Fallen Star City · Eastern Side · Coastal Line. A cylindrical watchtower over 500 meters tall stood towering here. Nearly a hundred meters in diameter, it was clearly a fortress built to guard against attacks by the sea tribes.
The sea tribes of the Witch Realm differed from those of the Wind Sea Continent. Here, they were closer to low-intelligence beast tribes and were more commonly called sea beast tribes. They often clashed with the medium- and small-sized cities near the coasts of the witch faction.
The watchtower standing along the coast had its true core underground. Officially, it existed to defend against the sea beast tribes. In reality, the sea beast tribes had come ashore nearby fewer than ten times in the past century. This place was actually a secret prison for vicious criminals.
The underground prison had ten levels in total. Su Xiao was currently on the tenth level. With the Dark Cult's activities becoming increasingly rampant, more criminals were being imprisoned here. The tenth level had originally consisted entirely of single cells, but there were now too many criminals to contain, so Su Xiao had been placed in a double cell while waiting for the Hunter institution's officer, Ashis, to interrogate him.
Su Xiao had just mastered Wrath of Heaven: Torrential Slash, and the demonic spirit within Dragon Slayer Flash was becoming increasingly active. This should have been a period for quiet meditation, but his new cellmate was somewhat deranged. He kept muttering to himself and occasionally let out strange laughter.
Su Xiao used spirit threads to hang him up. At first, the man struggled and thrashed for a while, but after his neck had been suspended by the threads for several minutes, the nervous cellmate with a mouthful of rotten teeth finally quieted down. He hung