Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1353 - 1287: The Fifth Boss Is Actually Him!
At this moment, the Guardian of the Fifth Level, was standing at the edge of a cliff, overlooking below.
Below was a series of circular mountain paths, teeming with countless people, standing two by two, each holding a knife, splitting open the other’s chest, taking out the other’s organs one by one, and the gushing blood gathered, flowing down along the mountain paths.
In their lifetime, they were all greedy people, wishing to claim everything for themselves. Now, their way of atonement is full of irony—allowing those things that originally belonged to them to be taken away by others.
However, although the atoners below had their organs removed, their hearts were left behind, for a person cannot live without a heart.
And he, the Guardian of the Fifth Level, was precisely a person without a heart.
His body appeared complete, but he had lost his heart.
He had been in Purgatory for countless years, long having grown weary of such a life.
Recalling the time before he entered Purgatory, it seemed like a distant dream. Back then, he was another person, another identity. But later, he was extracted from that person’s body, everything was left for him except for a heart.
How did he end up in Purgatory?
Oh! It seemed to be because of the Divine King.
At that time, the Divine King issued the Heaven-Sent Mandate Decree, ordering the Pantheon to build the Tower of Pantheons, and it was then he was captured and brought into Purgatory, imprisoned in this Fifth Level, becoming the Guardian.
Two years ago, it was rare for a master of the Dream Tribe to break into Purgatory, which piqued his interest. He hoped that the Dream Tribe could come to the Fifth Level and bring some excitement to his life. Unfortunately, that tribe member never reached the Fifth Level, unknown if they took a shortcut or failed to survive to reach the Fifth Level. His hope, which he had lit with difficulty, was extinguished once more.
Fortunately, just days ago, a young person entered Purgatory. Upon seeing that person, he suddenly recalled himself before entering Purgatory.
He had a premonition that the young person and he shared numerous connections.
Sure enough, the young person did not let him down, killing the first four Guardians and arriving before him.
And he finally knew that he indeed had a connection with that young person. The young person’s name was Heavenly Demon and showed him great respect.
He liked that young man named "Heavenly Demon," and specifically revealed a shortcut to the Sixth Stage for him.
He didn’t expect, after Heavenly Demon went to the Sixth Stage, to suddenly return and delivered something to him, pleading with him to block a person named "God of Slaughter."
He was very fond of that thing, guaranteeing that he would indeed block the person named "God of Slaughter." He believed he had this capability because with that thing, he became Invincible, and no matter how heaven-defying "God of Slaughter" might be, he would no longer be his opponent.
At this time, he raised his hand, gazing appreciatively at the thing that Heavenly Demon gave him—
A heart.
Heavenly Demon returned from the Sixth Stage just to bring him this heart.
This was the only thing missing in his body.
This was a black heart, beating in his hand, each beat absorbing the breath between heaven and earth voraciously as if to claim everything for itself, truly a black heart!
He knew this was not an ordinary heart but a heart sharing the same origin with him. With this heart, he would be complete.
Unable to contain himself, he cut open his own chest and placed that heart inside. That heart felt the call of his chest cavity and actively lodged into his chest, as if after years of parting, it was finally returning to its rightful place.
He felt the heart beating in his chest, the powerful rhythm making his body tremble slightly.
Moved to tears, he felt that this was true life, this was his complete self.
After countless years, he finally became a complete person!
He pledged to fulfill Heavenly Demon’s request and ensure that God of Slaughter would find no return.
He gazed further towards the mountain below and finally saw a group of people.
That group was strenuously moving forward, constantly turning their heads, searching around for something.
Could it be the retinue of God of Slaughter?!
They searched everywhere; were they looking for a shortcut?
It’s useless!
The clue to the shortcut to the Sixth Stage is only obtainable in two places; one is in my hand, the other is hidden in the clouds behind you. You’ve climbed so high; plowing through three feet beneath will not reveal the clues, truly a group of foolish mortals!
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At this moment, Huang Yi and others, together with viewers from all over the world, were climbing the mountain while searching for clues.
They used various methods, searching for every hint but still yielded no results.
They had climbed very high, looking back, the cloud layers were far, far below them, appearing like an ocean from afar.
"We’ve searched for so long and haven’t discovered a shortcut; it seems we’ll have to face the boss of the Fifth Level directly!" At this time, Poet reminded, "The Fifth Sin is Greed. According to the literature, this marks the beginning of Purgatory’s upper three layers. The upper three layers of Purgatory are Greed, Gluttony, and Lust."
While speaking, a winding circular mountain path appeared before them.
Gigantic stones rose on both sides of the path, concealing its end.
But on that path, blood continuously flowed down; what was occurring above that path remained unknown.
"Let’s go up and have a look!" Huang Yi said, taking the lead into the mountain path.
After progressing for a while, some people appeared within the path. Those people stood opposite each other, wielding knives, slicing open each other’s chests, extracting hearts; the blood in the path came from them.
Then, those people finally noticed Huang Yi and the others, their eyes instantly brightening, licking their lips, holding knives, charging over with a greedy demeanor.
"Hmph!" Heavenly Dao snorted coldly, flicking his arm, viciously throwing the Sky-Splitting Spear in hand!
The Stone Spear grew in the wind, quickly becoming a giant spear, spanning the width of the mountain path. All those charging on the mountain path were struck, dissolving into wisps of blue smoke!
The Stone Spear, exceedingly intelligent, automatically turned along the mountain path’s direction, piercing all the atoners on the way to death!
In mere moments, the mountain path was cleared, leaving an empty path drenched with blood.
The group quickly proceeded up the path, ultimately climbing onto a cliff.
At this time, the Guardian of the Fifth Level stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the cliff, as if having awaited them for a while.
Noticing the group’s arrival, the Guardian finally turned to face them.
Upon seeing this Guardian, everyone’s expression drastically changed, exclaiming his name in shock—
"King of Greed!"
