Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1329 - 1263: Hell’s Gate
"There seems to be some problem!" Just then, Huang Yi suddenly made a new discovery.
According to the scenes seen by the Eye of Time along the way, there are some areas in this forest where the appearance of magic arrows is particularly sparse. These areas are connected, faintly forming a path through the forest.
"Could it be that the Heavenly Demon deliberately left a safe road when setting up those Void Crossbow Machines?" A guess suddenly emerged in Huang Yi’s mind.
At this moment, the Poet suddenly said, "An audience member reminded us that just now, Spirit Demon, Miyamoto Musashi, and T.N.T. suddenly entered the 300th floor of the Tower of Pantheon, and their progress is quickly being recorded on the leaderboard."
"It seems God of Slaughter’s guess was right. The 300th floor of the Tower of Pantheon is indeed the key to dismantling the World-Ending Formation. Otherwise, Spirit Demon wouldn’t have come here with several Demon Clan master players right after being promoted to Epic Hero. They are clearly here to help the Heavenly Demon," the Pope said while releasing an electric net to block the magic arrows.
Huang Yi became even more convinced of his previous suspicion upon hearing the Poet’s information!
Spirit Demon and his group are willing to come here to help the Heavenly Demon despite lagging so far behind in progress, which clearly implies they have some support.
Under normal circumstances, who knows when they would catch up to the Heavenly Demon’s progress—unless they knew the Heavenly Demon had left a shortcut to help them climb quickly, they had no reason to come quickly to catch up.
The Heavenly Demon should have left a concealed passage to facilitate the ascent of later allies when setting up the barriers.
The areas with particularly few magic arrows that Huang Yi just detected should be the Hidden passage left by the Heavenly Demon in this forest.
"Everyone, follow me! I know how to safely exit this forest!" Huang Yi shouted loudly, quickly heading towards the path he discovered.
All the Temple Knights adjusted their direction and followed behind him in a transfer.
Soon, Huang Yi reached that area, and the magic arrows shot at them significantly reduced.
The Temple Knights following him also noticeably felt much lighter, as the magic arrows hitting their armor decreased to an occasional "ding" sound.
"This area is relatively safe but very narrow. Everyone forms a single line and follows me in a serpentine path," Huang Yi loudly commanded.
Next, relying on his Eye of Time, Huang Yi predicted the number of magic arrows that would appear to forecast the route of the safe path. He analyzed where to turn and where to go straight.
The Temple Knights then formed a long line, strictly following Huang Yi’s route, greatly reducing causality rate.
"Everyone, pause for a moment and rest," soon after, Huang Yi suddenly raised his hand, making a pause gesture.
"What’s wrong, is there significant danger ahead?" Pharaoh stopped and asked.
"Nothing, I’m out of energy value!" Huang Yi said, taking out an A-level Energy Stone and immediately absorbing its energy.
Although convenient to use, the Eye of Time consumes a huge amount of energy. Only someone of Huang Yi’s wealth and status dares to consume energy value so frequently.
After replenishing his energy value, Huang Yi continued to lead everyone along the safe route, stopping to refuel his energy whenever it was exhausted.
Thus, after consuming more than a dozen extremely precious A-level Energy Stones, Huang Yi finally led everyone out of the forest.
The view ahead suddenly widened, with unclouded skies and no more magic arrows appearing in the void.
The Temple Knights all cheered excitedly.
"Finally, we are out of this damned forest!"
"Unfortunately, many brothers have stayed forever inside!"
"We don’t know how Lord Assassin is doing, as we have been delayed for so long?"
At that moment, the leader of the Temple Knights came before Huang Yi and his companions, saying, "Thank you for leading us through that damned forest. As a reward, I will fuse your Temple Knight Armor into your souls. It will no longer have a physical form, nor possess physical defense properties, but it will protect your souls from harm. When you encounter soul-related spells, it can protect you to a great extent."
After saying so, the Temple Knight leader waved towards Huang Yi and his group.
The next moment, the Temple Knight Armor worn by Huang Yi and others melted into a golden energy, seeping into their flesh.
Huang Yi immediately felt that although he was no longer wearing the Temple Knight Armor, the warmth remained, continuously protecting his soul.
At that time, in front of everyone was a vast plain. In the distance was a towering city wall, extending to the left to the inclined lake they had seen before and to the right to the end of the vision, resembling a majestic Great Wall across their path.
Behind the city wall was a city, with tall buildings protruding spires, those structures built along Purgatory Mountain’s slope, creating a certain angle of incline.
In the majestic, endless city wall, there was only one tightly closed gate serving as entrance and exit.
"That city gate is Hell’s Gate, where Lord Assassin guards and purifies the spirits of those entering Purgatory. Only purified spirits can safely pass through Hell’s Gate, and only by passing through it does one truly enter Purgatory. The areas we traversed before are the outskirts of Purgatory. Let’s hurry and see how Lord Assassin is doing," said the leader of the Temple Knights, spurring his warhorse, speeding towards the city gates.
Seen up close, the city gate appeared even more grand.
It was a gigantic, ancient stone gate, covered in marks of time and dry bloodstains.
Embedded in the stone gate were withered human heads with disheveled hair and grim expressions, resembling door nails, with tens of thousands of terrifying heads.
Looking up, the giant Hell’s Gate seemed to isolate an entire world, each head seemingly warning outsiders not to intrude upon this doorway. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
This is Hell’s Gate; entering this portal means entering Purgatory! Countless souls atone for sins inside!
However, everyone’s gaze was on the chaotic scene in front of Hell’s Gate. The ground was pitted everywhere, marked by intense battles.
In one of the large pits lay a mighty figure in a red robe, motionless in a pool of blood.
"Lord Assassin!" The Temple Knight leader seeing the figure in the blood cried out!
He quickly dismounted, jumped into the pit, holding the bloodied figure, shaking him while calling his name.
But the person was lifeless, no matter how much he was shaken, he wouldn’t wake.
Assassin was already dead.
