Heroes' Prison

Chapter 846 - 800: Dark Stone

The amount of Experience gained by Huang Yi from this demon clan member was not immediately visible—only after Reincarnation would it become clear.

However, the effect of this Experience was vividly reflected in Little Dragon. After receiving this huge gain in Experience Points, it leveled up by two levels, jumping from Level 112 to Level 113!

For Little Dragon, leveling up had always been difficult. Just one boss enabling it to gain a level showed how extraordinary the amount of Experience Points obtained this time was.

Huang Yi quickly collected the materials from the demon clan member, extracted its Demon Core, and then once again dove into the canal connected to the pool, continuing his hunt for preys to slay.

Five minutes later, he killed an injured Level 137 demon clan member.

Fourteen minutes later, he killed a Level 171 demon clan member. Little Dragon received a significant Experience Gift, leveling up to Level 114!

Twenty-two minutes later, he eliminated a Level 122 demon clan member.

Thirty-seven minutes later, a Level 192 top-level Holy Domain demon clan member succumbed to his hands, raising Little Dragon’s level to 116!

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In this way, Huang Yi seemed like a hunter of demons prowling in the water, swimming through the dim and narrow canals, sneaking into rooms within the Demon Palace, silently dispatching one heavily wounded demon after another, amassing a wealth of Experience Points, demon clan materials, and Demon Cores.

The Desolate Magic Temple was the core of this Magic Land, housing countless demon clan members, including a few top-level demons. They moved back and forth along the temple corridors, brimming with liveliness, as if walking through their own homeland. They could not have imagined that, within a room just a door away, injured demon clan members were being attacked by Huang Yi.

Gradually, three hours passed.

Huang Yi had almost scoured every room in the Desolate Magic Temple, killing all the severely wounded, dying demon clan members he could find.

In total, he killed over 20 demon clan members, collecting an abundance of demon clan materials. Most of these demons belonged to Intermediate Holy Domain or Advanced Holy Domain levels, with only a small portion being top-level Holy Domain. Meanwhile, Little Dragon’s level had been raised to Level 130 under his lead, but further advancement would be considerably more difficult.

This level of efficiency was utterly astonishing. Outside in the Desolate Demon Lands, teams struggled desperately to hunt one demon clan member, but in his hands, one member after another was effortlessly reaped.

Next, he no longer entered those rooms and instead began swimming through the vast Magic Pool, his gaze scanning his surroundings for targets.

The three hours of slaughter left him with a doubt. The dark breath in this Magic Pool was continuously consumed by the demons, yet the pool’s dark energy showed no signs of diminishing.

This suggested there must be something in the Magic Pool continuously generating dark breath, like a spring, ensuring the Demon Water remained perpetually effective.

He wanted to find that spring!

Huang Yi swam through the enormous pool, appearing as insignificant as a fish in a lake. The pool’s dark Demon Water was deep and boundless, resembling the depths of the Deep Sea. It inspired despair, offering no sense of hope, as if it would suffocate anyone sinking lower.

Fortunately, as a Nefalem, he was exceedingly comfortable in this Demon Water. He submerged for a long time without any sensation of suffocation and didn’t need to surface to breathe. Additionally, he could absorb the dark breath within the Demon Water.

Gradually, he approached the bottom of the Magic Pool. His naked eyes struggled to see anything through the Demon Water, forcing him to use his Heart Eye Ability to observe his surroundings.

"Hmm? The dark breath in that direction seems unusually dense!" Suddenly, Huang Yi detected an intense surge of dark breath emanating from his right. The dark energy moved like an undercurrent, subtly stirring the surrounding Demon Water.

Huang Yi immediately swam rapidly toward the right. His swimming speed was exceptional, and he could clearly sense the increasing density of the dark breath around him. Every inch of his skin seemed to absorb this pure dark energy, channeled directly into his Nefalem’s Bloodline.

Ever since his Nefalem’s Bloodline awakened, it had remained dormant, but now, exposed to the refined dark energy of the pool, it suddenly became restless!

Bit by bit, the density of the dark breath rose exponentially. Toward the end, it became so concentrated that the Demon Water grew thick, almost gelatinous, as though trying to entrap him within.

Finally, Huang Yi’s Heart Eye Ability made a discovery!

At the bottom of the Magic Pool, not far ahead, a single black stone lay quietly. About the size of a fist, its surface was pitted and rough, almost inconspicuous, yet it emitted an endlessly pure dark breath that suffused into the surrounding Demon Water.

The dark energy radiating from this stone was the purest Huang Yi had ever encountered—far surpassing what he had sensed from the Demon King’s Gate in the Abyss of the Heroic Continent!

This mysterious stone was undoubtedly the spring he had been seeking! The core of the Desolate Magic Temple!

Without hesitation, Huang Yi swam over to the stone. The closer he got, the more overwhelming the dark breath became. The flow of blood within his body quickened as if driven by an insatiable desire for the stone.

Following this instinct, Huang Yi stretched out his hand to touch the stone!

The next moment, his hand made contact with the stone!

Suddenly, the stone erupted with torrents of dark breath, as though it had found an outlet for release. The energy surged into Huang Yi’s hand, forcefully flooding his body and assimilating into his bloodstream!

Huang Yi’s Nefalem Bloodline absorbed the dark breath with the greed of an endless void, his palm generating an enormous suction force to siphon the energy from the stone.

Normally, the stone passively released dark breath, but now, Huang Yi’s aggressive absorption drew out its energy thousands of times faster than before, all streaming uncontrollably into his Nefalem’s Bloodline.

As the torrent of energy coursed through him, Huang Yi’s veins bulged, his blood vessels writhing like worms beneath his skin. His complexion darkened, and his appearance took on the terrifying visage of a Demon King incarnate.

This was the first time anything like this had occurred since he became a Nefalem!

Eventually, Huang Yi sensed his saturation point. His Nefalem Bloodline could absorb no more, and his blood flow returned to normal. After all, he was just over Level 120; despite his incredible absorption capabilities, his capacity was finite.

"[System Prompt]: Your Nefalem’s Bloodline has absorbed a vast amount of dark breath. Your bloodline has advanced, and the talent [Body of the Demon God] has been enhanced."

Receiving the notification, Huang Yi was reminded of the day Little Dragon absorbed the Harbinger of Doomsday’s blood. Back then, Little Dragon also experienced a power boost, with its talent upgraded!

Now, he himself had encountered such a miracle!

He immediately checked the stats of his Nefalem’s Bloodline.

Indeed, his first bloodline talent—Body of the Demon God—had been enhanced!

Previously, this talent allowed his Normal Attacks to inflict 20% additional darkness-based damage. Now, that percentage had doubled to 40%!

Even without using any skills, he could now inflict an extra 40% darkness-based damage with Normal Attacks—an incredible additional bonus!

Simply touching this stone had granted him such immense benefits. Just what kind of artifact was this stone? Huang Yi’s curiosity deepened.

Despite his rampant absorption, the stone’s reservoir of dark breath remained unexhausted. He picked up the stone to examine its properties—

[Dark Stone] (Special Item)

A stalactifice formed inside the body of the Dark King, Ukar. It contains boundless dark breath. At its core lies a drop of the Dark King’s blood.

This stone turned out to be a crystallized formation within the Dark King’s body!

The Dark King, one of the Seven Archdemons, was a being of unfathomable power. Even a mere crystallized formation from his body was extraordinary; placed within the Magic Pool, it could sustain countless demons with an endless supply of dark breath.

The power of the Seven Archdemons was evident from this alone!

However, what intrigued Huang Yi even more was the description’s final message: the stone contained a drop of the Dark King’s blood!

Blood!

That one word was overwhelmingly tempting for Huang Yi. The Evolution of his Race required collecting drops of blood for advancement!

And this was the blood of one of the Seven Archdemons! If he could absorb it, he might evolve to become as imposing as the Seven Archdemons themselves. The implications of such a transformation were immeasurable!

Becoming a Demon King without pledging allegiance, without forming contracts, solely through Evolution—this was revolutionary!

To date, no one in this world had been known to possess the blood of a Demon King, not even the Oskan Royal Academy. For centuries, the Seven Archdemons had only sent their incarnations to wreak havoc. Their true bodies left behind no physical materials or blood. When slain, their duplicates disintegrated, much like the Nirvana Incarnation of the King of Curses Huang Yi faced in the Dragon Tomb previously, yielding no blood whatsoever.

Incarnations, at best, left behind Essence of Life following their dispersal. Even the Criminal Incarnations once released through the Heroes’ Prison were the same. Upon death, they left no materials or blood and couldn’t provide any Experience Points to the enemy.

Obtaining the blood of a true Demon King required venturing into their lairs and targeting their true forms—an endeavor nearly equivalent to courting death.

The value of this stone was inestimable!

Huang Yi promptly placed the stone into his storage ring.

Instantly, he sensed the Magic Pool lose its dark energy source. It wouldn’t take long for the demons in the surrounding rooms to notice the gradual decline in the Demon Water’s healing effects until, eventually, it became useless for recovery.

The immediate priority was to escape this place before the entire Desolate Demon Lands erupted in fury, potentially drawing the attention of the powerful figures within the Demon King’s Space. (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to vote for Recommendation Tickets and Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)