Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1319 - 1253: The Message in the Brocade Pouch
On that piece of paper, only four words were written—
"Tower of Pantheons"
The Tower of Pantheons is a place where almost every player goes daily, a place so ordinary it might almost be forgotten.
But such a place was the strategy of coping with calamity revealed to him by his father, Beast God!
The Tower of Pantheons indeed can avoid The Second World, which many players have already discovered. As long as you teleport to the Tower of Pantheons, you won’t be disturbed by the World-Ending Formation.
But players can’t stay in the Tower of Pantheons forever. The reset time for the Tower of Pantheons is 24 hours; players can only stay inside for up to 24 hours consecutively, after which they’ll be teleported back to The Second World.
Surely, Beast God’s intention wasn’t for Huang Yi to hide in the Tower of Pantheons—this is a passive form of avoidance, not a strategy for coping with calamity.
The message that this note wants to convey must be to assault the Tower of Pantheons!
"Could it be to attack the three hundredth floor?" Suddenly, Huang Yi had a guess!
The three hundredth floor is the final floor of the Tower of Pantheons, the most mysterious place in the whole tower!
Countless players have speculated about what the three hundredth floor looks like, but the entrance to that floor has a door that requires the corresponding key to enter. Except for the Heavenly Demon, no one has known what it’s like inside until now.
Furthermore, during this period, the Demon Clan has been busy, but the Heavenly Demon has been unusually focused on attacking the three hundredth floor of the Tower of Pantheons, not participating in the activities of the Demon Clan. This is very likely because the Demon Clan already knows the Tower of Pantheons is a variable, so they’ve sent the Heavenly Demon to attack the three hundredth floor to control this variable.
If the answer truly lies on the three hundredth floor of the Tower of Pantheons, then time for The Second World is extremely tight!
Currently, the Heavenly Demon has already killed the third BOSS on the three hundredth floor, progress far ahead, while the other players haven’t even entered the three hundredth floor!
Furthermore, on the side of The Second World, not a single person has cleared the two hundred ninetieth floor yet!
Currently, the world record for the two hundred ninetieth floor is held by the Heavenly Demon, lasting only a little over seven minutes, almost an unbreakable world record.
Huang Yi decided to immediately go and attack the two hundred ninetieth floor of the Tower of Pantheons; he does not seek to break the world record, only to clear this floor.
He long suspected that the key to the three hundredth floor entrance might very likely have clues found within the two hundred ninetieth floor.
Next, Huang Yi arrived at the omnipotent teleportation formation in the Holy Land and teleported to the two hundred ninetieth floor of the Tower of Pantheons.
He wielded the Wrath of the Godslayer, killing his way through like a hot knife through butter.
Those little monsters didn’t stand a chance, like fallen leaves swept up by autumn winds, they were slain cleanly, and every single BOSS quickly fell before him.
Finally, Huang Yi arrived at the great hall where the last BOSS of the two hundred ninetieth floor was located.
The last BOSS is an old man with gray hair, situated in a palace filled with rows of bookshelves resembling an enormous library.
At this moment, the old man was wearing reading glasses, sitting at a desk, holding a goose feather brush, writing on a sheepskin scroll, like a harmless old scholar.
But in reality, he is a powerful level 300 Divine Domain entity, making it incredibly difficult for a player to kill him before ascending to the Divine Domain.
Previously, Huang Yi’s best progress was reducing his health to slightly over 50%, still far from a kill.
But yesterday, he drank the Nagas’ poisoned wine, evolving the Poison Heart, with its secreted Kiss of Death reaching a certain concentration that could even affect Divine Domain experts. Killing this BOSS shouldn’t be a problem.
Huang Yi looked at the BOSS not far away and immediately used the Nasash Language, reciting the names of Nasha ancestors: "Zaisin... zdidib... DiVa... Alexdurex... koniss... shipnorth... Guderians... Darkwalker... LKIns... Vinham... Trafa..."
One by one, the power of the Nasha ancestors seemed to traverse time and space, all strengthening Huang Yi, enhancing his overall strength, with the most important being the secretion ability of the Kiss of Death.
A large amount of II-level enhanced Kiss of Death dispersed from his body, spreading into the air, its concentration increasing.
After a while, the old scholar at the desk suddenly shuddered, seemingly affected by the toxin!
He raised his head and glared at Huang Yi, reciting familiar battle words: "Do you know, how much effort I have spent researching the secrets of the three hundredth floor? I detest being interrupted..."
Saying this, he suddenly flicked his hand, throwing the goose feather brush towards Huang Yi!
Huang Yi immediately flapped the Wings of Freedom, dodging away!
The goose feather brush stuck firmly into the wall with a "ding," with only the feather part shaking uncontrollably.
Huang Yi continued secreting the Kiss of Death, carrying the Wrath of the Godslayer, aggressively charging toward the old man.
The old scholar calmly put away the sheepskin scroll on the table, tucked it into his clothing, raised a palm, and attacked Huang Yi!
"Boom!" In the next moment, the Wrath of the Godslayer collided fiercely with the old man’s palm!
Huang Yi was instantly struck by a force of brute strength and flown backward, crashing into a bookshelf that responded by falling, spilling books everywhere.
"How dare you ruin my books! Prepare to die!" The old scholar, seeing the fallen bookshelf, twitched his mouth and recited a familiar line, charging towards Huang Yi.
But at this moment, Huang Yi revealed a relaxed smile!
In the past, when he was struck by this BOSS, he would be sent crashing into row after row of bookshelves with tremendous force.
However, this time, the BOSS’s strength was clearly reduced, only knocking him into one bookshelf.
The Death’s Kiss, enhanced to level II, indeed affected this Divine Domain BOSS, weakening his power considerably.
"Come out! Little Dragon! Barbarian God Simulacrum!" Huang Yi beckoned with his hand, summoning both his contract partners.
Recently, after killing the Beastman Chieftain Barbarian Saint, he obtained a replica of the God Hunter Whip, which he gave to the Barbarian God, freeing up a summoning slot so that Little Dragon and the Barbarian God can be summoned simultaneously by Huang Yi.
At this time, the Barbarian God Simulacrum, holding a Bone Staff in one hand and a God Hunter Whip in the other, flapped the pair of Blood Wings on its back, rushing towards the BOSS.
Little Dragon flew in the sky, spewing a golden Sacred Flame, engulfing the BOSS in an instant. The scorching flames spread over row after row of bookshelves, reducing the treasured books to ashes. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
"Ah! My books! My books!" The old scholar cried out in anguish, his eyes bloodshot. His moves suddenly became much more fierce, and with one punch, he sent the Barbarian God Simulacrum flying to the ceiling.
"Little Dragon, quickly use your Divine Domain power to deal with it. This time we must kill it!" Huang Yi instructed, immediately rushing towards the BOSS with the Wrath of the Godslayer.
"Roar!" Little Dragon let out a majestic roar, its body suddenly expanding, almost bursting open this hall, emanating a vast Demigod Aura!
Its body twisted, tail whipping fiercely, striking the old scholar!
"Puh!" The old scholar spat out a mouthful of blood, his body was sent flying, crashing into row after row of burning bookshelves...
After Little Dragon joined the battle with its Divine Domain-level power, the fight became much easier.
Thus, after a difficult battle, the old scholar finally exploded into scattered chunks under Huang Yi’s axe.
Huang Yi finally succeeded in passing the 290th floor! But his time was forty minutes, exceedingly far from the world record, and Little Dragon was also nearing exhaustion from this battle, soon unable to fight with its Divine Domain power.
After the old scholar’s death, he only dropped one item—
That sheepskin scroll.
It was the same sheepskin scroll he had carefully put away on his desk earlier.
Huang Yi immediately picked up the sheepskin scroll and opened it, reading the words on it—
"The first path is to break the world record of this floor, with a fifty percent chance of obtaining the key. It’s a daunting and demanding path, the choice of only the strongest few; it’s not only about strength, but considering every detail comprehensively, reaching the end of layer upon layer of mist after a tough battle."
Sure enough, it relates to the key for the 300th floor!
The opening lines of this old scholar were about researching the 300th floor, and this sheepskin scroll was the research result of the old scholar.
It clearly spelled out the method to obtain the key—
Break this floor’s world record, with a fifty percent chance of getting the key.
Previously, only the Spirit Demon and the Heavenly Demon broke the world record for this floor worldwide, but the Spirit Demon left no trace on the 300th floor, likely not encountering the fifty percent chance.
The Heavenly Demon surely encountered the fifty percent chance and obtained the key to enter the 300th floor.
But this path was clearly not feasible for Huang Yi. He took forty minutes to clear this floor, making it utterly impossible in a short time to break the seven-minute record set by the Heavenly Demon. No matter how much he optimized his strategy, he couldn’t shorten the time by so much.
So he could only take another route.
But what other route was there?
Huang Yi furrowed his brows, staring at the sheepskin scroll, deep in thought.
This sheepskin scroll only wrote about breaking the world record, not mentioning a second route!
"Could it be that when I barged in, the old scholar was about to write the second route, interrupting his train of thought?" Huang Yi suddenly guessed.
If he had waited a period before fighting this BOSS, giving the old scholar enough time to write on this sheepskin scroll, might he have written the second route?
"Or perhaps, every time defeating this old scholar, there’s a chance of getting a different sheepskin scroll, with each scroll detailing a different route?" Huang Yi speculated further.
In any case, he would have to fight again to find out.
Afterward, Huang Yi reset the instance and teleported out.
