Heroes' Prison

Chapter 625 - 600: The 7th Evolution

Huang Yi continued to walk while pulling out a thumb-sized, black semi-transparent bead from his storage ring. This was the highest level Demon Core he had in his possession, Level 145, and it was just right for consumption at that moment.

He immediately swallowed the Demon Core, and his level advanced once more, reaching Level 146! This caused the recently stabilized level leaderboards to shake once again!

Thus, in just over an hour, he had risen by 10 levels! The Demon God Growth Talent of his Nefalem bestowed upon him more than 1,400 points in attributes, which, translated into Holy Domain Strength, amounted to over 14 points. He allocated all these attributes to his Strength, feeling a slight increase in the power within his body, his strength becoming even more formidable. Almost every day, he could feel himself progressing.

"Hmm?" At this moment, Huang Yi suddenly stopped and stared blankly at the passageway.

His treasure-sniffing ability had detected a treasure within that passageway. That treasure was neither Legendary Equipment nor an ordinary Energy Stone or gemstone, but something unseen before!

Huang Yi stood still, not immediately moving forward to explore the treasure. The presence of a treasure could mean danger. He decided to evolve first, strengthening himself before proceeding.

He took out the Book of Heroes, uttered a summoning spell, and summoned the Heroes’ Prison, ushering his main body, incarnation, and Little Dragon all into the prison. With this, he was safe; even if there was danger outside, it would not affect the inside of the prison.

This time, he had four choices for evolution. He currently had Mysterious Serpent’s Blood, Ancient Giant’s Blood, Blood of the Fallen Messenger, and Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon at hand. These four types of blood were not only powerful but also very special, generally impossible to obtain.

After some thought, Huang Yi decided to prioritize experimenting with the drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood. He had attempted to absorb this blood several times but failed each time. Now that he had surpassed Level 140, his strength was much greater than before, and he wondered if he could absorb it this time.

"[System Prompt]: You have obtained the blood of a mysterious species. Do you choose to absorb and evolve?"

Huang Yi received the familiar system prompt and immediately chose yes!

Subsequently, a suction force emerged from his palm, striving to absorb the drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood into his body! However, the blood drop remained firmly in place, showing no sign of dissolving.

"[System Prompt]: The target blood’s strength is too high, unable to absorb."

Once again, he failed! Huang Yi furrowed his brows; just what was the origin of this blood that made it so powerful that he couldn’t absorb it even at Level 140? What exactly was the identity of this Mysterious Serpent?

Huang Yi put the drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood back into the bottle, deciding to try again during his next evolution.

Next, he took out the drop of Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon that Little Dragon had obtained at birth. Aside from the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood, this was his second choice!

He would definitely have been unable to absorb any other Golden Holy Dragon’s blood due to its high strength. However, the blood of a freshly born Golden Holy Dragon was not nearly as potent, which he deemed worth a try. Moreover, having previously evolved with the White Dragon Clan’s blood and the even stronger Sea Dragon Clan’s blood laid a solid Dragon Clan bloodline foundation for him, making the acceptance of this top-level Dragon Clan blood much easier.

Huang Yi poured the drop of Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon into his palm. The gold blood was highly cohesive, rolling about nimbly in his hand, emitting a radiant golden light that illuminated a corner of the dark prison space as if it were a rare treasure.

Huang Yi immediately attempted to absorb it!

Under his expectant gaze, the drop of Little Dragon’s blood quivered slightly, then dissolved and permeated into the skin of his palm and deep into his body.

It was a success! The blood of the Little Dragon was indeed absorbable by him!

"[System Prompt]: Due to your previous evolutions with the White Dragon Clan and Sea Dragon Clan, your absorption ability for Dragon Clan blood has greatly increased. Having absorbed the blood of the juvenile phase Golden Holy Dragon, you will evolve into a low-order Golden Holy Dragon."

Having received the system prompt, Huang Yi felt the blood within his body seemingly being drawn, becoming restless.

He understood that it was likely the bloodlines from his previous evolutions with the White Dragon Clan and the Sea Dragon Clan acting up. Now in the presence of the mightier Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon, they were reacting in a progressively additive manner, advancing him one step deeper on the Dragon Clan evolutionary path.

Huang Yi felt a pleasant tingling and warmth spreading across his body. The blood of the Golden Holy Dragon was relatively gentle, making the evolution process feel like a soothing massage.

After ten minutes, the tingling sensation finally subsided, and Huang Yi received another system prompt—

[System Prompt]: Congratulations on completing your secondary in-depth evolution.

Current Evolution Stage: Eighth Stage

Current Evolution Form: Golden Holy Dragon (Low-Order)

Evolution Specialty: Effective only in Dragon Clan form. In any Dragon Clan form, your supreme bloodline’s ability to disdain all creatures grants you immunity to 20% of all damage! Additionally, your Physical Defense, Magic Defense, Resistance, and other defense attributes receive a small boost.

Racial Skill:

"Attribute Borrowing": In any form, you can borrow the attributes of a dragon clan contract partner. After borrowing, you will gain all the attributes of that dragon clan partner stacked onto yourself, lasting for 30 minutes. Cooldown time 30 days.

This evolution, Huang Yi had gained an expertise and a new skill.

This expertise had some limitations; it could only be effective in dragon clan forms. It could grant immunity to 20% of all damage and slightly increase defense-type attributes. He currently had three dragon clan forms: the White Dragon Clan, the Sea Dragon Clan, and the Golden Holy Dragon Clan. The expertise could only be used in these forms. Normally, Huang Yi would use his Beast King form, so this expertise would be ineffective.

A dragon clan form could not wield weapons, which was why Huang Yi rarely shifted into a dragon clan form. Compared to that, his Beast King form was stronger, boosting all attributes and being humanoid, which allowed the use of weapons.

However, there were no such restrictions for the racial skill. The racial skill "Attribute Borrowing" he had obtained from this evolution could be used in any form, and did not require transformation into a dragon clan, which was much more convenient.

The skill for attribute borrowing was very powerful, making it not a waste for Huang Yi to evolve into the Golden Holy Dragon! This skill was somewhat similar to Zhitian Shi’s exclusive skill—Corpse Fusion, which after using could add the attributes of the other to oneself. This meant that in the future, when he used this skill on the little dragon, he could add its attributes to his own.

Considering the skill effects, Zhitian Shi’s Corpse Fusion seemed a bit stronger—besides adding attributes, it could also add the other’s level, providing a level advantage. Huang Yi’s Attribute Borrowing, however, couldn’t stack levels.

In terms of skill usage frequency, Huang Yi’s Attribute Borrowing had the upper hand; it could be used once a month and lasted for 30 minutes. Zhitian Shi’s Corpse Fusion was sustained by consuming energy value, and at a cost of 3000 points, it could only last for a brief period. If the fusion target had a much higher level, it could probably only last a few seconds, unless he found that elusive Special Energy Stone.

However, the little dragon was still in its juvenile phase, with negligible strength. Even if he borrowed its attributes, it wouldn’t provide much of an enhancement, so Huang Yi couldn’t use this skill for the time being.

With this, Huang Yi’s evolution had been perfectly completed. He had finally evolved into one of the three great top dragon clans—the Golden Holy Dragon!

Although this was just the lowest level of the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline and could not compare with the true Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, he still had chances. He could evolve every 20 levels, and at that time, he could obtain more potent blood from the little dragon to undergo a deeper evolution. One day, he would be able to evolve into the bloodline of a complete Golden Holy Dragon.

Next, Huang Yi left Heroes’ Prison and returned to the Dragon Tomb outside to continue his exploration.

He leaped and jumped over the countless huge corpses, much like a cat hopping on a pile of trash. The stench of decay filled every inch of space, and beneath the corpses was deep blood. A slight misstep could result in falling into that blood.

At last, Huang Yi arrived at the entrance of that passageway.

The passageway was connected to a huge pit, resembling a sewer more than anything else. It channelled the blood of countless corpses from the pit, its destination unknown.

Huang Yi looked at the darkened blood and immediately used a racial skill that he hadn’t utilized for a long time—Call of the Wild!

Instantly, a flaming hunting dog and an almost transparent falcon emerged from the void. Their strength could no longer keep up with Huang Yi’s advancement and could hardly be of any help under normal circumstances, only serving an occasional supporting role.

Huang Yi commanded the hunting dog to jump into the passageway to lead the way.

"Splash!" Suddenly, the hunting dog leaped into the deep Blood River, splattering some viscous blood.

"Sizzle!" In an instant, the flames on the dog’s body were extinguished, emitting a puff of green smoke. Simultaneously, its flesh seemed to corrode at a speed visible to the naked eye, disintegrating and vanishing without a trace.

The blood, a fusion of countless magical beasts, was seemingly stronger than sulfuric acid. Creatures a bit weaker upon contact would be dissolved away.

Huang Yi, feeling helpless, could only command the falcon to fly into the passage, traversing the air to avoid the flowing blood on the ground.

Gradually, the falcon flew farther and farther, unharmed along the way, quickly reaching the limit distance Huang Yi could control.

It seemed, as long as one did not touch the blood river flowing on the ground, there was no danger.

Huang Yi’s incarnation immediately flapped its wings, carrying his true body into the passageway. The walls of the passage were also flesh-colored, similar to the entrance passageway to the Dragon Mother’s lair he encountered before. Full of curiosity, Huang Yi pressed the wall, and it was slightly soft, just like real flesh and blood.

After moving forward for some time, Huang Yi finally reached the location of the treasure he had perceived.

At that moment, he was presented with a strange scene. The Blood River flowing beneath the passageway came to this point and suddenly split to both sides, revealing a small dry patch of ground in the middle.

And on that ground, something was lying quietly. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)