Heroes' Prison

Chapter 974 - 919 Visited the Underworld

The sharp sword qi sliced through the air with a whooshing sound, the massive bone blade blocking out the sky above Huang Yi, casting a huge shadow over him like Mount Tai crushing an egg!

"Wings of Protection!" At the moment the bone blade fell, Huang Yi flapped his second pair of wings!

The Wings of Protection had an appearance almost completely opposite to the Wings of Freedom, looking extremely solid. Each feather resembled an armor plate, closing in towards the center like a heavy armor, firmly shielding him.

"Ding!" The Skeleton Boss’s bone blade, with an overwhelming momentum, struck Huang Yi’s body, emitting a sound of metal scraping against stone, without inflicting the slightest harm!

The Wings of Protection provided a full 20 seconds of invincibility!

Huang Yi neither dodged nor evaded, enduring the blows head-on and unleashing his overwhelming attack power against the Boss.

The Skeleton Boss unleashed one super-strong attack skill after another, some of which were almost at a sure-kill level. If a team were tackling it, they might very well be wiped out. But Huang Yi was in an invincible state, rendering all attacks ineffective against him, while his attacks could severely damage the Boss.

Nearly 20 seconds passed, and the Boss’s health was beaten down to a bare life state, finally unleashing its most powerful skill!

"Bone Spur Assault!" Suddenly, a dense flurry of bone spurs burst from its body, attacking in all directions and covering every inch of space!

Under such an attack skill, most people would be turned into sieves, and would only have the option to flee and dodge.

But Huang Yi, just as before, did not dodge or evade, enduring these bone spurs head-on.

"Ding ding ding," as the bone spurs struck his Wings of Protection, they bounced off, causing no harm!

Huang Yi looked at the Skeleton Boss one last time, gripping the golden axe scepter in his hand tightly, and drawing a brilliant trajectory, he smashed it hard into the Skeleton Boss’s neck!

"Crack!" It was as if a decisive sound, the Boss’s neck emitted the sound of breaking, and a head flew far away!

At the same time, Huang Yi’s invincible state also ended.

This super-strong Level 250 Boss was slain within less than a minute.

If it had been before, even with a significant increase in strength, Huang Yi would have needed a long time and various skills to achieve victory. But now, relying on the Wings of Freedom and the Wings of Protection, he won easily.

"[System Prompt]: Congratulations on clearing the 240th floor of the Tower of Pantheons single-player mode in 18 minutes and 23 seconds, becoming the record creator for this floor. You will receive a generous reward!"

He had created yet another new record and could obtain a new super reward.

Huang Yi sheathed his weapon and looked toward a box ahead, which contained the world record creation reward.

He eagerly stepped forward and opened the box.

The box contained four items. The first three were familiar: an Experience Pill, an Energy Stone, and a Soul Crystal.

He had several Soul Crystals now, but their origin was still unknown, as no one on the forums had figured it out yet; it remained a mystery to this day.

The last item was a gray, semi-transparent bead, the size of a fist, emitting a faint white mist all over, swirling around without dissipating.

The system indicated that this item was called the [Underworld Pearl].

Huang Yi blinked his left eye. His medicine bottle had recently produced a drop of liquid named "Tears of the Underworld King," which he later dripped into his left eye, granting it the ability of the Eye of the Underworld, endowing him with powerful visual capabilities in the Underworld.

But he never knew where the Underworld was or how to get there, so he had never had the opportunity to use the Eye of the Underworld.

He took a deep breath and carefully picked up the bead to check its effects—

[Underworld Pearl] (Special Item)

A treasure imbued with Underworld Power, it can be fused into any piece of equipment to grant it the ability to absorb Underworld souls. As long as that equipment absorbs enough souls in the Underworld, it can be upgraded, with the highest potential upgrade reaching the Epic tier. This item can only be used by someone who has visited the Underworld, and you meet the conditions to use it.

When Huang Yi saw the last sentence of the item description, his body trembled violently, standing frozen on the spot!

This item can only be used by someone who has visited the Underworld, and he meets the conditions to use it!

He had actually visited the Underworld!

"How is this possible?!" Huang Yi murmured incredulously, clutching the Underworld Pearl.

The Underworld has always been an incredibly mysterious place; no one knew how to reach it, and he had always been searching for it!

Yet the Underworld Pearl indicated that he had already been to the Underworld!

He stared intently at the Underworld Pearl in his hand, quickly recalling his past in his mind.

He had been in The Second World for nearly two years now, visiting so many places that even he could not remember them all. Looking back, it seemed that one of those places was indeed the Underworld!

After entering The Second World, the first place he went to was Heroes’ Prison, then he was born by a mother cat in a city, followed by wandering through the forest...

Scenes of memories, like a movie playing, flashed through his mind. Whenever he thought of a place, he would carefully reminisce, checking if he had missed any details.

After thinking for a while, he shook his head helplessly!

It was really too difficult. In these two years, he had been to countless places, it was simply impossible to remember them all. He truly couldn’t think of which place could be connected to the Underworld; it seemed that every place was quite normal.

However, this was at least an important clue, letting him understand that he had already been to the Underworld, so he did not need to search aimlessly as before.

Huang Yi lowered his head, fondling the Underworld Pearl in his hand. This bead was a very powerful treasure, which could be integrated into any of his equipment. As long as it absorbed some souls from the Underworld, it could upgrade the equipment’s tier.

Without much hesitation, he decided to integrate the Underworld Pearl into his Ancestral Waist Pendant.

Among the 12 pieces of equipment he wore, 11 were of Legendary Epic tier, with only the waist pendant being an exception. That waist pendant was the last component of the Ancestral Jewelry Set, and itself was just a Level 100 Orange Gear with very low attribute bonus. But because it had the Level Up skill, which could increase 20 Levels in ten seconds, this skill was extremely powerful in some situations, and Huang Yi had used it till now without replacing it. When he fused skills earlier, he specifically kept this skill, and did not integrate it.

Huang Yi took off the Ancestral Waist Pendant and immediately chose to integrate the Underworld Pearl into it.

In an instant, the Underworld Pearl melted into a ball of light, penetrating into the Ancestral Waist Pendant, forming a faint Divine Light flowing across its surface.

"[System Prompt]: [Ancestral Waist Pendant] has merged with the Underworld Pearl and acquired the ability to absorb souls from the Underworld. Once it has absorbed enough souls, it can be upgraded, with a maximum upgrade to Epic Equipment."

The waist pendant now still remained Orange Gear, with no change in attributes, but its potential was immense. As long as he found the Underworld, it had the chance to be upgraded to Epic. By then, all of Huang Yi’s equipment would be Legendary and Epic, eliminating the need to find new gear.

Huang Yi used up that Experience Pill, teleported out, reset the secret realm, once again broke a record, and received another Experience Pill.

After using the second Experience Pill, his level rose to Level 251, and he was just a step away from Level 252, soon able to ascend. He firmly occupied the first position on the World Rankings leaderboard.

However, from here on, leveling up would become extremely difficult for him. As a Divine Class, he needed more Experience Points than a Rare Class. Without items like Demon Core or Experience Pill, which directly increase levels, solely relying on killing monsters for level grinding, who knows how long it would take to level up.

Moreover, he still needed to level up Little Dragon, who was also a major consumer of experience.

His position as number one on the World Rankings leaderboard would soon be overtaken.

Leaving the Tower of Pantheons, Huang Yi strolled along the streets of Sun City. At this time, streetlights were dim, with countless players bustling around. He walked aimlessly among them, his mind recalling the places he had once visited.

The last words of the Underworld Pearl had too great an impact on him; he had unknowingly been to the Underworld. Which place was it after all?

...

"Xiao Bai, did you see the ranking list? God of Slaughter set the world record for the 240th layer; I wonder what treasure he got this time."

"No matter how good the treasure is, you need the life to enjoy it. The threat of the Seven Archdemons still hasn’t been eliminated; who knows if God of Slaughter can turn the tide and save Sun Island for us."

Along the way, Huang Yi heard many players talking about him.

It had been several days since he killed those twelve Soldiers of Annihilation, but the experts from the Demon Clan had not arrived. The more this happened, the more nervous everyone became. It was like the calm before the storm, and once the experts from the Demon Clan arrived, it would definitely cause monstrous waves. Sun Island was no different from a mere leaf boat in comparison.

As he walked, Huang Yi arrived inside the City Hall of Sun Island, where the second-floor meeting room was brightly lit with someone holding a meeting.

He pushed open the door of the meeting room and walked in.

There were about ten people inside the meeting room, mostly high-ranking members of the Hero Legion, including Dao Feng, Dragon Spike, Sharp Sword, and Yang Yuheng, these super first-class masters. In addition, there were top members of the Hero Guild such as the Knight, Sunset, Overlord, as well as high-ranking members of the Sun Guild like Tang Yunfei and Wang Jin.

They were discussing intensely, with the air filled with a tense atmosphere. Seeing Huang Yi come in, everyone couldn’t help but stop talking and turned to look at him.

"Brother Yi, you’re here! Congratulations on successfully reaching the Third Tier and setting the world record for the 240th layer!" Sunset was the first to voice his congratulations.

"What were you talking about?" Huang Yi casually found a seat and sat down.

"We were talking about the experts from the Demon Clan," Wang Jin said, looking expectantly at Huang Yi, "The experts from the Demon Clan could arrive at any moment, and we need to make full preparations. Brother Yi, with your newfound strength, do you have the confidence to defeat the demon experts level 290 and above?"

As soon as he said this, everyone in the meeting room looked expectantly at Huang Yi.

"Hard to say; we’ll have to fight to know," Huang Yi shook his head, not giving a definite answer.

"Then what if we can’t win? What should we do?" asked Tang Yunfei, the Sun Guild’s vice president, nervously.

Huang Yi turned to look at the night sky outside the window, replying quietly, "If we can’t win, we’ll worry about it then. I’ve already made some arrangements. Now, everything is ready, all that’s left is the Dongfeng."