Heroes' Prison

Chapter 703 - 674: The 8th Evolution

BUG Fix:

Sorry, there was a BUG in the last Chapter. The protagonist, at level 158, should not have been able to attempt a world record at the 140th floor, as breaking a record cannot exceed 15 levels above that floor. This has now been corrected on Qidian Chinese Network. I’ve been a bit distracted with some real-life matters these past few days, and I wrote without paying enough attention, sorry.

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Huang Yi used the Experience Pill and then put away the other two items before he teleported out.

Next, he teleported to the 160th floor of the Tower of Pantheons and, following the same steps as before, broke the record once again, obtaining another Experience Pill.

Now, his level had finally reached level 160!

"[System Prompt]: ’Godslayer’s Star’ meets the first condition to become Epic. The second condition is: Absorb the essence of a Holy Domain Warrior’s flesh and blood not below level 180."

The second condition was a bit tough. Huang Yi’s gaze shifted to the Tower of Pantheons’ 170th floor, where the final boss was indeed level 180. However, the bosses in the Tower of Pantheons wouldn’t weaken as their HP dropped, and their power grew even more terrifying the higher one climbed. This was different from an outdoor boss. But with his current strength, clearing the 170th floor seemed very unlikely. Huang Yi needed to improve his strength further to have a chance at defeating it.

Huang Yi turned his attention to his Race, Beast King. Now that he had reached level 160, he was eligible for another round of Evolution!

This was his eighth Evolution, and his first choice was still the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood. He had wanted to absorb this blood many times during previous Evolutions but had never succeeded.

He took out the Magic Bottle and poured the drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood into the palm of his hand. The Mysterious Serpent’s Blood stayed in one piece, rolling back and forth in Huang Yi’s palm.

"[System Prompt]: You have obtained the blood of a mysterious species; do you wish to absorb it for Evolution?"

Huang Yi immediately chose yes!

Suddenly, a sucking force emerged from his palm, desperately absorbing the drop of Mysterious Serpent’s Blood into his body!

But the familiar scene occurred again: the drop of blood remained motionless, showing no sign of dissolving.

"[System Prompt]: The target blood is too potent to absorb."

As expected, he failed once more! He had no idea what species the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood was from, leaving him no choice but to try again during the Evolution at level 180.

Now, Huang Yi had to settle for his second option—Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon in the Growth Phase!

Last Evolution, he had used the blood of the Little Dragon in its Juvenile Phase, and after evolving, he became the lowest-ranked Golden Holy Dragon. Since the Little Dragon had progressed to the Growth Phase, he could opt for a deeper Evolution, elevating his Golden Holy Dragon bloodline to a higher tier.

"Little Dragon, give me a drop of your blood!" In the Tower of Pantheons, Huang Yi patted the Little Dragon’s head and said to it.

"Yi ya yi ya!" The Little Dragon obediently nodded, then opened its mouth to spit out a drop of golden yellow blood.

This drop of blood looked somewhat similar to its blood during the Juvenile Phase, but its aura was obviously much stronger, with the true momentum of a Golden Holy Dragon.

Huang Yi immediately tried to absorb it! Unlike the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood before, the Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon in the Growth Phase was not as obstinate and successfully entered his body through his palm.

"[System Prompt]: Since you have previously evolved from the White Dragon Clan, Sea Dragon Clan, and lower-tier Golden Holy Dragon, your absorption ability for Dragon Clan blood has greatly increased. After absorbing the Blood of the Golden Holy Dragon in the Growth Phase, you will evolve into an Intermediate-Level Golden Holy Dragon."

After receiving the system prompt, Huang Yi immediately felt his body become comfortably warm and tingly. A deep Evolution builds on the previous base rather than becoming a completely new species, so the process was not too painful. Instead, there was a reassuring sense of elevation and pleasure.

After a while, the tingling sensation finally subsided, and Huang Yi received a system prompt—

[System Prompt]: Congratulations, you have completed your third deep Evolution.

Current Evolution Stage: Ninth Rank

Current Evolution Form: Golden Holy Dragon (Intermediate Level)

Evolution Specialty: Effective only in Dragon Clan forms. In any Dragon Clan form, the supreme bloodline grants disdain over all creatures, granting Immunity to 30% of all damage! Also, Physical Defense, Magic Defense, Resistance, and other defensive attributes receive a slight increase.

New Ability: In any form, you will have a pair of Golden Holy Dragon Wings for flight, with flight speed the same as ground Movement Speed.

Racial Skill:

[Attribute Borrowing]: Regardless of form, you can borrow the attributes of a Dragon Clan contract partner. After borrowing, you will get all the attributes of that Dragon Clan partner added to your own, lasting for 1 hour. Cooldown time 30 days.

This latest evolution had augmented Huang Yi’s strength, primarily amplifying his existing powers. For instance, his Evolution Specialty, which was previously an immunity to 20% of all damage, had now become 30%.

However, this only took effect in Dragon Clan form. Huang Yi usually maintained his Beast King Form and couldn’t enjoy this specialty. Only when he was in his Dragon Clan form could he enjoy this boost, which effectively made his incarnation stronger.

As for the Racial Skill Attribute Borrowing, its duration had been extended to twice its original length. It previously allowed for only 30 minutes of borrowing, but now it lasted for an entire hour. Huang Yi had never used this skill before, with a high cooldown time of 30 days, it was reserved as a trump card for critical moments.

One of the real benefits of this evolution for Huang Yi was a new ability. Now, in any form, he could have a pair of Golden Holy Dragon wings.

To fly, his original form had to switch to Dragon Clan form, which was highly inconvenient. And his Beast King Form was incapable of flying, so he had to rely on Little Dragon. But now, his original form didn’t need to switch or ride Little Dragon to fly.

Huang Yi decided to try spreading his wings.

"Whoosh!" Instantly, a pair of virtual Golden Holy Dragon Wings appeared on his back, adorned with golden scales, their design sharp and splendidly beautiful.

These were the pure wings of a Golden Holy Dragon, unlike Little Dragon’s variant wings that had Phoenix feathers as embellishment.

"Eeek! Eeek!" Spotting Huang Yi suddenly sprouting wings, Little Dragon opened its mouth in surprise, biting its tiny wings and gazing curiously at him with big eyes, much like an inquisitive baby.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!" Huang Yi immediately started flapping his wings, and in no time, flew up from the ground into the sky!

While his speed was nowhere close to Little Dragon’s, and similar to his own ground speed, this was his own ability, not reliant on external artifacts. Even without Little Dragon, he could now fly and fight on his own!

"Woof, woof!" At this moment, Huang Yi suddenly heard Little Dragon’s barking from below. He looked down to find Little Dragon had also taken to the skies, flying alongside him.

Little Dragon glanced at Huang Yi, apparently finding his flight clumsy. It playfully stuck out its tongue, blinked its big eyes, and started showing off various poses in front of Huang Yi. It flew upside down, sideways, sometimes tucking in its wings to dive sharply, then soaring straight up again, purposely flaunting its maneuverability, its little rear wriggling triumphantly.

"Stop showing off, I’ll still ride you under normal circumstances." Huang Yi said with a slight smile, and then grabbed Little Dragon’s tail, making it grow larger so he could mount it.

"Hmm?" Just as Huang Yi climbed onto Little Dragon’s back, he suddenly noticed that Little Dragon seemed to be flying faster, without having used a speed boost—it’s as if it had spontaneously sped up!

This abnormal occurrence caught Huang Yi’s attention. He thought for a moment, then looked back at his wings and understood in a flash!

It turned out that the flapping of his wings had created a subtle frequency balance with Little Dragon’s flapping, mutually enhancing each other and inadvertently increasing Little Dragon’s flight speed!

It was an unexpected bonus— with an extra pair of wings, their speed increased! Even compared to the level 185 Guardian, the difference was negligible!

"Little Dragon, let’s try the 170th floor of the Tower of Pantheons and see how many bosses we can defeat," said Huang Yi, patting Little Dragon’s head, eager to test their new capabilities.

He immediately teleported, selecting the 170th floor of the Tower of Pantheons!

Ordinary players could only handle floors up to 10 levels below their own in the Tower of Pantheons, while expert players often only managed floors around their level.

No one had ever cleared floors more than 10 levels above their own. Now, Huang Yi was about to test himself to see if he could achieve this feat.

On the 170th floor, even the lowest-ranked mobs were level 170. Riding on Little Dragon and looking down, Huang Yi saw swarms of level 170 mobs. They bared their claws at Huang Yi in the sky, while ranged mobs launched a barrage of attacks towards them.

Huang Yi tested his four major area attack abilities, which was an invincible crowd control method up to now, but finally ran into trouble. It took him about ten seconds to kill a wave of mobs, and some elite monsters even exceeded this time. It was no longer a reckless slaughter like in the 160th floor.

Huang Yi struggled forward and eventually confronted the first boss. A formidable level 170 creature, Huang Yi cast it into the sky, using Little Dragon’s speed advantage and the Void Battlefield’s 20% attack power bonus to grind it down painstakingly.

Afterwards, they continued on, cleared the mobs, and faced the second boss.

With the "Samsara Curse," Huang Yi dared not cast Judgment on this boss; even dying in this secret space meant reincarnation.

He fought the boss tentatively, utterly absorbed in the battle, using all his techniques except for his Ultimate Skills and barely managed to overcome it.

"Let’s go, we can’t beat it!" After defeating the second boss, Huang Yi abandoned the notion of proceeding further.

He definitely couldn’t beat the third boss. A careless death would trigger reincarnation. As he had not made enough preparations to favorably influence the war, the system might judge him to have lost directly. He needed to add more weight to this conflict.

Next, he planned to undergo his class’s second transformation to significantly enhance his strength, only then would he be truly equipped to challenge this floor. (To be continued. If you like this novel, please support the author at Qidian Chinese Network by casting your Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)