world. Some players checking the leaderboard noticed this change. However, no one paid it much heed, assuming Huang Yi had just killed some high-level Boss and leveled up in one go, a common occurrence.

At this moment, in a secret realm of the Tower of Pantheons, a man in his thirties was furiously grinding monsters. He was a Holy Healing Priest, inherently not outstanding in damage output. But he had his own miraculous encounter, where his damage output would always reach twice his healing value! This damage far surpassed ordinary Holy Healing Priests, and even some pure Attack Type classes! His Priest’s Staff swung repeatedly, unleashing powerful Group Attack Skills, felling the lesser monsters, which transformed into his Experience.

Feeling nearly there, he opened the leaderboard, looking at the World Rankings with anticipation. Expecting to see his name at the top, he predicted that by now, he should have risen to World Number One. But the name he saw was still the previous one—God of Slaughter, and unknown to him, this player had leveled up to 137, surpassing him by one level!

That name, like a nail, had been stuck in the first position of the World Rankings for a long time. Every time he thought he was about to surpass it, the other person would pull ahead, preventing him from ever taking the lead.

"God of Slaughter, you’ve had enough glory. Is the top spot on the World Rankings really that important to you?" the man sighed softly, about to close the leaderboard.

But just then, the number beside the first place name jumped once more, from 137 to 138...

Huang Yi no longer knew the count of the creatures he had slain. No life was left wherever he passed; ordinary beasts fell to his Scorched Earth and Storm of Thunder Clouds, while the mighty Magical Beasts perished under his Bloodstained War Halberd. The halberd had already been dyed in fresh blood, becoming a true Bloodstained War Halberd.

The Holy Domain Beasts in this vast pit had been gathered from the depths of the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, nearly assembling all the Holy Domain Beasts from countless miles around. Normally, it would be impossible to gather so many Holy Domain Beasts in such a confined space; they each had their own territories and did not infringe upon one another, forcing one to seek them out individually. Moreover, their strength was intact under normal circumstances, and killing one would consume much time, unlike the ease of the present.

The doubts in Huang Yi’s heart grew thicker. What kind of tremendous strength was needed to plunder these Holy Domain Beasts from various places and pile them into this great pit? What was all this for? What secret plot was at play?

"Pfft!" At that moment, Huang Yi speared an Intermediate Holy Domain Level Iron Bone Elephant to death, leveling up to 139!

And ahead, there was still a large area he hadn’t swept through yet. After killing all the surviving Magical Beasts here, he wondered how many levels he could ascend to.

"Ow!" Just then, Huang Yi suddenly heard a desolate wolf howl nearby, the aura of which was clearly more powerful than the previous Holy Domain Beasts.

He swiftly maneuvered and leaped across the huge carcasses of Magical Beasts along the way, heading toward the source of the sound. Soon, he reached the location from where the howl originated.

There, before him, was a blood-covered, silvery giant wolf, its limbs were gone, whereabouts unknown, leaving only its body writhing in pain on the ground.

Yet even with only its broken body remaining, it exuded a fierce vigor, its fur bristling like steel needles, full of threatening power. Before it was severely injured, it must have been a formidable Lord, dominating an area, with a myriad of Beasts submitting to its rule.

Huang Yi immediately checked the wolf’s level, and was stunned by what he saw!

The giant wolf was at an astonishing Level 192!

This was undoubtedly a Top-Level Sanctuary Magical Beast—moreover, an exceedingly strong one among them! Being Level 175 was already considered a Top Holy Domain Expert, yet this wolf’s level reached 192, very close to the Celestial Realm Level!

"Ow!" At this moment, the huge wolf saw Huang Yi, its large eyes flickering with a gentle light, struggling to open its mouth and softly whimpering. It was as if a pitiable person was pleading for him to come, eager to die quickly.

A majestic Level 192 Top-Level Sanctuary Magical Beast, theoretically an invincible existence within the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, now longed for Huang Yi to kill it! How immense must its inner fear be? What could have injured it to such an extent?

Huang Yi’s back became completely chilled; he involuntarily turned his head to look around, observing the huge Heavenly Pit, surrounded by high walls of flesh-colored cliffs, devoid of light, devoid of hope, as if he’d fallen into Hell.

Huang Yi felt a suffocating pressure in his heart, a great danger that could descend at any moment. The longer he stayed here, the greater the danger he faced! The pleasure of rapidly leveling up was significantly diluted by this sense of danger, to the point where he even wanted to leave this place as soon as possible, to flee from this unknown peril.

However, he eventually resisted the urge. This Dragon Tomb was a reward from the system, offering a glimmer of hope for Little Dragon’s growth. If he did not fully explore this Dragon Tomb, then this journey would have been in vain, and giving up halfway was not in his character. No matter how dangerous, he had to continue his investigation!

"Roar!" The giant wolf noticed Huang Yi’s hesitation and once again called out gently to him, the plea in its tone growing more intense.

Huang Yi glanced at it and finally took a step forward, thrusting the long spear in his hand viciously towards it.

The giant wolf made no resistance, simply welcoming Huang Yi’s attack. To avoid any misjudgment from Huang Yi, it even struggled to roll over, exposing its vulnerable belly.

"Clang!" The sound of metal striking stone rang out as Huang Yi’s attack penetrated the direwolf’s belly with difficulty, destroying its life force and barely managing to slay it!

The direwolf closed its eyes contentedly, bidding farewell to this world.

At that moment, Huang Yi felt a surge of warmth flow through him, warming his chilly spine. This Boss, who was 53 levels above him, had granted him a two-level boost!

He was now at level 141, surpassing the level 140 requirement for Evolution. An Evolution was now possible, but it was clearly not the right moment, so it would have to wait for later.

Afterward, Huang Yi continued to search ahead, hunting down severely injured Bosses one by one, reaping their lives. His level soared rapidly, as if he were riding a rocket!

Five minutes later, he reached level 142.

In the thirteenth minute, he encountered two level 174 Advanced Holy Domain Beasts. After slaying them, he broke through to level 143!

Twenty-two minutes later, he was at level 144.

Thirty-three minutes later, upon killing a level 181 Top Holy Domain Beast, he finally broke through the level 145 barrier!

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The massive changes on the leaderboard were rapidly known by players from various countries worldwide. Many had thought Huang Yi would only jump one level, from 136 to 137, and then plateau. But unexpectedly, his level kept rising as if infused with vigor, jumping periodically, even jumping two levels at a time on one occasion!

Such a leveling speed completely shocked the world! Forums were abuzz, with countless people speculating about the Level Grinding Holy Land that Huang Yi must have found. The speed of this leveling was horrifyingly fast. Rare Class Holders usually level up slowly, but this restriction seemed to have failed in the case of Huang Yi. Yang Yuheng, who ranked second in the world, had caught up to the same level as Huang Yi, but now found himself falling far behind again. There seemed no way to catch up in the short term.

Finally, Huang Yi’s level settled down at 145. In just over an hour, he had skyrocketed from level 136 to 145, ascending a total of nine levels! The last time he leveled up this crazily was when he killed Man Tian, the Heavenly Domain Half-Beastmen Bloodthirster, a level 203 entity, which had allowed him a five-level jump in one go. This time, the influx of severely wounded Holy Domain Bosses equated to the effect of slaying two Heavenly Domain experts!

By now, there were no surviving beasts in the pit. All had turned into corpses, with a deathly silence pervading the air and no more cries of the beasts.

Huang Yi stood alone amidst a sea of corpses and blood, surrounded by daunting and massive carcasses like a forest of bones submerging him. He gripped the blood-stained long spear tightly, listening to the thumping of his own heartbeat.

Huang Yi turned to look at the channel where the blood from the pit was flowing. That was the only passage in the pit, and it was a mystery where all this blood of the beasts was being transported. To explore deeper secrets, he had to enter through that passageway.

Biting his lip, Huang Yi took a step forward and approached the channel.

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