Heroes' Prison Chapter 104

Next, Huang Yi continued to forge ahead; he was like a tornado, leaving nothing but corpses in his wake, and the speed at which he cleared the monsters was incomparable to before.

This time, it took Huang Yi only 20 minutes to clear the dungeon, leaving not a single monster behind! In the past, it would take him over 40 minutes, and sometimes there would even be a few left over.

Afterward, Huang Yi chose the 28th floor, moving up one level!

However, this time he suffered a setback because he couldn’t instakill the monsters on this floor. As a result, even after the Aeonic Plague had fully spread, the monsters within the range didn’t die.

Moreover, there was a hidden aspect to the Aeonic Plague Effect: once the monsters had caught the Plague, they would develop antibodies after 10 seconds, rendering them immune to reinfection. This forced Huang Yi to manually finish off each one, a very troublesome task!

It took a full hour to clear this level, a complete waste of time, so Huang Yi returned to the 27th floor where the efficiency was somewhat higher.

By the time Huang Yi had used up all his solo dungeon entries, as expected, his level rose to 32! His inventory was a few dozen pieces of Blue-Purple Gear richer.

"Bro, interested in teaming up for a run?" As Huang Yi finished his last run and returned to the Teleport Plaza in Thornbush City, a lazy, familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear.

Turning his head, Huang Yi immediately saw a tall man in a black cloak. He appeared to be around twenty-five or twenty-six, with an easygoing face and a slack gaze as if he had just woken up.

"Is that you?" Huang Yi’s eyelids flicked up, instantly recognizing the man. It was the mysterious man from the auction house, who had been in the booth next to him. Although he had worn a mask at the time, Huang Yi remembered his eyes, that lax look as if he hadn’t fully woken up.

"It’s me! Interested in teaming up for a run?" the man asked, sending Huang Yi a team invitation.

System Prompt: Dugu Lengcang invites you to join his team, do you accept?

Seeing the name Dugu Lengcang, Huang Yi didn’t hesitate and immediately chose to accept.

Because the other party was just like him.

Dugu Lengcang was one of just seven players in China who had received National Honor Points, and he was the first player in the world to buy a city! He possessed wealth beyond measure! If Dao Feng and his group represented strength, then Dugu Lengcang represented wealth!

"Huh? You’re Instakill?" Dugu Lengcang was slightly taken aback, surprised. Only after Huang Yi joined the team could he see Huang Yi’s name.

Huang Yi glanced around and, seeing no one else had heard Dugu Lengcang’s voice, he gave a nod, "Exactly, let’s talk inside! You’re at level 40, and I’m only level 32. Let’s do the 30th floor."

Following that, the two teleported to the 30th floor’s five-person dungeon.

"I really didn’t expect it to be you!" As soon as they entered the dungeon, Dugu Lengcang shook his head and smiled at Huang Yi, "At first, I thought you were just an average player. Today, seeing you purchase the Plague Rune at the auction house made me curious. I just happened to see you and wanted to know how you’d handle the Plague’s shortcomings. I didn’t expect you to be Instakill, no wonder you had the confidence to overcome the Aeonic Plague!"

"Just luck! What’s this rune compared to the ones you’ve snatched up?" Huang Yi said as he swung the massive Barbaric Hammer in his hand, smashing it down on a small monster and sending it flying over ten meters away.

"But all my runes put together don’t have an effect as strong as your Aeonic Plague Rune. If only I had a way to overcome the Aeonic Plague," said Dugu Lengcang as he drew out an ice-blue longsword, waving it forward to create a fan-shaped area of frost that firmly froze a group of small monsters rushing towards them.

...

Dugu Lengcang was the first Rare Race and Rare Class Holder Huang Yi met after he came to The Second World, also known as a "Rare Dual Player". Dugu Lengcang’s Rare Class was similar to an Ice Swordsman, primarily a Physical Attack Type Swordsman, but his attacks were Ice Attribute, somewhat similar to Biyue Qingkong’s Magic Swordsman, who added Fire Attribute damage to physical swordsmanship. However, Dugu’s damage was Ice Attribute, and being from a Rare Class, he was even stronger.

Since both were "Rare Dual Players" who rarely encountered their kind, they found a sort of camaraderie when they did, speaking without much reservation, their chatter flowing easily.

Dugu Lengcang was so wealthy because he was the son of a super-rich second generation. The fortune his father provided him amounted to the combined wealth of 17 African countries! Moreover, his father gave him free rein, allowing him to spend as he wished without interference.

Such immense wealth, combined with his own great abilities, made him virtually unstoppable in The Second World, earning him the status of one of the representative players of the China Region, known to players from all over the world alongside those like Dao Feng, Dragon Spike, and Thunder God.

Both players were Rare Class Holders, and in terms of equipment, skills, and gameplay, they were top-level, each worth three or four average players. The five-person room posed little challenge for their combination, and they advanced at breakneck speed.

"Since we’re both Rare Class Holders, let’s not hold back any longer. Use any Group Attack Skills you have, and let’s speed this up!" Dugu Lengcang said as he raised his longsword towards the sky. The air suddenly grew cold, and countless hailstones formed out of thin air, pouring down on the monsters ahead like a real hail disaster, causing the small monsters below to scream in disarray.

Huang Yi activated Judgment, and a green poison fog instantly enveloped a two-hundred-meter area, mixing with Dugu Lengcang’s hail to create a haze within the icy weather.

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For the two of them, this level posed virtually no difficulty, and they finished it in roughly twenty minutes. Continuing to team up for more runs, they raised the difficulty to the 32nd floor, where the challenge was just right. They maintained a good pacing while being able to kill the strongest final BOSS, and the Experience Points gained were also substantial.

"Would you be interested in joining me to take down a super BOSS?" Huang Yi asked Dugu Lengcang after completing one last run in the five-person room and reaching Level 33.

"A field BOSS? What Level?" Dugu Lengcang asked with interest.

"Level 50 leader."

"We can’t beat that! We both are too low level."

"The target is heavily injured."

"Oh? In that case, count me in."