Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1230 - 1169: Nashashe Ruins
"Hmm? A Three-Step Ascension stronghold!" Those people sensed Huang Yi’s aura and their faces turned pale instantly, the griffins beneath them flapping their wings in panic, retreating rapidly.
"Don’t panic!" Suddenly, a leader-like figure of the Two-Step Ascension raised a hand, stopping the chaos among the crowd. He continued to stare at Huang Yi arrogantly, "Only in The Second World is he truly a Three-Step Ascension. Now that he’s in our First World, even a Demigod would have to bow down! His strength can’t be fully utilized!"
Only then did the crowd regain their composure, riding their griffins back into formation, their expressions calm again: "That’s right, our world rules will greatly suppress his power. On the surface, he looks like a Three-Step Ascension, but when it comes to fighting, he probably can’t even match a Top-Level Heavenly Domain!"
"Everyone, go! Slaughter him!" The Two-Step Ascension leader waved a hand and charged forward first on his griffin, his long spear gleaming with a bloodthirsty glow, thrusting towards Huang Yi.
The rest of the dozens of griffin knights also launched attacks from every direction.
In an instant, the imposing pressure of the ascendants surged towards Huang Yi like a tidal wave from all directions, blocking every escape angle.
Huang Yi immediately flapped the Wings of Protection, wrapping his entire body tightly.
Then, he flapped the Wings of Death!
In an instant, a scorching sea of fire engulfed a vast area of the sky, setting ablaze all the griffin knights, turning them into flaming figures.
Next, Huang Yi’s Wings of Freedom flapped frequently, turning him into a phantasm of erratic flashes, launching attacks within the sea of fire.
With a subtle sway of his Wings of Freedom, Huang Yi appeared before a griffin knight, the Wrath of the Godslayer drawing a path of death, smashing into the knight’s chest.
"Boom!" The griffin knight was directly blasted off the griffin’s back, his body tumbling in the air without even a chance to resist before crashing into the forest below, life or death unknown.
Huang Yi’s Wings of Freedom fluttered again, maneuvering beneath a griffin’s belly, the Wrath of the Godslayer slicing upwards, the axe blade tearing through the griffin’s stomach.
"Huala~" The griffin’s belly was ripped open, spilling its innards like a rain, plummeting downwards. The rider on its back panic-stricken, hurriedly trying to dodge, but as he turned, Huang Yi had already cleaved his neck, his head flying off, hitting another griffin knight’s arm, bouncing away, falling into the island below.
At this moment, the Two-Step Ascension griffin knight leader finally seized the opportunity, his long spear tracing an intricate arc, stabbing fiercely at Huang Yi!
"Ding~" A crisp sound rang out as the sturdy feathers of the Wings of Protection deflected most of the spear’s force. The spearhead just barely pierced in slightly, causing only negligible damage to Huang Yi.
"How can this be?!"
"Why does he still have the strength of a Three-Step Ascension?"
"Jingyu and Touya couldn’t even withstand a single move and were killed outright!"
"Why isn’t this person being suppressed by the world rules?"
Now, these griffin knights were in complete disarray, losing all previous arrogance.
Huang Yi showed no hesitation, continuing to flap his Wings of Freedom, teleporting continuously among the crowd. With every flap, a dull sound of an axe cleaving flesh echoed, followed by a blood-stained sky, as another griffin knight plummeted from the air...
If others from The Second World came here, their strength would indeed be greatly suppressed.
Because the world rules of the First World are intact, unlike The Second World’s which are already fragmented. People from other worlds entering the First World are seriously weakened by the world rules. Even a Three-Step Ascension expert would fall to a One-Step Ascension griffin knight.
But Huang Yi doesn’t have this issue. After evolving into Nashash, entering the First World doesn’t subject him to repulsion by the world rules, allowing him to retain full strength!
Moreover, he gains the status of [First World’s Dominant Race], exerting a deterrent effect on all First World races, understanding all widely spoken racial languages in the First World, freely using teleportation circles in all public cities, and freely teleporting across continents, among other abilities.
These griffin knights mostly only had the strength of a One-Step Ascension, which was nothing in the face of his Three-Step Ascension power. Additionally, his title of Martial Saint added a status level, allowing him to exert the strength of a Four-Step Ascension.
Finally, one by one, the griffin knights were slain in succession, leaving only the Two-Step Ascension leader.
His face lost all leaderly demeanor, eyes full of terror, shaking along with the griffin beneath him in the sea of fire.
"You, you won’t get away with killing me! Our Barbarian God Cult spans the entire First World. All races, whether the powerful ocean overlords the Nagas, the land-dominating Ba Clan, or the sky-emperor Heavenly Clan, all worship our Barbarian God Cult. You’re doomed!" The leader swallowed, his voice trembling as he issued the threat.
"Oh? The Barbarian God Cult unified the spiritual beliefs of the First World?" Huang Yi lowered his axe, asking with great interest.
"Of course!" The leader, seeing Huang Yi pausing, gathered some courage, his voice becoming more forceful, "The Barbarian God Cult has always been the spiritual source of the First World. All races, all forces are under the blessings of our Barbarian God Cult. We worship the great Barbarian God, who is the First World’s eternal god. A frazzled part of him remains, still guarding the First World. Anyone who dares to harm the Barbarian God Cult will face devastating consequences!"
Huang Yi couldn’t help but once again admire the influence of the Barbarian God, as the religion he left behind had unified the spiritual faith of an entire world.
In contrast, the religious beliefs in The Second World were flourishing with diversity. Various large and small religions emerged endlessly, with both players and NPCs having their own religious beliefs, and even many races had their own small internal religions. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺
"Thank you for telling me this information, now you can die." Huang Yi politely expressed his gratitude, then charged forward to kill him.
The slaughter had ended, the sky had returned to clarity, but blood had drenched the island below.
The island’s once lush and green forest had turned into a blood-colored forest, and the beasts that once roared in the woods had all fallen silent, not even a single seabird could be seen. This island would become a dangerous place filled with violent aura due to the corpses of more than a dozen Ascension experts.
Huang Yi flew back to the small mound and crawled into the pitch-black cave entrance.
The entrance connected to a tunnel, winding and turning, leading deep underground.
Huang Yi proceeded for a long time until he finally emerged from the tunnel into a vast underground city.
The underground city stretched beyond the eye’s reach, with buildings densely packed.
Above the city was the rocky ceiling of this large underground world, dotted with Luminous Pearls that glowed like stars in the night sky, casting a hazy light that outlined the city.
However, the city was silent, and some of the buildings had collapsed, revealing the passage of time, hinting at ancient ruins.
Huang Yi immediately walked out of the tunnel and stepped into these ruins.
"[System Prompt]: You have discovered a Nashash Ruin, Experience Points +1000000."
No wonder his Nashash bloodline sensed this place; it turned out to be a Nashash ruin.
Not long ago, the dean of the Oskan Royal Academy learned the powerful Nashash language in a Nashash ruin in the First World. Now, Huang Yi also encountered such a serendipitous opportunity.
However, judging from the previous Griffin Knight Guardians, this ruin seemed to have been explored before, or else there wouldn’t be any people inside, and the valuable treasures were probably already taken.
Huang Yi strode forward and began to wander in this city left behind by the Nashash.
This Nashash city had a rich exotic architectural style, with all the doors shaped like round holes, resembling snake dens. On some buildings’ walls, there were murals depicting the daily life of Nashash residents, along with writings describing Nashash’s daily life. Huang Yi happened to have learned the Nashash language from the dean, allowing him to understand these writings.
At this time, Huang Yi arrived in front of a grand and imposing building, markedly taller than the others, located at the very center of the city, with broad roads connecting from all directions to it, suggesting it was an important public building.
The walls of this building were filled with snake holes, making it resemble a beehive.
Huang Yi crawled into one of these snake holes.
The interior of the building was spacious, with a dome painted with a vast mural of Nashash life in various aspects. This mural was dynamic, like a video playing continuously.
There were scenes of Nashash dining, holding cups filled with red blood, which they consumed as food;
There were scenes of Nashash dressed in their attire, favoring floor-length robes that concealed their snake tails, making their lower half’s movement invisible as they drifted like ghosts;
There were scenes of Nashash children playing, transforming into various racial shapes, such as winged Birdmen, two-legged humans, tentacled Sea Monsters, and more.
The main part of the mural depicted a very important life stage of the Nashash — shedding their skin.
The strength of Nashash would reach a certain level and then they would shed their skin. Shedding starts from the head and progresses toward the tail, with the process varying in length, from a few days to several months. During shedding, they behave abnormally and are easily angered.
The later stage of shedding is the most challenging, as all the snake skin gathers at the tail, acting like a shackle. The Nashash during this period are in extreme pain, making walking very difficult, marking their weakest moment.
But as soon as the shedding ended, Nashash would revert to their original state, with their strength greatly enhanced.
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This is a transitional plot segment, primarily laying down some setting information, including the First World’s layout, details about the Nashash race, etc., which will be used later.
I’ll increase the update frequency; there will be more updates in the near future.
