Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1341 - 1275: The First [Player Boss]
At that moment, everyone suddenly received a System Prompt—
"[System Prompt]: Your team has successfully passed the first stage of Purgatory Mountain. The team leader can now assign one member to be the BOSS of this level, personally guarding this stage. The selected member will assume the BOSS template. If this member exits the BOSS area, the system will set a clone of the member to guard this stage. Challengers must defeat this BOSS to proceed. If defeated, it will count as a failure to guard and no death penalty will be incurred, but the chance to set the BOSS will pass to a new challenger. Each stage’s BOSS must be a different character."
Everyone was taken aback by this System Prompt!
A new rule had emerged—
After defeating a stage’s BOSS, players could actually replace them and become the new BOSS for that stage!
"Since this privilege exists, why didn’t the Heavenly Demon use it? He let us pass the first stage so easily!" Little Rascal asked, frowning.
"Because he was challenging it solo, with no teammates!" Huang Yi quickly understood the situation, "The System Prompt mentioned each stage must have a different BOSS. The Heavenly Demon has already defeated the BOSS of 3 stages, but being alone, he could only set himself as the BOSS for one stage. I guess the second or third stage must have him as the BOSS. The question is whether he’s guarding personally or if it’s his clone."
"Should we set a BOSS for this stage?" Abigail asked.
Huang Yi thought for a moment, then nodded, "Of course! The Spirit Demon team also entered Purgatory Mountain, but none of their members became a BOSS at this first stage. This either indicates they haven’t reached here, falling behind in progress, or they took some shortcut, skipping this stage altogether. Purgatory Mountain is vast, and there might be more than one path to the top, possibly leading directly to the other BOSS levels, avoiding the step-by-step challenge. Either way, to prevent the Demon Clan from sending advanced players to aid the Heavenly Demon, we should set up a BOSS here to deter them."
With that, Huang Yi turned to Thunder God and said, "Let Thunder God guard this stage! Thunder God possesses a finished Divine Artifact and is of the Knight Class, which is more defensive than the other classes. If anyone enters to challenge, he can stall the fight, giving us more time to prepare. But initially, let the system clone guard instead of him in person!"
Following this, Huang Yi immediately utilized his authority as the team leader to set Thunder God as the BOSS for this level.
Suddenly, on the throne in the hall, the previous NPC corpse vanished instantly and was replaced by the figure of Thunder God!
Thunder God, clad in heavy armor, sat on the throne, gripping the Pillar of Sea God, exuding a powerful BOSS aura, and his eyes coldly watching everyone.
"Damn! It’s so lifelike!" Thunder God himself was startled and stepped forward for a closer look at his likeness on the throne.
The Thunder God on the throne was his clone, possessing all his equipment, skills, talents, and other abilities, but controlled by the system.
From now on, Thunder God could return to this hall at any time to personally guard the stage. When he leaves or logs off, his clone will take over the guard duty.
"Let’s go! Time is running out!" Huang Yi said, glanced at the Thunder God clone on the throne, and promptly left the hall.
Afterward, everyone exited through another exit of the castle, continuing to head towards the mountain top.
Upon leaving the castle, everyone’s foreheads suddenly itched. When they reached up to touch, they realized a "Sin" character was gone.
The Assassin mentioned that Purgatory had seven major challenges, and for each one passed, a "Sin" character would be washed away. This indicated they had successfully completed the first challenge and washed away the first sin!
Simultaneously, in the progress rankings of the 300th floor of the Tower of Pantheons, Huang Yi’s group suddenly appeared, showing the progress of defeating the first BOSS, accomplishing it in much less time than it took the Heavenly Demon previously!
However, the Heavenly Demon’s accumulated lead was too significant; he had already defeated the first 3 BOSSes, and even managed to reduce the fourth BOSS’s health by 40%. Considering there are 7 BOSSes, this was nearly halfway through. Catching up to him was still very challenging for Huang Yi and the others.
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Behind Huang Yi and the others, in Infinite City, Ling and his team were still searching back and forth in the endless streets. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
They weren’t specifically avoiding the souls, nor did they even pay attention to them, but were instead turning around looking for something.
"The progress on the leaderboard shows that the God of Slaughter team has already cleared the first stage, ahead of us!" Unbeaten frowned slightly.
"Don’t worry, once we find the shortcut the Heavenly Demon mentioned, we’ll leave the God of Slaughter team far behind." Ling smiled, shaking his head.
"Huh? Look!" Suddenly, Miyamoto Musashi pointed in surprise at another direction at an intersection.
Everyone immediately turned to look and saw amidst the street, a house with three stained glass windows!
Those three stained glass windows stood out conspicuously among the blood-red buildings, like a beacon!
They quickened their pace and hurried over, entering the house.
Inside, it was very simple, resembling an ordinary family home, but in the northwest corner of the room, there was a lid on the floor.
"That’s it!" Ling chuckled, walking up to lift the lid, revealing a cellar underneath.
Everyone jumped into the cellar, which was a hidden passageway, dimly lit on both sides with flickering lanterns, forming a path that stretched into the darkness, the end unknown.
Ling and the others quickly sped through the hidden passage. One by one, the lamps turned into streams of light left behind them.
After half an hour of sprinting, a glimmer appeared at the end of the passage, suggesting an exit.
Soon, they emerged from the passage. Ahead was a wilderness of peculiar rock formations, with thick clouds looming overhead as if pressing down on them. Thunder roared within the clouds, the rumble deafening and majestic!
"We’ve bypassed the first and second stages, landing directly before the third stage, which is on Purgatory Mountain’s midsection. The third stage is right within the clouds. Once we break through, we should be able to spot the Heavenly Demon," Ling looked up at the heavy clouds in the sky, smiling confidently.
He looked down, gazing towards the direction of the mountain base, locking his sight upon a distant forest, with the tip of a castle faintly visible amidst the trees.
He gazed at the castle with a mocking smile, "The God of Slaughter team has only cleared the first stage! The second stage’s BOSS is the Heavenly Demon’s clone. They definitely won’t get through!"
