Heroes' Prison

Chapter 687 - 660 Guardians Assemble

By now, Huang Yi’s Slaughter Curse had claimed over eight hundred thousand lives; he only needed to kill another hundred thousand people to lift the long-pressing curse from his heart!

Riding atop Little Dragon, he streaked across the skies of Northern Sea City like a bolt of lightning. Whenever he spotted people below, he would descend to slaughter. He was like a Messenger of Death—wherever he went, he turned the land into a hellish graveyard with bones scattered everywhere and not a single survivor.

The reporters simply couldn’t keep up with his pace and could only take aerial shots from high above. From their vantage point, they would sporadically see bursts of fire and lightning, which quickly died down as if all life in those areas had been extinguished.

The atmosphere in Northern Sea City was now one of sheer terror. Every member of the Martial Arts Guild felt as though a sharp sword hung over their heads, not knowing when Huang Yi might appear to kill them. Some were so frightened that they found places to log off, hoping to lie low for a while.

The 165-level Guardian Swordsman had long been left in Huang Yi’s dust. Huang Yi fought a guerrilla war, with elusive and unpredictable movements, providing the Guardian with no chance for a direct confrontation despite his strength.

After a bout of killing, Huang Yi received a promotion in military rank, advancing to the level of Lieutenant Colonel, and his level also rose to 156.

More importantly, he finally heard the long-awaited System Prompt—

"[System Prompt]: Under the state of the Slaughter Curse, you have cumulatively killed one million players, meeting the condition for lifting the curse. The curse is now removed. You receive a reward of 100 Public Prestige points."

At last, the Slaughter Curse that had long weighed on Huang Yi’s heart was lifted. From now on, Huang Yi’s attributes would return to normal, and his attributes would no longer be weakened when facing NPCs!

Additionally, when facing other players, he was no longer hamstrung. Even if he accrued Sin Value, he could now cleanse it!

The only downside was that he no longer had the effect of doubling all attributes when facing other players, so he couldn’t be as fearlessly invincible as before.

At that moment, it was as if Huang Yi had finally found himself again; the invisible dark cloud that hung over him finally dissipated. The shadow cast by the King of Curses was gone.

However, he was still afflicted with another powerful curse—Samsara Curse, imposed by Miyamoto Musashi, which guaranteed 100% reincarnation upon death.

As long as this Samsara Curse remained, his crisis was not averted; if he died, he would face reincarnation!

...

The Martial Arts Guild was one of Japan’s two super-first-class guilds, and Northern Sea City was one of its two most important guild cities. The city housed various fully-equipped guild facilities, one of the key ones being the Commanding Platform.

The Commanding Platform could summon powerful Guardians to defend the territory at the cost of Guild Contribution Points. These Guardians were far superior to the Guardian Mechas bought with Gold Coins in the Guild Hall. Guardian Mechas were mechanical and clumsy, whereas Guardians were no different from regular NPCs.

The Commanding Platform was an octagonal high platform with stairs on all sides, giving a commanding presence. At this moment, Miyamoto Musashi stood atop the platform in Northern Sea City. The night wind caused his cloak to flutter about, casting a lonely silhouette under the starry sky.

"Thump, thump, thump!" Just then, footsteps suddenly sounded on the stairs, and a young man climbed up the platform. This young man with a ponytail and handsome features was Ling Luo, one of the Four Great Protectors of the Martial Arts Guild. When Huang Yi had first entered Northern Sea City, Ling Luo had insulted him on that long street, only for Huang Yi to declare war and obliterate him with a single move.

"Big brother!" Ling Luo urgently addressed Miyamoto Musashi after climbing the Commanding Platform: "God of Slaughter keeps killing everywhere atop that dragonlike creature, and his whereabouts are unpredictable. Our 165-level Guardian was easily thrown off his trail!"

Upon hearing this news, Miyamoto Musashi took a deep breath and fell silent in the darkness. After a long while, as if he had made up his mind, he said, "Then let’s summon a few more Guardians. Let’s make it so he has nowhere to hide!"

With that, he spent a large amount of Guild Contribution Points, summoning five brand-new Guardians from the platform!

These five Guardians all had the power of flight, three of whom were 165-level Advanced Holy Domain Experts and two were 175-level Top Holy Domain Experts!

"There’s an enemy in our territory, go and kill him immediately!" Miyamoto Musashi instructed the five Guardians with the air of a Lord, hands folded behind his back.

"Yes, my Lord!" the five Guardians responded respectfully, ready to obey every command of their Lord, Miyamoto Musashi.

They spread their wings with a "whoosh" and, like phantoms, took to the night sky, soon vanishing from sight.

"Big brother, summoning five territorial Guardians at once, it’s such a waste of our Guild Contribution Points!" Ling Luo lamented as he watched the Guardians take off, particularly noting the two who were at level 175, with an expression showing how painful he found it.

"I also feel it’s a waste," Miyamoto Musashi nodded. "Originally, these Contribution Points could have been used to exchange for three Subsidiary Battle Flags, but if we don’t do this, God of Slaughter won’t be killed. We have no one who can match him; it is the only way!"

"Alas! This will slow the development of our guild, lagging behind the Dongying Guild. But with so many Guardians taking action, they must be able to crush God of Slaughter..." With a sigh, Ling Luo looked in the direction where the five Guardians had disappeared, muttering under his breath.

...

At this moment, Huang Yi was still riding Little Dragon and slaughtering his way through Northern Sea City. Although the Slaughter Curse had been lifted from him, the battle merits and Experience Points were still very welcome.

Just then, Huang Yi arrived at a street where over a thousand players from the Martial Arts Guild had gathered. Like before, without a second thought, he swooped down, ready to wreak havoc.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" At that moment, three gigantic arrows, with a sharp whistling sound, shot towards Huang Yi!

"Forced Execution—Pursuit!" Almost instantly, Huang Yi reacted while seated on Little Dragon, forcibly activating the Pursuit Skill in mid-air!

In the blink of an eye, Huang Yi and Little Dragon sped off in another direction, so fast that they were nearly invisible.

The three massive arrows brushed past him, shooting towards the dazzling, vast starry sky, their momentum seemingly enough to puncture a hole through the stars.

These were definitely not arrows that could be fired by players. Huang Yi immediately scanned the area below and, in no time, spotted three siege crossbows under the cover of three hidden buildings. The giant arrows that had just missed him had been launched from those siege crossbows.

Not only that, several other spots were concealing siege crossbows as well, with players straining to operate them, adjusting their angles and preparing to fire at Huang Yi once again.

Designed as siege equipment for warfare, siege crossbows were far beyond what players could withstand. When Huang Yi had first entered the city, he’d experienced an ambush from Ling Luo’s siege crossbow on the main streets and had narrowly avoided being hit.

Miyamoto Musashi had deployed siege equipment throughout Northern Sea City to deal with him, and this place was obviously one of those strongholds.

Huang Yi quickly urged Little Dragon to dive towards the ground in a serpentine pattern, making it hard for the siege crossbows to lock onto them.

Before long, Little Dragon carried him to low altitude, merely a dozen meters above the ground!

"Forced Execution—Judgment!" Riding on Little Dragon, Huang Yi swiftly spun around, releasing a green miasma of the Plague, spreading it throughout a two-hundred-meter radius!

The next moment, the players within that area collapsed en masse, dying without a doubt. Though Huang Yi no longer had the doubled effect of his Attributes from the Slaughter Curse, his normal Attributes were more than enough to kill these ordinary players.

Now, only unmanned siege crossbows remained on the site. Some hadn’t even managed to launch their massive, fierce-looking arrows, which still angrily pointed towards the sky, ready to be unleashed with a pull of the lever, like missiles ready to launch!

Huang Yi was about to leave on Little Dragon, but at that moment, his keen vision caught a glimpse of a silhouette flying towards him from afar.

The person was a woman with a powerful aura, red wings, and a Magic Wand in hand—a Mage. Upon seeing Huang Yi, she wasted no words and immediately waved her wand, pointing swiftly at him.

Suddenly, a huge Fireball shot out from her Magic Wand towards Huang Yi with incredible speed.

Little Dragon reacted quickly. Seeing the Fireball approaching, it swiftly dodged to the side before Huang Yi could even command it, in an attempt to evade.

But since it was still in its Juvenile Phase and not very strong, despite its best efforts to dodge, it was still grazed by the Fireball, causing Huang Yi, who was on its back, to sustain damage.

Luckily, his Legendary Boots were Harbinger of Doomsday’s Footprints, with 75 points of Fire Resistance, reaching the maximum Fire Resistance value and reducing the Fireball’s damage by 75%, preventing the Fireball from being fatal.

After this attack, Huang Yi also grasped the basic information of this Mage. At Level 165, she was on par with that one-eyed Swordsman he had encountered earlier, likely another Guardian of Northern Sea City.

Huang Yi looked solemnly at the Mage, knowing his current strength was no match for her, unless he could manage to injure her.

But merely running away was not a solution. With an unknown number of Guardians in Northern Sea City, if they all came after him, there would be no escape.

In consideration of the situation, it would be better to take advantage of the fact that the Guardians had not yet banded together and try to devise a plan to defeat them one by one.

In the past, he would have used criminals from Heroes’ Prison to do his bidding, but now, with the top-level Heavenly Curtain fully activated over Northern Sea City, he was unable to summon Heroes’ Prison, meaning he had to consider other tactics.

"Hmm?" Just then, Huang Yi’s gaze inadvertently swept across the ground, and he noticed those ferocious siege crossbows...