Heroes' Prison-Chapter 1499 - 1425: Best Power Award Attribution
The audience at the scene immediately became excited, chanting the name of the Hero Empire over and over again!
Qin Shiyu sat up straight in the bathtub, her palm tightly clenched, staring unblinkingly at the TV screen.
Amidst the thousands of calls, Mr. Huang Huapeng finally uttered the name of the award winner—
"Spiritual Sect!"
At that moment, the entire world was stunned!
Qin Shiyu’s body trembled, causing ripples to spread through the bathtub.
Countless spectators on the scene were still shouting "Hero Empire," but gradually, their voices began to diminish until the entire venue fell silent.
They heard a name that did not meet their expectations!
The winner was the Spiritual Sect, not the Hero Empire!
The Spiritual Sect was founded by the Spirit Demon, with its influence covering multiple worlds across the universe. Previously, through the all-powerful teleportation from the English Dragon Clan Holy Land, several people whose homes had been destroyed by the Spiritual Sect were sent over, such as the Flame Cult leader from the Flame Plane and the Deep Sea Dragon People Great General Divine Dragon Yue Hao from the Melva World.
Backed by the enormous Demon Clan, the Spiritual Sect developed rapidly, sweeping through world after world, with countless followers. As a result, the Spirit Demon became the first player globally to collect 1 billion Power of Faith, becoming the first Heaven-Sent Epic Hero!
In contrast, the influence of the Hero Empire was limited only to The Second World. Even until his death, Huang Yi never collected 1 billion Power of Faith, lagging far behind the Spirit Demon.
"Why is it the Spiritual Sect?"
"Spirit Demon, get out of the virtual world!"
"I don’t accept this result!"
"Spirit Demon is the sinner of The Second World, why should he still receive an award?"
In an instant, countless boos erupted on the scene. Many players even stood up from their seats, shouting loudly to express their inner anger!
Huang Huapeng turned his head and glanced around the entire venue, slowly saying, "We at Era of Corporation have repeatedly stated that we do not interfere in what players do in The Second World. The Spirit Demon received this award because the Spiritual Sect he created achieved the best results among all forces globally, and that’s why this award is given to him! In the virtual world, there is no right or wrong, no good or evil; everything you want must be created by yourselves."
As he spoke, a black man strode onto the award stage, took the gold medal from Huang Huapeng’s hand, and nonchalantly looked at the angry audience, smiling slightly. He said, "The Spirit Demon has important matters in the virtual world, so he did not attend this annual celebration; I’ve come to accept the award on his behalf."
He paused, then continued, "The Spirit Demon anticipated long ago that if he won the award, many people would definitely curse him. But please think, isn’t today’s outcome something you brought upon yourselves? If you had chosen to join the Demon Clan earlier, how could you end up like this today? Joining the Demon Clan can provide greater power, more treasures, what’s bad about it? If everyone including the God of Slaughter had joined the Demon Clan, then there wouldn’t have been so many wars and deaths later. The Demon Clan would be seen as normal, not as evil anymore, wouldn’t that be a harmonious and perfect situation..."
Qin Shiyu took a deep breath, finally slowly leaning back into the bathtub, watching the TV screen with a solemn expression.
Now, even the most secure Best Force Award had been lost, and the situation was very serious!
In her plan, during this annual celebration, her side should have been able to achieve two top-level awards, but so far, not a single one had been won.
"Dear audience, today’s award ceremony has completely ended!" At this point, the host had once again ascended to the stage of the annual celebration, "Tomorrow is the final day of the annual celebration, and the last top-level award, [Event of the Year], will be presented. This is a new award added this year; it is very special because it evaluates events rather than players as the main entity, so the same player can be nominated for multiple events. For example, super first-class players like the God of Slaughter, Sword Emperor, Spirit Demon, etc., will all have very dazzling performances. Please pay attention to tomorrow’s award ceremony for the specific results."
"Event of the Year!" Qin Shiyu murmured to herself, clutching her palm tightly.
If their side still fails to win this top-level award, they will have no way to directly put forward a quick request to the Era of Corporation’s President Mr. Huang Sha to quickly revive Huang Yi. They can only follow formal procedures and slowly wait for the application process from the Era of Corporation, which will take at least one or two months. By then, it is uncertain whether The Second World will still exist.
They must secure The Second World and ensure all players are revived back to The Second World to maintain the Hero Empire’s previous large influence and to continue controlling the world’s economy, culture, public opinion, and other powerful weapons to fight against the World Federation.
...
Within the Demon Race Microcosm.
The King of Hell was leading a group of Demon Clan experts, setting up a massive formation to refine the Star of Pain.
The Star of Pain had been compressed to half its original size, a crack had opened on it, spewing out a torrent of black and red energy, rushing into the vast void, like a star river piercing through the void, condensed into the purest strength, injected into the bodies of the Spirit Demon and the Heavenly Demon.
Their auras were swelling constantly, and the vast and furious power rampaged freely within their bodies, compressing and refining their original power, converting it into Divine Power, causing their skin to wriggle and bulge accordingly.
Among them, the Spirit Demon absorbed significantly more strength, with the energy injected into its body being twice as large as that of the Heavenly Demon.
After the Spirit Demon absorbed the Demon God Remnant Soul, a Divine Embryo condensed in its body, absorbing the energy like a bottomless pit, growing slowly.
As a result, the Spirit Demon was even stronger than the Heavenly Demon, requiring much more energy to ascend to the Void God level.
However, the Heavenly Demon’s progress surpassed that of the Spirit Demon, having previously absorbed Greed, it was already close to the Void God level, and now, after obtaining the pure energy from the Star of Pain, it quickly completed the final step.
Suddenly, the Heavenly Demon’s body trembled, then burst into a dazzling red light, gathering into a surge that shot into the sky, and upon reaching a certain height, it exploded, illuminating the whole void with flickering red light!
In the next moment, a solemn system announcement echoed through the void—
"[System Announcement]: [Heavenly Demon] has transformed all the power within into Divine Power, forming a Divine Body, becoming the first Heaven-Sent [Void God], rewarded with 1000 points of Public Prestige, and awarded the [Unique Achievement]—[First Void God], China National Honor Value +1."
"I have become a Void God!" the Heavenly Demon exclaimed excitedly, extending both hands and clasping them in the void, feeling an overwhelming supreme power!
This is the pinnacle of power within the Mortal Universe, enough to overlook all living beings, the ruler of everything, controlling all, omnipotent!
However, this is also the limit that the Mortal Realm can contain, reaching the ceiling, going beyond would be restricted by rules, requiring a journey to the Heaven Realm to break free.
"Congratulations to Lord Demonic for becoming the first Heaven-Sent Void God!" At this moment, a Demon Clan powerhouse who had helped refine the Star of Pain congratulated the Heavenly Demon.
The Heavenly Demon smiled with satisfaction and said, "Now, I should be the strongest Heaven-Sent individual! I can’t wait to display this boundless power!"
"That can be easily arranged!" The King of Hell turned to look at the Heavenly Demon, a voice emanating from beneath the hollow hood, "Immediately head to the Canglong Star System to prevent the Dragon Clan experts from going to The Second World! It should be a great battle where you can fully unleash your power."
"Yes!" the Heavenly Demon smiled slightly, swinging the blood-red cloak behind him, his body flickered and disappeared from the spot.
At the original spot, only the Spirit Demon remained as an absorber, and the King of Hell along with a group of Demon Clan powerhouses poured all the power refined from the Star of Pain into the Spirit Demon.
The surging power, more immense than before, poured into the Spirit Demon’s body, yet showed no sign of filling up.
...
Finally, the final day of the annual grand event arrived.
That night, Qin Shiyu stood restlessly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding a goblet in her hand. The cup contained fifty-year-old wine from a famous French winery, but it was tasteless to her.
She had been trained by the organization to have a strong psychological resilience, no longer feeling restless, but whenever it involved Huang Yi, she became unsettled.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city that never sleeps glittered with neon lights, high-rise buildings densely packed, piercing the clouds, resembling a jungle of steel.
Along the narrow streets between the skyscrapers, couples walked hand in hand, and the dim glow from the small shops by the street brought a touch of warmth to this cold city.
Qin Shiyu longed to become one of the people below, strolling hand in hand with Huang Yi, an ordinary aspect of couple life, but for her, it was a luxury.
She was still young, yet lived a widow-like life.
"Audience friends, up next is the presentation of the final top-level award—the Event of the Year! Please welcome the award presenter—Federal President Mr. Oster!" Finally, the long-awaited voice came from the television wall.
Qin Shiyu turned to look at the wall, her beautiful eyes igniting a glimmer of hope, but upon seeing the award presenter, her gaze cooled.
On the TV screen, a Caucasian man in his fifties stepped onto the award stage; he was the current Chairman of the World Federation, Oster, yet compared to the previous Chairman Beino Kang, he was gentler and less radical.
"We do not welcome the World Federation!"
"Huang Yi was killed by the World Federation!"
"The World Federation should have fallen long ago!"
The stage was soon filled with countless boos. In every previous annual ceremony, Oster had appeared as an award presenter, but this was the first time receiving such a reception.
