Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1348 - 1282: The Moment the Whole World Despairs
"Boom!" Suddenly, a purple thunder exploded ahead, turning the surrounding dark clouds purple. After the thunder struck, it left a tiny purple arc that eventually disappeared into the void, vanishing without a trace.
But soon after, that purple arc reemerged from the void in the distance, exploding once more.
"Void Divine Thunder!" The Pope, staring at the purple lightning, spoke with utmost gravity, "This type of lightning tends to appear in places with Divine Power. It can hide in the Void Dimension, making it impossible to guard against! If this lightning has appeared, it indicates that a Heavenly Realm expert was once here! This place must indeed be the BOSS area!"
Everyone’s hearts tightened, gripping their weapons, and they cautiously proceeded forward.
The further they went, the more lightning appeared, with dense flashes continuously lighting up.
"Boom~" At this moment, an unprecedented massive lightning bolt exploded ahead, illuminating the vast dark clouds brightly.
In that flash of lightning, the group suddenly saw at the edge of a cliff ahead, a pavilion faintly appeared, and within the pavilion stood a blurry figure.
In an instant, the lightning’s glow dimmed, and the pavilion disappeared into the clouds ahead.
However, that fleeting figure was deeply imprinted in everyone’s minds.
"That figure looks familiar! It seems to be Spirit Demon!" At this moment, Pharaoh spoke gravely. He had contested with Spirit Demon for the top fighter title in Africa, and both were very familiar with each other. Just a vague glance was enough to recognize the other.
"So it seems, Spirit Demon indeed took a shortcut, skipping the earlier stages, and arrived here before us, leaving this clone to block our path," Fuchan Fenrao said with a frown.
At this moment, the Poet’s expression changed suddenly, and he said anxiously, "No! The leaderboard shows that Heavenly Demon has successfully slain the fourth BOSS! And in the challengers’ information, the names of Spirit Demon and others have appeared! Spirit Demon and the others have indeed joined forces with Heavenly Demon, and their strength has become unprecedentedly strong!"
"Let me have a look!" Little Rascal said, opening the leaderboard and checking it himself.
Suddenly, his face changed, and covering his small mouth with his hand, he exclaimed, "Not only that! Quickly open the leaderboard, there’s a new development!"
Everyone’s hearts sank as they opened the system leaderboard, locating the Tower of Pantheons’ progress chart.
When they saw the top progress of the 300th floor, they seemed to tumble into an icehouse—
Heavenly Demon and Spirit Demon and others had already progressed to the 6th BOSS!
The 6th BOSS!
They suddenly leapt to the 6th BOSS!
They have once again taken the lead over Huang Yi and others by three stages!
"Did they find another shortcut?!"
"That shortcut let them skip the Fifth Level and reach the Sixth Stage directly!"
"How can we catch up? In this situation, what hope do we have to catch up?"
For a moment, everyone felt a deep-seated bitterness.
Previously, they had smoothly passed through two levels, using less time than Heavenly Demon did before, barely seeing a glimmer of hope in catching up. Yet in just a blink, the Heavenly Demon side had once again left them far behind, now with the added formidable help of Spirit Demon and the others!
At this moment, the entire world’s audience was in despair!
Some began to curse loudly, some turned off the live stream altogether, and others posted on forums, expressing their dissatisfaction.
This mountain climbing race through Purgatory has basically already proclaimed its failure in advance!
Huang Yi and others inherently were not as strong as Heavenly Demon and Spirit Demon, and now with a three-stage gap widening again, wanting to climb to the summit first is akin to dreaming!
Outside Purgatory, The Second World was undergoing frenzied Refinement, and the entire planet’s size had shrunk by one-tenth, with some smaller continents even entirely refined, disappearing from the planet’s surface.
Some lower-level players had already chosen to log off. They dared not stay in The Second World any longer, as the Refinement Power grew stronger—if they logged in, it meant death!
Even players at the Heavenly Domain Level found it increasingly difficult to resist the Refinement Power. Though all had retreated into the territory of the Hero Empire, the Refinement Power nonetheless permeated everywhere, impossible to truly evade.
Soon, those still holding out in The Second World also noticed the new developments on the leaderboard. They looked up at the blackened sky, the ever-refining mountains and earth around them, the world transforming beyond recognition, seemingly a foregone conclusion of destruction, and eventually, they too chose to log off, completely abandoning this world.
Nobody held any confidence in The Second World anymore!
Huang Yi was their last hope, but even this last hope was about to shatter!
"Don’t lose heart! We still have a chance to catch up!" At this point, Huang Yi’s steady voice rang out.
He glanced around at everyone, saying, "We passed the first two levels quickly, and we can pass the next two even faster! We still have hope of catching up with Heavenly Demon and them! Let’s keep moving forward!"
In this moment of despair, his tone and expression remained steady, inexplicably lifting a thread of hope in the world’s audience.
"Absolutely, we’re not so easy to defeat!" Thunder God patted his Pillar of Sea God, revealing a smile.
Next, everyone quickened their pace, racing against time through the Thunder Sea beneath the dark clouds.
The worldwide audience also held their breath, hoping that Huang Yi and the others could create a miracle.
Before long, they arrived in front of the pavilion.
The figure within the pavilion became clear—it was indeed the Spirit Demon!
However, it seemed to be a clone, not the Spirit Demon’s true form.
He exuded a strong epic aura, standing motionless in the pavilion, surrounded by shifting dark clouds, like a peerless strongman stirring up storms.
"Thunder God, it’s up to you now!" At this moment, Huang Yi turned to look at the Thunder God.
The Thunder God nodded, immediately raised the Pillar of Sea God, pointed at the Spirit Demon in the pavilion, and uttered a familiar spell: "Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields!"
A drop of crystal-clear seawater seeped from the Pillar of Sea God and quickly shot towards the clone of the Spirit Demon!
The next moment, the Spirit Demon clone trembled and then vanished! 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
There wasn’t a trace of its existence to be found!
The pavilion instantly became empty!
As if nothing had ever existed!
"[System Prompt]: Your team has successfully passed the third level of Purgatory Mountain."
Everyone was astonished!
This system prompt, along with the Poet’s live broadcast, was simultaneously transmitted to countless viewers around the globe!
The whole world was shocked!
They simply couldn’t understand what happened!
The Thunder God’s action took less than a second, and the Spirit Demon clone was dealt with!
This speed was simply a bug; in less than a second, they had broken through the third level of Purgatory!
Only Huang Yi and the Thunder God understood the reason behind it!
The reason they still had hope was because of the Divine Artifact skill Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields!
This skill can make a target return to the state it was at most three days prior!
This time, the Thunder God chose to have the Spirit Demon clone return to its state five hours ago!
Five hours ago was roughly the time when Huang Yi and the others were battling outside the Gates of Purgatory with the Spirit Demon!
At that time, this Spirit Demon clone didn’t exist yet!
Returning to its state five hours prior means returning to a state of nonexistence!
And once it doesn’t exist, Huang Yi and the others essentially passed this level directly!
At this moment, everyone’s foreheads felt an itch, and another "Sin" character disappeared!
The third sin [Rage] has been eliminated!
"Your Divine Artifact is terrifying! It can even achieve Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields?" Finally, Little Rascal realized, and in surprise, reached out to touch the Pillar of Sea God in the Thunder God’s hand.
The Thunder God nodded and said, "Of course! Otherwise, how could it be called a finished Divine Artifact? A finished Divine Artifact always has heaven-defying effects! However, this Divine Artifact isn’t all-powerful. The time for Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields is at most three days. If it exceeds three days, it’s impossible. Also, this isn’t a complete time reversal. Time reversal completely changes the experiences of the target, everything that they went through would be reversed, even returning to their previous location. If the target was on another continent before, after time reversal, they would return to that continent. My skill Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields only covers the body’s state, including what level it was, what buffs were active, the health points, and so on. Aside from that, everything else remains unchanged."
"So, Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields made this BOSS return to its previous state of nonexistence, so it doesn’t exist?" Pharaoh asked.
"Yes! No matter whose clone it is in this level, as long as the time is within three days, I can deal with it directly!" The Thunder God nodded.
At this time, Huang Yi also picked up the conversation: "In the coming fourth level, we can also use this method to pass. The Heavenly Demons just set up the BOSS within the three-day time-frame, so we can also pass instantly! So everyone doesn’t need to panic, we still have a chance to catch up with them!"
At this, everyone finally showed a genuine smile. They truly saw hope. This feeling of instantly passing a BOSS was something they had never experienced before!
The Heavenly Demons, as they paved the way ahead, were indeed clearing obstacles for them. If the BOSS in these cloud layers weren’t a player BOSS but a system-set BOSS, then the Thunder God wouldn’t be able to use Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields, because who knows how many years that BOSS has lived; even if it reverted to three days ago, it would still exist, making no difference.
The actual gap between them and the Heavenly Demons is actually the fifth level!
The Heavenly Demons took a shortcut, skipping the fifth level. If Huang Yi and the others couldn’t find this shortcut, they would have to honestly pass the fifth level! That is a system BOSS, and they can’t use Sea Changes into Mulberry Fields; they would have to rely on their true strength to fight!
