Heroes' Prison

Chapter 655 - 630: One Door, Two Worlds (3rd Update)

Miyamoto Musashi heard the words but did not get angry, still maintaining his smile, he said slowly, "I did not expect the God of Slaughter to be someone who’s good at talking. No matter what you say, you cannot avoid death anymore, this time you will certainly die! And it will be a very cruel death."

"Then whom do you think Zhitian Shi could exchange for a life?" Huang Yi took a deep breath and took another step back. He could not possibly go kill Zhitian Shi, who had kindly helped him. If he killed Zhitian Shi in a fit of rage, then he would be no different from Miyamoto Musashi.

"Why didn’t you just ask this question earlier?" Miyamoto Musashi looked as if he had gained the upper hand, displaying his invincible aura, and spoke condescendingly, "In a word, Zhitian Shi can only be exchanged for your Guild’s master of the Assassins’ Hall Nameless, or the master of Hunter Hall Qianye Fengwu—a life for a life, take your pick. Of course, you can completely refuse, the choice is in your hands, but the options are provided by me. Whatever options I list, those are the only ones you can choose from, with no other choices."

"Well then! Ladies first, I’ll exchange Qianye Fengwu!" Huang Yi said calmly. Faced with Miyamoto Musashi’s dominance, he had no choice but to compromise in the end.

Everyone has different goals; some people hope to become heroes. Huang Yi is striving for this, Dao Feng is striving, and Thunder God is also striving. But becoming a hero is easier said than done; you need to be bravely unstoppable and also capable of prudent compromise. Bravery is easy, but compromise is hard. Some only have bravery without the capacity for compromise, like Miyamoto Musashi, who can never become a hero but only a hegemon.

These various choices will lead people down different paths and to different outcomes.

"Good!" Miyamoto Musashi nodded, "But there’s a problem. This is just about exchanging people, not about your freedom. You are still trapped in Muyi City, with nowhere to go." In the end, Miyamoto Musashi licked his lips, revealing an undisguised killing intent in his eyes.

"No problem!" Huang Yi nodded and agreed to Miyamoto Musashi.

"What a spirit!" Miyamoto Musashi rarely offered his admiration, "Then I will now send someone to release Qianye Fengwu! Later you can send a message to verify it personally. After she gains her freedom, if you don’t release Zhitian Shi, then I will kill Qin Shiyu."

With that said, he immediately sent a message to Meng Junlin, one of the Four Great Protectors who was still in Northern Sea City, instructing him to let Qianye Fengwu go.

Upon receiving the message, Meng Junlin immediately descended from the second floor of the teahouse and walked briskly in a certain direction. His appearance had changed by now, he looked just like any ordinary citizen, not attracting any attention nor intending to—he was, after all, not someone people would follow, being just an average player.

However, he was noticed by Huang Yi’s Incarnation. Huang Yi’s Incarnation was sitting in a corner on the first floor of the teahouse, drinking tea. He was there to monitor Miyamoto Musashi and Meng Junlin. Now that Miyamoto Musashi had left, his sole target was Meng Junlin.

Quickly, he gulped down the tea in his cup, swiftly activated Absolute Invisibility, and quietly left the teahouse, following Meng Junlin at a distance. Meng Junlin was clearly headed to the location where the hostage was detained, and if he followed Meng Junlin, he would find the hostage’s holding place.

This was one of the reasons why Huang Yi had tried every means to make Miyamoto Musashi release the hostage. He wanted to create an opportunity for his Incarnation to take the initiative.

Using his Treasure-sniffing Ability, Huang Yi silently trailed behind Meng Junlin, and no matter how skilled Meng Junlin was, he was unaware that someone was hanging far behind him. Moreover, Huang Yi was under the state of Absolute Invisibility, and even the strongest Revealing Ability could not detect him.

In Northern Sea City, Meng Junlin passed through streets and brushed past crowds of people, with Huang Yi keeping a precise eye on him the whole way.

Back in Muyi City, countless players were still surrounding Huang Yi and Zhitian Shi on that street. Miyamoto Musashi stood in front like a master, proudly with eyes closed, patiently waiting for Meng Junlin to release the person.

Twenty minutes passed, and Huang Yi’s Incarnation finally followed Meng Junlin into a deserted alleyway. No one was around; every city has its forgotten corners. Meng Junlin looked back from time to time to check if anyone was following, and upon seeing no one, he quickly sped up, turning several corners in quick succession, then slowed down again to look back, repeating this process, extremely vigilant.

If it were someone with average tracking ability, they would never be able to keep up with him. But Huang Yi was different with Absolute Invisibility; no matter how cautious Meng Junlin was, he could never shake him off.

After a long while, Meng Junlin finally traversed the alleys and arrived at a dilapidated garden, overgrown with weeds, with few signs of people around. He reached the front of an old flower house deep inside the garden, took out a key, unlocked the rusty lock, looked around very carefully before entering hastily.

After entering the flower house, Meng Junlin did not continue forward but patiently stood behind the door for a while, his gaze fixed on it, checking to see if anyone would push it open.

At this moment, Huang Yi, invisible, had reached the front door of the flower house. This seemingly decrepit flower house seemed to have some strange ability, even blocking his Treasure-sniffing Ability. He could no longer sense the three pieces of Legendary Equipment on Meng Junlin, as if he had lost track of him entirely.

In reality, Meng Junlin was waiting behind the door, with only a door’s width between them! If Huang Yi pushed the door, he would expose his position; although Meng Junlin couldn’t see him, he could deduce that someone invisible had opened the door.

Time seemed to pass especially slowly at this moment, with Huang Yi quietly standing outside, gently extending his hand towards the door.

And behind that door, Meng Junlin’s eyes hidden in the darkness were fixated on it!

An invisible showdown began silently in the rundown garden, where victory or defeat would be decided in an instant.

Finally, Huang Yi’s hand touched that rusty door!

That moment, he was about to push the door open, but as if by some divine intervention, his palm stopped.

Before he was imprisoned, while carrying out missions for the organization, he had faced countless life-threatening moments. Those perils often hid in the calm, each inconspicuous detail could snatch a life away. Huang Yi relied on his cautious nature to survive crisis after crisis, ultimately living to this day.

And now, this door in front of him gave him an uncertain feeling. Although his hand touched the door, the caution deep in his heart made him stop and halted the almost reflexive action of pushing the door open.

At this moment, Huang Yi’s Absolute Invisibility had just worn off, clearly revealing him in the air. His forehead wriggled, revealing The Third Eye! This eye was invincible, a major asset that had been passed down from the first generation incarnation to the present third-generation incarnation!

The Third Eye immediately emitted an invisible piercing light, directly penetrating through the door, to see the scene inside.

The next moment, he saw a pair of eyes hidden in the darkness!

Those eyes stared intently at him, as if locked in a gaze with him!

But there was a strange iron door between them, and Meng Junlin was actually looking at the door, not at Huang Yi.

Huang Yi felt slightly relieved in his heart, thankful that he had opened The Third Eye. Otherwise, he would have been exposed the moment he pushed the door, and the Big Baddie’s hidden card would have been wasted.

Thus, Huang Yi patiently observed Meng Junlin inside the door with The Third Eye. At this point, Meng Junlin certainly didn’t know that if he just pulled the door open, he would have seen Huang Yi’s figure, but what he was waiting for was someone to push the door.

Pulling and pushing the door were nearly the same action, yet they produced distinctly different outcomes.

So it was that after more than a minute, Meng Junlin seemed to finally confirm that he was not being followed and turned to walk deeper into the Flower House.

Huang Yi’s Third Eye kept watching Meng Junlin as he walked further away, until the other party reached a dead-end corner in the distance. Only then did he finally gently push the door open and entered the Flower House.

The moment he entered the Flower House, something stirred in Huang Yi’s heart, and a satisfied smile finally appeared on his lips.

He perceived six Legendary Equipment pieces! These six Legendary pieces were worn by three individuals; three of which were Meng Junlin’s. Besides those, the remaining three Legendary Equipment pieces were on two others: two on one person and one on another.

In the Hero Guild, the master of the Assassins’ Hall, Nameless, unmistakably possessed two Legendary pieces, while the master of Hunter Hall, Qianye Fengwu, had one. The number of Legendary Equipment matched; they were indeed imprisoned here. Meng Junlin had come to the right place.

Now, Huang Yi finally knew the whereabouts of some of the hostages! With Nameless and Qianye Fengwu here, then it was very likely that the other Guild hostages were here as well.

In the next moment, Huang Yi sent a message to the experts who were still on standby on Thunder God’s Divine Ship, ordering them to land immediately!

The hostage rescue operation had finally reached a critical juncture!

That moment, deep in the Flower House, dozens of hostages were held in dark cells, devoid of sunlight.

In the narrow corridor, Meng Junlin stepped forward, and Dugu’s footsteps echoed into the prison cells.

In the darkness, Huang Yi’s Incarnation employed Absolute Invisibility, moving forward like a gust of air!

Far away at sea, Thunder God, Yun Sihai, and a hundred others flew out from the ship en masse, majestically rushing towards the Land of Dongying.

And in Muyi City, on the streets blocked by countless people, Huang Yi was still escorting Zhitian Shi, while Miyamoto Musashi rested with closed eyes, a smile of control on his face.

Every event was happening simultaneously at this moment, when they seemed unrelated to each other, but they would intersect at some point in the future.

The future was built from these seemingly unrelated events, full of complexity and mystery; no one knew what would happen when they finally converged. (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, please visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)