"The evil rhinoceros of the Eastern Sea has escaped! Quick... go see whether Young Master Chu has arrived, then report to the Prison-Suppressing King!"
More than ten armored soldiers held long-handled lassos. The golden-glinting loops were all hooked around the enormous gray rhinoceros's huge horn and four hooves. Its single horn curved blackly upward, and flames spewed from its nostrils, making it seem like an ancient divine weapon. Even with ten armored soldiers pulling backward at once, they could not hold it back.
Yet no one panicked, as though they had long grown accustomed to such a sight.
Just as the enraged evil rhinoceros was about to crash into the prison wall, a gate suddenly opened directly ahead, and someone entered from outside!
By coincidence, a convoy escorting prisoners had opened the gate and entered from outside at that exact moment, while the evil rhinoceros was charging right toward it. Prisoners only entered the Northern Heavenly Prison a few times a month at most, let alone jailbreaks, so this was the first time such a coincidence had occurred.
At last, the armored soldiers behind it grew nervous.
Bang—
Fortunately, the Northern Heavenly Prison entrance had three city gates, each guarded by a seventh-realm powerhouse. Within the final Northern Heavenly Prison fortress, the Prison-Suppressing King and the Left Deputy Warden, two Heavenly Origin cultivators, took turns standing guard to ensure nothing could go wrong.
When prisoners were escorted in, the Dao-Seeking powerhouse of the third city gate would accompany them as well. That was why they managed to stop the giant rhinoceros in the nick of time. But with matters happening so suddenly, he had only managed to throw out a single palm strike.
After the collision, the evil rhinoceros's charge was halted, but its single horn still thrust forward. The