Heroes' Prison

Chapter 701 - 672: Visitors from Beyond the Skies

Huang Yi waited quietly as the night wind blew, ruffling his hair backward and causing Little Dragon’s golden feathers to flutter slightly. The city had reached its peak hours online, with many people and reporters looking up from the ground at the sky, while some players with flight capabilities even flew into the air, forming a distant circle around Huang Yi, pointing and discussing.

Just then, Huang Yi suddenly received a message from Qin Shiyu, "Brother Yi, I’ve arrived at the Lilac Garden."

Huang Yi turned to look in the northwest direction; the Lilac Garden was there. His gaze seemed to pierce through the numerous obstacles and saw Qin Shiyu’s stunningly beautiful face.

They had just married not a day ago and had to part without the time for affection.

"Then get ready, someone will come to rescue you soon. And... I love you, no matter how long I’m gone, no matter how far away." Huang Yi took a deep breath and sent the last message, his tone unexpectedly heavy as if he were saying some farewell.

Afterward, he clenched the Bloodstained War Halberd tightly and slammed it onto the bricks of the wall that were nearly shattered!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Instantly, the bricks crumbled under Huang Yi’s brute force as several streams split off from the Magic Tower’s light pillar soaring into the sky and rapidly flowed downward, repairing the bricks.

As a result, the light pillar supporting the Heavenly Curtain Barrier suddenly shrank considerably, and the entire Heavenly Curtain Barrier surrounding Northern Sea City noticeably weakened!

"Now’s the time, come down fast!" Huang Yi looked up at the sky above the Lilac Garden and urgently thought to himself!

"Look, the Heavenly Curtain Barrier is dimming!" In an instant, all the people in Northern Sea City noticed the change in the Heavenly Curtain Barrier and looked up at the sky, buzzing with talk.

"God of Slaughter, what in the world are you planning?" At the top of City Hall in Northern Sea City, Miyamoto Musashi stood in front of a window, looking up at the dimming Heavenly Curtain Barrier in the sky and furrowed his brow.

"Boom!" At this moment, the people near the Lilac Garden suddenly hear a loud roar coming from the sky.

What followed was a shocking scene!

To everyone’s astonishment, the already fragile Heavenly Curtain Barrier above the Lilac Garden trembled violently, as if it had been struck a heavy blow, caving in a large area. Through the barrier, one could clearly see a huge object outside, battering against the Heavenly Curtain Barrier with all its might.

"Pfft!" Just then, the huge object finally pierced through an opening; an oval-shaped massive object fell from the sky into Northern Sea City, revealing its full form.

This object had a huge balloon on top and something that resembled a ship hanging underneath—it was an enormous Airship.

"Oh! What a huge airship!"

"Northern Sea City doesn’t have airship routes, does it? How come there’s an airship? And this one clearly looks much stronger than the ordinary airships!"

The crowd, upon seeing the massive airship, was immediately amazed as if witnessing a miracle.

Upon seeing that airship, Miyamoto Musashi from City Hall murmured four words to himself, "Oceanic Airship!"

He guessed correctly—the airship in the sky was Huang Yi’s contingency plan to rescue Qin Shiyu, the Oceanic Airship!

The Hero Guild had been developing the Oceanic Airship for a long time and had a major breakthrough just a while ago, completing the first one five days prior!

And on that day, while Huang Yi was having breakfast in Rose Prison, he ordered Overlord, Sunset, Knight, and other upper echelons to quietly bring the airship to the Land of Dongying to prepare for the rescue.

The Martial Arts Guild tightly guarded the coastline. If the Dragon Fang Battleship tried to approach, it would be highly inconvenient, and if they took a detour along the other desolate coastlines, it would be a waste of time. An Oceanic Airship was the fastest and most unexpected approach.

By midnight yesterday, the Oceanic Airship had already reached the skies above the Land of Dongying, quietly hiding. Only just now had Huang Yi sent a message to Yi Feng, who was in charge of the airship rescue operation, instructing him to breach the Heavenly Curtain Barrier and rescue Qin Shiyu as soon as he saw the barrier dim.

Just now, when Huang Yi shattered the bricks of the Magic Tower, the magic power that was sustaining the Heavenly Curtain Barrier instantly reversed to repair the bricks. With much of the magic power gone, the barrier was at its weakest, allowing the Oceanic Airship to seize the opportunity to forcefully strike the barrier, successfully breaking through and entering the heart of Northern Sea City!

At that moment, about a dozen people on the Oceanic Airship were busy, led by Yi Feng, the head of operations for the Hero Guild. He looked down at the Lilac Garden below and soon spotted a familiar figure on an open space—none other than the vice-president, Qin Shiyu.

"There’s sister-in-law! Head that way, fast—drop the ropes!" Yi Feng immediately pointed at Qin Shiyu below and issued an order.

The airship’s pilot obeyed at once, steering towards Qin Shiyu’s location, promptly reaching the airspace above her.

Then, other crew members on the airship quickly lowered a bundle of sturdy Dragon Tendon ropes. The lengthy ropes fell before Qin Shiyu, like a lifeline connecting her path to safety.

Qin Shiyu reached out and grabbed the rope instantly, and the people on the airship skillfully pulled on the rope, hoisting her up bit by bit.

At this time, outside Lilac Garden, one could clearly see shadows flickering, accompanied by the extremely dense sound of footsteps—the Northern Sea City’s Enforcement Team!

They moved with incredible speed; the moment the airship descended, they rapidly advanced in this direction, trying to prevent the rescue from taking place!

"Don’t let them escape! Ranged class, unleash your ranged skills to attack!" the captain of the Enforcement Team shouted in desperation!

All the ranged classes immediately unleashed their various distant attacks towards Qin Shiyu with the quickest speed, pouring down like a dense, dark, and overwhelming rain!

But it was futile; they were simply too far away to reach Qin Shiyu, who was hanging from the airship, and could only watch helplessly as she drew closer and closer to the airship!

At this moment, the entire Northern Sea City seemed to stand still!

Huang Yi was vigorously attacking the bricks on the Magic Tower in the city center, breaking them one by one, continually reversing the flow of the Magic Tower’s magic power to maintain the fragile state of the Heavenly Curtain Barrier!

Countless people in the city were looking up at the fragile Heavenly Curtain Barrier, their eyes wide with shock!

Journalists were live broadcasting the situation from their respective locations to the forums—some capturing footage of Huang Yi attacking the Magic Tower, others filming the Oceanic Airship’s rescue of Qin Shiyu.

At the very top of City Hall, Miyamoto Musashi stood before the window, his face ashen as he stared at the distant Oceanic Airship in the sky!

At this time, on a street one kilometer away from Lilac Garden, a man was also gazing at the Oceanic Airship.

The man was dressed in a black samurai robe, with a long, thin face and a pair of mustache, his head wrapped in a black headband bearing the character for "Martial." He was none other than Meng Junlin, one of the Four Great Protectors of the Martial Arts Guild.

"Hmph!" Just then, he let out a cold snort and violently threw his Eastern Sword towards Qin Shiyu, who was suspended from the Oceanic Airship!

Instantly, the Eastern Sword formed a sharp silver streak under the moonlight, tearing through the night as it sped towards Qin Shiyu, one kilometer away!

This skill, "Throwing," was based on the same principle as Huang Yi’s "Flying Axe"—projecting the weapon in hand to inflict damage on distant enemies, a skill with an extremely long attack range capable of hitting even targets one kilometer away.

This sharp silver streak became the hope of all members of the Northern Sea Martial Arts Guild—if it could strike Qin Shiyu and kill her, the rescue would fail!

"Whoosh!" The Eastern Sword produced a sharp piercing sound as it cleaved through the air, quickly reaching Lilac Garden and ruthlessly hitting Qin Shiyu.

The sharp silver streak seemed like it was about to slice Qin Shiyu in half!

"Ting!" Just then, the sound of metal clashing rang out; the Eastern Sword was blocked by a peach-shaped Barrier that surrounded Qin Shiyu!

That was precisely the "Tie the Knot" skill Huang Yi had cast on Qin Shiyu yesterday—it could transfer the attacks she received to himself.

However, at this moment, Huang Yi didn’t feel the slightest bit of impact; Meng Junlin was only at level 120, a full 30 levels below Huang Yi, rendering any attack ineffective against him!

After Meng Junlin’s attack failed, no one else could threaten Qin Shiyu’s escape, and she was quickly pulled inside the Oceanic Airship, entering the airship’s interior!

"Retreat quickly!" Yi Feng decisively issued the retreat command, not wasting another moment here. The Martial Arts Guild possessed Magic Cannons, and once they activated, even their powerful Oceanic Airship could be shot down.

By now, only a few dozen bricks remained unbroken before Huang Yi, and if those were shattered and the Oceanic Airship still couldn’t escape, they would be in danger!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" He continued his vigorous assault, fighting for every second of Qin Shiyu’s escape. The bricks were broken one by one, then one by one, they were repaired by the reversed flow of the Magic Tower’s power, creating a delicate balance between destruction and repair.

"Boom!" At that moment, a violent impact noise came from the sky above Lilac Garden—the Oceanic Airship, pushing at full power, once again rammed the fragile Heavenly Curtain Barrier with all its might!

Soon, players near Lilac Garden saw that half of the airship had already broken through the Barrier and was about to escape.

"Boom!" Finally, Huang Yi broke the last brick, with no more bricks left to smash, the reversed flow of magic power from the Magic Tower ceased, and it charged back into the Heavenly Curtain, restoring it to its former strength.

"Brother, we’ve escaped with sister-in-law!" Almost simultaneously, Huang Yi received a message!

"Phew!" He let out a breath, completely relaxed!

The nearly impossible mission to rescue Qin Shiyu was perfectly accomplished! He no longer had anything to worry about; the only thing left was this battle of nations! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, we welcome you to vote for Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)