Heroes' Prison

Chapter 758 - 723: Return to the Holy Domain

"So what do you want to do?" Thunder God stroked his stubbled chin and stared at Zhang Yujian as he asked.

"When the time comes, I will let you know, but the national war offers an opportunity, and it seems, God of Slaughter, that you have withdrawn from it." Towards the end, Zhang Yujian furrowed his brow, "When will you officially create an army to join the war?"

"About two more months!" Huang Yi mused. He was currently leveling up to over 40 and needed to reach the Holy Domain Rank before it was fitting to create an army to participate in the war.

"That’s about right," Zhang Yujian nodded, speaking somberly, "In two months, Ni Dongde’s armed forces should almost be ready. You are fighting a virtual war in The Second World, while Ni Dongde is truly arming for a rebellion. This time, our goal is to make some countries declare independence and break free from the control of the World Federation, gradually weakening its power."

"Then let’s wait for another two months. By then, my execution date will also be just about due!" Thunder God also sighed in emotion.

Three individuals oppressed by the World Federation were thus discussing methods to counter the Federation in this dark room.

In comparison to the colossal entity that was the World Federation, these three people seemed like negligible beings, but a single spark can start a prairie fire, and they were that spark.

...

It wasn’t until that afternoon that Huang Yi finally logged on.

"No way! How could they have chosen us?" As soon as he logged in, Huang Yi heard Haitang’s excited cry.

"I really did receive their notification!" Yue Yue’s voice was filled with disbelief, as if money had fallen from the sky.

At this moment, Huang Yi’s figure appeared in midair.

Seeing him, Haitang immediately grabbed his hand with excitement, her smile radiant, "Apprentice, I have great news for you, we won the bid! We have five hundred million Gold Coins to construct a church for Heroism Religion!"

"Really? That’s great!" Huang Yi pretended to be astonished and incredulous, "Building a new temple won’t cost much, so the rest of the money is ours! You won’t need to look for jobs anymore. You’ll have enough for a lifetime!"

"Is that really okay?" Haitang suddenly became hesitant as if she was at a loss dealing with such a huge sum. Her previous life was being rewritten before her eyes, and the contrast made it hard for her to comprehend.

"Having so much money all of a sudden, it’s indeed quite difficult to adjust!" Yue Yue also sighed, "Originally, Haitang and I just wanted to find an ordinary job with a salary that reached an average level. Now that we suddenly have so much money, it doesn’t feel real, like we’re dreaming."

Tingxi also wandered around the hall, pondering, "It really is real! Ying Lin’s guild wouldn’t lie in what they say, but I’m very curious, isn’t this too coincidental? The last time Ying Lin helped us kill Unbeatable Blade, Holy Light, Zhang Tian, and those people, he hurriedly left, and now he has chosen us for this big project, this isn’t normal."

"Yeah! A master like Ying Lin shouldn’t have had any intersection with us, yet it happened twice in a short period, which is too abnormal!" Shuimo Qingxiang also wrinkled her little nose, deep in thought.

A sudden tight feeling struck Huang Yi’s heart, and he quickly changed the subject, "Don’t worry so much; having the money is a good thing. Let’s think about how to build the church for Heroism Religion now! We only have money at the moment, we still need to hire people for construction."

Haitang nodded, "Yes! Heroism Religion now has over a hundred million believers worldwide, and thousands of temples. We want to build a world-famous temple. With five hundred million Gold Coins spent, we should be able to make the best one! Only then can we stand out. Maybe if God of Slaughter is pleased, he will personally inspect our temple. By then, I could see my idol in person!"

"No, no, no! The tender notice doesn’t require it to be built in any specific way, we’ll just build an ordinary one, and divide the rest of the Gold Coins," Huang Yi quickly interjected, it had not been easy for him to get these Gold Coins into their hands, and if all of them were spent on building the temple, it would all be for nothing.

"Is that really okay..." Yue Yue was timid and innately kind, "What if Ying Lin accuses us of fraud? They gave us five hundred million Gold Coins, and we only spend two or three hundred million; that’s too much embezzlement. I think we should quietly keep a few million Gold Coins, not make it too obvious."

"Yeah! The most I’ve ever seen is a hundred thousand Gold Coins, and a few million Gold Coins for us is already a huge amount of money. If we embezzle several hundred million, it wouldn’t even feel good spending it," Shuimo Qingxiang agreed with a nod.

Listening to the girls discussing, Huang Yi suddenly felt a wave of futility in his heart. Ordinary people often lack audacity; when given the chance for a huge fortune, they tend to be timid and afraid of legal consequences.

After some thought, he sent another message to Ying Lin: "Change the tender requirements again, the temple mustn’t be built too lavishly..."

...

As the days passed, Yue Yue, Haitang, and the other girls were busy constructing the temples for the Religion of Heroism.

What puzzled them was that after they received the staggering sum of five hundred million Gold Coins, they were told not to build the temples too lavishly and that the remaining money was their compensation for the hard work.

This condition left them utterly astonished; it was almost like they were being given money for free. They racked their brains trying to figure out why and could only come up with one reason: perhaps someone in the high ranks of the Legion of Demons Guild under Ying Lin’s command had taken a liking to one of the girls and intended to express his affection in this way. However, they waited for a long time without any suitor coming forward, leaving them feeling uneasy.

While the new temples were under construction, Huang Yi’s level was also recovering more and more each day. His name began to dominate the world records in the Tower of Pantheons. For anyone to break those records again would be near impossible, unless they possessed Divine Gear and underwent Reincarnation as well.

On Hero’s Continent, the situation with the kingdom invasions was becoming increasingly dire!

Ever since Huang Yi withdrew from the kingdom wars, the invasion of Hero’s Continent had reached an explosive stage! Countless nations had seized the opportunity of Hero’s Continent’s defeat, each keen to take advantage of its weakness!

Just the day after Huang Yi withdrew, five nations’ armies declared their invasion of Hero’s Continent!

By the tenth day, the number of armies invading Hero’s Continent had exceeded thirty! Among them were Japan’s other super-first-class master Heavenly Dao, the American Continent’s rising player leader Dante, and Hero’s Continent was utterly forced into retreat!

On the seventeenth day, Hero’s Continent’s famous guild "Northeast Gale" saw its main territory destroyed, its Main Battle Flag annihilated, and the guild was dissolved, becoming the first among the top fifty guilds of Hero’s Continent to be wiped out. The kingdom wars had entered the meat grinder phase.

By the twenty-second day, the 35th-ranked guild of Hero’s Continent, "Step to the Clouds by Moonlight," was eradicated by an army personally led by the Pope, sending shockwaves around the world!

On the thirty-first day, the 22nd-ranked guild of Hero’s Continent, "Absolute Zero," was eliminated, their Guild City falling into the hands of Ronald, the famous European super-first-class master. The various guilds of Hero’s Continent panicked, fearing for their own safety.

On the forty-fourth day, two of the leading player masters of the United States, the Pope and Dante; two leading player masters of Japan, Miyamoto Musashi and Heavenly Dao; Europe’s number one leader T.N.T.; India’s player leader Ganges; and Indonesia’s player leader Fuchan Fenrao — a total of seven super-first-class masters — joined forces to launch a surprise attack on the super-first-class Guild of Famous Generals’ Guild City, Red Cliffs City!

Taken by surprise, the Guild of Famous Generals put up a desperate fight but was ultimately overwhelmed, resulting in the fall of Red Cliffs City, the largest city to be conquered in the kingdom wars on Hero’s Continent. The president of the guild, Lv Bu, vice-president Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang, along with key members Zhao Zilong, Huang Zhong, Zhang Fei and a total of fourteen influential figures died in battle, among whom Guan Yu tragically underwent Reincarnation. As a result, the market value of the Guild of Famous Generals plummeted by 64%, evaporating five hundred billion US dollars overnight! The guild fell from the ranks of a super-first-class guild to a second-tier power.

On the fifty-fifth day, the cumulative territory lost by Hero’s Continent had crossed half of its land area, satisfying a major condition for the System to declare the coalition victorious, bringing the kingdom wars into their most critical phase. Desire Arises from the Heart made a public television address calling on all Chinese players to join the Desire Legion and fight in the final battle!

On the fifty-sixth day, a ray of hope dawned for all the players of Hero’s Continent as the level rankings showed that God of Slaughter had recovered to level 100 and stepped into the Holy Domain Phase!

...

That day, Huang Yi logged in early; his level had finally recovered to 100!

This was a critical junction; his incarnation had to create an army to participate in the kingdom wars. Meanwhile, his main body decided to head to the Central Continent and spend the remaining Reincarnation Time studying at the Oskan Royal Academy. When his Reincarnation was complete, he would return to the public eye stronger than ever.

At this time, the highest on the world rankings was Yang Yuheng at 191, not far from reaching the Heavenly Domain Level. The master of Warrior Hall from Hero Guild, Jian Feng Kuai, also fared well. As a super master among regular players, he had reached level 190, ranked 8th in the world and 3rd on Hero’s Continent.

Regular players could level up quickly because they needed less experience than Rare Class Holders. However, in these past few months, the leveling speed of Rare Class Holders had also increased significantly. The speed of gaining levels by killing opposing players in kingdom wars far surpassed leveling in the Tower of Pantheons. As a result, almost all Rare Class Holders actively joined the kingdom wars, inadvertently accelerating the intensity of the wars. Even those who didn’t want to participate in the wars joined just to level up quickly, and their joining inevitably pulled their affiliated powers into the fray, creating a domino effect.

Currently, the highest-leveled among the Rare Class Holders was the Pope, who had broken through to level 174, on par with Huang Yi’s level before his Reincarnation.

In addition, Miyamoto Musashi, T.N.T., Heavenly Dao, Ganges, Ronald, Giant Bear, Pharaoh, and others had all reached level 170! On Hero’s Continent, aside from Huang Yi, only Gentleman and Thunder God among the Rare Class Holders had reached level 170.

Although Thunder God had not joined the Desire Legion, he had been leading the Sun Guild in a valiant solo effort, fighting many minor battles and leveling up quite quickly.

With Hero’s Continent in a time of crisis, Huang Yi couldn’t wait for his Reincarnation to end and had to join the battle at the strength of the Holy Domain Phase early on in the kingdom wars. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please feel free to vote for it with your Recommendation Ticket and Monthly Ticket at Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)