Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1327 - 1261: Void Crossbow Machine

The armor of the Temple Knights was crafted with great precision. Helmets, breastplates, bracers, linings, greaves, boots... enveloped every part of the body, imbued with a peculiar energy inside. Once worn, it felt warm, like soaking in a hot spring.

Upon entering the forest, Huang Yi and his team dispersed, venturing deeper from different directions.

The trees in this forest were unique to Purgatory Mountain, known as Refinement Trees. Their trunks were green and felt elastic to the touch, like a layer of rubber.

These Refinement Trees constantly emitted an aura that could inflict significant soul damage, and the energy within the Temple Knight Armor was specifically designed to resist this aura.

"Whoosh!" Just then, a black arrow suddenly shot from afar!

Huang Yi swiftly sidestepped, allowing the magic arrow to graze past and embed into the trunk of a Refinement Tree behind, the feathers quivering slightly.

"Whoosh~ whoosh~ whoosh~" Three more arrows shot towards Huang Yi from different directions!

Huang Yi continued to evade, his silhouette nearly transforming into a phantom.

Yet those magic arrows were endless, continuously shooting no matter where he dodged, relentless and unceasing.

Ultimately, when he could no longer avoid, Huang Yi resorted to the skill of Invisibility.

However, even after turning invisible, the arrows didn’t show any sign of stopping, still shooting throughout the forest.

In actuality, he could easily use the Eye of Time ability to foresee the origins of these arrows.

But this method was solely for himself, and his mission was to lead the group of Temple Knights outside through the forest, necessitating a universal strategy.

Huang Yi intentionally decided to test the power of the arrows by deliberately not dodging, directly enduring a shot.

"Puff~" The arrow pierced straight through his bracer, into Huang Yi’s flesh, turning into a cloud of demonic qi.

Huang Yi’s Nefalem’s Bloodline provided immunity against demonic damage, effectively neutralizing the demonic qi.

Yet a hole was made in his bracer, through which the aura emitted by the Refinement Tree began to seep into his body, causing continuous damage.

Continuing his exploration, Huang Yi encountered numerous Temple Knight corpses along the path, their armor riddled with holes, turned into hedgehogs by the magic arrows.

During this, he was struck by arrows several more times, increasing the holes in his armor and the aura seeping in, escalating the continuous damage.

Finally, reaching the limit of damage he could endure, Huang Yi retreated, returning to the meadow outside the forest.

The other super first-class masters also withdrew to the meadow outside, recombining to share and exchange experiences from their encounters.

"If it’s just us breaking through the forest, it shouldn’t be a problem; we have means to counter those magic arrows. But leading this many Temple Knights across, it’s very difficult. We can’t protect so many people," Huang Yi said.

"I tried to destroy this forest, but the Refinement Trees are immune to fire and water, and weapons cannot cut through them either."

"The magic arrows are also entirely irregular, spawning randomly from various angles; their mechanism is unknown."

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At this time, the Poet suddenly spoke: "An audience member recognized that the arrows in the forest are launched by something called ’Void Crossbow Machine’ from the Demon Clan, estimated to number in the tens of thousands. The Void Crossbow Machines can only be used by the Divine Domain Demons, set in the Void Dimension, and endlessly shoot arrows from the void. These Void Crossbow Machines were certainly deployed by the Heavenly Demon. He must have passed through the forest some time ago and set up these machines to block later comers, and the Guardian of Hell’s Gate, the assassin, definitely encountered danger because of the Heavenly Demon."

"Positioned in the Void Dimension, we can’t destroy those Void Crossbow Machines at the source unless we ascend to the Divine Domain level, allowing a dive into the Void Dimension to destroy the machines," the Pope pondered.

Actually, Huang Yi had the means to enter the Void Dimension. His Wings of the Sun Chaser came with a skill [Void Passage], allowing him to enter the Void Dimension, but he could only move within the void, unable to make any attacks.

To attack in the Void Dimension, he would have to ascend to the Divine Domain. He had an equipment skill [Level Up] that could raise him to the Divine Domain level, but it lasted only a mere 10 seconds, insufficient to destroy so many Void Crossbow Machines.

"I think the crucial issue is still with the armor of these Temple Knights!" At this point, the Thunder God suddenly pointed at his own Temple Knight Armor, "Our Knight Class is renowned for strong defense capabilities, the armor being our second life, even more important than weapons in our eyes! The armor of these Temple Knights couldn’t withstand the magic arrows, resulting in substantial casualties. Reinforcing this armor could significantly reduce losses."

"Reinforce the armor? Actually, I’ve also considered this!" Then the Leader of the Temple Knights suddenly approached the crowd on his tall horse.

"Why haven’t you done it then?" Huang Yi asked.

The Leader of the Temple Knights patted his armor and said, "For two main reasons! First, reinforcing the armor to withstand the magic arrow attacks requires doubling its thickness. Reinforcing a full set of Temple Knight Armor consumes too many materials, which we cannot supply. Secondly, once reinforced, a full set of armor becomes heavier, hindering our movement speed when worn, prolonging the time needed to escape the forest, outweighing the gains."

"Why reinforce the entire set?" Huang Yi countered, "Only reinforce specific parts. We can gather statistics from the wounded soldiers who retreated, identifying the damaged parts of their armor, and then determine which sections of the armor to reinforce based on this data."

"Alright, I’ll dispatch someone for the analysis immediately!" The Leader of the Temple Knights nodded and quickly left.

Soon, under the command of the Leader of the Temple Knights, all wounded soldiers who had entered the forest were ordered to remove their armor for the statistical personnel to analyze, and Huang Yi and his group also removed their armor.

The statisticians meticulously inspected every piece of armor from the wounded, noting each pierced section.

Finally, the statisticians reported their findings: "According to our statistics, the bracers and greaves are the most pierced, while the helmets and breastplates are the least."

"Then, reinforce the bracers and greaves!" The Leader of the Temple Knights ordered without a second thought.

"No!" Huang Yi shook his head, "We shouldn’t reinforce the bracers and greaves, but rather the helmets and breastplates!"

The Leader of the Temple Knights furrowed his brow and asked, "Why? Our statistics clearly show that the bracers and greaves had the most piercings, while the helmets and breastplates had the least."

"Because those hit in the bracers and greaves made it back, but those struck in the helmets and breastplates perished," Huang Yi explained.

"Makes sense!" The Leader of the Temple Knights realized and immediately changed the order, "Everyone listen up, reinforce the helmet and breastplate sections of your armor immediately. Once reinforced, we shall set off at once. It’s imperative to quickly reach Hell’s Gate and rescue Master Assassin."

With the order given, all Temple Knights promptly bustled about, each collecting armor plates from the quartermaster and began reinforcing the breastplate and helmet sections of their armor.

At this moment, the Poet suddenly spoke: "The audience from the Middle East generally notes that the ’Assassin’ mentioned by the Leader of the Temple Knights, is originally from Arabic and related to a Chapter in Middle Eastern history. Assassin refers to a secretive assassin group, guardians of secrets often related to knowledge. So, when we reach Hell’s Gate and meet the Assassin, we’d better probe in this direction and see what secrets the Assassin is guarding. Perhaps there might even be a fortuitous encounter related to the Assassin Class, something Abigail might want to keep an eye on."

"Alright!" Abigail nodded, being the only member of the Assassin Class present. If meeting the Assassin presents an opportunity for a fortuitous encounter, it would most likely benefit him.

After a short wait, all the Temple Knights finally finished reinforcing their armor, ready once again for their journey.