Heroes' Prison

Chapter 844 - 798 Stealing Epic (4th Update)

However, at the front of the room, two Holy Domain Demons were standing guard, holding sharp spears and emanating a chilling demonic aura. Their presence was overwhelming—they were top-level Holy Domain Demons.

They guarded the entrance of the room clearly to prevent anyone else from entering. Huang Yi wanted to enter that room and retrieve the semi-epic equipment inside, but it was impossible.

Huang Yi’s eyes darted around and suddenly landed on the neighboring room, whose door was left ajar. There was no one inside, indicating he could enter.

Without hesitation, he carried the top-level Holy Domain Demon on his back and entered the neighboring room, tightly closing the door behind him.

The room was completely barren; there was absolutely nothing inside except for a pool on the floor. The pool was filled with a black liquid, resembling ink, bubbling persistently and exuding a dense dark breath.

This was the demon water from the magic pool, known for its extraordinary healing ability for demons. But for non-demonic beings, it held severe corrosive properties, and items dropped into it would also be demonized.

Huang Yi casually tossed the top-level Holy Domain Demon off his back, letting it fall to the ground.

He then transformed back into his Beast King Form, pulled out the epic-tier Bloodstained War Halberd, and struck the top-level Holy Domain Demon with brutal force. In just a few blows, he depleted the last remnants of its Health Points.

And thus, this demon, who had been weakened to near-death by the Hanging Ghost and others after much effort, perished at Huang Yi’s hands!

Currently, Huang Yi was only at level 120. Killing a level 199 demon would earn him a significant bonus of Experience Points, which would be accumulated into his Reincarnation Experience Pool and consolidated for settlement after the cycle ended.

Next, he immediately began collecting materials from the demon’s body, storing items like its demonic blood and Demon Clan’s Fang into his storage ring.

Soon enough, he found a level-199 demon core within the demon’s body—the greatest reward from this kill!

The value of this demon core was beyond compare, surpassing even many Heavenly Realm-level cores.

This level, transitioning from 199 to 200, was the most challenging stage. At this level, within the Tower of Pantheons, one could only deal with creatures of level 199 or below, anything above would be impossible. After reaching 200, however, one could level up rapidly, reducing the core’s significance.

Nonetheless, Huang Yi had no use for this core now. The massive Experience Points he’d gained during Reincarnation guaranteed he would directly ascend to the Heavenly Realm tier upon its completion.

He simply tossed the demon core into his storage ring, reserving it for future use.

Now, his focus shifted back to retrieving the semi-epic equipment. That was the primary reason for his mission here.

The semi-epic equipment was located in the adjacent room, but the stone wall separating the rooms wasn’t made of ordinary material—it was crafted from demon materials and nearly impossible to destroy. Even if he could, the noise would undoubtedly alert the demons outside.

Huang Yi paced back and forth, contemplating a solution.

Suddenly, his gaze landed on the pool in the room.

His Heart Eye revealed that the bottom of the pool contained a narrow water channel, about 20 centimeters in diameter, connected to the enormous magic pool in the Desolate Magic Temple. The demon water originated from this huge pool and flowed into the smaller rooms through the channels.

Moreover, every room in the Desolate Magic Temple shared this same design—a network of interconnected water channels leading to the giant magic pool.

This revelation indicated that all rooms were essentially linked! If he could travel through the water channel to the enormous magic pool, he could then use its waterways to sneak into any room!

However, his current form was far too large to fit into such a tiny channel. Thinking quickly, he transformed into his agile Spirit Cat Form. In this smaller body, he could definitely maneuver through the narrow water channel.

Huang Yi immediately dove into the pool, immersing himself in the demon water.

Instantly, he felt an overwhelming sense of comfort. Instead of the corrosive effects the demon water had on others, it provided Huang Yi with a peculiar augmentative effect, akin to soaking in a medicinal hot spring. From head to toe, he felt utterly refreshed.

Since fully awakening as a Nefalem, his first talent was [Body of the Demon God], granting him 100% immunity to darkness-based damage, 40% immunity to holy damage, and 20% immunity to any damage. Normal attacks received a 20% bonus in darkness-based damage and a 10% bonus in holy damage.

The talent’s prime feature, the complete immunity to darkness-based damage, stemmed from his Demon God bloodline and alignment toward Demonic Attributes. The water in the pool was brimming with Demonic Aura, rendering even the most corrosive traits harmless to him. Instead, its alignment with his demonic tendencies gave him a sense of enjoyment.

Without wasting more time, Huang Yi swiftly sank to the bottom of the pool and squeezed through the narrow water channel.

His Heart Eye remained active across all his forms. Despite being in his Spirit Cat form and unable to see in the pitch-black pool, his Heart Eye was unaffected, continuing to provide him a view of his surroundings.

The small water channel was dark and confined, twisting and turning unpredictably like an endless intestine. Water surrounded him on all sides, and crawling through its corridors felt suffocating as if venturing into an isolated and unknown world.

A minute passed, and Huang Yi still hadn’t reached the end of the channel. He had already lost track of how many turns he had made. The passage seemed infinite, as though he’d entered a forgotten realm, forever lost amidst the oppressive demonic water.

"Hmm? I’ve arrived!" Finally, Huang Yi’s Heart Eye detected a vast space ahead, resembling a lake filled with demon water. This would be the enormous magic pool!

Emerging from the channel, Huang Yi immediately felt a wave of relief wash over him.

He could clearly see the walls of the magic pool now, lined with countless black water channel openings, each transporting demon water to the various rooms.

Wasting no time, Huang Yi squeezed into one of the neighboring water channel openings, re-entering the claustrophobic, dimly lit environment of the water channel.

After several minutes, Huang Yi sensed that the semi-epic equipment was now just meters away from him.

At last, he emerged from the water channel into a new room!

This new room was the one adjacent to his previous location!

Embedded at the bottom of the pool before him, a bracer lay quietly, crackling with thunder and lightning. Yet, the electric currents emitted were tightly suppressed by the pool’s dark breath, gradually corrupting the bracer and infusing it with demonic energy.

This bracer was none other than the Thunderous Right Hand, which Huang Yi had sought for so long!

He immediately reverted to his human form, swam forward, and reached out to grab the Thunderous Right Hand!

At that moment, outside the closed door of the room, the two top-level Holy Domain Demons continued their vigilant watch. They would never have imagined that someone had already snuck into the room they protected and seized the artifact they guarded so closely.

Huang Yi crawled ashore quietly and began inspecting the Thunderous Right Hand thoroughly.

The appearance of the Thunderous Right Hand was very similar to his Thunder Left Hand, formed entirely of thunder and lightning and buzzing incessantly with electrical arcs, exuding the might of thunder.

However, faint traces of black tainted the lightning, evidently due to prolonged immersion in the demon water, partially corrupting it. In such a state, other players wouldn’t be able to use it at all, treating it instead as a polluted item requiring the expertise of a skilled Forging Master to dispel the demonic aura and make it usable.

For Huang Yi, a Nefalem attuned to Demonic Attributes, even a fully corrupted piece of equipment could still be wielded effortlessly.

The Thunder Guard Bracers—both the Left and Right Hands—had been separated for too long, so their combined powers no longer connected, essentially becoming two standalone bracers. However, during his journey to the Central Continent, Huang Yi obtained the Spirit of Thunder and Lightning, which could reconnect these two bracers.

Without delay, he removed the Thunder Left Hand and placed it alongside the Thunderous Right Hand.

Next, he retrieved the long-stored Spirit of Thunder and Lightning from his storage ring.

The Spirit of Thunder and Lightning took the form of a glowing Thunder Ball, bursting with electrical arcs and saturated with intense Thunder Element.

Huang Yi pressed the Thunder Ball against the two pieces of equipment.

Immediately, the Thunder Ball behaved like a conductor, rapidly dissolving into a potent stream of thunder energy that infused both bracers. Electrical arcs danced back and forth between the bracers, seemingly repairing their connection.

Finally, the Spirit of Thunder and Lightning completely melted, leaving no trace behind.

At this point, the two bracers appeared to share an unmistakable bond, linked by threads of lightning that passed between them, exchanging their energies. After being separated for thousands of years, they were finally reunited to form a true epic-tier piece of equipment, no longer merely semi-epic or legendary-level.

Huang Yi picked up the two bracers and swiftly equipped them onto his arms once again.

In an instant, the bracers transformed into streams of lightning, wrapping around each of Huang Yi’s arms. Miniature bolts erupted from the bracers, making his arms resemble true Thunder Arms rather than those of a human.

These were epic-tier Thunder Guard Bracers—the sixth piece of epic equipment Huang Yi owned!

Other players struggled to obtain even a single piece of epic equipment, yet he had already collected six of such treasures. Even Dao Feng currently only possessed four pieces!

Nobody could fathom the immense accumulation Huang Yi had achieved during this seemingly disadvantageous Reincarnation cycle. Vast Experience Points, divine-level classes, epic-tier equipment—everything was biding its time for the cycle’s conclusion, ready to unveil its explosive reveal and astonish the world!

With anticipation swelling within him, Huang Yi began examining the attributes of his brand-new Thunder Guard Bracers.

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