Heroes' Prison

Chapter 656 - 631 Spatial Tunnel

Gradually, Huang Yi followed Meng Junlin through the endless darkness, arriving at the deepest part of the Flower House, a place that appeared to be an entirely different world, a massive underground chamber.

In one corner of the underground chamber, a group of people sat bound with their hands tied behind their backs. Gags filled their mouths and blindfolds covered their eyes, rendering them unable to speak, move, or see. They were unmistakably the hostages from Hero’s Continent.

Besides, shadows flitted about the chamber, and some twenty men dressed in black stood guard, vigilant and alert. Each of them exuded the aura of a master fighter with eyes as piercing as lightning. However, when they saw Meng Junlin’s arrival, they promptly greeted him with respectful salutations.

"Bring over Qianye Fengwu from the Hero Guild," Meng Junlin commanded directly.

Two men in black nodded and immediately moved into the group, escorting a woman out.

Huang Yi took a closer look and although the woman’s eyes were covered, her exposed features indicated that she was none other than Qianye Fengwu, the Hall Master of the Hunter Hall. She and Nameless were the strongest amongst the hostages. The rest were mainly high-ranking officials in charge of internal guild affairs, while only these two were bona fide masters. However, even they had been captured by the super-first master, Miyamoto Musashi.

"You’re lucky, you’ll be free soon!" Meng Junlin patted Qianye Fengwu on the shoulder and promptly escorted her away.

With her eyes covered, Qianye Fengwu had no choice but to follow him out of the Underground Palace. But this time, Huang Yi did not depart with them. Instead, he stayed behind using his Absolute Invisibility.

He immediately sent messages to Thunder God, Yun Sihai, and others, instructing them to split into two groups. The guild leaders and renowned masters would make a feint toward Muyi City. Another group, made up of less famous individuals, such as subordinates from the various guilds, would head to Northern Sea City.

At this moment, Thunder God, Yun Sihai, and a hundred others had landed on the Land of Dongying! They acted swiftly on Huang Yi’s instructions. Titans like Thunder God, Yun Sihai, Lv Bu, and Diesu Qiufeng, who were either guild leaders or famous masters, rushed toward Muyi City, where Huang Yi’s main body was located. The rest formed a second group led by Loneliness, Deputy Master of the Knight Hall from the Hero Guild – their destination: Northern Sea City!

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At that moment, in another corner of Northern Sea City, an ordinary-looking man was drinking in a tavern.

He threw back a big gulp of fruit wine and then habitually used a Tracking Skill. His skill was different from the tracking abilities of most people, which would require specific conditions, like acquiring something of the target’s or having had some interaction, such as a battle. In contrast, his skill only needed the target’s name to locate them, even if he had never met them. This Tracking Skill was almost akin to the "Eye of Supervision" held only by a Continent Guardian, a key skill for his survival.

These days, Miyamoto Musashi had assigned him a special task: to constantly track masters like Thunder God, Yun Sihai, and Huang Yi from Hero’s Continent. They could arrive on the Land of Dongying at any moment, and Musashi wanted to know their whereabouts immediately.

However, this man had used his Tracking Skill countless times over the last few days without success – the targets were simply not on this continent.

This time, he used the skill as a mere formality, much like he had done countless times before, not expecting it to work. When entering the name of his tracking target, without giving it much thought, he spoke a name—Yun Sihai. Among the renowned leaders who would definitely come to Dongying to rescue the hostages, he knew only of Huang Yi, Thunder God, Yun Sihai, and Lv Bu. He had no idea of the names of any subordinates they might have brought along; it would be futile to mention anyone else’s name.

The man was already prepared for the Tracking Skill to fail as usual and had poured himself another drink to continue his indulgence. But to his shock, the skill succeeded this time! He had actually located Yun Sihai, who had already landed on the Land of Dongying and was rapidly moving toward Muyi City!

The man was slightly surprised and sent this information to Miyamoto Musashi immediately, "The masters from Hero’s Continent who have come to rescue are on their way to Muyi City!"

The next moment, Miyamoto Musashi in Muyi City received the message. A slight smirk played on his lips; his plan was succeeding splendidly!

His motive for taking hostages on the Land of Dongying a few days ago was not solely focused on Huang Yi. He harbored greater ambitions: to use the opportunity to eliminate a significant number of masters from Hero’s Continent! Reducing the strength of Hero’s Continent’s master fighters, then starting a large-scale war to officially invade Hero’s Continent!

If notable guild leaders like Huang Yi, Thunder God, Yun Sihai, Lv Bu, and Diesu Qiufeng dared to venture to the Land of Dongying, he had ways to kill them, ensuring they could never return to Hero’s Continent!

Now that they had indeed come, although his subordinate tracked only Yun Sihai, he could infer the overall situation from this one piece of information – the rest must be with Yun Sihai, heading towards Muyi City together.

"Prepare the magic cannon immediately, aim it at the path to Muyi City, and as soon as Yun Sihai and his group appear, blast them with the magic cannon!" Miyamoto Musashi immediately sent a message to one of his subordinates.

Originally, killing powerful experts like the Thunder God and Yun Sihai would have been very difficult, but with a strategic weapon like the magic cannon, it was a different story. If they were well-aimed and ambushed in advance, even a group of the strongest masters would die with grievances. A magic cannon was not something human strength could resist!

Following Miyamoto Musashi’s order, in an inconspicuous small camp outside Muyi City, an elderly man with white speckles in his hair, immediately led a group of adults out.

The group was pushing a cannon chariot; mounted on it was a terrifying magic cannon. The black muzzle pointed towards the sky, emitting a cold light under the sun, as if it could shatter the heavens.

The old man turned to look at the group and said, "Take this magic robe and push it to Lanxi Gorge, that’s a must-pass on the way to Muyi City. When those Chinese arrive, let’s ’welcome’ them with this magic robe."

"Yes!" The group responded immediately, then pushed the cannon chariot with even more effort.

Meanwhile, Yun Sihai and others, their intended targets, were walking and chatting on their way.

"Lv Bu, don’t be so anxious. God of Slaughter just asked us to pretend to head to Muyi City. The real focus is on Northern Sea City. Right now, the defenses there are weak; Miyamoto Musashi and his people have no idea about our plan. After the hostages in Northern Sea City are rescued, we still have to go back and meet up with them!" Yun Sihai saw Lv Bu summoning his mount, eager to rush on the road, and couldn’t help but raise his voice to stop him.

"I just can’t wait to kill some Japanese. It’s been too suffocating these days," Lv Bu said with a slight smile, brandishing his weapon, but still he dismissed his mount.

"Do you think God of Slaughter can rescue our hostages? If he can’t get them out in one go, then we’ll be in a passive position," said Diesu Qiufeng, the Guild Leader of the Styx Sect Guild, who was chewing on a wild grass and casually asked.

"We’ll deal with it when the time comes! If we can’t rescue them, then we’ll just fight our way in! Like Brother Lv Bu, I’ve been wanting to kill some Japanese as well!" A burly man carrying a huge broadaxe spit out some spit with a grim tone.

...

In stark contrast to the casualness of Yun Sihai and his group, Second Squad was tense. They were each riding their mounts at high speed towards Northern Sea City, and under Huang Yi’s directions, they were the ones tasked with the rescue operation. Their success depended on this group of people.

At this moment, they were galloping towards Northern Sea City, killing intent obvious on their faces. The mounts under them were uniformly Fifth Rank top mounts, majestic and imposing. Though they numbered only a few dozen, they were as powerful as several hundred cavalries.

Northern Sea City was close by, and soon, a cityscape came into view on their horizon. To avoid drawing attention, they all dismounted and continued on foot.

"Zheng Yiyi, Third Reincarnated Young Master, is there any problem with your combined skills?" At this moment, Loneliness, Deputy Master of the Knights Hall of the Hero Guild, suddenly turned back and asked the two expert members from the Styx Sect Guild.

"No problem, our spatial tunnel is very suitable for transportation. Tell your God of Slaughter to rest easy," an eccentric dressed in casual clothes said with a slight smile. He was called Zheng Yiyi, one of the two powerful eccentrics brought by the Styx Sect Guild for this mission.

"That’s right! As long as the hostages set foot on our spatial tunnel, they can definitely be teleported out," added another man dressed exactly like Zheng Yiyi. He was the spitting image of Zheng Yiyi, his twin brother in real life known as the Third Reincarnated Young Master.

The two had a very special cooperative skill which required both to cast to be effective. By simultaneously releasing a skill called "Spatial Tunnel" at two different locations, they could set up a space tunnel between them, allowing people to instantly move from one end to the other.

This ability was much more flexible than the teleportation skills of mage classes, which often could only teleport to cities and not to remote areas. Furthermore, in the Land of Dongying, the teleportation skills of mages were ineffective, but certain special teleportation skills would work, among which was the cooperative skill of Zheng Yiyi and the Third Reincarnated Young Master. As long as the two were on the same continent, be it the Hero’s Continent or the Land of Dongying, it would work.

"If that’s the case, we’ll have to rely on your tunnel later on. If your skill fails, then we’ll just have to fight our way out of Northern Sea City with Big Brother God of Slaughter," Loneliness nodded and then scanned everyone, instructing, "Those from the Hero Guild, follow me immediately, while the rest stay here to signal us! Zheng Yiyi, you’re coming with us to release one end of the spatial tunnel. Third Reincarnated Young Master, you set up the other end of the tunnel outside the city."

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