Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1498 - 1424: Best Elite Dragon Race Player Award
"Then what should we do?" asked the Spirit Demon, frowning slightly.
"The Underworld is not our territory and our reach is limited, so handling matters in The Second World is a priority. The headmaster of Oskan Royal Academy has already sent out a signal through his Divine Artifact, Time of Georgia, calling for allies of The Second World across the universe to come and help. The races that established diplomatic relations with The Second World during the God of Slaughter’s coronation have all dispatched their masters to The Second World to stop the King of Annihilation’s actions of destroying the Respawn Points. Currently, the forces of the Dream Tribe, War Clan, Dragon Clan, and Night Clan have all sent their elites to The Second World. We must send corresponding personnel to stop them."
The King of Hell spoke, extending his long, white hand to point at the Star of Pain in front of him, saying, "This Star of Pain has already become a burden, I’ve decided to refine it, and inject its power into the two of you, so you can reach the level of a Void God. Then, go and intimidate those who dare to aid the forces in The Second World, even the elites sent by the Dream Tribe will be hard-pressed to bypass your obstruction!"
Both Heavenly Demon and Spirit Demon were slightly taken aback but soon showed expressions of ecstatic joy, quickly saying, "Thank you, King of Hell! Thank you, King of Hell!"
"Let’s get started now!" The King of Hell focused on the Star of Pain in front, extending his white palm to begin forming seals.
"I will now instruct the Spiritual Sect Army in various worlds to harass the small outposts of these forces and issue a warning to them," said the Spirit Demon, immediately reaching out to pat his chest.
Instantly, multiple ethereal images of Spirit Demons flew out from him, vanishing into the void.
Two hours later.
In worlds across the universe, the boundless Spiritual Sect Army marched towards the scattered outposts of the Dream Tribe, War Clan, Dragon Clan, Night Clan, and other forces, launching surprise attacks.
These small outposts had no true masters and were utterly unable to withstand the assault of the Spiritual Sect Army, falling one by one.
Tides of urgent battle reports were filed, layer upon layer, eventually reaching the high authorities within these racial forces.
They understood this was a warning from the Demon Clan!
They must either immediately recall the support sent to The Second World or ignore this warning and continue their assistance to The Second World.
...
During the fourth day of the annual grand event, the Ice Queen personally announced on the forum a piece of bad news—
The number of Respawn Points in The Second World had plummeted to below 100,000! And it was still rapidly decreasing!
Under the leadership of the King of Annihilation, a group of Demon Clan Divine Domain experts had already destroyed most of The Second World’s Respawn Points. The most severely damaged continent even had its number of Respawn Points reduced to a two-digit figure.
Meanwhile, in the Underworld, Dao Feng and a group of super-first-class masters were still cluelessly exploring the God’s Tomb, without discovering any valuable clues.
A pall of gloom enveloped the heads of players worldwide, it seemed they would eternally be bound to the Underworld, seemingly never able to return to the familiar, beautiful Second World, those cities carefully built with great expense, those ships and airships painstakingly crafted with great money, those cozy homes constructed with much effort, seemed forever lost to them.
That evening, Qin Shiyu once again sat down to watch the televised broadcast, awaiting the announcement of the fourth top-level award—the Best Faction Award!
Among the five top-level awards, the difficulty of prediction varied.
The Best Charisma Award was the hardest to predict due to its wide range of evaluation criteria, which included a comprehensive assessment of all female players’ strengths, influence, power, popularity, number of extraordinary deeds, players’ evaluations of them, and even their words and actions, along with many other indicators, making it extremely difficult to predict.
However, awards like Best Newcomer Award, Best Personal Award, and Best Faction Award had much clearer judging criteria, and it was generally possible to predict most of it.
Therefore, countless people considered it a foregone conclusion that the Hero Empire would win the Best Faction Award.
Since Huang Yi’s ascent to King of the World, the entire Second World had become the territory of the Hero Empire, with other guilds and countries turning into its subordinates, posing no threat.
At that moment, the award ceremony was already more than halfway through, and after a few more awards, it would be time for the Best Faction Award to be announced.
Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Shiyu drew a milk bath, sprinkling in some rose petals, and undressed to slowly sink her graceful body into the warm bathtub.
A few rose petals floated to her chest; she gently picked one up and placed it between her lips, imagining the scene where Huang Yi, once resurrected, would bathe together with her in a duo bath.
She seemed to feel his heavy breath blowing across the delicate spot behind her ear, causing a blush to rise on her cheeks.
"Brother Yi, you must come back to life! I can’t imagine life without you; I need your embrace, your touch, your breath, everything about you..." Qin Shiyu murmured softly with closed eyes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, next up is a new award added this year—the Best Elite Dragon Race Player Award!" Just then, the voice of the host came through the bathroom’s wall screen.
Qin Shiyu immediately opened her eyes, raising her head to look at the broadcast screen.
"The Elite Dragon Race is a race created by the King of the World·God of Slaughter, and it is currently the only race created by a player and recognized by the system. Currently, the number of players in the Elite Dragon Race has exceeded 600 million, making it the leader of all races! Therefore, this award is the most fiercely contested among all the best race awards. The gold medal for this award is specially crafted by Era of Corporation, with the front featuring the portrait of the creator of the Elite Dragon Race, the King of the World·God of Slaughter, and the back showing the logo of Era of Corporation. In every respect, this award is extraordinarily significant."
The host paused for a moment and continued, "In the Elite Dragon Race, the majority of players come from races whose Racial Holy Lands have been destroyed, leaving them homeless, and they have since regarded the Elite Dragon Race as their new home. These players are eligible to compete for the Best Elite Dragon Race Player Award. There are also some players who have joined the Elite Dragon Race while already belonging to other races, and do not regard the Elite Dragon Race as their primary race; they will not be able to compete for this award, such as Dragon Spike and Little Rascal..."
After introducing the situation of the Elite Dragon Race, the host then invited a heavyweight award presenter—Zhang Ruyue, the head of the Virtual World Department of Era of Corporation, to present the award.
Upon taking the stage, Zhang Ruyue first praised the feat of the God of Slaughter in creating the Elite Dragon Race and then officially entered the award presentation segment by starting to play the promotional video of the award nominees.
The TV channel’s reporters provided commentary alongside the promotional video.
"The first nominee is the famous young expert from the United States, Ling Bai!"
"This is Lobo Xun, who won the ’Best Elf Hunter Player’ award at the second annual gala!"
"Cha Paoyu was once the number one Mountain Elf player in Korea!"
"Da Huzi was previously the Chief Berserker of the Instance Group Français under Pope Aifel!"
"Known as Africa’s number one Flaming Giant, the Rebel of the Earth has also made it onto the list!"
"The famous Malaysian twin experts, Cannon Fodder Rabbit and Rogue Rabbit, are both nominees!"
"The internet celebrity player Wu Mo is a seed player with a good chance of winning!"
...
These 100 nominees were all once core players in their respective races, wielding great influence, and even three of them had previously won the best player awards for those races in earlier galas!
But now, all of them have become members of the Elite Dragon Race, competing for this honor together.
After the nominee list was announced, Zhang Ruyue opened the envelope, took out the electronic card inside, and announced the winning result—
"I announce that this year’s Best Elite Dragon Race Player is—Chinese player Book Addict! Congratulations to Book Addict, and congratulations to China for winning another gold medal!"
The Chinese audience erupted in wild cheers! The gold medal table was immediately updated, with China securing another gold medal, continuing to lead.
The player named "Book Addict" excitedly hugged those around him and quickly walked to the award stage to receive the gold medal and flowers from Zhang Ruyue.
He glanced around the venue and, filled with excitement, delivered his acceptance speech: "I am very honored to receive the first Best Elite Dragon Race Player Award! First of all, I want to thank Big Brother God of Slaughter for creating the Elite Dragon Race, giving those of us whose races have been destroyed and are homeless a new place to belong. Recently, Huang Yi was assassinated, causing great pain to me and countless brothers and sisters of the Elite Dragon Race, but we believe that the Elite Dragon Race will not be defeated because of it; it will continue to thrive..."
After Book Addict finished his acceptance speech, the male and female hosts returned to the stage.
They first scanned the entire audience, then took a deep breath, and solemnly said, "Next is the highlight of today’s award ceremony—the Best Power Award!"
"Hero Empire!"
"Hero Empire!"
"Hero Empire!"
In an instant, the audience erupted, nearly everyone shouting the same name, interrupting the hosts’ voices!
The host smiled and raised his hand in a calming gesture, signaling the audience to be quiet, and continued, "Actually, like all of you, I also have confidence in the Hero Empire. Whether from the performance of its King, the God of Slaughter, or from the Hero Empire’s power scope, population, influence, and Guardian lineup, the Hero Empire is more than enough to win this award. However, there are always variables, and only the system of Era of Corporation can determine the final result. Next, let’s invite Mr. Huang Huapeng, the CEO of Era of Corporation, to present this heavyweight award for us!"
As soon as the words fell, a man in his thirties, wearing a suit, glasses, and with a slightly scholarly air, emerged from backstage; it was Mr. Huang Huapeng, CEO of Era of Corporation.
He came to the award stage, nodded slightly to the audience, and said, "In previous annual galas, whether evaluating the best Guild or best Team, the competitors were evenly matched, but after merging into the Best Power Award this year, this situation has changed. Given the significant gap in strength between the nominees, we decided to skip the nomination stage, and after the event, everyone can view the nominee promotional videos on the forum themselves. Now, let’s directly announce the final winner!"
With that, he took out a red envelope and, under the eyes of the world, slowly opened it and drew out the electronic card inside.
He glanced at the content on the card, paused slightly, and then revealed a playful smile, "I announce that this year’s Best Power Award goes to—"
