Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1092 - 1036: Blood Castle
The Youth with Middle School Syndrome turned his head, looking over the vast grassland, and shook his head slightly, saying, "Searching like this without any clues, it should be very difficult to find those Nagas, right? This grassland is so vast, and that group of Nagas is so cautious, who knows where they’re hiding?"
Huang Yi smiled and patted his shoulder, "Searching like this is indeed like looking for a needle in a haystack, but we don’t necessarily have to find their physical bodies. As long as we can find any piece of snake skin they’ve left behind, or even a fallen snake scale, we can give it to the Overlord, and let the Overlord use his unique tracking ability to find the location of those Nagas! Just like how the Overlord found the corpse of that Bee Insect through its tail sting."
"Oh! So that’s how it is! It seems the Overlord’s tracking ability is really strong!" The Youth with Middle School Syndrome suddenly realized.
"Of course!" Huang Yi nodded, looking at the Overlord with admiration, "The world is so big, finding one person is not easy. Players with tracking abilities are already few, and most can’t track across continents, but the Overlord can. In the entire world, it’s a very top-level tracking ability!"
Following Huang Yi’s arrangements, everyone dispersed and began searching for the traces of that group of Nagas in this vast grassland. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
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In a far-off area to the east of the Beehive, behind a tall clump of grass, Elder Hong Lin and several Naga subordinates are quietly watching the slaves constructing the Beehive.
"Those damn slaves are too slow! When will this Beehive be finished?" A Naga with green snake scales complained in boredom.
He lay half on the ground, coiled with his snake tail, reaching out to peel off a piece of dead skin from his snake tail and casually throwing it to the ground.
A Naga with half a broken snake tail yawned, eyes half-closed, speaking casually, "Our old nest is still comfortable, sleeping on soft beds, and if lucky, beautiful female Nagas might favor us, voluntarily mating with us." At the end, he extended a tongue like a snake’s, licking his lips with eyes releasing a wicked glow.
Leading them, Elder Hong Lin twisted his snake tail, turned his head looking further across the grassland, and said, "Considering the construction progress of the Beehive, it will still take a while to be completed. Let’s not waste time waiting here; we should go to another place, which is also a key exploration area for us! Before we set out, higher-ups specifically requested us to explore there as it might solve an Ancient Era mystery from the First World."
"An Ancient Era mystery?" A Naga wondered, "Why do we need to search for an answer to a First World’s mystery in the Second World?"
"This is not just a First World mystery; it’s also a Second World mystery, but like us, the Second World has still not figured it out." Elder Hong Lin shook his head, and immediately twisted his snake tail, heading deeper into the grassland.
The other Nagas looked at each other before following along, disappearing in the vast grassland.
Only the piece of dead skin left behind shone under the blood-colored moonlight.
If nothing unexpected happens, that dead skin will disappear like any other blade of grass. The moon and stars will pass over it in the starry sky, the sun will rise and set again over its horizon, cyclically experiencing moonlight, sunlight, starlight, breeze, and dew, eventually becoming part of the soil.
But three days later, at dusk, a black hand suddenly dropped down, picking up the piece of dead skin.
Picking up the dead skin is a Demon Clan member, but deep in his eyes, there’s no savage aura typical of the Demon Clan, instead, there’s a hint of joy.
"He Tu, do you think this looks like snake skin? Could it be left by the Nagas?" Suddenly, a man’s voice sounded from this Demon Clan’s mouth.
"I think it looks very much like it. We’ve searched for several days but haven’t found any traces of Nagas; this dead skin is the most Naga-like thing we’ve found. Let’s take it back to Overlord!" Suddenly, a woman’s voice also emerged from this Demon Clan’s mouth.
Inside this Demon Clan’s body seemed to reside a man and a woman, either of whom could control this body to speak.
This Demon Clan is transformed from Qing Ming and He Tu after their Combination.
After they combined, they can change into any race they have seen before and even change their appearance at will, impersonating others.
Since a few days ago, they’ve turned into a Demon Clan following Huang Yi’s arrangement, searching for traces of those Nagas in the area east of the Beehive, but haven’t found any clues until finding this dead skin resembling snake skin right now.
Before long, they brought the piece of snake skin and found Overlord waiting on the other side of the grassland, handing it over, "Overlord, try to search with this, see if it’s something from the Nagas."
Overlord took the dead skin, examined it for a moment, and nodded, "What you’ve found here isn’t too bad, looks like something related to snake skin, related to Nagas. Just now that Youth with Middle School Syndrome actually brought me a wild fruit to search for, claiming it was delicious and asking me to search for more as he wanted to pick them. Can’t believe him!"
After finishing, Overlord clenched the piece of dead skin tightly, closed his eyes, and began chanting the tracking melody again.
When the melody was over, he opened his eyes again with a hint of surprise, "This thing indeed corresponds to an existing presence! It’s very likely to be Naga! But the amount of dead skin is too little, I can only vaguely perceive it in the northwest direction, without sensing its specific location. If there were more body tissue, I could track it more precisely."
Qing Ming and He Tu shook their heads, regrettably saying, "We only found this piece of snake skin, no more body tissue."
"Then I’ll send a message to the God of Slaughter! Let him decide." After saying this, the Overlord immediately sent a message to Huang Yi.
At this moment, Huang Yi was in the northern area of the Beehive construction site, searching for traces of the Nagas.
This grassland is too vast, and he must be cautious when searching to avoid exposing himself; even after several days, he hadn’t found any clues.
Right then, he received a message from the Overlord, and he immediately opened it to take a look—
"Ah-Yi, Qing Ming and He Tu found a piece of snake skin. I’ve tracked it and discovered that the original owner of the snake skin is in the northwestern part of this grassland, forming an angle of approximately 47 degrees and 13 minutes with me, but the exact distance can’t be confirmed."
With his mind settled, Huang Yi turned to look northwest, where the boundless grasslands stretched beyond sight.
Northwest is a very broad direction; it could be dozens of kilometers northwest, or even thousands. Finding that group of Nagas is as hard as an ascension.
After thinking for a while, he finally decided to delve north into the grasslands to try his luck and see if he could find that group of Nagas.
He always felt that the Nagas might be a huge variable, and if he didn’t ascertain their whereabouts, he wouldn’t be at ease.
Moreover, the Beehive would take some time to be completely built, and the Insect Race needed time to brew the Divine Nectar, so he had some time to search for the Nagas.
He immediately summoned the translucent Soul Warhorse, spread its wings, and rushed rapidly towards the angle provided by the Overlord.
This time, he unleashed his full speed. The Soul Warhorse streaked across the sky like a meteor, while the earth below swiftly receded.
Huang Yi’s eyes resembled a scanner, intensely focusing ahead, not missing a single detail.
Just like that, he flew over the grassland, crossed mountains and ridges, traversed one forest after another, and crossed several rivers...
An hour later, Huang Yi arrived in a plain.
This plain had earth that was blood-red, not due to the Red Star’s glow, but because the soil itself was blood-red, as if stained with fresh blood.
At the same time, this plain exuded a faintly eerie aura; it should have been a fertile area immensely suitable for human habitation. But on the horizon, there were no cities or villages to be seen, not even any man-made structures.
Huang Yi felt a sudden curiosity, took out a Blood Moon Continent map prepared earlier by the Overlord, and located the region he was in.
The map showed this area as the Blood-colored Plains. In the middle of this mapped region, there was a more prominent icon, styled like a castle, entirely blood-red, with a skull painted on it, indicating extreme danger at the castle. Nearby were four large blood-red characters—Blood Castle.
"So, Blood Castle is here!" Huang Yi murmured to himself, lifting his gaze from the map and scanning the plain ahead once more.
He finally understood why this plain emitted a faintly eerie air, because it was within the range of the Blood Castle!
Blood Castle was the former residence of Bloodhoof the Ascendant, the last God Sealer of the Second World. Bloodhoof’s final appearance was within Blood Castle. He later became a god but met with mysterious misfortune during divine enthronement, resulting in his death and fall. His Divine Body descended to the Second World, becoming a continent known as Fallen God Continent.
And his head flew towards the Starry Sky, becoming a star near the Red Star.
During that time, countless astrologers aimed their telescopes at that star, discovering it was absorbing light from the Red Star.
Later, the star became unobservable. According to astronomical records, during a meteor shower in the Ancient Times, that star split into seven meteors and fell onto the Second World, but it was unclear where they landed.
Throughout history, many have sought to explore the cause of Bloodhoof’s death, with investigation focusing mainly on Fallen God Continent and Blood Castle.
Both regions are extremely dangerous; Blood Castle has yet to be fully explored, traditionally seen as a forbidden area on the Blood Moon Continent, with few daring to tread there now.
