Heroes' Prison

Chapter 804 - 764: The Shocking Scene Seen by the Eye of Time

At this moment, Huang Yi could clearly feel a pull force. This eye was like a spring, absorbing all the magic elements and any spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

It seemed that the water ball formed by the Tidal Calling Siren Princess dissipated because of this eye.

"Let’s circle around and take a look!" Huang Yi patted Little Dragon’s head, preparing to check behind this eye.

Soon, Little Dragon carried Huang Yi to the back of the giant eye, avoiding its gaze.

When they circled to the rear of the giant eye and saw the sight behind it, Huang Yi was immediately startled again!

Behind this eye was actually a black vortex of void. It kept spinning, absorbing all magic elements or anything with spirituality, looking exactly like a black hole!

At this moment, Huang Yi was incredibly close to the black hole; his entire field of vision was dominated by it!

His gaze was unconsciously drawn into the vortex, and soon a mysterious and terrifying feeling overcame him. Not long after, he felt dizzy and nauseous.

This black hole was like a colossal nightmare, ready to devour everything, attempting to drag his soul into it!

Huang Yi shook his head vigorously, lifted his gaze to the azure sky, and managed to dispel the mysterious sensation.

The scene before his eyes was undoubtedly bizarre. This small island, hidden in the boundless ocean, was like finding a needle in a haystack. Even Huang Yi discovered it only because of the Tidal Calling Siren Princess’s perception of the Divine Artifact Fragment. Otherwise, he would have missed it entirely.

Buried on this desolate island was such a massive eye, absorbing all the elemental spiritual energy of the heavens and earth, with treasures scattered all over... This series of phenomena seemed like a puzzle, leaving Huang Yi deeply perplexed.

After pondering for a moment, Huang Yi decided to use a Divine Skill to investigate—Eye of Time!

His Eye of Time allowed him to see events that occurred in the past, with increasing effectiveness as his level rose.

The energy consumption was proportional to what he observed. If he wanted to see things players had done in the past, the energy value would drain rapidly. Even with 3,000 points of energy, he couldn’t observe for very long. As for looking into a player’s future, that was simply impossible—nobody could predict a player’s future.

The slowest energy consumption occurred when observing geographical changes in an area over time. Geological transformations were long-term, measured in tens of thousands of years. With 3,000 points of energy, Huang Yi, at his current level, could observe a region’s geographical features up to 100,000 years in the past.

The next moment, he activated the Eye of Time, and his eyes entered a peculiar state. Everything before him began to rewind like a movie playing in reverse!

The rewinding speed was adjustable. Huang Yi immediately opted to observe the scene from 10,000 years ago.

Instantly, substantial amounts of energy were consumed!

In his vision, the historical scenery unfolded. The transformation of the sea and land played out before his eyes.

Ten thousand years ago, the island was much smaller, and half of the eye was buried underground.

Huang Yi adjusted the timeframe to 30,000 years ago.

Once again, his vision transformed. At that time, the small island had just emerged from the ocean floor, with only the eye present.

Huang Yi decided to use up all the remaining energy to view the geographical changes from 100,000 years ago.

History rewound rapidly. A hundred thousand years ago, the area was nothing but seawater—no island existed, yet the eye was already there, submerged beneath the ocean floor.

At this point, the 3,000 points of energy were completely expended! Yet Huang Yi still couldn’t uncover the origin of the eye.

The eye had existed there for an unknown number of years, continuously absorbing all elements and spiritual energy from the heavens and earth. Over time, it had given birth to the island. Those magic ores Huang Yi had sensed earlier, the item with an Epic aura, and the Divine Artifact Fragment were likely drawn from distant seas, eventually converging here.

Moreover, the island’s trees growing taller than those on other islands and the wild deer becoming so powerful were likely due to the island’s dense elemental spiritual energy.

Huang Yi took out an A-grade Energy Stone and spent a minute replenishing the 3,000 energy points.

Energy absorption could not occur simultaneously with usage; it required him to stop using energy to replenish it.

Once the 3,000 energy points were refilled, he activated the Eye of Time again.

The previous time, he observed changes spanning tens of thousands of years—a macro-level process.

This time, he aimed to observe the recent years, slowing the speed for more detailed observation to determine if players had discovered this island in recent times.

Huang Yi adjusted the speed to observe one week’s history per second. One week ago, the terrain was similar to before the rampage of the Deep Sea Demon Flesh. Back then, the giant eye was buried within a mountain, invisible from the outside.

Time flowed second by second. In Huang Yi’s eyes, weekly changes unfolded. The variations were minor, marked only by shifting leaf patterns or changing clouds in the sky.

As half a minute passed, he reached scenes from more than half a year ago.

At this moment, a tiny detail caught Huang Yi’s attention—it was a subtle change.

The change was nearly imperceptible, akin to a few pixels flickering on a computer monitor. Most people wouldn’t notice such details, but Huang Yi did.

He didn’t take it lightly. This faint anomaly seemed deliberate!

He adjusted the playback speed to revisit the suspicious section.

Soon, he saw something—a cave!

The cave had a pile of neatly arranged soil beside it, appearing as if created by an Earth Attribute magic spell rather than natural forces.

This minor alteration immediately piqued Huang Yi’s interest!

He slowed the time further, shifting to nightly intervals.

Soon, he discovered that the cave appeared on the first day of that week and was flooded on the third day by a rainstorm.

Huang Yi adjusted the interval to hourly and found that the cave emerged between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on the first day of that week.

He meticulously continued the investigation, further narrowing the timeframe to minutes, tracing the clues like a detective, inching closer to the truth of the mystery.

Finally, at 11:27 a.m. on the first day of that week, Huang Yi saw how the cave was formed!

In that instant, his heart trembled!

He saw a familiar creature—the Mysterious Python!

Previously, while searching for the Sand Thief King’s hearts in the Desolate Sands, he had encountered the Sand Thief King’s subordinate, the Great General Black Serpent. At that time, a black python coiled around Black Serpent’s neck.

This mysterious python was incredibly enigmatic, even persuading Black Serpent to betray the Sand Thief King, declaring itself the new master, and promising to elevate Black Serpent to the Heavenly Domain Level.

At that time, Black Serpent had barely reached the threshold of the Holy Domain—far from the Heavenly Domain Level. Yet the Mysterious Python’s confident promise left the eavesdropping Huang Yi astounded.

Later, Huang Yi devised a plan to trap Black Serpent in an Underground Palace and released a criminal’s clone to force them into a deadly confrontation. Ultimately, Black Serpent was overpowered by the Mysterious Python, self-detonating, destroying the Underground Palace in the process, and ending the battle.

Even after enduring the Holy Domain Warrior’s self-destruction, the Mysterious Python only lost a few drops of blood and easily escaped. Huang Yi collected the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood, hoping to use evolution to uncover its origins.

However, no matter how many times he tried—up to his 160th level evolution—he couldn’t absorb the Mysterious Serpent’s Blood.

The Mysterious Python had long been an unresolved enigma for him, and now he unexpectedly found its trace on this deserted island!

The cave was created by the Mysterious Python using an Earth Attribute magic, after which it burrowed inside.

This sequence vividly indicated a connection between the Mysterious Python and the giant eye. It had traveled great distances to reach the island, entered the cave, and might have aimed to access the buried giant eye.

Behind the eye was a mysterious black hole leading to an unknown realm. Ever since the Mysterious Python entered, it hadn’t reappeared.

From this, it could be inferred that the python likely passed through the black hole to an undisclosed destination.

Huang Yi continued to observe the historical events but found no further valuable clues.

To uncover more, he needed to understand the black hole behind the eye and where it led!

Under the scorching sun, Huang Yi stared at the massive black hole ahead. The hole kept rotating, incessantly absorbing all elemental spiritual energy, resembling an eternal nightmare. The clue regarding the Mysterious Python had also vanished into this black hole.

The simplest and most effective way to understand the black hole’s connection was to enter it in person.

But the mysterious black hole was overwhelmingly powerful. If Huang Yi recklessly entered, unpredictable events might ensue—possibly eternal damnation.

At that moment, Huang Yi’s body trembled, and a split-second later, he separated a clone.

Upon reaching the Holy Domain, everyone gained a class ability: clones, splitting their attributes into a separate entity.

Huang Yi’s clone carried 1% of his attributes, leaving his main body with 99%.

If the clone was destroyed, it would take a considerable time to recover.

However, compared to the black hole’s secrets, this time investment was worthwhile.

Next, he immediately controlled the small clone, fluttering its wings as it slowly approached the black hole.

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